Obituaries
Ray Steele
Mar 15, 2010
Ray Augustus Steele, 83, of Mexia passed away March 15, 2010 in Dallas. Funeral services will be 10 AM, Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at Blair-Stubbs Chapel with Minister Mike Clements officiating. Interment will be in the Mexia Cemetery. Ray was born to Edward E. and Mary N. (Richmond) Steele in Streetman, Texas on February 14, 1927. He retired after 32...
William Lloyd
Mar 15, 2010
William Charles "Charlie" Lloyd, 84, of Hubbard passed away March 15, 2010 in Hubbard. Funeral services will be 2 PM, Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at Blair-Stubbs Chapel with Rev. Eugene Arnold officiating. Interment will be in the Lost Prairie Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 6-8 p.m. Tuesday at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home. Charlie was born August 14, 1925 in...
Robert Black
Mar 10, 2010
Robert Vannoy Black, 87, passed away, Wednesday, March 10, 2010 in the Houston VA Hospital. He was born March 1, 1923 at Mexia, Texas to pioneer parents Dee and Farrah Black, now deceased. He was educated in Mexia, leaving just prior to graduating from high school to enlist in the Army Air Corps. After stateside training in basics, tech and...
Essie Thomas
Mar 9, 2010
Ms. Essie Thomas, 97, passed away March 9, 2010. Ms. Thomas was born on October 6, 1912 in New Hope, Texas to Ida Lee and Alver Roy Wells. She called Mexia her home for over 62 years. Ms. Thomas was a homemaker who then worked and retired from Mexia State School in 1974 to take care of her ailing husband...
Frances Hudson
Mar 2, 2010
Mrs. Frances M. Hudson, 96, of Hubbard and a native of Coolidge was called home on Tuesday, March 2, 2010, to be with her Lord and maker. She was born to John and Janie McClelland Wade on October 4, 1913 in Coolidge. Mrs. Hudson was a graduate of Coolidge High School and Westminster College in Tehuacana. She married Lester Hudson...
Virginia Robinson
Feb 21, 2010
Virginia Nell Robinson, 88, of Mexia passed away on February 21, 2010 in Fairfield, Texas. She was born on June 25, 1921 in Waco, Texas to Bert Edward Roberts and Fannie Mabry Roberts, but lived most of her life in Mexia, Texas. Nell was a devoted wife, loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, and an active member of the First United...
Christine Franklin
Feb 20, 2010
Johnnye Christine Lee Franklin, 90, died Feb. 20, 2010, at a Mexia nursing home. Services will be held at 10:30 AM on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010, at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home in Mexia, conducted by Cameron Simmons, with burial to follow at Prairie Grove Cemetery. Mrs. Franklin was born March 19, 1919, at Prairie Grove in Limestone County, the daughter of...
Gloria Hobbs
Feb 18, 2010
Gloria Jean (Meme) Murphey Hobbs, 67, of Mexia went to be with her Lord after a long battle on February 18, 2010 in Waco, Texas. A Memorial Service will be 3 PM, Sunday, February 21, 2010 at Glad Tidings Assembly of God. Rev. David Bolden will officiate. Gloria was born November 19, 1942 in Groesbeck, Texas to John and Irene...
Charlotte Stephenson
Feb 9, 2010
Charlotte "Odessa" Stephenson, 76, of Richwood passed away Tuesday, February 9, 2010 in Clute. Visitation will be from 5-8 on Friday, February 12, 2009 at Blair Stubbs Funeral Home in Mexia. Graveside services will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday in Tehuacana Cemetery in Tehuacana.. Charlotte was born May 25, 1933 in Limestone County Texas to Francis Marion & Velma West Lowry...
Velma Graham
Feb 6, 2010
Mrs. Velma Graham, 87, of Mexia passed away Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010 in Groesbeck after an extended illness. Mrs. Graham was born July 28, 1922 in Slocum, Texas to Willie J. and Martha Beauchamp Moore. Mrs. Graham was a homemaker and loved her family and took good care of them. She demonstrated her love for the Lord by her actions...
Lela Kerley
Jan 31, 2010
Lela Elizabeth Kerley, 96, formerly of Mexia passed away in Sulphur Springs, Texas on January 31, 2010. Funeral services will be 2:00 PM, Wednesday, February 3, 2010 at Blair-Stubbs Chapel. Rev. Joe Walts will officiate with interment to follow in the Mart Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 6-8 pm Tuesday at the funeral home. Lela was born to...
Richard Eberle
Jan 30, 2010
Richard Lee Eberle, 71, of Mexia passed away January 30, 2010 in Mexia. Funeral services will be 11:00 AM, Tuesday, February 2, 2010 at the First Baptist Church with Rev. Marcus Sheffield officiating. Interment will follow in the Prairie Grove Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 6-8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Richard was born July 13, 1938...
Vergie Weinland
Jan 23, 2010
Miss Vergie Weinland, 84, of Mexia passed away Saturday morning in Mexia. Visitation will be Sunday from 5 to 7 pm at the funeral home. Private burial will take place Monday. Survivors include her sister, Alma Marie Carlile of Mexia.
Lillie Cuthbertson
Jan 22, 2010
Lillie Mae Cuthbertson, 88, of Teague passed away January 22, 2010 in Corsicana. Graveside services were held at 2:00 PM on Monday, January 25, 2010, at Greenwood Cemetery in Teague. Chaplain Charlie Shearer officiated. Lillie was born April 27, 1921 in Denton, Texas to John S. and Mary Lou (Cashion) Wilson. She was a longtime resident of Teague and an...
John Douglas, Jr.
Jan 15, 2010
John Calvin Douglas, Jr., 86, of Mexia passed away January 15, 2010 in Mexia. Funeral services will be 2:00 PM, Sunday, January 17, 2010 at Blair-Stubbs Chapel. Mr. Gary Petty will officiate with interment to follow in the Prairie Grove Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 5-7 PM, Saturday at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home. Junior was born October 13, 1923...
Debra Stewart
Jan 11, 2010
Debra Darlene Stewart, 57, of Lancaster, TX, passed away Monday, January 11, 2010 in Tyler. Debra was born August 14, 1952 in Mexia to James Eugene and Mary Ellon Jones Taliaferro. She was a member of the Baptist Church and had been employed by the Loomis-Fargo armored car company as a bookkeeper. Debra is survived by her son and daughter-in-law,...
Maxine Black
Jan 11, 2010
Maxine Ruth Camille Black, 89, of Teague passed away January 11, 2010 in Waco. The family will hold a private memorial service at a later date. Maxine was bron December 9, 1920 in Dallas, Texas to Emory and Viola (Proffitt) Kinikin. She worked as a secretary for Champion Paper Company in Pasadena for 38 years. Maxine was not only a...
Mark Sawyer
Jan 6, 2010
Mark Allyson Sawyer, 43, passed away on January 6, 2010 at his home in Mexia. Memorial services will be held at 1:00 p.m., Saturday, January 16, 2010 at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home in Mexia. Mark was born July 17, 1966 in Fort Worth, Texas to Bruce and Janis Sawyer. Mark's primary enjoyment and motivation in life came from filmmaking. He won...
Jack Phillips
Jan 1, 2010
Jack Erwin Phillips of Mexia, Texas died Friday, January 1, 2010 in Parkview Regional Hospital of complications from pneumonia. Born in Mexia, Texas on October 1, 1927 to John George Phillips and Bettie Erwin Phillips, Jack was a lifelong resident of Mexia. He graduated from Mexia High School in 1944 and went on to earn degrees at The University of...
Mary Nickels-Driver
Dec 26, 2009
Mary Frances Nickels-Driver, 81, of Mexia passed away December 26, 2009. Funeral services will be 2:00 PM, Tuesday, December 29, 2009 at Blair-Stubbs Chapel. Rev. David Snow will officiate with interment to follow in Lost Prairie Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 6-8 PM Monday at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home. Frances was born February 6, 1928 in Lost Prairie, Texas...
