Obituaries
Elizabeth Gregory
Sep 28, 2008
Elizabeth Geraldine Gregory, 90, of Thibodaux, Louisiana, formerly of Coolidge, passed away September 28, 2008. Funeral services will be 1:00 p.m. Saturday, October 4, 2008 at Coolidge Methodist Church. Rev. Brad Brittain will officiate with interment to follow in the Coolidge Cemetery. Mrs. Gregory was born to Samuel and Corine Matthews Grooms on March 8, 1918 in Coolidge, Texas. She...
Albert Thomason
Sep 25, 2008
Albert Dwain Thomason of Prairie Hill, Texas, passed away in Groesbeck on September 25, 2008. Family visitation will be at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home in Mexia from 4 -6 p.m., Friday, September 26, 2008. Funeral services will be at Prairie Hill Baptist Church on Saturday, September 27, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. Pastor Fred Sain will be officiating. Burial will follow at...
Evalyn Collingsworth
Sep 24, 2008
Mrs. Evalyn Mae (Sunny) Collingsworth, 83, of Mexia passed away Wednesday, September 24, 2008. Graveside services will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday, September 27, 2008 in the Mexia Cemetery with Rev. Marcus Sheffield officiating. Mrs. Collingsworth was born December 18, 1924 in Harlingen, Texas to Johnnie Ray and Annie Lou (Haynes) Cameron. She married Charles C. (Chuck) on December 18, 1948....
Joyce Watson
Sep 23, 2008
Joyce Ann Watson, 61, of Mexia passed away September 23, 2008. Funeral services will be held 11:00 a.m. Friday, September 26, 2008 at Northside Baptist Church. Rev. Jeff Wright will officiate with interment to follow in the Mexia Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 6 - 8 p.m. Thursday at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home. Mrs. Watson was born February 27,...
Fidel Pineda
Sep 20, 2008
Fidel Victor Pineda, 64, of Mexia passed away Saturday, September 20, 2008. Memorial services were held on Sunday, September 21, 2008 at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah Witnesses in Mexia. Mr. Pineda was born March 23, 1944 to Joe and Florinda (Reyes) Pineda in Mission, Texas. He was a self-employed welder. He is survived by his children, Linda Gonzales and...
Jeffrey McBay
Sep 3, 2008
Funeral services will be held on Saturday, September 6, 2008, at 1:00 PM in Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home Chapel, 605 S. McKinney St., Mexia, Tx., for Jeffrey Scott McBay, 20, who passed away on Wednesday, September 3, 2008 in Lafayette, La. Interment will follow in LaSalle Cemetery. Dr. Charles T. "Tommy" Roberts will conduct the funeral services. Survivors include his parents,...
Willie Darnell
Sep 3, 2008
Willie "Otis" Darnell, 87, passed away September 3, 2008 in Houston, Tx. after a valiant but heartbreaking struggle with Alzheimer's. He was born on February 4, 1921 in Madisonville, Tx. to Elijah and Lela Darnell and raised in Box Church, Tx. Otis graduated from Groesbeck High School in 1938 in Groesbeck, Tx. He served in the U.S. Army during WWII...
Bobby Strother
Aug 31, 2008
Bobby Charles Strother, 76, of Mexia died Sunday morning, August 31, 2008. Funeral services are scheduled for Wednesday, September 3, at 11 am, at the Calvary Baptist Church with burial to follow at Lost Prairie Cemetery. The Reverends James Hooper, Rick Gray and Marcus Sheffield will officiate at the services. Pallbearers will be Terry Lynn Strother, Todd Hindall, Wayne Strother,...
Jessie Cobbs, Jr.
Aug 20, 2008
Jessie Cobbs, Jr., 79, of Robinson passed away August 20, 2008 at his home. Memorial services will be at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home Chapel in Mexia, Texas at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 23, 2008, with Dr. Jimmy Dorrell of Waco and Rev. Gaylon Henry of Ft. Worth officiating. Burial will follow at Lost Prairie Baptist Church Cemetery in Groesbeck. Visitation...
Edward Ingersoll
Aug 17, 2008
Edward Delone Ingersoll, 92, of Wortham passed away August 17, 2008. Graveside services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, August 20, 2008 in the Wortham Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home. Mr. Ingersoll was born to Joseph and Hettie (Wheeler) Ingersoll in Blanchester, Ohio on November 6,...
Otis Denton
Aug 13, 2008
Mr. Otis Denton, 92, passed away August 13, 2008 in Mexia, Texas. Graveside services will be held on Sunday, August 17, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. in the Post Oak Cemetery near Fairfield. Mr. Ray Jones officiated. Visitation with the family will be 5-7:00 p.m. Saturday at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home Mr. Denton was born in Lillie, Louisiana on September 30, 1915...
Charles Day
Jul 30, 2008
Charles Elton Day, 84, of Shiloh passed away July 30, 2008. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m. Friday, August 1, 2008 in the Blair-Stubbs Chapel with Rev. Marcus Sheffield officiating. Interment will follow with Military Honor Guards in the Prairie Grove Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 7:00-8:00 p.m. Thursday at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home. Mr. Day was born in...
Nadine Lowry
Jul 24, 2008
Mrs. Nadine Lowry, 83, of Coolidge passed away July 24, 2008 in Fort Worth. Funeral services will be 4:30 p.m. Sunday, July 27, 2008 at the First Baptist Church in Coolidge. Rev. Larry Holden and Rev. Chuck Sturgeon will officiate with interment to follow in the Tehuacana Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 6 - 8 p.m. Saturday at...
Ronald Headley
Jul 24, 2008
Mr. Ronald W. Headley's ashes will be interred along side his family members in Sanger, California at a later date. Survivors include a cousin,Stuart Carter of Mexia, Texas
Phyllis Boone
Jul 24, 2008
Phyllis Ruth Mullins Boone was born May 21, 1937 in Hobbs, New Mexico, to G. D. Mullins and Anna Ruth Polk Mullins. She was called home on July 31, 2008. She was greatly loved and touched the lives of many relatives, friends, and coworkers, who will fondly and joyfully hold her memory alive forever. Phyllis was a graduate of Abilene...
Oliver Lee, Jr.
Jul 17, 2008
Funeral services for Oliver John (O. J.) Lee, Jr., 73, of Mexia will be Saturday, July 19, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. at the Calvary Baptist Church. Brother David Snow and Mr. Neil Bond will officiate with interment to follow in the Shiloh Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 6:00-8:00 p.m. Friday, July 18, 2008 at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home Mr....
Charles Space
Jul 9, 2008
Former Mexia resident, Charles (Jimmy) Space, passed away on July 9, 2008 in Georgetown, Texas. Charles was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on June 29, 1919 the elder son in a family of four children. While he was still a baby, his parents moved to Belen, New Mexico, located in a rural New Mexico valley outside Albuquerque. Charles was nicknamed...
Mandville Lide, Jr.
Jul 7, 2008
Funeral services for Mandville Lide, Jr., 77, of Cotton Gin will be Tuesday, July 8, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. at the Northcrest Church of Christ in Mexia. Mr. Bobby Lide and Mr. Chuck Durham will officiate with interment to follow in the Cotton Gin Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 6-8 p.m. Monday, July 7, 2008 at Blair-Stubbs Funeral...
Billy Felz
Jul 4, 2008
Billy Ed Felz, 75, died July 4, 2008 at his home in Mexia, Texas surrounded by his wife and sister. He was born September 18, 1932 in Mexia to Edward and Mattie Mae (Dorsett) Felz. Mr. Felz is survived by his wife and companion, Neva, of 39 years, a sister, Nancy Felz Zatopek and husband, Elo of Waco, a niece,...
Jannie Miller
Jul 3, 2008
Funeral services for Jannie Lou Miller, 80, of The Woodlands will be Sunday, July 6, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. at Blair-Stubbs Chapel. Rev. Neil Bond will officiate with interment to follow in Ft. Parker Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 6-8 p.m. Saturday, July 5, 2008 at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home. Mrs. Miller was born to Reuben and...
