Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Cleveland, Dayton, Coldspring & Surrounding Communities


Jerry  Branden Campbell

Jerry Branden Campbell

November 15, 2017

Jerry Branden Campbell, 60 of Dayton, passed away on November 15, 2017 in Houston, Texas. Graveside service for Jerry will be Tuesday, November 21, 2017 at Palms Memorial Park Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Monday evening, 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at Pace-Stancil Funeral Home, Dayton. Jerry was born April 18, 1957 in Liberty, Texas, son of the late...

Mary Nell Carnes

Mary Nell Carnes

November 14, 2017

Mary Nell Carnes, age 77 of Cleveland, Texas, passed away Tuesday, November 14, 2017. She was born November 30, 1939 in Tarkington Prairie, Texas to parents Wyatt and R.V. Cole who preceded her in death along with her husband, John N. Carnes; sisters, Mildred Barnett and Stella Parton; and brother, Jimmy Cole. Survivors include her sons, Monte Nelson Carnes and...

Elda Joan Bozenski

Elda Joan Bozenski

November 14, 2017

Elda Joan Bozenski, age 44 of Porter, Texas, passed away Tuesday, November 14, 2017. She was born October 22, 1973 in Houston, Texas to parents Richard and Sharon Wilganowski who preceded her in death along with her brother, Richard Wilganowski, Jr.; sister, Connie Wilganowski; and nephew, Ricky Steinecke. Survivors include her husband, John Bozenski; mother-in-law, Relda Bozenski; step-daughters, Hillary and...

Linda Mae Groce

Linda Mae Groce

November 13, 2017

Linda Mae Groce, age 68 of Cleveland, Texas, passed away Monday, November 13, 2017. She was born in Livingston, Texas to parents Curtis C. and Pearl Mae Spann Parker who preceded her in death along with her sisters, Margie Paulene Murphy, Nettie Hutsen and Myrtle Thompson. Survivors include her husband, Lee Groce; sons, Bryan Groce and wife Deann, Christopher Groce;...

Christopher Bryan Cassidy

Christopher Bryan Cassidy

November 13, 2017

Christopher Bryan Cassidy, age 44 of Cleveland, Texas, passed away Monday, November 13, 2017. He was born November 28, 1972 in Houston, Texas to parents Donald Cassidy and Mary Burchett. Survivors include his father, Donald Cassidy and wife Jackie; mother, Mary Burchett and husband Eugene; grandparents, Willie and Corrine Turner; sons, Christopher Clarke and Rhyan Clarke; daughters, Kayla Cassidy and...

Hazel Mae Duff

Hazel Mae Duff

November 11, 2017

Hazel Mae Duff, age 79 of Cleveland, Texas, passed away Saturday, November 11, 2017. She was born February 19, 1938 in Livingston, Texas to parents James Edward and Vanona Wiggins Duff who she is preceded in death by. Survivors include her sister, Patsy Kite and husband Benny; nephew, W.L. Duff, Jr.; great-nieces, Taylor Tompkins and husband Ethen, Logan Richardson and...

Ray Leavins, Jr.

Ray Leavins, Jr.

November 9, 2017

Ray Wilder “Trapper” Leavins, Jr., 67, of Old River, passed away Thursday, November 9, 2017 in Baytown. He was born September 5, 1950 in Baytown, previously lived in Murfreesboro, Arkansas and had resided in the Old River area for the last 33 years. Trapper was an avid outdoorsman, enjoying hunting and fishing the most and was a retired machinist from...

Alfred Earl Dingler

Alfred Earl Dingler

November 8, 2017

Alfred Earl Dingler, 57 of Liberty died November 8, 2017 in Jefferson County. Alfred was born on November 4, 1960 in Napa, California to Earl William and Patricia Ann Dingler. Memorial services will be held 11:00 a.m., Thursday, November 16, 2017 at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Liberty, Texas. There are so many things you can say about...

Miles Thompkins

Miles Thompkins

November 7, 2017

Miles Thompkins, 89, of Port Arthur passed away on November 7, 2017. Mr. Thompkins was born February 25, 1928 in Hardin, Texas to parents, Adam Thompkins and Bertha Davis Thompkins. He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife Ruby Thompkins, daughter, Sally Ann Avila, Son Marvin Thompkins, sisters, Lillian Latson, Rose Thompkins, Girlie Jordan, Nada Scott, Annie Thompkins,...

Peggy N.  Juergen

Peggy N. Juergen

November 6, 2017

Peggy N. Juergen, age 70 of Splendora, Texas, passed away Monday, November 6, 2017. She was born August 13, 1947 in Houston, Texas to parents Ray and Maydell Tyler. She is preceded in death by her father. Survivors include her husband, William Earl Juergen; mother, Maydell Tyler; daughters, Lisa Juergen, and Dyane Anderson and husband Scott; son, Dwayne Juergen and...

Melba L.  Mcintyre

Melba L. Mcintyre

November 5, 2017

Melba L. McIntyre (Yates) was born at home in Mount Rose Settlement, Texas at 11:00 a.m. on July 1, 1935, to parents Wesley Homer Yates and Myra Meadors Yates. She is preceded in death by her parents, five half brothers: Roman, Mack, Jack, George and Vernon, and five half sisters: Bertha, Gladys, Joyce, Edith and Alice. In 1950 Melba married...

Linda Teresa Kubeczka

Linda Teresa Kubeczka

November 5, 2017

Linda Teresa Youngblood Kubeczka., age 72 of Rye, Texas, passed away Sunday, November 5, 2017. She was born in Houston, Texas to parents James Marion Youngblood and Dorothy Wilbanks who preceded her in death along with her husband Herman Edward Kubeczka; daughter, Margaret Ann Kubeczka; brother, Willis Malcolm “Mack” Ash; and sister, Lawanna “Jean” Rushing. Survivors include her sons, Ernest...

Irene  L.  Hill

Irene L. Hill

November 4, 2017

Irene L. Hill, age 75 of Cleveland, Texas, passed away Saturday, November 4, 2017. She was born October 30, 1942 in San Antonio, Texas to parents Bernice and Herbert Carlson who preceded her in death. She is also preceded in death by her sister Margarite “Rick” Lindley. Mrs. Hill was a 1961 graduate of Thomas Edison High School and attended...

Jackie Kay Hauke

Jackie Kay Hauke

November 3, 2017

Jackie Kay Hauke, age 72 of Cleveland, Texas, passed away Friday, November 3, 2017. She was born June 10, 1945 in Liberty, Texas to parents Jack and Doris Chambliss Wiltshire who preceded her in death along with her husband, Gerald Hauke; and brother, Cecil Wiltshire. Survivors include her son, Kenneth Rushing; daughters, Cheryl Graham and Cherrie Miller; grandchildren, Anthony Clark...

Raymond Fregia

Raymond Fregia

November 3, 2017

Raymond Doyle Fregia, 88 of Liberty, Texas passed away on Friday, November 3, 2017 at his home. Services for Mr. Fregia will be 10:00 a.m., Friday, November 10, 2017 at Open House Ministries Church, 3605 North Main, Liberty, Texas 77575. Visitation will be 5:00 to 8:00 p.m., Thursday evening at the church. Burial will be at The Wilderness of God...

Sharon Ann Bridges

Sharon Ann Bridges

November 2, 2017

Sharon Ann Bridges, 67, of Dayton died Thursday, November 2, 2017. Services for Mrs. Bridges will be 2:00 p.m., Friday, November 10, 2017 at Pace-Stancil Funeral Home, Dayton. The family will receive friends 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. on Thursday evening at the funeral home. Sharon was born September 23, 1950 in Gonzales, Texas to parents Clarence Ivey and Annie Yates...

Robert Joseph Jarrell

Robert Joseph Jarrell

November 1, 2017

Robert Joseph Jarrell, age 63 of Cleveland, Texas, passed away Wednesday, November 1, 2017. He was born March 2, 1954 in Bogalusa, Louisiana to parents Rev. Robert Jarrell and Hazel Jarrell. He is preceded in death by his father. Survivors include his wife, Paula Jarrell; mother, Hazel Jarrell; sons, Brad Jarrell and Bo Jarrell; daughters, Casey Morin and husband Marcus,...

Kenneth Breeden

Kenneth Breeden

October 31, 2017

Kenneth Neal Breeden, 77, of Kenefick, passed away Tuesday, October 31, 2017 in Liberty, Texas. Services for Mr. Breeden will be 2:00 p.m., Saturday, November 4, 2017 at Pace-Stancil Funeral Home Chapel.  The family will receive friends 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. on Friday evening at the funeral home. Kenneth was born October 4, 1940 in Herald’s Prairie, Illinois to parents...

Jerome Morse

Jerome Morse

October 31, 2017

Jerome (Buddy) Morse 86, of Dayton, passed away Tuesday, October 31, 2017 in Dayton. He was born June 11, 1931 in Baytown to his late parents, George Morse and Stella Gardner Morse. Mr. Morse has lived in Dayton since 1943, was a graduate of Dayton High School, a veteran of the U.S. Navy, retired pipefitter foreman from Brown & Root...

Patsy R. Tidwell

Patsy R. Tidwell

October 30, 2017

Patsy R. Tidwell, age 84 of Cleveland, Texas, passed away Monday, October 30, 2017. She was born January 25, 1933 in Orange, Texas to parents Earl and Lettie Turner who preceded her in death along with her husbands, Samuel Blanchard and Frank Tidwell; brother, Bobby Turner; sisters, Doris Ferris, June Taylor, Elizabeth Ann and Lena. Patsy was a social butterfly...