Obituaries

Nov 20, 2021

Bronnie Lea Petersen 79, of West Columbia, Tx. passed away on Saturday, November 20, 2021, at her home surrounded by her loving family. Bronnie was born April 4, 1942, to R.H. and Edna Montgomery in Beeville Tx.

She attended Brazosport High School she graduated class of 1960. After graduating she met the love of her life Wayne...

Nov 19, 2021

Joan Carolyn Friday Johnston, 72, of Brazoria, Texas passed from life on Friday, November 19, 2021 in Lake Jackson, Texas after a long courageous battle with Alzheimer’s.  Joan was born on November 26, 1948, to Garlon and Winifred Friday in West Columbia, Texas.  She attended Sweeny High School and Wharton Jr. College, where she attained her LVN certification.  In...

Nov 18, 2021

Kirby Thomas Rapstein, passed away on November 18, 2021 at the age of 90, in Bay City, Texas. He was born to Thomas J. Rapstein and Hilda Marie Price Rapstein in the same city on December 31, 1930. He was raised in West Columbia and spent almost his entire life in Brazoria County.

As a youth, Kirby...

Nov 13, 2021

Jose Ramirez, 75, of Sweeny, Texas passed away Saturday, November 13, 2021, at his residence, surrounded by his family. He was born July 1, 1946, in Rancho El Tecolote Municipio Jaral del Progreso, Guanajuato Mexico to the late J. Asuncion and Fidelia Ramirez.

Mr. Ramirez enjoyed fishing, gardening, and playing slot machines at Coushatta. He...

Nov 12, 2021

Ruby Boggs Brenek, 87, of Brazoria, Tx. passed away on Friday, November 12, 2021, at Sweeny Community Hospital. She was born June 22, 1934, in Mixon, Texas to Lela (Garner) Boggs and Nolan Thomas Boggs.

She loved to cook, listen to country and gospel music. She loved her children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren.

She was...

Nov 11, 2021

Med L Clayton, 86, of Brazoria went to her long home on Thursday, November 11, 2021, in Sweeny, Texas.  Med was born September 16, 1935, to Joseph E & Jeanette (Guidry) Clayton.

After graduation from Sour Lake High School, she found her way to Brazoria County where she lived the remainder of her life.  She was a...

Nov 9, 2021

Ardell J. Macon, age 83, of West Columbia, Texas passed away peacefully at home on Tuesday, November 9, 2021, after a long struggle against cancer. Ardell was born February 27, 1938, to Dolphin Ruff and Labera Ardell Jordan in Union, Mississippi.

She attended Beulah Hubbard High School, then married J.T. Macon and moved to Texas where they...

Nov 7, 2021

Jonathan (Jonsey) (J.J.) Wayne Jones, 19, of West Columbia, Texas passed away on Sunday, November 7, 2021. He was born in Lake Jackson, Texas on November 18, 2001, to Carole (Austin) and Darrell Wayne Jones.

Jonathan attended West Columbia High School and received awards from the Fire Department Tactics Academy and safe rescue. He was a member...

Nov 7, 2021

Clayton “Flash” Meador, 81, of Angleton, Texas passed away on Sunday, November 7, 2021, at UTMB Clear Lake, Texas. He was born September 19, 1940, in Emhouse, Texas to the late John Douglas Meador and Annie Wooten.

Flash worked for BASF for 37 years as an Operator.

He is preceded in death by his wife...

Nov 5, 2021

Goldie Powell Bertram, 89, of West Columbia, went to be with Our Lord on Friday, November 5, 2021. Goldie was born in West Columbia, Texas on September 10, 1932, to Rueben and Velma Powell.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Rueben and Velma Powell, her beloved husband Herman Charles Bertram, Sr., her son Tommy Bertram,...

Nov 2, 2021

Martin J. Williams II (Marty), 67, of Damon, passed away Tuesday, November 2, 2021, in Sweeny, Texas after a long illness. Marty was born April 24, 1954, in Germany and was adopted from an orphanage in Pforzeim, Germany.

He attended school in Andrews, Texas and enjoyed playing sports where he excelled in track. He graduated and moved...

Nov 2, 2021

Marvin Edward King, Sr., 94, passed away on Tuesday, November 2, 2021.  Marvin was born in Sparkman, Arkansas, to George Walter King and Tennie Ada King, on January 24, 1927.

Marvin is preceded in death by his parents; his siblings, Jessie Tielke, Bud King and G.W. King, Jr.; and his wife, LaVonne King.  Bud made the Navy...

Oct 31, 2021

Eleanor Ann Hanson, age 88, of Houston, TX passed away Sunday, October 31, 2021. Eleanor (Ellie), the daughter of the late Walter and Lucille H. Simonton, was born in Massachusetts on March 31, 1933. She married R. Lynn Hanson of West Columbia, TX in 1954 and treasured her 59 years of marriage and her children. She is survived by daughters,...

Oct 27, 2021

She fought the good fight. She kept the faith and on early Wednesday morning, October 27, 2021, our heavenly Father took His faithful servant by the hand and escorted her home.

Nola Charlene “Hootie” Fischer, 85 years old, a long-term resident of Brazoria quietly passed from this life only to be reunited with long awaiting friends and...

Oct 24, 2021

Cmdr. Bruce H. Williams, CHC, USN, Retired, 101, of West Columbia, passed away on Sunday, October 24, 2021, in Houston. Bruce Williams was born August 21, 1920, to Clyde and Jeanette (Shepherd) Williams in Sharon Hill, Pa.

He attended the University of the Ozark and the Princeton Theology Seminary and joined the United States Navy in 1941...

Oct 23, 2021

Milton Clifford Joice “Giggles”, 86 of Sweeny passed away and entered into the gates of heaven on Saturday, October 23, 2021.  Milton was a member of First Baptist Church of Sweeny and a strong Christian who loved his Lord & family dearly, but motorcycles first.

Milton is survived by his 5 daughters Angie Moore (Tony) of Evansville,...

Oct 23, 2021

Margaret "Margie" Foster Sipes Lowery, age 77, of Sweeny, TX passed away on Saturday, October 23, 2021. She was born March 24, 1944, in Kansas City, MO to Reginald and Margaret Sipes.

Margie retired from Phillips 66 on March 01, 2015, after 23 years and 9 months of service to become a cattle baroness.

She was a great supporter of...

Oct 23, 2021

Donnie W. Prihoda passed suddenly on Saturday, October 23, 2021, at his home in Damon, Texas. He was 62 years of age.

Born in Bay City, Matagorda County, Texas, on February 3, 1959, Donnie was the son of Rudolph John Prihoda, Sr. and Sophie Flisowski Prihoda. He grew up in the Varner Creek area of Brazoria County,...

Oct 21, 2021

Lee “Frank” Franklin Freeman entered his heavenly home on Thursday, October 21, 2021, in a hospital in Houston, TX.  Frank was born in New Lima, Oklahoma on April 15, 1942, and spent his childhood days in Sentinel, OK. As a survivor of polio, he graduated from Sentinel High School in 1960. Frank later relocated to Angleton with his wife and...

Oct 20, 2021

Patricia Kaminski Howard, age 71, of Brazoria, Texas passed away Wednesday, October 20, 2021. Patsy was born June 15, 1950 to Max and Alice Kaminski in Houston, Texas. She attended Columbia High School and graduated in 1968. She was a loving wife and mother, happily married to David Howard for 34 years, and is survived by her son, Justin,...