Local Obituaries for Beeville, Three Rivers, and George West, Texas
Recent Obituaries

Joseph Watson
Sep 5, 2012
J.W. "Chubby" Watson, 94, of Skidmore, died Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012. Mr. Watson was born July 25, 1918, in Flour Bluff to Charles D. and Dona Welborn Watson. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II and was awarded the Bronze Star, Gold Star and a Purple Heart. He served as a gunnery sergeant on the...

Gladys Harvey
Aug 28, 2012
A long time resident of Marin County passed away on August 28, 2012. For over five decades Gladys Harvey called Marin County home. Gladys and her husband Buster Harvey built their dream home on the top of Lupine Drive so they could have a breathtaking view at any moment and for all these years she has watched her community...

Wilburn Denkeler
Aug 24, 2012
Wilburn "Denk" Denkeler Wilburn "Denk" Denkeler, 86, of Beeville, Texas passed away peacefully on Friday, August 24, 2012. He was born on May 23, 1926, in Bishop, Texas to Gerhardt and Ella Denkeler. He met the love of his life, Mary on a blind date and they were married on October 5, 1947 in Concordia Community, Texas. Denk worked...

Greta Mcguill
Aug 17, 2012
Greta Lee Baker McGuill, 100, passed away Friday, August 17, 2012 in Kenedy, TX. She was born in Mason, Oklahoma to Arthur Lee and Normandy Josephine (Murphy) Baker on January 20, 1912. Greta married Albert Leo McGuill in Beeville, TX on June 1, 1935. She was a school teacher and began teaching at Quincy and a small school in...

Malcolm Mcdonald
Jul 27, 2012
Chris McDonald (58) of Beeville, TX passed away July 27, 2012 at his place of residence. He was born to Nell and Ben F. McDonald in Corpus Christi, TX August 17, 1953 with great joy and excitement. Chris married Sharon L. (Sliva) Bivens of Skidmore, TX July 23, 1996. Chris was a lifetime advocate of hunting and fishing and...

Bonnie Morrison
Jul 24, 2012
Bonnie Nadine Angell Morrison, 80, of Tuleta, TX, died Tuesday, July 24, 2012. She was born June 5, 1932, in Reydon, Oklahoma, to Preston Otis and Thelma Hoopes Angell. Nadine was a retired bookkeeper for Cartwright Cattle Co. and Smejkal Electric Co. and a member of Tuleta Baptist Church. Nadine married her Pettus High School sweetheart, John W. "Buddy"...

Ronald Coldeway
Jul 19, 2012
New BNew Braunfels, TX formerly of Beeville, TX Ronald Wayne Coldeway, 66, passed away on July 19, 2012. He was born on September 13, 1945 in Houston, TX to Otis and Etelka (Nowotny) Coldeway. Ron grew up in New Braunfels, TX. He served in the U.S. Navy and Texas DPS before moving to Beeville, TX in 1969. While in...

Helen Rothlisberger
Jul 17, 2012
Helen Mae Rothlisberger, 88, passed away on July 17, 2012. She was born on May 30, 1924, in Tynan, Texas, to John and Francis (Mica) Faktor. She married Edgar Rothlisberger on November 18, 1943, in Skidmore, Texas. Mae was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church and St. Joseph Altar Society. She was preceded in death by Edgar, her...

Evie Taylor
Jul 9, 2012
Beeville, Texas Evie Dean Taylor, 93, went to be with the Lord on July 9, 2012. She was born on June 11, 1919 in Rockport, Texas to John William and Flavilla Violet (Brundrett) Glasson. She married John Wilbur Taylor on July 20, 1939 and they made their home in Corpus Christi, Texas. Evie Dean was a member of the...

Carl Ulmer, Iii
Jun 22, 2012
Carl Leon Ulmer III, 41, of Corpus Christi, died Friday, June 22, 2012. Mr. Ulmer was born Jan. 1, 1971, in Corpus Christi to Nora Rebeca Cepeda Cartwright and Carl Leon Ulmer Jr. His profession was woodworking. He was preceded in death by his father. Survivors include his mother and stepfather, Nora and Charles Cartwright of Beeville; and a...

Grace Beck
Jun 18, 2012
Normanna, Texas Grace Naylor Beck, 85, passed on to the Lord on June 18, 2012. She was born on December 27, 1926 in Clareville, Texas to Cleveland and Sally Jo (Loring) Naylor. She graduated from A.C. Jones High School with Honors in 1944 and married Roland Beck on September 30, 1946 in the Beeville First United Methodist Church. She...

Joan Cannon
Jun 15, 2012
Joan M. (Emerson) Cannon, 86, of Beeville, died Friday, June 15, 2012. Mrs. Cannon was born June 13, 1926, in Paden, Okla., to Homer L. and Theresa J. Thompson Emerson. She married David L. Cannon on March 30, 1944, in Berkley, Calif., and received a bachelor of arts degree in economics. She was a retired teacher. She was preceded...

Scott Jones
Jun 13, 2012
Scott Charles Jones, born on February 9, 1941, in Brockton, Massachusetts, passed away on June 13, 2012, in Beeville, Texas. He was preceded in death by his loving parents Roy and Carolyn Marie Jones. He is survived by his wife, Nancy Lyn Baker Jones; step-son, David Shields; children, Kara Brown (and son Blake, from Houston), Matthew Jones (wife Jennifer...

Sadie Mcclung
Jun 10, 2012
McCLUNG Sadie G. McClung, 99, went to be with her Lord on June 10, 2012. She was born in Jones County, TX on February 6, 1913 to J.T. Wilkinson and Ila Harrison Wilkinson. On May 17, 1945 she married Ewell J. McClung in Abilene, TX. Sadie was a faithful member of Beeville First United Methodist Church. She was a...

Nancy Reagan
Jun 8, 2012
Nancy S. Reagan passed away peacefully at her home at Jefferson's Garden, Edmond, Oklahoma on Friday, June 8, 2012. She was born March 16, 1916 in Weymouth, Dorset, England to Surgeon Captain Richard W. Stanistreet, R.N. and Amy Margaret Stanistreet. In 1939 while visiting family friends in Goliad, Texas, Nancy met and married Dr. Tom B. Reagan of Beeville....

Mary Zowarka
Jun 6, 2012
Mary Louise (Buckholdt) Zowarka, 85, of Beeville, died Wednesday, June 6, 2012. Mrs. Zowarka was born Oct. 3, 1926, in San Antonio to Ferdinand Charles and Hazel May (Hawlowetz) Buckholdt. She married Raymond Charles Zowarka Sr. in San Antonio and was a homemaker and a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church. She was preceded in death by her parents,...

Loren Council
May 31, 2012
Loren C. Council, 95, passed away on May 31, 2012. He was born in Center Point, TX, on May 21, 1917. He was the youngest of four children born to Joseph H. and Ada (Crenshaw) Council. He graduated from Mercedes High School, and he was very proud that he never missed a day of school. He married Nona Trois...

Lorene Perkins
May 27, 2012
Lorene Perkins, 92, of Normanna, died Sunday, May 27, 2012. Mrs. Perkins was born March 29, 1920, in Bee County to August Charlie and Ollie (Roberts) Voss. She was a member of the Normanna Baptist Church and was a homemaker and enjoyed decorating cakes and crocheting. Survivors include a sister, Mary Pearce of Houston; two brothers, Marvin (Betty) Voss...

Ella Mcmahan
May 27, 2012
Ella JoAnn (Schultz) McMahan, 91, passed away on May 27, 2012. She was born on January 15, 1921, in Cost, TX, to Willie A. and Emma (Muelker) Schultz. She graduated high school, class of 1938, in Monteola, TX. On May 23, 1940, JoAnn married Harold James McMahan. She was a devoted wife for 67 years until his death in...

Harold Torbert
May 26, 2012
Harold James Torbert, 89, of San Antonio, formerly of Irving, died Saturday, May 26, 2012. Mr. Torbert was born Dec. 17, 1922, in Reserve, La., to Alvin John and Minerva (Falgoust) Torbert. He graduated from Auburn University and served in the U.S. Army during WWII in England. He married Myra Crocker in Birmingham, Ala., on Sept. 26, 1951, and...