Obituaries
Michael Hancock
Jun 24, 2014
Michael Douglas "Mickey" Hancock, 52, passed away June 24, 2014 in Fort Worth, Texas. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m., Saturday, June 28, 2014 at 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. Mickey was born March 17, 1962 in...
Florence Blanchard
Jun 13, 2014
Florence Butts Blanchard, 86, passed away June 13, 2014 in Mexia, Texas. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, June 18, 2014 at Jones Funeral Home in Swansboro, North Carolina. Interment will be in the Coastal Carolina State Veterans Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 5-7 p.m., Tuesday, June 17th at Jones Funeral Home. Florence was born October 15,...
Hugh Gilliam
Jun 9, 2014
Hugh Alton "Mojo" Gilliam , 80, of Mexia passed away June 9, 2014 in Waco. Graveside services will be 11:00 a.m., Thursday, June 12, 2014 at the Old Bethel Cemetery with Mr. Neil Bond officiating. Visitation with the family will be 9-10 a.m., Thursday, at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home. Mojo was born July 7, 1933 in Mexia, Texas to Arvin James...
Raymond Bales
Jun 9, 2014
Raymond Ferril Bales, 94, passed away on June 9, 2014 in Fort Worth, Texas. Graveside services will be 11:00 a.m., Friday, June 13, 2014 in the Mexia Cemetery. Raymond was born January 27, 1920 in Burkburnett, Texas to T. W. and Ora Bales. He grew up in Mexia where he attended Forest Glade Elementary and Mexia High School. He always...
James Hitt
Jun 8, 2014
James Earl Hitt, 93, of Garland, Texas was born June 12, 1920 in Mexia, Texas to Earl Hitt and Hattie (Armstead) Hitt and passed away June 8, 2014 in Dallas, Texas. James is survived by children, James Edwin Hitt and Sandra Marie Watts; grandchildren, Darla Herman and husband, Mark, Jane Shaw and husband, Barron, Shelley McConnico and husband, David, Michael...
Reagan Jacobs
Jun 7, 2014
Huge shoes to fill left vacant with the passing of one of Coolidge's finest, Reagan Dean Jacobs. Reagan, 51, passed away Saturday, June 7, 2014 at his home. He was an active citizen of Coolidge for forty-two years. Reagan was born in Palestine, Texas on September 7, 1962. He is the son of Bobby and Pat Jacobs of Coolidge. He...
Lorenzo Coronado
Jun 6, 2014
Lorenzo Alfaro Coronado, 66, passed away June 6, 2014 at his home in Coolidge. Funeral services will be 4:00 p.m., Sunday, June 8, 2014 at the First Baptist Church in Coolidge with Pastor Marcos Vargas officiating. Interment will follow in the Coolidge Cemetery. Lorenzo was born July 20, 1947 in San Antonio, Texas to Roman and Eustravelia Alfaro Coronado. He...
Javier Perales
May 29, 2014
Javier Perales, 20, of Coolidge, passed away May 29, 2014 in Mexia. A memorial service will be held at 6:00 p.m., Tuesday, June 3, 2014 at Blair-Stubbs Chapel. Javier was born November 19, 1993 in El Paso, Texas to Gonzalo and Liliana Chavez Perales. He was presently an employee of HEB. A complete obituary will be posted later. Service Information...
Samuel Jackson Jr.
May 29, 2014
Samuel Delma "Sam" Jackson, Jr., 81, passed away May 29, 2014 in Mexia. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Saturday, May 31, 2014 at the First Baptist Church with Rev. Marcus Sheffield officiating. Interment will be in the Prairie Grove Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 5-7 p.m., Friday, at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home. Sam was born August 9, 1932...
Nell Lucas
May 25, 2014
Wilna Nell Lucas, 81, passed away May 25, 2014 in Waco, Texas. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, May 27, 2014 in Blair-Stubbs Chapel with Mr. Joe Lucas officiating. Interment will follow in the Shiloh Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 5-7 p.m., Monday, at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home. Nell was born November 18, 1932 in Amarillo, Texas to...
Patsy Moore
May 24, 2014
Patsy Ruith Moore, 71, passed away May 24, 2014 in Dallas, Texas. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, May 28, 2014 at First Baptist Church with Rev. Marcus Sheffield officiating. Interment will follow in the Tehuacana Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 6-8 p.m., Tuesday, at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home. Patsy was born November 28, 1942 in Tehuacana, Texas...
Willine Gibson
May 23, 2014
Anita Willine Gibson, 81, passed away May 23, 2014 in Mexia. Graveside services will be 4:00 p.m., Saturday, May 24, 2014 at Lost Prairie Cemetery with Rev. Daryl Hatley and Rev. James Herrington officiating. Willine was born March 8, 1933 in Jewett, Texas to Theo and Orahgeen Morton Taylor. She retired from the Mexia State School after 25 years of...
Pauline Slaughter
May 19, 2014
Pauline Slaughter, 87, entered her heavenly home on May 19, 2014. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m., Saturday, May 24, 2014 at St. Mary's Catholic Church with Father Frederico Asesor officiating. Interment will follow in the Mexia Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 6-7 p.m., Friday, at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home; Rosary will begin at 7:00 p.m. with Deacon Dwight...
Robert Spencer
May 9, 2014
Robert L. Spencer, 77, passed away May 9, 2014 in Mexia. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Sunday, May 11, 2014 at the First Baptist Church with Rev. Marcus Sheffield officiating. Interment will follow in the Coolidge Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 5-7 p.m., Saturday, at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home. Robert was born August 14, 1936 in Mexia, Texas...
Maria Martinez
May 9, 2014
Maria Luisa Martinez, 91, passed away May 9, 2014 in Mexia, Texas. Funeral services will be 4:00 p.m., Sunday, May 11, 2014 at Blair-Stubbs Chapel with Pastor Frank Alvarado officiating. Interment will follow in the Mexia Cemetery. Maria was born September 25, 1922 in Puebla, Mexico to Felix and Isabel Juarez Martinez. She loved her family and devoted her life...
Jean Miller
May 7, 2014
Jean Talley Miller, 85, passed away May 7, 2014 in Mexia. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m., Saturday, May 10, 2014 at First Baptist Church with Rev. Marcus Sheffield officiating. Interment will follow in the Mexia Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 9:00 - 10:00 a.m., Saturday, at First Baptist Church. Jean was born May 16, 1928 in Eureka,...
Raymond Ethridge
May 2, 2014
Raymond Eugene "Ray" Ethridge, 64, passed away May 2, 2014 in Waco, Texas. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, May 7, 2014 at Prairie Grove Baptist Church with Rev. Clifton Jones and Judge Daniel Burkeen officiating. Graveside services with full Military Honors will follow in the Lost Prairie Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 6-8 p.m., Tuesday, at...
Ronald Wolcott
May 1, 2014
Ronald Dean Wolcott was born in North Platte, NE on October 25, 1947 and passed from this life May 1, 2014 at his home in Navasota, TX after a lengthy illness. Ron joined the US Army in 1967 and retired SFC of 5th Special Forces in 1989; making a career out of proudly serving his country for 22 years. While...
Louis York
Apr 27, 2014
Louis H. York, 85, of Mexia, entered into his heavenly home on April 27, 2014. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, April 30, 2014 at Blair-Stubbs Chapel with Rev. Jeff Wright and Rev. Bill Wright officiating. Interment will follow in the Mexia Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 6-8 p.m., Tuesday, at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home. Louis was born...
Elizabeth Watson
Apr 27, 2014
Elizabeth Ann Watson, 90, passed away April 27, 2014 in Denton, Texas. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, April 30, 2014 at Victory Baptist Church, between Groesbeck and Thornton, with Rev. Billy Anderson officiating. Interment will be in Round Prairie Cemetery in Seale, Texas. Visitation with the family will be from 5:00-7:00 p.m., Tuesday, at Blair-Stubbs Chapel in Thornton....
