Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Cleveland, Dayton, Coldspring & Surrounding Communities
Kathy Denise Mcgee-Ott
September 7, 2021
Kathy Denise McGee-Ott, age 42 of Shepherd, Texas passed away Tuesday, September 7, 2021. She was born January 10, 1979 in Houston, Texas to parents Charles and Linda McGee. She was preceded in death by her mother, Linda McGee; and husband, David Ott. Survivors include her fiancé, Brandon Meek and his kids and grandkids; father, Charles McGee; daughters, Rebecca Ott...
Austin Layfette Swafford, Jr.
September 7, 2021
Austin Layfette Swafford, Jr., age 59 of Cleveland, Texas passed away Tuesday, September 7, 2021. He was born July 30, 1962 in Dallas, Texas to parents Betty and Austin Layfette Swafford, Sr. who preceded him in death along with his daughter, Shyla Swafford; and sisters, Pat Rodda and Mary Busby. Survivors include his wife of 34 years, Lola Swafford; son,...
Aubrey Anne Greathouse
September 7, 2021
Aubrey Anne Greathouse, 17, of Dayton, passed away at her home on September 7, 2021. Aubrey was born September 9, 2003 in Leesburg, Florida, to parents Dennis Ray Greathouse and Marlaina Ann Dressendorfer Greathouse. Aubrey was a student at Liberty Co-op schools. She was a member of Science Explorers Club and had taken AP classes. She previously worked at a...
Ross Edwin Christy
September 6, 2021
Ross Edwin Christy, age 89 of Cleveland, Texas passed away Monday, September 6, 2021. He was born July 27, 1932 in Indianapolis, Indiana to parents Benjamin and Amanda Christy who preceded him in death along with his sisters, Barbara Jean Johnson, Joan Doan, and June Doan; and brother, Ronnie Christy. Survivors include his wife of 53 years, Karen Christy; children,...
Cassandra Fay Whitmire
September 6, 2021
Cassandra Fay Whitmire, age 41 of Cleveland, Texas passed away Monday, September 6, 2021. She was born July 21, 1980 in Dayton, Texas to parents Clifton Whitmire and Angela Whitmire. She was preceded in death by her aunt, Fay Whitmire; and grandparents, Melvin and Beulah Whitmire, Clyde and Jewel Mathis. Survivors include her husband, Mark Hoagland; father, Clifton Whitmire and...
Amy Lois Sterling
September 6, 2021
Amy Lois Reidland Sterling, 79, of Dayton passed away unexpectedly on Monday, September 6 at Houston Methodist Baytown Hospital. Visitation will be held 9:30 a.m. until 10:30 a.m., Saturday, September 11, 2021, at Pace-Stancil Funeral Home, Dayton. Graveside service will follow at 11:00 a.m. at Magnolia Park Cemetery with Rev. Lee Gruver officiating. Amy was born on November 8, 1941,...
Lillian Marie Lyle
September 6, 2021
Lillian Marie Lyle “Lady Bug”, age 68 of Splendora, Texas passed away Monday, September 6, 2021. She was born March 21, 1953 in Florala, Alabama to mother Irene Hoyt who preceded her in death along with Liz Wyatt, Danny Hoyt, Louise Sullivan, and Sue Hoyt. Survivors include her husband, Thomas Lyle; daughter, Honey Buckner and husband Kevin; son, Johnny Lyle...
William Carl Williams
September 5, 2021
William Carl Williams, age 65 of Cleveland, Texas passed away Sunday, September 5, 2021. He was born October 11, 1955, in Mount Vernon, Illinois to parents Daniel M. and Enoma P. Outland Williams who preceded him in death along with his brother, Daniel Williams. Mr. Williams was an evangelist minister, Pentecostal in faith. He was a talented singer and an...
Deborah Elaine Gilley
September 5, 2021
Deborah Elaine Noles Gilley, from Romayor, Texas passed away Sunday, September 5, 2021. She was born March 9, 1956 in Pasadena, Texas to parents Thomas Earl Noles and Ruby Evelyn Noles. Deborah married Nickie Dean Gilley on March 7, 1974. They gave birth to Gina Janet Gilley and Jeffrey Wayne Gilley. She is preceded in death by her husband, Nickie...
Thomas "Gerald" Moore
September 5, 2021
Thomas "Gerald" Moore, passed away Sunday, September 5th, 2021 at the age of 65. Gerald was a loving husband, father, grandfather, brother, friend, and everything to anybody that was blessed to meet or know him. To those who did know him well, can attest he was a smart and talented man, and was an amazing role model for his work...
Gloria Emma Dooley
September 5, 2021
Gloria Emma Dooley, age 86 of Leesville, Louisiana, passed away Sunday, September 5, 2021. She was born July 19, 1935, in Weslaco, Texas to parents Primevito and Librada Hernandez Chapa who preceded her in death along her husband, James C. Dooley, Sr.; sons, Glen Dooley and Allen Dooley; 6 brothers; and 2 sisters. Mrs. Dooley loved children and was a...
Jane Eva Whatley Hanson
September 5, 2021
Jane Eva Whatley Hanson, age 90 formerly of Cleveland, Texas, went to be with her Lord on Sunday, September 5, 2021 in College Station, Texas. She was born June 17, 1931 in Hightower, Texas, to parents Lawson B. and Edna Johnson Whatley who preceded her in death along with her husband, Rayburn Lanier Hanson, Jr.; son, Rayburn Thomas Hanson; and...
Christopher Ray Wire
September 4, 2021
Christopher Ray Wire, age 60 of Shepherd, Texas passed away Saturday, September 4, 2021. He was born October 2, 1960 in Buffalo, New York to parents Miller and Dolores Wire who preceded him in death. Survivors include his wife, Lisa Wire; daughter, Jessica Mireles and husband Brian; sons, James Edward Brown, III. and wife Lydia, and Jeremy William Brown; sister,...
Jacob Smith, Jr.
September 3, 2021
Rev. Jacob “Buster” Smith, Jr., 76, of Cleveland, passed away in Kingwood on September 3, 2021. Jacob was born in West Columbia, Texas, on September 28, 1944, to parents Jacob Weldon Smith, Sr. and Susie Marietta Lyle Smith. Rev. Smith was the current pastor of North Cleveland Baptist Church and the owner of Buster’s Automotive and Machine Shop. He loved...
Neta Parnell
September 3, 2021
Neta Parnell, age 73 of Splendora, Texas passed away Friday, September 3, 2021. She was born May 6, 1948, in Tahoka, Texas to parents Juanita Jullian and Tony McGlaun, Jr., who preceded her in death along with her husband of 52 years, Daniel Parnell. Neta was a stay-at-home mom for many years, until she decided she wanted to go to...
Doris Lucille Rogers
September 3, 2021
Doris Lucille Rogers, age 88 of Hempstead, Texas passed away Friday, September 3, 2021. She was born September 27, 1932, in Coushatta, Louisiana to parents Lonnie and Clemie Scott Bamburg who preceded her in death along with her husband, Kenneth Rogers; daughter, Amberlynn Collins; granddaughters, Andrea Stentz, Carolyn Stentz, and Lanae Averitt; and great-granddaughters, Lacey Boudreaux and Kimmalynn Smith. Dot...
Darlene Marie Killian-Chapman
September 2, 2021
Darlene Marie Chapman-Killian, age 71 of Montgomery, Texas passed away Thursday, September 2, 2021. She was born March 7, 1950, in Fergus Falls, MN to parents Dayton Melvin Chapman and Mable Alice Loop who preceded her in death. Darlene was also preceded in death by her brother-in-law Roy Settlemier. Survivors include her daughters, Jennifer Boland and husband Bobby, CheraDee Bacon...
Tommie Latrice Hodges
September 2, 2021
Visitation will be held from 10:00 a.m. - 1:15 p.m., Monday, September 6, 2021 at Pace Stancil Chapel, Coldspring, Texas. A graveside service will follow starting at 1:40 p.m., Monday, September 6, 2021 at Pace Stancil Memorial Rest Gardens, Cleveland, Texas.
Larry Dale Favors
September 2, 2021
Larry Dale Favors, 68, of Dayton passed away on September 2, 2021, in Austin, Texas. He was born November 22, 1952, in Dayton, Texas to parents Jessie Columbus Favors, Sr. and Norma Irene Detro Favors. Larry was a lifelong resident of Dayton where he attended Dayton schools graduating in 1971 from Dayton High School. He had worked as an operator...
Sarah Elizabeth Phillips
September 1, 2021
Sarah Elizabeth Phillips, age 78 of Cleveland, Texas passed away Wednesday, September 1, 2021. She was born April 28, 1943 in Texas to parents John and Earnestine Knight who preceded her in death along with her. Survivors include her husband, Ward Phillips; sons, Christopher Crisp, Thomas Harvey, and David Harvey; sisters, Janice Bingle and Mary Stephens; brother, John Samuel; grandchildren,...
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