Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Cleveland, Dayton, Coldspring & Surrounding Communities
Roberta Marie Mitchell
December 26, 2018
Roberta Marie Mitchell, age 71 of Shepherd, Texas, passed away Wednesday, December 26, 2018. She was born September 27, 1947 in California to parents Crawford Lee and Bulah Anderson Mitchell who preceded her in death along with her husband, Louis Helms “PeeWee”; and brothers, David Mitchell and Bobby Mitchell. Survivors include her son, James Helms; daughters, Cindy Helms, Judy Smith...
Gytha Newell Mcnair
December 23, 2018
Gytha Newell Rusk McNair, 88, of Dayton passed away Sunday, December 23, 2018 in Kingwood, Texas. She was born July 28, 1930 to parents, David and Newell Rusk in Goose Creek, Texas and had lived in Dayton since 1964. Mrs. McNair received her Bachelor Degree from University of Houston and her Master’s Degree from Stephen F. Austin University. She was...
Marie Lewis
December 22, 2018
Marie Lewis, age 78 of Romayor, Texas was born April 8, 1940 to Jacob Willis “Jake” Votaw and Laura Ida “Gertrude” Greer Votaw in Dayton, Liberty County, Texas. She went to be with the Lord on Saturday, December 22, 2018 after a short battle with chemotherapy to fight Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. She is preceded in death by her father, Jake Votaw,...
Larry Gene Pence
December 22, 2018
Larry Gene Pence, 69, of Dayton, passed away Saturday, December 22, 2018 in Hardin County. He was born May 17, 1949 in Merkel, Texas to his late parents, L. B. Pence and Leola Marshall Pence. Mr. Pence had resided in Dayton for the last 12 years and had previously lived in Hankamer. He was a retired machinist, a U.S. Navy...
Leona Lee Alsobrooks
December 20, 2018
Leona Lee Alsobrooks, age 84 of Cleveland, Texas, passed away Thursday, December 20, 2018. She was born November 23, 1934 in Conroe, Texas to parents Marcellais and Winnie Devini who preceded her in death. Survivors include her husband, Ernest Alsobrooks; sons, Joe Don Alsobrooks and wife Ellen, Donald Ray Alsobrooks and wife Carolyn, Earnest Mark Alsobrooks, William Lane Alsobrooks and...
Bonnie Laverne Bullard
December 20, 2018
Bonnie Laverne Bullard, nee Whitten, 68 of Dayton, passed away Thursday December 20, 2018. Memorial service for Mrs. Bullard will be held at 6:00p.m., Thursday December 27, 2018 at Pace Stancil Funeral Home in Dayton. Bonnie was born August 9, 1950 in Houston. Her mother was Ramona Mae Smith and her dad is Bill Hare. Bonnie was reared in Houston...
Richard Edward Cox
December 17, 2018
Richard Edward Cox, Sr., 75 of Dayton passed away December 17, 2018. He was born September 28, 1943 in Liberty, Texas to parents Edward Cox, Jr. and Ruby Lee Cox. Graveside services for Mr. Cox will be 2:30 p.m., Friday, January 4, 2018 at Ryan Cemetery in Tarkington Prairie. The family will receive friends from 12 noon until 2:00 p.m....
David Ralph "Shorty" Drake
December 16, 2018
Services will be held from 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m., Wednesday, December 19, 2018 at Pace Stancil Chapel, Cleveland, Texas. Interment will follow at Plainview Cemetery, Normangee, Texas. In lieu of flowers contributions can be made to Texas Parks and Wildlife in Mr. Drake's name.
Doris Bell Frieden
December 15, 2018
Doris Belle Davis Frieden, 61, of Dayton passed away on December 15, 2018. She was born August 19, 1957 in Rolla, Missouri to parents Willliam and Barbara Christian Davis. Visitation for Mrs. Frieden will be 3:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m., Wednesday, December 19, 2018 at Pace-Stancil Funeral Home in Dayton. Doris had been a resident of Dayton for the past...
Curtis Griffin Mizell
December 15, 2018
Curtis Griffin Mizell, age 74 of Cleveland, Texas passed away Saturday, December 15, 2018. He was born June 29, 1944 in San Jacinto County, Texas to parents William Griffin and Hazel Marie Mizell who preceded him in death along with his brothers, Joe Mizell, Royce Mizell and Gene Mizell; sisters, Lillian Rossner, Julietta Robinson, Mary Jane Whitmire and Gracie Stalnaker....
John Wesley Hinson, Sr.
December 15, 2018
John Wesley Hinson, Sr. age 84 of Cleveland, Texas, passed away Saturday, December 15, 2018. He was born October 21, 1934 in Jeff Davis County, Georgia to parents Charles M. and Frances Humphries Hinson who preceded him in death along with his brothers, Charles and William; and sisters, Janelle and Marion. Mr. Hinson graduated from High School in Hazlehurst, Georgia...
Barney Eugene Carnes
December 14, 2018
Barney Eugene Carnes, age 87 of Cleveland, Texas, passed away Friday, December 14, 2018. He was born January 25, 1931 in Cleveland, Texas to parents A.V. and Irma Ramsey Carnes who preceded him in death along with his wife, Betty Sue Carnes; brothers, Charles Ramsey Carnes and John Nelson Carnes; sister, Dorothy Mathis; and niece Tara Lynn Mathis. Barney was...
Raymond Roscoe Rice
December 13, 2018
Raymond Roscoe Rice, Jr. ( Ricky) 77 of Liberty, Texas passed away Thursday, December 13, 2018 in Kingwood, Texas. He was born June 29, 1941 in Houston, Texas to parents Raymond Roscoe Rice, Sr. and Corrine Moore Rice. Memorial service for Ricky will be 2:00 p.m., Saturday, December 29, 2018 at Pace-Stancil Funeral Home in Dayton. Mr. Rice was a...
James Edward Smith
December 11, 2018
James Edward Smith passed away surrounded by his family Tuesday, December 11, 2018. He was born December 14, 1953 in Houston, Texas to James Arthur Smith and Dorothy Oliver Smith who preceded him in death along with his brother, Charles Arthur Smith, his youngest son, Eric Scott Smith, and his father in law, Carl Shirley. He worked 17 years for...
Audrey Lee Russell "Dede"
December 8, 2018
Audrey Lee Fuller Russell, “Dede”, 79, of Coldspring, TX, died December 8, 2018, at her home in Coldspring. She was born November 19, 1939, in Houston, TX, to Ida Mae and Lester J. Fuller. Audrey spent her first 13 years living in Houston but moved to Baytown in 1951 and was a 1957 graduate of Robert E. Lee High School....
Joanne Bass
December 7, 2018
JoAnne McWilliams Bass, 68, of Dayton, passed away Friday December 7, 2018 in Baytown, Texas. Mrs. Bass born January 13, 1950 in Seattle, Washington to parents, Joseph and Verna Mae McWilliams. Service for JoAnne will be 7:00 p.m., Friday December 14, 2018 at Pace Stancil Funeral Home in Dayton, Texas with Pastor George Finney officiating. Visitation will be Friday December...
Austin Terry Wilcher
December 7, 2018
Austin “Terry” Wilcher, 70 of Houston, passed away Friday December 7, 2018 in Kingwood, Texas. He was a beloved and devoted husband, dad, brother, uncle, “Pawpaw” and friend. Terry was born July 20, 1948 in Rayville, Louisiana to parents Austin Thomas Wilcher and Daisy Viola Bogie Wilcher. Terry, formerly of Dayton, was a retired truck driver. He enjoyed traveling and...
Gene Crossan
December 4, 2018
Gene Crossan, age 84 of Coldspring, Texas, passed away Tuesday, December 4, 2018. He was born April 25, 1934 in Kingston, West Virginia to parents Phillip and Mollie Crossan who preceded him in death along with his beloved first wife, June Bowyer Crossan; and brothers, Jimmy, Hermann, Tommy, Eddie and Joe Crossan. Mr. Crossan was an avid outdoorsman who enjoyed...
Mary Alice Parker
December 4, 2018
Mary Alice Parker, 84, of Dayton peacefully passed away at her home on December 4, 2018. She was born October 23, 1934 to parents James Robert “Bob” Meadows and Issy Ozella Cobb Meadows. Mrs. Parker had lived in Kenefick for over 75 years. She was always very active with the Kenefick Civic Center, the KVFD Ladies Auxiliary and the Red...
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