Jessie Hines Douglas, Jr.
Jan 31, 2007
Jessie Hines Douglas, Jr., 84, of Bay City, died January 31, 2007. He was born in Post Oak, TX on July 29, 1922 to the late Jessie Hines and Vida Douglas. He was a resident of Bay City since 1963 and a World War II veteran of the US Army Air Force. Jessie is survived by his wife of 62...
Iris Belva Gaconnet
Jan 30, 2007
Iris Belva Gaconnet, 82, of Matagorda passed away January 30, 2007. She was born January 8, 1925 in Kennedy, Texas to Clarence and Eula Mae Smoot Holland. She was a longtime resident of Matagorda. Survivors include five daughters Iris Hardesty & Yvonne Meyers both of Bay City, Theresia Brown & Dixie Mitchell both of Jacksonville, AL and Jessica Stolte of...
W. A. Thompson
Jan 30, 2007
W. A. "Bill" Thompson, lifetime resident of Bay City, Texas went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, January 30, 2007 at the age of 82. He was born on August 24, 1924, at the family home of Ada and Frank Thompson. Bill was active in the Boy Scouts of America and attended the first Boy Scout Jamboree in...
Matilda Vaculin Kaspar
Jan 30, 2007
Matilda Vaculin Kaspar, 81, of Blessing passed away January 30, 2007. She was born March 13, 1925 in Cameron, Texas to the late George Frank and Frances Vaculin. She was a member of St. Peter's Catholic Church and The Altar Society; member of SPJST and loved to cook and bake. Survivors include two daughters Patricia Thorn of Bay City and...
Billie W. Hinson
Jan 28, 2007
Billie W. Hinson, 88, of Bay City passed away January 28, 2007. She was born June 20, 1918 in Shirley, Arkansas to W. C. and Lucy Smith Bradford. She was a former resident of Victoria and attended St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Bay City. Survivors include two sons Watt Hinson & wife Margaret of Bay City & Vance Hinson &...
Bertha Eva Brown
Jan 25, 2007
Bertha Eva "Avie" Brown passed away peacefully at her home in Houston on Thursday, January 25, 2007 at the age of 89 years. Avie was born to parents Sandor and Bertha Doszpoly Horvath in Westfield, Texas, on October 21, 1917. She was a long-time resident of Pledger, Texas, where she met her husband, Ernest Wesley Brown, who she married November...
Emma Williams Petrosky
Jan 25, 2007
Emma Williams Petrosky, age 81, of Bay City, passed away on Thursday, January 25, 2007, at the Legacy Matagorda House in Bay City, Texas. Emma was born on March 1, 1925, in Inglewood, CA, and was the only child of Myron Earl and Rose Cooke Williams. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband of 43 years, Bruno...
Helen Swinky
Jan 25, 2007
Helen Swinky, 76, of Bay City died Thursday, January 25, 2007. She was born September 16, 1930 in Mercedes, Texas to the late Lee R. Sims and Elsie Bohn Sims. She was a member of Holy Cross Catholic Church and a long time resident of Bay City. She is survived by 2 daughters: Marilyn Murray and her husband Robert of...
Billy Merle Morton
Jan 24, 2007
Billy Merle Morton, 86 of Palacios, was born November 9, 1920 at Sloan Ranch in Matagorda County to Thomas Warren Morton and Irene Fox Morton. He went to our Lord on Wednesday, January 24, 2007. Billy served in the US Army Air Force during World War II and earned the Europe-Africa-Middle Eastern (EAME) Campaign Medal with 3 Bronze Stars and...
Irwon Marie (Blackwell) Jensen
Jan 20, 2007
Irwon Marie Jensen, 88 of Palacios, passed away Saturday, January 20, 2007 in Bay City. She was born July 20, 1918 in Midway, Madison County, TX to Thomas Henry Blackwell and Minnie Wells Blackwell. She was a lifelong resident of Matagorda County and a longtime member and Sunday School Teacher at the First Baptist Church of Palacios. She is survived...
Dale L. Withrow
Jan 20, 2007
Dale L. Withrow, 83, passed away at home surrounded by his family on Saturday, January 20, 2007 in Bay City. He was born September 25, 1923 in Omaha, Nebraska to Jesse James Withrow and Mary Leighton Withrow. Shortly afterwards the family moved to Kingfisher, OK. After graduating from high school, he joined the US Navy where he served in the...
Glenda Sue Foster
Jan 19, 2007
Glenda Sue Owen-Foster, 64 of Bay City, passed away Friday, January 19, 2007. She was born April 21, 1942 in Mount Vernon, MO to Hollis A. Matthews and Pansy Mae McCullah Matthews. Formerly of Lake Jackson, she has been a resident of Bay City for the past ten years. Sue was a former employee of HL&P, from December 1980 to...
Marlene Addie Tolleson
Jan 18, 2007
Marlene Addie McDaniel Tolleson, 70, of Tide Water Oaks, passed away Thursday, January 18, 2007 in Bay City. She was born May 11, 1936 in Fort Worth, to Frank McDaniel and Ethel Leona Nivens McDaniel. She was a resident of Matagorda County for the past 65 years, a member of the Methodist Church and was a retired Store Clerk, and...
Merline Rickaway Hollar
Jan 18, 2007
Mrs. Merline Rickaway (Penny) Hollar, 79, of Gadsden, AL passed away Thursday, January 18, 2007. She was born February 9, 1927 in South Texas to the late August and Esther Rickaway. Mrs. Hollar was a longtime resident of Gadsden, a member of the First Baptist Church of Gadsden, and Served as President of The Newcomers Club of Gadsden. She was...
Earl R Adams, Jr.
Jan 17, 2007
Earl R. Adams, Jr., 84 of Blessing, passed away Wednesday, January 17, 2007 in Bay City. He was born November 30, 1922 in San Augustine, TX to Earl R. Adams, Sr. and Eva Joyce Brittan Adams. He was a lifelong resident of Matagorda County and a member of the First Baptist Church of Bay City. He served with the 5th...
Eddie Stevenson Barton
Jan 16, 2007
Eddie Stevenson Barton, 86, died peacefully at home on January 16, 2007. She was preceded in death by her husband William D. Barton, Sr. and son William D. Barton, Jr. She is survived by her son Henry Stevenson Barton; daughters-in-law Sherry Barton and Lurinda Barton; grandchildren Lori Barton, Kim Barton Schneider, Logan Barton and Tamika Smith. She is also survived...
Rhonda M. Vallely
Jan 12, 2007
Rhonda M. Jenney Vallely, 47, of Van Vleck passed away January 12, 2007. She was born January 22, 1959 in Plainwell, Michigan to Walter Louis and Shirley Ann Frost Jenney. Rhonda and her family moved to Pasadena, Texas in 1966. She graduated in 1977 from Pasadena High School. Shortly after graduation she moved to Sargent and lived there for many...
William D. Barton, Jr.
Jan 9, 2007
William Deramus Barton, Jr., son of William D. Barton, Sr. and Eddie Stevenson Barton was born November 1, 1947, in Shreveport, Louisiana, lost his hard fought battle against leukemia on January 9, 2007. Bill was a man who faced each day ready to live life to its fullest. He was blessed to have led a rich and rewarding life. He...
Clara Matura Griffin
Jan 8, 2007
Clara Matura Griffin, 64, of Palacios passed away Jan. 8, 2007. She was born Oct. 30, 1942 in Bay City to Alfred G. and Goldie Hardy Carter. She had been a resident of Palacios for several years and volunteered for the Coast Guard. Survivors include her husband Tom Griffin of Palacios; daughter Diana Lucas & husband Jeff of Canyon Lake,...
Gladys Goodwin Stridde
Jan 3, 2007
Gladys Goodwin Stridde, 82, of Bay City died Wednesday, January 3, 2007 in St. Louis, MO. She was born on October 3, 1924 in Laredo to the late Tessie and Tom Goodwin, the youngest of six children. Her siblings, Genevieve, Hiram, Tom, Trixie and Minnie preceded her in death. Her father moved to Laredo to help build the TEX-MEX railroad,...
