Obituaries
Thelma Forsythe
Apr 11, 2009
Thelma Ruby Forsythe, 90, of Mexia passed away April 11, 2009 in Mexia. Funeral services for Mrs. Forsythe will be 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, April 14, 2009 at Blair-Stubbs Chapel. Rev. Marcus Sheffield will officiate with interment to follow in the Wortham Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 6-8 PM Monday at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home. Thelma was born to Jim...
Bonnie Woodall
Apr 10, 2009
Bonnie Dean Woodall, 90, of Mexia passed away April 10, 2009 in Mexia. Funeral services for Mrs. Woodall will be 2:00 p.m. Monday, April 13, 2009 at Blair-Stubbs Chapel in Thornton. Interment will be in the Ebenezer Cemetery in Kosse. Visitation with the family will be 5-7 PM at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home in Mexia. Bonnie was born to Delmar A....
Mamie Monk
Apr 9, 2009
Mamie Estelle Monk, 86, of Mexia passed away April 9, 2009 in Mexia. Funeral services for Miss Monk will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday, April 11, 2009 at Blair-Stubbs Chapel. Rev. Michael Redmond and Dale McDaniel will officiate with interment to follow in the Oakwood Cemetery in Corsicana. Visitation with the family will be 6-8 PM Friday at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home....
William Steele
Apr 9, 2009
William Gene Steele, 38, passed away April 9, 2009. Funeral services for Mr. Steel will be 3:00 p.m. Monday, April 13, 2009 at Blair-Stubbs Chapel in Mexia. Father Ed of St. Mary's Catholic Church in West will officiate with interment to follow in the Mexia Cemetery. William was born to Clifton and Zora Turner Steele on September 1, 1970 in...
Ruth Stevens
Apr 6, 2009
Mrs. Ruth Stevens, 88, of Mexia passed away April 6, 2009 in Waco. Funeral services for Mrs. Stevens will be 2:00 p.m., Thursday, April 9, 2009 at Calvary Baptist Church. Rev. James Hooper and Rev. Rick Gray will officiate with interment to follow in the Point Enterprise Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 5-7 PM Wednesday at Blair-Stubbs Funeral...
Dennie Fowler
Mar 31, 2009
Mr. Dennie DeWayne Fowler, 74, of Coolidge (formerly of Mexia) passed away March 31, 2009 in Groesbeck. Funeral services for Mr. Fowler will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, April 4, 2009 at Blair-Stubbs Chapel. Rev. Rick Gray will officiate with interment to follow in the Mexia Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 6 - 8 PM, Friday at...
Dorothy Freeman
Mar 23, 2009
Mrs. Dorothy Marie Freeman passed from this earth, Monday, March 23, 2009, at her home in Mexia with her daughters by her side. She was 81 years of age. Mrs. Freeman was a member of the Teague Church of Christ and very committed to Eastern European Missions, an organization supplying Bibles to school children in Russia. Mrs. Freeman was born...
Beulah Gentry
Mar 18, 2009
Mrs. Beulah Lorene Gunning Gentry, 86, of Mexia and formerly of Hubbard, passed away March 18, 2009 in Mexia. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 PM Tuesday, March 24, 2009 in the Mexia Cemetery. Mrs. Gentry was born to Elbert and Lorene (Byford) Bollinger in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on October 8, 1922. She has been a resident of...
Helen Harrison
Mar 18, 2009
Graveside services for Helen Chesteen Harrison, 87, of Mexia will be 2 p.m. Sunday, March 22, 2008 in LaSalle Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 5 - 6:30 p.m. Saturday at Blair - Stubbs Funeral Home. Mrs. Harrison was born December 28, 1921 in LaSalle to Wilmer Preston and Georgia Cleo Cates Little and passed away on March 18,...
Edward Trotter
Mar 17, 2009
Tehuacana native, Edward Bounds Trotter, 92, died Tuesday, March 17. Trotter was born October 11, 1916 to Edward Clayton and Lula Jane Bounds Trotter. He spent most of his life in Tehuacana, and helped shape the community over the years. After receiving his Associates Degree in 1935 from Westminster College, Edward went on to receive a Bachelors degree from North...
Sallie Ramsey
Mar 17, 2009
Mrs. Sallie Eugenia Ramsey, 80, of Mexia passed away March 17, 2009 in Mexia. Funeral services for Mrs. Ramsey will be 2:00 PM Saturday, March 21, 2009 at the First United Methodist Church in Mexia. Rev. Brad Brittain will officiate with interment to follow in the Mexia Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 6-8 PM Friday at Blair-Stubbs Funeral...
Jacqueline Hawkins
Mar 16, 2009
Ms. Jacqueline Hawkins, 71, of Coolidge, passed away March 16, 2009. Funeral services for Ms. Hawkins will be 2:30 PM Wednesday, March 18, 2009 at the First United Methodist Church in Coolidge. Rev. Bob Rainey, Rev. Judy Hunt, Rev. Donnie Elrod, Rev. Nannette Wyatt and Rev. Lindsay Kirkpatrick will officiate with interment to follow in the Armour Cemetery. Ms. Hawkins...
Peggy Strother
Mar 5, 2009
Mrs. Peggy Onita Strother, 68, of Pasadena passed away March 5, 2009 in Houston. Funeral services for Mrs. Strother will be 2:00 PM Sunday, March 8, 2009 at First Baptist Church. Rev. Marcus Sheffield will officiate with interment to follow in the Cotton Gin Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 6-8 PM Saturday at Blair Stubbs Funeral Home. Mrs....
John Dickens
Mar 3, 2009
Mr. John Richard Dickens, 64, of Teague passed away March 3, 2009 in Mexia. Graveside services for Mr. Dickens will be 2:00 PM Thursday, March 5, 2009 at Greenwood Cemetery in Teague. Rev. James Dorman will officiate. Visitation will be from 8:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Thursday at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home. Mr. Dickens was born to Joe Earnest and Iris...
Marvin Kelley
Mar 2, 2009
Mr. Marvin Maurice Kelley, 76, of Mexia passed away March 2, 2009. Graveside services will be held at 2:00 PM Wednesday, March 4, 2009 at the Malakoff Cemetery. Rev. Michael Vestal will officiate. Mr. Kelley was born to George Arlington and Gladys Hattie (Howell) Kelley on March 28, 1932 in Corsicana, Texas. He was a retired machinist. Mr. Kelley served...
Frances Smith
Mar 1, 2009
Mrs. Frances Leona Smith, 96, of Fairfield passed away March 1, 2009. Mrs. Smith was born to Robert L. and Lillie Mae (Roe) Lehman on December 14, 1912 in Booneville, Arkansas. She was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband, Frank Smith in 1984. Survivors include a sister, Hattie M. Urie of Fairfield and...
Robert Sealy
Feb 21, 2009
ROBERT RAY SEALY November 1, 1917 - February 21, 2009 Former Limestone County Judge Ray Sealy completed his life's journey and went to be with the Lord on Saturday, February 21, 2009, at the age of 91. Funeral services will be held Monday, February 23rd at 2:00 PM at First Baptist Church in Mexia with Reverend Marcus Sheffield officiating and...
Welbert Carter
Feb 21, 2009
Funeral services for Mr. Welbert A. Carter, 76, of Thornton will be 11 AM Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2009 in the Blair-Stubbs Chapel in Thornton. Burial will follow in the Ferguson cemetery. Visitation with the family will be from 5 to 7 PM Monday in Thornton. Mr. Carter was born Sept. 8, 1932 in Big Hill and passed away Feb. 21,...
Dorothy Johnson
Feb 17, 2009
Dorothy Randell Johnson, 86, of Arlington (formerly of Odessa) passed away February 17, 2009 in Arlington, Texas. A memorial service will be held at Salem Cemetery (Freestone County) Tuesday, May 12, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. Dorothy was born in Mexia, Texas on September 13, 1922. Her father, H. H. Randell, was born in Teague, Texas in 1900. She was a...
Patsy Smith
Feb 12, 2009
Ms. Patsy "Jean" Smith, 66, of Mexia passed away February 12, 2009 in Mexia. Funeral services for Ms. Smith will be held at 2:00 PM Sunday, February 15, 2009 at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home Chapel. Mr. Jimmy Guthrie will officiate with interment to follow in Wilson Chapel Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 5-7 PM Saturday at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home....
