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Local Obituaries for Cleveland, Dayton, Coldspring & Surrounding Communities
William Lloyd Finch
Mar 17, 2023
William Lloyd Finch, 95, passed away March 17, 2023. He was born May 11, 1927 to Bertha and Glenn Anderson Finch. A native Houstonian and the tenth of ten children, he was known to family as “Billy” and to co-workers as “Willie” and William. He served in the United States Navy and is a World War II veteran. Prior to...
Betty Jo Bain
Mar 16, 2023
Betty Jo Odom Ward Bain was born August 3, 1930, to loving parents, Ocie, and Ella Maye Odom. She passed away on March 16, 2023 at the age of 92.
Betty was the oldest of three girls, and from a very young age she had a dream of becoming a nurse. She worked in a doctor’s office in high school, and...
Susan Gail Collier
Mar 16, 2023
Susan Gail Collier was born on February 21, 1949, in Pasadena, Texas to parents Ralph and Nila Heard. She passed away on March 16, 2023 at the age of 74.
Susan is preceded in death by her parents, Ralph Ervin Heard and Nila Jeanne Decker Heard; sisters, Jeanette Miller and Maggie Seagroves; and nephew, Nicholas Runyon. She is survived by her...
Kiley Jym Boeve
Mar 15, 2023
Kiley Jym “Mom” Boeve, 48, of Dayton, Texas passed away on March 15, 2023 in Baytown. Kiley was born December 22, 1974 in Hugo, Oklahoma to Jimmie E. Thomas and Kathy J. Bex Thomas.
Kiley resided in Dayton for the past 16 years and had previously lived overseas for 15 years with stays in Germany, Italy and Japan. She most recently...
Daniel William Saxe
Mar 13, 2023
Daniel William Saxe was born August 30, 1947 in St. Paul, Minnesota to parents, William F. Saxe and Delores Gehrke Saxe. He passed away in Coldspring, Texas on March 13, 2023 at the age of 75.
Edwin Dale Stephens
Mar 12, 2023
Edwin Dale Stephens was born on November 29, 1932, in Petal, Mississippi to parents Monroe and Annie Stephens. He passed away on March 12, 2023, at the age of 90.
Edwin served his country in the United States Army and was a veteran of the Korean War. He will be remembered as a hardworking man, a good friend and for the...
Mary Lou Brewer
Mar 11, 2023
Mary Lou Brewer, born on December 9th, 1938 in Elkhart, Indiana to Barbara Louise Gran and Walter Foreman, passed away on March 11th, 2023, at the age of 84. She is survived by her loving husband Vernon Brewer, whom she married on April 10th, 1965.
Mary Lou was an amazing mother and nana to her grandchildren, always putting her family first....
Tedi Michele Brown
Mar 11, 2023
A gentle and nurturing person, Tedi Michele Brown loved helping her garden of grandchildren grow. She was their Nana who also grew beautiful flowers. She was a knowledgeable gardener with an artist’s eye who loved to see all things bloom.
Michele was born June 28, 1960, in Liberty to Ted and Marjolaine Boyer. She married Dale Brown, her high school sweetheart,...
Katherine Bell "Katy" Breeden
Mar 10, 2023
Katherine Bell “Katy” Scott Breeden, 82, of Kenefick, passed away Friday, March 10, 2023 in Baytown. She was born January 14, 1941, in Abilene, to her late parents, Marvin Scott, Sr. and Florence Crowder Scott.
Katy had lived in Kenefick since 1980 and had previously lived in Point Comfort, Texas. She was a very gifted painter who liked to share her...
Tommy Joe Douglas
Mar 8, 2023
Tommy Joe Douglas was born December 20, 1950 in Portales, New Mexico to parents, Rufus E. Douglas and Bonnie Mae Hudman Douglas. He passed away March 8, 2023 in Kingwood, Texas at the age of 72. He graduated high school in Bellaire, Texas and attended college at UTEP in El Paso, Texas. Tommy was owner of TD’S Supermart in Shepherd,...
Dustin Zane Esmond
Mar 7, 2023
Dustin Zane Esmond, 26, of Dayton, passed away Tuesday, March 7, 2023 in Athens, Texas. He was born July 19, 1996 in Baytown to parents, Debra Paige Robinson and Dwight Esmond.
Dustin was a member of First Baptist Church in Dayton and a graduate of Dayton High School’s class of 2014. While at DHS he was a member of the Dayton...
Dustin Esmond
Mar 7, 2023
Dustin Zane Esmond went to be with the Lord on March 7, 2023 while living in Athens, Texas. He is survived by his father, Dwight Esmond of Dayton, his mother, Debra Robinson and husband, Erwin Gibson of Spring, his sister, Adrienne Wray and husband, Worth, and nephew, Wyatt of Aledo, and his grandparents, Jerry & Lela Esmond of Texas City....
James Vance Cowan
Mar 7, 2023
James Vance Cowan, 57, of Moss Hill, passed away Tuesday, March 7, 2023 at his home. He was born April 22, 1965 in Dearborn, Michigan to his parents, Bill Cowan and Jackie Wenson Cowan.
James grew up in Lawton, Oklahoma where he attended elementary school and Eisenhower High School.
James served in the Marine Corps and was a member of the Catholic...
Anna Berta Mize
Mar 6, 2023
Anna Berta Mize was born January 29, 1935 in Woodville, Texas to parents, Roy Dean and Lorene Long Dean. She passed away in Shepherd, Texas March 6, 2023 at the age of 88. Anna lived in Tarkington for 51 years and previously lived in Cleveland and Woodville. She made handmade quilts and loved cooking the good old country style. Anna...
Anna Berta Mize
Mar 6, 2023
Anna Berta Mize was born January 29, 1935 in Woodville, Texas to parents, Roy Dean and Lorene Long Dean. She passed away in Shepherd, Texas March 6, 2023 at the age of 88. Anna lived in Tarkington for 51 years and previously lived in Cleveland and Woodville. She made handmade quilts and loved cooking the good old country style. Anna...
Steven Ray Evans
Mar 6, 2023
Steven Ray Evans was born October 12, 1964 in San Francisco, California to parents, Jerry W. Evans and Carolyn Vickers Evans. He went to his Heavenly Home on March 6, 2023 in Kingwood, Texas at the age of 58. Steven graduated from Tarkington High School and went to seminary school at the Texas Baptist Institute and Seminary in Henderson, Texas....
Sandra Lee Dale “Sandy” Collins
Mar 5, 2023
Sandra Lee Dale “Sandy” Collins, 70, of Dayton, passed away Sunday, March 5, 2023 in Dayton. She was born February 7, 1953, in Decatur, Illinois, to her late parents, Milton Dale and Thelma Kirkendoll Dale.
She had lived most of her life in Dayton, having graduated from Dayton High School in 1971. In high school, she was a member...
Sandra Dale Collins
Mar 5, 2023
Sandra Lee Dale “Sandy” Collins, 70, of Dayton, passed away Sunday, March 5, 2023 in Dayton. She was born February 7, 1953, in Decatur, Illinois, to her late parents, Milton Dale and Thelma Kirkendoll Dale.
She had lived most of her life in Dayton, having graduated from Dayton High School in 1971. In high school, she was a member of the...
Gerald “Jerry” Lynn Stubblefield
Mar 4, 2023
Gerald “Jerry” Lynn Stubblefield was born March 6, 1943 in Cleveland, Texas to parents, Marshall Eugene Stubblefield and Jolene Berry Stubblefield. He passed away March 4, 2023 in Livingston, Texas at the age of 79. Jerry was a welder inspector and worked for Thomas & Betts for 30 years. Jerry was a hard-working simple man that was kind hearted and...
Gerald Lynn Stubblefield
Mar 4, 2023
Gerald “Jerry” Lynn Stubblefield was born March 6, 1943 in Cleveland, Texas to parents, Marshall Eugene Stubblefield and Jolene Berry Stubblefield. He passed away March 4, 2023 in Livingston, Texas at the age of 79. Jerry was a welder inspector and worked for Thomas & Betts for 30 years. Jerry was a hard-working simple man that was kind hearted and...
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