Stella Pearl Phillips
Jan 25, 2016
Stella Pearl Hauff Phillips, 90, of Bay City passed away January 25, 2016. She was born November 2, 1925 in Cleburne, TX to the late Phillip Hauff and Maude Hadley Hauff. She met Earl Phillips in Palacios, TX and they married February 2, 1945. After his service in WWII they moved to Bay City where they owned and operated Earl's...
Bonnie Jewel Gosling
Jan 25, 2016
Bonnie Jewel Townsend Gosling, 82, of Bay City, Texas, passed away, surrounded by family, on January 25, 2016. She was born January 2, 1934 in Conroe, Texas to the late George William Townsend and Lola Mae Spencer Townsend. She was preceded in death by her parents; and her grandson, Brett Aaron Brown. Survivors include sister, Maxine Townsend Glover; brother, William...
Margie Legg Quinn
Jan 24, 2016
Margie "Mimi" Legg Quinn, 85, of Bay City, Texas gained her heavenly angel wings as she truly was an angel here on Earth. She went to be with her Lord on a beautiful Sunday morning, January 24, 2016. She was born September 9, 1930 in Markham, TX to the late Richard Hubert Legg and Carrie Lowe Legg. She worked at...
Jose Castellanos
Jan 24, 2016
Rutilio Jose Castellanos, 82, of Cuero, passed away on Sunday, January 24, 2016. He was born June 4, 1933 in Mexico to the late Pablo Castellanos and Zeferina Dominguez. Jose enjoyed music. He loved playing his guitar and singing. Jose was a doting grandfather. Jose is survived by his brothers and sisters, Agustin, Maceria, Juana, Guillermine, Dominga, Fancisco, Aleja; wife...
Jesse Lee Ellis
Jan 22, 2016
Jesse Lee Ellis, Sr. was born September 8, 1940 in Brownwood, TX and went to be with the Lord January 22, 2016. In the summer of 1953, Jesse and his 3 younger brothers came to live in Collegeport, TX with their loving adoptive parents W. L. and Rosalie Nelson Ellis. Jesse graduated from Palacios High School in 1960. After graduation...
Leona Popek
Jan 20, 2016
Leona Popek, 77, of Bay City passed away January 20, 2016. She was born April 29, 1938 in Grenada, Mississippi to the late Felton Shumate and Winnie Sue Hill Shumate. She was preceded in death by a daughter Johnnie Sue Bryant and a son Jerry Felton Townsend. Survivors include her husband Johnny Popek of Bay City; daughters Connie Mechura (Ronnie)...
Mary Lou Garcia
Jan 20, 2016
Mary Lou Garcia, 85, of Katy, passed away on Wednesday, January 20, 2016. Mary Lou was born on June 19, 1930 in Bay City to Hilario and Antonia Munoz. Mary Lou was a loving wife, mother, sister, aunt, grandmother, and friend. She was the epitome of strength. She gave purpose, love and support to those that needed it. Wisdom and...
Jack Lee Daugherty, Sr.
Jan 20, 2016
Jack Lee Daugherty Sr., 77, of Bay City went to be with his Lord on Wednesday, January 20, 2016. He was born on March 12, 1938 in Edinburg, Texas to the late James and LaFaye Reese Daugherty. Jack served in the Army in Verona, Italy where he played saxophone in the 4th Army Band. He owned his own crane company...
Wanda Nell Laird
Jan 18, 2016
As your reading your morning paper and stumble upon this nontraditional obituary, there is probably someone in your life you need to be sending a "Thank You" card to. Wanda Laird would encourage you to reach for your favorite pen and probably some fun frilly paper and get that message out in the mail as soon as possible. She was...
Billie Margaret Barron
Jan 18, 2016
Billie Margaret French Barron, 74, of Bay City passed away on January 18, 2016. She was born in Tyler, TX on December 28, 1941 to the late John Howard French and Sylvia Faye Hammock French. She was 8 weeks old when her mother passed away leaving her to be raised by her father and step-mother, the late Claudia French. She...
Karen Taylor Vacek
Jan 17, 2016
Once diagnosed with cancer in 2014, Karen Taylor Vacek never gave up. She never complained, maintaining a brave and cheerful outlook of an optimistic future – even through countless chemotherapy and radiation treatments, X-rays, blood transfusions, hospitalizations and pain. She continued to live her life and proceeded ahead with what she often referred to as just "a bump in the...
Melba Needham
Jan 16, 2016
Melba Louise Needham was born to Jack and Velma Crain in San Saba, Texas, on Saturday, July 31, 1943. She passed away January 16, 2016. She grew up in central Texas, coming to Bay City when she was a young teenager and spending the rest of her life in a place she lovingly called "home." Melba was known for her...
Kenneth Lee Peterson
Jan 13, 2016
Kenneth Lee Peterson, 86, of Palacios passed away January 13, 2016. He was surrounded by his loving family, who prayed in thankfulness to God for the gift of this wonderful, cherished Christian man. He was born on January 25, 1929 in Jackson County, Texas, to the late Emil Peterson and Alice Slaughter Peterson. He was a 1947 graduate of the...
Dolores Marie Wallis
Jan 13, 2016
Dolores Marie Wallis, 85, of Palacios, TX passed away January 13, 2016. She was born June 30, 1930 in Houma, LA to the late Houston Eschete and Libby Blanchard Eschete. She was preceded in death by her husband Hugh Maxwell Wallis in 2010 and two brothers Clayton and Arnold Eschete. Survivors include daughter Gwendolyn Wallis Williams and husband Duane of...
Ada Ruth Cole
Jan 10, 2016
Ada Ruth Cole, 80, of Bay City passed away Sunday, January 10th, 2016. She was born January 15, 1935 in Tulare, California, to the late William Ariel and Emma Mae Bell West. Ada married the love of her life Rosser Moody Cole, and they spent many wonderful years together. She is survived by her husband, Rosser Cole; daughters, Mona Davenport...
Isidro Castanon Perez
Jan 10, 2016
Funeral services for Isidro Castanon Perez were held January 13, 2016 at St. Anthony's Catholic Church in Palacios, Texas with Father Bryan Heyer officiating. Isidro was born on May 15, 1927 in Coyote, Mexico to Francisco Castanon and Refugia Perez and he passed away January 10, 2016. Isidro immigrated to the U.S. in 1954 and one of his proudest moments...
Barbara Mckissick Sullivan
Jan 8, 2016
Barbara McKissick Sullivan quietly slipped from this world into the arms of her Lord on January 8, 2016, at the age of 99 years, seven months and three days. She was born in Ashby, TX to Belva (Kate) Dunbar and James L. (Pete) McKissick on June 5, 1916. She first married Jay Kent Keller of Midfield, and they had two...
Laura Nelle Kling
Jan 5, 2016
Laura Nelle Heickmann Charlton Kling, 78, was born August 5, 1937 in Poteet, Texas. She died January 5, 2016. Her family consisted of her father Bud Heickmann (a roughneck, a grocer for 25 years, a city patrolman for 10 years), her mother Ruby Barrow Heickmann (a teacher for 32 years), her grandmother Onie Etta Barrow (seamstress and homemaker), and a...
Grace Ann Mariner
Jan 2, 2016
Grace Ann (Brandes) Mariner, 58, of Bay City, Texas died Saturday, January 2, 2016 after a brief struggle with brain cancer. Grace was born September 10, 1957 in El Campo, Texas to Alfred and Ann Brandes. She graduated from El Campo High School in 1976 and then attended Wharton County Junior College. At a dance at the Knights of Columbus...
Anton Adolph Pustejovsky
Jan 2, 2016
Anton A. "Tony" Pustejovsky passed away peacefully in Sargent Beach, Texas on January 2, 2016. He was born on April 20, 1937 in the town of West, Texas to Adolph F. and Christine Mechell Pustejovsky. He attended elementary school in Galveston, Texas; Carthage, Texas; and West, Texas. He graduated from West High School in 1955 where he was a member...
