Local Obituaries for Beeville, Three Rivers, and George West, Texas
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Janis Gossett
May 12, 2011
Janis "Jan" Ray Gossett Janis "Jan" Ray Gossett, 64, of Beeville, died Thursday, May 12, 2011. Ms. Gossett was born Jan .28, 1947, in Beeville, to Dorothy Louise Johnson and James Wilbur Ray Jr. She was a homemaker and a member of the Catholic church. She was preceded in death by her parents; and a son, Brandon Wilburn. Survivors...
Loreta Ferguson
May 9, 2011
Eloise Henry Ferguson went to be with our Lord on May 9, 2011, at the age of 86. She was born to John Scott Henry and Octava Hirst Henry on March 27, 1925, in Bee County and was raised in the Orangedale Community . Eloise attended school in Beeville and graduated from A. C. Jones High School in 1942....
Charles Langohr
May 7, 2011
Charles Harry Langohr Sr., 98, of Beeville, formerly of Baltimore, MD, died Saturday, May 7, 2011. Mr. Langohr was born Oct. 2, 1912, in Baltimore to Charles William and Marie A. (Nelk) Langohr. He married Marie L. Smith in Baltimore and was a retired auditor of 43 years for A&P Food Stores. He was a member of the Lutheran...
Chester Decoux
May 6, 2011
Chester Leroy Decoux died Friday, May 6, 2011. Mr. Decoux was born June 15, 1911, in Bay City, Texas, to Hattie Josephine (Brady) Decoux and Edmund Pierre Decoux. He worked for the Houston Oil Company, which became Atlantic Richfield, for 45 years. He was preceded in death by his parents, Edmund and Hattie Decoux; his wife, Evelyn Joyce (Cox)...
Lola Sherrill
May 5, 2011
Lola Ann (Pitts) Sherrill, 68, of Mineral died Thursday, May 5, 2011. Ms. Sherrill was born May 7, 1942, in McGregor to Hollis and Lucille (Sharp) Pitts. She was a member of Mineral Baptist Church. She was a retired teacher after 20 years and taught school in Vidor and in Estes Park, Colo. She lived in Mineral for seven...
Mary Wofford
Apr 29, 2011
Mary Beth (Marriott) Wofford, 88, of Beeville, died Friday, April 29, 2011. Mrs. Wofford was born Jan. 2, 1923, in Portland to Marjorie (York) and Stephen Marriott. She married Stephen Roderick "Roddy" Wofford and was a member of First United Methodist Church and the Needlework Group from the Methodist Church. She worked for NAS Chase Field Civil Service in...
Genevieve Graves
Apr 21, 2011
Genevieve "Ginger" Graves, 88, of Longmont, Colo., died Thursday, April 21, 2011. Mrs. Graves was born on May 11, 1922, in Basin, Wyo., the daughter of Harry and Alice (Barker) Allison. She served in the U.S. Army as a registered nurse during World War II and married Robert Graves in 1947. They moved to Beeville in 1967. She and...
Clem Young
Apr 19, 2011
Clem Clifford Young, 88, of Beeville, died Saturday, April 16, 2011. Mr. Young was born July 19, 1922, in Beeville, to Johnnie Lottie Schulz and James Edgar Young. He married Doris Nelson in Lake Charles, La., on June 27, 1942. Mr. Young was a carpenter and member of First Baptist Church in Beeville. In the 1960s, he helped with...
Josephine Nicholson
Apr 7, 2011
Josephine Marie (Hoefer) Nicholson, 80, of Beeville, died Thursday, April 7, 2011. Mrs. Nicholson was born Dec. 1, 1930, in St. Louis, Mo., to Thelma Kennedy and Walter Hoefer. She was the owner and operator of Ruth Davis Retail Shop and worked for Galloway Photography. She was a member of First Christian Church and the First Presbyterian Church handbell...
Melva Christman
Apr 2, 2011
Melva Jean (Brandon) Christman, 80, of Normanna, died Saturday, April 2, 2011. Mrs. Christman was born May 5, 1930, in Fox, Okla., to Eunice (Hodge) and Ben Brandon. She married George Henry Christman Jr. in Agua Dulce on June 13, 1953. She was a teacher for 34 years and taught in Pettus ISD, Goliad ISD and Agua Dulce ISD....
Dorthie Earnest
Mar 27, 2011
Dorthie E. (Mayes) Earnest, 86, of Beeville, formerly of Refugio, died Sunday, March 27, 2011. Mrs. Earnest was born March 28, 1924, in Putnam to Mable and L.F. Mayes. She married Elmer W. Earnest in Cotulla on May 17, 1964, and worked as a telegraph operator, social worker, postal carrier and dorm administrator. She enjoyed music, dancing, rodeos, hunting...
Margaret Moser
Mar 25, 2011
Teach us Delight in simple things." -Kipling Surrounded by her family, Margaret Lyne Moser died peacefully at home on Friday, March 25, 2011. She was born on March 29, 1933, in Del Rio, Texas; her father was John Hobbs Miller and her mother was Catherine Carol Lyne. She grew up in Beeville, Texas with her mother and maternal grandparents,...
Bonnie Kennedy
Mar 21, 2011
On March 21, 2011, Bonnie Fay Kennedy was called home, at the age of 91, by Jesus Christ to join Him and all of her loved ones that had gone on before her. On this day all of Heaven rejoices with her as she is joined by her husband, Howard Kennedy; parents, James Thomas Taylor Sr. and Jessie Sudie...
Carol Bozant
Mar 17, 2011
Carol Louise (Glick) Bozant, 64, of Beeville, died Thursday, March 17, 2011. Mrs. Bozant was born Oct. 22, 1946, in Beeville to Mary (Manton) and Terry Glick. She attended Blinn College and Texas Women's University and married Burleigh I. Bozant in Beeville on June 1, 1969. She was a cake decorator for all occasions. She was a member of...
Dauris Granberry
Mar 9, 2011
Dauris Ann Jackson Granberry "flew away to heaven" March 9, 2011. Her giggling, girlish sense of humor was present with each conscious breath. She told each attending nurse or aid how handsome or pretty and wonderful they were, for a Southern Lady is always gracious. She taught her children that even when you have been slighted it is far...
Ray Helm
Mar 5, 2011
Ray Helm, 57, of Spring Branch, died Saturday, March 5, 2011. Mr. Helm was born Oct. 20, 1953, in Waco to Lelie Aldahondo and Dr. Raymond E. Helm. He served in the U.S. Army and was a rancher in Bee County. Survivors include his wife, Jill (Harrison) Helm of Spring Branch; his children, Ray Helm III of Wimberly, Tamara...
Beatrice Brockman
Mar 4, 2011
Beatrice "Teenie" Brockman passed away at 12:30 p.m. at her home in Beeville, TX, with her loving family by her side on March 4, 2011, after a brave battle with cancer. Beatrice was employed as a bank teller at the First National Bank in Kenedy, TX, for many years, and State Bank and Trust in Beeville, TX. She is...
Mary Mcneill
Mar 1, 2011
Mary Elizabeth "Mita" McNeill, 84, of Beeville, died Tuesday, March 1, 2011. Mrs. McNeill was born June 26, 1926, to Ann Gabriel Seger and Robert William Oliver. She married Dr. Scott E. McNeill Sr. in Beeville in 1959, and was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church. She was preceded in death by her parents, Robert William and Ann...
Melvin Nicholson, Jr.
Feb 27, 2011
Melvin Ray Nicholson, Jr., 81, passed away on February 27, 2011. He was born to Melvin Ray and Claudine (Black) Nicholson, Sr. in Beeville, Texas on July 7, 1929. He served in the U.S. Army and was lifetime member of St. Joseph Catholic Church. He was a friend to everyone he met, lover of God, lover of Jesus Christ,...
Scott Horton
Feb 27, 2011
Scott Henry Horton, 47, of Beeville, formerly of Las Vegas, died Sunday, Feb. 27, 2011. Mr. Horton was born Sept. 7, 1963, in Portland, Ore., to Dolores Sizemore and Erwin Horton. He married Kimberlyn Rozell in Las Vegas on July 5, 2001. He was a cook by profession. He was preceded in death by his mother, Dolores Sizemore; and...
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