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...
Annie Laura Barnett
Apr 2, 2008
Annie Laura Barnett, 77, of Palacios, passed away Wednesday, April 2, 2008 in Victoria, TX. She was born April 6, 1930 in Luling, TX to the late George David Nelson and Mary Schuchardt Nelson. She was a resident of the Palacios area since 1950 and a member of Trinity Baptist Church of Palacios. She is survived by her daughters and...
Santos Suniga Estrada
Apr 1, 2008
Santos Suniga Estrada, 89, of Pasadena, TX passed away peacefully April 1, 2008, surrounded by her loving family. She was born March 13, 1919 in Victoria, TX to the late Camarino & Hila Garcia Suniga. She had been a parishioner of St. Pius V Catholic Church in Pasadena since 1972. She was preceded in death by her husband Antonio Estrada;...
James Rodney Reeves
Mar 31, 2008
James Rodney Reeves, 58, of Victoria passed away March 31, 2008. He was born Jan. 4, 1950 in Bay City, TX to Faye Rayburn Reeves and the late Marcus Gilbert Reeves. He was preceded in death by his father and brother Marcus Reeves. Survivors include his mother Faye Reeves Sewell of Sweeny; wife Carla Reeves of Victoria; daughter Jennifer Brannon...
Billie Jean Mask
Mar 27, 2008
Billie Jean Mask, 77, of Bay City passed away March 27, 2008. She was born December 26, 1930 in Manistee, Michigan to the late Lois Wall and Ernest Kendrick. She was a longtime resident of Bay City and a member of the First United Methodist Church. She is survived by her husband Cecil Mask; sons Thomas Sidney Wright and William...
Concepcion Orona Castanon
Mar 27, 2008
Concepcion Orona Castañon, 75, of Palacios, TX died Thursday, March 27, 2008. She was born December 8, 1932 in Jimulco, Coahuila, Mexico to the late Vincente Orona and Candelaria Retiz. She is survived by her husband of 58 years, Isidro Castañon Perez of Palacios; by her sons: Arthur, David, Jesse, and Frank of Houston and Isidro of Palacios; by her...
Mamie Ellis
Mar 24, 2008
Mamie "Nannie" Ellis of Bay City passed away March 24, 2008 at the age of 94. She was born Sept. 13, 1913 in Nacogdoches to the late Levi & Nancy Summers Henderson. She is survived by son Jack & wife Tonya Ellis of Bay City; daughters Betty & husband Jim Yarborough of Vanderbilt, TX, Ida & husband Ray Curnutte of...
