Obituaries
Pat Newsom
May 15, 2016
Pat Newsom went to be with the Lord on May 15, 2016, surrounded by her loved ones. She had been battling advanced COPD and a heart condition for over a year. A celebration of life for Pat will be held at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, May 19, 2015 at the Coolidge Cemetery Chapel. Visitation with the family will be 5-7 p.m.,...
Delma Park
May 10, 2016
Delma Park, 85, passed away, May 10, 2016, in Waco, Texas at the Providence Hospice Place, surrounded by her family. She had resided at her home in Mexia, Texas prior to hospitalization. Family visitation will be Saturday, May 14, at 10 am at First United Methodist Church, Mexia. The funeral service will follow at 11 am at the church with...
Nan Brown
May 10, 2016
Nan Brown, of Mexia, passed away, Wednesday, May 10, 2016 at Providence Hospital in Waco. A celebration of Nan's life will be held at 7:00 p.m., Saturday, May 14, 2016 at the Gibbs Memorial Library in Mexia. Nan was born in Houston on July 25, 1941, but moved to Florida while still an infant. She was always proud to say...
Robert Jorda
May 8, 2016
Robert Ralph "Bob" Jorda, 89, formerly of Mexia, passed away Sunday May 8, 2016 in Hewitt, Texas. Graveside services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, May 12, 2016 in the Mexia Cemetery with Rev. Marcus Sheffield officiating. Pallbearers will be David Wren, Terry Proctor, Duane Cripe, Payton Wren, Erik Dearing and Tyler Castro. Visitation with the family will be...
Charles Cox
May 4, 2016
Charles Monroe Cox, 69, formerly of Mexia, passed from this life into the hands of his Savior on May 4, 2016. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m., Saturday, May 7, 2016 at Blair-Stubbs Chapel with Pastor Don Hoxworth, Harvey Cox and Pastor Michael Vestal officiating. Interment will follow in the Prairie Grove Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 5-7...
Linda Huffman
May 4, 2016
Linda Lou Nichols Huffman, 76, of Teague, passed away May 4, 2016. Funeral services will be 3:00 p.m., Sunday, May 8, 2016 at the First Baptist Church in Teague with Rev. Scott Matthews officiating. Interment will follow in the Greenwood Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 5-7 p.m., Saturday, at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home. Linda was born in Teague, Texas...
Don Burleson
Apr 29, 2016
Don Rex Burleson, of Mexia, Texas, passed away early in the morning on April 29th, 2016, after several months of gradually deteriorating health, and two weeks of a more rapid decline. His wife , Rita, had passed away three years earlier, in May, 2013, and Don had missed her greatly. He made the most of the last three years, but...
Doris Sunday
Apr 24, 2016
Dorothy "Doris" Ann Sunday, 65, of Mexia passed away April 24, 2016 at her home surrounded by her loving family. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, April 27, 2016 at Blair-Stubbs Chapel with Rev. Bryan Hallmark officiating. Interment will follow in the Mexia Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 5-7 p.m., Tuesday, at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home. Doris Ann...
David Wilson
Apr 23, 2016
David Marc Wilson March 3, 1953 - April 23, 2016 Marc Wilson passed peacefully into heaven's arms on Saturday at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. He was surrounded by his loving family, including his soulmate and wife of nearly 40 years, Pamela Kay Wilson. Marc's life was one of music, ministry and family. He served as Minister of...
Jewell Wilson
Apr 22, 2016
Jewell Kaye Wilson, 60, of Mexia, passed away April 22, 2016 in Dallas, Texas. Graveside services will be 2:00 p.m., Monday, April 25, 2016 in the Old Union Cemetery with Mr. Cliff Fox officiating. Visitation with the family will be 3-5 p.m., Sunday, at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home. There will be a family only visitation on Monday at 11:00 a.m. Kaye...
Eddie Crownover
Apr 21, 2016
Eddie Clifton "Cliff" Crownover, was born on September 20, 1937 in Tecumseh, Oklahoma and passed away on April 21, 2016 at the Groesbeck LTC. He love to go fishing, every chance he could, and watch bull riding. In the summer of 1983, Cliff met his loving wife, Margaret and they married on February 14, 1984. He worked for Propane Energy...
Wesley Shelley
Apr 19, 2016
Wesley Ray Shelley, 88, of Teague, passed away April 19, 2016 in Waco, Texas. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Friday, April 22, 2016 at Blair-Stubbs Chapel with Bro. Richard Gillett officiating. Interment will follow in the Antioch Cemetery in Luna (near Teague). Visitation with the family will be 6-8 p.m., Thursday, at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home. Wesley was born August...
Delia Platt
Apr 8, 2016
Mrs. Delia Ethel Platt, 87, of Groesbeck, passed away at her residence on April 8, 2016. She was born November 29, 1928 in Fallon, Texas to Walter and Jewell Duke Redden. Delia was known by her family as a loving mother, grandmother and mother-in-law. She took great pride in her family and always wanted them to have the best. She...
Lillie Atkins
Apr 3, 2016
Lillie Mae Wylie Atkins passed from this life on April 3, 2016 in Corsicana, Texas. Lillie was born in Corsicana, Texas on August 26, 1917 to David Dixon Wylie and Charity Belle Wylie. She married Glenn Atkins on March 4, 1944 and they made their home in Mexia, Texas. Lillie began a career at Dick Scott Ford as a bookkeeper...
Mozelle Mayes
Mar 26, 2016
Mrs. Mozelle Bunch Mayes, 86, of Coolidge passed away Saturday, March 26, 2016 in Mexia. Mozelle was born March 8, 1930 in Coolidge to Mack M. and Cedora (Dora) Henderson Bunch. She started school in Delia (Limestone County) and graduated from Coolidge High School in 1947. Mozelle's first job, at the age of 13, was typing reports for a company...
Cloyce Tyner
Mar 22, 2016
Cloyce Tyner, 83, passed away March 22, 2016 at his home in Mexia. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m., Thursday, March 24, 2016 at Blair-Stubbs Chapel with Rev. Marcus Sheffield officiating. Interment will follow in the Mexia Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 5-7 p.m., Wednesday, at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home. Cloyce was born in Wortham, Texas on February 5,...
Harold Nussbaum
Mar 19, 2016
Harold Julius Nussbaum, 86, of Mexia, passed away March 19, 2016. Graveside service will be 2:30 p.m., Saturday, March 26, 2016 in the Mexia Cemetery with Rev. Danny Niedecken officiating. Visitation with the family will be 1:00-2:00 p.m., Saturday, at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home. Harold was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on March 12, 1930 to Julius Harold and Erna Rang Nussbaum....
J. Sandifer
Mar 10, 2016
J.T. Sandifer, 90, of Mexia, passed away quietly after a short bout with pancreatic cancer at his home on Thursday, March 10, 2016. J.T. was a lifetime resident of Limestone County, attending Groesbeck High School. He was drafted during WW II and assigned to the Army in 1943, to serve in the Pacific Theatre. He was stationed first in New...
Patricia Elliott
Mar 8, 2016
Patricia Ann "Pat" Elliott, 68, left at her earthly home in Buffalo, Texas and entered into her eternal home in heaven on March 8, 2016, following a very hard fought battle with cancer. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Friday, March 11, 2015 at the First United Methodist Church in Centerville, Texas with Rev. Joy Richards and Pastor David Kennedy...
Jerry Boyd
Mar 8, 2016
Jerry Douglas Boyd, 74, of Mexia, passed away March 8, 2016 at Providence Hospital in Waco, surrounded by his loving family. Jerry was born November 17, 1941 in Lubbock, Texas to William Neil and Elena Josephine Deleshaw Boyd, one of 12 children. He grew up in Lubbock where he, also, married his high school sweetheart, Ida M. Drury, on February...
