Obituaries

Recent Obituaries in Waco, TX

Barbara Baier Meadows

Barbara Baier Meadows

Dec 22, 2016

Barbara Meadows of Waco, Texas, passed from her earthly constraints on December 22, 2016. A graveside service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, December 27, at the China Spring Cemetery in China Spring, Texas. Visitation will be 4:00-6:00 p.m., Monday, December 26, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey. Barbara was born to Gustav Baier and Torine Nicholson Baier on July 17, 1930,...

Charlie Henry Marstaller

Charlie Henry Marstaller

Dec 20, 2016

Charlie Henry Marstaller, 100, passed Tuesday, December 20, 2016, at a local hospital. A Memorial Service will be held at 2 p.m., Friday, December 23, at Columbus Avenue Baptist Church with the Rev. Ron Durham, Dr. Dennis Swanberg and Dr. Benjamin Harlan officiating. Visitation will be 5:30-7:30 p.m., Thursday, December 22, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home. Mr. Marstaller was born...

Judith Elaine Jones

Judith Elaine Jones

Dec 19, 2016

Judith Elaine Jones of Hewitt, Texas, passed away Monday, December 19, 2016. Services will be 11:00 a.m., Friday, December 23, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home with the Rev. Roy Marshall officiating. Burial will follow at Waco Memorial Park. Visitation will be 6:00-8:00 p.m., Thursday, December 22, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey. Judith was born March 30, 1941, in Wakita, Oklahoma, to Eugene William...

Colbert C. Held

Colbert C. Held

Dec 18, 2016

Dr. Colbert C. ‘Cokie’ Held died peacefully at age 99 on December 18, 2016, in Waco, Texas, after trying with his customary determination and good cheer to recover from a major stroke. A memorial service will be held 11:00 am Friday, December 30, at Lake Shore Baptist Church. Cokie Held was born in Stamford, Texas, on September 3, 1917,...

Adella Pyeatt Vardeman

Adella Pyeatt Vardeman

Dec 16, 2016

Adella (Del) Vardeman, 91, passed away December 16, 2016, at Providence Hospice Place. A Memorial Service will be in the chapel at Stilwell Retirement Residence on January 14, 2017, at 2:00 p.m. Del was born at home in Memphis, Texas, on October 28, 1925. She grew up in Memphis and moved to Waco, Texas, to attend Baylor University. She...

Erin Madge Baxley

Erin Madge Baxley

Dec 13, 2016

Erin Madge Baxley, 94, of Lorena passed away at St. Catherines Hospital on December 13, 2016. Visitation will be from 2:00-4:00 p.m., Sunday, December 18, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home, 6101 Bosque Blvd., Waco, Texas 76710. A graveside service will be held 11:00 a.m., Monday, Decemebr 19, at Lorena Cemetery with Rev. Heath Kirkwood officiating. Madge was born October 25,...

Karen G. Gilbert

Karen G. Gilbert

Dec 13, 2016

Karen G. Gilbert, 54, passed away December 13, 2016 at Providence Hospice with her family by her side. Services will be 2:00 p.m., Saturday, December 17, at St. John Missionary Baptist Church with Rev. Darrick Bledsoe officiating. Burial will follow at Mt. Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church. Karen was born in Waco, Texas on September 02, 1962 to Oscar and...

Delbert Fred Rios-Floyd

Delbert Fred Rios-Floyd

Dec 10, 2016

Delbert Fred Rios-Floyd of Waco passed away Saturday, December 10, 2016. Chapel Services will be at 1:30 p.m., Friday, December 23, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey with Deacon Jesse Garza officiating. Burial will follow at St. Mary's Cemetery in West. Rosary and visitation will begin at 5:30 p.m., Thursday, December 22, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home. Delbert was born September 1, 2015, in...

Anita Elizabeth Coleman

Anita Elizabeth Coleman

Dec 10, 2016

Anita Elizabeth Coleman of Fairfield passed away Saturday, December 10, 2016. Services will be 2:00 p.m., Thursday, Dec.15, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home with the Rev. Brad Brittain officiating. Visitation will begin at 1:00 p.m., prior to the service. Burial will follow at Rosemound Cemetery. Anita was born December 26, 1921, in Mertens, Texas, to Harry P. and Ruby Bookout....

Corkey Mcdaniels, Jr.

Corkey Mcdaniels, Jr.

Dec 10, 2016

After a short battle with leukemia, Corkey McDaniels, Jr., of Woodway passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on Saturday, December 10, 2016, at Baylor Medical Center of Dallas. Graveside Services will be 1:00 p.m., Friday, December 16, at Robinson Cemetery. Visitation will be 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., Thursday, December 15, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey. Corkey was born November 24, 1942,...

Bill Menefee

Bill Menefee

Dec 8, 2016

Billy Mills Menefee of Waco passed away Thursday, December 8, 2016. Services will be 10:00 a.m., Saturday, December 17, at Austin Avenue United Methodist Church with Rev. Tim Jarrell officiating. Burial will follow at Waco Memorial Park. Visitation will be 6:00 -8:00 p.m., Friday, December 16, at Wilkirson Hatch Bailey. Bill Menefee was born into abject poverty in Breckenridge,...

Ann Price Barger

Ann Price Barger

Dec 5, 2016

Ann Price Barger passed away peacefully December 5, 2016, at Brookdale Memorial Oaks in Houston. Visitation will be Thursday, December 8, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home, 12:00-1:00 p.m., followed by graveside service at Oakwood Cemetery at 1:30 p.m. Ann was born in Mineola, Texas, to Geneva and Henry Price in September, 1934. In 1975, Ann married Tom Barger and they...

Karen Fisher Keith

Karen Fisher Keith

Dec 5, 2016

Karen Fisher Keith, age 43, of Dacula, Georgia, passed away Monday, December 5, 2016. The graveside service to Honor and Celebrate the Life of Karen Fisher Keith will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, December 10, at Waco Memorial Park, 6623 Interstate Highway 35S, Robinson, Texas. Karen was born and raised in Waco, Texas, where she attended Western Heights...

Betty Lou Alexander

Betty Lou Alexander

Dec 4, 2016

Betty Lou (Wood) Alexander passed from this life on December 4, 2016 having reached the age of 80 years. Betty was born in Wichita Falls, Texas on October 30, 1936 to Velma and Thomas Wood. She grew up in Wichita Falls and worked various jobs while in high school. She attended Abilene Christian College where she met and married...

Roy Lee  Nash

Roy Lee Nash

Dec 4, 2016

Roy Lee Nash, 90, passed away December 4, 2016. Services will be held at a later date in Wichita, Kansas. Roy was born to Oscar and Eula Nash on Father’s Day, June 20, 1926, in Blackwell, Oklahoma. He grew up and graduated from high school in Wellington, Kansas, and served in the Navy in WWII. Roy went on to...

Laverne Long Smith

Laverne Long Smith

Dec 4, 2016

LaVerne Long Smith passed away peacefully December 4, 2016, at Providence Hospice Care in Waco, Texas. Services will be 1:00 p.m., Thursday, December 8, at Waco Memorial Mausoleum Chapel. LaVerne was born in Ponca City, Oklahoma, to Verne and Thelma Rodgers. At age ten, her family moved to Houston. She graduated from Lamar High School in Houston. She went...

Barbara Alice Anderson

Barbara Alice Anderson

Dec 3, 2016

Barbara Alice Schaefer Anderson, 85, died December 3, 2016, in Seguin, Texas. Funeral services will be held 2:00 p.m., Thursday, December 8, at St. Matthew Lutheran Church in Waco, with burial following at Waco Memorial Park. Visitation will be 5:00-7:00 pm, Wednesday, December 7, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home in Waco. Barbara was a loving and devoted sister, wife, mother...

Doris E. Creasey

Doris E. Creasey

Dec 2, 2016

Doris E. Creasey, 90, passed away December 2, 2016. A graveside service will be held 11:00 a.m., December 6, at Oakwood Cemetery with Rev. Randy Scrivener officiating. Visitation will be 5:00-7:00 p.m., December 5, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home. Doris was born in Penelope, Texas, on January 16, 1926, to John and Mary Vacula. She was married to the love...

Douglas Wiley Crow

Douglas Wiley Crow

Dec 2, 2016

Dr. Douglas Wiley Crow of Waco passed away Friday, December 2, 2016. Services will be 10:00 a.m., Saturday, December 10, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Chapel with the Rev. Matt Snowden officiating. Doug was born December 7, 1937, in Fort Worth, to Robert Vernon Crow, Sr., and Leta Marie Wiley. He graduated from Paschal High School in 1956, where he participated in...

Marilyn Kuehl Smith

Marilyn Kuehl Smith

Dec 1, 2016

Marilyn Kuehl Smith, 79, passed away peacefully on Thursday, December 1, 2016, in Webster, Texas, with family by her side. Visitation will be held 2:00-4:00 p.m., Sunday, December 4, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home. A Memorial Service will be held on Monday, December 5, at 1:30 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church of Waco. Marilyn was born in Prairie Hill, Texas,...