Charles Natherial Ryman, Jr.
Jan 28, 2008
Charles Natherial Ryman, Jr., 58, passed away Monday, January 28, 2008. He was born November 3, 1949 in Bay City, TX to Charles N. Ryman, Sr. and Priscilla Dean Fletcher Ryman. He was a lifelong resident of Bay City and has resided in Lott, TX for the past six months. He was a retired Tool Pusher from the oil field...
Dorothy Marie Ray
Jan 27, 2008
Dorothy Marie Gregurek Ray, 77, of Pearland passed away January 27, 2008. She was born January 25, 1931 in Bay City to the late Louis & Mary Gajdosik Gregurek. She was a former longtime resident of Bay City. Survivors include daughters & their husbands Lisa Lee & Doug Johle of Dickinson and Mary Dee & Robert Minchew of Kingwood; sons...
Winifred Irene Fojtik
Jan 26, 2008
Winifred Irene Fojtik, 77, of Bay City passed away January 26, 2008. She was born January 9, 1930 to Hillman Prentis and Artlisa Bell Basch Rouse. She had been a resident of Bay City since the age of 3. She was preceded in death by her husband Louis John Fojtik in 1997 and by her father. Survivors include her mother...
Dorothy Mae Wigginton
Jan 25, 2008
Dorothy Mae Wigginton, 75, of Palacios passed away January 25, 2008. She was born December 31, 1932 in Shiner, TX. She was preceded in death by her parents Ernest Louis & Rosie Ann McArthur; husband Durward Allen Wigginton, Sr;; daughter Evalana Murphy & grandchildren Annie Mae White & Jeffrey Reynolds. Survivors include daughters Sandra Swire of Lolita, TX; Carolyn White...
Jose G. Sanchez, Sr.
Jan 23, 2008
Jose G. Sanchez, Sr., 80, of Olton, Texas passed away January 23, 2008. He was born April 22, 1927 to the late Jose and Maria Garcia Sanchez. Survivors include daughter Rosario A. Sanchez of Olton; sons Jose Sanchez, Jr. & Thomas Sanchez both of Olton, San Juan Sanchez of Bay City & Santiago Sanchez of Gatesville; sister Saraias Sanchez of...
John Robert Middleton
Jan 23, 2008
John Robert "J.R." Middleton AKA "Jinks" Middleton, 82, of Bay City, passed away January 23, 2008. He was born January 11, 1926 in Carbon, TX to the late Chester Owen "C.O." Middleton and Johnnie Velma Reese Middleton. He retired from Matagorda County Drainage District # 1 as a Supervisor in 1991, served his country during World War II as a...
Louise Gale Runnells
Jan 22, 2008
Louise Gale Runnells died January 22, 2008. She was born July 5, 1928, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Burton L. Gale, Jr. of Buffalo, New York. She was married to John Sumner Runnells II of Bay City, TX for 51 years. She attended Buffalo Seminary and graduated from Smith College class of 1950. Mrs. Runnells was a member of the...
William " W J " John Clayton
Jan 18, 2008
William J. "W.J." Clayton, 79, of Bay City, passed away Friday, January 18, 2008 in Houston, TX. He was born September 14, 1928 in Mount Vernon, TX to John Jepsey Clayton and Effie Mae Henry Clayton. He retired from Central Power and Light Co. as a warehouse foreman, a US Army veteran of the Korean era, a member of the...
Bennie Jerrel Stevens
Jan 16, 2008
Bennie Jerrel Stevens was born October 31, 1930, to Benjamin Franklin and Maud Lee Hall Stevens, in Bay City, TX. He went to his reward on January 16, 2008. He was a graduate of Bay City High School and of Sam Houston State University. He served proudly in the United States Marine Corps, stationed at One Harrison Street, San Francisco,...
Edna L. Plunkett
Jan 16, 2008
Edna L. Plunkett, 86, of Bay City, passed away Wednesday, January 16, 2008. She was born December 16, 1921 in Troy, TN to Carl Leroy Lasley and Clara Cravens Lasley. She was a resident of Bay City for the past six years, a member of St. Paul's United Methodist Church, and a member of the VFW Post 2438 Ladies Auxiliary....
Jose Lara Garcia
Jan 15, 2008
Jose Lara Garcia, 76, of Palacios passed away January 15, 2008 in Houston. He was born August 28, 1931 in Mexico to the Late Petra Garcia and Ramon Lara. Mr. Garcia was a long time resident of Palacios, and a member of St. Anthony's Catholic Church. He is survived by wife: Maria Lara of Palacios; daughter: Rosa Lara of Palacios;...
Rodellin Fields Ingram
Jan 12, 2008
Rodellin Fields Ingram, 71, of Kingwood, formerly of Bay City, entered into eternal rest on Jan. 12, 2008. She was born Feb. 17, 1936 in Hellier, Kentucky to the late Steven Albert & Roma Branham Fields. Mrs. Ingram was an educator for 41 years, teaching in BCISD for 31 of those years. She taught at Bay City Junior High, John...
Katherine Frangullie Miranda
Jan 10, 2008
Katherine Frangullie Miranda beloved mother of four children passed away Jan. 10, 2008, after a long illness. Born March 6, 1926, she was a long time resident of Palacios and is survived by the following: Her four children John Frank Rendon & wife Hilda of Richmond, TX, formerly of San Diego, CA, along with grandson John Frank Rendon, Jr., granddaughter...
Russell Craig Lloyd
Jan 8, 2008
Russell Craig Lloyd, 56, of Matagorda passed on to happier days with our Lord Jesus Christ on January 8, 2008. He was born March 19, 1951 in Corpus Christi, Texas to the late Ruth Day and Ray Lloyd. Russell preceeds his loving wife Peggy of Matagorda; son Jason Lloyd; daughter Sharon Green and three grandchildren all of Austin; two stepsons...
Rubena Keen
Jan 4, 2008
Rubena "Sugie" Keen, 92, of Bay City passed away January 4, 2008. She was born August 10, 1915 in Jacksboro, Texas to the late William and Texie Worthington Nelson. She and her late husband W. Q. Keen owned and operated Bay Drug Store in Bay City from 1946 until 1975. She loved her family and friends, enjoyed traveling, cooking and...
Max Stewart Gist
Jan 4, 2008
Max Stewart Gist, 76, of Bay City, passed away January 4, 2008, at Matagorda General Hospital following a brief illness. He was born June 6, 1931 in California, Missouri to the late Howard E. and Mary Elizabeth Robertson Gist and attended school in Knob Noster, Missouri, graduating in 1949. Max joined the U.S. Army in 1952, serving with the 33rd...
Maria Guadalupe Garcia
Jan 3, 2008
Maria Guadalupe Garcia, 71, of Pasadena, TX passed away Thursday, January 3, 2008 at Pasadena Bayshore Hospital. She was born January 14, 1936 in Mexico City, Mexico to Refujio Perez and Maria Dolores Gonzales Perez. Formerly of Bay City, she has resided in Pasadena for the past 4 years and was a member of St. Juan Diago Catholic in Pasadena....
Gregoria R. Benavides
Jan 1, 2008
Gregoria R. Benavides, 89, of Bay City, passed away Tuesday, January 1, 2008. She was born March 12, 1918 in Cuero, TX to Antonio Rodriguez and Ponposa Tomas Rodriguez. She was a lifelong resident of Bay City and a member of Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church. She is survived by her daughters: Petra B. DeLeon & husband Lupe of...
Elisa Morales
Jan 1, 2008
Elisa Morales, 75, of Bay City passed away January 1, 2008. She was born January 14, 1932 in New Gulf, Texas to the late Julia Alvarado and Amado Ramirez. She and her husband operated Wollffarth & Bowman, Inc. in Bay City for many years. She is survived by her husband, Frank R. Morales, Sr. of Bay City; son Frank R....
Billie Marie Whitley
Dec 28, 2007
Billie Marie Grimes Whitley, 63, of Bay City passed away December 28, 2007. She was born September 10, 1944 in Palacios, Texas to the late Priscilla Bishop & Curley Grimes. She was a lifetime resident of Matagorda County. She is survived by her companion J. P. Conroy of Bay City. Funeral service will be 2:00 PM Sunday, December 30, 2007...
