Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Cleveland, Dayton, Coldspring & Surrounding Communities


Albert B. Whisman

Albert B. Whisman

August 12, 2015

Albert B. Whisman, 75, of Liberty, died Wednesday, August 12, 2015, at his residence. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, August 15, 2015, at the Pace-Stancil Funeral Home Chapel, with burial following at palms Memorial Park in Dayton. Visitation will be held from 11 a.m., to 2 p.m., Saturday, at the funeral home. Services are under the...

Charlie Bennett

Charlie Bennett

August 11, 2015

Charlie Wayne Bennett, age 78 of Coldspring, Texas, passed away Tuesday, August 11, 2015. He was born at home in Raven Hill Community on September 25, 1936 to parents Mattie and Robert Bennett. Charlie loved the outdoors and spent many hours hunting and fishing. He loved gardening and shared his crops with family and friends from church. He also served...

Connie Owens

Connie Owens

August 9, 2015

Connie Jean Owens, age 61 of Splendora, Texas, passed away Sunday, August 9, 2015. She was born November 23, 1953 in Tampa, Florida to parents John and Barbara Gifford. She is preceded in death by her son, Dustin Owens. Survivors include her parents, John and Barbara Gifford; sons, Chad Owens and Sean Owens; daughter-in-law, Kay Owens; sister, Debbie Kane; brother,...

Ronald Allen Buchanan

Ronald Allen Buchanan

August 8, 2015

Ronald “Ronny” Allen Buchanan, 70 passed away Saturday, August 8, 2015 at home in Dayton after an extended illness. Graveside service will be 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, August 12, 2015 at Magnolia Park Cemetery under the direction of Pace-Stancil Funeral Home. Ronnie was born September 28, 1944 in Bradford, Pennsylvania to parents, Ivan Andrew Buchanan and Norma Janet Halliday Buchanan. He...

Glenda Suann Mcdade

Glenda Suann Mcdade

August 8, 2015

Dayton died Saturday, August 8, 2015 in San Jacinto County. Memorial Service for Glenda will be 7:00 p.m., Friday, August 14, 2015 at Pace-Stancil Funeral Home in Dayton. Glenda was born February 20, 1973 in Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania to parents, Robert Bernard McDade and Sheila Kay Miller McDade. She attended Boiling Springs High School and had been a resident...

Joyce Faye Whitehurst

Joyce Faye Whitehurst

August 8, 2015

Joyce Faye Whitehurst, age 76 of Trinity, Texas, passed away Saturday, August 8, 2015. She was born August 17, 1938 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi to parents Samuel Freeman and Jean O’Neal who preceded her in death along with her son, Jerry Whitehurst. Survivors include her husband, J.W. Whitehurst; children, Mary Whitehurst, Tammy Whitehurst, and Robert Whitehurst; brother, Vance O’Neal; grandchildren, Carly...

Harry Chance

Harry Chance

August 7, 2015

Harry Crawford Chance passed to his eternal rest on August 7, 2015. He was with his friends at Magnolia Place Healthcare Center in Liberty, Texas. Harry was born on January 7, 1937 in Donaldsville, Seminole County, Georgia to Harry Dolphus Chance and Virdie Lena Averitt. At age 4, the Chance family moved to Columbia, Alabama, and then to Auburndale Florida,...

Roy Cannon

Roy Cannon

August 7, 2015

Roy Edward Cannon of Tarkington Prairie passed away August 7, 2015. Roy was born in Lufkin, Texas to his parents Jack and Reland Webb. He grew up and attended school in Galena Park, Texas. He was their biggest football fan and never missed a game. He worked with his father at Greens Bayou Welding, and later at Armco Steel International....

Catherine Lavonne Craig

Catherine Lavonne Craig

August 5, 2015

Catherine LaVonne “Cathy” Sparks Craig, 59, of Dayton, died Wednesday, August 5, 2015, at the San Jacinto Methodist Hospital in Baytown. Memorial services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Sunday, August 23, 2015, at the Pace-Stancil Funeral Home in Dayton, with services concluding thereafter. Arrangements are under the direction of Pace-Stancil Funeral Home in Dayton. Cathy was born November 6,...

John Thomas Dehay

John Thomas Dehay

August 5, 2015

John Thomas DeHay, 79 of Dayton died Wednesday, August 5, 2015 in Liberty, Texas. Visitation for Mr. DeHay will be 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., Saturday, August 8, 2015 at Pace-Stancil Funeral Home, Dayton. Services are 2:00 p.m., Sunday, August 9, 2015 at Pace-Stancil Funeral Home with interment to follow at Palms Memorial Park Cemetery. John was born September 27, 1935...

Jason William Lossie

Jason William Lossie

August 4, 2015

Jason William Lossie, 34, of Dayton, died Tuesday, August 4, 2015, in Dayton. Jason was born august 26, 1980 in Pasadena, to parents; Richard W. and Patsy Stewart Lossie, a former resident of Carrolton, and has resided in Dayton for the past five years. He was a truck driver by trade and former construction worker. He also enjoyed fishing, barbecues,...

Bruce Stephen Schibik

Bruce Stephen Schibik

August 3, 2015

Bruce Stephen Schibik, 59, passed away on Monday, August 3, 2015 at St. Luke’s Hospital in Houston, Texas. He was born on October 6, 1955 in Charleroi, Pennsylvania to Charles and Jennie (Panek) Schibik. Bruce grew up in Charleroi, PA and Levittown, PA. He graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in Levittown, PA. He then joined the Army where he...

Lucas Caleb Guerra

Lucas Caleb Guerra

August 2, 2015

Lucas Caleb Guerra, age 30 of Cleveland, Texas, passed away Sunday, August 2, 2015. He was born November 8, 1984 in Baytown, Texas to parents Maria and Armando Guerra. He is preceded in death by his sister, Ludivina Guerra; and grandmother, Ignacia Guzman. Survivors include his wife, Bonnie Guerra; parents, Maria and Armando Guerra; sister, Rebecca Guerra; brothers, David Guerra...

Michael Gary Savage

Michael Gary Savage

July 31, 2015

Michael Savage Jr., 39 of Liberty, Texas, went to be with the Lord on July 31, 2015 in Houston, Texas. He was born November 16, 1975 in Baytown, Texas to parents, Michael Gary Savage, Sr., and Mitzi Marie Malone Savage. He graduated from Woodville High School in 1994 and attended Angelina College. Michael had lived in Liberty for the past...

Anna Bear Osborn

Anna Bear Osborn

July 31, 2015

Anna Bear Osborn, age 68 of Cleveland, Texas, passed away Friday, July 31, 2015. She was born August 6, 1946 in Cleveland, Texas to parents Olen L. Lamb and Nancy Aurelia Hodge. She is preceded in death by her father, O.L. “Poppa” Lamb. Survivors include her husband, Jerry Osborn; son, Christopher Ross Bear; mother, Nancy Lamb; sister, Caroline Franklin and...

Marvin Wayne Butcher

Marvin Wayne Butcher

July 30, 2015

Marvin Wayne Butcher February 15, 1931 – July 30, 2015 On July 30, 2015 Marvin Wayne Butcher was called to Heaven after valiantly fighting cancer. He was at home surrounded by family and friends, and was truly loved by all. Marvin was born on February 15, 1931 in Garnett, Kansas. He loved telling stories about his childhood, which was full...

Jewel Mae "Judy" Carriere

Jewel Mae "Judy" Carriere

July 29, 2015

Jewel Mae “Judy” Conner Carriere of Fannett, Texas, passed away peacefully at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont on Wednesday, July 29, 2015. Judy was born on January 6, 1922, in Huffman, Texas, and graduated from Dayton High School in 1939. On February 22, 1940, she married the love her life, Crawford Carriere, and they lived in Dayton for most of their...

Donald Russell

Donald Russell

July 29, 2015

Donald Adolphus Russell, age 85 of Cleveland, Texas, passed away Wednesday, July 29, 2015. He was born November 12, 1929 in Snyder, Texas to parents Felix Barnett Russell and Della Mae Cox who preceded him in death along with his sisters, Wanda Mae Gilliam, Nona Faye Griffin and Joy Ruth Russell. Survivors include his sister, Mary Ann Hickman; daughter, Donna...

Sharon Marie Watts

Sharon Marie Watts

July 27, 2015

Sharon Vestal Watts, age 65 of Spring, Texas, passed away Monday, July 27, 2015. She was born August 27, 1949 in Cleveland, Texas. Preceded in death by parents, Jim and Evalena Vestal; daughter, Laurie Watts; brothers, J.T., Jim Douglas, Clarence, and Doyle Wayne; and sisters, Maidie Faye Vestal, Evelyn Lawson, Geneva Zavala, Evalois Marshall and Barbara Wilkerson. Survivors include her...

James Delmar Dean

James Delmar Dean

July 25, 2015

James “Delmar” Dean, 68, of Dayton, peacefully passed away Saturday, July 25, 2015, at the Houston Hospice in Houston after a long battle with illness. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Friday, July 31, 2015, at the Pace-Stancil Funeral Home Chapel., with burial at the IOOF Cemetery in Norman, Oklahoma. Visitation will be held from 5 p.m. to...