David H. Maitland
Apr 9, 2006
David H. Maitland, 62, of Bay City passed away April 9, 2006. He was born June 2, 1943 in Greenville, Virginia to Andrew and Bessie Maitland. Formerly of Norfolk, Virginia, he had been a resident of Bay city for 5 years and was a member of Rhema Fellowship Church. Survivors include his wife Patricia Maitland of Bay City; three daughters...
Tom A. Godsey
Apr 5, 2006
Tom A. Godsey, 71, of Bay City died April 5, 2006 at his residence. He was born December 10, 1934 in Belton, TX to the late Ethridge Ezell and Roxie Love Mobely Godsey. Mr. Godsey was a resident of Bay City since 1977 and a former resident of Bryan, TX, and was a member of the Baptist Church. In 1995...
Annie Lipinsky Davis
Apr 2, 2006
Annie Lipinsky Davis, 86, of Bay City, Texas, died April 2, 2006. She was born June 18, 1919, in Westoff, Texas, to Stanley Thomas Lipinsky and Gertrude Hadamek Lipinsky. She married Ralph Stuart Davis on August 18, 1936 in Bay City, Texas. They were married for 52 years. Survivors include her son and daughter-in-law, Charles Stanley and Lana Davis of...
Mary Helen Guanajuato
Mar 31, 2006
Mary Helen Guanajuato, 56 of Bay City, passed away Friday, March 31, 2006 in Houston, TX. She was born May 22, 1949 in Bay City to Max Guanajuato, Sr. and Cayetana Lozano Guanajuato. She was a live long resident of Bay City and a member of Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church. She is survived by her sisters: Hope Guanajuato...
Willie Christine Ray
Mar 30, 2006
Willie C. "Chris" Jones Ray was born July 3, 1921 in Goree, Texas to Dibrell George and Jessie Myrtle Gulick Jones. She passed from this earth Thursday, March 30, 2006. Chris was a long time resident of Matagorda County, having resided in both Markham and Van Vleck for over twenty years. Chris served in World War II as an Army...
Katherine P. Elliott
Mar 29, 2006
Katherine P. "Tiddle" (Bundick) Mock Elliott Funeral services for Katherine Mock Elliott, 71, of Bay City, Texas are scheduled for 10:00 a.m., Friday, March 31, 2006 at Taylor Bros. Funeral Home in Bay City, Texas. She died Wednesday, March 29, 2006 at Herman Memorial Southwest Hospital in Houston, Texas. Burial will follow in Roselawn Memorial Park in Van Vleck, Texas....
Mary Ellen Peterson Bannert
Mar 19, 2006
Mary Ellen Peterson Bannert, 73, of the Carancahua community died March 19, 2006 at the Memorial Medical Center in Port Lavaca, TX. She was born November 20, 1932 in Carancahua to the late Gustav Emil and Mary Alice Slaughter Peterson. Mrs. Bannert was a life long resident of the Carancahua community and a member of the Church of Christ. Survivors...
Erna Jurek
Mar 19, 2006
Erna Jurek was born December 31, 1913 in High Hill, Texas to Edward Joseph and Emelie Wuerker Wick. She passed away March 19, 2006 at Bay Villa Health Care Center. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Edward Jurek, sisters Emelie Jurek, Matilda Shelton and Mary Wick and brothers Richard Wick and Alfred Wick. She is survived by...
A.R. "Tony" Whiddon
Mar 18, 2006
A. R. "Tony" Whiddon was born October 18, 1947 in Bay City to Roger and Virginia Moore Whiddon and died March 18, 2006 in Bay City. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church and the Sons of the Republic of Texas. He is survived by Bobbye Taylor of Bay City, mother Virginia Whiddon of Bay City, father...
Ruth Florene Smudrick
Mar 16, 2006
Ruth Florene (Sifford) Smudrick, 92 of Bay City, passed away Thursday, March 16, 2006. She was born October 3, 1913 in Palacios to Oscar Lee Sifford and Mary May Downer Sifford. She was a member of the Baptist Church and a life long resident of Matagorda County. She is survived by her brothers: William and Robert Lee Sifford of Bay...
Tommy Joe Street
Mar 14, 2006
Tommy Joe Street, 65, of Blessing, TX died March 14, 2006 at the Audie Murphy Veterans Medical Center in San Antonio, TX. He was born June 7, 1940 in Anderson, IN to the late Gurney and Marguert Hoffman Street. Mr. Street was a resident of Blessing the past year and a former longtime resident of Palacios. He was an Electronic...
Ray Albert Hanna
Mar 14, 2006
Ray Albert Hanna, 75, of Sweeny, TX went home to be with his Lord & Savior March 14, 2006 at his residence. He was born March 8, 1931 in Sweeny, TX to the late William Voyd and Bertha Louise Hanna Norman. He was a life long resident of Sweeny, and a member of Shady Acres Baptist Church. Ray served in...
Rosalie Mae Ellis
Mar 13, 2006
Rosalie Mae Nelson Ellis was born at the Nelson home on October 22, 1917 to Roy and Carrie Belle Nelson. She died March 13, 2006 in Bay City. She graduated from Collegeport High School in 1935 and from Southwest Texas State Teacher's College in 1940. Rosalie taught a total of 25 years in Richards, Bay City, and Palacios Schools. She...
Vlasta Kopecky Domorad
Mar 12, 2006
Vlasta Kopecky Domorad, 94, of Bay City passed away Sunday, March 12, 2006 at Bay Villa Nursing Home. She was born December 16, 1911 in Granger, TX to the Late John Frank & Frantisky Woytek Kopecky. Mrs. Domorad was a life long resident of Matagorda County, a Lutheran, and housewife. She was also, a member of the American Legion Post...
Nicolasa Lara
Mar 6, 2006
Nicolasa Lara, 64 of Blessing, passed away Thursday, March 9, 2006 at the Methodist Hospital in Houston, TX. She was born December 6, 1941 in LaFeria, TX to Ataulfo Guerrero and Rosa Galvan Guerrero. She was a life long resident of Matagorda County and a member of St. Peter's Catholic Church in Blessing. She is survived by her husband: Cruz...
Donna Gail Sutherland
Mar 5, 2006
Donna Gail Sutherland, 48, of Wadsworth, TX died March 5, 2006 at the M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, TX. She was born October 31, 1957 in Bay City, TX to the late Otis Henry and Doris Elaine Gest Birkner, Sr. Donna was a lifelong resident of Matagorda County and a member of the First United Methodist Church. She...
Charlie V. Warn
Mar 1, 2006
Charlie V. "Bill" Warn, 90, of Markham, TX died March 1, 2006 at the Matagorda House Healthcare Center in Bay City. He was born June 20, 1915 in Palacios, TX to the late Charlie and Myrtle Warn. Mr. Warn was an employee for Matagorda Co. Precinct # 4 for 32 years, and delivered the Daily Tribune for 25 years. His...
Rector Russell Walton, Jr.
Feb 21, 2006
Rector Russell Walton, Jr. 85, of Bay City died February 21, 2006 at his residence. He was born September 6, 1920 in Del Rio, TX to the late Rector Russell Walton, Sr and Ann Ruth Brashier Walton. Rev. Walton was a resident of Bay City since 1964 and was a very active member of the First Baptist Church. Rev. Walton...
Gaston Arthur Morton
Feb 20, 2006
Gaston Arthur Morton was born on August 10, 1921 in Charleston, West Virginia to Harrison and Alice Grubbs Morton. He died peacefully on February 20, 2006. He served in the United States Navy during World War II where he was a sailor on the USS Karnes. Gaston worked for General Electric in Charleston, West Virginia, Du Pont in Aiken, South...
Ila Pearl Holloway
Feb 20, 2006
Ila Pearl Williams Holloway was born in rural East Texas on September 29, 1913 to Arter Preston Williams and Jenny Frank Pierce Williams. She was the eighth of thirteen children. When Ila was five years old, her father moved their entire family from Lee County to Matagorda County by train. Three generations and all the families' possessions and livestock made...
