Recent Obituaries

Aug 12, 2019

Mary Jean (Capps) Thomas, 82, passed away Monday, August 12, 2019, at her home in Beeville, Texas.

Mrs. Thomas was born April 25, 1937 in Fort Collins, Colorado, to Ted Capps and Ida Mae (Edwards) Capps. She married James Thomas in Beeville on December 31, 1964. She was a homemaker, member of First Presbyterian Church where she...

Aug 10, 2019

Dear Lord,

Thank you for the short time we were able to know and love Jacob Cole Thompson, who was born in Beeville, Texas, on March 27, 2002, to Tracy Dean Thompson and Patricia Therese Knorr. He was a very smart young man whose life was taken at the age of 17. He was a student at...

Aug 5, 2019

Rosendo Peña III of Colton, California, passed away Monday, August 5, 2019. He was 56.

Rosendo was born and raised in Gary, Indiana, on April 17, 1963, to Juanita (Molina) and Rosendo Peña, Jr. Upon high school graduation, he joined the military and fulfilled his enlistment with the United States Marine Corps as a corporal which he...

Aug 5, 2019

Dolores Mosqueda Trevino of George West passed suddenly, yet peacefully, at the age of 91 on Monday, August 5, 2019, in Corpus Christi, Texas. She was born on July 30, 1928 to Manuel and Florinda (DeLeon) Mosqueda in Three Rivers, Texas.

Dolores had much to be thankful for. On January 15, 1956, she married Adolio Trevino, who...

Aug 4, 2019

Doyle Robert May was born on June 3, 1962 in Houston, Texas. He grew up in Beeville, Texas and graduated from A.C. Jones High School in 1982. Doyle lived in independent living quarters with River Gardens in New Braunfels, Texas for many years. Most recently, he was a resident of the Live Oak Nursing Center in George West, Texas....

Aug 3, 2019

Edgar Ross McClendon, 88, of Bee and Live Oak Counties, passed away Saturday, August 3, 2019.

Mr. McClendon was born November 29, 1930, in Ben Arnold, Texas, to John and Annie (Cowie) McClendon. He married Mary Louise Coker in Utopia, Texas on March 8, 1957. He resided in Bee and Live Oak counties all his life where...

Jul 31, 2019

Katherine Eloise Larkin Billings was born on March 11,1947 and after a long, courageous battle with breast cancer went to be with the Lord on July 31, 2019. Born in a prairie farmhouse on the outskirts of Cordele, Texas, Kathy never let her small beginnings dictate her big heart. She attended Southwest Texas State University on a work/study program...

Jul 26, 2019

Bridgett Ann (Goodwin) Moffatt passed away Friday, July 26, 2019, in her home in George West, Texas. She was 79.

Bridgett was born December 29, 1939 in Beeville, Texas to James Francis Goodwin and Winifred Cecilia (Stephenson) Goodwin. She earned a bachelor’s degree from Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio, Texas and worked until...

Jul 22, 2019

Lee Meyer passed away peacefully on July 22, 2019. He was born on March 30, 1930, to John Otto and Wanda Meyer in Ganado, Texas. After graduating from Angleton High School, Lee served in the United States Air Force while stationed in Guam during the Korean Conflict. He moved to Beeville in 1955 where he owned and operated Meyer Motor Parts for...

Jul 16, 2019

Marguerite “Marji” Thompson Chadwick Zimmer, 64, died unexpectedly at her home in Beeville on Tuesday, July 16, 2019.

Mrs. Zimmer was born Aug. 19, 1954 in Beeville to Barbara Clare Smith and Don Thompson Sr. She married John S. Zimmer Jr. in June 1975 in Beeville. She retired as an LVN and was a member of the...

Jul 13, 2019

Sara Nan Myers was born February 9, 1931 in Beeville, Texas, to Jim F. Gray and Betty Jo Tuttle.

She passed away on Saturday, July 13, 2019, at the age of 88.

Sara attended Beeville Independent School District and was a member of the last school class of the one-room school at Blanconia.

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Jul 8, 2019

Lonnie Frank Smith, 57, of Magnolia, Texas, formerly of Beeville, Texas, passed away Monday, July 8, 2019 after a three-year battle with cancer.

He was born September 18, 1961, in Payson, Utah, to Frank Max and Carolyn Susan (Montoya) Smith.  His mother later married Robert Milton Hardman, who raised Lonnie and his sister as his own.

Jun 29, 2019

Diana (Neal) Loving, 65, of Beeville, Texas, passed away Saturday, June 29, 2019. Diana was born December 13, 1953 in Beeville to Edward M. Neal and Flossie (Davis) Neal. She married Don Loving in Corpus Christi on June 14, 1982. She was employed with the Travis County Adult Probation office in Austin where she was a probation officer for...

Jun 27, 2019

Jack E. Chesnut, 90, of Beeville, Texas passed away Thursday, June 27, 2019.

Jack was born in Llano, Texas on April 20, 1929 to S.E. Chesnut and Amy (Newsom) Chesnut.

Jack graduated from Llano High School in 1946, attended Texas A&M and graduated from Texas State University in 1950. Following graduation, Jack joined the U.S....

Jun 22, 2019

Teresita (Hinanay) Bamba, 79, of Beeville, died Saturday, June 22, 2019.

Ms. Bamba was born in the Philippines Aug. 11, 1939 to Apolonio Hermida and Feliza (Hinanay) Hermida. In 2001, she came to the United States, where she was employed with the Victoria Independent School District and was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church. She had...

Jun 21, 2019

Robert Lee Nisely Jr., born on August 28, 1954 to Robert Nisely Sr. and Rena Shaw Nisely, passed away on June 21, 2019 at his home.

Robert served in the U.S. Army, had a long career at Union Carbide, loved to fish and read. He wasn’t one to shy away from a job that needed to be...

Jun 20, 2019

Steven Dan Brown ascended to heaven to be with the Good Lord on 06/20/2019. He persevered against his battle against Leukemia for several years, only to succumb to a secondary associated illness.

Steven was born into a well-recognized and dedicated military family.  His family served in the U.S. Army and Navy in every war since the U.S....

Jun 19, 2019

Mildred Norma (Schmidt) Jostes, 87, of Beeville, Texas, passed away Wednesday, June 19, 2019. Mildred was born on November 1, 1931, to E.A. and Lillian (Merseburger) Schmidt in Shiner, Texas; later moving to the Mathis area where she grew up on the family farm. She attended Southwest Texas University studying for a degree in education. On May 14, 1960,...

Jun 16, 2019

William Conley "Bill" Murphy passed from this life on June 16, 2019. He was 89. He was born on December 5, 1929 to Annie Kreis Murphy, mother, and Willie Paul Murphy, father, of Papalote, Texas. He had one older sister, Elizabeth Cecil Murphy. Bill grew up in Papalote, Texas surrounded by ranchers and cowboys like his dad Willie and...

Jun 14, 2019

Ila Mae (Walton) Hines, a resident of George West since 1922, passed away Friday, June 14, 2019. She was 99. Ila Mae was born in Snyder, Texas, Scurry County on October 26, 1919 to William D. and Virda Lee (Massey) Walton. She married Euel Hines in George West on November 7, 1942, was a housewife and faithful member of...