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

Marion Smith
Dec 31, 2014
Marion Edward Smith, 87, passed away on December 31, 2014. He was born January 6, 1927 in Bonanza, Arkansas to Arrie and Sarah Earlene (Barnes) Smith. He married Lena Mae Reiland on March 24, 1951 in Bruni, Texas. She preceded him in death on January 9, 2014. Mr. Smith joined the U.S. Navy in 1944 after graduating from High...

Waymond Franke
Dec 30, 2014
Waymond "Billy" Franke, 79, passed away on December 30, 2014. He was born September 26, 1935 in Bee County, TX to Walter A. and Annie E. (Rosebrock) Franke. He was a member of Our Savior Lutheran Church and a retired farmer and bulldozer operator. He was preceded in death by his parents; and brother, Marvin Franke. He is survived...

Elizabeth Hernandez
Dec 27, 2014
Elizabeth Genara Hernandez passed away on December 27, 2014 at the age of 51. She was born September 18, 1963 to Saturnino Hernandez and Genara Caballero in Three Rivers, Texas. She was a member of River of Life Worship Center and was a resident of Three Rivers, Texas for her entire life. She was employed with the Three Rivers...

Charles Woodward
Dec 25, 2014
Charles Maurice Woodward, 92, of Three Rivers died Thursday, Dec. 25, 2014. Mr. Woodward was born July 22, 1922, to Oscar Edwin and Sue (Forgy) Woodward in Corsicana. He married Verna Lee Edge on Sept. 17, 1946, in Three Rivers. He was an operator for Mobil Oil Kitty Plant for 30 years and a deacon for First Baptist Church....

Rachel Littlejohn-Diebel
Dec 24, 2014
Rachel was born June 14, 1922 in Wellingborough, England. She passed away on December 24, 2014. She was the eldest of three children. Her two brothers, Norman and David, predeceased her. She was studying to become a doctor in 1938 at Cambridge University, when World War II broke out. Upon testing by the British government, she was drafted and...

Guss Kunze
Dec 24, 2014
Guss Arnold Kunze passed away on December 24, 2014 at the age of 94. He was born March 28, 1920 to Carl Herman Kunze and Ada Ethel Landrum in Riesel, Texas. He married Betty Florence Martens on November 24, 1945 in Falfurrias, Texas. He was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church. He was a resident of Beeville, TX,...

Carol Scotten
Dec 23, 2014
Carol Lea Scotten, 72, passed away December 23, 2014. She was born November 29, 1942, in Galveston, Texas, to Carvel and Marjorie (Roberts) Dement. She married James Scotten in Beeville in 1962. She was a member of Faith Lutheran Church and retired as a claims adjuster from Brooke Insurance after more than 20 years. She was a member of...

James Pugh
Dec 19, 2014
James F. (Jim) Pugh, 83, passed away on December 19, 2014. He was born on September 2, 1931 in George West, Texas to William F. and Dora (Grover) Pugh. On April 7, 1953 he married Helen Elizabeth Hoelscher in Violet, Texas. In enlisted in the U.S. Army on July 1952 and was honorable discharged on June 1960. He was...

Nona Bonifay
Dec 19, 2014
Nona Trois Bonifay, age 95, surrounded by family, left this world on December 19, 2014 to go to be with our Lord. Trois was born in Taft, Texas on September 6, 1919 to Vernie R. & Lillie Glasson. She was a graduate of Taft High School and attended Draughons Business College in Corpus Christi. She married Loren Council in...

Guadalupe Ruiz
Dec 18, 2014
Guadalupe (Lupe) Ruiz, 78, passed away on December 18, 2014. She was born on November 22, 1936 in Campbellton, Texas to Santos and Julia (Rodriguez) Garcia. In 1959 she married Robert Ruiz, Sr. in Campbellton, Texas. She was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church. She had worked at Tasty Cream and was retired owner of Sunrise-Sunset Restaurant and...

Douglas Crawford
Dec 17, 2014
Guadalupe "Lupe" Ruiz, 78, passed away on December 18, 2014. She was born on November 22, 1936 in Campbellton, Texas to Santos and Julia (Rodriguez) Garcia. In 1959 she married Robert Ruiz, Sr. in Campbellton, Texas. She was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church and was retired owner of Sunrise-Sunset Restaurant and Tasty Cream. She is survived by...

Helen Dugat
Dec 16, 2014
Ruth Dugat passed away peacefully Tuesday morning in the care of her two daughters. She was preceded in death by her husband of 50 years, Byron Sidney Dugat; her mother, Maude B. Rigall; her father, CR Rigall; and brother, C.R. Rigall Jr. She is survived by her four children, daughter, Helen Dickensheets and husband Richard of Alvin Texas, son,...

George Mcclintock
Dec 15, 2014
George Kenneth "G. K." McClintock, 81, passed away on December 15, 2014. He was born on July 2, 1933 in Refugio, Texas to Robert Lester and Maggie (Rhoades) McClintock. He married Cherry Dee Hill on October 20, 1951 in Refugio. He was a member of First Presbyterian Church and was a rancher and retired owner-operator of Phillip's 66 Service...

Evelyn Williams
Dec 6, 2014
Evelyn "Beebe" Williams, 85, passed away surrounded by family on December 6, 2014. She was born to Everette Lee and Lillie Layfayette Machen in Charlotte, Texas on July 28, 1929. Beebe was one of a kind, and was so very loved by her family. She raised 5 children which led to the loving family that we are today. She...

Dwayne Bradley
Dec 6, 2014
Dwayne L. Bradley, 77, of Beeville, died Saturday, Dec. 6, 2014. Mr. Bradley was born Nov. 28, 1937, in Emmetsburg, Iowa, to Geraldine (Damstrom) and Bernard M. Bradley. He married Mary Zaugg on Oct. 3, 1983, and served in the United States Navy during the Vietnam War. He was a member of the VFW Post 9170, American Legion and...

Thomas Strauch
Dec 1, 2014
Thomas "Tom" Strauch, 72, of Normanna, died Monday, Dec. 1, 2014. Mr. Strauch was born Jan. 13, 1942, in Beeville to Belle (Alpers) and Thomas Anthony Strauch. He married Linda Gerhardt on June 9, 1966, and was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Pettus. He was preceded in death by his parents and his daughter, Linda Strauch....

George Norris
Nov 26, 2014
George West, Texas George Robert Norris, 84, passed away on November 26, 2014. He was born on October 4, 1930 in Annarose, Texas to Vollie and Minnie Lee (Kelly) Norris. He served in the United States Marine Corps and was a veteran of the Korean War. He married Gwen White on September 9, 1995 in George West. He was...

Billy Finch, Sr.
Nov 21, 2014
Billy Royce Finch, 82, passed away on November 21, 2014. He was born on September 12, 1932 in Smiley, Texas to Dowling and Stella Beatrice (Hill) Finch. He married Jamie Boren on March 11, 1950 in Stockdale, Texas. He was a member of River Hills Baptist Church, a mason, and retired as a sales manager in the oilfield industry....

William Gray
Nov 17, 2014
William W. Gray, 76, of Beeville, died Monday, Nov. 17, 2014. Mr. Gray was born Feb. 15, 1938, in Kennet, Missouri, to Callie (Roberts) and Truman Gray. He married Sandra Boarman and was a retired postal worker. He was preceded in death by his parents and brothers, Don Gray and Larry Gray. Survivors include his wife, Sandra Hudson of...

Donald Thomas
Nov 17, 2014
Donald "Don" Thomas, 72, of George West, died Monday, Nov. 17, 2014. Mr. Thomas was born March 15, 1942, to Beryl Eugene and Mary Thomas in Columbus, Ohio. He married Rosella Bailey on July 14, 1978, in Cumberland, Maryland, before moving to George West. He worked as a parts manager for Bendorz and Snider Auto. He was preceded in...