Ethel Mae Findley Knight
Feb 7, 2008
Ethel Mae Findley Knight went to rest on February 7, 2008. She was born in Montgomery County, Texas on July 21, 1914 to John Edward and Mary Louisa Latzer Findley. Her family moved to the Sweeny area when she was ten. She married Calvin Cecil Knight in 1934, moved to Boling at that time and was a Boling resident for...
Brenda Marie Marin
Feb 5, 2008
Brenda Marie Marin, 7, of Bay City, passed away Tuesday, February 5, 2008 in Houston, TX. She was born July 6, 2000 in Galveston, TX to Santiago Marin and Rosemary Acuna Marin. She was in the First Grade and attended Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church. She is survived by her parents: Santiago and Rosemary Acuna Marin of Bay City;...
Ira Russell Clements, Jr
Feb 4, 2008
Ira Russell Clements, Jr., longtime resident of Cedar Lane, Texas, passed away in his home February 4, 2008. He was born in Cedar Lane, Texas, on February 3, 1928, to Ira Russell Clements, Sr. and Flora Hamilton Clements. His love for his family gave him great pleasure. He will always be remembered by them and his many friends. While a...
Margaret Roach Sanchez
Feb 4, 2008
Margaret Roach Sanchez, 86, of Palacios passed away Monday February 4, 2008. She was born March 27, 1921 in Palacios to the late Janie Longoria Roach & Ben Roach, Sr. Mrs. Sanchez was a life long resident of Palacios, and a member of St. Anthony's Catholic Church. She is survived by daughter: Hope Terrasas & husband Victor of Palacios; 2...
Amie Wright
Feb 3, 2008
Amie Wright, 89, of Palacios passed away Sunday February 3, 2008 in Houston. She was born February 15, 1918 in Poteet, Texas to the Late Albert V. McGraw & Betty Gonzales McGraw Buckley. Mrs. Wright was a long time resident of Palacios and a member of Our Redeemer Lutheran Church of Palacios. She is survived by brother: Alex Buckley of...
Christopher Scott Carr
Jan 31, 2008
Christopher Scott Carr, 56, of Bay City passed away Thursday, January 31, 2008. He was born October 24, 1951 in Bay City to Thomas T. "Tony" Carr and Joyce Aloyise Davis Carr. He was a lifelong resident of Bay City and a member of the Lutheran church. He was a veteran of the US Army "Green Beret" Special Forces as...
Willis O. "Pappy" Webb
Jan 30, 2008
Willis O. Webb, longtime resident of Bay City, died Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2008 at Matagorda General Hospital at the age of 93. Born in San Saba, TX on June 20, 1914 he was a gentle, kind and loving man. His love for his family and his pride in his children, grandchildren, and great grandchild gave him great happiness. He was...
Alma Louise Rowland
Jan 29, 2008
Alma Louise Rowland, 92, of Bay City passed away Tuesday, January 29, 2008 at the Legacy Nursing Center in Bay City. She was born on September 11, 1915 in Santa Anna, Texas to parents, Claude and Annie Taylor Westbrook. She was a life-long Methodist and a long time member of the First United Methodist Church of Bay City. She was...
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...
