Helen Dessie Jasek
May 4, 2008
Helen Dessie Roesler Jasek, 77, of Blessing passed away May 4, 2008. She was born December 9, 1930 in Fayette County, TX to the late Raymond Adolph and Vlasta Louise Bartosh Roesler. She was a member of St. Peter's Catholic Church and had been a resident of the Blessing area since 1954. She was preceded in death by her husband...
Joycelyn Rita Phillips
May 3, 2008
Joycelyn Rita Phillips, 82, of Bay City, passed away Saturday, May 3, 2008. She was born October 1, 1925 in Port Arthur, TX to Charlie Roy, Sr. and Hilda Marie Roy. She was a retired switchboard operator and a Life Member of Pt. Neches Groves Indian Reservation. As the Lord called Joycelyn Rita Phillips home, he received a woman above...
Randy Edward Holliday
May 1, 2008
Randy E. Holliday, 49, passed away at his home on May 1, 2008, in Leander, Texas. He was born September 7, 1958, in Bay City, TX. He dedicated his life to his loving family and his job. He worked at City Mechanics Services in Austin, TX as an A/C Supervisor. He started working at "REPCO" in Bay City 27 years...
Senovia Leonore Garcia
Apr 30, 2008
Senovia "Senora" Leonore Garcia, 54, of Pasadena, TX, passed away Wednesday, April 30, 2008. She was born November 20, 1953 in Palacios, TX to Gilbert Suniga Yanes and Dominga Rodriguez Yanes. She was a lifelong resident of Pasadena and a member of St. Pius Catholic Church in Pasadena. She is survived by her daughters: Renee Marie Garcia & son-in-law Jose...
William Laney Johnson Sr.
Apr 28, 2008
William Laney Johnson, 69, of Blessing passed away Monday April 28, 2008. He was born September 4, 1938 in Blount County Alabama to the late Johnie Newton Johnson and Bessie Rakestraw Johnson. Mr. Johnson graduated from high school in Alabama, and served in the United States Air Force from 1956 to 1960. He worked in Florida in 1961 as a...
Gordon Earl Mathis, Jr.
Apr 26, 2008
Gordon Earl Mathis, Jr., age 59, passed from this life on Saturday, April 26, 2008. He was born February 27, 1949 in Bay City, TX to Gordon E Mathis, Sr. and Esther Lucille Mathis. Gordon was a member of the St. Johns #5 Masonic Lodge of West Columbia and loved by all who met him. He always had a smile...
Bobby E. Byrd
Apr 24, 2008
Bobby E. Byrd, 66, of Bay City, passed away Thursday April 24, 2008 in Houston, TX. He was born August 2, 1941 in Bay City to Abe Edell Byrd and Mary Lorene Craig Byrd. He was a lifelong resident of Bay City. His is survived by his daughters: Dawn Byrd of Bay City and Laura Alexander & husband J.F. of...
Mary Elizabeth Etie
Apr 21, 2008
Mary Elizabeth Etie, 84, of Bay City passed away Monday, April 21, 2008. She was born February 9, 1924 in Charco, Texas to the late Emma Elizabeth Hall Smith & Henry Alonzo Smith. Mrs. Etie was a Baptist, a resident of Bay City since 1937, and was a President of the Residence at The Legacy. She is survived by her...
Edith Hornbeck Hearn
Apr 20, 2008
Edith Hearn, 97, of Bay City, passed away Sunday, April 20, 2008. She was born in West Virginia to Duffy B. Hornbeck and Ava Keller Hornbeck. She was a resident of Bay City since 1950 and a member of the First United Methodist Church. In 1911 her family moved to Tehuacana, TX where they homesteaded. Her father became on of...
Billy Holt
Apr 19, 2008
Funeral services for long-time Palacios resident William Washington "Billy" Holt will be 2:00 PM Tuesday, April 22, 2008 at the First Baptist Church in Palacios with Rev. James Collins Officiating. Interment will follow at Hawley Cemetery in Blessing. Visitation will be Monday, April 21, 2008 from 6PM to 8PM at the First Baptist Church in Palacios. Pallbearers will be Billy...
Irene Smith
Apr 19, 2008
Irene Smith, 80, of Bay City passed away April 19, 2008. She was born October 25, 1927 in Bronte, Texas to the late William Otha & Eva Lena Richardson Lewis. She was preceded in death by her husband Ford Smith in 1980. Survivors include daughter & son –in-law Pamela & Charles Davis of Longview; son and daughter-in-law Randall & Brenda...
Jacinto Garza, Jr
Apr 17, 2008
Jacinto Garza, Jr., 76, of Freeport, TX, passed away Thursday, April 17, 2008. He was born August 10, 1931 in Louise, TX to Josefa Jasso Garza and Jacinto Garza, Sr. He was a resident of Freeport for the past 40 years, a former member of the National Guard, a former long time resident of Palacios and a member of 1st...
O. B. Stanley
Apr 17, 2008
O.B. Stanley, 92, of Bay City passed away Thursday April 17, 2008. He was born August 28, 1915 in Freeport To the late Joseph Carlton Stanley and Pearl Inez Wicker. Mr. Stanley has been a long time resident of Matagorda County, a member of Christ Episcopal Church of Matagorda,. He served on Bay City City Council two different terms: 1955...
Jason Earl Cornett
Apr 16, 2008
Jason Earl Cornett, 32, of Cuero passed away April 16, 2008. He was born February 1, 1976 in El Campo, Texas to Douglas Reno Cornett & Rosemary Perkins Cornett. Survivors include his wife Erin Grigsby Cornett of Cuero; mother Rosemary Cornett of Palacios; father & step-mother Douglas & Kathy Cornett of Palacios; paternal grandmother Dorothy Cornett of Blessing; daughters Shana...
Joseph "Joe" Earl Wrape, Sr.
Apr 16, 2008
Bro. Joseph "Joe" Wrape Sr., 67, of Flintstone GA passed away Wednesday April 16, 2008 in Bay City, TX. He was born June 11, 1940 in Summerville, GA to the late John Alfred Wrape and Annie Lee Pettyjohn Wrape. Brother Joe had lived in Flintstone, GA for the past nine months, before moving to GA he resided in Bay City...
Louis Hernandez Benavides
Apr 10, 2008
Louis Benavides, 76, of Bay City, Texas passed away April 10, 2008 at Matagorda House. He was born August 25, 1931 to Sebastian Benavides and Petra H. Benavides. He was a member of Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church and the Knights of Columbus. He was an avid domino player who won several domino tournaments. He was a very strong...
Alma Kathleen Caldwell
Apr 10, 2008
To be absent from body is to be present with the Lord. 2 Corinthians 5:8 Kathleen "Kathy" Caldwell was born to Olen Ray and Alma Ruth Conley Smith, Sr., in Wannette, Potawatomi, Oklahoma on a farm May 6, 1921. She died April 10, 2008 at Matagorda Nursing & Rehabilitation Center. She was preceded in death by her husband Amos "Lefty"...
Maria Gauna Aguilar
Apr 9, 2008
Maria Aguilar, 73, of Bay City passed away April 9, 2008. She was born March 19, 1935 in Cuero, Texas to the late Augustine A. & Manuela Gomez Gauna. She was a member of Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church and had been a resident of Bay City since 1965. Also, She worked 18 years for the Economic Action Committee...
Dina June Currans
Apr 6, 2008
Dina June Currans, 38, of Bay City, passed away Sunday, April 6, 2008. She was born April 17, 1969 in Tucson, AZ to Tanya Lee Klump Fletcher and the late Dwight Allen Fletcher. She was a resident of Bay City for the past 26 years and worked as a waitress. She is survived by her husband: Michael J. Currans of...
Eileen Junek Schilling
Apr 6, 2008
EILEEN JUNEK SCHILLING In November of 2005 Eileen Junek Schilling, 61, of Houston, TX began her brave and fearless battle with cancer. It was not long before her family and friends realized her angel wings had begun to grow and she was destined to become one of God's angels. On Sunday, April 6, 2008 her angel wings were fully-grown and...
