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Obituaries
Veneta Talley
Jul 2, 2013
Veneta Gatlin Talley left this world to join loved ones in eternity on Tuesday, July 2, 2013, after complications from bypass surgery. Funeral services will be 2PM, Friday, July 5, 2013 at First Baptist Church with Rev. Marcus Sheffield officiating. Interment will follow in the Mexia Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be from 1:00 p.m. until service time, Friday,...
Betty Fuller
Jun 28, 2013
Betty Berniece Fuller, 87, of Corsicana, and formerly of Mexia, went to join her Lord on June 28, 2013. She was born in Tehuacana to W.L. and Ruth Lindsey on February 20, 1926. She was preceded in death by her parents; her beloved husband Jim; her brother Jack; her sisters, Mary, LaRue, and Winnie; and her granddaughter, Beth Cox. She...
Michael Austin
Jun 22, 2013
Michael Nolan "Mike" Austin, 64, passed away June 22, 2013 in Waco, Texas. Graveside services will be 10:00 AM, Thursday, June 27, 2013, in the Forest Glade Cemetery. Mike was born September 17, 1948 in San Antonio, Texas to Delmer and Betty June Austin. He had been a resident of the Mexia area since the early 1980's. He was a...
Raymond Halliburton
Jun 22, 2013
Raymond Joseph "Ray" Halliburton, 81, of Mexia passed away June 22, 2013 at his home at Lake Mexia. Funeral services will be 6:00 PM, Tuesday, June 25, 2013 at Blair-Stubbs Chapel with Rev. Michael Vestal and Rev. David Hutchason officiating. Interment will follow in the Mexia Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 5-7 p.m., Monday at the funeral home....
Raydon Childs
Jun 19, 2013
Raydon Demond Childs, infant son of Raymond D. Childs and Kayla Adams, passed away at Cook Children's Hospital in Fort Worth, Texas. He was born May 17, 2013 at Hillcrest Hospital in Waco. Graveside services will be 9AM, Saturday, June 22, 2013 in the Mexia Cemetery with Rev. Robby Kirby and Rev. James Wright officiating. A family visitation will be...
Chris Johanson
Jun 15, 2013
Don Christian "Chris" Johanson, 56, of Pipe Creek, Texas passed away June 15, 2013. Funeral services will be 10AM, Wednesday, June 19, 2013 at the First Baptist Church in Mexia with Pastor David Mitchell and Mark Wilburn officiating. Interment will follow in the Mexia Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 5-7 p.m., Tuesday at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home. Chris was...
Jim Silvas Jr.
Jun 12, 2013
Jim Santiago Rosas Silvas, Jr., 75, of Mexia passed away June 12, 2013 at The Manor Healthcare Residence in Mexia, where he had resided for almost four months. Jim was born January 2, 1938 in Marlin, Texas to Jimmy Santiago Pena Silvas, Sr. and Julia Rosas Silvas. He married Mary Louise Silvas on November 26, 1958 in Marlin. He was...
Benton Baggett
Jun 7, 2013
Lonnie Benton Baggett, 79, passed away June 7, 2013 at Hillcrest Medical Center in Waco, Texas. He was born on December 30, 1933 in Freestone, Texas. He was the youngest of four children born to Lonnie and Laura Baggett. He graduated from Teague High School in 1951. Benton enlisted in the U.S. Army in September 1956, underwent basic training at...
Juanita Lindley
May 30, 2013
Juanita Adelaide Lindley passed over to her heavenly home on May 30, 2013. "Nita" was born to W. A. Brandon and Grace Ann Stanford on March 8, 1922 in Healdton, Oklahoma. She was preceded home by her honored husband, J T Lindley of Mexia, Texas in 1983. Nita is survived by one brother, Jess Brandon; and her three children, Jerry,...
William Denbina
May 29, 2013
William Leon. Denbina passed away in Kingwood on Wednesday, May 29 at the age of 90 years. He was predeceased in December 2009 by his wife of 63 years, Mildred Nussbaum Denbina. He is survived by daughter Carrie and sons Eric, David, Scott, and Lee, along with ten grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Bill was born January 24, 1923 in New...
Frances Fowler
May 28, 2013
Frances Elizabeth Fowler, 85, of Mexia passed away May 28, 2013 in Mexia. Services will be 10:30AM, Friday, May 31, 2013 at the First Baptist Church with Rev. Marcus Sheffield officiating. Interment will be in the Mexia Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 5-7 p.m., Thursday at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home. Frances was born June 14, 1927 in Mexia, Texas...
Mary Miller
May 28, 2013
Mary Elrose Miller, of Mexia, passed away May 28, 2013 at her residence. A memorial service will be 3PM, Friday, May 31, 2013 at the First Baptist Church with Rev. Marcus Sheffield officiating. Elrose was born to Jack and Dorothy Faye West Carlson on March 20, 1968 in Teague, Texas. She married Billy Miller on July 15, 1984 in Tyler,...
Quentin Cooper
May 26, 2013
Quentin Shane Cooper, 17, of Gulf Breeze passed away peacefully in his sleep on Sunday, May 26, 2013 after a long battle with liver cancer. Quentin graduated with the Gulf Breeze High School Class of 2013. He loved skateboarding, baseball, video games and hanging out with his friends. He also worked at Funny Cars on Pensacola Beach. He was preceded...
Billy Mills
May 26, 2013
Billy Frank Mills, 81, of Mexia passed away Sunday, May 26, 2013 in Mexia. Billy was born July 29, 1931 in Coolidge to James Elmer and Arie Mae Carroll Mills Billy married Dixie L. Neale on July 30, 1951 and they were married close to 60 years before her death in 2011. He enjoyed a long career with Shell Oil...
Van Hanshaw Jr.
May 15, 2013
Van Morris Hanshaw, Jr., 53, of Groesbeck, passed away May 15, 2013 in Waco, Texas. Funeral services will be 2PM, Saturday, May 18, 2013 at Blair-Stubbs Chapel with Minister Frank Pruitt officiating. Interment will follow in the Wilson Chapel Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 6-8 p.m., Friday, at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home. Van was born May 17, 1959 in...
Terry Carson
May 14, 2013
Terry Hunt Carson, 64, of Mexia, Texas died on Wednesday, May 14, 2013 at the Mexia LTC Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. He was born May 27, 1948 in St. Louis, Missouri to Ed and Sue Carson. He married Cathy A. Van Buren on June 27, 1994. He is survived by hiswife, Cathy Carson of Mexia; daughter, Cara Ann Carson and...
William Sandlin
May 13, 2013
William "Bill" Forrest Sandlin passed away May 13, 2013 in Ogden, Utah, where he lived contentedly for 30+ years. Graveside services will be 1PM, Sunday, May 19, 2013 in the Mexia Cemetery. He was born November 2, 1944 in Velasco, Texas and spent his youth in Jones Creek, Texas. Upon graduation from Brazosport High School in Freeport, Texas, Bill soon...
Harvey Hallmark
May 6, 2013
Harvey Clinton Hallmark, 49, of Mexia, passed away May 6, 2013 in Waco, Texas. Memorial services will be 3PM, Friday, May 10, 2013 at the First Baptist Church in Wortham with Rev. James Herrington and Rev. Justin Colquette officiating. Visitation with the family will be 6-8 p.m., Thursday at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home. Clinton was born August 17, 1963 in Mexia...
Rita Burleson
May 2, 2013
Rita Jo Burleson, of Mexia, Texas, passed away early in the morning on May 2nd, after being in a coma, which resulted from a surgery in November, 2012. After a valiant effort by her friends and family members to defeat this attack on her body, Rita and our Father God chose the greater victory and decided it was time for...
Guy Smith
Apr 30, 2013
Guy Douglas Smith, Jr., 90, of Dallas, passed away April 30, 2013 at his home in Dallas. Graveside services will be 2PM, Saturday, May 4, 2013 in the Mexia Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 12:00 - 1:30 p.m., Saturday at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home. Guy was born August 17, 1922 in Mexia, Texas to Guy Douglas Smith, Sr. and...
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