Obituaries
Ann Fulton
Feb 21, 2015
Ann Bozeman Fulton, 73, of Simsboro, went to be with her Lord on Saturday, February 21, 2015. She was born in Personville to O.T. and Allie B. Bozeman on September 27, 1941. Ann attended Fair Oaks School and graduated from Groesbeck High School in 1960. She married Gerald Lee Fulton on June 14, 1963. For years, Ann was a fixture...
Valle Bain
Feb 21, 2015
Valle Louise Stevenson Bain, 90, of Mexia, passed away February 21, 2015 at her home. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, February 24, 2015 at Blair-Stubbs Chapel with Rev. Marcus Sheffield officiating. Interment will follow in the Mexia Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be held prior to the service, starting at 12:30 p.m., at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home Chapel....
Albert York
Feb 18, 2015
Albert Newton York, 67, left his earthly home to be with his Lord, and other family members, in his heavenly home on February 18, 2015. A memorial service will be 2:00 p.m., Saturday, February 21, 2015 at Northside Baptist Church with Rev. Jeff Wright officiating. Albert was born February 10, 1948 in Mexia, Texas to Louis Dee and Bernie Myrtle...
Mary Hitt
Feb 14, 2015
Mary Sue Hitt, 79, of Mexia, passed away February 14, 2015 in Alvin, Texas. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, February 18, 2015 at the First Presbyterian Church with Pastor Glenn McGuire officiating. Interment will follow in the Point Enterprise Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 5-7 p.m., Tuesday at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home. Sue was born July 24,...
Loretta Shields
Feb 12, 2015
Loretta Ann "Lori" Shields, 57, of Tehuacana passed away February 12, 2015. Graveside services will be 10:30 a.m., Sunday, February 15, 2015 at the Tehuacana Cemetery. Lori was born July 17, 1957 in Mexia, Texas to John Lee and Patricia Ann Robinson Shields. She was a lifelong resident of Tehuacana and a graduate of Mexia High School. She was a...
Norman Rockey Jr.
Feb 10, 2015
Norman Dale Rockey, Jr., 57 of Mexia passed away February 10, 2015 in Waco, Texas. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Saturday, February 14, 2015 at Blair-Stubbs Chapel with Rev. Justin Colquette and Chaplain Karen Hulsey officiating. Interment will follow in the Mexia Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 1:00-2:00 p.m., Saturday at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home. Norman "Rockey" was...
David Cooper
Feb 8, 2015
David George Cooper was called home to be with his Lord on Sunday, February 8, 2015 after a brief illness. Visitation will be Tuesday, February 10, 2015, at 10:00 a.m. at the Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home. Services will follow at 11:00 a.m. in the Chapel at Blair-Stubbs. The interment will be held in Evant, Texas. He was born June 20, 1941...
Janice Bozeman
Feb 6, 2015
Janice Elaine Robinson Bozeman passed away Friday, February 6, 2015. Janice was born February 13, 1948 in Mexia, Texas to Loyd and Lonnie Wilburn Robinson. She was a beloved wife, daughter, mother and grandmother. She attended grade school at Fair Oaks School, 9th and 10th grade at Mexia High School; and 11th and 12th grade at Groesbeck High School; where...
W. Stoecker
Feb 5, 2015
Weems Carl Stoecker, 66, of Groesbeck, TX passed away Thursday, February 5, 2015, at his home on Lake Limestone. An informal gathering of friends and family will be held Wednesday, February 11th at 1:00 p.m. at Blair-Stubbs Chapel in Mexia,TX to commemorate his life; Masonic Rites will follow. He was preceded in death by his parents Austin and William Stoecker....
Emily Fox
Feb 3, 2015
Heaven gained another angel on February 3, 2015. Emily Nussbaum Fox passed peacefully at her home following a courageous battle with a terminal illness. Graveside services will be 12:00 p.m., February 5, 2015 in the Mexia Cemetery with Rev. Marcus Sheffield officiating. Visitation with the family will be 5-6 p.m., Wednesday at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home. Emily was born October 3,...
Gene Steele Sr.
Jan 28, 2015
To those who remember our dad, Gene C. Steele, Sr., passed away Wednesday, January 28, 2015 in the Limestone Medical Center in Groesbeck, Texas at the age of 93. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, February 4, 2015 at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home with Rev. Clifton Jones.. Interment will follow in the Mexia Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be...
Wade Gilliam
Jan 28, 2015
On January 28, 2015, Wade Gilliam was called home to be with his Lord at the age of 97. He was born on December 30, 1917 in Freestone County, to Robert Stanley and Ida Bell Gilliam. After graduating from Donie High School in 1934, he attended Draughon Business College in Dallas, Texas. Upon completion of a business administration course, he...
John Reed
Jan 26, 2015
John Walter "Jack" Reed, 86, passed from this earth, Monday, January 26, 2015, following a long illness. Funeral services will be 3:00 p.m., Sunday, February 1, 2015 at Northcrest Church of Christ with Ministers Van Pendergrass, Dorisey's brother, and Shane Alexander, of Northcrest Church of Christ, officiating. Interment will follow in the Mexia Cemetery. Jack was born February 18, 1928...
Jack Brown
Jan 20, 2015
Jack N. Brown, Sr., 94, passed away January 20, 2015. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m., Saturday, January 24, 2015 at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home in Mexia, Texas with Rev. Larry Holden. Interment will follow in the Prairie Hill Cemetery with Military Honors. Visitation with the family will begin at 9:00 a.m., prior to the service. He attended Westminister High School...
Sara Olivarez
Jan 19, 2015
Sara Olivarez, 89, of Mexia, passed away January 19, 2015 in Waco, Texas. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Saturday, January 24, 2015 at Blair-Stubbs Chapel. Interment will follow in the Mexia Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 1:00-2:00 p.m., Saturday, at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home. Sara was born October 4, 1925 in Coolidge, Texas to Paul and Julia Cervantez...
Mary Hancock
Jan 12, 2015
Mary Odessa Hancock, 100, of Mexia, a longtime educator and world traveler, died January 12, 2015 peacefully at home surrounded by her loved ones. . She was born on May 7, 1914, in San Angelo, where her father, the Rev. O.W. Milburn, was a circuit-riding Methodist minister after the turn of the century. He served at his last church as...
Glen Killingsworth
Jan 11, 2015
Glen Earl Killingsworth, 79, passed away January 11, 2015 at his home in Personville, Texas. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, January 14, 2015 at Blair-Stubbs Chapel with Rev. Steve Cowart officiating. Interment will following in the Little Flock Cemetery in Jewett. Visitation with the family will be 6:00-8:00 p.m., Tuesday, at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home. Glen was born June...
Elizabeth Robinson
Jan 10, 2015
Elizabeth Ann Maddox Robinson, 81, passed away January 10, 2015 in Keene, Texas following complications from heart surgery. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at Blair-Stubbs Chapel with Pastor Jim Edwards officiating. Interment will follow in the Mexia Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 6:00-8:00 p.m., Monday, at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home. Elizabeth was born May...
Evelyn Padgett
Jan 9, 2015
Evelyn Juanita Padgett, 85, passed away January 9, 2015 in Palestine, Texas. Funeral services will be 3:00 p.m., Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at Blair-Stubbs Chapel with Rev. Jeff Wright officiating. Interment will follow in the Cotton Gin Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 2:00-3:00 p.m., Tuesday, at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home. Evelyn was born April 13, 1929 in Shanks (Freestone...
Roger Bates
Jan 8, 2015
Roger Dale Bates, 71, of Thornton, passed away January 8, 2015 in Galveston, Texas. Graveside services will be 1:00 p.m., Monday, January 12, 2015 at Hamilton-Beeman Cemetery in Retreat (near Corsicana) with Rev. Billy Beever and Dan Curry officiating. Roger was born August 27, 1943 in Navarro County, Texas to James Thomas and Nova Rebecca Howard Bates. He owned and...
