Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Cleveland, Dayton, Coldspring & Surrounding Communities


Estelle Horton

Estelle Horton

February 3, 2018

Services are pending

Lois  Hopkins

Lois Hopkins

February 3, 2018

Lois Jane Hoagland Hopkins, age 64 of Conroe, Texas, passed away Saturday, February 3, 2018. She was born July 31, 1953 in Cleveland, Texas to parents John Thurman Hoagland and Lettie Vandver Hoagland who preceded her in death along with Judy Hoagland, Joyce Hoagland, Roy Hoagland and Floyd Hoagland. Survivors include her sisters, Wanda Carpenter and Nina Yeager; brothers, Charles...

Linda Dianne Swift

Linda Dianne Swift

February 2, 2018

Visitation will be held 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m., Sunday, February 11, 2018 at Pace Stancil Chapel, Cleveland, Texas. Services will begin at 4:00 p.m., Sunday, February 11, 2018 at Pace Stancil Chapel. Services will conclude at the Chapel.

James Michael Garner

James Michael Garner

February 2, 2018

James Michael Garner, age 57 of Dayton, Texas, passed away Friday, February 2, 2018. He was born November 25, 1960 in Detroit, Michigan to his mother Jean Beauchamp. Survivors include his sons, James Ryan Garner and wife Michelle, and Chad Michael Garner; daughter, Crystal Nicole Castillo and husband Juan; brother, Bill Garner; sisters, Mona Staine, Kathy Barhardoust and Sharon Everett;...

Geneva Thomas

Geneva Thomas

February 2, 2018

Geneva Kay Phillips Thomas, 66, of Dayton, passed away Friday, February 2, 2018 in Dayton. She was born June 18, 1951 In Houston to her late parents, Basil Phillips and Ruby Farrill Phillips. Geneva had lived in Dayton since 2005, had worked as a waitress at the old Rainbow Café and was a member of Kenefick Southern Baptist Church. She...

Bertha Marie Lathrop

Bertha Marie Lathrop

February 2, 2018

Bertha Marie Andel – Lathrop passed away peacefully at home at the age of 100 on Friday, February 2, 2018, in Cypress, Texas surrounded by her family. Bertha is survived by her husband of 69 years, Ray W. Lathrop, daughters Betty Kelly of Cypress, Texas and Kathy Tutko of New Caney, Texas. Bertha also leaves behind five grandchildren, eight great...

Donald "Bruce" Smith

Donald "Bruce" Smith

February 2, 2018

Bruce Smith, age 79 of Cleveland, Texas, passed away Friday, February 2, 2018. He was born August 31, 1938 in Fostoria, Texas to parents Jack and Ethel Smith who he is preceded in death by. Survivors include his wife, Linda Smith; daughters, Mary Jane Groce and Tracy Galloway; sisters, Patsy Berkley and husband Bob, Sandra Shafer and husband Bill; numerous...

Mildred Irene Hill

Mildred Irene Hill

February 1, 2018

Mildred Irene Hill, age 92, of Cleveland, Texas, passed away Thursday, February 1, 2018. She was born December 30, 1925 in Cleveland, Texas to parents Albert W. and Mary Emma Carson Howard who preceded her in death along with her husband, Charles V. Hill; sisters, Alice Keyser, Mary Shaw, Erma Reed and Elma Rae Howard; and brothers, R.J. Howard, and...

Patsy Ruth Vestal

Patsy Ruth Vestal

January 30, 2018

Patsy Ruth Davis Vestal, 64, of Spring passed away Wednesday, January 31, 2018. She was born July 20, 1953 in Houston, Texas to parents, Milton Davis, Sr. and Daisy Pearl Hammons Davis. Services for Patsy will be 11:00 a.m., Saturday, February 3, 2018 at Pace-Stancil Funeral Home Chapel with Tim Gautreaux officiating. Interment will follow at Rosewood Cemetery in Humble....

Shawn Ray Linkinhoker

Shawn Ray Linkinhoker

January 30, 2018

Shawn Ray Linkinhoker, 22, of Dayton died Tuesday, January 30, 2018 in Cleveland. He was born December 30, 1995 in Channelview to Trishan Linkinhoker. Services for Shawn will be 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, February 6, 2018 at Pace-Stancil Funeral Home. Interment will follow at Magnolia Park Cemetery. The family will receive friends 5:00 to 8:00 p.m., Monday evening at the funeral...

Leroy Vanlandingham

Leroy Vanlandingham

January 29, 2018

A memorial service for Mr. Vanlandingham will be announced at a later date.

Linda N. Hazen

Linda N. Hazen

January 28, 2018

Linda N. Hazen, age 71 of Shepherd, Texas, passed away Sunday, January 28, 2018. She was born June 26, 1946 in Huntsville, Texas to parents Willy Alvin and Anna Jeffcoats Yeager who preceded her in death along with her husband, Harold Hazen; and brothers, Peewee Yeager, Curtis Yeager, and Buddy Yeager. Survivors include her son, Rick Risner and wife Belinda;...

Audrey Spence

Audrey Spence

January 28, 2018

Audrey Merle Hatcher Spence was welcomed into the arms of her Savior on Sunday, January 28, 2018 at the age of 80. Audrey is survived by her sons, Lamar Shane and wife Jill of Daisetta, TX, James Spence and wife Victoria of Oak Ridge, TN; grandchildren, Shelley Shane of Dayton, TX, Jared Spence and wife Chelsea of Walling, TN, and...

Joyce Kathleen Kelly

Joyce Kathleen Kelly

January 28, 2018

Joyce Kathleen (Acker) Kelly passed away January 28, 2018, after a long courageous battle with Alzheimer's disease. Joyce was born on June 6, 1932, in Corpus Christi, Texas to Ernest Henry & Lilly Thelma (Coward) Acker. Joyce spent the majority of her youth in the Corpus Christi area, and it was while she was in school in 1943, where she...

Larry Keith Danforth

Larry Keith Danforth

January 27, 2018

Larry Keith Danforth, age 77 of Coldspring, Texas, passed away Saturday, January 27, 2018. He was born March 4, 1940 in Charlevoix, Michigan to parents L.D. and Ruth Danforth who he is preceded in death by. Survivors include his wife, Mary Alice Watkins-Danforth; sons, Ron E. Danforth, Lyal E. Danforth, Richard M. Danforth, George D. Danforth, Larry Danforth, Jr. and...

Ronald Gene Peeler

Ronald Gene Peeler

January 26, 2018

Ronald Gene Peeler, 76, currently of Liberty passed away January 26, 2018 in Liberty, Texas. He was born August 3, 1941 in Kansas City, Missouri to parents Gene and Gertrude Short Peeler. He served in the United States Navy and had worked as a welder. Mr. Peeler was preceded in death by his father, Gene Peeler, mother Gertrude Keeton, and...

Mildred Enloe Brown

Mildred Enloe Brown

January 26, 2018

Mildred Enloe Brown, age 87, of Cleveland, Texas passed away Friday, January 26, 2018. She was born August 3, 1930 in Cleveland Texas to parents Ed and Jewel Sloan Enloe, who preceded her in death. Mildred is also preceded in death by her son Donald William Squier, daughter Donna Dominy Brewer, Brothers Charles, Morris and Eldrich Enloe and sister Zelda...

Malcom Franklin Burk

Malcom Franklin Burk

January 26, 2018

Malcom Franklin Burk, age 81 of Oakhurst, Texas, passed away Friday, January 26, 2018. He was born March 19, 1936 in Oakhurst, Texas to parents Malcom E. Burk and Walter L. Durden Burk who preceded him in death along with his wife, Jody Faulkner Burk; brother, Sidney J. Burk; and sisters, Erm Lee Burk and Imogene Burk. Malcom was a...

Jim Lewis

Jim Lewis

January 25, 2018

James Rayburn “Jim” Lewis, age 85 of Coldspring, Texas, passed away Thursday, January 25, 2018. He was born February 21, 1932 in McComb, Mississippi to parents James Matt Lewis and Bessie G. Beeks Lewis who preceded him in death along with his sisters, Nancy Beck, Mary Jo Rowell and Ruth Ann Foster. Jim and his beloved wife, Charlene, were married...

Dusky Clark

Dusky Clark

January 24, 2018

Dusky Ann Clark, age 85 of Coldspring, Texas, passed away Thursday, January 25, 2018. She was born December 13, 1932 in Livingston, Texas to parents William Dawson Phillips, Jr., and Thelma Gaiser Phillips who preceded her in death along with her husbands, Tommy Lee McGraw and Dewey Lee Clark. Dusky started first grade here in Coldspring at the age of...