Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Cleveland, Dayton, Coldspring & Surrounding Communities


James William Vickers Jr.

James William Vickers Jr.

April 21, 2013

James William Vickers Jr., age 88, passed away Sunday, April 21, 2013. He was born in 1924 in Houston, Texas to parents James William Vickers Sr. and Fannie Vickers who preceded him in death along with his loving wife of 56 years Eunice Pearl Vickers. Mr. Vickers has been a resident of Cleveland, Texas since 1968. He was a distinguished...

Dianne Davies Douglas

Dianne Davies Douglas

April 20, 2013

Dianne Davies Douglas, 74, of Dayton, died Saturday, April 20, 2013, at the San Jacinto Methodist Hospital in Baytown, TX. Visitation will be held from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., with memorial services at 6 p.m., Tuesday, at the Pace-Stancil Funeral Home Chapel in Dayton, TX. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, at the Harry McNeely and...

William Duncan Welder, Jr.

William Duncan Welder, Jr.

April 19, 2013

William Duncan Welder, Jr., 82, of Dayton, died Friday, April 19, 2013, at his residence. Duncan was born October 19, 1930 in Houston to parents William Duncan Sr., and Rosella Sarah Wilcox Welder. A native of La Porte, he graduated from La Porte High School in 1948 and attended Texas A&M University. He enlisted in the US Air Force in...

Marshall Oren Ward

Marshall Oren Ward

April 17, 2013

Marshall Oren Ward, 20 months old, of Tarkington Prairie, Texas, passed on Wednesday, April 17, 2013. He is survived by his loving parents Jason Andrew Ward and Leah Iva Ward; grandparents Terry and Tina Ward, Jackie Ward, Rhonda Zorn; great-grandparents Edward Zorn, Patsey Dillon; aunts Emily Smith, Kirsten Corley, and Brandi Green; uncles, Edward Liljequist, Logan Ward, Benjamin Burnett, and...

Essie "Sue" Harvill

Essie "Sue" Harvill

April 16, 2013

Essie “Sue” Harvill, age 84 and a resident of Cleveland, Texas, passed away Tuesday, April 16, 2013 at Cleveland Regional Medical Center. She was born in Village Mills, Texas in 1929 to parents Ira and Amy Viola Phillips who preceded her in death along with her son Pete Harvill. Survivors include her devoted husband Myers Harvill; son Chester Harvill and...

Barbara Ellen Coaliron

Barbara Ellen Coaliron

April 14, 2013

Barbara Ellen Coaliron, age 63, passed away Sunday, April 14, 2013. She was born in 1949 in Dayton and made her home in Dayton with her husband and children. Barbara is preceded in death by her father Herman Howard Kinder II; and her brothers Elray Kinder, Danny Kinder and Richard Kinder. Survivors include her husband Frank Coaliron; mother Margaret Kinder;...

M. Janet Rice

M. Janet Rice

April 13, 2013

Marie Janet Worley Rice, 78, of Kenefick, died Saturday, April 13, 2013, at the Magnolia Place Nursing Home in Liberty. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Thursday, April 18, 2013, at the Pace-Stancil Funeral Home Chapel with burial following at Palms Memorial Park in Dayton. Visitation will be held from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., Wednesday, at the...

Sheldon John Nichols

Sheldon John Nichols

April 12, 2013

Sheldon J. Nichols, 71, of New Caney, died Friday, April 12, 2013, in Montgomery. Memorial services are pending at this time. Services are under the direction of Pace-Stancil Funeral Home in Dayton. Sheldon was born March 17, 1942 in Tecumseh, MI, to parents; Lauren E. and LaMora L. Keys Nichols, a former resident of Huffman, and has resided in New...

Sheldon John Nichols

Sheldon John Nichols

April 12, 2013

Sheldon J. Nichols, 71, of New Caney, died Friday, April 12, 2013, in Montgomery. Memorial services are pending at this time. Services are under the direction of Pace-Stancil Funeral Home in Dayton. Sheldon was born March 17, 1942 in Tecumseh, MI, to parents; Lauren E. and LaMora L. Keys Nichols, a former resident of Huffman, and has resided in New...

Levirna Winkelmann

Levirna Winkelmann

April 11, 2013

Levirna Winkelmann, age 87 and a resident of Cleveland, Texas, passed away Thursday, April 11, 2013 at her home. She was born in Welcome, Texas in 1926 to parents Theodore W. and Lillie Thielemann. She married Wilbert Otto Winkelmann on January 26, 1946; she loved being a wife and mother; they had six children and six grandchildren. Her passion was...

Lorenza Anna Smith

Lorenza Anna Smith

April 10, 2013

Lorenza "Lorene" Anna Smith, age 86 and a resident of Cleveland, Texas, passed away Wednesday, April 10, 2013 in Shepherd, Texas. She was born in Somerset, Texas in 1926 to parents Joe and Augustina Tenorio who preceded her in death along with her husband George C. Smith Jr.; twin sons; grandchildren Maurice Morgan and Donna Majors; great-grandchild John Swearingen. Survivors...

W.C. "Rip" Thrower

W.C. "Rip" Thrower

April 10, 2013

W.C. “Rip” Thrower, age 88 and a 26 year resident of Coldspring, Texas, passed away Wednesday, April 10, 2013. He was born in Waco, Texas in 1924 to parents Joseph G. and Myrtice I. Thrower who preceded him. He was a Veteran of the United States Navy; served from 1943 to 1946. He was a 1954 graduate from Baylor University...

Thomas Lee Thoms

Thomas Lee Thoms

April 10, 2013

Thomas Lee Thoms, age 72, and a resident of Shepherd, Texas, passed away Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at his home. He was born in Blakeney, Texas in 1940 to parents Amos Calvin and Jewel Thoms. Thomas was a compassionate man; he owned and operated Thoms Propane for 25 years in Shepherd and enjoyed working with the public. He found joy...

Ernest Edmond Etress, Sr.

Ernest Edmond Etress, Sr.

April 7, 2013

Ernest Edmond Etress, Sr., 73 passed away Sunday, April 7, 2013 at home in Dayton. He was born May 14, 1939 in Shelby, Alabama to parents, Ralph Edmond and Julia Bell Carden Etress. Mr. Etress had lived in the Dayton area for the past eleven years after moving from LaPorte. He was retired from Fluor-Daniels and United Scaffolding where he...

Bobby Squires

Bobby Squires

April 7, 2013

Bobby Rue Squires, age 76 and a resident of Splendora, Texas, passed away Sunday, April 07, 2013 at his home. He was born in Alliance, North Carolina in 1936 to parents Louis and Nellie Squires who preceded him in death along with his loving wife Sandra Sue Squires. Survivors include his children Michael Squires and wife Tammy, Ray Squires and...

Loria Doria Mcmahan

Loria Doria Mcmahan

April 5, 2013

Loria Doria McMahan, 74 years of age and a resident of Coldspring, Texas, passed away Friday, April 05, 2013 surrounded by her loved ones. She was born here in Cleveland in 1938 to parents John William and Armenta Leona Swanson who preceded her in death along with one brother and four sisters. She leaves her memories to her three daughters...

Curtis Daniels

Curtis Daniels

April 3, 2013

Curtis “Tony” Daniels, Jr. of Kenefick, died Wednesday, April 3, 2013 in Humble, Texas at 68 years of age. Visitation will be Monday, April 8, 2013; 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at Pace Stancil Funeral Home in Dayton. Services for Mr. Daniels will be 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, April 9, 2013 at First Baptist Church of Dayton with Reverend Dale Hill...

Trulla May Gandy

Trulla May Gandy

April 1, 2013

Trulla May Gandy, age 68 and a resident of Cleveland, Texas, passed away Monday, April 01, 2013. She was born in Richmond, Virginia in 1944 to parents Jack and Maurene McNutt who preceded her in death. Survivors include her devoted husband James C. “Pete” Gandy; son Paul U. Gandy; sisters Mary Evelyn Crumbaker, Victoria Rice, Jessie West, Bobbie West, Connie...

Gregory Allen Bridges

Gregory Allen Bridges

March 31, 2013

Gregory Allen Bridges, age 44 and a resident of Spring, Texas, passed away Sunday, March 31, 2013. He was born in Houston, Texas in 1968. He is preceded in death by his mother Norma Yeager Mize; grandparents Clarence and Lula Yeager, and Bob Franklin and Blanche Bridges. Survivors include his father Bobby Bridges; sister Tracy Cosby Mize; brother Stephen Bridges;...

Charles Floyd White

Charles Floyd White

March 31, 2013

Charles Floyd White, age 81 and a resident of Cleveland, Texas, passed away Sunday, March 31, 2013. He was born in Fisher, Louisiana in 1931 to parents Floyd and Irene White who preceded him in death along with his loving wife Valasta White; and his daughter Deborah Jones. Survivors include sons Charles White Jr. and wife Gayla, Jerry Jones and...