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Elwood Caldwell
Feb 28, 2019
Elwood Russell Caldwell, 74, of West Columbia passed from this life in Galveston on Feb. 28, 2019. He was born in West Columbia to James B. & Chloe Caldwell on November 8, 1944. He was a lifelong resident of West Columbia. Elwood graduated from West Columbia High School in 1963 and was a football and track...
Carolyn Frankum
Feb 24, 2019
Carolyn Ann Frankum left us to be with the Lord on Sunday, February 24, 2019 surrounded by her loving family at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. She was born on October 6, 1953 in Port Arthur, Texas to Bruce Broussard and Margie (Albers) Broussard. She worked for the Columbia Brazoria Independent School District in the...
"Ruth" Amason
Feb 20, 2019
"Ruth" LaVern Amason, 79, of Brazoria, passed from this life on Wednesday, February 20, 2019. She was born on December 24, 1939 in Navasota, Texas to Earl and Lily (Koester) Danford. Funeral services will be held 2:00 pm Saturday, February 23, 2019 at Baker Funeral Home in West Columbia with Chaplain Cliff Robertson officiating. The family...
Lisa Walden
Feb 20, 2019
Lisa Kay Duggan Walden, 54 of West Columbia, went to heaven on Wednesday, February 20, 2019. She was born on December 23, 1964 in Jacksonville, Texas to Elton and Frances Janeen (Puckett) Dugan. Funeral services will be held 2:00 pm Saturday, March 2, 2019 at Baker Funeral Home in West Columbia with Pastor Ernie Hutchings officiating....
Jack Lands Jr.
Feb 19, 2019
Jack Ferguson Lands Jr. Obituary Jack Ferguson Lands Jr. December 30, 1937 - February 19, 2019 A remarkable man. Jack was born in Brenham Texas to Laura (Lanford) and Jack F. Lands Sr. In his youth, his family moved to Houston, where he started school at Cashmere Gardens. At an early age, he lost his mother...
Rene Carreon, Jr.
Feb 17, 2019
Rene Carreon Jr., 64, of Sweeny, went to Heaven surrounded by his family on February 17, 2019. He was born on February 23, 1954, to Lucia Carrion and the late Rene H. Carrion Sr. in Refugio, TX, where he was one of the two most famous people born in Refugio; he and Nolan Ryan. Rene grew...
Bettye Norton
Feb 14, 2019
Bettye June Norton, 84, of Brazoria passed from this life at her home on February 14, 2019 surrounded by her loving family. She was born to Ted and Mary Faye McDonald in Cameron on Dec. 19, 1934. She was married to the love of her life, Floyd Eugene Norton, for 55 years and reunited with her...
Clarence Orchard
Feb 11, 2019
Clarence Lee Orchard, 75, of Sweeny, passed from this life on Monday, February 11, 2019 in Bay City, Texas. He was born on January 5, 1944 in Angleton, Texas to Paul and Blanche (Watson) Orchard. Funeral services will be held 1:00 pm Monday, February 18, 2019 at the Gulf Coast Christian Center in West Columbia with...
Jessie Sexton
Feb 9, 2019
Jessie Owen Sexton, 82, of Brazoria, passed away on Saturday, February 9, 2019. He was born on January 12, 1937 in Ganado, Texas to Aris and Emma (Sampson) Sexton. Funeral services will be held 10:00 am Saturday, February 16, 2019 at Grace Baptist Church in Brazoria with Mark Brumbelow officiating. Visitation will be Friday, February 15,...
Audrey Thompson
Feb 7, 2019
Audrey Agnes Thompson, 91, of Alvin, passed from this life on February 7, 2019. She was born on May 3, 1927 in Hope, Texas to Alexander and Annie (Hander) Doolan. Funeral services will be held 11:00 am Tuesday, February 12, 2019 at Baker Funeral Home in Brazoria with Floyd Scott officiating. Burial will follow at Brazoria...
Pete Smirch
Feb 4, 2019
Pete "Dido" Smirch, 81, of Brazoria, passed from this life on Monday, February 4, 2019 in Lake Jackson, Texas. He was born on October 2, 1937 in Premuda, Croatia to Valentin Smircic and Ljubica (Nani) Lovrincic-Smircic. Visitation will be held on Thursday, February 7, 2019 from 5:00 pm until 7:00 pm at Baker Funeral Home in...
Tonya Allen
Feb 2, 2019
Tonya Scott Allen, 39, of Van Vleck, passed away Saturday, February 2, 2019. She was born July 10, 1979 in Freeport, Texas to Brad and Becky (Mathews) Scott. Tonya attended Van Vleck High School. Tonya leaves behind three children, Mathew Allen, Cameron Allen, and Kaylee Allen; mother, Becky Scott; father, John Bradford "Brad" Scott; brother, John...
Fredrick Schaubroeck
Jan 28, 2019
Fred Schaubroeck, 71, of Sweeny, passed from this life on Monday, January 28, 2019. He was born on May 25, 1947 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa to Harold and Garnet (Franks) Schaubroeck. Fred was a member of the Knights of Columbus Council #8548 and a 4th Degree Member Assembly #1120. He enjoyed drag racing, western movies, and...
Celesta Reneau
Jan 27, 2019
Wynell Reneau, of Angleton, passed away peacefully, January 27, 2019, surrounded by her loving family, after she had fought a courageous battle with Pancreatic Cancer. Wynell was born August 10, 1943 in Liberty, TX to Ralph and Helen Williams Sheffield. Wynell married Thomas Reneau April 19, 1962. She is survived by her husband, Thomas; son, Brent...
Timothy Shannon
Jan 27, 2019
Shannon, Timothy Martin, 67, Sweeny, TX, passed away to be with friends and family who have gone before him. He is preceded in death by his mother and father, Margaret Dawsey and Raymond Lawrence Shannon. He is survived by his sister, Mary Shannon MacMichael; brother-in-law, Tom; his niece, Shannon MacMichael Goshorn and her husband, Adam; Tim's...
Paul Wulf Sr.
Jan 25, 2019
Paul Anthony Wulf, Sr., 72 of Brazoria passed from this life in Houston on January 25, 2019. Paul was born in Hallettsville, Texas on July 2, 1946 to William & Lillie Wulf. Paul Wulf, loving husband, father, grandfather & great grandfather was no doubt met by our Lord with open arms and the words "Well done...
Grace Williams
Jan 21, 2019
Grace Selina Williams, 97, of West Columbia, passed away on Monday, January 21, 2019 in Angleton, Texas, because of complications from a recent fall. She was the eighth of nine children born to John and Rachel (Weynandt) Adams on August 22, 1921, in Ganado, Texas. Her values and character were shaped by the hard work required...
Evelyn Whitehead
Jan 18, 2019
Evelyn Clara Mesecke Whitehead of Sweeny was born in Needville, Texas, on January 6, 1930, to Robert & Hilda Engelhardt Mesecke. She passed away on Friday, January 18, 2019, at Houston Hospice. Evelyn was a member of the First Baptist Church of Old Ocean (now New Shores Church), where she loved holding all the babies in...
Betty Thomas
Jan 18, 2019
Betty Lou Scarbrough Thomas, 72, of Angleton, Texas died Friday, January 18, 2019 at Kindred Hospital in Sugar Land. Betty was born October 1, 1946, in Sugar Land, Texas to Lonny Richmond Scarbrough and Ivory Mae Fults Scarbrough. She was preceded in death by her parents, brother, Lonny Scarbrough and sister, Vera Mae Risinger. Those left...
Charles Lamb, Sr.
Jan 18, 2019
Charles R. Lamb Sr., 75, of Churchill, Texas, passed away peacefully on January 18, 2019 at Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Hospital while surrounded by his family. He was born on January 14, 1944 in Prescott, Arkansas to Lloyd and Dorothy Lamb. Charles was a loving husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle, Proud Marine and Bulldog fan. He...
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