Obituaries
Jack Forrest
Apr 9, 2019
Rex Jackson "Jack" Forrest, longtime Mexia business man, passed away peacefully at home April 9, 2019 at the age of 90. A service to celebrate Jack's life will be held at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, April 11, 2019 at the First United Methodist Church with Rev. Henry Radde and Rev. Maurine Day officiating. Interment will follow in the Mexia Cemetery. Jeff...
Kathy Robinson
Apr 6, 2019
Kathy Faye Robinson passed away April 6, 2019 in Waco at the age of 65. Funeral services will be 3:00 p.m., Wednesday, April 10, 2019 at Blair-Stubbs Chapel with Rev. Michael Vestal officiating. Interment will follow in the Mexia Cemetery. John Palos, Vester Fulmer, Jr., Trey Stubbs, Mike Miller, James Harrison and Marc Ransom will serve as pallbearers. Visitation with...
John Prichard
Apr 6, 2019
John David Prichard, 72, of Mexia passed away April 6, 2019 in Fairfield, Texas. Graveside services will be 3:00 PM, Tuesday, April 9, 2019 in the Thornton Cemetery with Rev. Marcus Sheffield officiating. John was born March 30, 1947 in Marlin, Texas to John Earl and Betty L. Richardson Prichard. He graduated from Mexia High School, Class of 1965. He...
Hilda Yeldell
Apr 2, 2019
Hilda Mae Yeldell entered her heavenly home on April 2, 2019 at the age of 84. Funeral services will be 3:00 p.m., Saturday, April 6, 2019 at the First Baptist Church with Rev. Marcus Sheffield, Rev. Ed Spivey, Dr. Greg Barmer and Mr. Jack Ballard officiating. Interment will follow in the Mexia Cemetery. Andrew Barmer, Evan Yeldell, Jayce Black, Jon...
Nellie Horton
Apr 1, 2019
Nellie Mae Horton passed away April 1, 2019 in Mexia, Texas at the age of 79. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m., Saturday, April 6, 2019 at Blair-Stubbs Chapel with Rev. Jerry Johnson officiating. Interment will follow in the Wilson Chapel Cemetery. James Howard, Keith Howard, Andy Howard, Kyle Westbrook, Abel Martinez, Jr. and Rocky Whitely will serve as pallbearers....
James Chatham
Mar 24, 2019
James "Jim" Durwood Chatham, of Mexia, passed away March 24, 2019 in Groesbeck at the age of 91. Funeral services will be 11 am, Thursday, April 4, 2019 at Blair-Stubbs Chapel with Rev. Marcus Sheffield officiating. Interment will follow in the Stranger Cemetery. Erik Addy, Jason Carroll, Danny Martinez, Michael Krumnow, James Anderson, and Micah Anderson will serve as pallbearers....
Harvey Allen
Mar 13, 2019
Harvey Earl Allen, 86, passed away March 13, 2019 in Mexia. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m., Saturday, March 16, 2019 at Blair-Stubbs Chapel with Rev. Michael Vestal officiating. Interment will follow in the Prairie Grove Cemetery. Jerry Allen, Harvey Cox, David Cox, Chance Cox, Charles Little and Thomas Hallford will serve as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be Roy Don...
Diana Longoria
Mar 5, 2019
Diana Longoria, formerly of Everman, entered her heavenly home on March 5, 2019 at the age of 55. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m., Thursday, March 7, 2019 at All Faiths Chapel in Mexia with Chaplain Karen Hulsey officiating. Diana was born November 7, 1963 in Port Lavaca, Texas to Fidencio and Angelita Martinez Longoria. She dearly loved her family...
Veta Hancock
Mar 3, 2019
Veta Ruth Hancock, better known as "Nanny", of Coolidge, entered her heavenly home on March 3, 2019 at the age of 94. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, March 6, 2019 at the First United Methodist Church in Coolidge with Rev. Robert Barnett officiating. Great Grandsons, Jake Lowry, Luke Lowry, Cole Lowry, Blake Lowry, Gunner Lowry, Gage Lowry, Cash...
Anita Rosier
Mar 1, 2019
Anita Beatrice Rosier, age 98, passed away on March 1, 2019. Anita lived to see 5 generations of her family. She was born on 8/8/20 in Frosha, Tx to Bertha Cotton and Frank Pool. She married Wood Cayton, and they had 2 daughters Joyce LaVerne and Alice Bertha. She later married Otis Aubrey "Blackie" Sterling and they had two daughters,...
Terris Chapman
Feb 27, 2019
Terris Lee Chapman passed away February 27, 2019 in Waco, Texas at the age of 60. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Saturday, March 2, 2019 at Blair-Stubbs Chapel. Terris was born January 27, 1959 in Council Bluffs, Iowa to Aaron and Marlene McDowell Head. After graduating from Meade High School in Meade, Nebraska, she entered Tarlton State University where...
Elsie Dorman
Feb 13, 2019
Elsie L. (McKenzie) Dorman, a native of Homer, Louisiana, passed away on February 13, 2019, in Bryan, Texas, at the age of 96. After WWII, she lived in Houston and Corpus Christi, Texas, working in bookkeeping, accounting and purchasing for various businesses and agencies including Ethyl Corporation, National Marine Fisheries, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) where she...
Ruthie Daniel
Feb 10, 2019
Ruthie Hand Daniel, of Mexia, entered her heavenly home on February 10, 2019 from Waco, Texas at the age of 68. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, February 13, 2019 at Blair-Stubbs Chapel with Rev. Donnie Sawyer and Rev. John McElroy officiating. Interment will follow in the Lost Prairie Cemetery. Johnathan Bible, Jackey Rush, Johnny Rogers, Corey Johnson, Johnnie...
Danny Kennedy
Jan 26, 2019
Danny Ray Kennedy, 60, of Grapevine, peacefully went to be with his Lord and Savior on Saturday, January 26, 2019 surrounded by his loving family. Danny was born in Pasadena, Texas to Derwood and Emma Louise Kennedy on November 17, 1958. Danny graduated from Angleton High School in 1976. He worked most of his life for his brother, Tom Kennedy,...
Guillermo Gonzalez
Jan 26, 2019
Guillermo Gonzalez, of Groesbeck, passed away January 26, 2019 in Concho County, Texas at the age of 39, due to an auto accident. Guillermo was born in Guadalajara Jalisco, Mexico to Guillermo Gonzalez Martinez and Maria Guadalupe Ramos Lopez on November 21, 1979. He was making his home in Groesbeck, Texas. Guillermo was a pipeline welder for R. T. Ellis...
William Dodson
Jan 10, 2019
William Kirk "Bill" Dodson, Mexia businessman, passed away January 10, 2019 at his home at the age of 69. A celebration of life service will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, January 26, 2019 at Blair-Stubbs Chapel Bill was born July 27, 1949 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to Carl Clarence and Thelma Faye Bramble Dodson. In 2001, he moved to...
Elmer Dempsey
Jan 7, 2019
Elmer Eugene "Gene" Dempsey passed away January 7, 2019 at his home in Mexia at the age of 91. He was born August 11, 1927 in Oletha, Texas to Elmer Leon and Ida Ola Spikes Dempsey. He served his country in the US Navy during the Korean War. He was preceded in death by his parents; son, Ronald Dempsey; and...
Hattie Urie
Jan 4, 2019
Hattie Mae Urie passed away January 4, 2019 in Fairfield, Texas at the age of 93. She was born March 24, 1925 in Waldron, Arkansas to Robert and Lillie Mae Roe Lehman. Hattie Mae was a homemaker and mother of five children. Her family was her life and inspiration, nothing made her happier than being surrounded by her loving children,...
Lonnie Price
Jan 3, 2019
Lonnie Carl Price passed away January 3, 2019 in Bastrop, Texas at the age of 66. A graveside service will be held at 1:00 p.m., Sunday, January 6, 2019 in the Point Enterprise Cemetery with Rev. Shane Norcross officiating. Lonnie was born December 31, 1952 in Mexia, Texas to Carl Green and Marilyn Geneva Padgett Price. He grew up during...
Harvey Hackbarth
Jan 1, 2019
Harvey William Hackbarth passed away peacefully at his home on Lake Limestone, near Groesbeck, Texas, on January 1, 2019. He was born in Seguin, Texas on June 29, 1953 to Theodore and Eleanora Hackbarth. He was born with a congenital anomaly that required multiple surgeries and hospitalizations over his lifespan, but it never deterred him from doing what he wanted...
