Local Obituaries for Cleveland, Dayton, Coldspring & Surrounding Communities

March 25, 2018

Horace Strickland, age 85 of Cleveland, Texas, passed away Sunday, March 25, 2018. He was born October 18, 1932 in Tarkington, Texas to parents Andrew and Estelle Strickland who preceded him in death along with his wife, Maudie Strickland. Survivors include his daughters, Cynthia White and husband Norman, Tina Sartor and husband Danny, and Angela Strickland; grandchildren, Devin Kelley, Brian...

March 25, 2018

Dwanna Charlene Granade, 61, of Splendora, Texas passed away on Sunday, March 25, 2016 in Conroe, Texas. She was born in Cleveland, Texas to parents Billy V. and Janice Hayden. Mrs. Granade is preceded in death by her father, Billy V. Hayden and granddaughter, Pricilla Martinez. Survivors include her daughters, Devonna Parker and Scarlett Orgovan (husband John); mother, Janice Hayden;...

March 24, 2018

Maxine Tullos Wilson, age 73 of Splendora, Texas, passed away Saturday, March 24, 2018. She was born August 16, 1944 in Houston, Texas to parents Lee and Ollie Tullos who preceded her in death along with her husband of 53 years, Tully Wilson; brother, Pete Tullos; sisters, Clara Ratliff, Ernestine Shanhan and Edwina Evans. Survivors include her daughters, Cissy Wilson...

March 24, 2018

Timothy Albert Walston “Tim”, age 33 of Splendora, Texas, passed away Saturday, March 24, 2018. He was born January 3, 1985 in Houston, Texas to parents Connie and Rusty Walston. He is preceded in death by his grandparents, Juanita and Willie Faulkner; grandfather, Albert Walston; and uncle, Maurice Mullins. Survivors include his parents, Connie and Rusty Walston; grandmother, Lily Ann...

March 22, 2018

Dennis Lee Baughman "Denny", age 71 of Porter, Texas, passed away Thursday, March 22, 2018. He was born February 16, 1947 in Mt. Pleasant, Pennsylvania to parents Joseph and Sarah Baughman who preceded him in death along with his daughter, Sarah Denise Baughman; and brothers, Gary Lynn Baughman and Randall Allen Baughman. Survivors include his wife, Patricia Lean Baughman; daughter,...

March 21, 2018

Elaine Wilson-McHenry, nee Walsh, born in Detroit, Michigan, December 1, 1937, raised in Florida, Boston and Greenville, Texas. A devout Baptist, ministered in many small towns in the panhandle of Texas as well as being a missionary to South Africa for years (1987-1999) with her husband, Haskell Wilson. Retired to Coldpspring in 2000, taught Sunday School at the Coldspring Baptist...

March 19, 2018

Rev. James B. (Jim) Jones Ret., age 77 of Cleveland, Texas, passed away Monday, March 19, 2018. He was born February 5, 1941 in Hartford City, Indiana to parents James and Dorothy Jones. He is preceded in death by son, Charles Owen “Chuck” Jones, and in-laws Charles C. Smith and Mable M. Smith. Survivors include his wife of 57 years,...

March 19, 2018

Betty Jean Carter Lee, age 81 of Cleveland, Texas, passed away Monday, March 19, 2018. She was born September 22, 1934 in Dayton, Texas to Alton Boyd Carter and Mamie Berry Carter. She was a middle child with siblings Roy and Donnie. She was raised on Carter Loop and went to school at Tarkington where she met and married her...

March 18, 2018

Mrs. Bertha Lou (Cooper) Raines, age 75 of Cleveland, TX went to be with the Lord peacefully in her sleep on Sunday, March 18, 2018 around 7:30 AM after a struggle with cancer. She was born in Muskogee, OK on April 12, 1942 to Clifford W. and Sally (Pilkenton) Cooper. Growing up in Aldine, TX, she was active in church,...

March 17, 2018

Avy Lee Roach, age 86 of New Caney, Texas, passed away Saturday, March 17, 2018. She was born June 28, 1931 in Cleveland, Texas to parents Joe and Isey Stephens who preceded her in death along with her husband, William C. Roach, Jr.; and five brothers. Survivors include her daughters, Deborah DelPiero and husband Paul, Dorothy Roach Williams; grandsons, Logan...

March 17, 2018

March 16, 2018

James Winston Shoemake, age 74 of Cleveland, Texas, passed away Friday, March 16, 2018. He was born October 7, 1943 in Covington County, Mississippi to parents Dennis and Rita Shoemake who he is preceded in death by. Survivors include his daughters, Vicky Ann Lindsey and husband Charles, and Patricia Shoemake; sister, Sally Bennet; grandchildren, Dylan Orozco, Kristen Orozco, Andrew Lindsey...

March 15, 2018

Donald Braxton Miller, 68, of Dayton passed away Thursday, March 15, 2018 at home. He was born March 17, 1949 in Baytown, Texas to parents, John Miller and Doris Lurline Billings Miller. Memorial service for Donnie will be 11:00 a.m., Friday, March 23, 2018 at Pace-Stancil Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Kenny Brigman officiating. The family will receive friends 10:00...

March 15, 2018

Frances Thelda Mizell, age 90 of Cleveland, Texas, passed away Thursday, March 15, 2018. She was born April 13, 1927 in East Lincoln, Mississippi to parents J.W. and Audrey Thymes Brown who preceded her in death along with her husband, James Sueville Mizell; and sister, Carrie Fritch. Survivors include her son, James Mizell; daughter-in-law, Susan Mizell; brother, Lewis Brown and...

March 14, 2018

Colden Charles Neal “Buster” of Splendora, TX passed away March 14, 2018 at 8:45 a.m. surrounded by loved ones in his home. He was born on September 24, 1937 in Port Arthur, TX to parents L.E. Neal and Lila Kennedy who preceded him in death. He was very well known and loved in the community. Neal was never afraid to...

March 13, 2018

Huey Campbell, Sr., 85 of Dayton passed away Tuesday, March 13, 2018 in Humble, Texas. He was born October 6, 1932 in Liberty, Texas to parents, Howard Campbell and Bertha Vaughn Campbell. The family will receive friends 5:00 to 8:00 p.m., Friday, March 16, 2018 at Pace-Stancil Funeral Home, Dayton. Services for Huey will be 10:00 a.m., Saturday, March 17,...

March 13, 2018

Jo Ann McWhorter, age 76 of Thicket, Texas, passed away Tuesday, March 13, 2018. She was born July 13, 1941 in Houston, Texas to parents Lewis and Gladys Sheppard who preceded her in death along with her husband, Bobbie Earl McWhorter, Sr.; grandson, Blake Eason; brothers, Buddy Sheppard, Charles Sheppard and James Ray Sheppard; and sisters, Jean Elliot and Merle...

March 12, 2018

Charles Allen Wardrup, age 63 of Rye, Texas, passed away Monday, March 12, 2018. He was born December 4, 1954 in Houston, Texas to parents Tony and Mary Wardrup who preceded him in death along with his brothers, Collie Wardrup and Weldon Wardrup; sister, Margie; dog, Boots; and cat, Smokey. Survivors include his son, Douglas Wardrup (Jessica Smith); brother, Tony...

March 12, 2018

Geneva Hattie Hanel Parick, 83, of Dayton, Texas passed away March 12, 2018 in Liberty, Texas. Geneva was born November 7, 1934 in Cameron, Texas to parents, John Stanley Hanel and Freida Zalesky Hanel. The family will receive friends 5:00 to 8:00 p.m., Thursday, March 15, 2018 at Pace-Stancil Funeral Home, Dayton. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:00 a.m.,...

March 12, 2018

Rita McPherson Meadows, 69 of Crosby passed away Monday, March 12, 2018 in Baytown, Texas. She was born August 15, 1948 in Greenville, Alabama to parents, Robert Martin McPherson and Nettie Lois Jordan. The family will receive friends 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., Thursday, March 15, 2018 at the Dayton First Assembly of God Church. Services for Rita will be 10:00...