Obituaries
Eugene Trumble
Jul 20, 2015
Eugene Alonzo "Gene" Trumble, 85, passed away July 20, 2015 at his home near Mexia. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m., Saturday, July 25, 2015 at the First Baptist Church with Rev. Marcus Sheffield officiating. Interment will follow in the Mexia Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 5-7 p.m., Friday, at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home. Gene was born July 31,...
Bernadette Stone
Jul 20, 2015
Bernadette Barkouskie Stone, 76, of Mexia, passed away July 20, 2015 in Palestine, Texas. The service will be 10:00 a.m., Friday, July 24, 2015 at St. Mary's Catholic Church with Father Zach Kunnakkattuthara officiating. Rosary will begin at 9:30 a.m., prior to the service. Interment will follow in the Point Enterprise Cemetery. Visitation with family will be 5:30-7:30 p.m., Thursday,...
Ruby Holloway
Jul 5, 2015
Ruby Jewell Holloway, 88, passed away July 5, 2015 in Waco, Texas at Hillcrest Hospital. She was born July 3, 1927 in Roane, Texas to Johnny and Blanche Aven. Later her family moved to Tupelo and Powell where she attended junior high and high school. Mrs. Holloway is survived by her husband of 72 years, John Marion Holloway; one daughter...
Gene Yarbrough
Jul 4, 2015
Melvin Eugene "Gene" Yarbrough, 81, longtime Mexia Pharmacist, passed away July 4, 2015 in Mexia. Graveside services will be 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, July 7, 2015 in the Mexia Cemetery with Rev. Marcus Sheffield officiating. Gene was born October 21, 1933 in Fallon, Texas to Melvin and Margaret Fife Yarbrough. He lived in the Mexia area most of his life and...
Margaret Hodges
Jul 4, 2015
Margaret Helen Hodges, 73, passed away July 4, 2015 in Dallas. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, July 7, 2015 in the Coolidge Cemetery Chapel with Mr. Jim Britt officiating. Visitation with the family will be 1:00-2:00 p.m., Tuesday, at the Coolidge Cemetery Chapel. Margaret was born October 25, 1941 in Three Rivers, Texas to Felix Tom and Bertha...
Vener Barnes
Jun 26, 2015
Vener Oliver John Barnes, a cherished husband and father of six, passed away on June 26, 2015 at the age of 86. Vener was born in London, England on November 12, 1928 to William and Alice Snelling Barnes. He immigrated with his family to Texas when he was only two and never thought of himself as anything but a Texan....
Jeanne Bradley
Jun 17, 2015
Graveside services for Wanda "Jeanne" Bradley, 82, will be Sunday, June 21 at 2:00pm at Shiloh Cemetery in Mexia, Texas with Steve Craig officiating. Jeanne went to her heavenly homecoming Wednesday, June 17, 2015 in Longview. Jeanne was born September 20, 1932 in Longview, Texas to Willis and Marie Bradley. She was a member of Woodland Hills Baptist Church. Jeanne...
Norma Bryant
Jun 5, 2015
Norma Sue Bryant, 71, of Katy, Texas, passed away June 5, 2015. Funeral services will be 1:00 p.m., Wednesday, June 10, 2015 at Blair-Stubbs Chapel. Interment will follow in the Salem Cemetery. Visitation with the family will begin at Noon, prior to the service. Norma was born in Teague, Texas on August 1, 1943. She was raised in Teague and...
Linda Morton
Jun 2, 2015
Mrs. Linda Carol Lumpkin Morton, 66, of Fairoaks passed away Tuesday, June 2, 2015 in Waco. Linda was born September 25, 1948 in Lufkin to James Aubry and Mildred Alice Lumpkin. She graduated from Livingston High School, Tyler Jr. College and Texas Eastern School of Nursing. After nursing school, she pursued her love of nursing for over forty years, touching...
Bertie Archibald
May 25, 2015
Bertie Faye (Ingram) Archibald was born July 13, 1926, to John and Louise Ingram. She went to her heavenly home Monday, May 25, 2015. Bertie was a long-time member of Calvary Baptist Church in Mexia and attended regularly until ill health no longer allowed her participation. She lived all her life in Mexia (with the exception of a few years...
John Morton
May 24, 2015
J. L. "Buckwheat" Morton, 78, of Mexia, passed away May 24, 2015 at his home in Forest Glade. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, May 26, 2015 at Calvary Baptist Church with Rev. Marcus Sheffield and Mr. Michael Jones officiating. Interment will follow in the Mexia Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 6-8 p.m., Monday, at Blair-Stubbs Funeral...
Robert Henry
May 20, 2015
Dr. Robert Bruce Henry (Bob) went home to be with the Lord on May 20, 2015 during his short stay at the Groesbeck LTC Facility. Bob was born in San Benita, Texas on November 7, 1937 to Eloise Huffman and Billy Thornton. His school years were spent in Angleton, Texas where he graduated with the class of 1957. After graduation,...
Jan Ashmore
May 16, 2015
Jan Tillie Gorden Ashmore, 59, of Coolidge, passed away on May 16, 2015, with her loving family by her side. Her final days were spent surrounded by family and friends that Tillie had touched in some small way throughout her memorable life. Tillie was a life time resident of Coolidge and served as Postmaster there until retirement in 2012. She...
Geraldine Bliss-Stanley
May 13, 2015
Geraldine Guest Bliss Stanley, 67, passed away, May 13, 2015, in Arlington, Texas. A memorial service will be 2:00 p.m., Sunday, May 24, 2015 in Blair-Stubbs Chapel with Rev. Michael Vestal officiating. Visitation with the family will be prior to the service, beginning at 1:00 p.m. Gerry was born February 22, 1948 in Mexia, Texas to James and Helen Duncan...
Brenda RN
May 9, 2015
Brenda Greer Craft,RN, 96, passed away May 9, 2015 in Mexia. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, May 13, 2015 at Blair-Stubbs Chapel with Rev. Marcus Sheffield officiating. Interment will follow in the Mexia Cemetery. Brenda was born May 31, 1918 in Farmersville, Texas to B. H. and Margie Glass Jean, the oldest of three daughters. After graduating from...
Linda Jones
May 6, 2015
Linda Kay Jones, 66, passed away May 6, 2015 in Mexia. Graveside services will be 2:00 p.m., Saturday, May 9, 2015 in the Point Enterprise Cemetery with Chaplain Karen Hulsey officiating. Linda was born December 2, 1948 in Georgetown, Texas; her parents were Carl and Evelyn Cox Golden. She had been a resident of the Mexia area for over 50...
Concepcion Rodriguez
May 4, 2015
Mrs. Maria Concepcion Rodriguez, 85, of Mexia passed away Monday morning, May 4, 2015, in Mexia. Concha as she was affectionately known was born May 9, 1929 in Caldwell, Texas to Florencio and Bernada Hernandez Serna. She married Pedro Rodriguez in 1959 and he passed away in 2006. Concha was a loving wife and mother, a phenomenal cook with her...
Pauline Keys
Apr 29, 2015
Pauline Katherine Keys, 97, of Cotton Gin, passed away April 29, 2015 in Mexia. Graveside services will be 11:00 a.m., Saturday, May 2, 2015 in the Cotton Gin Cemetery with Jerry Keys officiating. Visitation with the family will be 6-7 p.m., Friday, at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home. Pauline was born January 4, 1918 in Freestone County, Texas (4 miles north of...
Orville Timberlake
Apr 29, 2015
Orville Ray "Bubba"Timberlake, 62, of Belton, passed away April 29, 2015. A family visitation will be held Friday, May 1, 2015, from 1:00-2:00 p.m. at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home. Graveside services will follow, immediately after visitation, in the Mexia Cemetery with Pastor Paul Gauntt officiating. Bubba was born December 18, 1952 in Mexia, Texas to Orville "Red" and Rosie Kuyava Timberlake....
Janie Boulware
Apr 25, 2015
San Juanita "Janie" Boulware, 59, of Mexia, passed away April 25, 2015 in Temple, Texas. Funeral services will be 1:00 p.m., Tuesday, April 28, 2015 at Blair-Stubbs Chapel with Pastor Gil Ash officiating. Interment will follow in the Mexia Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 5-7 p.m., Monday, at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home. Janie was born October 2, 1955 to...
