Local Obituaries for Cleveland, Dayton, Coldspring & Surrounding Communities

April 3, 2018

John Wesley Lowe, Jr., age 77 of Shepherd, Texas, passed away Tuesday, April 3, 2018. He was born June 6, 1940 in Bay City, Texas to parents John, Sr. and Alpha Lowe who preceded him in death along with his sister, Juanita Francil Lu. Survivors include his wife of 30 years, Rebecca Ann Lowe; daughters, Dawn Boggs and husband Michael,...

April 3, 2018

Edith Evelyn Sheffield, age 77 of Splendora, Texas, passed away Tuesday, April 3, 2018. She was born August 24, 1940 in Splendora, Texas to parents Jo David and Faye Strickland Hayden who preceded her in death along with her husband, Charles C. Sheffield, III.; and brothers, Bill Hayden, Ross Hayden and Floyd Hayden. Survivors include her daughter, Charlotte Tracy and...

April 1, 2018

Visitation will be held 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, April 3, 2018 at Pace Stancil Chapel with a Memorial services starting at 2:00 p.m.

March 31, 2018

William Carl Griffin, age 81 of Splendora, Texas, passed away Saturday, March 31, 2018. He was born May 14, 1936 in Lake Village, Arkansas to parents Robert and Margaret Griffin who preceded him in death along with his brothers, Robert A. Griffin, Jr., Jimmy Griffin and Johnny Griffin; and sister, Lou Childers. Survivors include his wife, Elizabeth Griffin; son, William...

March 30, 2018

Michella L. Menville, age 41 and a former resident of Conroe, Texas, passed away Friday, March 30, 2018. She was born June 22, 1976 in Houston, Texas to parents Wendell, Sr. and Evelyn Murphy. She is preceded in death by her mother, Evelyn Murphy; grandparents, Glenn Thomas Murphy and Ethel Frances Murphy, and Joyce Quinn. Survivors include her husband of...

March 29, 2018

James Ira Haltom, age 86 of Cleveland, Texas, passed away Thursday, March 29, 2018. He was born March 30, 1931 in Dolen, Texas to parents Jewel R. and Lubye Lee Haltom who preceded him in death along with his brothers, J.R. Haltom, Jr. and Robert G. Haltom; and sisters, Doris Wells and Dorothy Hall. Survivors include his wife of 62...

March 25, 2018

Horace Strickland, age 85 of Cleveland, Texas, passed away Sunday, March 25, 2018. He was born October 18, 1932 in Tarkington, Texas to parents Andrew and Estelle Strickland who preceded him in death along with his wife, Maudie Strickland. Survivors include his daughters, Cynthia White and husband Norman, Tina Sartor and husband Danny, and Angela Strickland; grandchildren, Devin Kelley, Brian...

March 25, 2018

Dwanna Charlene Granade, 61, of Splendora, Texas passed away on Sunday, March 25, 2016 in Conroe, Texas. She was born in Cleveland, Texas to parents Billy V. and Janice Hayden. Mrs. Granade is preceded in death by her father, Billy V. Hayden and granddaughter, Pricilla Martinez. Survivors include her daughters, Devonna Parker and Scarlett Orgovan (husband John); mother, Janice Hayden;...

March 24, 2018

Maxine Tullos Wilson, age 73 of Splendora, Texas, passed away Saturday, March 24, 2018. She was born August 16, 1944 in Houston, Texas to parents Lee and Ollie Tullos who preceded her in death along with her husband of 53 years, Tully Wilson; brother, Pete Tullos; sisters, Clara Ratliff, Ernestine Shanhan and Edwina Evans. Survivors include her daughters, Cissy Wilson...

March 24, 2018

Timothy Albert Walston “Tim”, age 33 of Splendora, Texas, passed away Saturday, March 24, 2018. He was born January 3, 1985 in Houston, Texas to parents Connie and Rusty Walston. He is preceded in death by his grandparents, Juanita and Willie Faulkner; grandfather, Albert Walston; and uncle, Maurice Mullins. Survivors include his parents, Connie and Rusty Walston; grandmother, Lily Ann...

March 22, 2018

Dennis Lee Baughman "Denny", age 71 of Porter, Texas, passed away Thursday, March 22, 2018. He was born February 16, 1947 in Mt. Pleasant, Pennsylvania to parents Joseph and Sarah Baughman who preceded him in death along with his daughter, Sarah Denise Baughman; and brothers, Gary Lynn Baughman and Randall Allen Baughman. Survivors include his wife, Patricia Lean Baughman; daughter,...

March 21, 2018

Elaine Wilson-McHenry, nee Walsh, born in Detroit, Michigan, December 1, 1937, raised in Florida, Boston and Greenville, Texas. A devout Baptist, ministered in many small towns in the panhandle of Texas as well as being a missionary to South Africa for years (1987-1999) with her husband, Haskell Wilson. Retired to Coldpspring in 2000, taught Sunday School at the Coldspring Baptist...

March 19, 2018

Rev. James B. (Jim) Jones Ret., age 77 of Cleveland, Texas, passed away Monday, March 19, 2018. He was born February 5, 1941 in Hartford City, Indiana to parents James and Dorothy Jones. He is preceded in death by son, Charles Owen “Chuck” Jones, and in-laws Charles C. Smith and Mable M. Smith. Survivors include his wife of 57 years,...

March 19, 2018

Betty Jean Carter Lee, age 81 of Cleveland, Texas, passed away Monday, March 19, 2018. She was born September 22, 1934 in Dayton, Texas to Alton Boyd Carter and Mamie Berry Carter. She was a middle child with siblings Roy and Donnie. She was raised on Carter Loop and went to school at Tarkington where she met and married her...

March 18, 2018

Mrs. Bertha Lou (Cooper) Raines, age 75 of Cleveland, TX went to be with the Lord peacefully in her sleep on Sunday, March 18, 2018 around 7:30 AM after a struggle with cancer. She was born in Muskogee, OK on April 12, 1942 to Clifford W. and Sally (Pilkenton) Cooper. Growing up in Aldine, TX, she was active in church,...

March 17, 2018

Avy Lee Roach, age 86 of New Caney, Texas, passed away Saturday, March 17, 2018. She was born June 28, 1931 in Cleveland, Texas to parents Joe and Isey Stephens who preceded her in death along with her husband, William C. Roach, Jr.; and five brothers. Survivors include her daughters, Deborah DelPiero and husband Paul, Dorothy Roach Williams; grandsons, Logan...

March 17, 2018

March 16, 2018

James Winston Shoemake, age 74 of Cleveland, Texas, passed away Friday, March 16, 2018. He was born October 7, 1943 in Covington County, Mississippi to parents Dennis and Rita Shoemake who he is preceded in death by. Survivors include his daughters, Vicky Ann Lindsey and husband Charles, and Patricia Shoemake; sister, Sally Bennet; grandchildren, Dylan Orozco, Kristen Orozco, Andrew Lindsey...

March 15, 2018

Donald Braxton Miller, 68, of Dayton passed away Thursday, March 15, 2018 at home. He was born March 17, 1949 in Baytown, Texas to parents, John Miller and Doris Lurline Billings Miller. Memorial service for Donnie will be 11:00 a.m., Friday, March 23, 2018 at Pace-Stancil Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Kenny Brigman officiating. The family will receive friends 10:00...

March 15, 2018

Frances Thelda Mizell, age 90 of Cleveland, Texas, passed away Thursday, March 15, 2018. She was born April 13, 1927 in East Lincoln, Mississippi to parents J.W. and Audrey Thymes Brown who preceded her in death along with her husband, James Sueville Mizell; and sister, Carrie Fritch. Survivors include her son, James Mizell; daughter-in-law, Susan Mizell; brother, Lewis Brown and...