Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Cleveland, Dayton, Coldspring & Surrounding Communities


George Crippens

George Crippens

September 14, 2014

George William Crippens, 81, of Cleveland, left this earth peacefully next to his loving wife of 61 years, Celena, on Sunday, September 14th, 2014. George was born in Santa Anna, Texas, on November 16th, 1932 to Louis and Nannie Belle Constable Crippens. As a teen he joined the Air Force and was eventually stationed in Cheyenne, Wyoming. It was in...

Ethan Cronin

Ethan Cronin

September 14, 2014

Ethan Vaughn Cronin, 15, of Livingston passed away Sunday, September 14, 2014 in Polk County. He was born January 6, 1999 in Humble, Texas to parents Earl and Lisa Cronin. Ethan loved the Lord, his family, friends, four wheel riding, fishing, and hunting. He enjoyed his dogs, all kinds of music, and working at the ranch with his Daddy, but...

Katherine Heckel

Katherine Heckel

September 13, 2014

Katherine Ruth Heckel George, 53, of Dayton, died Wednesday, September 3, 2014, at her residence. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Monday, September 8, 2014, at the Pace-Stancil Funeral Home Chapel with burial following at Ryan Cemetery in Tarkington Prairie. Visitation will be held from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., Sunday, at the funeral home. Services are under...

Elizabeth Barker

Elizabeth Barker

September 13, 2014

Elizabeth "Diane" Weeks Barker, 67, of Baytown, died Saturday, September 13, 2014, at her residence.Memorial services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, September 20, 2014, at the Pace-Stancil Funeral Home Chapel in Dayton with services concluding thereafter. Services are under the direction of Pace-Stancil Funeral Home in Dayton.Diane was born December 1, 1946 in Pineland, to parents; Calvin and...

Elizabeth Diane Barker

Elizabeth Diane Barker

September 13, 2014

Elizabeth “Diane” Weeks Barker, 67, of Baytown, died Saturday, September 13, 2014, at her residence. Memorial services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, September 20, 2014, at the Pace-Stancil Funeral Home Chapel in Dayton with services concluding thereafter. Services are under the direction of Pace-Stancil Funeral Home in Dayton. Diane was born December 1, 1946 in Pineland, to parents;...

Janice Green

Janice Green

September 12, 2014

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Pauline Ann Merrell

Pauline Ann Merrell

September 11, 2014

Pauline Ann Merrell, passed away September 11, 2014 at her home in Cleveland, Texas. She was born in Reading, England on February 7, 1939 to Henry and Dorothy Wells Maskell. She loved the Lord dearly, and her family was very important to her. She enjoyed knitting and sewing. She traveled the country and the World with her husband Pete before...

Pauline Merrell

Pauline Merrell

September 11, 2014

Pauline Ann Merrell, passed away September 11, 2014 at her home in Cleveland, Texas. She was born in Reading, England on February 7, 1939 to Henry and Dorothy Wells Maskell. She loved the Lord dearly, and her family was very important to her. She enjoyed knitting and sewing. She traveled the country and the World with her husband Pete before...

Lillie Flowers

Lillie Flowers

September 10, 2014

Lillie E. "Bitsy" Mifflin Flowers, 84, of Dayton, died Wednesday, September 10, 2014, at her residence.Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, September 14, 2014, at the Pace-Stancil Funeral Home Chapel with burial following at Magnolia Park Cemetery in Dayton. Visitation will be held from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., Saturday, at the funeral home. Services are under...

Ray Shaw Mason, Sr.

Ray Shaw Mason, Sr.

September 10, 2014

Ray Shaw Mason, Sr., 82, of Liberty, died Wednesday, September 10, 2014, at the Liberty Healthcare Center in Liberty. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p.m., Friday, September 12, 2014, at the Heights Baptist Church in Liberty with burial following at Hardin Chapel Cemetery in Hardin. Visitation will be held from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., Thursday, at the...

Lillie Elizabeth Flowers

Lillie Elizabeth Flowers

September 10, 2014

Lillie E. “Bitsy” Mifflin Flowers, 84, of Dayton, died Wednesday, September 10, 2014, at her residence. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, September 14, 2014, at the Pace-Stancil Funeral Home Chapel with burial following at Magnolia Park Cemetery in Dayton. Visitation will be held from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., Saturday, at the funeral home. Services are...

Ray Mason

Ray Mason

September 10, 2014

Ray Shaw Mason, Sr., 82, of Liberty, died Wednesday, September 10, 2014, at the Liberty Healthcare Center in Liberty.Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p.m., Friday, September 12, 2014, at the Heights Baptist Church in Liberty with burial following at Hardin Chapel Cemetery in Hardin. Visitation will be held from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., Thursday, at the funeral...

Mike Bird

Mike Bird

September 9, 2014

Mike L. "Poppy" Bird, 56, of Liberty, died Tuesday, September 9, 2014, in Huntsville.Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Friday, September 12, 2014, at the Pace-Stancil Funeral Home Chapel with burial following at Hardin Chapel Cemetery in Hardin. Visitation will be held from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., Thursday, at the funeral home. Services are under the direction...

Michael Lee Bird

Michael Lee Bird

September 9, 2014

Mike L. “Poppy” Bird, 56, of Liberty, died Tuesday, September 9, 2014, in Huntsville. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Friday, September 12, 2014, at the Pace-Stancil Funeral Home Chapel with burial following at Hardin Chapel Cemetery in Hardin. Visitation will be held from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., Thursday, at the funeral home. Services are under the...

Ronald Wilson

Ronald Wilson

September 8, 2014

Roland James Wilson, 76, of Moss Bluff, died Monday, September 8, 2014, at the VA Medical Center in Houston.Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, September 13, 2014, at the Pace-Stancil Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Darrell Brown officiating and burial following at Magnolia Park Cemetery in Dayton. Visitation will be held from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.,...

Luther Gulledge

Luther Gulledge

September 8, 2014

Luther Clyde Gulledge, 74, of Cleveland passed away Monday, September 8, 2014. He was born December 23, 1939 in Alma, Texas to parents Oran Jarome Gulledge and Ovelia Juanita Willis Gulledge. Luther graduated from Ennis High School in 1958 and retired from the Texaco Chemical Company in 1994. Mr. Gulledge served on the Tarkington School Board for 20 years. He...

Luther Gulledge

Luther Gulledge

September 8, 2014

Luther Clyde Gulledge, 74, of Cleveland passed away Monday, September 8, 2014. He was born December 23, 1939 in Alma, Texas to parents Oran Jarome Gulledge and Ovelia Juanita Willis Gulledge. Luther graduated from Ennis High School in 1958 and retired from the Texaco Chemical Company in 1994. Mr. Gulledge served on the Tarkington School Board for 20 years. He...

Roland James Wilson

Roland James Wilson

September 8, 2014

Roland James Wilson, 76, of Moss Bluff, died Monday, September 8, 2014, at the VA Medical Center in Houston. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, September 13, 2014, at the Pace-Stancil Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Darrell Brown officiating and burial following at Magnolia Park Cemetery in Dayton. Visitation will be held from 1 p.m. to 5...

Mary Aranguena-Dunn

Mary Aranguena-Dunn

September 7, 2014

Mary Ann Aranguena-Dunn, 66 of Splendora, Texas after a long hard fought battle with cancer passed away on September 7, 2014 at Conroe Regional Hospital with her loving husband Joseph at her side.Mary was born April 27, 1948 in Winnemucca, Nevada. She was the daughter to Domingo and Kathleen Aranguena of Winnemucca, Nevada.Mary spent her childhood in Winnemucca, Nevada, graduating...