Local Obituaries for Beeville, Three Rivers, and George West, Texas
Recent Obituaries
Amy Ortiz
Feb 11, 2019
Amy Lea (Irby) Ortiz, 52, of Goliad, Texas, passed away Monday, February 11, 2019. Amy was born Oct. 28, 1966, in Beeville, Texas, to Seymour and Lynece (Richardson) Irby. She was a farmer and rancher and a member of the Presbyterian church. She enjoyed cooking for family and friends and loved to entertain. She was the life of the...
Floyd Latham
Feb 11, 2019
Floyd Carl Latham of George West, Texas, passed away Monday, February 11, 2019. He was 92. Floyd was born June 20, 1926, in Bruni, Texas, to Walter Latham and Mattie Geary. He proudly served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He married Mildred Hunt in Falfurrias, Texas, on July 15, 1952. He was foreman and manager of...
Edebelia Garza
Feb 8, 2019
Edebelia G. Garza, 79, of George West, passed away Friday, February 8, 2019. Mrs. Garza was born Aug. 8, 1939, in George West to Guillerma (Fuentes) and Ramiro Garcia Sr. She married Arnulfo T. Garza on May 25, 1958 in Seminole. She was a housewife, enjoyed cooking and was a member of the Catholic faith. She was preceded in...
Eddie Molina
Feb 8, 2019
Eddie Molina, 53, of San Antonio, Texas, passed away Friday, February 8, 2019. Eddie was born January 28, 1966, in Beeville, Texas, to Vidal Valdez Molina and Irma (Amador) Feagin. He was a terminal manager in the oil and gas and trucking business. Raised in George West, Texas, he was a member of St. George Catholic Church. He loved...
Mary Neff
Feb 7, 2019
Mary Gentry Neff, 92, of Corpus Christi and formerly of Three Rivers, passed away Thursday, February 7, 2019. Mrs. Neff was born July 11, 1926, in Junction to Tom and Jessie Bell (Hammonds) Gentry. She married Thomas Lee Neff in 1947 in Junction. She was a member of the Baptist church, a homemaker and enjoyed quilting, ceramics and sewing....
Susan Jostes
Feb 3, 2019
Susan (Winsauer) Jostes, 63, of Tynan, Texas, died Sunday, February 3, 2019. Mrs. Jostes was born March 7, 1955, to Delroy and Elizabeth (Person) Winsauer in Sinton, Texas. She married Glenn Jostes on February 4, 1978, in Mathis, Texas, and was a dental hygienist. She was a member of First United Methodist Church in Mathis and enjoyed cooking and...

Chester Zimmerman
Jan 30, 2019
Chester "Don" Zimmerman, 81, of Rockport, Texas, passed away Wednesday, January 30, 2019. Mr. Zimmerman was born September 12, 1937, in Reading, Pennsylvania, to Chester Howard and Florence (Strelecki) Zimmerman. He married Bobby Staples in Rockport on December 23, 1977. He proudly served in the U.S. Navy and was owner/operator for 30 years of Bea's Bait Stand in Rockport....
Donald Hoaglin
Jan 30, 2019
Donald Wayne Hoaglin, 82, of Beeville, died Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019. Mr. Hoaglin was born March 23, 1936, in Pike County, Illinois, to Roy Freeman and Florence Marie (Carroll) Hoaglin. He married Beverly Ann Schwierzke on Feb. 25, 1960 in Beeville. He served in the U.S. Navy for 23 years and retired from AT&T after 23 years. He was...
Dolores Cunningham
Jan 28, 2019
Dolores Ellen (Kennemer) Cunningham, 84, of Three Rivers, Texas, passed away Monday, January 28, 2019. Dolores was born January 14, 1935, in Stillwater, Oklahoma, to Clarence and Goldie (Benton) Kennemer. She married Harold Cunningham on February 2, 1953. She was a real estate agent and helped her husband in the construction business. She was a faithful member of First...
David Hurt
Jan 22, 2019
David Arthur Hurt, 77, a lifelong resident of George West, Texas, died Tuesday, January 22, 2019. Mr. Hurt was born April 30, 1941, to Walter Harry "Jack" and Priscilla (Traynham) Hurt in Pleasanton, Texas. He proudly served in the U.S. Navy from 1959 to 1962. He married Imogene Adams in George West on February 14, 2010. He was a...
Nell Marshall
Jan 17, 2019
Nell Marshall, 95, a longtime resident of Beeville, passed away early Thursday morning on January 17, 2019 in La Garita, Costa Rica. She was born on January 7, 1924 in Hubbard, Texas to the late Travis Cuvier and Mary Ann Freeman Montgomery. She and her husband, the late Clarence William "Toots" Marshall, were married on December 20, 1947 in...
Eddy Blankenship
Jan 10, 2019
Eddy "E.D." Blankenship, 66, passed away Thursday, January 10, 2019, at his home in Beeville, Texas, surrounded by his wife and family. He was born March 25, 1952, to Cicero J. and Sarah Helen (Pledge) Blankenship in Poteet, Texas. He proudly served in the U.S. Navy. Ed is survived by his wife, Jean; their daughter, Jaime; son-in-law, Haskell Lutke;...
Cathy Park
Jan 9, 2019
Cathy Park, 69, passed away peacefully in Austin, Texas, on January 9, 2019. She was born April 28, 1949, in Corpus Christi, Texas, to A.H. "Isaac" and Isabel Habib. Cathy was a Kindergarten teacher at Skidmore-Tynan Elementary for more than 20 years and loved her students and coworkers. She enjoyed Christmastime and watching sports, but most of all cherished...

John Lewis
Jan 9, 2019
John Clinton Lewis, 92, of Beeville, died Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2019. Mr. Lewis was born Oct. 13, 1926 in Borger to John Cook and Phaye (Williams) Lewis. He married Frances Carroll in Borger on Sept. 1, 1950. He retired as an aircraft painter and served in the U.S. Army in World War II. He was a Christian. He was...
Floyd Cavallin
Jan 8, 2019
Floyd Cavallin, 91, of George West, Texas, and formerly of Riverdale, Georgia, passed away Tuesday, January 8, 2019. Floyd was born September 23, 1927, to Clarence and Betty (Griffith) Cavallin in Nacogdoches, Texas. He married Melba Faustina Day in Rome, Georgia. He proudly served in the U.S. Army and he was an optometrist, a Christian and loved fishing. He...
Charles Bailey
Jan 5, 2019
Charles Leonard Bailey, 89, of George West, passed away Saturday, Jan. 5, 2019. Mr. Bailey was born Dec. 31, 1929, in Oceana, West Virginia, to Roscoe Maynor and Hattie Mae Cook. He married Joyce Marie Ferrell in Oceana, West Virginia, on Dec. 23, 1953. He served in the U.S. Army, and was a gauger in the oil and gas...
Jose Torres
Jan 5, 2019
Jose Manuel Torres, 58, a lifelong resident of George West, Texas, passed away Saturday, January 5, 2019. Jose Manuel was born January 16, 1960, in Guanajuato, Mexico, to Lorenzo and Felipa (Gonzales) Torres. He married Juanita Casas in George West on January 17, 1985. He was a ranch hand by profession and was a member of the Catholic faith....
Garland Lowrance
Jan 1, 2019
Garland Alfred Lowrance, 81, of George West, Texas, passed away Tuesday, January 1, 2019, in Corpus Christi, Texas. Mr. Lowrance was born August 11, 1937, in Cleburne, Texas, to Garland Arthur and Dorothy (McCallon) Lowrance. He married Maria Ruth Balilo in Manila, Philippines, on August 4, 1986. After 38 years of teaching, he retired from the George West Independent...
Kathleen Williams
Dec 19, 2018
Kathleen Joan Williams, 73, passed away Wednesday, December 19, 2018, at her home in Skidmore, Texas, with her loving husband, R.L. Copeland, by her side. Kathleen was born October 31, 1945, in Baytown, Texas, and was raised by her parents, Emil and Julia (Matula) Hamala, in Houston, Texas. She helped raise her younger brothers and sisters. After graduating from...
Willa Chandler
Dec 17, 2018
In loving memory of Willa Mae Chandler, 92, who passed away on December 17, 2018. Willa was born December 16, 1926 in Needville, Texas. She spent the majority of her life in Tuleta, Texas, where she met the love of her life, Grady Chandler. Willa graduated from Pleasanton High and attended Southwest Texas State in San Marcos before marrying...