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Obituaries
Newman Shorter
Sep 7, 2016
Newman Edwin Shorter, of Jewett, passed away peacefully on Wednesday morning, September 7, 2016, at St. Catherine Center in Waco at the age of 86. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m., Saturday, September 10, 2016 at Blair-Stubbs Chapel in Mexia with Rev. Ray Grissett and Rev. Bill Sutton officiating. Interment will follow in the Prairie Hill Cemetery. Brian Maples, Shane...
Tina Sherrod
Aug 26, 2016
Tina Marie Sherrod, 50, passed away at her home in Groesbeck on August 26, 2016. She was born in Laurel, Mississippi on September 4, 1965 to Kenneth Eugene and Ann Windham Truitt. Tina was an assistant manager for Drug Emporium in Waco, a job she truly enjoyed. She had an outgoing personality, loved to be around people and was always...
Nelda Archer
Aug 20, 2016
Nelda June Archer passed from this life on Saturday, August 20, 2016. She had been a resident of Senior Care in Hewitt since January of 2016. She was a long time resident of Prairie Hill, Texas. June was born to R.Q. and Ruth Ashcraft on August 27, 1927. She graduated from Prairie Hill High School in 1945. She married Edward...
William Kerzee
Aug 15, 2016
William Robert Kerzee, of Mexia, died on August 15, 2016 in Waco, Texas at the age of 83. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, August 17, 2016 at Blair-Stubbs Chapel with Rev. Michael Kerzee officiating. Interment will follow in the Mexia Cemetery. Nolan Schaffer, Kevin Schaffer, David Kerzee, Cody Burns, Vince Keys and Mickey Van Winkle will serve as...
Jackie Russell
Aug 11, 2016
Jackie Mae Russell passed away in Colorado City, Texas on August 11, 2016 at the age of 91. Graveside services will be 10:00 a.m., Saturday, August 13, 2016 in the Point Enterprise Cemetery with Rev. Marcus Sheffield officiating. Visitation with the family will be 5-7 p.m., Friday, at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home. Jackie was born on December 2, 1924 in Mexia,...
Donald Dockery
Aug 6, 2016
Donald Gene Dockery, 81, passed away August 6, 2016 in Groesbeck, Texas. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m., Monday, August 8, 2016 at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home with Dr. Johnny Pearson officiating. Interment will follow in the Lost Prairie Cemetery. Mickey Cook, Cecil George, Erick Price, Michael Dockery, Robert Sandifer and Richard Sandifer will serve as pallbearers. Brandon Dockery will serve...
Lillian Prowell
Aug 1, 2016
Lillian Faye Prowell passed away August 1, 2016, in Mexia, at the age of 86. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, August 3, 2016 at the Northcrest Church of Christ with Mr. Shane Alexander officiating. Interment will follow in the Mexia Cemetery. Josh Prowell, Aaron Prowell, Ben Prowell, Alex Davis, Don Corbitt, John Turpin and Dwight Gamble will serve...
Tommy Kerley
Aug 1, 2016
Tommy Lee "Tom" Kerley, of Teague, passed away August 1, 2016 at the VA Hospital in Temple, Texas. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m., Thursday, August 4, 2016 at Blair-Stubbs Chapel with Rev. Michael Vestal officiating. A graveside service with Military Honors and interment will follow in the Salem Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Butch Nichols, Nick Nichols, Ron Day, Lance...
Travis Brown
Jul 29, 2016
Travis P. Brown, longtime Coolidge resident, passed away on July 29, 2016 in Lufkin, Texas at the age of 97. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m., Monday, August 1, 2016 at the First Baptist Church in Coolidge with Rev. Fred Sain and Rev. Chuck Sturgeon officiating. Interment will follow in the Coolidge Cemetery. Kevin Brown, Erik Brown, Ken Pollard, Glen...
David Allen
Jul 27, 2016
David Allen joined his Heavenly Father on July 27, 2016, at the age of 64, after fighting cancer for the last 18 months. He was surrounded by his family and loved ones at the time of his departure. He married his wife and soulmate of 48 years, Bertha Barnes Allen on August 2, 1968. David leaves behind his wife, Bertha...
Nora Johnston
Jul 26, 2016
Nora Reece Johnston, 81, passed away July 26, 2016 in Mexia, Texas. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m., Friday, July 29, 2016 at Blair-Stubbs Chapel with Mr. Shane Alexander officiating. Interment will follow in the Thornton Cemetery. Johnny Reece, Milo Gonzalez, Joshua Bay, William Johnston, Caleb Johnston, Issac Johnston and James Johnston will serve as pallbearers. Visitation with the family...
Donald Lipsett
Jul 25, 2016
Donald Howard Lipsett went to be with our Lord and Savior on the morning of July 25th 2016 at his residence at Three Forks Assisted Living Center in Forney, Texas. His previous residence was Mexia, Texas for 20 years and prior to that Mesquite, Texas for over 20 years. Don was born on February 21st, 1924 in Erie, Pennsylvania to...
Virginia Buttery
Jul 21, 2016
Virginia Nell Kerzee Buttery was born in Point Enterprise, Texas on January 18, 1929 to Will Kerzee and Lucy Kate Bozeman Kerzee, she was the youngest of nine children. After finishing school in Point Enterprise and Mexia, she attended secretarial school in Ft. Worth where she met and fell in love with a handsome chemical engineer, Lewis Buttery. Their marriage...
Alma Padgett
Jul 20, 2016
Alma Christine Gamble Padgett, 90, passed away July 20, 2016 in Mexia, Texas. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m., Saturday, July 23, 2016 at Blair-Stubbs Chapel with Mr. Larry Dickens and Mr. Joe Lucas officiating. Interment will follow in the Seale-Round Prairie Cemetery. Serving as pallbearers will be her great-grandsons, Cody Cotton, Will Padgett, Jordan Padgett, Jackson Richardson, Zachery Richardson...
Elouise York
Jul 19, 2016
Elouise "Pookie" York, 79, of Teague, passed away July 19, 2016 in Mexia, Texas. A memorial service will be held at 1:00 p.m., Sunday, July 24, 2016 in the Greenwood Cemetery in Teague with Bro. Jeremy Webb officiating. Elouise was born in Bald Prairie, Texas on November 4, 1936 to Basil Kinner and Ruby Ozelle Long Watson. She worked at...
Mary Space
Jul 16, 2016
Mary Ann Carter Space passed away July 16, 2016 in Austin, TX. She was born April 16, 1926 in Mexia, Texas to Charles Edward and Fay Fedrick Carter. She graduated from Mexia High School class of 1943, and attended Southwestern University where she was a member of Zeta Tau Alpha Sorority. She met her future husband, Charles W. "Jimmy" Space...
Lahoma Patton
Jul 9, 2016
Lahoma Tyner Patton, 85, formerly of Teague, passed away July 9, 2016 in Katy, Texas. Funeral services will be 1:00 p.m., Saturday, July 16, 2016 at Blair-Stubbs Chapel with Rev. Scott Matthews officiating. Interment will follow in the Greenwood Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 5-7 p.m., Friday, at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home. Lahoma was born in Teague, Texas on...
Cecil McDonald Jr.
Jul 8, 2016
Cecil McDonald, Jr. passed away on July 8, 2016, at the age of 88, following a lengthy illness of reoccurring strokes. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m., Monday, July 11, 2016 at Blair-Stubbs Chapel with Rev. Tracy Sims officiating. Interment will follow in the Shiloh Cemetery with Holloway Martin, Bill Hughes, Elmer Beene, Terry Lynn McDonald, Rick Sadler, Billie Gene...
JoNell Grider
Jul 6, 2016
JoNell Thomas Grider, 76, passed away July 6, 2016. Ms. Grider was born on December 13, 1939 in Farrar, Texas to Marion Little Thomas and Essie Wells Thomas. She lived in Lewisville for 42 years, but called Mexia her home. Ms. Grider was an accounts payable clerk for the majority of her career, retiring from Michaels Stores in 2004 to...
Vida Hogan
Jul 4, 2016
Vida Evelyn Hogan, 97, of Thornton, passed away July 4, 2016 in Marlin, Texas. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Thursday, July 7, 2016 at Blair-Stubbs Chapel in Thornton with Mr. Floyd Stanley officiating. Interment will follow in the Cobb Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Mike Brown, John Banks Campbell, Rand Bates, Kenneth Capps, Bill Jackson and Raymond Harlan. Visitation with...
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