Local Obituaries for Beeville, Three Rivers, and George West, Texas
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Dollie Bradfute
Nov 6, 2011
Beeville, Texas Dollie Kindois Bradfute, 88, died on November 6, 2011. She was born on January 28, 1923 to Louis and Leecy Shipp Lee in Bee County, Texas, Clareville Community. She married E. H. Bradfute, Jr. and was a Christian. They were owner -operators of Brad's A. C. & Refrigeration, J-K's Restaurant, B & J Hardware and Dollie's Dress...

Jacob Walker, Sr.
Oct 30, 2011
Corpus Christi, Texas J. E. "Dub" Walker, Sr.,88, passed away October 30, 2011. He was born to Benjamin Franklin and Emelie Clemence Buchman Walker on March 12, 1923 in Hungerford, Texas. He served in the U. S. Navy. He married Mary Louise Curbello on June 16, 1950 in Beeville, Texas. He was a truck driver for Southern Pacific Transportation...

Maria Cavazos
Oct 30, 2011
Maria Carmelita G. Cavazos, 87, of Skidmore, Texas, passed away peacefully on October 30, 2011, at her residence. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Celestino Ruiz Cavazos; and son, Celestino "George" Cavazos Jr. Survivors include five daughters, Nora Gore of Jacksonville, Florida; Angelica (Pete) Soliz of Pasadena, Texas; Janie Gomez of Beeville, Texas; Dorothy and...

Avis Dickinson
Oct 18, 2011
Avis Mae (Edgley) Dickinson, 91, of Beeville, died Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011. Mrs. Dickinson was born May 31, 1920, in Sour Lake to Arizona Ann (Barrow) and J. H. Edgley. She married Louis LaMont Dickinson in Victoria on Dec. 26, 1941, and was a homemaker and owner and operator of the Beeville Skating Rink. She was a member of...

Merrell Thiede
Oct 13, 2011
Merrell "Itsy" Thiede, 79, of Tuleta died Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011. Mr. Thiede was born Jan. 22, 1932, in Monthalia to Bonnie (Oakes) and Otto Henry Thiede. He married Florene Holzer in Pettus on Aug. 25, 1951, and was a tool pusher for Fish Oil Well Services. He was a member of the Tuleta Baptist Church. He was preceded...

Jane Compton
Oct 11, 2011
Jane Orchard Compton, 73, of Beeville, died Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011. Mrs. Compton was born May 11, 1938, in Bryan to Virginia Howard and John Malcolm Orchard. She received a master's degree in art and English and was a retired teacher and noted artist, winning several awards for he paintings. She was a member of First United Methodist Church...

Herbert Calkins
Oct 10, 2011
Herbert Charles Calkins Herbert Charles Calkins, of Pearsall, Texas, died October 10, 2011. Herb was born on November 29, 1926, in El Dorado, AR, and grew up in Beeville, TX. Herb spent his life in the oil field service industry and established several companies namely Mo-Vac Service Co. in McAllen, TX, and ILM in Lafayette, LA. He retired and...

Frances Hurst
Oct 9, 2011
Frances Jean (Kellogg) Hurst, 79, of Victoria, formerly of Beeville, died Sunday, Oct. 9, 2011. Mrs. Hurst was born Nov. 30, 1931, in Ganado to Ruby (Windham) and Frank Kellogg. She married Ernest Hurst Sr. in Beeville on April 12, 1995, and was a bookkeeper and a member of Trinity Worship Center. She was preceded in death by her...

Aaron Lovely
Oct 7, 2011
Senior Airman Aaron Michael Lovely, 28, of San Antonio, formerly of Beeville, died Friday, Oct. 7, 2011. Mr. Lovely was born Aug. 16, 1983, in Lawton, Okla., to Raenell Sites and James Michael Lovely. He attended Coastal Bend College, graduating in 2005, with an associate's degree in electronic servicing. He enlisted in the U.S. Air Force in September 2007,...

Joe Coley, Jr.
Oct 7, 2011
Joe "Bud" Coley Jr., 85, of Beeville, died Friday, Oct. 7, 2011. Mr. Coley was born April 1, 1926, in Haynesville, La., to Nora Dunham and Joe Coley. He married Regena Mulinix in Alice on Jan. 19, 1951, and served in the U.S. Navy. He was an iron worker in construction by trade and was a Baptist, a past...

Jeannie Horton
Oct 7, 2011
Jeannie McGill (Henderson) Horton, 86, of Beeville, died Friday, Oct. 7, 2011. Mrs. Horton was born Sept. 21, 1925, in Cowdenbeath, Scotland, to Jean (Cairney) and Archibald Henderson. She married Jan L. Horton in Cambridge, England, on July 15, 1959, and was a homemaker. She was formerly active in Youth Athletics Organization. Survivors include her husband, Jan L. Horton...

Kennie Rodgers
Sep 30, 2011
Kennie Lynn Rodgers, 53, and Retha Ann Rodgers, 49, of Tuleta died Friday, Sept. 30, 2011. Mr. Rodgers was born Sept. 23, 1958, in Robstown to Thelma and Eli Rodgers. Mrs. Rodgers was born Aug. 20, 1962, in Beeville to John and Shirley Lee. They married on May 31, 1980. Mr. Rodgers owned Rodgers Gauging Service. Mrs. Rodgers worked...

Retha Rodgers
Sep 30, 2011
Kennie Lynn Rodgers, 53, and Retha Ann Rodgers, 49, of Tuleta died Friday, Sept. 30, 2011. Mr. Rodgers was born Sept. 23, 1958, in Robstown to Thelma and Eli Rodgers. Mrs. Rodgers was born Aug. 20, 1962, in Beeville to John and Shirley Lee. They married on May 31, 1980. Mr. Rodgers owned Rodgers Gauging Service. Mrs. Rodgers worked...

Maude Schwierzke
Sep 17, 2011
Maude Emma "Dinky" (Kramer) Schwierzke, 87, of Beeville, died Saturday, Sept. 17, 2011. Mrs. Schwierzke was born July 20, 1924, in Bayside to Pearl Evelyn (Brown) and Berthold Kramer. She married Hilmer Schwierzke in Sinton on Dec. 5, 1941, and was a homemaker and a member of Adams Street Church of Christ. She was a volunteer for Ladies Auxiliary...

Debra Keever
Sep 16, 2011
Debra Lynn (Hull) Keever, 57, died Saturday, Sept. 16, 2011, in Houston after a long illness. Mrs. Keever was born Oct. 23, 1953, in San Antonio. She graduated from Richard King High School in Corpus Christi in 1971, and from Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi with a bachelor's degree in business administration with highest honors. She worked as an accountant...

Thurman Gibson
Sep 9, 2011
Thurman Floyd Gibson, 91, passed away at his home in Beeville on September 9, 2011. He was born on September 12, 1919, in Fairmont, South Carolina to Roy Gibson and Harriet Ayres Gibson. Mr. Gibson joined the United States Army Air Corps in 1939. He served in three wars, including World War II, Korean War and Vietnam War. After...

Domingo Perez
Sep 7, 2011
Domingo "Mingo" Perez, 63, of Mineral, died Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011. Mr. Perez was born Feb. 8, 1948, in Three Rivers to Jose and Porfiria (Martinez) Perez. He married Teresa Rodriguez in Beeville on Nov. 4, 1977, and worked for Select Energy Oil Field Service. He was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church and the Pettus Volunteer Fire...

Richmond Carpenter, Ii
Sep 2, 2011
BEEVILLE - Richmond Edward Carpenter II, 64, of Beeville and formerly of Refugio, died Friday, Sept. 2, 2011. He married Linda Parks in Pettus on Sept. 8, 1975, and served in the U.S. Air Force. He was a retired captain for the Refugio Police Department and a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church. Carpenter was born Dec. 23, 1946,...

Robert Doubrava
Aug 31, 2011
Robert James Doubrava, 78, of Beeville, died Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2011. Mr. Doubrava was born March 2, 1933, in Olmos to Martha Allyne (Krause) and Charles Steven Doubrava. He married Alma Faye Henry in Skidmore on Sept. 19, 1952, and was an oil field driller for 27 years and a self-employed mechanic for 25 years. He was a member...

Alice Howe
Aug 29, 2011
Alice (Dyer) Howe, 89, of Beeville, died Monday, Aug. 29, 2011. Mrs. Howe was born Oct. 4, 1921, in Skiatook, Okla., to Effie (McDonald) and John W. Dyer. She was a secretary by profession. She was preceded in death by her parents, John W. and Effie Dyer; two brothers; four sisters; her husband, Sid Howe; a son, John Wayne...