Local Obituaries for Beeville, Three Rivers, and George West, Texas
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Carol Bozant
Mar 17, 2011
Carol Louise (Glick) Bozant, 64, of Beeville, died Thursday, March 17, 2011. Mrs. Bozant was born Oct. 22, 1946, in Beeville to Mary (Manton) and Terry Glick. She attended Blinn College and Texas Women's University and married Burleigh I. Bozant in Beeville on June 1, 1969. She was a cake decorator for all occasions. She was a member of...

Dauris Granberry
Mar 9, 2011
Dauris Ann Jackson Granberry "flew away to heaven" March 9, 2011. Her giggling, girlish sense of humor was present with each conscious breath. She told each attending nurse or aid how handsome or pretty and wonderful they were, for a Southern Lady is always gracious. She taught her children that even when you have been slighted it is far...

Ray Helm
Mar 5, 2011
Ray Helm, 57, of Spring Branch, died Saturday, March 5, 2011. Mr. Helm was born Oct. 20, 1953, in Waco to Lelie Aldahondo and Dr. Raymond E. Helm. He served in the U.S. Army and was a rancher in Bee County. Survivors include his wife, Jill (Harrison) Helm of Spring Branch; his children, Ray Helm III of Wimberly, Tamara...

Beatrice Brockman
Mar 4, 2011
Beatrice "Teenie" Brockman passed away at 12:30 p.m. at her home in Beeville, TX, with her loving family by her side on March 4, 2011, after a brave battle with cancer. Beatrice was employed as a bank teller at the First National Bank in Kenedy, TX, for many years, and State Bank and Trust in Beeville, TX. She is...

Mary Mcneill
Mar 1, 2011
Mary Elizabeth "Mita" McNeill, 84, of Beeville, died Tuesday, March 1, 2011. Mrs. McNeill was born June 26, 1926, to Ann Gabriel Seger and Robert William Oliver. She married Dr. Scott E. McNeill Sr. in Beeville in 1959, and was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church. She was preceded in death by her parents, Robert William and Ann...

Melvin Nicholson, Jr.
Feb 27, 2011
Melvin Ray Nicholson, Jr., 81, passed away on February 27, 2011. He was born to Melvin Ray and Claudine (Black) Nicholson, Sr. in Beeville, Texas on July 7, 1929. He served in the U.S. Army and was lifetime member of St. Joseph Catholic Church. He was a friend to everyone he met, lover of God, lover of Jesus Christ,...

Scott Horton
Feb 27, 2011
Scott Henry Horton, 47, of Beeville, formerly of Las Vegas, died Sunday, Feb. 27, 2011. Mr. Horton was born Sept. 7, 1963, in Portland, Ore., to Dolores Sizemore and Erwin Horton. He married Kimberlyn Rozell in Las Vegas on July 5, 2001. He was a cook by profession. He was preceded in death by his mother, Dolores Sizemore; and...

Orlynn Rogers
Feb 24, 2011
Orlynn Rogers, 86, of Beeville, died Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011. Mr. Rogers was born Sept. 7, 1924, in Karnes City to William Hubert and Ida Lee Vickery Rogers. He married Louise Munsell on Jan. 16, 1948. He served in the U.S. Army and was a veteran of WWII. He was a member of Papalote Baptist Church, Papalote Volunteer Fire...

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...