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Obituaries
Gloria Hartsfield
Aug 11, 2014
Gloria Marie Hartsfield, 85, left her earthly home in Waco, Texas on August 11, 2014 to enter her heavenly home. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m., Saturday, August 16, 2014 at Owen Funeral Home in Cartersville, Georgia with Rev. Rudy Ross officiating. Interment will follow at the Oak Hill Cemetery in Cartersville, GA. Visitation with the family will be 6-8...
Billy Smith
Aug 7, 2014
Billy David Smith, 50, of Mexia, passed away August 7, 2014 in Waco. Graveside services will be Sunday, August 10, 2014 in the Mexia Cemetery. Billy was born October 8, 1963 in Mexia, Texas to Lee Benjamin and Lois Bell Clendenen Smith. He was a lifetime resident of Mexia and attended the Mexia schools. He worked as a roofer for...
Doris Harp
Aug 5, 2014
Doris Jean Harp, 88, passed away August 5, 2014 at her home in Mexia. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m., Friday, August 8, 2014 at Blair-Stubbs Chapel with Rev. James Hooper officiating. Interment will follow in the Mexia Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 6-8 p.m., Thursday, at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home. Doris was born October 6, 1925 in Mexia,...
Wiley Ward
Aug 4, 2014
Wiley Ford Ward, 70, of Teague, passed away August 4, 2014 in Dallas, Texas. Graveside services will be held at a cemetery in Tucumcari, New Mexico at a later date. Wiley was born June 20, 1944 in Douglas, Arizona to Henry Ford and Martha Fay Kidd Ward. He received his Bachelor of Science from Sul Ross College. After working for...
Annie Pevehouse
Jul 24, 2014
Annie Kate Pevehouse, 87, passed away July 24, 2014 at her home in Personville. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Saturday, July 26, 2014 at Blair-Stubbs Chapel with Rev. James Rincker officiating. Interment will follow in the Lost Prairie Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 6-8 p.m., Friday at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home. Annie was born September 9, 1926 in...
Emmie Wardell
Jul 22, 2014
Emmie Jean Wardell, 66, of Dawson, passed away July 22, 2014 in Mexia leaving behind her husband, Bert F. Wardell, Jr, many cousins and friends. Graveside services will be 10:00 a.m., Saturday, July 26, 2014 at the Rice Cemetery in Rice, Texas. A Mass will follow at 2:00 p.m. at the Christ Episcopal Church, 508 E. Commerce, Mexia, Texas. Visitation...
John Horn Jr.
Jul 18, 2014
John Paxton Horn, Jr., 59, passed away July 18, 2014 at his home in Groesbeck. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, July 22, 2014 at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home in Mexia with Pastor John L. Cashaw, Jr. officiating.. Interment will follow in the Lost Prairie Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 6-8 p.m., Monday, at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home. John...
James Taliaferro
Jul 9, 2014
James Eugene Taliaferro passed away on July 9, 2014 in Groesbeck, Texas. He was a lifelong resident of the Prairie Hill and Coolidge communities. Funeral services will be 1:30 p.m., Saturday, July 12, 2014 at the Prairie Hill Baptist Church with Rev. Fred Sain officiating. A Masonic service and military honors will follow in the Prairie Hill Cemetery. He was...
James Hart
Jul 1, 2014
James Robert Hart, 63, formerly of Thornton, passed away July 1, 2014 in Waco, Texas. Graveside services, with military honors, will be 10:00 a.m., Friday, July 4, 2014 in the Thornton Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 3-8 p.m., Thursday, at Blair-Stubbs Chapel in Thornton. James was born February 16, 1951 in Indiana to Thomas Joseph and Betty Susan...
Hazel Simmons
Jun 28, 2014
" A mother's love lives within the hearts of her children forever." On the morning of June 28, 2014, God called away the sweet spirit of Hazel Naomi Simmons to her heavenly home. Hazel was born May 23, 1920 in Pinewood, Minnesota to Clarence E. and Estella Hurst Bacon; the third of seven children. She was a beloved wife, mother,...
Joyce McGuire
Jun 27, 2014
Joyce Bowen McGuire, 85, was born on April 24, 1929, to Emry and Gladys Wright Bowen, in Oakhurst, Texas. She went to be with the Lord on June 27, 2014. On July 26, 1946, she married Elmo McGuire; they had two sons, Glenn McGuire and the late Mark Alan McGuire. Joyce dedicated her life to being a pastor's wife and...
Michael Hancock
Jun 24, 2014
Michael Douglas "Mickey" Hancock, 52, passed away June 24, 2014 in Fort Worth, Texas. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m., Saturday, June 28, 2014 at First Baptist Church with Rev. Marcus Sheffield officiating. Interment will follow in the Mexia Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 5-7 p.m., Friday, at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home. Mickey was born March 17, 1962 in...
Florence Blanchard
Jun 13, 2014
Florence Butts Blanchard, 86, passed away June 13, 2014 in Mexia, Texas. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, June 18, 2014 at Jones Funeral Home in Swansboro, North Carolina. Interment will be in the Coastal Carolina State Veterans Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 5-7 p.m., Tuesday, June 17th at Jones Funeral Home. Florence was born October 15,...
Hugh Gilliam
Jun 9, 2014
Hugh Alton "Mojo" Gilliam , 80, of Mexia passed away June 9, 2014 in Waco. Graveside services will be 11:00 a.m., Thursday, June 12, 2014 at the Old Bethel Cemetery with Mr. Neil Bond officiating. Visitation with the family will be 9-10 a.m., Thursday, at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home. Mojo was born July 7, 1933 in Mexia, Texas to Arvin James...
Raymond Bales
Jun 9, 2014
Raymond Ferril Bales, 94, passed away on June 9, 2014 in Fort Worth, Texas. Graveside services will be 11:00 a.m., Friday, June 13, 2014 in the Mexia Cemetery. Raymond was born January 27, 1920 in Burkburnett, Texas to T. W. and Ora Bales. He grew up in Mexia where he attended Forest Glade Elementary and Mexia High School. He always...
James Hitt
Jun 8, 2014
James Earl Hitt, 93, of Garland, Texas was born June 12, 1920 in Mexia, Texas to Earl Hitt and Hattie (Armstead) Hitt and passed away June 8, 2014 in Dallas, Texas. James is survived by children, James Edwin Hitt and Sandra Marie Watts; grandchildren, Darla Herman and husband, Mark, Jane Shaw and husband, Barron, Shelley McConnico and husband, David, Michael...
Reagan Jacobs
Jun 7, 2014
Huge shoes to fill left vacant with the passing of one of Coolidge's finest, Reagan Dean Jacobs. Reagan, 51, passed away Saturday, June 7, 2014 at his home. He was an active citizen of Coolidge for forty-two years. Reagan was born in Palestine, Texas on September 7, 1962. He is the son of Bobby and Pat Jacobs of Coolidge. He...
Lorenzo Coronado
Jun 6, 2014
Lorenzo Alfaro Coronado, 66, passed away June 6, 2014 at his home in Coolidge. Funeral services will be 4:00 p.m., Sunday, June 8, 2014 at the First Baptist Church in Coolidge with Pastor Marcos Vargas officiating. Interment will follow in the Coolidge Cemetery. Lorenzo was born July 20, 1947 in San Antonio, Texas to Roman and Eustravelia Alfaro Coronado. He...
Javier Perales
May 29, 2014
Javier Perales, 20, of Coolidge, passed away May 29, 2014 in Mexia. A memorial service will be held at 6:00 p.m., Tuesday, June 3, 2014 at Blair-Stubbs Chapel. Javier was born November 19, 1993 in El Paso, Texas to Gonzalo and Liliana Chavez Perales. He was presently an employee of HEB. A complete obituary will be posted later. Service Information...
Samuel Jackson Jr.
May 29, 2014
Samuel Delma "Sam" Jackson, Jr., 81, passed away May 29, 2014 in Mexia. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Saturday, May 31, 2014 at the First Baptist Church with Rev. Marcus Sheffield officiating. Interment will be in the Prairie Grove Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 5-7 p.m., Friday, at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home. Sam was born August 9, 1932...
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