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Peggy Carpenter
May 30, 2017
Peggy Sue Carpenter, 48 of Sweeny, Texas passed away at her home on Tuesday, May 30, 2017. She was born April 3, 1969 in Weimer, Texas to Charles and Vivian Sue Meyer Koerth. Funeral services will be held 1:00pm, Monday, June 5, 2017 at Baker Funeral Home in West Columbia with Frederick Harris officiating. Burial will...
Kenneth Murphy
May 25, 2017
Kenneth Herbert Murphy, 75 of West Columbia passed away at his home on Thursday, May 25, 2017. He was born July 10, 1941 to Ben Kenneth and Florine Hardcastle Murphy in Bay City, Texas. He was a pipe fitter in the construction industry and served in the United States Army during the Vietnam Era. Graveside services...
Roman Garcia
May 21, 2017
Roman Garcia passed from this life Sunday, May 21, 2017 in Sweeny, Texas. He was born on March 20, 1994 to Roman Guadalupe and Ma Leticia Echartea. Funeral services will be held 2:00pm, Friday, May 26, 2017 at Baker Funeral Home in West Columbia with Father Victor officiating and Pastor Juan Tobar. Visitation will be held...
Ada Stewart
May 20, 2017
Ada Earnestine Stewart was born March 9, 1923 in Wewoka, Oklahoma to Marcus and Ivy Strube. She married James Stewart on March 24, 1942 and they were happily married for 72 years until his death in July 4, 2014. She enjoyed gardening, traveling, quilting, needle point, family, and reading her Bible. Services will be held 2:00...
William Creel
May 16, 2017
William Reid Creel passed away at his home on Tuesday, May 16, 2017. He was born January 13, 1947 in Pascagoula, Mississippito Edward Durwood and Virginia Dale (Guinn) Creel. He was a commercial truck driver. William is survived by his in-laws, Mike and Glynese Collins; sister, Dianne Wylie and husband, Larry; brothers, Gary Creel and wife,...
Loraine Batke
May 14, 2017
Loraine Jakubik Batke of West Columbia, Texas passed away Sunday, May 14, 2017 in Houston, Texas after a brief illness. Loraine was born on August 20, 1929 in Brown Community, Texas, near Damon, to Emil and Gertrude Jakubik. She married Linhart Batke in 1948, and they enjoyed 61 years of marriage until his death in 2009....
Linda Strother
May 12, 2017
Linda passed away, Thursday, May 12, 2017, in Galveston, TX after fighting a very long hard battle. She was born, Linda Joyce Weeks, March 12, 1945 to William Pete and Eunice Miller Weeks in Brazoria County, Texas. She was a proud, lifelong resident, and a part of the 3rd out of 6 generations that has continuously...
Doris Thompson
May 12, 2017
Doris C. Thompson was born in Belleville, Illinois on February 7, 1925. She died on May 12, 2017 at the age of 92. She was the daughter of Joseph & Elsie (Givenrod) Petri and she graduated from Belleville Township High School in 1943. Doris married John C. Thompson, Jr. in 1945, a marriage that lasted 59...
Lockett Chandler
May 11, 2017
Lockett Chandler, 88, of Sweeny passed from this life on May 11, 2017 in Angleton surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Donie, Texas on Dec. 6, 1928 to Andrew D. Sr. & Carmie Lee Richardson . Lockett was a loving wife, mother, sister, grandmother and great grandmother. She will be greatly missed by...
Dorothy O'Neal
Apr 28, 2017
Dorothy Louise Duncan O'Neal, 90, of Brazoria went to be with her Lord and Savior on April 28, 2017 surrounded by her loving family. She was born on January 15, 1927 to Ulton Clarence & Ada Lucille Duncan in Prattville, Alabama. Dorothy and her husband, Paul, brought their young family from Alabama to Texas in 1952....
Fredda Medlock
Apr 25, 2017
FREDDA WAS BORN IN BAY CITY, TEXAS. SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF FREDERICK P. MEDLOCK AND MARY SUE BROOKS MEDLOCK. SHE GREW UP AND ATTENDED WEST COLUMBIA SCHOOLS WITH GRADUATION IN 1956. SHE WAS THE OLDEST OF FOUR CHILDREN AND ALWAYS THE HELPFUL SISTER. AFTER HER HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION, FREDDA WENT TO WORK FOR MR. JOHN...
Hubert Finch
Apr 24, 2017
Hubert Bruce Finch died on April 24, 2017 at the age of 87. A native Houstonian, Bruce attended New Mexico Military Institute in Roswell and Kiski School in Pennsylvania. He attended Rice University and graduated there in 1956, following an over 4 year break in the U.S. Air Force, where he graduated from the Aviation Cadet...
Irene Phillips
Apr 22, 2017
Irene Geneva Phillips, 95 of Missouri City, Texas passed away April 22, 2017 in Houston, Texas. She is survived by daughters, Carolyn Ann Phillips Ryerson; Eugenia Pfannenstiel; grandchildren, Wendy Dee, Buffy and Wanda Kay; great-grandchildren, Joseph Bryan Rigby Jr., Lillian Tracy Cleaveland, Logan Tyler Warren, Wyatt Owen Rigby, Andreana Rene Eucedes and Jocie Belle Meadows. She...
Walter Beck
Apr 22, 2017
Walter David Beck, 82, of Brazoria, TX passed from this life on Saturday, April 22, 2017. He was born on June 2, 1934 in Scooba, Mississippi to Willie Walter and Katybel Lang Beck. He moved to Imperial, TX at the age of 13 and graduated from Buena Vista High School. He attended Tarlton State University and...
Wendell Beene, Sr.
Apr 22, 2017
Wendell Doyle Beene, Sr. passed away peacefully on April 22, 2017 in Angleton. Wendell, Sr. was born October 4, 1944 in Angleton, Texas. He graduated from Angleton High School in 1963 and from Texas A&M in 1973. Between high school and college, he served his country in the Army during the Vietnam War. He was very...
Elwood Parnell
Apr 20, 2017
Elwood Earl (Pete) Parnell passed away April 20, 2017 at 80 years old. He was born on September 23, 1936 in Iola, Texas, to Enoch Elwood and Isabella Blondie (Snook) Parnell, the fifth of eight children. The family moved to Brazoria County in 1945 to find work. Pete spent his school years in Iola and Angleton....
Vivian Tyler
Apr 18, 2017
Vivian Veola Tyler, 94 of Sweeny, Texas passed away on Tuesday, April 18, 2017 in Galveston surrounded by her loving family. She was born May 11, 1922 in Blessing, Texas to Dee Jones and Ada Veola (Fisher) Halliburton. She worked as a dietitian for Sweeny Hospital before she retired after many years of service. Graveside services...
Larry Bobbitt
Apr 16, 2017
Larry Dean Bobbitt, born July 22, 1950 was greeted by our heavenly Father at 7pm on Sunday, April 16th 2017 at the age of 66. During a seven year battle with cancer, Larry displayed courage and strength through his final hours. Larry was born in Sinton, Texas to Clarence E. Bobbitt & Theresa Mary Linney, his...
Rueben Wleczyk
Apr 12, 2017
Rueben Charles Wleczyk, 71 of Damon, passed away Wednesday April 12th 2017 in Sugar Land, Texas. He was born on January l7th, 1946 in Bay City, Texas to Joseph and Helen (Petrosky) Wleczyk. Rueben graduated Columbia High School and attended Sam Houston State University. He worked over 40 years with his brother, Michael, at R&M Suppliers,...
Billie Smith
Apr 7, 2017
Billie Sue Rivers Smith, 92, passed from this life on April 7, 2017 at her home in West Columbia. She was born in West Columbia to Ashley Milner Rivers and Christen Kay Hall on August 17, 1924. Billie Sue is survived by a sister, Mary Ann Bertram; nieces, Merry Brown, Lynn Waters, JoAnn Smoot, Jeri Lever;...
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