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Obituaries
Donna Wheeler
Nov 12, 2015
Donna Fay Wheeler, 75, passed away November 12, 2015 in Mexia. In honoring her wishes, there will be no public service. Donna was born May 5, 1940 in Taberville, Missouri to James and Dolly Groves Reece. She and her husband, Roger, owned and operated Wheeler's Hot Pit Barbeque for a number of years. Donna was a hard worker, she also...
Rev. Sewell
Nov 4, 2015
Rev. Billy Guy Sewell, 88, left his earthly home in Itasca, Texas on November 4, 2015 and entered into his eternal home in heaven. A memorial service will be 2:00 p.m., Sunday, November 15, 2015 at Woodbury Baptist Church, 1793 FM 309, Hillsboro, Texas with Rev. Stanley Lohse and Rev. Bobby Gardner officiating. Billy was born on April 7, 1927...
Shelia Sims
Nov 1, 2015
Shelia Madene Sims, 56, longtime Mexia educator, passed away Sunday, November 1, 2015 in Mesquite, TX. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, November 4, 2015 at Northcrest Church of Christ with Shane Alexander officiating. Interment will follow in the Mexia Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 6-8 p.m., Tuesday, at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home. Shelia was born in Dallas,...
Sarah McCraw
Oct 31, 2015
Mrs. Sarah Beth McCraw, 93, of Cedar Park passed away Saturday, October 31, 2015 in Cedar Park. Mrs. McCraw was born July 22, 1922 in Kirvin, Texas to Lewis Marion and Mary Elizabeth Batchelor Smiley. On July 6, 1941 she married Kenneth L. McCraw in Mexia, Texas and after nearly 70 years of marriage, Kenneth passed away on May 8,...
Edwin Plummer
Oct 27, 2015
Lifelong Limestone County resident Edwin Everette Plummer, Sr., passed away peacefully at his home in the Kickapoo community early Tuesday morning, October 27, 2015, at the age of 88 after a brief illness...just a few steps from where he led his first congregational hymn as a young boy, hoisted atop the teacher's desk. Born on January 1, 1927, in Stamford,...
Lillian McElroy
Oct 27, 2015
Lillian Marie Richardson McElroy, 93, of Shiloh, passed away October 27, 2015 in Mexia. Graveside services will be 2:00 p.m., Saturday, October 31, 2015 with Mr. Neil Bond and Rev. David Snow officiating. Visitation with the family will be 5-7 p.m., Friday, at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home. Marie was born in Mexia, Texas on October 17, 1922 to Jesse William and...
Dora Howard
Oct 23, 2015
Dora Mae Howard, 79, of Mexia, passed away October 23, 2015 in Waco, Texas. Funeral services will be 3:00 p.m., Sunday, October 25, 2015 at Blair-Stubbs Chapel with Rev. Jerry Johnson officiating. Interment will follow in the Wilson Chapel Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 1-3 p.m., Sunday, at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home. Dora was born in Frost, Texas on...
Lillian Wallace
Oct 20, 2015
Lillian Brodnax Wallace died peacefully at her home in Austin, Texas on October 20, 2015. She was born on December 9, 1915, in Mexia, Texas, to Albert W. and Ruby Hayter Brodnax. The family moved to Coolidge, Texas in 1923, where Lillian attended school before graduating from Baylor University in 1937. She married Frederick E. Wallace, who preceded her in...
Charlie Bounds
Oct 19, 2015
Charlie Frank Bounds, 60, passed away October 19, 2015 in Mexia. A memorial service will be 2:00 p.m., Saturday, October 24, 2015 at Blair-Stubbs Chapel with Bro. David Bates officiating. Charlie was born April 18, 1955 in Mexia, Texas to Charlie Walter and Frances Edra Sudduth Bounds. He grew up in Tehuacana where he completed the fifth grade, prior to...
Derwood Burleson
Oct 15, 2015
Retired U.S. Army Maj. Derwood E. "Ed" Burleson, of Waco, a World War II and Korean War veteran who embraced his family and his Texas heritage with equal passion, passed away Thursday night at Baylor Scott & White Hillcrest Medical Center after a short illness. He was 95. Ed will be laid to rest with full military honors during a...
Virginia Bounds
Oct 13, 2015
Virginia Jenkins Bounds, 101, was received into heaven from her home, in Tehuacana, on the morning of October 13, 2015. She was born in Eldorado City, Texas on June 3, 1914 to Sparks B. and Louise Coleman Jenkins. They lived in Hubbard, Marshall and Mexia. In 1935, Virginia married James Thomas "J.T." Bounds. They lived in Lockhart, Texas before returning...
Patsy Schultz
Oct 5, 2015
Frisco, Texas - Patsy left this earthly home to be with the Lord on Monday, October 5, 2015. Patsy was born on February 4, 1930 in Wortham, Texas, the daughter of Clyde Knox Bounds and Pauline Longbotham Bounds. Patsy was the younger of two daughters. As a young girl, Patsy was Clyde's "little boy" and loved spending time out at...
Johnnell Spillers
Oct 4, 2015
Mrs. Johnnell Spillers, 91, of Mexia passed away Sunday morning, October 4, 2015, in Mexia. She was born January 2, 1924 in Delia to John and Sallie Talley Liles. Johnnell married Ray Spillers, June 1, 1941 in Mexia and they enjoyed many happy years together before his death. She retired from Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. as an operator after 32...
Mary Minchew
Sep 29, 2015
Mary Anna Schuster Minchew was received into heaven on Tuesday, September 29, 2015. A Mass of Christian Burial will be 1:00 p.m., Saturday, October 3, 2015 at St. Mary's Catholic Church with Father Justin Nguyen officiating. Interment will follow in the Point Enterprise Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 5-7 p.m., Friday, at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home. Rosary will begin...
Dale Copeland
Sep 24, 2015
Dale Langford Copeland, 69, passed away September 24, 2015 in Groesbeck, Texas. Graveside services will be 2:00 p.m., Monday, September 28, 2015 at Brookside Cemetery in Houston, Texas. Visitation with the family will be 6-8 p.m., Sunday, at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home. Dale was born in Galveston, Texas on August 14, 1946 to Howard Grady and Evelyn Altharee Wilburn Langford. She...
Horace Prather
Sep 19, 2015
Horace Holder Prather, 92, of Mexia passed away September 19, 2015 in Waco. He was born October 17, 1922 in Ben Hur, Texas to Edward V. and Caroline Holder Prather. The family, later, moved to Mexia where Horace attended Mexia High School and met his future wife. Horace married the love of his life, Louise Kerzee, and they spent an...
Danna Eagans
Sep 16, 2015
Danna Eagans, who was born February 26, 1965, at Hillcrest Hospital in Waco, Texas, returned to the Lord on September 16, 2015. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m., Saturday, September 19, 2015 at the First Baptist Church in Mexia with Bro. Billy Bob Evans officiating. Interment will follow in the Cogdell Cemetery near Tehuacana, Texas. Visitation with the family will...
Carolyn Ainsworth
Sep 11, 2015
Carolyn Fae Ainsworth, 81, of Thornton, passed away September 11, 2015 in Groesbeck. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Sunday, September 13, 2015 at Blair-Stubbs Chapel in Thornton with Rev. Ray Grissett officiating. Interment will follow in the New Hope Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 6-8 p.m., Saturday, at Blair-Stubbs Chapel in Thornton. Carolyn was born in Burton,...
Joe Wofford
Sep 11, 2015
Joe Harold Wofford, 89, of Mesquite, passed away September 11, 2015 in Dallas. Funeral services will be 12:00 p.m., Monday, September 14, 2015 at the Calvary Baptist Church with Bro. James Kinman officiating. Interment will follow in the Mexia Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m., Monday, at Calvary Baptist Church. Joe was born in...
Michael Schuster
Sep 9, 2015
Michael Frank Schuster passed away on September 9, 2015. A Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:00 a.m., Saturday, September 12, 2015 at St. Mary's Catholic Church with Father Justin Nguyen officiating. Interment will follow in the Point Enterprise Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 5-7 p.m., Friday, at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home. Rosary will begin at 6:00 p.m. Mike...
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