Obituaries

Recent Obituaries in Waco, TX

Russell B. Carter

Russell B. Carter

Sep 3, 2017

Russell B. Carter, 52, passed away September 3, 2017. Services will be 10:00 a.m., Friday, September 8, at Meadowbrook Baptist Church with Dr. Cary Killough officiating. Burial will follow at Oakwood Cemetery. Visitation will be 6:00-8:00 p.m., Thursday, September 7, in the Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Garden Room. Russell B. Carter was born in Odessa, Texas, and grew up in west Texas....

Tommie Banks

Tommie Banks

Sep 2, 2017

Tommie Banks May 18, 1946-September 2, 2017 On Saturday, September 2, 2017, at 12:24 a.m., Tommie Gene Banks transitioned from Earth to Eternity. Services will be 10:00 a.m., Monday, September 11, at Carver Park Baptist Church with Richard Thomas officiating. Burial will follow at Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery. Visitation will be 6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m., Sunday, September 10, at...

Mildred Faye Hollifield

Mildred Faye Hollifield

Aug 31, 2017

Mildred Faye Buck Hollifield, mother, grandmother, sister, teacher, and friend, passed away on Thursday, August 31, 2017. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m., Saturday, September 9, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home, 6101 Bosque Boulevard, Waco, Texas. The family will receive friends at a visitation 6:00-8:00 p.m., Friday, September 8, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home. Mildred was born November 4, 1939,...

Elizabeth A. Hatfield

Elizabeth A. Hatfield

Aug 30, 2017

Elizabeth A. Hatfield passed away Wednesday, August 30, 2017, after a long battle with cancer. Graveside Services will be 11:00 a.m., Friday, September 1, at Oakwood Cemetery, with Rev. Joe Bailey officiating. Visitation will be 6:00 -8:00 p.m., Thursday, August 31, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home. Elizabeth was born January 27, 1934, in Waco, Texas, to Stephens and Ann Vivian...

Robert Lee Horton Ii

Robert Lee Horton Ii

Aug 25, 2017

Robert Lee Horton II, 69, passed away on August 25, 2017 in Waco after a lengthy illness. Graveside service will be at Waco Memorial Park, Tuesday, August 29 at 1:30 p.m. with Bradley Brannon officiating. Robert was born in Abilene, Texas, in 1948, and grew up in Abilene and Dallas. He married Kay Frances Norman in 1974 in Lubbock....

Martha Jane Mckethan Maddux Smith

Martha Jane Mckethan Maddux Smith

Aug 24, 2017

Martha Jane McKethan Maddux Smith passed away on August 24, 2017 at the age of 86. Graveside services will be at Harris Creek Cemetery on Tuesday, August 29 at 11:30 a.m. with Dr. John Collier of Parkview Baptist officiating. Visitation with the family will be at Crossroads Fellowship Church (next to the cemetery) 1861 Church Rd. McGregor, Texas from...

Sandi Hall Kemper

Sandi Hall Kemper

Aug 23, 2017

Sandi Hall Kemper stepped into Heaven in the early morning of August 23, 2017 after a brief stay in the Providence Hospice Center, Waco, Texas. She was 81 years old. A celebration of her life will be held on Friday, August 25 at 4:30 p.m. at Central Presbyterian Church, Woodway, Texas. The Rev. David Rodgers will be officiating. Sandi’s...

Ruby Scherff Pick

Ruby Scherff Pick

Aug 23, 2017

Ruby Pick passed away at her residence surrounded by family. Services will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 26th at St. Paul Lutheran Church with Pastor Larry Krueger officiating. Burial will follow at Waco Memorial Park. Visitation will be 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Friday, Aug. 25th at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home. Ruby was born in Riesel, Texas. She was baptized at...

Chancelor Ross King

Chancelor Ross King

Aug 23, 2017

Chancelor Ross King, beloved son of Gala Howell King of Woodway and Todd King of College Station, went to be with his Lord and Savior on August 23, 2017. A 2016 graduate of Lorena High School, Chance played offensive guard for the Lorena Leopards and was voted homecoming king during his senior year. Following graduation, he attended McLennan Community...

Myrtle  Agnes Burnsed

Myrtle Agnes Burnsed

Aug 22, 2017

Myrtle Agnes Burnsed, a devout Christian, 82, of Hewitt, TX passed away at 12:20 a.m. on Aug. 22, 2017 at Town Hall Estates Nursing Home, in Hillsboro, TX, while in the care of Providence Hospice, following a ten year battle with Alzheimer’s disease. A graveside celebration of her life will be conducted at Waco Memorial Park at 10 A....

Randee B. Johnson

Randee B. Johnson

Aug 22, 2017

Randee Buice Johnson passed away peacefully at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, August 22, 2017, at Providence Hospital under the care of Providence Hospice after battling stage 4 lung cancer for over 3 ½ years. Randee was born October 19, 1943, in Waco, Texas to Euell Dee & Mildred Buice Johnson. They lived in Corpus Christi for several years while...

Joan Glenn Branyon

Joan Glenn Branyon

Aug 22, 2017

Joan Glenn Branyon, 87, of Waco, passed away Tuesday, August 22, 2017, at Baylor Scott & White-Hillcrest Hospital. A graveside service will be held 11:00 a.m., September 1, at Oakwood Cemetery with Rev. Ron Durham presiding. Visitation will be held 6:00-8:00 p.m., Thursday, August 31, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home. Joan was born on August 22, 1930, in Cisco, Texas,...

John Ivan Taverner

John Ivan Taverner

Aug 22, 2017

John Ivan Taverner passed away on August 22, 2017, after an earthly life which was richly blessed by God above. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 PM, Monday, August 28, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home. Graveside Services will be at 10 AM, Tuesday, August 29, at the Lorena Cemetery in Lorena, TX John was born July 6, 1943, to...

Jean Eldridge Nix

Jean Eldridge Nix

Aug 19, 2017

Jean Nix, an amazing, vibrant and loving woman who can also be remembered as a survivor of many challenges including a major airline crash in 1988, joined her husband and her Savior in Heaven on August 19, 2017. Visitation with the family will be in the Garden Room at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home on Thursday, August 24 from 5:30 –...

Vicky A. Guerra

Vicky A. Guerra

Aug 18, 2017

Vicky A. Guerra passed away Friday, August 18, 2017, in Waco, Texas. Services will be 10:00 am, Tuesday, August 22, 2017, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Chapel with Chaplin Larry Holden officiating. Burial will follow at Moody Cemetery. Visitation will be 6:00 to 8:00 pm, Monday, August 21, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey in the Garden Room. Vicky was born October 1, 1961, in Waco,...

Margaret Helen Smith

Margaret Helen Smith

Aug 16, 2017

Margaret Helen Norman Smith passed away peacefully at age 88 and made the ultimate trip of her life on Wednesday, August, 16, 2017, from Waco. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m., Monday, August 21, at First Baptist Church Woodway with Pastor Terry Graham officiating. Burial will follow in Waco Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be 4:30-6:30 p.m., Sunday, August...

Mable Lee Tatum Warren

Mable Lee Tatum Warren

Aug 16, 2017

Mable Lee Tatum Warren, 90, of McGregor, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Aug. 16, 2017. Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 24, at Columbus Avenue Baptist Church with Dr. Ralph Rummage officiating. Burial will follow at Harris Creek Cemetery. Visitation will be Wed., Aug. 23 from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey. She was born...

Mary Sue Gammon

Mary Sue Gammon

Aug 15, 2017

Mary Sue Gammon passed away Tuesday, August 15, 2017, at Stoney Brook in Waco, Texas. Services will be 1:30 p.m., Saturday, August 26, at Waco Memorial Park. Visitation will be 10:30-11:30 a.m., Saturday, August 26, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home. Mary Sue was born November 20, 1924, in Klondike, Texas, to Otis Jackson and Eula V. Jackson. She was preceded...

Durine Stepp Otwell

Durine Stepp Otwell

Aug 15, 2017

Durine, age 90, passed away August 15, 2017, at Wesley Woods Care Center. Services will be 11:00 a.m., Friday, August 18, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home with Charlie Dodd of First Baptist Woodway, Senior Ministry officiating. Burial will follow at Waco Memorial Park Mausoleum. Visitation will be 5:00-7:00 p.m., Thursday, August 17, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey. Durine was born in Penelope, Texas,...

Gwendolyn W. Aldredge

Gwendolyn W. Aldredge

Aug 14, 2017

Dr. Gwendolyn W. Aldredge passed away Monday, August 14, 2017, at home, surrounded by family. Services will be 2:00 p.m., Sunday, August 20, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Chapel with Kip Osborne officiating. A graveside service will be held 9:00 a.m., Tuesday, August 22, at Crowville Masonic Cemetery, Crowville, Louisiana. Visitation will be 4:00-6:00 p.m., Saturday, August 19, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey. Gwen Aldredge...