Obituaries
Johnny Brady
Oct 25, 2016
Johnny Brady, 79, formerly of Mexia, passed away at his home in Palacios, Texas on October 25, 2016. Graveside services will be 1:00 p.m., Thursday, October 27, 2016 in the Point Enterprise Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 6-8 p.m., Wednesday, at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home. Johnny was born in San Antonio, Texas on October 23, 1937 to Harlan Edward...
Margaret Mayfield
Oct 18, 2016
Margaret (Peg) Kennett Mayfield passed away peacefully, October 18, 2016, at her home in Mexia. Peg was born January 4, 1922 in Roanoke, Virginia. Her parents were Charles William Kennett and Nina Loyd Kennett. She grew up on her family's dairy farm in Virginia. She graduated from college and taught school for one year. She then went to Washington D.C....
Clifton Carroll
Oct 16, 2016
Clifton Doyle Carroll, of Wortham, passed away in Mexia on October 17, 2016, at the age of 90. Graveside services will be 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, October 19, 2016 in the Wortham Cemetery with Bro. Jared Rogers officiating. Visitation with the family will be 6-8 p.m., Tuesday, at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home. Clifton was born in Wortham, Texas on April 7, 1926...
Anna ""Pidgie""
Oct 8, 2016
Anna Beth "Pidgie" Montgomery Thompson, of Mexia, passed away in Groesbeck, Texas on October 8, 2016 surrounded by her loving family, at the age of 59. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, October 11, 2016 at Blair-Stubbs Chapel with Chaplain Karen Hulsey and Chaplain Jon Honea officiating. Interment will follow in the Tehuacana Cemetery. Visitation with the family will...
Barbara Owen
Sep 27, 2016
Barbara Hearon Owen, of Mexia, passed away on September 27, 2016 in Groesbeck at the age of 76. Funeral services will be 4:00 p.m., Friday, September 30, 2016 at Blair-Stubbs Chapel with Rev. Bill Wright, Jr. officiating. Interment will follow in the Cotton Gin Cemetery. Charles Walpole, Henry Sims, Sr., Johnathan Bible, Roy West, Brian Staton and Robert Farnes will...
Myrtle Foreman
Sep 26, 2016
Myrtle "Dolly" Foreman passed away on September 26 2016 in Corsicana, Texas. Funeral services will be 1:00 p.m., Saturday, October 1, 2016 at Blair-Stubbs Chapel with Bro. David LeFlore officiating. Interment will follow in the Forest Glade Cemetery. Grandsons, Troy Foreman, Jeff Odom, Clay Foreman, Kelly Jernigan, Ryan Foreman, Jamey Odom, Heath Foreman, Jason Odom and Dustin Lane will serve...
Allen Johnston
Sep 26, 2016
Allen Sidney Johnston was born on December 11, 1931 in Mexia, Texas in the home of his paternal grandparents, Mr. & Mrs. Albert Sidney Johnston, Sr. He was the first child born to Sidney & Dorothy Johnston and his only sibling, Jan, was born the following year. Allen graduated from Mexia High School in 1948 as a member of the...
Sandra Bellard
Sep 26, 2016
Mrs. Sandra "Sandy" Lynn Owen Bellard, 63, of Farrar, TX went to be with our Lord and Savior Monday, September 26, 2016 in Waco, Texas. Sandy was born August 13, 1953 in Houston, Texas to Wallace and Anna Owen. She married Sidney "Crazy" J. Bellard in 1982 in Groesbeck. Her loves were her daughter, her family farm and her margaritas....
Martha Keel
Sep 21, 2016
Martha Blanche Keel, of Mexia, passed away in Waco, Texas on September 21, 2016 at the age of 71. A graveside service will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, September 24, 2016 in the Mexia Cemetery with Bro. Justin Colquette officiating. Martha was born in Gatesville, Texas on August 7, 1945 to Gilbert Harwell and Blanche Dossey Lowrance. She was...
Ronnie Waldrum
Sep 18, 2016
Ronnie L. Waldrum was born in Dallas, Texas on March 7, 1932 to Angus Beautre and Jewell Massengale. He moved to Houston with his family, there he met and married Fathine Campbell. They moved to Conroe, where they made their home, and raise their two daughters, Rhonna and Sherry. Ronnie went home to be with his Lord and Savior on...
Barbara Cox
Sep 17, 2016
Barbara Jean Cox, of Mexia, passed away September 17, 2016 in Temple, Texas at the age of 73. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m., Thursday, September 22, 2016 at Glad Tidings Assembly of God Church with Pastor David Bolden officiating. Interment will follow in the Mexia Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 9:30-11:00 a.m., Thursday at Glad Tidings Assembly...
Mary Faust
Sep 14, 2016
Mary "Louise" Faust, 93, of Mexia, passed away Wednesday, September 14, 2016, at her home of natural causes. Memorial services will be 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, September 21, 2016 at Glad Tidings Assembly of God Church with Pastor David Bolden officiating. Louise was born December 10, 1922 in Scurry, Texas to Walter and Maggie Dobbs. She had nine brothers and two...
Roy Hales
Sep 14, 2016
Roy Alse Hales was born on January 19, 1937 in San Juan, TX to Chester and Altus Hales. He grew up and worked in the Rio Grande Valley until he turned 18. He then moved to Buffalo, married and started a family. Roy worked as a heavy equipment operator and became very skilled at his craft. He took pride in...
William Bozeman
Sep 14, 2016
William Q. "Billy" Bozeman, 75, of Groesbeck, passed away in Waco, Texas on September 14,2016. A graveside service will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, September 17, 2016 in the Lost Prairie Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 5-7 p.m., Friday, at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home. Billy was born in Texas City, Texas on August 4, 1941 to William and...
Alma Carlile
Sep 10, 2016
Alma Irene Carlile, 87, passed away September 10, 2016 in Mexia, Texas. A graveside service will be 11:00 a.m., Monday, September 12, 2016 in the Mexia Cemetery. Alma was born in San Antonio, Texas to Jim and Alma Jones Martin. She had been a resident of Mexia for a number of years. Alma was a very loving person, she will...
Eva Miller
Sep 10, 2016
Eva Miller, 98, passed away in Mexia on September 10, 2016. She had been a resident of the Mexia LTC for the past three years. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, September 14, 2016 at Blair-Stubbs Chapel with Don Ellis officiating. Burial will be next to her husband in the Wortham Cemetery. John Ellis, Carmen Sanchez, Shanon Miller, Gail...
Tim Spruiell
Sep 9, 2016
Tim Dezelle Spruiell was born in Mexia, TX on May 8, 1944 to parents Fred and Anne Spruiell. He passed away on September 9, 2016 surrounded by his loving family. Tim graduated from Gupton-Jones Mortuary College and began his funeral service career as an intern in Colorado City, TX. and then began working for Ellis Funeral Home in Midland, TX....
Melvina Miller
Sep 8, 2016
Melvina Lee Miller passed away September 8, 2016 in Groesbeck, Texas at the age of 55. Funeral services will be 4:00 p.m., Monday, September 12, 2016 at Blair-Stubbs Chapel with Chaplain Jon Honea officiating. Interment will follow in the Forest Glade Cemetery. Chris Sides, Larry Fox, Clifton Fox, Dylan Tidwell, Dusty Newsom and Terry Richard Reel, IV will serve as...
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...
