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

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...

Marvin Havelka
Aug 27, 2011
Marvin W. Havelka, 73, passed away on August 27, 2011. Marvin was born to Joseph D. and Angeline Book Havelka on November 11, 1937, in Corpus Christi, Texas. He married Mary Lynn Kellum on November 11, 1959, in Taft, Texas. Marvin graduated from Taft High School in 1956, and soon after joined the U.S. Army. He was stationed at...

Margaret Bednorz
Aug 26, 2011
George West, Texas Margaret Bednorz, 73, passed away on August 26, 2011. Margaret was born on July 18, 1938 to Francis Joseph and Margaret (Lockhart) Huser in Beeville, Texas. She married Bernard Bednorz on February 6, 1957 in Beeville, Texas. She was a member of St. George Catholic Church and and the Altar Society. Margaret was the first female...

Suzanna Pruett
Aug 16, 2011
Suzanna Dukes Pruett, 91, died Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2011. She was born Feb. 28, 1920, to Thomas W. Brown Sr. and Maggie Ola (Dukes) Brown in Sipes Spring. She married Leo Houston Pruett Sr. on June 25, 1936, in Lockhart. She was a resident of Hacienda Oaks Nursing in Beeville and a member of First Baptist Church Tuleta. She...

Mary Hanus
Aug 13, 2011
Mary Emilie Hanus, 92, went to be with the Lord and into the arms of her sweetheart Rudolf on August 13, 2011. Mary was born to Melichar and Mary Kusak Prochazka on August 1, 1919 in the town of Cistern, TX. She married her sweetheart Rudolf Dubec on August 5, 1937 in Robstown, TX. Mary never met a stranger...

Mary Bevil
Aug 12, 2011
Mary Jean Bevil passed away in her home in San Antonio on Friday, August 12, 2011 at the age of 64 years old. Mary was a graduate of A.C. Jones High School in Beeville and Baylor University in Waco, where she received her undergraduate and Master's degrees. She was a retired teacher from the San Antonio Independent School District...

T. Heard, Jr.
Aug 4, 2011
Obituary for T.H. Heard Jr. (Tommy) Mr. T. H. Heard, Jr. "Tommy" 93 1/2, of Miami, Florida, died at 11:06 p.m., Aug. 4th in a Miami hospital. Tommy was born Oct. 15, 1918 in Refugio, Texas to T.H. (Short Tom) Heard and Edna Adkins Heard. Heard began training thoroughbred race horses at the age of 19. His career lasted...

Charles Galloway
Jul 29, 2011
Charles Thomas "Tommy" Galloway, Jr. passed away on July 25, 2011. He was born to Charles T. and Mary Jane Kirkland Galloway on July 29, 1938, in Beeville, Texas. He was a member of First United Methodist Church in Houston, Texas. He is survived by his brother, John W. Galloway and wife Elizabeth of Beeville, Texas; nephews, Wil Galloway...

Juanita Taylor
Jul 26, 2011
Juanita "Johnnie" Taylor, 85, passed away on July 26, 2011. She was born on August 19, 1925, to E.W. and Florence Bullard Brown in Red River County, TX. She married James Taylor in Garden City, Kansas. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Pawnee. She is survived by her children, Elaine (Pete) Dobson of Pawnee, TX, and...

Joseph Kirby, Jr.
Jul 23, 2011
Joseph Shelton Kirby Sr., 51, of Beeville, died Saturday, July 23, 2011. Mr. Kirby was born Aug. 31, 1959, in Hanford, Calif., to Virginia Rae Yaws and Arthur Francis Kirby. He married Karla Squires in Beeville on June 1, 2008, and was a truck driver for On The Job Concrete/McAllen Construction. He was preceded in death by his parents,...

Fern Stuart
Jul 20, 2011
Fern La Ruth (Henderson) Stuart, 88, of George West, died Wednesday, July 20, 2011. Mrs. Stuart was born June 30, 1923, in Breckenridge to Beulah Mae (Cowen) and Carroll Casper Henderson. She married Douglas Richard Stuart in Houston on Aug. 28, 1953, and was a secretary for the George West ISD and a member of the First Baptist Church...

Mary Bussey
Jul 19, 2011
Mary Jane Bussey, 99, died peacefully July 19th. She was born in Beeville on June 11, 1912. She graduated Spohn Nursing School and became an RN. She practiced in Corpus Christi until her retirement to live on the lake at Mathis. For the last 6 years she has lived in Wimberley and San Marcos under the loving care of...

Julia Chapa
Jul 17, 2011
Julia (Balerio) Chapa, 85, of Beeville, died Sunday, July 17, 2011. Mrs. Chapa was born June 13, 1926, in Berclair to Lucio Balerio. She married Erasmo S. Chapa Sr. in Beeville on June 4, 1950, and was a homemaker and a member of Our Lady of Victory Catholic Church. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband...

Ross Huegler, Jr.
Jul 15, 2011
Ross Clayton Huegler Jr. 68, formerly of Beeville, died Friday, July 15, 2011. Mr. Huegler was born Aug. 2, 1942, in Beeville, to Verna Dean Cannedy and Ross Clayton Huegler Sr. He attended Texas A&I University for two years and was a retired electrician for TDCJ. Survivors include two daughters, Sloan (Glenn) Simmons of Kingwood and Courtney (Carlos) Garcia...

Beulah Millspaugh
Jul 9, 2011
Beulah (Weisbecker) Millspaugh, 96, of Beeville, died Saturday, July 9, 2011. Mrs. Millspaugh was born Dec. 22, 1914, in Norris City, Ill., to Jacob and Ida Agnes (Clark) Weisbecker. She married Charles Raymond Millspaugh in Norris City on Dec. 31, 1934, and was retired from the State of Illinois. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, the...

Ola Pahmeyer
Jul 8, 2011
Ola Lee Pahmeyer, 95, of Normanna, died Friday, July 8, 2011. She was a homemaker and a member of the Tuleta Baptist Church. Survivors include a step-daughter, Lucy Copeland of Iraan; three step-grandchildren, Sandy Creekmore of Cypress, Jesse Thompson and Cathy Wolfwaker, both of Dripping Springs; several great-grandchildren; and several great-great-grandchildren; two brothers, Marvin Voss of Normanna and Alfred...

Vivian Frederick
Jul 7, 2011
Vivian L. (Riggs) Frederick, 69, of Tuleta, died Thursday, July 7, 2011. Mrs. Frederick was born June 9, 1942, in Windridge, Pa., to Frances (Cook) and Harold E. Riggs. She married David E. Frederick Sr. on July 11, 1964, in Harrisville, Mo., and was a homemaker. Survivors include her husband, David E. Frederick Sr. of Tuleta; two daughters, Laurie...

Rose Rhodes
Jul 3, 2011
Rose Marie (Parrish) Rhodes, 73, of Cisco, formerly of Beeville, died Sunday, July 3, 2011. Mrs. Rhodes was born April 21, 1938, in Ohio, to James Parrish. She married Joseph Rhodes and was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her first husband, James Austin Reynolds. Survivors include her husband, Joseph M. Rhodes of Cisco, formerly of Beeville;...