Local Obituaries for Beeville, Three Rivers, and George West, Texas
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John Taylor
Feb 1, 2012
John Wilbur Taylor, 95, went to be with his Lord on February 1, 2012. He was born on July 28, 1916, in Beeville, Texas, to George Ernest Taylor and Essie Belle Rankin Taylor. He graduated from Beeville High School and joined the United States Navy shortly after high school. On July 20, 1939, he married Evie Dean Glasson, and...
Lowell Hanson
Jan 31, 2012
Lowell W. Hanson, 77, of Dinero, died Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012. Mr. Hanson was born Oct. 28, 1934, in Steele City, Neb., to Wilfred and Frances James Hanson. He married Ruby Lambert on Nov. 24, 1957, in Loveland, Colo., and served in the United States Army. He was a construction contractor by profession. He was preceded in death by...
Virginia Malone
Jan 31, 2012
Virginia Dare Malone passed from this world to her reward in Heaven on Tuesday, January 31, 2012. Virginia Dare Murphey was the first of two daughters born to Conrad Elmo Murphey (1905-2000) and Virginia Dare Miles (1908-1988). Dare was born 13, June 1929, in St. Francis Hospital, Monroe, Ouachita Parish, LA. Dare's younger sister Connie Murphey Abdalla will be...
Charles Mcguill
Jan 30, 2012
Pat McGuill, 84, of Refugio died Monday, Jan. 30, 2012. Mr. McGuill was born Feb. 4, 1927, in Refugio to Charlie and Ollie Lee (Curbello) McGuill. He married Joella Waggoner on July 27, 1949, at Our Lady of Refuge Catholic Church in Refugio. He attended Our Lady of Refuge Catholic School and was a member of the Knights of...
Cyril Denwood
Jan 23, 2012
Cyril B. Denwood, 88, of Beeville, died Monday, Jan. 23, 2012. Mr. Denwood was born Dec. 14, 1923, in Kirkland, England, to Johnathan and Annie Wilson Denwood. He married Margaret Jones in Camp Claiborne, La. on Oct. 6, 1945, and was retired from NAS Chase field and received a 50-year recognition from the Masonic Lodge. He was preceded in...
Edward Sugarek
Jan 16, 2012
Edward L. Sugarek of Beeville passed away Monday, January 16, 2012, at his home in Bee County after a long and courageous struggle with Parkinson's Disease. Funeral services will be held at the First Presbyterian Church at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, January 18, 2012, with the Rev. Linda Sherry officiating. Mr. Sugarek was born on January 19, 1925, on the...
Elmer Chesnutt
Jan 15, 2012
Elmer Fred Chesnutt, 92, passed away Sunday evening, Jan. 15, following a brief illness. He was born March 22, 1919, at his family's home in Cadiz, Texas, where he lived until his recent move to Hacienda Oaks Nursing Home in Beeville. His parents were Elmer Filmore Chesnutt and Maude Catherine Wilson Chesnutt. Mr. Chesnutt was a farmer and rancher...
Douglas West
Jan 14, 2012
Douglas West, 81, of Beeville, died Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012. Mr. West was born Sept. 19, 1930, in Brooklyn, N.Y., to Elsie Lee and Percy Howard West. He served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War as a submarine sailor and was wounded during his service time (WIA). He married Thelma Juanita Coleman in Corpus Christi on Feb....
William Grigsby
Jan 12, 2012
WILLIAM "BILL" GRIGSBY Bill was born November 30, 1936 in Honolulu, Hawaii and died at the age of 75 in Christus Spohn Shoreline Hospital in Corpus Christi, Texas on January 12, 2012, the victim of lung cancer with complications. He was preceded in death by his father, the late Lt. Cmdr. William Burton Grigsby, his mother, Melba Anna Held...
Jamie Finch
Jan 12, 2012
Jamie Orear Finch, 79, formerly of Beeville, died Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012. Mrs. Finch was born Dec. 4, 1932, to Morton Manchester and Lake Erie (Watson) Boren in Winsboro. She married Billy Royce Finch on March 11, 1950, in Stockdale. She was a member of River Hills Baptist Church and a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her...
Tomasita Montemayor
Jan 2, 2012
Tomasita (Franco) Montemayor, 84, of Beeville, died Monday, Jan. 2, 2012. Mrs. Montemayor was born July 5, 1927, in Karnes City to Estefana Longoria and Pablo Franco. She married Meliton Montemayor in Beeville and loved music. In 1997, she worked at the public library and the Beeville Police Department and as a custodian at Beeville Memorial Hospital. She was...
Oble Foley
Dec 29, 2011
Oble Martin Foley, 88, of Houston, died Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011. Mrs. Foley was born April 8, 1923, in Beeville to Oble Chloe (Bell) and William Ollie Martin. She married Aubrey Lee Foley in Phoenix, Ariz., on Nov. 3, 1942. She was the office manager for an ophthalmology office and was a member of First Baptist Church. She was...
Elsie Engelking
Dec 25, 2011
Elsie (Hertel) Engelking, 91, of Beeville died Sunday, Dec. 25, 2011. Mrs. Engelking was born March 1, 1920, in Burton to Anna (Kirchner) and Paul Hertel. She married James C. Engelking on April 27, 1946, in Beeville. She was a homemaker and a member of Faith Lutheran Church. She was part of the Faith Lutheran Women's Circle and Quilting...
Wesley Gibson
Dec 22, 2011
Wesley Lee Gibson, 62, of Beeville died Thursday, Dec. 22, 2011. Mr. Gibson was born Sept. 23, 1949, in Pueblo, Colo., to Bessie Ruth Rodarmel and James C. Gibson. He married Rebecca McKee in Holt, Fla., on Sept. 20, 1974. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps and was a member of the First Baptist Church, the VFW, American...
Joyce Hall
Dec 16, 2011
Joyce L. (Howell) Hall, 76, of Beeville, died Friday, Dec. 16, 2011. Mrs. Hall was born July 10, 1935, in Silver Lake, Wash., to Lucille Margaret Wilbank and Bernard Bill Howell. She married William L. Harris in Rockport on June 1, 2007. Survivors include her husband, William L. Harris of Beeville; daughters, Leanna Wilson and Sheila Vasquez, both of...
Mary Davis
Dec 12, 2011
BEEVILLE, TEXAS Mary Kathryn (Penny) Davis entered the heavenly gates on December 12, 2011. Penny was born on January 3, 1942 in Longview, Texas to Luke and Sue Gratehouse. Penny graduated from William Adams High School in Alice, Texas and attended A & I in Kingsville, Texas. She married Bill Davis, Jr. on March 3, 1962. Penny is survived...
Joyce Collier
Dec 7, 2011
Joyce Alleene (Taylor) Collier, 82, of Tuleta, died Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011. Mrs. Collier was born Feb. 1, 1929, in Beeville to Mattie Alice (Scott) and James Bonnell Taylor. She married Walter Giles Collier in Tuleta on July 3, 1948, and was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband on Nov. 3, 1998; and...
William Carl
Dec 5, 2011
William Evans Carl died suddenly Monday, December 5, in a Beeville hospital. He was born in Lynbrook, Long Island, New York, July 23, 1925, to Beatrice Evans and Harry J. Carl. Bill attended Lynbrook High School and graduated from Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Geology. He served as a 2nd lieutenant in...
Frances Brown
Dec 1, 2011
FRANCES P. BROWN Frances P. Brown, 93, of Raytown, Missouri, former long time resident of Beeville, Texas, passed away December 1, 2011 at Hidden Lake Nursing Home in Raytown, Missouri. She was born April 2, 1918 in Wichita Falls, Texas, the daughter of Frank and Pauline Burns. Frances married Benton Brown in 1937 and was the loving mother of...
Mattie Schroeder
Nov 30, 2011
Mattie Lou Schroeder, 84, passed away on November 30, 2011. She was born on July 10, 1927, to Bob and Ora Eaves Davis in Calvert, Texas. She was a member of Faith Lutheran Church and a nurse. She married Dr. Orville Charles Schroeder in 1948, in Waco, Texas. She is survived by her daughter, Debbie (Ron) Coldeway of New...
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