Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Cleveland, Dayton, Coldspring & Surrounding Communities


Virginia Gale Lindsey

Virginia Gale Lindsey

September 26, 2015

Virginia Gale Lindsey, age 64 of Conroe, Texas, passed away Saturday, September 26, 2015. She was born August 7, 1951 in Houston, Texas. She is preceded in death by Reece and Iva Tyler, Dolories Zorn, James Tyler, Joycelyn Cammack, Diana Gardner, and Steven Gilmore. Survivors include her husband, Jay P. Lindsey; daughter, Michelle Farmer and husband Dalton; sons, Reece Bundrick...

Harold Bowers

Harold Bowers

September 25, 2015

Harold Bowers, age 85 of Humble, Texas, passed away Friday, September 25, 2015. He was born March 25, 1930 in Varnville, South Carolina. He is preceded in death by parents, Hosea Presley Bowers and Mattie Corbin Bowers; sisters, Audrey Irene, Rosa Priscilla, Mary Ruth, Mattie Virgie, Hazel Posie, Wilhemina, and Sarah Margaret; and brothers, Junior Presley, Wheeler Amos, and Luther...

Mildred Faye Strawther

Mildred Faye Strawther

September 25, 2015

Mildred Faye Strawther, age 80 of Splendora, Texas, passed away Friday, September 25, 2015. She was born November 21, 1934 in Nacogdoches, Texas to parents Elzie and Mattie Wallace who preceded her in death along with her sister, Bertha Jean Barnhart; and brothers, Joe Dan Wallace and Man Wallace. Survivors include her husband, Leonard Leo Strawther; daughters, Elizabeth Shankles and...

Brenda Joyce Venegas

Brenda Joyce Venegas

September 25, 2015

Brenda Joyce Venegas nee Winthrop of Liberty, passed away Friday, September 25, 2015 in Liberty. Services for Mrs. Venegas will be at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, September 29 at Pace Stancil Funeral Home Chapel in Dayton. Visitation will be Monday, September 28 from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Brenda was born January 22, 1957, in Lufkin, Angelina County, Texas, to parents,...

Dexter A Bracewell

Dexter A Bracewell

September 23, 2015

Dexter A. Bracewell, 62, of Crosby, died Wednesday, September 23, 2015, at the Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, September 27, 2015, at the Pace-Stancil Funeral Home Chapel with burial following at Ryan Cemetery in Tarkington Prairie. Rev. Tony Hinze will officiate. Pallbearers: Austin Bracewell, Steve Bracewell, Gus Bracewell, Brandon Bracewell, Tommy...

Dexter A Bracewell

Dexter A Bracewell

September 23, 2015

Pending Approval

Janis Lee Kennedy

Janis Lee Kennedy

September 23, 2015

Janis Lee Jones Kennedy, 63, of Dayton, died Wednesday, September 23, 2015, at her residence. Graveside services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, September 26, 2015, at the Magnolia Park Cemetery in Dayton. Services are under the direction of Pace-Stancil Funeral Home in Dayton. Janis was born February 1, 1952 in Hernando, Mississippi, to parents; Lawrence and Billie Sue...

Mary Jo Rodriguez

Mary Jo Rodriguez

September 22, 2015

Mary Jo Matta Rodriguez, 69, of Dayton, died Tuesday, September 22, 2015, at the San Jacinto Methodist Hospital in Baytown. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Friday, September 25, 2015, at the Pace-Stancil Funeral Home Chapel with services concluding thereafter. Visitation will be held from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., Thursday and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Friday,...

Luther W Holt

Luther W Holt

September 22, 2015

Luther William Holt, 95, of Dayton, died Tuesday, September 22, 2015, at the Heritage Villa Nursing Home in Dayton. Graveside services will be held at 2:15 p.m., Monday, September 28, 2015, at the Houston National Cemetery in Houston. Visitation will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Monday, at the funeral home. Services are under the direction of Pace-Stancil...

Gladys Willis

Gladys Willis

September 20, 2015

Gladys LaFay Willis, age 86 of Cleveland, Texas, passed away Sunday, September 20, 2015. She was born April 16, 1929 in Center, Texas. She lived in the Plum Grove area since 1946 and was a member of the First Baptist Church of Plum Grove. She is preceded in death by her husband, Sam Gaddy Willis; and son, Clarence Leon Willis....

Jack Winder

Jack Winder

September 20, 2015

Jack Edwin Winder, age 73 and a resident of Cleveland, Texas, for 36 years passed away Sunday, September 20, 2015. He was born April 25, 1942 in Houston, Texas to parents Clark Virgil Winder and Mamie Jewel Hoffman who preceded him in death along with his brothers, Clark, Jr., David and Kenneth; and sister, Gloria Logan. Survivors include his wife...

Jo Ann Parmley

Jo Ann Parmley

September 19, 2015

Jo Ann Epperson Parmley, 79, of Dayton, died Saturday, September 19, 2015, at her residence. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, September 22, 2015, at the Pace-Stancil Funeral Home Chapel with burial following at Magnolia Park Cemetery in Dayton. Visitation will be held from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., Monday, at the funeral home. Services are under...

Frank Edward Cramer, Jr.

Frank Edward Cramer, Jr.

September 18, 2015

Frank “Frankey, Sugar Bear” Edward Cramer, Jr., 51, of Dayton passed away Friday, September 18, 2015 at Memorial Hermann Hospital Southeast. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 pm, Thursday, September 24, 2015 at Pace-Stancil Funeral Home with burial following at Magnolia Park Cemetery in Dayton. Visitation will take place from 5 pm to 8 pm on Wednesday, September 23...

Jean Elizabeth Dabney

Jean Elizabeth Dabney

September 18, 2015

Jean Elizabeth Dabney, age 84 of Coldspring, Texas, passed away Friday, September 18, 2015. She was born October 9, 1930 in Houston, Texas to parents Henry Dewey Carter and Sadie Gilbert who preceded her in death. Survivors include her husband, Ray F. Dabney; sons, Dennis L. Dabney and wife, Suzanne of Coldspring, Tx., and Keith E. Dabney and wife, Odalys...

Frank Cramer, Jr.

Frank Cramer, Jr.

September 18, 2015

Pending

Evelyn Lucille Seaberry

Evelyn Lucille Seaberry

September 17, 2015

Evelyn Lucille Harding Seaberry, 87, of Dayton, died Thursday, September 17, 2015, at the San Jacinto Methodist Hospital in Baytown. Memorial services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, September 23, 2015, at the Pace-Stancil Funeral Home Chapel with services concluding thereafter. Arrangements are under the direction of Pace-Stancil Funeral Home in Dayton. Evelyn was born October 1, 1927 in...

Pauline Parish

Pauline Parish

September 17, 2015

Pauline Parish, age 101 of Tarkington Prairie, Texas, passed away Thursday, September 17, 2015. She was born August 7, 1914 in Nacogdoches, Texas to parents Henry M. Heath and Katy F. Fausett who preceded her in death along with her husband of over 55 years, Travis O. Parish; sons, Wayne Parish and Terry Parish; brothers, Ernest Heath, Harold Heath, Curtis...

Sunshine Ernest Bridges

Sunshine Ernest Bridges

September 16, 2015

Sunshine Bridges, age 44 went to be with Jesus, Wednesday, September 16, 2015. Services will be 10:00 a.m., Sunday, September 20, 2015 at Pace-Stancil Funeral Home, Dayton. Burial will follow in Liberty at Fairlawn Cemetery on FM 563. Sunshine leaves behind his wife of over a year, Mayra and his most wonderful children, Summer Bridges and Gage Conner Bridges, as...

Mary Ellen Wallen

Mary Ellen Wallen

September 14, 2015

Mary “Ellen” Wallen, 73, of Dayton, died Monday, September 14, 2015, at the Liberty-Dayton Community Hospital in Liberty. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p.m., Thursday, September 17, 2015, at Pace-Stancil Funeral Home in Dayton. Graveside services held at 4:00 p.m., Friday, September 18, 2015, at the Masonic Cemetery in Del Rio. Visitation will be held from 2 p.m....

Raymond Benison

Raymond Benison

September 13, 2015

Raymond Daniel Benison, age 86 of Houston, Texas, passed away Sunday, September 13, 2015. He was born September 12, 1929 in Chattanooga, Tennessee to parents Govan and Hettie Benison who preceded him in death. Survivors include his wife of 37 years and 10 months, Peggy Benison; son, Brian Douglas Benison of Ft. Worth, Texas; step-son, Joe and wife Leah Ellis...