Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Cleveland, Dayton, Coldspring & Surrounding Communities


Orval Lee Roberts

Orval Lee Roberts

October 27, 2014

Orval "Lee" Roberts, 63, of Dayton, died Monday, October 27, 2014, at his residence. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Monday, November 3, 2014, at the Pace-Stancil Funeral Home Chapel with burial at 12:45 p.m., Monday, at the Houston National Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., Sunday, at the funeral home. Services are...

Rhonda Gayle Perk

Rhonda Gayle Perk

October 26, 2014

Rhonda Gayle Harrell Perk, 61, of Kenefick, died Sunday, October 26, 2014, at the Liberty-Dayton Regional Medical Center in Liberty.Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, October 29, 2014, at the Pace-Stancil Funeral Home Chapel with graveside services at 1:00 p.m., Wednesday, at the Brazoria Cemetery in Brazoria. Visitation will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.,...

Kayla Dianne Parrin

Kayla Dianne Parrin

October 26, 2014

Kayla Dianne Anderson Parrin, 23, of Liberty, died Sunday, October 26, 2014, at the Liberty-Dayton Regional Medical Center in Liberty. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Thursday, October 30, 2014, at the Pace-Stancil Funeral Home Chapel with burial following at Palms Memorial Park Cemetery in Dayton. Visitation will be held from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., Wednesday, at...

George Cornelius Mize

George Cornelius Mize

October 24, 2014

George Cornelius Mize, age 75, of Coldspring, Texas, passed away Friday, October 24, 2014, at Cornerstone Hospital in Conroe, Montgomery County, Texas. He was born April 21, 1939, in Livingston, Polk County, Texas, to parents, Oscar and Ruby May Jordan Mize, who preceded him in death. He was also preceded in death by his son, Andy Reed; brothers, Lew Mize,...

Edna Howard

Edna Howard

October 21, 2014

Howard Edna Howard, 96, of Cleveland, Texas passed away Tuesday, October 21, 2014. She was born April 21, 1918 in Madill, Oklahoma to parents, Luther Braziell and Cecil Stafford. She is preceded in death by her husband, Robert Jefferson Howard; sons, Glover Howard, Jerry Howard, and Ronnie Howard. Survivors include her daughters, Barbara Martinez and husband Gene, La Rue Hubbard,...

Della Mae Potts-Cole

Della Mae Potts-Cole

October 19, 2014

Della Mae Potts-Cole, 92, of Dayton, died Sunday, October 19, 2014, at the Liberty-Dayton Regional Medical Center in Liberty. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, October 21, 2014, at the Pace-Stancil Funeral Home Chapel with burial following at Magnolia Park Cemetery in Dayton. Visitation will be held from noon to 2 p.m., Tuesday, at the funeral home...

Milo W. Ford, Jr.

Milo W. Ford, Jr.

October 19, 2014

Milo Westel Ford, Jr., 96 of Dayton passed away peacefully at home on Sunday, October 19, 2014.Services for Mr. Ford will be 3:30 p.m., Friday, October 24, 2014 at the First United Methodist Church, Dayton with Rev. Jon Stouffer officiating. Interment will follow at Magnolia Park Cemetery. The family will receive friends 5:00 to 8:00 p.m., Thursday evening at Pace-Stancil...

Frances Aileen Mcmahon

Frances Aileen Mcmahon

October 18, 2014

McMahon Frances Aileen McMahon, 87, of Kingwood, passed away Saturday, October 18, 2014. She was born January 18, 1927 in Ottine, Texas to parents, Richard Thomas Ryan and Virginia Marie Blakeslee Ryan. She is preceded in death by her husband, Robert David McMahon; parents, Richard T. Ryan and Virginia Ryan; daughter, Frances McMahon; son, Robert D. McMahon, Jr. and brothers,...

Antoinette Ann Matthews

Antoinette Ann Matthews

October 17, 2014

Antoinette "Ann" Mitschke Matthews, 75, of Splendora, died Friday, October 17, 2014, at the Memorial Hermann Hospital of The Woodlands.Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, October 22, 2014, at the Pace-Stancil Funeral Home Chapel with burial following at Pace-Stancil Memorial Rest Gardens in Cleveland. Visitation will be held from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., Tuesday, at the...

Gena Claxton

Gena Claxton

October 17, 2014

Obituary Gena Carol Allen Claxton, 54, of Cleveland, died Friday, October 17, 2014, at her residence. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, October 22, 2014, at the Pace-Stancil Funeral Home Chapel with burial following at Concord Cemetery in Rye. Visitation will be held from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., Tuesday, at the funeral home. Services are under...

Georgia Lee Votaw

Georgia Lee Votaw

October 15, 2014

Georgia Lee Votaw, 94, of Dayton passed away Wednesday, October 15, 2014 at Liberty Healthcare Center. Georgia was born December 30, 1919 in Kountze, Texas to John Henry and Artie Simpson.Georgia was retired from AT&T having worked as a telephone operator in Kountze, Liberty, and Houston. Her hobby was cooking and she loved taking care of her family, neighbors, and...

George Edward Dewey

George Edward Dewey

October 13, 2014

George Edward Dewey, 78, of Dayton passed away Monday, October 13, 2014 at home after a brief illness. He was born March 1, 1936 in Merryville, Louisiana to parents, George Dewey and Ethel Harvey Dewey where he was a 1954 graduate of Merryville High School. Ed served in the United States Army. He attended McNeese University majoring in Geology and...

Jennifer Despain Hansbro

Jennifer Despain Hansbro

October 12, 2014

Jennifer Leah DeSpain Hansbro , age 41 and a resident of Cleveland, Texas, passed away Sunday, October 12, 2014. She was born February 20, 1973 in Cleveland, Texas to parents Warren and Hilda DeSpain. She is preceded in death by her grandparents; and sister, Teresa Kay. Survivors include her husband Howard Henderson Hansbro (Hal); parents, Warren and Hilda DeSpain; mother-in-law,...

Marilyn Jean Irby

Marilyn Jean Irby

October 12, 2014

Marilyn Jean Warner Irby, 81, of Dayton passed away Sunday, October 12, 2014 at home after an extended illness. She was born September 5, 1933 in Brainerd, Minnesota to parents, Floyd Brue Warner and Ruth Bessie Young Warner. She attended Barbers Hill schools and had previously lived in Batson. Mrs. Irby lived her life taking care of her family and...

Joyce Julaine Pruett

Joyce Julaine Pruett

October 12, 2014

OBITUARY Pruett Joyce Julaine Pruett, age 74 and a resident of Cleveland, Texas, passed away Sunday, October 12, 2014. She was born October 7, 1940 in Galena Park, Texas to parents Orpheus Anthony Emmons and Artie Eleanor Walker Emmons who preceded her in death along with her brother, Bertie (Sonny) Emmons; sisters, Viola (Kewpie) King, and Doris (Tootsie) Smith; and...

John Henry Austin, Jr.

John Henry Austin, Jr.

October 12, 2014

John Henry Austin, Jr. was born to Sarah M. Fowler and John H. Austin, Sr. on December 5, 1925 in Daisetta, Texas and passed away October 12, 2014 in Baytown, Texas at the age of 88. John was predeceased by Jeanette, his wife of 42 years; his mother Sarah M. DeFoor; his three brothers, Douglas, Welfrea, and Conard Elliott; and...

Ruby Lee Carnahan

Ruby Lee Carnahan

October 11, 2014

OBITUARY Carnahan Ruby Lee Carnahan, age 89 and a resident of Cleveland, Texas, passed away Saturday, October 11, 2014. She was born August 5, 1925 in Hunnington, Texas to parents Harry Joe Stanley and Lennie B. Crane. She is preceded in death by her parents; husband, Roanie Carnahan; daughter, Tommie Skelton; and sons, Bobby Burns and Leonard Kinsman. Survivors her...

Tracy Kaye Taylor

Tracy Kaye Taylor

October 11, 2014

Tracy Kaye Taylor of Hardin, Texas went to be with her precious Lord on Saturday, October 11, 2014 in Baytown, Harris County, Texas. Services for Miss Taylor will be held, 2:00 p.m., Monday October 13, 2014 at Pace Stancil Funeral Home Chapel in Dayton, Texas. Interment will follow at Hardin Chapel Cemetery in Hardin, Texas.Tracy was born May 6, 1968...

David Mcadams

David Mcadams

October 10, 2014

OBITUARY McAdams David Everett McAdams, age 74 and a resident of Shepherd, Texas, passed away Thursday, October 9, 2014. He was born November 20, 1939, in Shepherd, Texas to parents Lonnie McAdams and Lucille Jones McAdams. Survivors include his wife, Helen Genita McAdams; sons, David Layne McAdams and wife Kaye, Everitt Wayne McAdams and wife Carol, and Philip McAdams and...

Juanita Daley

Juanita Daley

October 9, 2014

OBITUARY Daley Juanita June Daley, age 74 and a resident of Splendora, Texas, passed away Thursday, October 9, 2014. She was born May 8, 1940 in Crockett, Texas to parents John E. Douglas and Vera Mae McClain who preceded her in death along with her husband, Charley Daley; children, Juanita Adams, Weldon Adams, and Kenneth Adams; brothers, Joe Douglas, Harry...