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

Erin Marcus
Feb 12, 2011
Hazel Elizabeth (Moore) Parkman, 85, of Beeville, died Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2011. Mrs. Parkman was born May 13, 1925, in Needville to Wilma Adkins and John P. Moore. She married Leon Parkman in Houston on Aug. 23, 1946, and was a beautician. She was also a member of Trinity Christian Church and the Eastern Star. She was preceded in...

Hazel Parkman
Feb 8, 2011
Hazel Elizabeth (Moore) Parkman, 85, of Beeville, died Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2011. Mrs. Parkman was born May 13, 1925, in Needville to Wilma Adkins and John P. Moore. She married Leon Parkman in Houston on Aug. 23, 1946, and was a beautician. She was also a member of Trinity Christian Church and the Eastern Star. She was preceded in...

Johnny Hester, Jr.
Feb 6, 2011
Johnny Lee Hester Sr., 80, of Beeville, died Sunday, Feb. 6, 2011. Mr. Hester was born April 17, 1930, in Clareville to Ruby Ford and Buster Hester. He married Doris Jean Perkins in Beeville on March 14, 1953, and was a member of the Church of Christ. He was retired from Trunkline Gas Company. He ewas a U.S. Army...

Raemona Mcneill
Jan 28, 2011
Raemona Southwell McNeill, 81, passed away on January 28, 2011. She was born to George Thomas and Lucille (Beall) Southwell on October 30, 1929, in Beeville, Texas. She married Scott Edward McNeill, Jr. on June 1, 1947, in Beeville, Texas. She was a real estate broker who founded McNeill Properties, an acclaimed local artist, and was a member of...

Thomas Standiferd
Jan 23, 2011
Thomas "T.J." Standiferd, 80, passed away on January 23, 2011. He was born to Edward D. and Ann (Dougherty) Standiferd on June 5, 1930, in Topeka, Kansas. He married Elizabeth Garcia on January 15, 1995, in Sinton, Texas. He served in the United States Army and was a member of the Catholic church. He was a lifetime member of...

Ruby Jancha
Jan 18, 2011
Ruby (Mohrenweiser) Jancha, 85, of Skidmore, died Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2011. Mrs. Jancha was born Feb. 11, 1925, in Los Angeles, Texas, to Albert and Emilie Johanne (Hesselbach) Mohrenweiser. She married Frank Allen Jancha in Sinton on Dec. 29, 1950. She was retired from Bee County-Tynan Co-op after serving more than 30 years and was the memorial chairperson and...

Lionel Ybanez
Jan 15, 2011
Lionel Yba�ez, 54, of Corpus Christi, died Saturday, Jan. 15, 2011. He was born to Emilio Yba�ez and Martina (Barrera) Yba�ez on Nov. 24, 1956, in Three Rivers. He was a high school graduate and served in the U.S. Navy. He was an OSHA instructor and inspector for several refineries and was a member of the Catholic church. He...

Mayme Nelson
Jan 5, 2011
Mamye Ruth (Brashear) Nelson, 82, of Beeville, died Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011. Mrs. Nelson was born July 10, 1928, in Mineral to Henry and Leona (Harris) Brashear. She married Bascom McTyre Nelson in Mineral in 1958. She received a bachelor of science degree from the University of Texas and was a lifetime teacher, working at Pettus ISD and Pawnee...

Arthur Zander, Sr.
Dec 31, 2010
Arthur H. Zander Sr., 91, of Beeville, died Friday, Dec. 31, 2010. Mr. Zander was born on Aug. 6, 1919, in Lee County, to Fred and Ida Mae (Schroeder) Zander. He married Agnes Thelma Hill in Luling on June 14, 1939. He was a gauger in the oil and gas business by profession and was a member of First...

Rosemary Hoing
Dec 22, 2010
Rosemary (Jones) Hoing, 72, of Berclair, died Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010. Mrs. Hoing was born Oct. 25, 1938, in Raymondville to Arlo Eddie and Gale (White) Jones. She married Neil Hoing and earned her doctorate degree from Baylor University. She was retired from Pettus ISD as special education director and also formerly worked for Corpus Christi ISD. She was...

Edith Hopkins
Dec 21, 2010
Edith Marie (Oujesky) Hopkins, 91, of Pettus, died Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2010. Mrs. Hopkins was born March 2, 1919, in Houston, to Joseph Elenor and Frances (Milburger) Oujesky. She married Orville Eugene "Buzz" Hopkins on Aug. 12, 1939, in Houston and was a homemaker and a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church. She was the director of Head Start...

Thomas Heitman
Dec 16, 2010
Thomas John Heitman, 75, of Beeville, died Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010. Mr. Heitman was born on May 16, 1935, in Fort Worth to John Charles and Nannie Lou (Ellis) Heitman. He married Darla Dean Lucas on July 23, 1953, in Corpus Christi. He was the owner/operater of H&H Air Conditioning and Bush Country Flea Market, an entrepreneur and attended...

H.O. Pipkins, Jr.
Dec 6, 2010
H. O. "Sonny" Pipkin died Monday, Dec. 6. Sonny moved to Refugio in 1961, working in the oilfield. Shortly after, he started his own company, Thor-Jet, Inc. In the years that followed, he started and bought several other businesses. In 1999, he semi-retired and realized one of his retirement dreams -that of raising miniature horses. Sonny was also on...

Harold Herrmann
Dec 5, 2010
Harold Lee Herrmann, age 90, passed away on December 6, 2010. He was born on June 11, 1920, in Skidmore, Texas, to F.J. and Mary Vavrusa Herrmann. He served in the Army Air Corps and was a World War II veteran. He married Doris Harrison on November 13, 1947, in George West, Texas. He retired from Central Power &...

Joe Mcgee
Dec 4, 2010
Joe T. McGee, 68, of Beeville, died Saturday, Dec. 4, 2010. Mr. McGee was born Aug. 5, 1942, in Monte Vista, Colo. to James Alvis McGee and Opal November McGee. He married Peggy Turner on June 22, 1973, in Beeville. He served in the U.S. Army and was a driller by profession. He was preceded in death by his...

Elton Schumann
Dec 2, 2010
Elton L. Schumann, 96, of Skidmore died Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010. Mr. Schumann was born Oct. 25, 1914, in Jerrell, to John and Helen Dhoer Schumann. He married Anita Elizabeth Faktor on Jan. 6, 1936, in Skidmore and was a rancher and farmer. He was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church. He was preceded in death by his...

James Taylor
Nov 29, 2010
James Thomas Taylor, Jr., 88, passed away on November 29, 2010. He was born to James Thomas Taylor, Sr. and Jessie Staples Taylor on May 19, 1922. James served in the United States Army. He married Juanita Brown in Garden City, Kansas. He was a rancher and a member of First Baptist Church in Pawnee. He is survived by...

Margaret Dietz
Nov 28, 2010
Margaret Talkington Dietz passed away quietly and peacefully on November 28th, 2010, in Houston, Tx. She was born in Laredo, Texas on June 9th, 1926, to longtime Beeville residents, Vernon L. and Gracie Talkington. Margaret is survived by: Her 2 sisters, Betty Ann Berger of West Hartford Connecticut, and Kathleen LaCour of Bishop, Tx, Her 3 children-Laraine Peterson of...

Helen Allen
Nov 27, 2010
Helen Madeline Buttery Allen, 88, died Saturday, Nov. 27, 2010. Mrs. Allen was born April 30, 1922, in Crossville, Ill. to Alvin and Hallie Poole Buttery. She married Harold L. Allen on Aug. 18, 1953, in Kingsville. She was preceded in death by her parents and a sister, Frieda Ippolito. Survivors include her husband, Harold Allen Sr. of Victoria;...

Anita Linnstaedter
Nov 10, 2010
Anita Lynn (Evans) Linnstaedter, 51, of Beeville, died Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2010. Mrs. Linnstaedter was born Nov. 7, 1959, in Oak Harbor, Wash., to Mary Ann (Perez) and Vernon R. Evans. She married Joe Linnstaedter on June 10, 1988, and was a homemaker and a member of Faith Lutheran Church. She enjoyed cooking and worked with the Faith Lutheran...