Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Cleveland, Dayton, Coldspring & Surrounding Communities


Robert Warren Goforth

Robert Warren Goforth

Feb 5, 2022

Robert Warren Goforth, age 70 of Cleveland, Texas passed away Saturday, February 5, 2022. He was born March 8, 1951, in Houston, Texas to parents Warren and Lora Goforth who preceded him in death along with his sister, Kathy Goforth Luke. Mr. Goforth was a former resident of Tarkington. He loved camping, fishing, gardening, but really enjoyed his TV and...

Van H. May

Van H. May

Feb 2, 2022

Van H. May was born June 16, 1931 in Huffman, Texas to Emery and Fannie May. Along with his parents and siblings, they moved to Crosby when he was a young boy. He passed away at the age of 90 on February 2, 2022. He graduated from Crosby High School in 1949, and was an accomplished athlete. Although small in...

James Hughie Griffin

James Hughie Griffin

Feb 2, 2022

James Hughie Griffin was born in Houston, Texas on February 5, 1944, to parents, Bill Ed Griffin and Dora Atkins Griffin. He passed away February 2, 2022, in Nacogdoches, Texas at the age of 77. Jim served our country in the US Army during the Vietnam War, and was a truck driver most of his life. He loved the time...

Michelle Renee Chamberlain

Michelle Renee Chamberlain

Feb 1, 2022

Michelle Renee Chamberlain was born June 11, 1962 in Macomb, Illinois to parents, John William Watt Sr and Dorothy Trout Watt. She passed away in Huntsville, Texas on February 1, 2022 at the age of 59. Michelle graduated from the University of Houston with a BS in Accounting in 1993. She worked as an accountant until the past years before...

Ruth Aurelia Mcmullan

Ruth Aurelia Mcmullan

Jan 31, 2022

Ruth Aurelia Willis McMullan, 88 of Dayton passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on January 31, 2022, in Baytown, Texas. Ruth was born December 20, 1933 in Odessa, Texas to parents James Benjamin Willis and Lucia M. Anderson Willis. Service for Mrs. McMullan will be 11:00 a.m., Saturday morning, February 5, 2022 at the First Baptist Church in Devers....

Kenneth Tyree Pinckard

Kenneth Tyree Pinckard

Jan 30, 2022

Kenneth Tyree Pinckard, 58, of Liberty passed away on January 30, 2022. Kenneth was born October 1, 1963 in Liberty, Texas to parents Ernest Lee Pinckard and Carolyne Eloyse Byrd Pinchard. Kenneth had lived in Liberty since 1991 and had been a resident of San Antonio for four years and Beaumont for 12 years. He was a manager of the...

Patricia Ann Floyd

Patricia Ann Floyd

Jan 30, 2022

Patricia Ann Floyd, 83, of Anahuac, Texas, passed away January 30, 2022, in Midwest City, Oklahoma. Patricia was born October 18, 1938, in Anahuac, Texas, to parents Wilmer L. Smith and Florence Watson Smith. Patricia spent most of life in Anahuac and was a former resident of Liberty, Texas, and Louisiana. She was a member of First United Methodist Church...

Mary Helen Eason

Mary Helen Eason

Jan 30, 2022

Mary Helen Eason, age 87 of Cleveland, Texas passed away Sunday, January 30, 2022. She was born April 14, 1934, in Votaw, Texas to parents Omer and Lola Collins who preceded her in death along with her brother, William (Monk) Collins; sisters, Dorothy Davis and Novaline Ensign; and grandson, Blake Eason. Survivors include her husband, Melvin Eason; son, Norris Eason...

Carolyn Ann Mcdaniel

Carolyn Ann Mcdaniel

Jan 29, 2022

Carolyn Ann McDaniel was born in Clovis, New Mexico on January 13, 1948 to parents, Melvin Terry Wilson and Anita June Walker Wilson. She passed away January 29, 2022 in Lufkin, Texas at the age of 74. Carolyn has 3 sons who gifted her with many grandchildren. She was a very sweet and kind person who shared her love wherever...

Raymond Harold Bradley

Raymond Harold Bradley

Jan 28, 2022

Raymond Harold Bradley was born October 21, 1943 in High Springs, Florida to parents Woodrow Wilson Bradley and Mary Christine Farmer Bradley. Harold passed away January 28, 2022 in Conroe, Texas at the age of 78. He proudly served our country in the US Air Force, and was a truck driver. Harold lived in Florida all his life, until the...

Roger Louis "Tree Frog"  Trader

Roger Louis "Tree Frog" Trader

Jan 27, 2022

Roger Louis “Treefrog” Trader, 76, of Dayton, Texas, passed away peacefully at home on January 27, 2022. Roger was the youngest of eight children, born on November 25, 1945, in Fairmont, West Virginia to William Albert and Fronia Trader. Roger was drafted and served his country during the Vietnam War. He served in the United States 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment....

William Ernest Bagwell

William Ernest Bagwell

Jan 26, 2022

William Ernest Bagwell, 87, of Highlands, Texas, passed away on January 26, 2022 in Houston. Williams was born August 15, 1934 in Houston, Texas to parents John Bagwell and Nadine Rand Bagwell. William lived most is life in the Highlands area and was a former resident of Cleveland and Houston. William proudly served in the United States Air Force and...

Joseph Samuel Shirley

Joseph Samuel Shirley

Jan 26, 2022

Joseph Samuel Shirley June 23,1934 - January 26, 2022 Joseph Samuel Shirley died peacefully in his sleep on the morning of January 26, 2022. Sam shared his life with with his wife, Joanna May Wilkins Shirley, for over 67 years until Joanna’s passing in November 2020. They shared four children: Robert Shirley and his wife, Darlene, Lynne Shirley Grinstead and...

Molly Beka Swartz

Molly Beka Swartz

Jan 25, 2022

Molly Beka Swartz, age 42 of Cleveland, Texas passed away Tuesday, January 25, 2022. She was born October 28, 1979, in Harris County, Texas. She is preceded in death by her son, Steven Swartz. Survivors include her cat, Blessing; and a host of many friends. She will be missed by all the Boothe Sq. Community cats, she took care of...

Ronald Lee Ackerman

Ronald Lee Ackerman

Jan 24, 2022

Ronald Lee Ackerman was born in Muskegon, Michigan on February 12, 1946, to parents, Raymond Roy Ackerman, Sr. and Bessie Lucinda Tice Ackerman. He passed away January 24, 2022, at the age of 75. Ronald was a construction worker and has lived in Point Blank for the past 10 years and lived in Onalaska the previous 5 years. He was...

Kyle Brock Wood

Kyle Brock Wood

Jan 23, 2022

Kyle Brock Wood was born in Gilmer, Texas on March 26, 1964, to parents, Peary Wood and Ethylene Duke Wood. He passed away January 23, 2022, in Kingwood, Texas at the age of 57. Kyle played baseball at East Texas Baptist University and graduated with a BA in Business in 1987. He lived in Kingwood for over 30 years and...

Barbara "Gayle" Erwin

Barbara "Gayle" Erwin

Jan 22, 2022

Barbara “Gayle” Erwin, age 65 of Coldspring, Texas passed away Saturday, January 22, 2022. She was born June 16, 1956, in Houston, Texas to parents Wayne Seaborn and Barbara Golden. She is preceded in death by her mother, Barbara Golden; and husband, Linden Ray Erwin. Survivors include her life partner, Alan Taylor; father, Wayne Seaborn Golden; daughters, Krista Erwin Jenkins,...

Patricia Ann Parker

Patricia Ann Parker

Jan 22, 2022

Patricia Ann Parker, age 55 of Cleveland, Texas passed away Saturday, January 22, 2022. She was born May 18, 1966, in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas to parents Donald Otto McCain and Betty Berta Wilfer who preceded her in death. Survivors include her husband, John Parker; sons, Brent Parker, Brandon Parker, Bryan Parker; daughters, Emily Parker, Dora Jones, Allie Parker; sisters, Linda...

George Pawlowski

George Pawlowski

Jan 22, 2022

George Pawlowski, beloved husband and father, was born on November 29, 1937 in Lviv, Ukraine to parents, Franciszek (Frank) Pawlowski and Emilia Sarachman Pawlowski. He passed away on January 22, 2022 in Conroe, Texas at the age of 84. After surviving World War II in Ulm and Augsburg, Germany, George's hard work ethic and fluency in several languages proved valuable...

Donnie Riggins

Donnie Riggins

Jan 21, 2022

9/11/41-1/21/22 Donnie Riggins age 80 passed away peacefully at home in Cleveland, TX. I was born in Greenville, SC. I graduated High School with a basketball scholarship to Clemson University where I played for a year. After that I had a bright idea to join the Navy. They promised everything I wanted to hear, After Basic Training that’s when “shit...

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