Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Cleveland, Dayton, Coldspring & Surrounding Communities
Hazel Ruth Needham
March 8, 2012
Hazel Ruth Needham, age 67, of Splendora, Texas, passed away Thursday, March 8, 2012. She was born October 21, 1944 in Cleveland, Texas to parents Edward and Willie Mae Sallas who preceded her in death along with her daughter Junita Holloway; grandson Buck Holloway; and her sister Margie Mayo. Hazel was a devoted wife to her loving husband Everett Needham;...
Claude Royce Smith
March 6, 2012
Claud Royce Smith, age 52, of Spring, Texas, passed away Tuesday, March 6, 2012 at Houston Northwest Medical Center. He was born July 16, 1959 in Baytown, Texas. He leave behind to cherished his memories his loving mother Ruby R. Rhames; daughters Heather M. Grayson, Susan N. Smtih; sons Claud R. Smith Jr. and wife Karla, Joshua I. Smtih; sisters...
Howard Rash
March 5, 2012
RASH           Howard Rash, age 69, of Conroe, Texas, passed away Monday, March 5, 2012. He was born November 23, 1942 in Houston, Texas to parents Sam Rash and Elizabeth Rash Johnson who preceded him in death along with his sons Kevin Rash and Taylor Rash.          He was a devoted husband to his loving wife Betty Rash; daughter...
Wilma Oneta Kyle
March 2, 2012
Kyle  Wilma Oneta Riffe Kyle, age 71, of Shepherd, Texas, passed away Friday, March 2, 2012. She was born in Shepherd, Texas on February 24, 1941 to parents, Willie L. and Gladys Jewel Riffe who preceded her in death along with daughter, Lizzie Deanna; brother, Billy Riffe. Survivors include her son, Bendle G. Kyle, Jr.; daughters, Chequita Kyle, Gladys...
Odis Sterling Lacy
February 27, 2012
Lacey Odis Sterling Lacey, age 81, of Cleveland, Texas, passed away Monday, February 27, 2012. He was born in San Augustine, Texas on October 04, 1930 to parents, John David and Myrtie Lacey who preceded him. Survivors include his wife, Bobbie Lou Lacey; daughter, Karen Denise Lacey; sons, Lyndell Lacey, Odis Gene Lacey and Terry Keith Lacey; sister, Mary Helen...
Dorothy Mae Brister
February 25, 2012
Dorothy Mae Neal Brister, age 82, of Dolen, Texas died at her home on February 25, 2012. She was born October 13, 1929 in Dolen, Texas, daughter of the late William and Della Alexander Neal. She graduated from Cleveland High School in 1946 and began nursing school at the Houston Medical Center in 1947. She worked as a nurse at...
Joseph Winson Smesny
February 25, 2012
Joseph Winson Smesny, 29, of Pasadena, died Saturday, February 25, 2012, near Bolivar, Texas. Mass of Christian burial will be held at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, February 29, 2012, at St. Joseph the Worker Catholic Church with burial following at St. Anne Catholic Cemetery in Eastgate. Visitation will be held from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., Tuesday, at the funeral home....

Virginia Lucille Platt-Murphy
February 24, 2012
Virginia L. Platt-Murphy, 62, of Dayton, died Friday, February 24, 2012, at her residence. Visitation will be held from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., Thursday, March 1, 2012, at the Pace-Stancil Funeral Home in Dayton. Services are under the direction of Pace-Stancil Funeral Home in Dayton. Virginia was born September 23, 1949 in El Paso, to parents; T. R. and...
Rosa Charlene Hoagland
February 24, 2012
Rosa Charlene Hoagland, age 61, of Cleveland, Texas, passed away Friday, February 24, 2012 at her residence. She was born October 20, 1950 in Cleveland, Texas to parents Charlie Jewel Kelley and Thelma Lou Chumley. She is preceded in death by her father. She will be remembered lovingly by her mother Thelma Lou Stout; daughter LaRhonda Tucker; sisters Charlotte Breazeale...
Loretta Louise Loving
February 24, 2012
LOVING Loretta Louise Loving, age 62, of Shepherd, Texas, passed away Friday, February 24, 2012 at Memorial Herman Hospital, Humble, Texas. She was born January 24, 1950 in Medicine Lodge, Kansas to parents James Elwood McKanna Sr. and Faye Elizabeth Littell McKanna who preceded her in death along with her brother Ralph McKanna. She will be remembered lovingly by her...
Stacy Lynn Priestly-Cavalier
February 24, 2012
Stacy L. Priestly-Cavalier, 40, of Liberty, died Friday, February 24, 2012, at her residence. Graveside services will be held at 3:00 p.m., Wednesday, February 29, 2012, at the Cooke Memorial Cemetery in Liberty with Frank Liddell officiating. The burial will follow thereafter. Services are under the direction of Pace-Stancil Funeral Home in Dayton Stacy was born August 27, 1971 in...
Ava Jewel Williams
February 23, 2012
Ava Jewel Majors Williams, 91, of Tarkington died peacefully Thursday, February 23, 2021 in Cleveland. She was born February 21, 2012 in Tarkington Prairie to parents Johnny Aaron Majors and Edgeworth Morris Majors and had been a lifelong resident of Liberty County. She had been a member of the Rebecca Lodge of Liberty, had worked for Sav-Way, Peoples and Franks....
Ellen Gardner Modesett
February 20, 2012
Modesett  MODESETT Ellen Gardner Modesett, age 96, of Dolen, Texas, passed away Monday, February 20, 2012. She was born in Baytown, Texas on May 6, 1915 to parents, John Celestine Sjiolander and Ellen Cecil Dahlquist who preceded her in death along with her loving husbands, Ellis Gardner and Roy Modesett; son, Wilford Gardner; brother, Ernest Sjolander; sisters, Ida Stainer,...

Albina Svoboda Krampota
February 19, 2012
Services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Thursday, February 23, 2012, at the Pace-Stancil Funeral Home Chapel in Dayton.
Nathaniel A. "Nate" Ladkins
February 18, 2012
Nathaniel A. “Nate” Ladkins, 11, of Dayton, died Saturday, February 18, 2012, at his residence. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, February 25, 2012, at the Pace-Stancil Funeral Home Chapel in Dayton. Visitation will be held from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., Friday, at the funeral home. Services are under the direction of Pace-Stancil Funeral Home in...
Eddis Ray Wakefield
February 17, 2012
WAKEFIELD Eddis Ray Wakefield, age 66, of Spring, Texas, passed away, Friday, February 17, 2012 at his residence. He was born July 14, 1945 in Channelview, Texas to parents Mildred Sleigh and Ida Noreen Wakefield who preceded him in death along with his loving wife Bonnie Whiddon Wakefield. Survivors include his daughters Christine Childers, Lisa Wakefield, Heather Russell, Michelle Dishough,...
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