Obituaries
Lula Holder
Nov 1, 2008
Funeral services for Mrs. Lula Berle Holder, 73, of Shiloh will be Wednesday, November 5 at 2PM at Calvary Baptist Church in Mexia. Officiating in the service will be Reverends Clifton Jones, Doyle Purifoy, and David Snow. Interment will follow in Lost Prairie Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 4 - 8 p.m., Tuesday evening at Blair - Stubbs...
Ruby Stokes
Oct 24, 2008
Funeral services for Ms. Ruby Jeanette Stokes, 75, of Mexia will be 2:30 PM Monday at the Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home Chapel in Mexia. Burial will follow in the Mexia cemetery. Ms. Stokes was born October 16, 1933 to Garnett and Hilma Stokes. She passed away Friday, October 24, 2008 in Temple. Survivors include her sister, Jeanne Ann Merritt of Houston,...
Brandon Turner
Oct 22, 2008
Funeral services for Brandon Cole Turner, 24, of Montgomery will be 2 PM Sunday, October 26, 2008 at the Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home Chapel in Mexia. The Reverend Richard Cromwell will officiate and the interment will follow in the Wilson Chapel Cemetery near Donie. Pallbearers will be Matt Morgan, Jace Morgan, Dylan Cochrum, Buck Merwin, Shane Jennings, Chris Graham, Byron Turner...
Gavin Williams
Oct 14, 2008
Gavin Ray Williams, infant son of Doug and Michelle, went to be with his Heavenly Father on the date of his birth, October 14, 2008. He is survived by his parents and sisters, Paige Ann and Harlie Grace all of Sherman; paternal grandparents, Ferron and Wandalene Williams of Mexia; maternal grandparents, Hugh and Karen Forman of Mexia and Max Jackson...
Cleburn Walker
Oct 11, 2008
Mr. Cleburn Allan Walker, 73, of Teague passed away Saturday, October 11, 2008 in Groesbeck. Funeral services will be 2 PM Monday, October 13, 2008 in the Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home Chapel in Mexia with the Reverend Sonny Beaver and Reverend Stanley Johnson officiating. Interment will follow in the Fort Parker Memorial Park in Groesbeck. Pallbearers will be Lewis Livingston, Arthur...
Tracy West
Oct 6, 2008
Funeral services for Mrs.Tracy West, 60, of Groesbeck will be 2:00 p.m.Thursday, October 9, 2008 at Temple Baptist Church. Rev. Michael Vest will officiate with interment to follow in the Wortham Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 6:30 - 8:00 p.m. Wednesday at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home. Mrs. West was born to Frank and Opal (Smith) Garner in Groesbeck on...
John Sanders, III
Oct 4, 2008
Mr. John Thomas Sanders III passed away on October 4, 2008, in the Austin home of his daughter Dr. Kathleen D. Sanders. Mr. Sanders was born in Hubbard, Texas, on March 16, 1920, and was the son of John T. Sanders II and Bess Denning Sanders. He spent most of his youth in Mexia before attending Rice University where he...
Paula Youngblood
Sep 29, 2008
Paula Jane Youngblood, 78, of Coolidge passed away September 29, 2008. Graveside services will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, October 1, 2008 in the Coolidge Cemetery. Rev. Fred Sain will officiate. Visitation with the family will be 5 - 7 p.m. Tuesday at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home. Mrs. Youngblood was born September 7, 1930 in Prairie Hill to Wilburn Dalton and Pick...
Elizabeth Gregory
Sep 28, 2008
Elizabeth Geraldine Gregory, 90, of Thibodaux, Louisiana, formerly of Coolidge, passed away September 28, 2008. Funeral services will be 1:00 p.m. Saturday, October 4, 2008 at Coolidge Methodist Church. Rev. Brad Brittain will officiate with interment to follow in the Coolidge Cemetery. Mrs. Gregory was born to Samuel and Corine Matthews Grooms on March 8, 1918 in Coolidge, Texas. She...
Albert Thomason
Sep 25, 2008
Albert Dwain Thomason of Prairie Hill, Texas, passed away in Groesbeck on September 25, 2008. Family visitation will be at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home in Mexia from 4 -6 p.m., Friday, September 26, 2008. Funeral services will be at Prairie Hill Baptist Church on Saturday, September 27, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. Pastor Fred Sain will be officiating. Burial will follow at...
Evalyn Collingsworth
Sep 24, 2008
Mrs. Evalyn Mae (Sunny) Collingsworth, 83, of Mexia passed away Wednesday, September 24, 2008. Graveside services will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday, September 27, 2008 in the Mexia Cemetery with Rev. Marcus Sheffield officiating. Mrs. Collingsworth was born December 18, 1924 in Harlingen, Texas to Johnnie Ray and Annie Lou (Haynes) Cameron. She married Charles C. (Chuck) on December 18, 1948....
Joyce Watson
Sep 23, 2008
Joyce Ann Watson, 61, of Mexia passed away September 23, 2008. Funeral services will be held 11:00 a.m. Friday, September 26, 2008 at Northside Baptist Church. Rev. Jeff Wright will officiate with interment to follow in the Mexia Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 6 - 8 p.m. Thursday at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home. Mrs. Watson was born February 27,...
Fidel Pineda
Sep 20, 2008
Fidel Victor Pineda, 64, of Mexia passed away Saturday, September 20, 2008. Memorial services were held on Sunday, September 21, 2008 at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah Witnesses in Mexia. Mr. Pineda was born March 23, 1944 to Joe and Florinda (Reyes) Pineda in Mission, Texas. He was a self-employed welder. He is survived by his children, Linda Gonzales and...
Jeffrey McBay
Sep 3, 2008
Funeral services will be held on Saturday, September 6, 2008, at 1:00 PM in Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home Chapel, 605 S. McKinney St., Mexia, Tx., for Jeffrey Scott McBay, 20, who passed away on Wednesday, September 3, 2008 in Lafayette, La. Interment will follow in LaSalle Cemetery. Dr. Charles T. "Tommy" Roberts will conduct the funeral services. Survivors include his parents,...
Willie Darnell
Sep 3, 2008
Willie "Otis" Darnell, 87, passed away September 3, 2008 in Houston, Tx. after a valiant but heartbreaking struggle with Alzheimer's. He was born on February 4, 1921 in Madisonville, Tx. to Elijah and Lela Darnell and raised in Box Church, Tx. Otis graduated from Groesbeck High School in 1938 in Groesbeck, Tx. He served in the U.S. Army during WWII...
Bobby Strother
Aug 31, 2008
Bobby Charles Strother, 76, of Mexia died Sunday morning, August 31, 2008. Funeral services are scheduled for Wednesday, September 3, at 11 am, at the Calvary Baptist Church with burial to follow at Lost Prairie Cemetery. The Reverends James Hooper, Rick Gray and Marcus Sheffield will officiate at the services. Pallbearers will be Terry Lynn Strother, Todd Hindall, Wayne Strother,...
Jessie Cobbs, Jr.
Aug 20, 2008
Jessie Cobbs, Jr., 79, of Robinson passed away August 20, 2008 at his home. Memorial services will be at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home Chapel in Mexia, Texas at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 23, 2008, with Dr. Jimmy Dorrell of Waco and Rev. Gaylon Henry of Ft. Worth officiating. Burial will follow at Lost Prairie Baptist Church Cemetery in Groesbeck. Visitation...
Edward Ingersoll
Aug 17, 2008
Edward Delone Ingersoll, 92, of Wortham passed away August 17, 2008. Graveside services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, August 20, 2008 in the Wortham Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home. Mr. Ingersoll was born to Joseph and Hettie (Wheeler) Ingersoll in Blanchester, Ohio on November 6,...
Otis Denton
Aug 13, 2008
Mr. Otis Denton, 92, passed away August 13, 2008 in Mexia, Texas. Graveside services will be held on Sunday, August 17, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. in the Post Oak Cemetery near Fairfield. Mr. Ray Jones officiated. Visitation with the family will be 5-7:00 p.m. Saturday at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home Mr. Denton was born in Lillie, Louisiana on September 30, 1915...
Charles Day
Jul 30, 2008
Charles Elton Day, 84, of Shiloh passed away July 30, 2008. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m. Friday, August 1, 2008 in the Blair-Stubbs Chapel with Rev. Marcus Sheffield officiating. Interment will follow with Military Honor Guards in the Prairie Grove Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 7:00-8:00 p.m. Thursday at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home. Mr. Day was born in...
