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

Bonnie Ricketts
Apr 9, 2015
Bonnie Bess Ricketts, 91, passed away April 9, 2015. She was born July 13,1923, in Denver, Colorado to Robert I. and Laveta Viola (Bonnell) Heydon. She married Eugene H. Ricketts on June 20,1942, in Anaheim, California. She was a member of First Christian Church and active years back in the republican party. She is survived by her husband, Eugene...

Regina Galle
Apr 2, 2015
Regina Katherine "Kathy" Dolan Galle, 71, of Beeville, died Thursday, April 2, 2015. Mrs. Galle was born March 7, 1944, in Sabinal to Regina (Dorow) and Michael O'Hara Dolan. She married William Earl Galle Sr. and was retired from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. She was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church. She was preceded in death...

Cathleen Anderson
Mar 21, 2015
Cathleen Dycus - Hollan Anderson, 78, passed away on March 21, 2015. She was born to Hazelwood Dycus and Bernice Cook on January 7, 1937, in Beeville, Texas. She was raised in Sinton, Texas, by her mother and adopted father Gus Hollan. While growing up in Sinton she attended school there and after graduation Cathleen attended Del Mar School...

Ruth Marshall
Mar 20, 2015
Ruth Marshall, 93, passed away on March 20, 2015. She was born in Choates, Texas on March 22, 1921 to Eloise (Long) and Joseph Franklin Sciba. She married Thomas Ran (Peck) Marshall in Tuleta, Texas on March 3, 1940. She was a member First United Methodist Church and a resident of George West since 1955. She was preceded in...

Doris Smith
Mar 16, 2015
Doris Marie (Moore) Smith, 85, of Beeville, died Monday, March 16, 2015. Mrs. Smith was born Sept. 28, 1929, in Shallowater to Velma Mae (Blackwell) and James Travis Moore. She married O.R. "Buddy" Smith in Lovington, New Mexico on Jan. 7, 1950, and was an office manager for Smith Drilling Company. She was an active member of Adams Street...

Eloisa Mendoza
Mar 14, 2015
Eloisa (Gomez) Mendoza, 91, of Beeville, passed Saturday, March 14, 2015. Mrs. Mendoza was born Aug. 17, 1923, in Berclair to Andrea (Garza) and Higinio P. Gomez. She married Carlos Mendoza in Bee County on July 5, 1967. She was a beloved wife, mother and grandmother, and known in the community as an Avon representative for over 25 years....

Jack Mcbride
Mar 9, 2015
Jack Wiley McBride, 70, passed away on March 9, 2015. He was born on December 20, 1944 to Jack Wiley and Mary Margaret (Hoffpower) McBride in Houston, Texas. He married Sarah Smith on May 21, 1981 in Three Rivers. He was a member of First Baptist Church of George West, Texas. He is survived by his wife, Sarah; 3...

John Anderson
Mar 9, 2015
John Burman Anderson, 83, passed away on March 9, 2015. He was born on May 6, 1931, to T.N. and Ethel (Hamstram) Anderson in Hutto, Texas. He served in the United States Navy. On April 11, 1958, he married Cathleen Dycus-Hollan in Sinton, Texas. He was a Methodist. He worked as a measurement engineer with TransContinental Gas & Pipeline...

Charles Steele
Mar 5, 2015
Charles Howard Steele, 86, passed away on March 3, 2015. He was born on March 18, 1928, in DeWitt, Arkansas to Charles Finch and Lillie (Cunningham) Steele. He married Sylvia Basaldu on April 10, 1968. Charles served in the U.S. Navy from 1945 to 1970. He was a WWII, Korean, and Vietnam veteran and was a pilot bombardier. After...

Henry Lucke
Mar 4, 2015
Henry Alfred Lucke was born January 27, 1927, to Karl Lucke and Ernestina Carolina Albert. He attended the Thompson School in Lavaca County through the tenth grade and graduated from Hallettsville High School in May of 1944. In 1946, after a brief period of Army service, he enrolled at Southwest Texas State College in San Marcos. Before completing his...

Lester Kolacek
Feb 25, 2015
Lester Lynn Kolacek, 52, of George West died Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015. Mr. Kolacek was born July 10, 1962 to Lurtice and Loyce Renick Kolacek in Three Rivers. After graduating from George West, he married Valeta Ann Linnean of Farmington, NM on May 18, 1982. He spend most of his life working in the oil field but was working...

Alfredo Moreno, Jr.
Feb 23, 2015
Alfredo (Fred) A. Moreno, Jr., RPh, was called home by the Lord on February 23, 2015, at 95 years of age. He was surrounded by his family. Alfredo was the oldest son of Alfredo B. Moreno, Sr. and Ramona A. Moreno. He was born in Beeville, TX, where he lived most of his life. Alfredo attended and graduated Valedictorian...

Sean Howell
Feb 23, 2015
Services are pending at Galloway & Sons Funeral Home for Sean Christopher Howell, 45, husband of Allison Blake (Tindol) Howell. He passed away on Monday, Feb. 23.

Fred Tegge
Feb 23, 2015
Fred Stanley Tegge was born May 26, 1924, in Granger to Stella (Stanley) and Fred Lee Tegge. He served in the U.S. Navy during WW II and married Imogene Henson on July 20, 1947, in Rosebud. He was a member of First United Methodist Church where he was on the administrative board and was a member of Rotary since...

Louis Mcgill
Feb 22, 2015
Louis Levi McGill, 91, formerly of Beeville, died at Gentiva Hospice in San Antonio Sunday morning, Feb. 22, 2015. Mr. McGill was born April 29, 1923, in Sherman and served as a Staff Sergeant in the United States Army. He was retired after 35 years with Southwestern Bell. He was preceded in death by his parents, Allie Wesson and...

Dorothy Hurst
Feb 17, 2015
Dorothy Mae (Owens) Hurst, 82, of Grove, Oklahoma, formerly of Beeville passed away on Tuesday, February 17, 2015. Mrs. Hurst was born June 18, 1932, in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma, to Lloyd and Ora Lois Sallee Owens. She married CC Hurst Jr. on Dec. 17, 1954, in Lubbock and was a devoted mother, wife, and Founding First Lady of Trinity...

Charlie Becker
Feb 14, 2015
Charlie C. Becker passed away at the age of 103. He was born in Barclay, Texas to Anton and Cecelia Winkler Becker. He was raised in Poth, Texas. He married the love of his life, Isabella Ehlers of Falls City on July 6, 1945. Charlie and Isabella had a wonderful life sharing travel, church, gardening, hunting, and fishing. He...

Arthur Stovall
Feb 2, 2015
Arthur Charles A.C. "Sneaky Snake" Stovall Sr., 80, of Beeville, died Monday, Feb. 2, 2015. Mr. Stovall was born June 3, 1934, in Louise to Allonia (Grant) and George Stovall. He attended George Washington Carver school in Edna and was a truck driver all his life. His last employer was Allen Taylor Construction Company. He was a member of...

Melinda Figueroa
Feb 1, 2015
Melinda Figueroa, 31, of George West, died Sunday, Feb. 1, 2015. Mrs. Figueroa was born Jan. 16, 1984, in Falfurrias to Jose Figueroa and Linda Reaves. She worked as a waitress at Jalisco restaurant in George West. She was preceded in death by her father; grandmother, Roxie Caudle; grandfather, Antonio Figueroa; grandmother, Tomasita Figueroa; nephew, Jose Maria Carbajal III;...

Mary Fulton
Jan 28, 2015
Mary Lou (Thomas) Fulton, 83, of Beeville, died Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015. Mrs. Fulton was born Sept. 3, 1931, in Beeville to Irene (Court) and Fred V. Thomas. She married Cecil Ralph Fulton and was a retired special education teacher for Beeville ISD. She was a member of First Presbyterian Church. She was preceded in death by her parents;...