Local Obituaries for Cleveland, Dayton, Coldspring & Surrounding Communities

July 23, 2017

Creed “Bud” Bates Trout, Jr., 93, of Danbury died Sunday, July 23, 2017 in Houston. Service for Mr. Trout will be 1:00 p.m., Thursday, July 27, 2017 at Pace-Stancil Funeral Home Chapel, Dayton. The family will receive friends 10:00 a.m. until service time on Thursday at the funeral home. Mr. Trout was born in Big Cabin, Oklahoma to parents Creed...

July 23, 2017

Billie Wyvonne Ansley, age 75 of Coldspring, Texas, passed away Sunday, July 23, 2017. She was born September 29, 1941 in Burkeville, Texas to parents Robert Lee and Velma Jordan who preceded her in death along with sisters, Bernice, Claudine, and Louislee; and brothers, Ramsey and Bobby. Survivors include her husband, Gene Ansley; sons, Curtis Ansley and wife Connie, and...

July 21, 2017

Paul Stephen Hupko, age 76 of Cleveland, Texas, passed away Friday, July 21, 2017. He was born June 6, 1941 in Pinehurst, North Carolina to parents Steve and Alberta Hupko who preceded him in death. He is survived by his wife, Lucy Chapman Hupko; son, Paul Chapman Hupko and wife Michelle Hupko; daughters, Sandi Hupko Guice, Sara Kaye Hupko and...

July 21, 2017

Gabriela Castro Martinez, age 22 of Shepherd, Texas, passed away Friday, July 21, 2017. She was born March 8, 1995 in Jaumave, Mexico to parents Hector and Veronica Martinez. She is preceded in death by Miguel Martinez, Sr. and Luis Martinez. Survivors include her parents, Hector and Veronica Martinez; grandparents, Secundino and Teofila Castro, and Joaquina Lopez; sons, Jordan Martinez...

July 20, 2017

Marzella Ann Smith, age 66 of Splendora, Texas, passed away Thursday, July 20, 2017. She was born June 19, 1951 in Monroe, Louisiana to parents Claude and Alma Smith Lofton who preceded her in death along with her sons, Kenneth Williams and Stephen Smith; sisters, Verlene and Rosalee; and father-in-law, James John Smith. Survivors include her husband, John Roy Smith;...

July 19, 2017

Dorothy Jean Simmons, age 80 of Shepherd, Texas, passed away Wednesday, July 19, 2017. She was born October 31, 1936 in Terrell, Texas to parents Floyd Ellis and Emma Lillian Rush who preceded her in death along with her husband, James Simmons; son, Johnny Simmons; brothers, Floyd Dee Rush, James Roberson Rush “Sonny Boy” and Robert Lee Rush; sisters, Peggy...

July 18, 2017

Catherine Read Touchstone, 92, of Dayton passed away Tuesday, July 18, 2017 in Baytown, Texas. Services for Mrs. Touchstone will be 1:00 p.m., Sunday, July 23, 2017 at Pace-Stancil Funeral Home Dayton. The family will receive friends 5:00 to 8:00 p.m., Saturday evening at the funeral home. Interment will follow at Magnolia Park Cemetery in Dayton under the direction of...

July 15, 2017

Lawnee Ara, age 46 of Dayton, Texas, passed away Saturday, July 15, 2017. She was born February 20, 1971 in Houston, Texas to parents John and Connie Menning Nicol who preceded her in death along with her brothers, Ronald Eugene Nicol, Donald Louis Nicol and John Andrew Nicol. Survivors include her husband, Justin James Ara; son, Eric James Ara; daughter,...

July 15, 2017

Evelyn June Holbrook Waldrop, longtime resident of Liberty, passed away peacefully on Saturday, July 15, 2017 at age 87 in Madisonville after a lengthy illness. Evelyn was born in Dayton on November 26, 1929, the third child and first daughter of A.C. “Chester” Holbrook, Sr. and his wife, Ellen Nelson Holbrook. She graduated in the Dayton High School class of...

July 11, 2017

David Lloyd Johnson, Sr., 86, of Hardin, passed away Tuesday, July 11, 2017, in Beaumont. Visitation will be held from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., Friday, July 14, 2017, at the Hardin Baptist Church. Services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, July 15, 2017, at the Hardin Baptist Church with burial following at Hardin Chapel Cemetery in Hardin. Services...

July 11, 2017

Margie Christine Rogers Owens, age 86 of Shepherd, Texas, passed away Tuesday, July 11, 2017. She was born November 17, 1930 in Groveton, Texas to mother, Nettie Mae Rogers Whitten who precede her in death along with her husband, William Henry Owens; daughter, Arlene Stein Barnett; 3 sisters and 1 brother. Survivors include her daughters, Cheryle Wilburn, Shirley Tedrick, Carolyn...

July 11, 2017

July 11, 2017

Billie “Tillie” King, age 74 of Cleveland, Texas, passed away Tuesday, July 11, 2017. She was born September 14, 1942 in Greenville, Texas to parents Lee Roy Scott and Grace Truman Moore Scott who preceded her in death along with her brothers, Jimmy Dan Scott, Garland Truman Scott, Bob Scott, Donald Russell Scott and Charles Scott; and sisters, Jackie Kennedy,...

July 8, 2017

Lou Ella Byrum Cupples, 77, of Dayton, passed away Saturday, July 8, 2017, at the Liberty-Dayton Community Hospital. Visitation will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Thursday, at the funeral home. Services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, July 13, 2017, at the Pace-Stancil Funeral Home Chapel in Dayton with services concluding thereafter. Lou was born November...

July 7, 2017

Rhonald Eugene Teel (Gene), age 88 of New Waverly, Texas, passed away Friday, July 7, 2017. He was born January 19, 1929 in Willis, Texas to parents James Cecil and Zelphia Gunter Teel who preceded him in death along with his wife, Beverly Jane Teel. Mr. Teel retired from HL&P in 1984 and was a member of Thee Evergreen Congregational...

July 6, 2017

Balbina Naranjo, age 92 of Cleveland, Texas, passed away Thursday, July 6, 2017. She was born February 5, 1925 in Aguililla, Mexico to parents Bardomiano and Aurora Gonzalez Naranjo who she is preceded in death by. Survivors include her daughters, Ofelia Solis and Evangelina Bautista; sons, René Sotero Medina, Román Medina and Jermin Aparicio; twenty-four grandchildren, thirty-one great-grandchildren, nine nieces...

July 4, 2017

Melvina “Mel” Louise Harris Landolt, 88, of Huffman, passed away July 4, 2017, at the Schulenburg Regency Nursing Center. Visitation will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., Thursday, at the First Baptist Church of Huffman. Services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Friday, July 7, 2017, at the First Baptist Church in Huffman. Graveside services will be held...

July 3, 2017

Janice Marie Helmcamp, age 69 of New Caney, Texas, passed away Monday, July 3, 2017. She was born November 9, 1947 in Newport, Arkansas to parents J.R. and Opal Smith Laird who preceded her in death along with her grandchild, Page Elizabeth George. Survivors include her beloved husband, Bob Helmcamp; daughters, Charlotte Sheppard and husband Rusty, Tina Joyave and husband,...

July 3, 2017

Artie Frankie Turner Coffman, age 89 of Cleveland, Texas, passed away Monday, July 3, 2017. She was born January 22, 1928 in Fostoria, Texas to parents Amos and Alice Moody Turner who preceded her in death along with her husband, Lynn Coffman, Sr., and 5 brothers. She is survived by her sons, Lynn Coffman, Jr. and wife Wendy, Gary Carter-Coffman...

July 3, 2017

Jackie Glynn Glover, age 58 of Cleveland, Texas, passed away Monday, July 3, 2017. He was born January 5, 1959 in Houston, Texas to parents Harold and Dollie Marshburn. He is preceded in death by his grandparents, Oscar Benjamin McAdams and Louise McAdams. Survivors include his wife, Jessica Mae Glover; parents, Harold and Dollie Marshburn; in-laws, Jimmie and Sarah Bittick;...