Rosalio Trevino
Jul 30, 2013
Rosalio Trevino, 90, of Matagorda passed away July 30, 2013. He was born August 30, 1922 in Mercedes, Texas to the late Macedonio Trevino and Guillerma Martinez Trevino. As a young man in his 20's he worked at local supermarket delivering groceries. He then started working on small farms as a farm hand he continued that line of work after...
Billy Travis Arbuckle
Jul 29, 2013
Billy Travis Arbuckle. 78, of Bay City passed away July 29, 2013. He was born November 4, 1934 in Quanah, Texas to the late Herbert Cromwell Arbuckle, Sr. and Laura Odessa Wilfong Arbuckle. He was a licensed Pharmacist for 50 years and retired from Eckerds in 1999. He was well loved by his patients and cared deeply for their well-...
Pauline Alice West
Jul 26, 2013
Pauline Alice West, 92, of Bay City passed away July 26, 2013. She was born November 22, 1920 in Palmer, TX to the late Paul E. Baker and Evie Bomer Baker. She Honorable served as a Technician Fifth Grade (Tech.5) in the Women's Army Corps (WAC) of the US Army during World War II. She was assigned to the 6715th...
Barry Dale Reckaway
Jul 23, 2013
Barry Dale Reckaway, 54, of Bay City passed away July 23, 2013. He was born June 19, 1959 in Victoria, TX to the late George William Reckaway and Ernestine Vollmering Reckaway. Graveside services will be 4:00 PM Friday, July 26, 2013 at Roselawn Memorial Park in Van Vleck with Rev. Chester Sassman officiating.
Margaret Justine Corporon
Jul 22, 2013
Funeral services will be held at 10:00 A.M. Thursday, July 25, 2013 at Taylor Bros. Funeral Home in Bay City for Margaret Justine Hermis Corporon, 90, of Collegeport, Tx. with Andy and Janell Blair officiating. Interment will be at Hawley Cemetery. Margaret was born June 15, 1923 to Joe and Rosalie Hermis. She married Chester Miles Corporon, August 6, 1947....
Christopher Columbus Murphree
Jul 20, 2013
Christopher Columbus Murphree, 85, of Bay City passed away July 20, 2013. He was born September 19, 1927 in Hayworth, Oklahoma to the late Leonard Franklin Murphree and Jettie Wooley Murphree. He served in the US Army during the Korean Conflict and retired from the Matagorda County Drainage District after 36 years of service. He was a member of the...
Roger D. Venglar
Jul 20, 2013
Roger D. Venglar, 65, of Bay City passed away July 20, 2013. He was born December 18, 1947 in Freeport, TX to the late John D. Venglar and Janey Lee Cumby Venglar. Roger loved his family and friends and was gifted with the ability to build or repair most anything. Survivors include his wife, Tomasa Venglar of Bay City; daughter...
Ludvik Martin Manna
Jul 19, 2013
Ludvik Martin Manna, loving husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather passed away at the age of 95 on July 19, 2013. He was born February 22, 1918 in Sealy, Texas to the late Martin Manna and Anna Liska Manna. He was the youngest of 7 children. He was preceded in death by his loving wife, Myrtle and brothers and sisters...
Peggy Joyce Lucero
Jul 14, 2013
Peggy Joyce Bundick Lucero, 65, of Bay City passed away Sunday July 14, 2013. She was born May 9, 1948 to the late Charles William Bundick Sr. & Bessie Alice Schultz Bundick. Peggy is survived by her 2 sons Dean Bujnoch of Hutto, TX and Jason Bujnoch of Bay City; 2 sisters Betty Bundick and Margie Williams both of Bay...
Bob Bell
Jul 9, 2013
Robert V. "Bob" Bell, 81, of Bay City passed away July 9, 2013. He was born November 21, 1931 in New Gulf, TX to the late Frank Edwin Bell and Nora Schmerber Bell. He was preceded in death by sisters Irene Jinks and Gladys Lane, brother Floyd Bell and daughter Laurie Bell. He attended Public School in Bay City and...
Mary Evelyn Neeley
Jul 8, 2013
Mary Evelyn Neeley, 80, of Jourdanton, Texas passed away July 8, 2013. She was born January 31, 1933 in Bay City, Texas to the late J. E. Wyatt and Lora Irene Miller Wyatt. Survivors include her husband Robert M. Neeley of Pleasanton, TX; daughters Sandra L. Neeley and Stacy L. Neeley both of Pleasanton, TX; sons David E. Neeley &...
Charles Kevin Daugherty
Jul 8, 2013
Charles Kevin Daugherty, 62, of Bay City passed away July 8, 2013. He was born April 10, 1951 in Passiac, New Jersey to Charles M. Daugherty and Mildred Daugherty. Survivors include his mother Mildred Daugherty of Matagorda; daughter Dawn Gomez of Corpus Christi; son Kevin Daugherty & wife Vallery of Victoria; sisters Gloria Pfaff of Matagorda, Lynn McCarty of Houston,...
Aubrey Gene Eastwood
Jul 4, 2013
Aubrey Gene Eastwood, 83, of Matagorda passed away Thursday, July 4th, 2013 at Matagorda Regional Medical Center in Bay City. He was a long- time resident of Matagorda and a Commercial Fisherman. Aubrey was born on April 12, 1930 in Waco, Texas to parents Buford Lee and Lilly Mae McCartney Eastwood. He was preceded in death by his parents, a...
Ricky Lee Bates
Jul 4, 2013
Ricky Lee Bates, 51, passed away on July 4, 2013 of natural causes in Webster, Texas. He was born on October 22, 1961 at Hendricks Memorial Hospital in Abilene, Texas. Ricky grew up in Van Vleck, Texas where he attended Van Vleck High School. Ricky worked as a farmer for many years in and around Matagorda County. Ricky enjoyed spending...
Charles L. Williams
Jun 29, 2013
Charles L. Williams, 76, went to his heavenly home June 29, 2013, in Bay City, Texas. He was born in Gulf, Texas, on April 20, 1937, to Charles P and Dorothy J. (White) Williams. He was a member of the Bay City High School Class of 1956, and a long-time member of the First United Methodist Church of Bay City....
Gus Leroy Hoffman
Jun 27, 2013
Gus Leroy Hoffman, 83, of Markham passed away June 27, 2013. He was born September 14, 1929 in Markham, TX to the late Guss Hoffman and Selma Schulze Hoffman. He worked for Bay City ISD for many years and the El Campo Post Office. Survivors include his wife, Betty Lou Hoffman; daughters Beverly Ann Cline (Butch) of Hankamer, TX, Gretchen...
Mr. Luat Nguyen
Jun 26, 2013
Mr. Luat Nguyen, 80, of Palacios passed away Wednesday, June 26, 2013 in Victoria, TX. He was born September 15, 1932 in Vietnam to the late Van Nghi & Huyen Thi Nguyen. Luat was a long time resident of Palacios, a member of the Catholic Church, & a Shrimper. He is survived by his wife: Thi Truc Nguyen; 5 daughters:...
Donald Wayne Gibbens
Jun 25, 2013
Donald Wayne Gibbens, 95 formerly of Bay City, passed away on June 25, 2013 in Katy, Texas. He was born February 10, 1918 in Scott County, Arkansas to the late Bud D. and Cassie Gibbens. He moved to Bay City in 1928 where he eventually met his future wife, Eva. They married on May 17, 1941, and resided in Bay...
Raul Garza, Jr.
Jun 22, 2013
Raul D. Garza, Jr. 56, of Markham, passed away June 22, 2013. He was born March 27, 1957 in Indio, CA to Oralia D. Garza and the late Raul M. Garza. In addition to his mother, he leaves to cherish his memory his brother Noe Garza; sisters Esther Zepeda, Norma Brooks and Veronica Sanchez; 9 nephews Sergio, Javier, David, &...
Donald Lynn Thompson Sr.
Jun 19, 2013
Don Thompson, 67, loving husband, father, grandfather, and friend passed away June 19, 2013 in the Methodist Hospital in Houston after a brief illness. He was born January 6, 1946 in Orlando, Florida to Gertrude Greene Hornbostel. He was a resident of Bay City for 52 years. He was proud to be a Texan and said, "He got here as...
