Obituaries
Fred Payne
Jul 25, 2013
Fred Edwin Payne, 79, of Waco passed away July 25, 2013 in Waco. Graveside services will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday, July 27, 2013 at the Woodland Cemetery in Kirvin, Texas with Reverend Michael King officiating. Visitation with the family will be 5-7 p.m., Friday at Blair-Stubbs Funeral home in Mexia. Fred was born November 30, 1933 in Streetman, Texas to...
Bryan Sterling
Jul 15, 2013
Bryan Kevin Sterling, 40, of Mexia passed away July 15, 2013 in Waco, Texas. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, July 17, 2013 at the First Presbyterian Church with Rev. Tom Prentiss officiating. Interment will follow in the Forest Glade Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 9:00-10:00 a.m., Wednesday, in the First Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall. Bryan was...
Jimmy Cargile
Jul 14, 2013
J. W. Cargile, 60, of Mexia passed away July 14, 2013 in Mexia. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, July 17, 2013 at the First Presbyterian Church with Rev. Eddie Hayworth officiating. Interment will follow in the Mexia Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 6-8 p.m., Tuesday, at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home. Wayne was born April 9, 1953 in...
Louis Kukulski
Jul 12, 2013
Louis Kukulski, 94, formerly of Thornton, passed away July 12, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois. Graveside services will be 10:00 a.m., Monday, August 5, 2013 in the Thornton Cemetery with Father Benji Magnaye officiating. Visitation with the family will be 4-6 p.m., Sunday at Blair-Stubbs Chapel in Thornton. Louis Kukulski was the beloved husband of the late Belva (nee Stutts); devoted...
Howard Awalt
Jul 11, 2013
Howard Eugene Awalt, 64, of Mexia passed away July 11, 2013 in Mexia. Funeral services will be 2:30 p.m., Sunday, July 14, 2013 at Blair-Stubbs Chapel with Rev. Bryan Hallmark officiating. Interment will follow in the Mexia Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 1:30-2:30, Sunday at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home. Howard was born February 9, 1949 in Pratt, Kansas to...
Frank Lemanski
Jul 10, 2013
Frank Edward Lemanski passed away suddenly at his home on Wednesday, July 10, 2013. Frank was born December 6, 1936 in Fort Worth, Texas to Frank A. and Florine Ohendalski Lemanski. He attended school in Mexia and Bellmead graduating from LaVega in 1955. He entered the Navy in 1956 and toured the South Pacific on the USS Shangri-La. After serving...
Charlsye Adams
Jul 8, 2013
Charlsye Lynn Phillips Adams lost her battle with cancer on July 8, 2013 at her home surrounded by her loved ones. Graveside services will be 11:00 a.m., Thursday, July 11, 2013 in the Mexia Cemetery with Chaplain Mary Wilburn officiating. Charlsye was born January 28, 1943 to Macon Howard Phillps, Jr. and Willie Mae Harris Phillips in Mexia, Texas. She...
James Miller
Jul 4, 2013
James Ray Miller, 74, of Mexia passed away July 4, 2013 at his home at Lake Mexia. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m., Monday, July 8, 2013 at Blair-Stubbs Chapel in Mexia with Rev. Rick Gray officiating. Interment will follow in the Mexia Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 5-7 p.m., Sunday at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home. James was born...
Bob Walker
Jul 3, 2013
Bob Lee Walker, 55, of Teague passed away July 3, 2013 in Mexia, Texas. Graveside services will be 2PM, Saturday, July 6, 2013 in Wilson Chapel Cemetery. Bob was born June 24, 1958 in Mexia, Texas to Joseph C. "Joe" and Vera Hazel Pettigrew Walker. He graduated from Teague High School in 1976. He was a construction and cement worker...
Veneta Talley
Jul 2, 2013
Veneta Gatlin Talley left this world to join loved ones in eternity on Tuesday, July 2, 2013, after complications from bypass surgery. Funeral services will be 2PM, Friday, July 5, 2013 at First Baptist Church with Rev. Marcus Sheffield officiating. Interment will follow in the Mexia Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be from 1:00 p.m. until service time, Friday,...
Betty Fuller
Jun 28, 2013
Betty Berniece Fuller, 87, of Corsicana, and formerly of Mexia, went to join her Lord on June 28, 2013. She was born in Tehuacana to W.L. and Ruth Lindsey on February 20, 1926. She was preceded in death by her parents; her beloved husband Jim; her brother Jack; her sisters, Mary, LaRue, and Winnie; and her granddaughter, Beth Cox. She...
Michael Austin
Jun 22, 2013
Michael Nolan "Mike" Austin, 64, passed away June 22, 2013 in Waco, Texas. Graveside services will be 10:00 AM, Thursday, June 27, 2013, in the Forest Glade Cemetery. Mike was born September 17, 1948 in San Antonio, Texas to Delmer and Betty June Austin. He had been a resident of the Mexia area since the early 1980's. He was a...
Raymond Halliburton
Jun 22, 2013
Raymond Joseph "Ray" Halliburton, 81, of Mexia passed away June 22, 2013 at his home at Lake Mexia. Funeral services will be 6:00 PM, Tuesday, June 25, 2013 at Blair-Stubbs Chapel with Rev. Michael Vestal and Rev. David Hutchason officiating. Interment will follow in the Mexia Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 5-7 p.m., Monday at the funeral home....
Raydon Childs
Jun 19, 2013
Raydon Demond Childs, infant son of Raymond D. Childs and Kayla Adams, passed away at Cook Children's Hospital in Fort Worth, Texas. He was born May 17, 2013 at Hillcrest Hospital in Waco. Graveside services will be 9AM, Saturday, June 22, 2013 in the Mexia Cemetery with Rev. Robby Kirby and Rev. James Wright officiating. A family visitation will be...
Chris Johanson
Jun 15, 2013
Don Christian "Chris" Johanson, 56, of Pipe Creek, Texas passed away June 15, 2013. Funeral services will be 10AM, Wednesday, June 19, 2013 at the First Baptist Church in Mexia with Pastor David Mitchell and Mark Wilburn officiating. Interment will follow in the Mexia Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 5-7 p.m., Tuesday at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home. Chris was...
Jim Silvas Jr.
Jun 12, 2013
Jim Santiago Rosas Silvas, Jr., 75, of Mexia passed away June 12, 2013 at The Manor Healthcare Residence in Mexia, where he had resided for almost four months. Jim was born January 2, 1938 in Marlin, Texas to Jimmy Santiago Pena Silvas, Sr. and Julia Rosas Silvas. He married Mary Louise Silvas on November 26, 1958 in Marlin. He was...
Benton Baggett
Jun 7, 2013
Lonnie Benton Baggett, 79, passed away June 7, 2013 at Hillcrest Medical Center in Waco, Texas. He was born on December 30, 1933 in Freestone, Texas. He was the youngest of four children born to Lonnie and Laura Baggett. He graduated from Teague High School in 1951. Benton enlisted in the U.S. Army in September 1956, underwent basic training at...
Juanita Lindley
May 30, 2013
Juanita Adelaide Lindley passed over to her heavenly home on May 30, 2013. "Nita" was born to W. A. Brandon and Grace Ann Stanford on March 8, 1922 in Healdton, Oklahoma. She was preceded home by her honored husband, J T Lindley of Mexia, Texas in 1983. Nita is survived by one brother, Jess Brandon; and her three children, Jerry,...
William Denbina
May 29, 2013
William Leon. Denbina passed away in Kingwood on Wednesday, May 29 at the age of 90 years. He was predeceased in December 2009 by his wife of 63 years, Mildred Nussbaum Denbina. He is survived by daughter Carrie and sons Eric, David, Scott, and Lee, along with ten grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Bill was born January 24, 1923 in New...
Frances Fowler
May 28, 2013
Frances Elizabeth Fowler, 85, of Mexia passed away May 28, 2013 in Mexia. Services will be 10:30AM, Friday, May 31, 2013 at the First Baptist Church with Rev. Marcus Sheffield officiating. Interment will be in the Mexia Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 5-7 p.m., Thursday at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home. Frances was born June 14, 1927 in Mexia, Texas...
