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Matagorda County and the surrounding areas in the state of Texas

Silvia "Spooky" Cervantes

Silvia "Spooky" Cervantes

Jun 19, 2007

Silvia "Spooky" Cervantes, 52, of Sugar Valley, passed away June 19, 2007 in Bay City. She was born April 23, 1955 in Refugio, TX to Benito Cortinas, Jr. and Diane Nunez Bernal. She has been a resident of Sweeny for the past 22 years and was a member of the Catholic Church. She is survived by husband: Richard Cervantes, Sr....

James Miller Price

James Miller Price

Jun 19, 2007

James Miller Price, 17 of Bay City, passed away June 19, 2007. He was born July 6, 1989 in Brenham, TX to Robert Charnic Price and Beverly Kay Thompson Price. He was a resident of Matagorda County for the past 5 years and enjoyed camping and fishing. James was a 2007 graduate of Tidehaven High School in El Maton and...

Mandy Benner

Mandy Benner

Jun 18, 2007

Mandy Benner, 22, of Palacios, passed away Monday, June 18, 2007 in Victoria, TX. She was born August 21, 1984 in Bay City to Ronald Allen Benner and Gloria Katherine Brown Benner. She was a Radiology Technician with the DeTar Hospital North in Victoria. She is survived by her parents: Ronnie & Gloria Benner of Palacios; her son: Sloan Matthew...

Jerry Wayne Etgen

Jerry Wayne Etgen

Jun 17, 2007

Jerry Wayne Etgen, 41, of Bay City, passed away Sunday, June 17, 2007. He was born September 21, 1965 in Waco, TX to Marvin Etgen and Lilla Pauline Caldwell Etgen. He was a resident of Bay City for the past 37 years and a member of St. Paul's United Methodist Church in Bay City. He attended the Edith Armstrong Workshop...

Mary Christine Williams

Mary Christine Williams

Jun 16, 2007

Mary Christine Williams, 56, of Clute, TX passed away June 16, 2007. She was born December 24, 1950 in Tyler, TX to Robert Lee Hunt, Jr. & Leslie Gray Chenault Hunt. Survivors include her mother Leslie Hunt of College Station; son James Joseph Williams, Jr. "J. J." of Angleton; sister Kathryne Hunt of College Station; brothers John Robert Hunt, Sr....

Clinton Arvid Loff

Clinton Arvid Loff

Jun 14, 2007

Clinton Arvid Loff of Carancahua Community died Thursday, June 14, 2007. Son of Arvid L. and Louise Hurta Loff, Clint was born and raised in Carancahua, graduating from Palacios High School in 1967. He is survived by his spouse, Charlotte Loff of Carancahua; daughter Bridgette Loff and son-in-law Carlos Diaz of Palacios, Texas; son Nathan Loff of Carancahua; grandchildren David...

Daniel Alan Dabelgott

Daniel Alan Dabelgott

Jun 14, 2007

Daniel Alan Dabelgott, 58, or Woodsboro, TX passed away June 14, 2007. He was born September 3, 1948 in Bay City, TX to Allen Earl and Ernestine Mae Krenek Dabelgott. He was a graduate of Tidehaven High School and of Texas A & I University in Kingsville with a degree in Natural Gas & Petroleum Engineering. He had been a...

Benita Gomez Cano

Benita Gomez Cano

Jun 13, 2007

Benita Gomez Cano, 81, died June 13, 2007 in Navasota, Texas. She was born March 21, 1926 to Juan and Margarita Segura Gomez. She is survived by her children Dora & Robert Soto of Victoria, Hope Baker of Huntsville, Virginia & Richard Slack of Frisco, TX, Debbie & Rey Jimenez of Navasota, Bonnie Cano of Napoleonville, LA, John & Cindy...

Emmitt Donald Wells

Emmitt Donald Wells

Jun 11, 2007

The last page of Don's earthly journey was written June 11, 2007. He was born March 27, 1932 in Clemville, Texas to the late Marion "Potsy" Mark and Mamye Dessye Harvey Wells. He was a former resident of Bay City and had been a resident of Lake Jackson since 2000. He is survived by his wife, Bertha Bullard Wells, two...

Nellie Frances Harrison Griffith

Nellie Frances Harrison Griffith

Jun 11, 2007

Nellie Frances Harrison Griffith, 91, native of Bay City, passed away June 11, 2007. She was born May 29, 1916 in Bay City, Texas to the late Francis "Frank" Thomas and Margaret "Maggie" Smith Harrison. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Bay City. She started in the Kindergarten Department and joined the church on September 29,...

David Leslie Lusty

David Leslie Lusty

Jun 11, 2007

David Leslie Lusty, 89, of Van Vleck passed away June 11, 2007. He was born January 22, 1918 in Wickes, Arkansas to John and Agness A. Cooke Lusty. He was a member of the First Baptist Church in Van Vleck and a veteran of WWII. Survivors include daughters & spouses, Dorothy Tise of Houston, Elizabeth & Bill Johnson, Sandra Clayton...

Nannie P. Simmons

Nannie P. Simmons

Jun 9, 2007

Nannie P. Simmons, 83, a retired nurse's aids, died June 9, 2007 at Matagorda Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Bay City, Texas. A native of Alabama, Mrs. Simmons was a resident of Bay City for several years. She was Baptist. Survivors include sons Jerald Simmons and Terrell Simmons of Bay City, Texas, Roger Simmons of Ocala, Florida, Keith Simmons of...

Lenora Ruth Airrington

Lenora Ruth Airrington

Jun 7, 2007

Lenora Ruth Airrington, 81, of Boling, TX passed away Thursday, June 8, 2007. She was born June 3, 1926 in Iowa Park, TX to Walter Franklin Strickland and Phonzie Juanita Hendricks Strickland. Formerly of California, she was a resident of Boling for the past seven months, a retired waitress and a member of the Baptist Church. She is survived by...

Alma Sommer

Alma Sommer

Jun 6, 2007

Alma Sommer, 92, of Bay City passed away June 6, 2007. She was born October 22, 1914 in Brenham, Texas. She was a member of St. Peter Lutheran Church. Survivors include daughter and son-in-law Audrey & Jerry R. West of Bay City; two grandchildren Oleta West Dick & husband Bob of Pearland and Vincent W. West of Florence, SC and...

Crystal Elaine Stroman-Weldon

Crystal Elaine Stroman-Weldon

Jun 5, 2007

Crystal Elaine Stroman-Weldon who was born at Pauls Valley, Oklahoma on March 31, 1982, passed away on June 5, 2007 at the Christopher House Hospice in Austin, Texas. She is survived by her husband Mark Vann Weldon, and their son Donavann Corbyn Stellar Weldon of Taylor, Texas. She is also survived by her Grandmother, Kitty Rice Ward, Mother, Beverly Stroman,...

Rachel Lee Horton

Rachel Lee Horton

Jun 2, 2007

Rachel Lee Horton, 89, of Cedar Lane passed away June 2, 2007. She was born January 4, 1918 in Big Cedar, Oklahoma to the late Roy Levi and Melissie C. Marrow Miller. She was raised in the Kiamichi Valley on the Oklahoma frontier. Her family would settle an area and as others moved in and around them they again moved...

Frances Canary Lindamood

Frances Canary Lindamood

May 31, 2007

Frances Canary Lindamood 85 went to be with her Lord on May 31, 2007. Patient, warm, loving, faithful, nurturing are words to describe Frances. She was born October 30, 1921 in Mid West, Wyoming. Frances received her nurses training at Cook County hospital in Chicago, Illinois. She married her sweetheart Ralph Lindamood, an Army pilot, on July 11, 1944 whom...

Paul Howard Lindsey

Paul Howard Lindsey

May 28, 2007

Paul Howard Lindsey, 90, of Sweeny passed away May 28, 2007. He was born May 20, 1917 in Lexington, Tennessee to Richard and Laura Pirtle Lindsey. He retired from Phillips Petroleum and was a member of the Sweeny Church of Christ. He is survived by one daughter and son-in-law Rose Nell & Charlie Bennett of Ovilla, TX; son and daughter-in-law...

Edna May Covey

Edna May Covey

May 26, 2007

Edna May Covey, 92, of Bay City, passed away Saturday, May 26, 2007. She was born March 10, 1915 in Galveston, TX to John W. Petch and Mary Elizabeth Thrasher Petch. She was a resident of Matagorda County since 1976 and was a member of the Church of the Nazarene. She is survived by her sons: James C. Covey &...

Margie Lorene Ackerman

Margie Lorene Ackerman

May 23, 2007

Margie Lorene Ackerman, 78, of Blessing, died Wednesday, May 23, 2007. She was born January 26, 1929 in Deutschburg, TX to the late Leo P. and Martha Neuszer. The life long resident of Blessing was a homemaker, a 30 years member of the Bay City Bowling Association, and a member of the Midfield Home Demonstration Club. She was an avid...

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