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Matagorda County and the surrounding areas in the state of Texas

Garry Ray Saha, Sr.

Garry Ray Saha, Sr.

Feb 9, 2018

Garry Ray Saha Sr. of El Maton Texas went to be with the Lord on February 9, 2018 with his loving family by his side. He was born in La Grange Texas on September 18, 1947 to Emil and Lena Saha of Ellinger Texas. Garry and his parental family moved first to Crosby and then to El Maton, Texas in...

Billy Ray Ware

Billy Ray Ware

Feb 9, 2018

Billy Ray Ware of Van Vleck passed away on Friday February 9, 2018. He was born on September 13, 1941 in Bay City, TX to the late Edward and Laura Ruth (Kennedy) Ware. Billy was an avid deer hunter, fisherman, domino player, and could cook excellent barbeque. He was a hard worker he started with Dow in 1969 as an...

Curtis "Cookie" Lewis

Curtis "Cookie" Lewis

Feb 9, 2018

Curtis "Cookie" Lynn Lewis, 66, of Sweeny, TX passed away Friday, February 9, 2018 at home with his loving family at his side. He was born July 23, 1951 in Sontag, MS. Cookie grew up outside of Austin, TX. After marrying his wife Terri, they settled in Bay City, TX where he worked many years as a crane operator for...

Olivia Garcia Medina

Olivia Garcia Medina

Feb 8, 2018

Olivia Garcia Medina, 88, of Bay City, passed away February 8, 2018. She was born October 10, 1929 in Cuero, Texas to Domingo Garcia and Hirene Garza Garcia. Olivia is preceded in death by her parents, and her husband Pete R. Medina. She is survived by daughters Bonnie Carlin (Ricardo) of Bay City, and Carol Medina Lopez of Rosenberg; son...

Joe Frank Griffith

Joe Frank Griffith

Feb 7, 2018

Joe Griffith, died February 7, 2018 in Galveston, TX surrounded by his children. He was born July 2, 1945 to the late Joe C. Griffith and Nellie Frances Harrison Griffith. Mr Griffith was born and raised in Bay City, TX where he became a life long resident and 2nd generation rice farmer. Joe served his country in the United States...

Micah Traylenn Martinez

Micah Traylenn Martinez

Feb 2, 2018

Micah Traylenn Martinez, 18, of Markham, passed away February 2, 2018. He was born November 29, 1999 in Bay City. Micah was a talented senior at Tidehaven High School with a bright future. He had big plans to attend the University of Houston through their theater program after graduation. Micah was kind hearted, witty, fun loving, passionate about life and...

Vivian Evens Wilkerson

Vivian Evens Wilkerson

Jan 31, 2018

Vivian Laslie Evens Wilkerson went peacefully to heaven while surrounded by family on January 31, 2018 to be with her beloved husband Richard Thomas Evens. In Vivian's younger years she enjoyed horses, working cattle, and fishing. She spent her life caring for others including a career as a nurse at Wagner General Hospital and several local family doctors. After she...

Sheila Jan Taylor

Sheila Jan Taylor

Jan 27, 2018

Sheila Taylor of Palacios passed away on Saturday, January 27, 2018 at home surrounded by her family. Sheila was born in San Antonio on September 16, 1949 to the late Kenneth and Sandra Jan Ford Miller. She was an avid fisherman, and loved remodeling homes with her partner, husband Robert. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother—an...

William Thomas Hargrove

William Thomas Hargrove

Jan 24, 2018

William Thomas Hargrove ended his journey on this earth on January 24, 2018, in his home in Bay City, Tx, surrounded by his son and loving wife. He was born in Freeport, Tx on January 23, 1949. Tommy is preceded in death by his parents Robert & Catherine Hargrove, his 1st wife Lanna Joyce Redinger Hargrove, and his younger brother...

Earnest Carl Sewell

Earnest Carl Sewell

Jan 22, 2018

Earnest Carl Sewell, 88, of Sweeny was born July 23, 1929 in Hasema, TX to the late Tennie Lucille Richardson Sewell and William Clifton Sewell. He passed away January 22, 2018. He graduated from Van Vleck High School in 1947 and received an AA degree from Wharton County Junior College. He served in the US Army from 1951-1952 and enlisted...

Soila Garcia

Soila Garcia

Jan 21, 2018

Soila A. Garcia, 88, of Bay City passed away January 21, 2018. She was born February 24, 1929 in Premont, TX to the late Genero Garcia and San Juanita Medrano Garcia. Soila was preceded in death by her parents; husband Jesus Garcia, Sr., 3 sisters and 2 brothers. She is survived by children Esther Gomez (Joe), Jesse Garcia, Jr. (Theresa),...

Tot Thi Tran

Tot Thi Tran

Jan 20, 2018

Tot Thi Tran, 61, of Palacios passed away January 20, 2018. She was born August 20, 1956 in Vietnam to the late Truc Tran and Toui Nguyen. She was preceded in death by her husband Thanh Van Le. Survivors include daughters Thuy Tran, Thuy Le and Thao Le; sons Binh Tran, Duy Tran and Tam Le; sisters Lanh Tran, Linda...

Enemensia Luna

Enemensia Luna

Jan 19, 2018

Enemensia "Mencha" Luna, 86, of Palacios, passed away January 19, 2018. She was born on October 30, 1931 in Inez, Texas to the late Manuel and Maria Altamira Rodriguez. Mencha was a loving mother, grandmother, and great grandmother. She loved to cook for her family, and was well known in Palacios. Mencha is preceded in death by her parents; her...

Kenneth Dale Leck

Kenneth Dale Leck

Jan 19, 2018

Kenneth D. Leck was born September 14, 1948 in Clifton, Texas to Herbert Albert Leck and Melba Lee Morris Leck Scott. He passed away peacefully at his home with his wife by his side on January 19, 2018 after a lengthy battle with cancer. He was preceded in death by an unborn child, his parents, step-father C. B. Jack Scott,...

Janie Beyer

Janie Beyer

Jan 17, 2018

Janie Beyer, 89, of Midfield passed away January 17, 2018. She was born November 8, 1928 in El Maton, TX to the late Vincent Lejsal and Johanna Tomeckova Lejsal. Janie enjoyed working in her flower beds, baking kolaches for her family, friends and church functions at St Peters Catholic Church. She enjoyed visiting on the phone, sending birthday cards, writing...

Doris Marie Wendel

Doris Marie Wendel

Jan 15, 2018

Our precious mother, Doris Hickl Wendel 74 of Angleton, Texas, went home to be with the Lord on 1-15-18. She was born in El Maton, Texas to the late August Andrew Hickl and Otilie Hamala Hickl. She graduated in 1961 from Tidehaven High School and played the drums in the high school band. Doris worked for UTMB TDC for 19...

Lucy Miller

Lucy Miller

Jan 15, 2018

Lucille "Lucy" Danner Zackary Miller, 97, passed away on January 15, 2018. She was born August 11, 1920 in Kings, Arkansas to John E. and Linnie Munn Danner. Lucy was an active member in the First United Methodist Church of Sweeny. She served on numerous church committees and enjoyed baking the communion bread until shortly before her death. She belonged...

Clay Buck Mccreary Dvm

Clay Buck Mccreary Dvm

Jan 15, 2018

Clay Buck McCreary, DVM, 55 of Sugar Land, TX died Monday, January 15, 2018 at 3:54 a.m. of Acute Myeloid Leukemia at Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center. Clay was born on May 20, 1962 in Bryan, Texas. He received his Bachelors Degree in Biomedical Science and Animal Science from Texas A&M University at College Station in 1992 and 1994 respectively....

Eileen Mae Craft

Eileen Mae Craft

Jan 13, 2018

Eileen Hite Craft, 92, of Bay City passed away January 13, 2018. She was born November 3, 1925 in Vaughan, Texas to the late Albert Winten Hite and Mildred Exa Felts Hite. Eileen married her high school sweetheart, Frank, on her 19th birthday in 1944. They were married 54 years before his passing in 1999. The two of them worked...

Estella Vasquez

Estella Vasquez

Jan 11, 2018

Teresa Estella Vasquez, 63, of Bay City passed away January 11, 2018. She was born September 15, 1954 in Fisher County, Texas to Juan DeDios Torres and Maria Guadalupe Alveldano. She was preceded in death by her daughter Paula Jacobo, sister Isabel Gonzales and fathers Juan DeDios Torres and Edward Guzman. Survivors include her mother Guadalupe Guzman ;husband Fernando Vasquez;...

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