Obituaries

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

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Robert Wooden

Robert Wooden

Sep 3, 2015

Robert "Woody" Wooden, 68, passed away September 3, 2015. He was born on January 28, 1947 in Scotia, California to Henry and Margaret (Victorine) Wooden. He married Brenda Davidson on April 19, 1972 in Beeville. He served in the U.S. Navy was a truck driver for Nalco Chemical. He is survived by his wife, Brenda Wooden of Beeville; son,...

Betty Carroll

Betty Carroll

Sep 3, 2015

Victoria, TX Betty Lou Carroll, 72, passed away Sept. 3, 2015. She was born Sept. 10, 1942 to William R. "Mutt" and Bernice L. "Lucy" (Underwood) Morris in Beeville. She worked as an office manager for Tri District Credit Union in Victoria. She is survived by her husband, Almon R. Carroll of Victoria; daughters, Donna (Gene) DeLarm of Flroesville,...

Sonnie Gray

Sonnie Gray

Aug 31, 2015

Sonnie Gray, 73, of Pottsboro, Texas, passed away suddenly Monday, August 31, 2015 in Live Oak County. He was born in Bonham, Texas on May 29, 1942, son of the late Willie Clyde and Mary LaRue (Herd) Gray. He was preceded in death by his adored wife, Patricia "Patti" Jones Gray. Sonnie will be remembered for his love of...

Eva Walker

Eva Walker

Aug 20, 2015

Eva Ruth (McFall) Walker passed away on August 20, 2015. She was born on June 3, 1922 in Penelope, TX to Virgil Kelly and Ora Eunice (Wilkerson) McFall. She married Donald Curtis Walker on September 6, 1940 in Beeville, TX. She was a Baptist and a housewife. She is preceded in death by her parents; husband; and brother, Bill...

Mary Rivera

Mary Rivera

Aug 16, 2015

Mary Alice (Longoria) Rivera, 67, of Beeville, died Sunday, Aug. 16, 2015. Ms. Rivera was born July 11, 1948, in Beeville to Dolores (Perez) and Baldemar V. Longoria. She was employed with Bee County College (Coastal Bend College) for 34 years. She was a Catholic and enjoyed watching movies. She was preceded in death by her father. Survivors include...

Faustino Leal, Sr.

Faustino Leal, Sr.

Aug 11, 2015

Faustino Vela Leal Sr., 76, of Live Oak County, died Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2015. Mr. Leal was born in Beeville on Feb. 15, 1939, to Epifanio and Martha Vela Leal. He was preceded in death by his parents; two sons, Faustino Leal Jr., and Juan Manuel Leal; and one sister, Consuelo "Connie" Martinez. Survivors include companion, Jesusa Gomez of...

Eulalia Bednorz

Eulalia Bednorz

Aug 10, 2015

Eulalia Rose (Lollie) Bednorz, 92, passed away on August 10, 2015. Born on August 23, 1922 in St. Hedwig, Texas to Joe and Clara Ploch Strzelczyk, she married Walter John Bednorz on September 6, 1942 and resided most of her life in George West, Texas. Mrs. Bednorz was preceded in death by her parents, husband, and two brothers; three...

Alfred Voss

Alfred Voss

Jul 10, 2015

Alfred Arnold Voss Sr., 85, died Friday, July 10, 2015, at his home in Owatonna, Minnesota. Mr. Voss was born June 12, 1930, in Normanna to Ollie Myone (Roberts) and August Charlie Voss. He grew up in Normanna and graduated from Pettus High School in 1948. He married Barbara Ann Simpson in 1950 and worked at the refinery in...

Phyllis Muehl

Phyllis Muehl

Jul 10, 2015

Phyllis Ann Muehl (Schnaare) was born August 25, 1936 in Granite City, IL and passed away July 10, 2015 in Beeville, TX. Phyllis is preceded in death by her husband of 56 years, Gary D. Muehl; parents, Charles M. Schnaare, Sr. and Ethel N. Schnaare (Robison); sister, Catherine Balmer; and brother, Charles M. Schnaare, Jr. She is survived by...

Barbara Brandt

Barbara Brandt

Jul 8, 2015

Barbara Jean (Essary) Brandt, 76, of Beeville, died Wednesday, July 8, 2015. Mrs. Brandt was born July 25, 1938, in Refugio County to Bertha (Schultz) and Arlie Essary. She married Louis C. Brandt in Refugio on April 4, 1959, and was a homemaker and a member of Faith Lutheran Church. She also worked for Salch Printing and Hallmark Cards...

Werner Benham

Werner Benham

Jul 8, 2015

Werner E. Benham, 86, passed away on July 8, 2015. He was born January 14, 1929 to James A. (Cleve) and Erna (Franke) Benham in Live Oak County, Texas. He married Betty Haverlah on September 30, 1961 in Karnes City, Texas. He was a member of Our Savior Lutheran Church and past president of the Elim Lutheran Church council....

Brenda Pugh

Brenda Pugh

Jul 6, 2015

Brenda K. Pugh, 59, of Cypress died on Tuesday, July 7, 2015. Mrs. Pugh was born June 23, 1956, to Rufus and Helen (Burns) Wideman in Sylacauga, Alabama. She married Richard Pugh on June 16, 1978, in Cypress and was a Catholic and a homemaker. She enjoyed taking care of family, doing charity work, loved horses, and helped special...

William Priest

William Priest

Jul 4, 2015

William "Bill" Richard Priest, 68, passed away on July 4, 2015. He was born March 21, 1947 to William Martin and Ann (Walls) Priest in Corpus Christi, Texas. He married Shirley Montgomery McNeely on December 16, 2006 in Beeville, Texas. He was a catholic and an excellent cook and owner and operator of Swinney Switch Cafe. He was an...

Jennie Evans

Jennie Evans

Jun 25, 2015

Jennie Elizabeth Evans, 91, was born April 26,1924 in Beeville Texas. She passed away peacefully in Corpus Christi, Texas on June 25, 2015 among family. She was a graduate of Baylor University. Jennie was a loving wife, mother and sister. She often volunteered at Spohn Hospital in Corpus Christi in her younger days. Jennie was preceded in death by...

Hazel Kirby

Hazel Kirby

Jun 23, 2015

Hazel Cynthia "Cyndi" Kirby, 74, passed away on June 23, 2015. She was born January 4, 1941, in Boston Massachusetts to Henry C. and Dorothy (Stoddards) Tiews. She was a member of St. Philip's Episcopal Church and a lifetime member of the V.F.W. Auxiliary Post #1890. She traveled Europe and the Far East before coming home to Texas. She...

Jacob Aldridge

Jacob Aldridge

Jun 22, 2015

Jacob Henry Aldridge, 28, of Beeville, died Monday, June 22, 2015. Mr. Aldridge was born in Beeville on Oct. 20, 1986, to John Robert and Annette (Lee) Aldridge. He attended Beeville ISD and was a 2005 graduate of Pettus High School. He was a decorated Afghanistan war veteran who served honorably in the United States Army for seven years....

Terese Simonson

Terese Simonson

Jun 22, 2015

Terese G. Simonson, 89, of Dinero, died Monday, June 22, 2015. Mrs. Simonson was born July 4, 1925, in Iowa, to William and Alice (Murphy) Grady. She was a teacher and member of St. Joseph Catholic Church and the Swinney Switch Auxiliary. She was preceded in death by her parents, William and Alice Grady; her husband, Merle Simonson Sr.;...

Jerry Wheeler

Jerry Wheeler

Jun 18, 2015

Jerry Dee Wheeler, 87, passed away on June 18, 2015. Born on October 16, 1927 in Tilden, Texas to Jesse Oppenheimer and Gertrude Bruce Wheeler, he resided most of his life in Three Rivers, Texas. He graduated from TRHS where he excelled in sports and later attended Uvalde Jr. College where he excelled in football and dancing. He served...

Mary Whitworth

Mary Whitworth

Jun 12, 2015

Mary Lou Tindol-Whitworth passed away on June 12, 2015. She was born to Jim and Lucy Jones of Swinney Switch, Texas, on July 29, 1927, and was preceded in death by her parents; sister, Martha Ann Whitworth; and brother Jimmie Jones. She married Neville Tindol in May 1945, and together they raised five children, N.P. (Charlie) Tindol of San...

Lois Davis

Lois Davis

Jun 10, 2015

Lois Maxine Tindol Davis, 93, passed away on June 10, 2015. She was born to Butler K. Tindol and Fannie Jane Fugate Tindol in Cadiz, Texas, on February 24, 1922. She was raised in the Cadiz Community, and resided there until 1941 when she moved to Tuleta with her husband and infant son. In 1957, she, her husband and...