Constance Langham Hale
Sep 24, 2006
Constance Langham Hale, 95, of Bay City, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Sunday, September 24, 2006. She was born September 6, 1911 in Bay City to Charles Langham and Martha Dantzler Langham. She was a lifelong resident of Bay City, a lifetime member of the First United Methodist Church and was a former member of the...
Jose "Joe" Angelo Trevino
Sep 21, 2006
Jose Angelo "Joe" Trevino, 59, of Bay City passed away Thursday, September 21, 2006 at Matagorda General Hospital in Bay City. He was born July 18, 1947 in Harlingen, TX to the late Angel & Juanita Paz Trevino. Mr. Trevino was a member of Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church, and Owner/Operator of Trevino Trucking Company. He is survived by...
Edwin Townsend Spencer
Sep 17, 2006
Edwin Spencer, 85 of Bay City, passed away Sunday, September 17, 2006. He was born December 6, 1920 in Austin, TX to Edwin Ray Spencer and Angeline Louise Culbertson Spencer. He was a member of the Methodist Church, a resident of Matagorda County since 1950 and a World War II veteran of the Army Air Force. He is survived by...
Frank "Poncho" Rickaway
Sep 16, 2006
Frank Everett "Poncho" Rickaway, 71, of Blessing died September 16, 2006 in a Houston Hospital. He was born August 30, 1935 in Tivoli, Texas to Steve M. and Viola Clara Herreth Rickaway. He moved to Blessing with his family as a baby. He was proud to have been an Eagle Scout, where as a young boy he traveled to New...
Phyllis Jane Tobey Carr
Sep 11, 2006
Phyllis Jane Tobey Carr, 80, passed away Monday, September 11, 2006 at her home in Bay City. She was born January 26, 1926 in Lakewood, OH to the late Dayton & Elva Tobey. Phyllis was a life long resident of Bay City, a Member of The First United Methodist Church, devoted volunteer for The Crisis Center, an avid Bingo &...
Frances Ryman Bruening
Sep 4, 2006
Frances Rose Ryman Bruening, 70, or Bay City died September 4, 2006. She was born April 23, 1936 in Houston to Clyde E. and Mable Mae Woods Ryman. She was a devoted and dedicated employee of the City of Bay City for 30 years. She was a member of St. Peter Lutheran Church and loved the lord. She is survived...
James "Ed" Mitchell
Sep 3, 2006
Former longtime Victoria resident James "Ed" Mitchell died September 3, 2006 at Memorial Southwest Hospital in Houston. He was born July 5, 1928 in Brooks, Alabama to James Ottis and Elna Sanford Mitchell. He was a member of the Catholic Church; served as supervisor for Dupont for 34 years; former member of the Knights of Columbus; and had been a...
Mona Kilbride Shepard
Aug 27, 2006
Mona Kilbride Shepard, 37, of Bay City, passed away Sunday, August 27, 2006. She was born January 11, 1969 in Fort Campbell, KY to Jimmie & Linda Burrows Kilbride. She was a resident of Bay City since 1975 and a member of St. Paul's United Methodist Church. She is survived by her husband: James A. Shepard of Bay City; by...
Juanita Ruth Dockery
Aug 24, 2006
Juanita Ruth Dockery, 82, of Webster died August 24, 2006. She was born July 22, 1924 in Palacios, TX to Charlie and Estella Dyer McConnell. She was a former longtime resident of Palacios. She was preceded in death by her husband, Donald Ray "Doc" Dockery in 1975. Survivors include her daughter Donna Dockery of Webster, TX and two nephews and...
Carol Shugart
Aug 23, 2006
Carol Shugart, 72, passed away Wednesday, August 23, 2006 at her home in Palacios, TX. She was born August 2, 1934 in Garfield , TX to the late J.D. and Helen Eugenia Lockhart Smith. Mrs. Shugart is survived by 3 daughters: Pat Carpenter of Taylor, TX; Evelyn Gauna of Tempe, AZ, and Sharon Holbrook of Palacios, TX; 2 sons: Welton...
Josefina Diaz Guerrero
Aug 20, 2006
Josefina Diaz Guerrero, 72, of Palacios died August 20, 2006. She was born March 19, 1934 in Mexico to Jose and Juana Zavala Diaz. She had been a resident of Palacios for over 40 years and was a member or St. Anthony's Catholic Church. She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband Ramon Guerrero. Survivors include two...
Sandra Kay Rickaway
Aug 16, 2006
Sandra Rickaway, 55, of Pleasanton, TX passed away Wednesday, August 16, 2006 in Jourdanton, TX. She was born May 18, 1951 in Bay City, TX to Roy Evans and Billie Dean Tyler Evans. Formerly of San Antonio, she was a resident of Pleasanton for the past year. Sandra was a Substitute Teacher for the Pleasanton and the Jourdanton School Districts...
Jack W. Falks
Aug 12, 2006
Jack W. Falks, 68, of Palacios died August 12, 2006. He was born June 7, 1938 in Floresville, Texas to E. N. Falks, Sr. and Miriam Opal Baker Falks. He was a member of the First Baptist Church in Palacios and a member of The Masonic Lodge. Survivors include his wife, Jessie McKissick Falks of Palacios; daughters Miriam Kay Falks...
Jeffrey Gordon Boots
Aug 12, 2006
Jeffrey Gordon Boots, 39, of Bay City, passed away Saturday, August 12, 2006. He was born February 10, 1967 in Norwich, NY to Earl Edwin Boots and Lorna Mae Martin Boots. He was a resident of Bay City for the past 21 years. Jeffrey is survived by his mother: Lorna M. Boots of Bay City; by his sister: Vicky Schafer...
Dolores A. Zepeda
Aug 9, 2006
Dolores A. Zepeda, 73, of Bay City died Wednesday, August 9, 2006 in Houston, Texas. She was born April 7, 1933 in La Costa, Texas to the late Bruno Arias, Sr. and Maria Vega Arias. She was a member of Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church. She is survived by her husband; Isaac Zepeda, Sr. of Bay City, one daughter;...
Clara Sturm Dereese
Aug 6, 2006
Clara Sturm DeReese of Bay City passed away Sunday, August 6, 2006 at the age of 87 at Bay Villa Nursing Home. She was born March 20, 1919 to John and Elizabeth Sturm in Yorktown, TX and married her war time sweetheart, George DeReese, November 16, 1942. Clara was a member of Catholic Daughters and Holy Cross Catholic Church in...
Vada Lee Bunk
Aug 3, 2006
Vada Lee Simmons Bunk, 89, passed away Thursday, August 3, 2006 at her home in Bay City. She was born August 21, 1916 in Simmonsville, TX to Rufus B. Simmons and Mary Elizabeth Ozment Simmons. She was a resident of Bay City for 60 years, and a member of the First Baptist Church of Bay City. She is survived by...
Luella Bender Ledwig
Aug 2, 2006
Luella Bender Ledwig, 78, of Bay City, Texas passed on to be with her heavenly Father, Wednesday August 2, 2006 in Houston, Texas. She was born February 8, 1928 in Cat Springs, TX. to the late Albert R. Bender and Vera Garling Bender. She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church and she was very involved in many local organizations...
Floydd Glynn Collier, Sr.
Aug 2, 2006
Floydd Glynn Collier, Sr., 84 of Angleton, TX passed away Wednesday, August 2, 2006 in Lake Jackson, TX. He was born April 8, 1922 in Truscott, TX to Bartlett Hinton Collier and Pervis Mae Newman Collier. He was a former Lab Technician for the Markham Operations of Marathon Oil Company. He was a resident of Angleton for the past 5...
Jean Trull Herlin
Jul 24, 2006
Jean Trull Herlin died July 24, 2006 in Palacios, Texas, three weeks before her 94th birthday. Born Margaret Jean Trull to Florence and B.W. Trull, Jean attended schools in Midfield and Palacios, graduating from Palacios High School in the Class of 1928. Jean's family valued education highly, so, despite the Depression, she graduated with a B.A. degree from the University...
