Obituaries

Dorothy Johnson

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

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....

Gary Koester

Gary Koester

Feb 11, 2009

Mr. Gary Wayne Koester, 59, of Forest Glade passed away February 11, 2009 in Mexia. Funeral services for Mr. Koester will be held at 2:00 PM Friday, February 13, 2009 at the First Baptist Church in Mexia with interment to follow in the Forest Glade Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 5-7 PM Thursday at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home. Gary...

Josie Chandler

Josie Chandler

Feb 8, 2009

Mrs. Josie Boyd Chandler, 100, of Mexia passed away Sunday Feb. 8, 2009 in Mexia. Funeral services held at 10:00 AM Thursday, February 12, 2009 in the Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home chapel. Rev. Tom Prentiss will officiate with interment to follow in the Mexia Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 5-7 PM Wednesday at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home. Josie Chandler was...

Annie Neuse

Annie Neuse

Feb 6, 2009

Mrs. Annie Marie Neuse, 89, of Shiloh passed away February 6, 2009 in Teague. Graveside services for Mrs. Neuse will be held at 2:00 PM Sunday, February 8, 2009 in the Shiloh Cemetery with Mr. Neil Bond officiating. Annie Marie Neuse was born January 28, 1920 to George and Annie Bradley Thornton in Shiloh. She was a nurse for over...

Charles Hudnall

Charles Hudnall

Feb 1, 2009

Charles Eugene "Gene" Hudnall, 68, of Groesbeck passed away February 1, 2009 in Waco. Graveside services for Mr. Hudnall will be held 2:00 PM Wednesday, February 4, 2009 at Lost Prairie Cemetery with Rev. Tracy Sims officiating. Visitation with the family will be 6-8 PM Tuesday at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home. Gene Hudnall was born to Pete and Lillie Daugherty Hudnall...

Cecil McFarlin

Cecil McFarlin

Jan 29, 2009

Cecil "Mac" Dorval McFarlin, 83, of Mexia passed away January 29, 2009 in Groesbeck. Funeral services for Mr. McFarlin will be 3:00 PM Sunday, February 1, 2009 at Blair-Stubbs Chapel. Rev. Marcus Sheffield will officiate with interment to follow in the Mexia Cemetery. Mr. McFarlin was born to Cecil Price and Lula Mae Yancy McFarlin on July 13, 1925 in...

Mary Wilson

Mary Wilson

Jan 28, 2009

LaVerne Wilson, 84, of Mexia passed away January 28, 2009 in Arlington. A memorial service will be held at 1:00 PM Saturday, January 31, 2009 at Blair-Stubbs Chapel. Rev. Pat Cummings will officiate. Mary LaVerne Wilson was born July 28, 1924 to Hubert H. and Jessie Cook Bailey in Frost, Texas. She was a Methodist. She graduate from Frost High...

Reba Long

Reba Long

Jan 14, 2009

Mrs. Reba Faye Hancock Long, 80, of Mexia passed away January 14, 2009. A memorial service for Mrs. Long will be held at 3:00 PM Saturday, January 17, 2009 at the Forest Glade Cemetery. Mrs. Long was born October 30, 1928 to Albert Robert and Mary Maggie Lockett Hancock in Franklin, Texas. She has been a resident of Mexia since...

Margaret Stewart

Margaret Stewart

Jan 13, 2009

Mrs. Margaret M. Stewart, 90, of Mexia passed away January 13, 2009. A memorial service will be held at a later date in Virginia. Mrs. Stewart was born April 11, 1918 to Willard P. and Sarah Savage McBain in Norfolk, Virginia. She moved to Mexia in June from Stephens City, Virginia. Mrs. Stewart was employed as a building contractor for...

Robert Cates

Robert Cates

Jan 3, 2009

Mr. Robert Bruce Cates, 70, of Mexia passed away January 3, 2009. Funeral services will be 2:00 PM Monday, January 5, 2008 at Blair-Stubbs Chapel. Rev. Marcus Sheffield will officiate with interment to follow in the LaSalle Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 6-9 PM Sunday at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home Mr. Cates was born to George and Bertha Christine...

Edgar Hicks

Edgar Hicks

Jan 2, 2009

Mr. Edgar Hicks,63, of Mexia, passed away Friday in Mexia. Arrangements are pending.

Faye O'Pry

Faye O'Pry

Dec 31, 2008

Mrs. Faye Nell O'Pry, 71, of Mexia passed away December 31, 2008 in Mexia. Funeral services for Mrs. O'Pry will be 2:00 PM Saturday, January 3, 2009 at Temple Baptist Church. Brother Michael Vestal will officiate with interment to follow in the Mexia Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 5-7 PM Friday at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home. Mrs. O'Pry was...

Josephine Connell

Josephine Connell

Dec 29, 2008

Mrs. Josephine (Jo) Earle Connell, 89, of Thornton passed away on December 29, 2008 in Groesbeck. Funeral services for Mrs. Connell will be 10:00 AM Thursday, January 1, 2009 at Central Baptist Church in Thornton with Rev. Tracy Sims officiating. Graveside services will be 1:00 PM Friday at Mt. Olivet in Fort Worth. Visitation with the family will be 6-8...

Edna Ferguson

Edna Ferguson

Dec 29, 2008

Mrs. Edna Lorene Ferguson, 83, of Mexia passed away in Cleburne, December 29, 2008. Funeral services for Mrs. Ferguson will be 11:00 AM, Wednesday, December 31, 2008 at Blair-Stubbs Chapel. Interment will follow in the Mexia Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 6 - 8 PM Tuesday at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home. Mrs. Ferguson was to N. A. and Ruth...

Betty Motl

Betty Motl

Dec 28, 2008

Mrs. Betty Ray Motl, 66, of Royse City, Texas passed away on December 28, 2008. Funeral services for Mrs. Motl will be 1:00 PM, Thursday, January 1, 2009 at Blair-Stubbs Chapel in Thornton. Interment will follow in the Criswell Cemetery in Falls County. Visitation with the family will be 4 - 6 PM Wednesday at Blair-Stubbs Chapel in Thornton. Mrs....

Edyth Byrne

Edyth Byrne

Dec 21, 2008

Graveside funeral services for Mrs. Edyth Byrne, 78, of Houston will be 2 PM Monday, December 29, 2008 in the Mexia Cemetery. Neil Bond will officiate at the service. Mrs. Byrne was born Nov. 5, 1930 to Henry Thomas Walters and Iola Plummer Walters. Her father served as pastor to several churches and was also a butcher at Cooper Grocery...

Buna Pruett

Buna Pruett

Dec 18, 2008

Mrs. Buna Vesta Pruett, 78, of Farrar passed away December 18, 2008. Funeral services for Mrs. Pruett will be 2:00 PM Saturday, December 20, 2008 at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home Chapel in Mexia. Brother Ray Grissett will officiate with interment to follow in Lost Prairie Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 6-8 PM Friday at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home. Mrs. Pruett...

Mary Spillers

Mary Spillers

Dec 12, 2008

Mrs. Mary Jane Johnson Spillers, 93, of Mexia passed away December 12, 2008 in Mexia. Funeral services will be 2:00 PM Monday, December 15, 2008 at First Baptist Church. Rev. Marcus Sheffield will officiate with interment to follow in the Mexia Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 4-6 PM Sunday at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home. Mrs. Spillers was born January...

Stanley Reason

Stanley Reason

Dec 11, 2008

Stanley Howard Reason, 86 took his first breath into heaven Thursday, December 11th. Services will be 2 p.m. Sunday, December 14, 2008 at Calvary Baptist Church with Bro. Rick Gray officiating and put to rest at Cobb Cemetery in Thornton, Texas. The family will receive visitors from 6-8 p.m. Saturday at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home, Mexia, Texas. Mr. Reason was born...