Local Obituaries for Beeville, Three Rivers, and George West, Texas
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Ward Hammond, Jr.
May 29, 2011
Ward Leighton Hammond Jr., 79, of Beeville, died Sunday, May 29, 2011. Mr. Hammond was born Feb. 17, 1932, in Baton Rouge, La., to Alice Myrtle (Farr) and Ward Leighton Hammond Sr. He married Mildred Marie Grimes in Bowling Green, Ky., on July 7, 1954, and was a retired Air Force tech sergeant of 21 years, worked civil service...
Augusta Humble
May 25, 2011
Augusta Ada Humble, 81, went to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on May 25, 2011. She was born April 6, 1930, in Corpus Christi, Texas to John S. and Mollie Mosser. She was a graduate of Corpus Christi High School. Augusta married Dan K. Humble on May 30, 1947. A few years later, they moved to...
Cordylee Bissett
May 24, 2011
Cordylee Margaret Bissett, 91, died Tuesday, May 24, 2011. Mrs. Bissett was born Jan. 20, 1920, to John T. and Flossie Myrtle Arthur Thompson in Bee County in Candlish Community. She married Clark Bissett on July 11, 1941, in Natchez, Miss. She was a member of First Baptist Church and Bee County Republican Women. She was preceded in death...
Mary Kyle
May 22, 2011
Mary Libby Kyle, 95, of Beeville, died Sunday, May 22, 2011. Ms. Kyle was born Dec. 5, 1915, in Timpson, to Icy Kate Halliburton and Napoleon Kyle. She was the owner and operator of King Bee for 20 years and was a member of the Christian faith. She was preceded in death by her parents, two sisters and three...
Michael Trotter
May 21, 2011
Services are pending at Galloway & Sons Funeral Home for Michael Eric Trotter, 60, of Beeville. He died Saturday, May 21. Read more: mySouTex.com - Michael Eric Trotter
Mabel Collins
May 21, 2011
Mabel Forth Collins, 88, of Boone, N.C., formerly of Beeville, died Saturday, May 21, 2011. Mrs. Collins was born Dec. 30, 1922, Sanderson, to Susan (Dean) and James Monroe Forth. She married Glen Paul Collins in Del Rio on Oct. 2, 1939. She was a Baptist, a member of the Red Hat Club and worked at South Texas Children's...
Carlos Mendoza
May 16, 2011
Carlos Mendoza, 86, of Beeville, died Monday, May 16, 2011. Mr. Mendoza was born March 4, 1925, in Beeville to Gregorio and Antonia (Pena) Mendoza. He married Eloisa Gomez in Bee County on July 5, 1967, and was an oil field maintenance worker. He was a Catholic and enjoyed fishing and gardening. He was preceded in death by his...
Alice Bohac
May 13, 2011
Alice A. (Qualls) Bohac, 78, of Skidmore, died Friday, May 13, 2011. Mrs. Bohac was born June 25, 1932, in Atascosa County to Grace (Rutledge) and Charlie Qualls. She married Joe Bohac in Beeville on July 4, 1951 and was a homemaker and a member of First United Methodist Church of Skidmore. She participated in all of her church's...
Craig Orrell
May 12, 2011
Craig Allan Orrell, 50, passed away on May 12, 2011. He was born to Kenneth Jay, Sr. and Sara (Smith) Orrell on April 15, 1961 in Corpus Christi, TX. He served in the U.S. Army. Craig worked for T.D.C.J. Field Force Connally Unit. He was a Christian and a volunteer for the Beeville Fire Department. Craig enjoyed the outdoors...
Janis Gossett
May 12, 2011
Janis "Jan" Ray Gossett Janis "Jan" Ray Gossett, 64, of Beeville, died Thursday, May 12, 2011. Ms. Gossett was born Jan .28, 1947, in Beeville, to Dorothy Louise Johnson and James Wilbur Ray Jr. She was a homemaker and a member of the Catholic church. She was preceded in death by her parents; and a son, Brandon Wilburn. Survivors...
Loreta Ferguson
May 9, 2011
Eloise Henry Ferguson went to be with our Lord on May 9, 2011, at the age of 86. She was born to John Scott Henry and Octava Hirst Henry on March 27, 1925, in Bee County and was raised in the Orangedale Community . Eloise attended school in Beeville and graduated from A. C. Jones High School in 1942....
Charles Langohr
May 7, 2011
Charles Harry Langohr Sr., 98, of Beeville, formerly of Baltimore, MD, died Saturday, May 7, 2011. Mr. Langohr was born Oct. 2, 1912, in Baltimore to Charles William and Marie A. (Nelk) Langohr. He married Marie L. Smith in Baltimore and was a retired auditor of 43 years for A&P Food Stores. He was a member of the Lutheran...
Chester Decoux
May 6, 2011
Chester Leroy Decoux died Friday, May 6, 2011. Mr. Decoux was born June 15, 1911, in Bay City, Texas, to Hattie Josephine (Brady) Decoux and Edmund Pierre Decoux. He worked for the Houston Oil Company, which became Atlantic Richfield, for 45 years. He was preceded in death by his parents, Edmund and Hattie Decoux; his wife, Evelyn Joyce (Cox)...
Lola Sherrill
May 5, 2011
Lola Ann (Pitts) Sherrill, 68, of Mineral died Thursday, May 5, 2011. Ms. Sherrill was born May 7, 1942, in McGregor to Hollis and Lucille (Sharp) Pitts. She was a member of Mineral Baptist Church. She was a retired teacher after 20 years and taught school in Vidor and in Estes Park, Colo. She lived in Mineral for seven...
Mary Wofford
Apr 29, 2011
Mary Beth (Marriott) Wofford, 88, of Beeville, died Friday, April 29, 2011. Mrs. Wofford was born Jan. 2, 1923, in Portland to Marjorie (York) and Stephen Marriott. She married Stephen Roderick "Roddy" Wofford and was a member of First United Methodist Church and the Needlework Group from the Methodist Church. She worked for NAS Chase Field Civil Service in...
Genevieve Graves
Apr 21, 2011
Genevieve "Ginger" Graves, 88, of Longmont, Colo., died Thursday, April 21, 2011. Mrs. Graves was born on May 11, 1922, in Basin, Wyo., the daughter of Harry and Alice (Barker) Allison. She served in the U.S. Army as a registered nurse during World War II and married Robert Graves in 1947. They moved to Beeville in 1967. She and...
Clem Young
Apr 19, 2011
Clem Clifford Young, 88, of Beeville, died Saturday, April 16, 2011. Mr. Young was born July 19, 1922, in Beeville, to Johnnie Lottie Schulz and James Edgar Young. He married Doris Nelson in Lake Charles, La., on June 27, 1942. Mr. Young was a carpenter and member of First Baptist Church in Beeville. In the 1960s, he helped with...
Josephine Nicholson
Apr 7, 2011
Josephine Marie (Hoefer) Nicholson, 80, of Beeville, died Thursday, April 7, 2011. Mrs. Nicholson was born Dec. 1, 1930, in St. Louis, Mo., to Thelma Kennedy and Walter Hoefer. She was the owner and operator of Ruth Davis Retail Shop and worked for Galloway Photography. She was a member of First Christian Church and the First Presbyterian Church handbell...
Melva Christman
Apr 2, 2011
Melva Jean (Brandon) Christman, 80, of Normanna, died Saturday, April 2, 2011. Mrs. Christman was born May 5, 1930, in Fox, Okla., to Eunice (Hodge) and Ben Brandon. She married George Henry Christman Jr. in Agua Dulce on June 13, 1953. She was a teacher for 34 years and taught in Pettus ISD, Goliad ISD and Agua Dulce ISD....
Dorthie Earnest
Mar 27, 2011
Dorthie E. (Mayes) Earnest, 86, of Beeville, formerly of Refugio, died Sunday, March 27, 2011. Mrs. Earnest was born March 28, 1924, in Putnam to Mable and L.F. Mayes. She married Elmer W. Earnest in Cotulla on May 17, 1964, and worked as a telegraph operator, social worker, postal carrier and dorm administrator. She enjoyed music, dancing, rodeos, hunting...
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