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...
Hubert Lang Parma
Feb 16, 2006
Hubert Lang Parma, 71, of Lake Jackson died February 16, 2006 at the Angleton Danbury Medical Center. He was born November 30, 1934 in Bay City, TX to the late Eddie Joe Parma and Huberta Bowie Peterson. Mr. Parma was a member of the Cedar Lane Baptist Church and a resident of Lake Jackson since 1956. In 1986 he retired...
Albert Lane Legg
Feb 13, 2006
Albert Lane Legg, 78, of Sweeny, TX left this world on Monday, February 13, 2006, to be with his Heavenly Father. Albert was born on August 8, 1927 in Bay City, TX. He was the third of seven children born to the late Richard Hubert and Carrie Ethel Lowe Legg. He grew up in Bay City and graduated from Bay...
Littie Darlene Hudson
Feb 13, 2006
Littie Darlene Hudson, 52, of Selkirk died Feb. 13, 2006 at her residence. She was born October 10, 1953 in West Memphis Arkansas to Arthur D. Dooley & Billie Jean Shipman. Formerly of Austin, she had lived in Selkirk since 1998. She is survived by her husband, Jerry Swindall of Selkirk; sons Joel Dooley of Houston, Richard Tolbert of St....
Duane P. Corporon
Feb 12, 2006
Duane P. Corporon, 82 of Palacios, passed away Sunday, February 12, 2006 in Houston, TX. He was born April 13, 1923 in Citrus Grove Community to Percy Virgil Corporon and Lu Ellen Fox Corporon. He was a life-long resident of Matagorda County, a member of the Church of Christ of Palacios, a US Army Air Corp veteran of World War...
Annie Lou Zigo
Feb 9, 2006
Annie Lou Zigo, 87, of Van Vleck died Feb. 9, 2006. She was born Sept. 22, 1918 in Hungerford, TX to William Kessler, Jr. & Mary Elizabeth Morgan Kessler. She was a cook for the Van Vleck ISD for many years. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Bill Zigo; daughters, Mary Ann Yarborough & Louise Radford; sister,...
Louise Socha Pointer
Feb 9, 2006
Louise Socha Pointer, 94, of Bay City passed away Thursday, February 9, 2006. She was born December 6, 1911 in El Campo, TX to Adolf & Beatrice Chambless Socha. Louise was married to George Pointer on March 20, 1929. To this union was born two sons, Robert and Arlye. Louise and her son and daughter-in-law, Robert & Barbara Pointer, owned...
Marcella R. Gabino
Feb 6, 2006
Marcella R. Gabino, 55, of Stafford died Feb. 6, 2006. She was born Oct. 26, 1950 in Hondo, Texas to Juan M. And Juanita Trevino Rodriguez. Survivors include, father, Juan M. Rodriguez of Van Vleck; sons, Gabriel and Brian Gabino both of Pearland and Frank Gabino of Houston; sister, Bonnie Granado of Damon; brother, J. A. Rodriguez of Sugar Valley;...
Ellen Jane Dickerson Wilson
Feb 6, 2006
Ellen Jane Dickerson Wilson, 86, of Bay City died February 6, 2006 in New Braunfels, TX. She was born December 26, 1919 in Houston, TX to the late John Carlton and Susie Matthews Dickerson. Ellen Jane graduated from Bay City High School in 1937, and then married Raymond Carl Wilson in New York City on April 13, 1942. Raymond and...
