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

Tom Brown
Nov 26, 2011
Tom Brown, 75, of Beeville, died Saturday, Nov. 26, 2011. Mr. Brown was born July 29, 1936, in Floresville to Judith Estelle McNiel and Thomas Lendon Brown. He married Billie Davis in San Antonio on March 4, 1956, and was a mechanic for Texaco. He was a member of First Baptist Church and a Mason. He was involved with...

Tammy Webb
Nov 25, 2011
Tammy M. Webb, 26, of Grand Prairie, died Friday, Nov. 25, 2011. Miss Webb was born May 7, 1985, in Dallas to Mary L. (Martinez) and Welder Odis Webb. She was preceded in death by her father, Welder Odis Webb; her maternal grandparents, Delfino and Amanda Martinez; and paternal grandparents, Walter and Inez Webb. Survivors include her mother, Mary...

Tommy Burris
Nov 25, 2011
Tommy Burris, 64, of Beeville, died Friday, Nov. 25, 2011. Mr. Burris was born Dec. 30, 1946, in Laredo to Dora (Goff) and Earl Hayes Burris. He married Joye Hoffman in Beeville on June 1, 1969, and served in the U.S. Air Force. He was a rancher and a member of First United Methodist Church. Survivors include his wife,...

David Jeffrey
Nov 22, 2011
David Jeffrey, 61, of Beeville, died Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011. Mr. Jeffrey was born Dec. 20, 1949, in Beeville to Katherine Bohanan and Harold Jeffrey. He was retired from Lack's Furniture Center and was an amateur wildlife photographer. He was active in the Beeville Photography Club. He was preceded in death by his parents, Sid and Katherine Bohanan. Survivors...

Benvenido Rebugio
Nov 20, 2011
Bienvenido "Ben" Rebugio, 64, of Beeville died Sunday, Nov. 20, 2011. Mr. Rebugio was born March 27, 1947, in the Philippines to Maria Juana (Tabangcura) and Vicente Rebugio Sr. He married Liza Bamba in the Philippines on Dec. 21, 1987, and worked for Christus Spohn Hospital for 15 years in nutritional services. He was a member of St. Joseph...

Lenora Howell
Nov 17, 2011
Lenora Verlene Howell took the journey to be with our Lord on Thursday, November 17th, 2011. Lenora was born in George West, Texas to Joe Banta and Olga Bradfute Banta, September 11, 1926. She married Homer Everette Howell February 4th 1954. She was a military (NAVY) wife for thirty years. She enjoyed bowling, fishing, crocheting, her plants, taking care...

John Nicholson
Nov 16, 2011
John F. Nicholson II, 82, of Beeville, died Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2011. Mr. Nicholson was born Feb. 17, 1929, in Belmont, Mass., to John F. and Ruth (Donaldson) Nicholson. He married Josephine Hoefer and was a math teacher at Coastal Bend College and co-owner of Ruth Davis Shoppe. He was a member of First Christian Church. He was preceded...

Blaine Luthringer, Sr.
Nov 15, 2011
The heavens rejoiced as Blaine Neill Luthringer, Sr. slipped quietly into the night on the evening of Tuesday, November 15, 2011, in Rockport, Texas. Waiting for him there were his parents, Frank and Rosalie Luthringer, and his sister, Frankie Riggle, who preceded him in joining the ranks of angels and saints. Blaine, the youngest of Frank and Rosalie Luthringer's...

Jerome Rouse
Nov 15, 2011
In memory of Jerome Rouse, 87, who passed away on November 15, 2011, his loving family posts this notice of our loss. He was the patriarch of our family - warrior, teacher, father, grandfather and great-grandfather. Born August 18, 1924, in Butler County, Ohio, he was brought up in the small town of Reily, Ohio by parents Frank LeRoy...

Ruth Lindsay
Nov 13, 2011
Ruth Edna (Roberts) Lindsay died Sunday, Nov. 13, 2011. Mrs .Lindsay was born April 10, 1924, in Tynan to Lee Roy and Daisy Viola (Teague) Roberts. Prior to enrolling in elementary school, she attended school with her older siblings and began reading at an early age. She accepted Christ at an early age and often spent time memorizing and...

Margie Bast
Nov 7, 2011
Margie Gertrude (Yarbrough) Bast, 78, of Mineral, formerly of Kingsville, died Monday, Nov. 7, 2011. Mrs. Bast was born Aug. 20, 1933, in Whiteflat to Virgie A. Bishop and R. Arthur Yarbrough. She married Curtis Lynn Bast in Kingsville on Aug. 4, 1955, and was a commissioned patrol deputy for the Kleberg County Sheriff's Department and a member of...

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,...