Local Obituaries for Cleveland, Dayton, Coldspring & Surrounding Communities

July 25, 2015

Ira Ford Flurry, Jr., 79, of Dayton, passed away Saturday, July 25, 2015, at The Methodist Hospital in Houston. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, July 28, 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...

July 24, 2015

Carolyne Eloyse Byrd Pinckard, 72, of Liberty, died Friday, July 24, 2015, at the St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. Memorial services will be held at 1:00 p.m., Saturday, August 1, 2015, at the North Main Baptist Church with services concluding thereafter. Arrangements are under the direction of Pace-Stancil Funeral Home in Dayton. Carolyne was born March 20, 1943 in Tacoma,...

July 23, 2015

A visitation will be held from 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m., Friday,July 31, 2015 at Pace Stancil Funeral Home, Cleveland, Texas. Donations can be made to Peace Tabernacle, P.O. Box 431 Cleveland, Texas, 77328.

July 19, 2015

George Madison Rabon, Jr., 83, of Willis, died Sunday, July 19, 2015, at the Conroe Regional Medical Center in Conroe. Memorial services will be held at 7:00 p.m., Friday, July 24, 2015, at the Pace-Stancil Funeral Home Chapel with services concluding thereafter. Services are under the direction of Pace-Stancil Funeral Home in Cleveland. George was born March 12, 1932 in...

July 19, 2015

James Ralph Johnson “Pop”, age 88 of Cleveland, Texas, passed away Sunday, July 19, 2015. He was born July 18, 1927 in Houston, Texas to parents James B. and Emma Johnson who preceded him in death along with his wife, Archelene Johnson; brother, Herman Johnson; and grandson, Colin McCarty. Survivors include stepson, Stanley McCarty; grandson, Christopher McCarty Sr.; granddaughters, Casey...

July 19, 2015

Patricia “Pat” Faye Braley, age 74 of Cleveland, Texas, passed away Sunday, July 19, 2015. She was born November 3, 1940 in Sulphur, Oklahoma to parents D.A. Shipman and Jewell Hill Shipman who preceded her in death along with her husband, H. B. Braley; and brother, Billy H. Shipman. Survivors include her sons, Kevin B. Braley and wife Jan of...

July 19, 2015

Paul Hamilton, age 67 of Cleveland, Texas, passed away Sunday, July 19, 2015. He was born September 14, 1947 in Rusk, Texas to parents T.J. Hamilton and Bennie Ruth Hamilton who preceded him in death along with his father-in-law, Jack Elliott; and best friends, Charles Dean Barr, Gene Carpenter, and Milton McMaster. Survivors include his wife, Bobbie Sue; mother-in-law, Nannie;...

July 18, 2015

Lois Morine Miller, age 91 of Cleveland, Texas, passed away Saturday, July 18, 2015. She was born July 20, 1923 in Leon County, Texas to parents Willie and Levia Walker who preceded her in death along with her husband, Howard Miller; and numerous brothers and sisters. Survivors include her sons, Herbert Miller and wife Cynthia, Jake M. Patterson and wife...

July 18, 2015

Shelley “Robin” Smith, age 52 of Houston, Texas, passed away Saturday, July 18, 2015. She was born February 9, 1963 in Houston, Texas to parents Donald Earl Smith and Pauline Smith. She is preceded in death by her father, Donald Earl Smith; and Diana Lynne Smith. Survivors include her husband, Sean Little; mother, Pauline Smith; brothers, Donald Ray Smith and...

July 17, 2015

Nathan Lawrence Caldwell, age 52 of Shepherd, Texas, passed away Friday, July 17, 2015. He was born January 20, 1963 in Salina, Kansas to parents Joe Henry Caldwell, Jr. and Nancy Caldwell. He is preceded in death by his father, Joe Henry Caldwell, Jr. Survivors include his mother, Nancy Caldwell; sisters, Sharon Caldwell, Sherry Caldwell, and Jo Ann and husband...

July 16, 2015

Zilphia “Peggy” Batson, age 90 of Porter, Texas, passed away Thursday, July 16, 2015. She was born August 29, 1924 in Township Deposit, New York to parents Robert Fee Beckley and Doskea Ruth Cooper who preceded her in death along with her husband, Aldon Batson; daughter, Pamela Fulcher; and granddaughter, Sarah Denise Baughman. Survivors include her daughters, Betty Ruth Howard...

July 15, 2015

Robert Carroll “Bobby” Rice, Sr., age 76, passed away July 15, 2015 from injuries sustained in an auto accident on May 1, 2015. Bobby was born in DeRidder, Louisiana on February 13, 1939 to Kerm and Tessie Rice. At the time of his death Bobby owned and operated R&R Enterprises. Bobby was a 1957 graduate of Tarkington High School where...

July 12, 2015

Lloyd Daniel Whitmire, age 78 of Shepherd, Texas, passed away Sunday, July 12, 2015. He was born December 20, 1936 in Liberty County, Texas to parents Ezra and Edith Whitmire who preceded him in death along with his sister, Edith Silsbee Whitmire; brothers, Thomas Whitmire and Eugene Whitmre; and great-granddaughter, Tessa Whitmire. Survivors include his wife, Beatrice Whitmire; daughter, Delores...

July 12, 2015

July 11, 2015

Jimmy Cinnamon, 59, of Splendora, died Saturday, July 11, 2015, at his residence. Memorial services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, July 14, 2015, at the American Legion Gibson Post #393, in Cleveland. Arrangements are under the direction of Pace-Stancil Funeral Home in Cleveland. Jimmy was born March 21, 1956 in Lafollette, Tennessee, a former resident of Porter, and...

July 11, 2015

Nancy Mae Collins, age 81 of Cleveland, Texas, passed away Saturday, July 11, 2015. She was born December 6, 1933 in Waco, Texas to parents Joyce William Crockett and Francis Mae Allen who preceded her in death along with her husband, James Cunningham. Survivors include her daughters, Brenda Abraham and husband Sam, Kathy Tillis and Carra Liles; sons, Carlos Cunningham...

July 11, 2015

Cathy Ann Bible Maples, 49, of Cleveland, died Saturday, July 11, 2015, at the Conroe Regional Medical Center in Conroe. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, July 17, 2015, at the Pace-Stancil Funeral Home Chapel in Cleveland. A graveside service will be held at 2:15 p.m., Monday, July 20, 2015, at the Houston National Cemetery in Houston....

July 11, 2015

Robert L. Korenek, 78, of Dayton, died Saturday, July 11, 2015, at the Cleveland Healthcare Center in Cleveland. A gathering for family and friends will be held from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., Friday, July 17, 2015, at the Pace-Stancil Funeral Home in Dayton. Robert was born July 7, 1937 in Highlands, to parents; Arnold C. and Irene Kaminski Korenek,...

July 10, 2015

Velda Lorene Burke “Smoky”, age 82 of Pasadena, Texas, passed away Friday, July 10, 2015. She was born February 18, 1933 in Liberty County to parents Sallie Mae Feazell and Reeder Rice who preceded her in death along with her daughter, Sherry Burke; and step-father, A.W. Feazell. Velda loved old black and white western films and movies from the 1930’s....

July 10, 2015

Floyd Edgar Jones, 87, of Conroe, died Friday, July 10, 2015, at the Memorial Hermann Hospital in The Woodlands. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, July 14, 2015, at the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church in Cleveland, with services concluding thereafter. Visitation will be held from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., Monday, at the funeral home. Services are...