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Local Obituaries for Cleveland, Dayton, Coldspring & Surrounding Communities
Sheldon John Nichols
Apr 12, 2013
Sheldon J. Nichols, 71, of New Caney, died Friday, April 12, 2013, in Montgomery. Memorial services are pending at this time. Services are under the direction of Pace-Stancil Funeral Home in Dayton. Sheldon was born March 17, 1942 in Tecumseh, MI, to parents; Lauren E. and LaMora L. Keys Nichols, a former resident of Huffman, and has resided in New...
Levirna Winkelmann
Apr 11, 2013
Levirna Winkelmann, age 87 and a resident of Cleveland, Texas, passed away Thursday, April 11, 2013 at her home. She was born in Welcome, Texas in 1926 to parents Theodore W. and Lillie Thielemann. She married Wilbert Otto Winkelmann on January 26, 1946; she loved being a wife and mother; they had six children and six grandchildren. Her passion was...
Lorenza Anna Smith
Apr 10, 2013
Lorenza "Lorene" Anna Smith, age 86 and a resident of Cleveland, Texas, passed away Wednesday, April 10, 2013 in Shepherd, Texas. She was born in Somerset, Texas in 1926 to parents Joe and Augustina Tenorio who preceded her in death along with her husband George C. Smith Jr.; twin sons; grandchildren Maurice Morgan and Donna Majors; great-grandchild John Swearingen. Survivors...
W.C. "Rip" Thrower
Apr 10, 2013
W.C. “Rip†Thrower, age 88 and a 26 year resident of Coldspring, Texas, passed away Wednesday, April 10, 2013. He was born in Waco, Texas in 1924 to parents Joseph G. and Myrtice I. Thrower who preceded him. He was a Veteran of the United States Navy; served from 1943 to 1946. He was a 1954 graduate from Baylor University...
Thomas Lee Thoms
Apr 10, 2013
Thomas Lee Thoms, age 72, and a resident of Shepherd, Texas, passed away Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at his home. He was born in Blakeney, Texas in 1940 to parents Amos Calvin and Jewel Thoms. Thomas was a compassionate man; he owned and operated Thoms Propane for 25 years in Shepherd and enjoyed working with the public. He found joy...
Ernest Edmond Etress, Sr.
Apr 7, 2013
Ernest Edmond Etress, Sr., 73 passed away Sunday, April 7, 2013 at home in Dayton. He was born May 14, 1939 in Shelby, Alabama to parents, Ralph Edmond and Julia Bell Carden Etress. Mr. Etress had lived in the Dayton area for the past eleven years after moving from LaPorte. He was retired from Fluor-Daniels and United Scaffolding where he...
Bobby Squires
Apr 7, 2013
Bobby Rue Squires, age 76 and a resident of Splendora, Texas, passed away Sunday, April 07, 2013 at his home. He was born in Alliance, North Carolina in 1936 to parents Louis and Nellie Squires who preceded him in death along with his loving wife Sandra Sue Squires. Survivors include his children Michael Squires and wife Tammy, Ray Squires and...
Loria Doria Mcmahan
Apr 5, 2013
Loria Doria McMahan, 74 years of age and a resident of Coldspring, Texas, passed away Friday, April 05, 2013 surrounded by her loved ones. She was born here in Cleveland in 1938 to parents John William and Armenta Leona Swanson who preceded her in death along with one brother and four sisters. She leaves her memories to her three daughters...
Curtis Daniels
Apr 3, 2013
Curtis “Tony†Daniels, Jr. of Kenefick, died Wednesday, April 3, 2013 in Humble, Texas at 68 years of age. Visitation will be Monday, April 8, 2013; 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at Pace Stancil Funeral Home in Dayton. Services for Mr. Daniels will be 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, April 9, 2013 at First Baptist Church of Dayton with Reverend Dale Hill...
Trulla May Gandy
Apr 1, 2013
Trulla May Gandy, age 68 and a resident of Cleveland, Texas, passed away Monday, April 01, 2013. She was born in Richmond, Virginia in 1944 to parents Jack and Maurene McNutt who preceded her in death. Survivors include her devoted husband James C. “Pete†Gandy; son Paul U. Gandy; sisters Mary Evelyn Crumbaker, Victoria Rice, Jessie West, Bobbie West, Connie...
Gregory Allen Bridges
Mar 31, 2013
Gregory Allen Bridges, age 44 and a resident of Spring, Texas, passed away Sunday, March 31, 2013. He was born in Houston, Texas in 1968. He is preceded in death by his mother Norma Yeager Mize; grandparents Clarence and Lula Yeager, and Bob Franklin and Blanche Bridges. Survivors include his father Bobby Bridges; sister Tracy Cosby Mize; brother Stephen Bridges;...
Charles Floyd White
Mar 31, 2013
Charles Floyd White, age 81 and a resident of Cleveland, Texas, passed away Sunday, March 31, 2013. He was born in Fisher, Louisiana in 1931 to parents Floyd and Irene White who preceded him in death along with his loving wife Valasta White; and his daughter Deborah Jones. Survivors include sons Charles White Jr. and wife Gayla, Jerry Jones and...
Joseph Nelson Waldrop
Mar 31, 2013
Joseph Nelson Waldrop, 62, of Dayton passed away on Easter Sunday, March 31, 2013 in Houston, Texas. He was born January 2, 1951 in Houston, Texas to parents, Sidney Nelson Waldrop and Evelyn June Holbrook Waldrop. He grew up in Liberty, graduated from Liberty High School in 1970, and attended Sam Houston State University. He was a member of the...
Bruce "Bouderaux" Bertrand
Mar 30, 2013
Bruce “Bouderaux†Bertrand, age 56 and a resident of Cleveland, Texas, passed away Saturday, March 30, 2013 in Kingwood, Texas. He was born in Lake Charles, Louisiana in 1956 born to parents Gerald Bertrand and Sybil Wilson. He is preceded in death by his mother; and his brother Randy Jackson. Survivors include his girlfriend Kay Selfridge; ex-wife Brenda Bertrand; daughters...
Chelsey Renea Scraper
Mar 30, 2013
Chelsey Renea Scraper, age 17 and a resident of Cleveland, Texas, passed away Saturday, March 30, 2013. Chelsey was a student at Shepherd High School; she was born in Pasadena, Texas in 1996. She is preceded in death by her grandfather Larry Scraper and great-grandfather Richard Uptegrove. Survivors include her mother and dad Jennifer Scraper and Michael Patterson; father William...
Mackenize Elizabeth Edmonds
Mar 30, 2013
Mackenize E. “Kenzie†Edmonds, infant daughter of Kevin M. Edmonds and Kelly M. Welch, died Saturday, March 30, 2013, at her residence in Old River-Winfree. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Friday, April 5, 2013, at the Pentecostal Tabernacle with burial following at the Monroe Fregia Cemetery in Liberty. Visitation will be held from 5 p.m. to 8...
Katheryn E. Bass
Mar 28, 2013
Katheryn E. Thompson Bass, 93, of Dayton, died Thursday, March 28, 2013, at her residence. Graveside services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Monday, April 1, 2013, at the Grandview Memorial Park in Pasadena with burial following thereafter. Services are under the direction of Pace-Stancil Funeral Home in Dayton. Katheryn was born January 17, 1920 in Glenville, WV, to parents;...
Bobby Dean Mccleskey
Mar 28, 2013
Bobby Dean McCleskey, age 73 and a resident of Shepherd, Texas, passed away Thursday, March 28, 2013. He was born in Porter, Texas in 1939 to parents Marlin and Alma McCleskey who preceded him in death along with his son Marlin Dean (Dino) McCleskey; brother Eugene McCleskey; and his sister Joyce Archer. Mr. McCleskey was a Carpenter by trade and...
Phillip Norman Walker
Mar 28, 2013
Phillip Norman Walker, age 78 and a resident of Point Blank, Texas, passed away Thursday, March 28, 2013. He was born in Flint, Texas in 1935 to parents Bryon and Wilma Walker who preceded him in death along with his first wife Patsy Raye Harris Walker; son Norman Ray Walker; brothers Charles Walker, Jerry Walker and Bill Walker; and one...
Donald Ray Sims
Mar 27, 2013
Donald Ray Sims, age 70 and a resident of Splendora, Texas, passed away Wednesday, March 27, 2013 in Humble, Texas. He was born in Benhur, Texas in 1942 to parents Sam S. and Ruby E. Sims who preceded him in death along with Donald Wayne Sims and Robert Lee Freeman. Survivors include his loving wife of 30 years Paula Sims;...
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