Obituaries

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

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Ruth Goza

Ruth Goza

Apr 16, 2018

Ruth "Ellen" (Walker) Goza, age 77, of Normanna, Texas, went to be with the Lord on April 16, 2018, in Victoria, Texas. She was born to Benjamin Claude and Ola Mae (Borders) Walker. She was a faithful member of Normanna Baptist Church in Normanna, Texas. Ellen was a generous and loving daughter, sister, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend. She...

Herbert Ball, Jr.

Herbert Ball, Jr.

Apr 15, 2018

Herbert Edward Ball, Jr., 66, passed away on Sunday, April 15, 2018. Mr. Ball was born February 18, 1952, to Helena Arabella (McKinney) and Herbert Edward Ball, Sr. in Beeville, Texas. He was a 1973 graduate of Texas A&M University, where he received his Master's Degree in Education. He married Mary Beth Sellers on December 14, 1973, in Beeville....

Margery Mccurdy

Margery Mccurdy

Apr 14, 2018

Margery Ruth McCurdy, 68, of Beeville, died Saturday, April 14, 2018. Ms. McCurdy was born Aug. 19, 1949, in Beeville to Doris (Teas) and William Oscar McCurdy Jr. She retired from Coastal Bend College where she taught history. She was preceded in death by her parents. Survivors include two brothers, Dr. William O. (Norma) McCurdy III of Houston and...

Lorri Howard

Lorri Howard

Apr 13, 2018

Lorrie Ann (Martinez) Howard, 56, passed away on Friday, April 13, 2018. Mrs. Howard was born on April 21, 1961, to Andres Martinez and Enedina (Pena) Tanguma in Three Rivers, Texas. She was a Catholic and a restaurant waitress. She was preceded in death by her father, Andres Martinez; and step-father, Narciso Tanguma, Jr. She is survived by her...

Ann Ford

Ann Ford

Apr 13, 2018

Ann Garrison Ford, age 92, went to be with our Lord on April 13, 2018. She was born in Covington, Virginia. She was the only child of Elmo Garrison and Alice Poe Garrison. She was an honor graduate of Covington High School in 1942. After attending James Madison University where she was a member of Sigma Sigma Sigma Sorority....

Jerry Retzloff

Jerry Retzloff

Apr 9, 2018

Jerry Eugene Retzloff, 70, of Ray Point, Texas, passed away on Monday, April 9, 2018. Mr. Retzloff was born on September 22, 1947, in Kenedy, Texas to Eleanora (Braune) and Bill Retzloff. He married Geraldine Zamzow on June 14, 1969, in Three Rivers. He was a graduate of Texas A & I University and was a retired accountant. He...

Donna Brinkman

Donna Brinkman

Apr 7, 2018

Donna Mae Brinkman, 83, of Beeville, Texas, formerly of Odessa, Texas, passed away peacefully with family members by her side on Saturday, April 7, 2018. She was born on June 23, 1934, to Gertrude (Graese) and Rudalph Luedtke in Hutchinson, Minnesota. Mrs. Brinkman was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran church. Donna married Howard Brinkman on July 5, 1953,...

Jose Garza, Sr.

Jose Garza, Sr.

Apr 7, 2018

Jose Ascencion Garza, Sr., "Chon" entered the gates of Heaven on April 7, 2018. He was born on May 17, 1942, in Three Rivers, Texas to the late Juan and Luciana P. Garza. He retired from Alief I.S.D. after thirteen years of service. He loved to fish, hunt, shoot pool and gardening. He was preceded in death by his...

Irene Korczynski

Irene Korczynski

Apr 5, 2018

Irene A. Korczynski, 88, of George West, Texas, passed away on April 5, 2018. Mrs. Korczynski was born on January 28, 1930, in Live Oak County to Agnes (Bednorz) and Felix Richter. She was a member of St. George Catholic Church. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Michael Conrad Korczynski; and children, Michael Conrad Korczynski, Jr.,...

Kenneth Freasier

Kenneth Freasier

Apr 4, 2018

Kenneth Freasier, 87, of Normanna, Texas, passed away on Wednesday, April 4, 2018. He was born on September 18, 1930, to Eugene and Mamie Oda (Wesson) Freasier in Live Oak County. He married Joyce Kidd in Cadiz, Texas on June 22, 2008. Mr. Freasier retired from L. S. Morrison Grocery and Meat Market in George West after 44 years...

Wanda Milam

Wanda Milam

Apr 4, 2018

On April 4, 2018, Wanda Gene Milam was called home by the Lord. Mrs. Milam was born January 10, 1930, in Mangum, Oklahoma to Vera Mae (Baker) and Edward Sherman Wright. She was a resident of Three Rivers, Texas for 51 years. She was preceded in death by her husband, Earl M. Milam, Jr.; a sister, Elizabeth Ann Smith;...

Emelda Stevens

Emelda Stevens

Mar 25, 2018

Emelda Stevens, 87, of Ocala, Florida, formerly of Beeville, died Sunday, March 25, 2018. Mrs. Stevens was born Jan. 13, 1931, in Marrero, Louisiana, to Gertrude Magdalen (Saddler) and Andrew Louis Fisher. She married Virgil B. Stevens in Lake Hurst, New Jersey. She was a U.S. Navy veteran and was retired from the civil service. She was preceded in...

Mary Swinky

Mary Swinky

Mar 24, 2018

Mary Helen Swinky, 56, of Mathis, Texas, passed away on Saturday, March 24, 2018. Mrs. Swinky was born on April 27, 1961, to Dorothy (Stratmann) and Earl James Cramer in Alice, Texas. She married Edward Emil Swinky, Jr. on December 1, 1990, in Beeville, Texas. She was a retired Justice of the Peace secretary and a member of St....

Jared Hammond

Jared Hammond

Mar 23, 2018

Jared Lee Hammond, 32, of Beeville, passed away on Friday, March 23, 2018, in Lubbock, Texas, due to injuries sustained from a car accident. Jared was born December 12, 1985, in Beeville, Texas, to Jeffery and Melinda (Elling) Hammond. He was a 2004 graduate of A.C. Jones High School in Beeville, Texas. He earned a Phlebotomy certification from Coastal...

Elida Carroll

Elida Carroll

Mar 23, 2018

Elida M. Carroll, born on January 15, 1933, in Three Rivers, TX, was called home by the Lord on Friday, March 23, 2018, at the age of 85. She was preceded in death by her father, Miguel Martinez; her mother, Petra DeLeon; and her husband, Melvin Carroll. She is survived by her son, Robert (Mary) Trevino; grandchildren, Megan (Brian)...

Clarence Holt

Clarence Holt

Mar 22, 2018

Clarence Arthur Holt, 87, passed away on Thursday, March 22, 2018. He was born on Oct. 18, 1930, to Arthur and Hazel (Ireland) Holt in Leon, Kansas. He served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War. He married Edna Eliott on Feb. 13, 1985, in Boerne, Texas. He retired from Construction & Trucking Co. and owned Twin Coves...

David Blanton

David Blanton

Mar 21, 2018

David Arlen Blanton entered heaven on Wednesday, March 21, 2018. He was born November 4, 1934, to J.C. and Nora Blanton in Victoria, Texas. Dave graduated from Patti Welder High School. He went on to complete a bachelor's degree in music from the University of Texas. During his college years, he met and married Juanita Rayburn in 1956. After...

Emelie Fox

Emelie Fox

Mar 18, 2018

Emelie Inez Fox, passed away March 18, 2018, at the age of 88. She was born on September 17, 1929, in Lockhart, Texas, to JW and Ruby Walker. She married the love of her life, Cecil Fox on November 16, 1946, in Three Rivers, Texas, who she was married to for 60 years. She was preceded in death by...

Monica Stark

Monica Stark

Mar 16, 2018

Monica Lynn Stark, 56, of Tuleta, Texas, passed away on March 16, 2018. Mrs. Stark was born January 28, 1962, in San Diego, California, to Charles and Joyce (Peters) McCameron. She married James Stark on March 24, 1984, in Beeville, Texas. She earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Health Care Administration and worked as an LVN for Exclusive...

Mary Ball

Mary Ball

Mar 11, 2018

Mary Beth (Sellers) Ball passed away on Sunday, March 11, 2018. Mrs. Ball was born September 22, 1954, to Elizabeth (Michel) and Woodrow Wilson Sellers in Beeville, Texas. She was a graduate of Pettus High School. She married Herbert Ball on December 14, 1973, in Beeville. She retired from T.D.C.J. where she worked as a Parole Clerk. She had...