Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Cleveland, Dayton, Coldspring & Surrounding Communities


Eli Boyd Arnold

Eli Boyd Arnold

January 21, 2017

Eli Boyd Arnold, 88, of Dayton, Texas passed away peacefully on Saturday, January 21, 2017 in Houston, Texas. Visitation for Mr. Arnold will be 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Tuesday, January 24, 2017 at the First United Methodist Church, Dayton. Services will be 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, January 25, 2017 at the First United Methodist Church, Dayton. Interment will follow at...

Jessie Edward Whitton

Jessie Edward Whitton

January 19, 2017

Visitation will be held from 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m., Sunday, January 22, 2017 at Pace Stancil Funeral Home, Cleveland, Texas. Services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Monday, January 23, 2017 at Pace Stancil Chapel, Cleveland, Texas. Interment will follow at Wells Cemetery, Cleveland, Texas.

Anna May  Kubecker

Anna May Kubecker

January 18, 2017

Anna May Kubecker, age 90, of Cleveland, Texas, passed away Wednesday, January 18, 2017. She was born May 24, 1926 in New Orleans, Louisiana to parents Louie Heinick and Velma Lackman Heinick. She is preceded in death by her parents, and husband, Danny R. Kubecker. Survivors include her daughter, Elizabeth Reynolds and husband Robert; son, Michael Kubecker and wife Debbie;...

Jewel Raymond Haltom, Iii. "Ray"

Jewel Raymond Haltom, Iii. "Ray"

January 17, 2017

Jewel Raymond Haltom, III. (Ray), age 59 of Cleveland, Texas, passed away Tuesday, January 17, 2017. He was born December 31, 1957 in Cleveland, Texas to parents Jewel Raymond Haltom, Jr. and Gloria Mae Curry who he is preceded in death by. Survivors include his wife, Brenda Haltom; son, Marcus and wife Krystal Haltom; brothers, Bobby Haltom, Dale and wife...

Patsy Ruth Dillon

Patsy Ruth Dillon

January 15, 2017

Patsy Barker Dillon passed away on Sunday, January 15, 2017 at the age of 80. Patsy was born to Bertha and Frank Barker in Nacogdoches, Texas on October 11, 1936. She graduated Nacogdoches High School and attended Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas where she met and married her husband of 58 years, Jack Lee Dillon. Patsy is...

Jeanne Meredith Arnold

Jeanne Meredith Arnold

January 15, 2017

Jeanne Meredith McClure Arnold, 91, died peacefully on January 15, 2017 at the Heritage Villa Nursing and Rehabilitation Facility in Dayton. She was the daughter of David William McClure and Meredith Ada Rice and was born in Annville/Cleona, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania on November 3, 1925. Jeanne was a descendant of Benjamin Hull, who came to America about 1640. She lived...

Milton George Kropik

Milton George Kropik

January 14, 2017

Milton George Kropik, age 81 of Houston, Texas, passed away Saturday, January 14, 2017. He was born June 20, 1935 in Detroit, Michigan to parents George John Kropik and Inez Brown who preceded him in death along with his sister, Diane; brother, Mike; and special brother-in-law, Donald LaRue. Survivors include his wife, JoAnn Kropik; sons, David Wayne Walker and Dennis...

Bernice Mildred Black

Bernice Mildred Black

January 14, 2017

A private family service was held Sunday, January 15, 2017 at Pace Stancil Memorial Rest Gardens, Cleveland, Texas.

John Allen Stephens

John Allen Stephens

January 13, 2017

John Allen Stephens, 89, born at home in Westcott, Texas, to Richard M. and Edna Stephens on January 12, 1928, was called home on January 13, 2017. He went to school in Shepherd, Texas and quit during his senior year to join the Marine Corps where he played football and did a tour in Guam. After his honorable discharge he...

Betty Jean Stowe

Betty Jean Stowe

January 13, 2017

Betty Jean Stowe, age 81 of Cleveland, Texas, passed away Friday, January 13, 2017. She was born July 29, 1935 in Nacogdoches, Texas to parents Bill and Betty Eason who preceded her in death along with her husband, Lloyd Stowe; and son, Billy Dean Spears. Survivors include her son, Jimmy Spears; daughter, Betty Sue Gates and husband Jerry; sisters, Bobby...

Ernest  Lynn King

Ernest Lynn King

January 13, 2017

Services Pending

Nina Ethel Brock

Nina Ethel Brock

January 12, 2017

Nina Ethel Mire Brock, age 94 of Houston, Texas, passed away Thursday, January 12, 2017, in Humble. Services will be held at a later date. Arrangements are under the direction of Pace-Stancil Funeral Home in Cleveland. Nina was born August 9, 1922 in Morse, Louisiana to parents; Gladue and Matile LaFosse Mire, and has resided in Houston for the past...

Margery Ann Darnell

Margery Ann Darnell

January 11, 2017

Margery Ann Darnell went to be with her Lord on January 11, 2017 after a battle with Lung Cancer. Margery was born in Corpus Christi, Texas on March 9, 1939 to Gladys Marie Grimsley and Alfred Edward Grimsley. Margery was raised in Cleveland, Texas by her mother, Gladys and her Grandmother, Mrs. Ila Oliver. Margery was the oldest of four...

James "Jimmy" Rush

James "Jimmy" Rush

January 10, 2017

James “Jimmy” Edward Rush, age 74 of Cleveland, Texas, passed away Tuesday, January 10, 2017. He was born March 24, 1942 in Tarkington Prairie, Texas to parents Cedric Woods and Hazel Rush who preceded him in death along with his daughter, Janice Rush. Survivors include his wife, Emma Rush; daughter, Judy Lewis and husband Joe; sons, Kevin Rush and wife...

Frank Ross Bruscato

Frank Ross Bruscato

January 9, 2017

Frank Ross “Buddy” Bruscato passed away on January 9, 2017, at the age of 82. Frank was born to Vincent Charles Bruscato and Nina Scalia Bruscato on January 28, 1934. He grew up in Monroe, Louisiana and at an early age joined the Navy. Frank was stationed at Naval Submarine Base New London, in Groton Connecticut, where he was a...

William "Lee" Leroy  Butler

William "Lee" Leroy Butler

January 4, 2017

William “Lee” Leroy Butler, 48, of Dayton died Wednesday, January 4, 2017. Services for Lee will be 12 noon, Monday, January 9, 2017 at Pace-Stancil Funeral Home, Dayton. Visitation will be 11:00 a.m. until service time at 12 noon. Lee was born on August 27, 1968 in Lake Wells, Florida to Lorna Livingston Kron and Richard Henry Butler. Lee resided...

Lena Mae Wallen

Lena Mae Wallen

January 3, 2017

Lena Mae Wallen, 66 of Dayton, Texas passed on to the stars above so they say and with that all her pain also went away. This happened on January 3, 2017 at Bay Area Regional hospital in Webster, Texas. A gathering of family and friends will be 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m., Saturday, January 7, 2017 at Pace-Stancil Funeral Home,...

John Edward Gillum

John Edward Gillum

January 3, 2017

John Edward Gillum, 71, passed away on January 3, 2017, in Dripping Springs, Texas following a courageous battle with cancer. He is survived by his loving wife of 47 years, Sharon Gillum; his only son, Jon Gillum and wife Leah; his beloved grandchildren Grant and Nora Gillum; his sister, Dorothy Badgett and husband Donnie; his brother, Ron Gillum; his sister-in-law,...

Amy Agnes Milam

Amy Agnes Milam

January 3, 2017

Amy Agnes Milam, age 86 of Dayton, Texas, passed away Tuesday, January 3, 2017. She was born November 4, 1930 in Liberty Co., Texas to parents Wallace and Agnes (Carter) Jackson who preceded her in death along with her brother, Ray Jackson; sisters, Mattie Louise (Jackson) and Gene Curry, Norma Jean (Jackson) and Welton Mosley, Bonnie Joann (Jackson) and Curtis...

Bob Allen Benesh

Bob Allen Benesh

January 2, 2017

Bob Allen Benesh, 74, of Lake Charles, passed away Monday, January 2, 2017, in Ames. Memorial services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, January 7, 2017, at the Pace-Stancil Funeral Home Chapel with services concluding thereafter. Bob was born February 19, 1942 in McCune, Kansas to parents; Allen and Sue Terry Benesh, has been a long-time resident of Lake...