Obituaries
Ada Bolen
Oct 8, 2011
Ada Hodges Bolen, 94, of Coolidge, Texas passed away October 8, 2011 in Missouri City, Texas. Visitation will be at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home, October 10th at 6 p.m. Funeral services will be 10AM, Tuesday, October 11th at Blair-Stubbs Chapel. Ada was born June 26, 1917 to Jim and Hattie Hodges near Coolidge, Texas. She married Alvin Clinton Bolen on December...
Carl Thompson
Oct 5, 2011
Carl William Thompson, 87, passed away October 5, 2011 in Donie, Texas. Carl was born December 11, 1923 in Donie, Texas to Finis D. and Esterlene Blackmon Thompson. He married Charlotte Bailey Anthis in Houston, Texas in July 1964. Carl served in the U. S. Army from December 18, 1943 until May 5, 1946. He worked for Borden Milk Company...
Robin Neason
Oct 4, 2011
Robin Dell Neason, 44, of Thornton passed away October 4, 2011 in Talihina, Oklahoma. Funeral services will be 2PM, Saturday, October 8, 2011 at Central Baptist Church in Thornton with Rev. Tracy Sims officiating. Interment will follow in the Thornton Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 6-8 p.m., Friday, at Blair-Stubbs Chapel in Thornton. Robin was born April 12,...
Hunter Neason
Oct 4, 2011
Hunter Caige Neason, 12, of Thornton passed away October 4, 2011 in Talihina, Oklahoma. Funeral services will be 2PM, Saturday, October 8, 2011 at Central Baptist Church in Thornton with Rev. Tracy Sims officiating. Interment will follow in the Thornton Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 6-8 p.m., Friday, at Blair-Stubbs Chapel in Thornton. Hunter was born August 13,...
Louella Sunday
Sep 30, 2011
Louella Maud "Maudie" Sunday, 91, of Mexia passed away September 30, 2011 in Mexia. Funeral services will be 4:30PM, Sunday, October 2, 2011 at First Baptist Church with Rev. Marcus Sheffield officiating. Interment will follow in the Mexia Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 3-5PM, Saturday, at the funeral home. Maudie was born October 3, 1919 in Limestone County,...
Sarah Douglas
Sep 29, 2011
Sarah Juanita Douglas, 77, passed away September 29, 2011 in Mexia, Texas. Funeral services will be 2PM, Sunday, October 2, 2011 at Blair-Stubbs Chapel. Interment will follow in the Prairie Grove Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 5-7PM, Saturday, at the funeral home. Juanita was born September 14, 1934 in Mexia, Texas to Clifton D. and Ruby Holt Williams....
Matthew Sanford
Sep 24, 2011
Services for Matthew Lynn Sanford will be 10AM Wednesday, September 28, 2011 at the Mexia Cemetery with Rev. Brian Hallmark officiating. Visitation with the family will be 6-8 PM, Tuesday, at the Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home. Matthew Lynn Sanford was born September 16, 1990 and left this earth on September 24, 2011. Matthew loved his girls and all his family. He...
Benjamin Jones, III
Sep 18, 2011
Benjamin Ray "Tripp" Jones, III passed away September 18, 2011 in Waco, Texas. Graveside services will be 11:00 AM, Tuesday, September 20, 2011 at Point Enterprise Cemetery with Rev. Marcus Sheffield officiating. Tripp was born September 18, 2011 to Benjamin Ray Jones, II and Mattie Ann Long Jones in Waco, Texas. He is survived by his parents, Ben and Mattie...
Bertrand Ethridge
Sep 15, 2011
Bertrand Lindell Ethridge, 72, of Mexia passed away September 15, 2011 in Carthage, Texas. Funeral services will be 3:00 PM, Tuesday, September 20, 20ll at Blue Ridge Baptist Church with Rev. Jim Houser and Rev. Richard Stillwell officiating. Interment will follow in the McClanahan Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 6-8 PM, Monday at the funeral home. Bertrand was...
Thomas Sawyer, Sr.
Sep 12, 2011
Thomas Louin Sawyer, Sr., 83, of Arlington passed away September 12, 2011 in Mansfield, Texas. Graveside services will be 11:00 AM, Thursday, September 15, 2011 at Union Cemetery, Freestone County, Texas with Mr. Neil Bond officiating. Thomas was born September 15, 1927 in Mexia, Texas to Louin and Trixie McCarty Sawyer. He was a graduate of Mexia High School. He...
Jo Temples
Sep 9, 2011
Jo Ann Temples, 77, of Mexia passed away September 9, 2011 in Round Rock, Texas. Funeral services will be 2:00 PM, Sunday, September 11, 2011 at First United Methodist Church with Rev. Brad Brittain and Rev. Kory Koch officiating. Interment will follow in the Mexia Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 5-7 PM, Saturday, at the funeral home. Jo...
Beverly Welch
Sep 7, 2011
Beverly Elaine Welch, 53, passed away September 7, 2011 at her home in Kaufman, Texas. Graveside services will be 2:00 PM, Saturday, at the Thornton Cemetery. Beverly was born June 3, 1958 in Angleton, Texas to Ersel E. and Ellen Marie Griffin Carroll. She worked for Prime Therapeutics in the customer service department. She married Norman Dale Welch on October...
Michael Mitchell
Sep 4, 2011
Michael Stanley "Stan" Mitchell, 68, passed away September 4, 2011 in Tehuacana, TX. He was born on Jan 22, 1943, in Fayetteville, Arkansas, and had lived in the Wortham and Tehuacana areas since 1985. Stan is survived by his wife of 45 years, Lynda; daughters Gayle Mitchell Swearer of Houston and Christa Mitchell Stephens of San Antonio, and their husbands,...
Eudora Dossey
Aug 27, 2011
Mrs. Eudora Dossey, 83, passed August 27, 2011 in Meridian, Texas. Graveside services will be held at 10:00 AM, Monday, August 29, 2011 at Mt. Antioch Cemetery near Mt. Calm, Texas. Eudora was born March 13, 1928 in Fort Worth, Texas to Elbert Leon and Julia London Shannon. She graduated from Carter-Riverside High School and went on to business school....
Beverlye Jones
Aug 27, 2011
Beverlye June Jones of Corsicana TX passed away suddenly at her home on Saturday, August 27, 2011 while tending to her beloved yard, trees and plants. She was born on the May 3, 1938 in Coolidge TX to Henry Alonzo and Gertie Mae Armstrong Jones. Her husband & Coolidge High School sweetheart, James (Jim) Doyle Jones, also born in Coolidge...
Robert Simmons
Aug 25, 2011
Robert Binkley "Bob" Simmons went to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on August 25, 2011 at the age of 89 years young. Funeral services will be 11:00 AM, Saturday, August 27, 2011 at First Baptist Church with Rev. Marcus Sheffield officiating. Interment will follow in the Mexia Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 6-8 PM, Friday...
Benjamin Bradford, Jr.
Aug 20, 2011
Benjamin McFarland "Benny" Bradford, Jr., 82, of Mexia passed away August 19, 2011 in Waco, Texas. A memorial service will be held at 6:00 PM, Saturday, August 27, 2011 at the VFW Hall in Mexia with Mr. Neil Bond officiating. The public is invited to attend the service. Benny was born November 25, 1928 in Brunswick, Georgia to Benjamin McFarland...
Thomas Spraggins
Aug 13, 2011
Mr. Thomas Dwyght Spraggins, 89, of Teague and Victoria passed away Saturday, August 13, 2011, in Victoria. He was born March 5, 1922 in Alexander City, Alabama to Jonah Thomas and Claudia Estelle Moody Spraggins. During his working career, he was a top salesman for Binswanger Glass Co. and later opened his own glass business in Houston and was known...
Wannette Gafford
Aug 8, 2011
In the arms of angels, Wannette "Bo" Gafford entered the gates of heaven to be reunited with her husband, John H. Gafford, Jr. (Buddy) and her son, Dan Gafford, sister, Merl Shivers and brother, Dillard Marsh. Surviving Mrs. Gafford are her daughter and son-in-law, Sondra and Mike Cooke of Bryan; grandson, Patrick Cooke of Austin; her great-grandchildren, Parker and Reagan...
Vicki Maden
Aug 4, 2011
Vicki was born an only child in Dallas, Texas to Vic and Zita Maden. She graduated from Bryan Adams High School in 1965, and attended college at Abilene Christian University. She met and married Mike Hughes. Both served several civic and community organizations with a zest for life and friends. In 1970 Vicki gave birth to their only child, a...
