Obituaries
Pedro Toro
Dec 3, 2017
Pedro Jose del Toro, formerly of Groesbeck, passed away Sunday, December 3, 2017 in San Antonio, Texas at the age of 25. Graveside services will be 10:00 AM, Friday, December 8, 2017 in the Faulkenberry Cemetery with Rev. Jose Cantu officiating. Visitation with the family will be 5-8 PM, Thursday, at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home. Pedro was born March 10, 1992...
Johnny Nichols
Dec 2, 2017
John Joe (Johnny) Nichols, formerly of Lake Mexia, passed away on December 2, 2017 at Groesbeck Long-term Care facility with his family around him. According to Johnny's wishes, a graveside service will be held at Mexia Cemetery at 2:30 in the afternoon on Sunday December 3, 2017. Chaplain Jon Honea will officiate. Johnny was born on February 1, 1929 in...
Joan Ross
Dec 1, 2017
Joan Adell Ross passed away December 1, 2017 at her home in Kosse at the age of 77. Funeral services will be 2 PM, Monday, December 4, 2017 at Blair-Stubbs Chapel. Visitation with the family will be prior to the service from 1-2 PM. Joan was born October 7, 1940 in Fredonia, New York to William Douglas Mourer, Sr. and...
Loda Crutchfield
Nov 29, 2017
Loda Bell Crutchfield passed away November 29, 2017, in Mexia, at the age of 95. A graveside service will be held at 11 AM, Saturday, December 2, 2017 in the Mexia Cemetery with Rev. Jenn Pick officiating. Visitation with the family will be prior to the service from 9-10:30 AM, Saturday, at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home. Loda Bell was born March...
Robert Sheppard
Nov 28, 2017
Robert Max Sheppard passed away November 28, 2017 in Waco, Texas at the age of 85. Funeral services will be 10 AM, Friday, December 1, 2017 at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home in Mexia with Pastor Steve McCoy and Pastor Curtis Carter officiating. Graveside services will follow at 12:30 PM in the Veteran's section of the Waco Memorial Park Cemetery with Military...
Geneva Walker
Nov 23, 2017
Geneva Elizabeth Walker, of Mexia, passed away November 23, 2017 in Waco, at the age of 75. Funeral services will be 2 PM, Saturday, November 25, 2017 at the Northcrest Church of Christ with Jimmy Woodall and Stephen Trantham officiating. Interment will follow in the Mexia Cemetery. Bryan Trantham, Bradley Trantham, Russ Trantham, Eddie Walker, J. R. Walker and Keith...
Margaret Troutz
Nov 23, 2017
Margaret Eileen Troutz passed away November 23, 2017 in Fairfield, Texas, at the age of 97. A graveside service will be held at 11 AM, Tuesday, November 28, 2017 in the Maplewood Cemetery in Rexton, Michigan. Eileen was born October 14, 1920 in Marquette City, Michigan to Ronald Ed and Lillie May Turner Corey. She had been a resident of...
Albert Neighbors
Nov 17, 2017
Albert "Carl" Neighbors passed away November 17, 2017 in Dallas, Texas at the age of 87. Graveside services will be 2 PM, Sunday, November 19, 2017 in the Prairie Hill Cemetery with Rev. Rick Cundieff officiating. Carl was born September 16, 1930 in Salem City, Virginia to William Henry and Mabel Shaver Neighbors; one of sixteen children. He retired from...
Tammie Ward
Nov 15, 2017
Tammie D. Ward, of Prairie Hill, passed away November 15, 2017 at the age of 52. Funeral services will be 11 AM, Saturday, November 18, 2017 at Blair-Stubbs Chapel with Rev. Jimmy Cotton officiating. A graveside service will be held at 4 PM, Monday, November 20, 2017 in the Prairie Hill Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be prior to...
Freddye Thompson
Nov 9, 2017
FREDDYE FAYE (FOGG) THOMPSON 1924-2017 Freddye Thompson was born July 30, 1924, to Iva McDaniel Fogg and Wilbur Degraffenreid Fogg in Brownwood, Texas, and died November 9, 2017 in Bryan, Texas. Freddye graduated from Diboll High School in Diboll, Texas at the age of 16. She married Elmer Murel (Hotdog) Thompson at her parents' home in Diboll on August 25,...
James Shivers
Nov 8, 2017
James Curtis Shivers left this life, but began a new and everlasting life, on November 8, 2017. He had just celebrated his 96th birthday last Saturday. Funeral services will be 2 PM, Saturday, November 11, 2017 at the First United Methodist Church in Mexia with Rev. Jenn Pick officiating. Interment will follow in the Wortham Cemetery. Bobby McDonald, Rick Sadler,...
Barbara McClinton
Nov 7, 2017
Barbara Lee McClinton, of Coolidge, passed away November 7, 2017 at the age of 75. Memorial services will be held at 11 AM, Saturday, November 11, 2017 at the First Baptist Church in Coolidge with Rev. Chuck Sturgeon officiating. Barbara was born November 7, 1942 in Kansas City, Kansas to Glen C. and Dorothy Lucille Clark Bledsoe. She retired from...
Eugenia Lummus
Nov 4, 2017
Eugenia Ann "Genie" Lummus, of Mexia, passed away November 4, 2017 in Waco, Texas at the age of 73. In keeping with Genie's wishes, there will be a private family service held later. Genie was born June 20, 1944 in Mexia to Sig and Elsie Mae Eddy Erickson, the youngest of six children. She graduated from Mexia High School, Class...
Thomas Blackmon Jr.
Oct 28, 2017
Thomas Jefferson "Baldy" Blackmon, Jr., longtime Mexia businessman passed away October 28, 2017 at the age of 86. Funeral services will be 10 AM, Tuesday, October 31, 2017 at Blair-Stubbs Chapel with Bro. Earl Sterling officiating. Interment will follow in the Mexia Cemetery. Nephews, Ricky Blackmon, Timmie Sterling, Jimmie Sterling, Travis McAlister, Jeff McAlister and Bobby Sterling will serve as...
Tony Carden
Oct 27, 2017
Tony Joe Carden, 74, of Mexia, passed away October 27, 2017 in Waco, Texas surrounded by his loving family. Funeral services will be 1 PM, Monday, October 30, 2017 at Blair-Stubbs Chapel with Bro. Michael Symank officiating. Graveside services with Military Honors will follow in the Elm Grove Cemetery in Mabank, Texas. James Knight, Scott Watts, Mike Carpenter, Larry Branch...
Wilton Robinson
Oct 25, 2017
Wilton Dawson Robinson, 85, passed away October 25, 2017 in Burleson, Texas. Funeral services will be 10:30 AM, Saturday, October 28, 2017 at Blair-Stubbs Chapel. Interment will follow in the Mexia Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be prior to the service beginning at 9:00 AM. Wilton was born June 7, 1932 in Madisonville, Texas to L. D. and Ruby...
James Trantham
Oct 20, 2017
James Edward "Eddie-Boy" Trantham, I, 85, passed away October 20, 2017 in Mexia. Funeral services will be 2 PM, Sunday, October 22, 2017 at Blair-Stubbs Chapel with Bro. David Bates officiating. Interment will follow in the Mexia Cemetery. Fain Carroll, Josh Williamson, Frog Roberts, Dale Weaver, Steve Trantham, Mike Trantham, Paul Wayne Carroll and John Carroll will serve as pallbearers....
Christine Kerzee
Oct 17, 2017
Christine Banks Kerzee, 90, of Mexia, passed away on October 17, 2017 at her residence. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, October 19, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church of Mexia, with Reverend Tom Prentiss, officiating. Interment will follow at the Mexia Cemetery. Visitation with the family present will be from 1:00p.m. until the time of...
Frances Jones
Oct 15, 2017
Frances Ann Wilkerson Jones, of Crosby, Texas, passed away October 15, 2017 in Houston, Texas at the age of 82. Graveside services will be 10 AM, Tuesday, October 17, 2017 in the Shiloh Cemetery with Rev. Shane Norcross officiating. Frances was born August 14, 1935 in Thornton, Texas to Walter Norris and Nettie Pearl Favors Wilkerson. She retired from Jacinto...
Franchelle Jones
Oct 10, 2017
Graveside services for Franchelle Fowler Jones, 87, a native and longtime resident of Mexia will be 11 AM, Thursday, October 12, 2017 in the Mexia Cemetery with David Mahan, former Minister of Eastern Hills Church of Christ in Athens, Texas, officiating. Grandsons Trey Bankhead, Trent Bankhead and Tye Bankhead, along with Rick Sadler, Don Corbitt and Jimmy Prather, will serve...
