Karen Jean Ramsey
Mar 16, 2010
Karen Jean Ramsey, 39, passed away March 16, 2010. She was born April 2, 1970 in Bay City, TX to Coy C. Ramsy, Jr. and Norma Jean Sherrer Ramsey. Survivors include parents Coy and Norma Ramsey of Bay City; brother Bruce Alan Ramsey & wife Patricia of Ganado and nephews Dean and Ben Ramsey. Both sets of grandparents preceded her...
John Martinez
Mar 16, 2010
John Martinez, 65, of Bay City passed away March 16, 2010. He was born June 24, 1944 in Egypt, TX to Ysidoro and Crecenciana Martinez. John worked as service foreman for the Bay City Gas Company for 30 years. He was a beloved husband, father, son, brother, father-in-law and uncle. John was always ready for an adventure and met no...
James Otis Sandefur
Mar 15, 2010
James Otis Sandefur, 94, of Bay City passed away March 15, 2010. He was born February 4, 1916 in Davidson, Oklahoma to the late Joseph Thomas Sandefur & Lee Nora Green Sandefur. He served his country in the US Navy during WWII, was a member of the First Baptist Church in Blessing and worked as a Barber for many years....
Frances Laverne Butler
Mar 14, 2010
Frances LaVerne Stewart Butler, 81, of Bay City, passed away in her sleep on Sunday, March 14, 2010. She was born March 18, 1928 in Mexico, Missouri, the daughter of the late Arnold Stewart and D'Arline Wray Stewart. She married Robert "Bob" W. Butler on December 22, 1946. She was a member of St. Paul's United Methodist Church of Bay...
Marilyn Ann Barlow Brown
Mar 12, 2010
Marilyn Ann Barlow Brown, 70, of Van Vleck, passed away Friday, March 12, 2010 in Houston, TX. She was born May 13, 1939 in El Campo, TX to the late Lois Ann Herreth Barlow and Charles Delbert Barlow. She was a life long resident of Matagorda County. She was the treasurer and an active member of the First United Methodist...
William Matthews Penny
Mar 9, 2010
William Matthews Penny, 91, of Bay City passed away peacefully on Tuesday, March 9, 2010. He was born November 23, 1918 in Houston, TX the son of the late Molly Belle Matthews Penny & William L. Penny. Bill moved in 1929 with his mother, after the death of his father, to the ranch property they owned near Van Vleck. He...
Jane H. Wendt
Mar 8, 2010
Jane H. Wendt, 78, of Sargent, TX passed away Monday, March 8, 2010. She was born March 21, 1931 in Sargent, TX to the late Adolph & Beatrice Chambless Socha. Mrs. Wendt was a lifelong resident of Matagorda County and a member of the Apostolic Pentecostal Church in Bay City. Buelah Walker and Velma Clements baptized her in the name...
Jack Richard Bell Sr.
Mar 8, 2010
Jack Richard Bell, Sr., 74, went to meet the Lord on March 8, 2010. He was born in Lubbock, Texas on October 8, 1935, to Opal and J.R. Bell. Mr. Bell has lived in Palacios for the last six years and has become a familiar face in the community as he walked the Bayfront daily for much of that time....
Mildred Marie Baca
Mar 5, 2010
Mildred Marie Mayer Baca, 89, of Markham, TX passed away Friday, March 5, 2010. She was born November 19, 1920 in Van Vleck, TX to Robert Frank Mayer and Vinca Mikula Mayer. She was a lifelong resident of Matagorda County and a member of Holy Cross Catholic Church in Bay City. She was a loving mother and grandmother. She was...
Burton "Burt" William Post
Mar 2, 2010
Burton "Burt" William Post, 34, of Baytown, TX passed away Tuesday, March 2, 2010. He was born February 10, 1976 in Cincinnati, OH. He was a former resident of Bay City, a 1994 graduate of Bay City High School, and a former member of the Bay City Volunteer Fire Dept. He has resided in Baytown for the past 11 years,...
Jesse Jerome Hickl Sr.
Feb 28, 2010
Jesse J. Hickl passed away Sunday, Feb. 28, 2010. He will always be remembered for his warmth and smile, and his devotion to his family and church. He was born in Frydek, TX on July 10, 1921 to the late John & Julie Pavlicek Hickl. The family later settled in El Maton, TX. He was a member of Holy Cross...
Leola Aline Vavra
Feb 27, 2010
Leola Aline Hadley Vavra, 92, of the Ashby Community near El Maton, TX, passed peacefully in her sleep Feb. 27, 2010. She was born in Poth, TX to the late Jesse C. and Martha Gregory Hadley on May 29, 1917. She married Franklin John Vavra on March 13, 1965. He preceded her in death in 1978. She was a loving...
Elnora A. Oglesby
Feb 25, 2010
Elnora A. Oglesby, 87, of Palacios, TX, passed away Thursday, February 25, 2010. She was born September 22, 1922 in El Campo, TX to Axel Henrey Petersen and Signa Lyke Petersen. She was a lifelong resident of Palacios and was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Palacios. She was also a member of the Alapha Club for 63...
Johnnie Ernest "Butch" Roe
Feb 25, 2010
Johnnie Ernest "Butch" Roe, 63, of Van Vleck passed away Feb. 25, 2010. He was born Feb. 13, 1947 in Bay City, TX to the late John Henry & Hilda Marie Johnson Roe. He was a wonderful man who loved his family deeply. He enjoyed riding motorcycles, roping and fishing, especially with his grandchildren. Survivors include his wife Peggy West...
Harris O'Neal Gingles
Feb 21, 2010
Harris O'Neal Gingles, 82, of Bay City passed away Feb. 21, 2010. He was born June 2, 1927 in Ida, Louisiana to the late Harvey Samuel & Ella Mae Daniels Gingles. He served his country in the US Navy during WWII. Survivors include his wife, Marie Stelly Gingles of Bay City; sons and their wives Harris Gingles, Jr. & Rose...
Peter Trevino
Feb 16, 2010
Peter S. "Buck" Trevino passed to be with the Lord at the age of 41 years on Feb. 16, 2010. He was born Feb. 3, 1969 in Bay City to the late Mariano S. and Andrea Lopez Trevino. He was a fun-loving, full of life, unique individual who always greeted you with a smile. He is survived by 4 brothers...
Austen Henry Furse, Jr.
Feb 16, 2010
Austen Henry Furse, Jr. Austen Henry Furse, Jr., a Texas attorney and thirty-six year resident of Austin, died Tuesday, February 16, 2010. He was 87 years old. Born in Fort Worth on February, 20, 1922, he was the elder son of Lillian Ann Brazile Furse and Austen H. Furse, who had emigrated from England and worked in the west Texas...
Margie Nell Hardwick
Feb 16, 2010
Margie Nell Hardwick, 78, passed away Tuesday, February 16, 2010 at the Cornerstone Healthcare Center in Webster, Texas. Margie was born on October 7, 1931 in Hayworth, Oklahoma to Charlie and Clairsie Cox Gurley. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, D.L. Hardwick and a son, Dicky Hardwick. She is survived by sons, Gene and Sharon Hardwick...
Gloria May Pulsifer
Feb 14, 2010
Gloria May Pulsifer, 73, of Bay City passed away Feb. 14, 2010. She was born March 5, 1936 in Victoria, TX to the late Charlie and Aline Urban Volkmer. Her husband Donald Pulsifer preceded her in death. Survivors include daughter Donna Griffith and husband Barney of Bay City; sons Robert and Richard Pulsifer both of Bay City; sisters Rosa Lee...
William Edward Cook
Feb 5, 2010
William Edward Cook was born in Emmit Arkansas Dec. 9, 1915 to the late William Joseph & Teresa Isabelle Sulzer Cook. He married the late Dorothy Ellis Cook in 1939 and moved to Bay City in 1948. He was a World War II Veteran and was retired as a First Class Machisist with Phillips Petroleum where he worked for over...
