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Matagorda County and the surrounding areas in the state of Texas

Katy Lou Wratislaw

Katy Lou Wratislaw

Nov 7, 2014

Katy "Ms. Kay" Wratislaw died peacefully surrounded by her family on Friday, November 7, 2014. Katy was born on September 1, 1934 in Bowie County, Texas to the late Samuel Isaac and Elector Sheldon Graham. Katy was retired from Matagorda Regional Hospital after nearly 20 years of service. Katy was a very kind, compassionate person. She was active in her...

Quentin Eugene Watkins

Quentin Eugene Watkins

Nov 4, 2014

Quentin Eugene Watkins, 78, passed away on November 4, 2014. He was born on June 14, 1936, in Bay City, Texas, to the late Pettus V. Watkins and Ethel McKenzie Watkins. Quentin graduated from Bay City High School where he excelled in track and football, then on to Texas Western College in El Paso, Texas, where he lettered his freshman...

Jessie Murl Long

Jessie Murl Long

Nov 3, 2014

Jessie Murl Moses Long joined the Lord on Monday, November 3, 2014. She was born November 18, 1923 in Zavalla, Texas to the late Jess and Lela Cryer Moses. Jessie worked for 85 years of her life. She loved being around people. She was an avid gardener, doing her own yard until July 2014. She was loved by many because...

Joseph Wallace Broussard

Joseph Wallace Broussard

Nov 1, 2014

Joseph Wallace Broussard, 87, of Port Lavaca was called home by Jesus on Saturday, November 1, 2014. He was born on March 12, 1927 in the village of Choupique, Calcasieu Parrish, Louisiana to the late Noah Joseph & Vernie Richard Broussard. Wallace was a World War II Army Veteran. He was retired from Brown and Root as a painter and...

Juanita R. Sardelich

Juanita R. Sardelich

Oct 31, 2014

Juanita R. "Janie" Sardelich, 80, of Bay City passed away October 31, 2014. She was born March 8, 1934 in Inez, Texas to the late Benito Muniz and Gregoria Rodriguez Muniz. She worked as secretary for the Bay City ISD for many years. She was preceded in death by a sister Cristina Garcia and a brother Baulio Muniz. Survivors include...

William Wade Roome

William Wade Roome

Oct 30, 2014

William Wade "Bill" Roome, 75, of Bay City passed away October 30, 2014. He was born June 9, 1939 in El Campo, TX to the late Harold Wade Roome and Lyda Elizabeth Raybon. Bill was very active for many years in Bay City Little League, he was an avid golfer, a huge Aggie Fan and rarely missed a Bay City...

Sammie Colleen Jarrell

Sammie Colleen Jarrell

Oct 30, 2014

Thursday morning, October 30, 2014, Sammie Colleen Finch Jarrell of Bay City, Texas, peacefully departed this earthly life to be with her Lord. Mrs. Jarrell, 90, was preceded in passing by her husband of 43 years, Henry Milton Jarrell, and her parents, Homer Marvin and Emma Bradham Finch. She leaves two sons, Milton Ray Jarrell married to Claudia, and Glenn...

Phyllis Jean Glenn

Phyllis Jean Glenn

Oct 29, 2014

Phyllis Jean Cade Glenn, 81, passed away in her home Wednesday, October 29, 2014. She was born to Ralph and Velma Cade in Phoenix, Arizona. She is preceded in death by husband, Billy Joe Glenn,, son David Glenn and grandson Andy Glenn; sisters, Elizabeth Ann Post and Georgia Cade Jackson. She is survived by son Michael and wife Charlotte Glenn;...

Johnnie Marvin Green

Johnnie Marvin Green

Oct 23, 2014

Johnnie Marvin "John" Green, 59, left heart disease, weariness and pain for the company of his Lord and Savior on Thursday, October 23. He was born to Katherine Calk Green and Clarence Marvin "Bubba" Green on December 3, 1954 in Bay City, Texas. John married the lovely Alma Sevilla on March 31, 1997. He is mourned by his wife, his...

Ruben Reyes Garcia Sr.

Ruben Reyes Garcia Sr.

Oct 21, 2014

Ruben Reyes Garcia Sr., 81, of Bay City passed away on Tuesday, October 21, 2014. He was born March 4, 1933 in Bay City to the late Martin & Consuelo Reyes Garcia. Ruben was a lifelong resident of Bay City; a member of Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church, and was retired from Celanese as a Central Maintenance Foreman....

Isaac Rodriguez Zepeda

Isaac Rodriguez Zepeda

Oct 20, 2014

Isaac "Yaca" Rodriguez Zepeda, Sr., 90, passed away on Monday October 20, 2014. He was born on January 20, 1924 in Bay City, Texas to the late Guadalupe and Lina Rodriguez Zepeda. Isaac served in the Army during WWII. He was in the Normandy Invasion where he became a prisoner of war in Germany. Isaac worked for the Rice Belt...

Emily Ann Davis

Emily Ann Davis

Oct 20, 2014

Emily Ann Davis, 88, of Bay City went to be with her Lord on Monday, October 20, 2014. She was born on August 8, 1926 in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin to the late Albert & Edna Rickman Herman. Emily along with her husband, J. R. Davis, owned and operated The Pizza Place in Bay City. She was devoted to her family,...

Edith Lucille Arnold

Edith Lucille Arnold

Oct 19, 2014

Edith Lucille "Shug" Arnold, 87, went home to the Lord, Sunday, October 19, 2014. Edith was born August 5, 1927 in Needville, Texas the late Anthus and Gladys Laxson Kelley. Edith was a loving and devoted mother, Nannie, sister, aunt & friend, always putting others before herself. She had the most generous heart and touched many lives with her presence....

Frances F. Neitsch

Frances F. Neitsch

Oct 11, 2014

Frances Frankson Neitsch, 89, of Palacios, passed away October 11, 2014 in Port Lavaca. Frances was born in Palacios, Texas on September 24, 1925 to parents, William H. and Edith Loff Frankson. She was very loving and devoted to her family and was a lifelong and faithful member of the Methodist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents,...

Lillian Cole Milberger

Lillian Cole Milberger

Oct 8, 2014

Lillian Cole Milberger was born January 12, 1924 in Bay City, Texas, to David William Cole and Lillian Lofton Cole. Just two days after her sixteenth birthday, Lillian Cole married FJ Milberger in 1940, a marriage that would last almost 70 years, until FJ's passing in 2009. On their Honeymoon Night, they made it as far as Wharton, Texas, spending...

Mary Frances Evans

Mary Frances Evans

Oct 5, 2014

Mary Frances Harden Evans was born in Water Valley, Texas on June 24, 1918 and passed away in Sugar Land, Texas on October 5, 2014. Frances was an active and dedicated member of the church of Christ since 1932. Frances was an elementary school teacher during the 1940's, and then she began the happiest years of her life when she...

Matthias John Ottis

Matthias John Ottis

Oct 4, 2014

Matthias John Ottis, Jr., 86, of Bay City passed away October 4, 2014. He was born July 3, 1928 in Van Vleck, TX to the late Matthias John Ottis and Rosina Antoinette Imhauser Ottis. Matthias, known to everyone as 'Matt' graduated from Bay City High School in 1945. He was voted most likely to become a rice farmer of world...

Richard James Mesey

Richard James Mesey

Oct 3, 2014

Richard James Mesey, 76, of Bay City passed away October 3, 2014. He was born September 1, 1938 in Cannonsburg, PA to the late Louis Mesey and Isabel Orovetz Masey. He was a Mechanical Engineer in both Areo-space and Nuclear Power. He served in the National Guard for 2 years, then in the US Air Force for 4 years. Survivors...

Beulah Mae Sparks

Beulah Mae Sparks

Sep 30, 2014

Beulah Mae Sparks, 92, of Palacios passed away September 30, 2014. She was born June 27, 1922 in Midfield, TX to the late W. T. Gunter, Sr. and Minnie Spencer Gunter. She taught English at Tidehaven ISD for over 40 years. Her husband George Howard Sparks preceded her in death and her brother W. T. "Buster" Gunter, Jr. Survivors include...

Hubert Dewayne Orr

Hubert Dewayne Orr

Sep 29, 2014

Hubert Dewayne (Peewee) Orr, 76, of Van Vleck passed away on September 29, 2014 in Sugar Land. He was born October 21,1937 to the late Wayne & Hattie Orr. Dewayne served his country in the US Navy, was a long time resident of Van Vleck, and captained tug boats for Parker Bro/ Matagorda Shell for many years. He was retired...

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