Estelle Angeline (Elder) Alley
Feb 14, 2009
Estelle Angeline Elder Alley was born January 28, 1910 in Palacios, TX, the youngest of nine children of P. A. and Mary H. Elder. After a brief illness, she died Saturday February 14, 2009. She was an active member of First Baptist Church. She had taught a women's Sunday School Class at First Baptist Church of Palacios, following a tradition...
James "Jimmy" Morris Bates
Feb 14, 2009
James "Jimmy" Morris Bates, 77, of Bay City, passed away Saturday, February 14, 2008. He was born September 6, 1931 in Bay City to Morris Sylvian Bates and Lola Bell Grimes Bates. He was a life long resident of Bay City, a member of the Baptist Church, a member of the Masonic Lodge and retired as a welder from Celanese....
Irene Davis Jenkins
Feb 13, 2009
Irene Davis Jenkins, 87, of Van Vleck passed away Feb. 13, 2009. She was born August 28, 1921 in Waller County, TX to the late Gus and Frances Janovsky Hartman. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Van Vleck and had been a resident of Van Vleck since 1960. She married Clarence Jenkins on Aug. 1, 1959....
Homer William Cartwright
Feb 12, 2009
Homer W. Cartwright, 86, of Bay City, passed away Thursday, February 12, 2009. He was born August 17, 1922 in Matagorda County to Greenberry Savage Cartwright and Blanche Myrtle Ingham Cartwright. He was a life long resident of Matagorda County, a member of the First Christian Church of Bay City, and was a US Army veteran of World War II,...
Martin M. Lopez, Sr.
Feb 12, 2009
Martin M. Lopez, Sr., 79, of Bay City passed away Feb. 12, 2009. He was born May 27, 1929 in Karnes City, TX to the late Samuel and Agustina Montez Lopez. He was a member of Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church and a former Foreman for Pas-Key Construction. A son, Martin Lopez, preceded him in death. Survivors include his...
Lois Blake Keller Maher
Feb 6, 2009
Lois Blake Keller Maher, 98, formerly of Sweeny, passed away February 6, 2009. She was born November 28, 1910 in Collegeport, TX to the late Roy E. Coffin and Alma McSparron Coffin. Lois was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Sweeny and was the organist there for many years. Her husbands, Ludwin Keller & Johnny Maher, and...
Florence Marie Clegg
Feb 6, 2009
Florence Marie Clegg, 72, of Van Vleck passed away Feb. 6, 2009. She was born June 11, 1936 in Pledger, TX to the late Thomas Roulf & Norma Menking Hanna. She worked for many years as secretary at the Van Vleck ISD. Survivors include her husband Ralph R. Clegg of Van Vleck; daughters Kathy Diehm of Van Vleck and Dianne...
Patricia "Patsy" Ann Smith
Feb 5, 2009
Patricia "Patsy" Smith, 67 of Blessing, passed away Thursday, February 5, 2009 in Victoria, TX. She was born February 8, 1941 in Palacios, TX to Ruth Lorena Jordan Blackburn and Benjamin Lewis Blackburn, Sr. She was a resident of Blessing for the past five years and was a former resident of Bay City. She was a member of the Baptist...
Mary Etta Bearden
Feb 5, 2009
Mary Etta "June" Bearden, 89, formerly of Corpus Christi, passed away Feb. 5, 2009. She was born June 19, 1919 in Bexar County, TX to the late W. A. Ford, Sr. and Martha V. Ayers Ford. She formerly worked as bookkeeper for the Flower Mound ISD. She was preceded in death by her husbands, A. G. Landgon and A. O....
Michael Rodolfo "Sato" Martinez
Feb 2, 2009
Michael Rodolfo "Sato" Martinez, 19, of Bay City passed away Feb. 2, 2009. He was born July 6, 1989 in Bay City, TX to Rodolfo and Rita Garcia Martinez. He lived life as a happy-go-lucky young man with a wonderful sense of humor. He had enormous love for his family and his friends. One of his favorite past times was...
Merle Mckissick
Feb 1, 2009
Merle "Lynda" McKissick passed away Feb. 1, 2009 at Matagorda General Hospital. Mrs. McKissick was born Oct. 28, 1923 in Samaria, Oneida, Idaho to Levi G. Waldron and Sarah Eliza Thomas Waldron. She being the youngest of eleven children raised. Her parents and all of her siblings have preceded her in death. "Lynda" as her friends and family knew her...
Dwight Wayne Smith
Jan 31, 2009
Dwight Wayne Smith, 83, of Blessing passed away Jan. 31, 2009. He was born April 15, 1925 in Liberty, Ohio to the late Harvey and Emma Vogelsong Smith. He served in the US Navy during WWII and was a retired Commercial Fisherman. Survivors include his wife Helen Jean Smith of Blessing; daughters Tonya L. Kelly & husband Ed of Oklahoma,...
Robert Lee Lawrence
Jan 31, 2009
Robert Lee Lawrence, 72, of Bay City, passed away Saturday, January 31, 2009 in Houston, TX. He was born February 20, 1936 in El Campo, TX to Ernest Kade Lawrence and Geneva Norsworthy Lawrence. Robert was a resident of Matagorda County since 1965, and retired as a pipe fitter from Celanese. He was a member of the Calvary Baptist Church...
Hazel Ray
Jan 29, 2009
Hazel Ray, 95, of Bay City passed away Jan. 29, 2009. She was born Dec. 2, 1913 in Hughes Springs, TX to the late Samuel Columbus & Lucy Morgan Norwood. She was a member of the First Christian Church in Bay City and taught Sunday School and Bible Class for many years. Hazel was preceded in death by her husband...
Douglas Lehman Mckinley
Jan 27, 2009
Douglas Lehman "Doug" McKinley, 76, of Selkirk passed away January 27, 2009. He was born Sept. 15, 1932 in Houston, Texas to the late Thomas Oscar & Amber Losene Harris McKinley. Doug was a Sgt. in the US Army and worked as a Pressman for the Houston Post and later for the Houston Chronicle and Gulf Publishing. He was an...
Hilda "Tootsie" Roe
Jan 25, 2009
Hilda "Tootsie" Roe, 82, of Bay City, passed away Sunday, January 25, 2009. She was born December 23, 1926 in Chilton, TX to Noah Andrew Johnson and Lizzie Gertrude Mircale Johnson. She was a lifelong resident of Bay City and a Life Member of VFW Post 2438 Ladies Auxiliary. She is survived by her daughter: Donna Davis & husband Jimmy...
Margaret Jane Biggerstaff
Jan 25, 2009
Margaret Jane Biggerstaff, 64, of Bay City passed away Sunday January 25, 2009. She was born October 2, 1944 in Catawba County, North Carolina to the late Kitty Bungarner Reynolds and Wesley Thomas Reynolds. Mrs. Biggerstaff has been a resident of Bay City since 1983. She is survived by her 2 sons: Todd Reynolds and Chris Biggerstaff both of Bay...
Ben Roush, Jr.
Jan 21, 2009
Davis Benton "Ben" Roush, Jr., 58, of Bay City passed away Jan. 21, 2009. He was born March 13, 1950 in Beckley, West Virginia to Davis Benton Roush, Sr. and Peggy Evans Roush. He graduated from the University of Florida and worked at Sr. Radiation Protection Officer at the South Texas Nuclear Project. His father preceded him in death. Survivors...
Iva F. Pruett
Jan 20, 2009
Iva F. Pruett, 88, of Cedar Lane passed away Jan. 20, 2009. She was born Nov. 2, 1920 in Van Zandt County to the late John Francis & Vada McKnight Malone. She was a loving mother and grandmother and member and former Sunday School Teacher at Cedar Lane Baptist Church. Her husband Cecil E. Pruett, Sr. and four sister preceded...
Martha Laurine Farned
Jan 15, 2009
Martha Laurine Farned, 86, of Bay City passed away Jan. 15, 2009. She was born Sept. 20, 1922 in Kingsville, TX to the late Robert Campbell Burt, Sr. & Della Lee Watson Burt and grew up in Sweeny, TX. She worked for Garrison Telephone Company in Sweeny and later for Southwestern Bell in Bay City. After her marriage and first...
