Obituaries

Recent Obituaries in Waco, TX

James W. Scarborough

James W. Scarborough

Aug 15, 2018

James "Jim" William Scarborough passed away peacefully on Wednesday, August 15, 2018. Graveside services will be 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, August 22, at Oakwood Cemetery with the Hon. Jeffrey C. Manske officiating. Visitation will be 6:00-8:00 p.m., Tuesday, August 21, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home. Jim was born on April 16, 1939, in Jacksonville, Texas, to Dr. and Mrs. James S....

Wilburn Floyd Yates

Wilburn Floyd Yates

Aug 14, 2018

Wilburn Floyd Yates passed away Tuesday, August 14, 2018. Services will be 10:00 am, Wednesday, August 22, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Oakwood Cemetery. Visitation will be 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., Tuesday, August 21, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home. Wilburn was born October 5, 1960, in Jourdanton, Texas, to Wilburn and Evelyn June Yates. He worked for...

Beth Jeffus Wedemeyer

Beth Jeffus Wedemeyer

Aug 12, 2018

Beth Jeffus Wedemeyer, Mrs. William C., passed away on August 12, 2018, at her home in Waco, Texas. A private graveside service will take place. The memorial service will be held 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, August 29, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home, 6101 Bosque Blvd., Waco. Visitation will be 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., Tuesday, August 28, at the funeral home. She...

Maria P De Olvera

Maria P De Olvera

Aug 11, 2018

Maria P De Olvera, 87, of Waco, Texas, went on to the Lord on August 11, 2018. Services will be 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, August 15, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey, 6101 Bosque Blvd. Burial will follow at Oakwood Cemetery. Visitation will be 6:00-8:00 p.m., Tuesday, August 14, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey. Maria was born in Guanajuato, Mexico, on September 30, 1929, the daughter of...

Wilma Dee Killam Harwell

Wilma Dee Killam Harwell

Aug 10, 2018

Wilma Dee Killam Harwell, 84, passed away August 10, 2018, in Waco, Texas. Services will be 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, August 14, at The Salvation Army Waco Corps, 1225 South N Jack Kultgen Expressway, with Major Anita Caldwell officiating. Burial will follow at Restland Cemetery in Dallas. Visitation will be 6:00-8:00 p.m., Monday, August 13, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home, 6101...

Howard Ray Denard

Howard Ray Denard

Aug 9, 2018

Howard Ray Denard passed away Thursday, August 9, 2018. Graveside Services will be 10:00 a.m., Monday, August 13, at Waco Memorial Park with Brother Roy Marshall officiating. Burial will follow. Visitation will be 5:00–7:00 p.m., Sunday, August 12, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home. Howard was born on October 29, 1934, in McLennan County, Texas, to Roy and Lillian Denard. Howard...

Jane Goode

Jane Goode

Aug 8, 2018

Elizabeth “Jane” Anderson Goode died peacefully on Wednesday, August 8, 2018, after a lengthy illness. Services will be held 11:00 a.m., Monday, August 13, in the First Baptist Church Chapel with Matt Snowden and Alan Lefever co-officiating. Lunch and visitation will follow in the Fellowship Hall. Jane was born on March 25, 1930, in Cotton Plant, Arkansas, to R.O....

Stephen James Lundquist

Stephen James Lundquist

Aug 3, 2018

Stephen James Lundquist passed away Friday, August 3, 2018. A visitation will be held 6:00-8:00 p.m., Tuesday, August 7, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home. Steve was born June 1, 1947, in New York, New York, to James and Helen Lundquist. He graduated from East Rutherford High School and was a long time resident of Carlstadt, New Jersey. Stephen received a...

Bob Leon Payne

Bob Leon Payne

Aug 1, 2018

Bobby Leon Payne passed away peacefully at home on August 1, 2018. Memorial Services will be at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, August 4, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home, 6101 Bosque Blvd, Waco Texas 76710 with RFC Chaplain Mike Griffith officiating. Visitation will from 6:00-8:00 p.m., Friday, August 3, at the funeral home. Bob was born on February 3, 1935, in Houston...

Vera Eileen Meroney

Vera Eileen Meroney

Aug 1, 2018

Vera Eileen Meroney passed away Wednesday, August 1, 2018. Services will be 1:30 p.m., Saturday, August 4, at Salvation Army of Waco, Texas, 1221 S. Jack Kultgen Expressway with Major Les Wheeler officiating. Burial will follow at Waco Memorial Park. Visitation will be 6:00-8:00 p.m., Friday, August 3, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home. Eileen was born September 9, 1923, in...

Edith Bateman

Edith Bateman

Jul 31, 2018

Edith Marie Bateman, a longtime resident of Dallas, Texas, died Tuesday, July 31, 2018, at her home surrounded by family. The graveside service will be 11:00 a.m., Saturday, August 4, at the Eddy Cemetery, Eddy, Texas. Edith was born January 10, 1935, in Major, Kentucky, located in Owsley County, to the late Ernest Miller “E.M.” and Emma Allen Roberts....

Marinelle Kellner Greer

Marinelle Kellner Greer

Jul 30, 2018

Marinelle Kellner Greer, 94, recently of Texarkana, Texas, went to be with her Lord on July 30, 2018, at Cornerstone Retirement Center. Graveside services will be held at Oakwood Cemetery, South 5th Street in Waco, at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, August 11. Officiating will be René Maciel, Missions Pastor of First Baptist Church Woodway. She was born January 4, 1924,...

Charlotte Mcclanahan

Charlotte Mcclanahan

Jul 30, 2018

Charlotte McClanahan, wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend, peacefully went to be with her Lord on July 30, 2018. A graveside service, dedicated to the glory of God and in celebration and thanksgiving for her life, will take place at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, August 1, at Oakwood Cemetery in Waco, Texas, with Reverend Wes Keyes, Executive Director of Brother...

Rosa Fuentes

Rosa Fuentes

Jul 29, 2018

Surrounded by her family, Rosa Costillo Fuentes went to be with the Lord at home on Sunday, July 29, 2018. She follows in death her late husband of 72 years, Porfirio Fuentes, Sr., the love of her life. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:00 a.m., Thursday, August 2, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church with Father Benjamin Magnaye as...

Donna Lu Smith

Donna Lu Smith

Jul 28, 2018

Donna Lu Westmoreland Smith passed away July 28, 2018, at Brookdale Lake Brazos, Waco, Texas. The Graveside Service will be 11:00 a.m., Thursday, August 2, at Oakwood Cemetery with Rev. Ron Durham officiating. Visitation will be 6:00-8:00 p.m., Wednesday, August 1, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home. Donna Lu was born July 25, 1931, in Waco, to John and Allyne Westmoreland....

Betty Alice Dierking

Betty Alice Dierking

Jul 27, 2018

Betty Dierking, 84, passed away at home in Crawford, Texas surrounded by her family. Services will be on Wednesday, August 1, 2018 at 10am at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Chapel, 6101 Bosque Blvd. Waco, Texas 76710, with Father Tom Rardin officiating. Burial will be at 2pm at New Wehdem Cemetery, Brenham, Texas and reception to follow at Saint James Lutheran Church, 10362...

Edith C. Dunn

Edith C. Dunn

Jul 25, 2018

Edith C. Dunn, 94, passed away Wednesday, July 25, 2018. Services will be 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, August 1, at Billings Union Cemetery in Billings, Oklahoma. Visitation will be 6:30-7:30 p.m., Monday, July 30, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home. Edith was born April 5, 1924, in Billings, to Benjamin Cornelius and Etha Edith Fisher. She married C.P. Dunn on January 26,...

Henry Gonzales, Jr.

Henry Gonzales, Jr.

Jul 25, 2018

Henry Gonzales, Jr., was called home by his Lord on Wednesday, July 25, 2018. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:00 a.m., Saturday, July 28, at St. Francis on the Brazos Catholic Church on the Brazos with Father Eduardo Jazo officiating. Burial will follow at Waco Memorial Park. Visitation will be 6:00 p.m., with Rosary at 7:00 p.m. Friday,...

Frances Marie Johns

Frances Marie Johns

Jul 25, 2018

Frances Marie VanWie Taylor Johns was born September 13, 1927, to parents, Mr. and Mrs. R.S. VanWie, in Waco, Texas. Frances graduated from Waco High School in 1944 and entered nurses training at Hillcrest Hospital where she graduated with an R.N. degree in 1947. She and M. A. Taylor were married December 1949 and together they had three children:...

Naomi Ferguson

Naomi Ferguson

Jul 24, 2018

Naomi Ferguson passed away Tuesday, July 24, 2018. Graveside services will be 2:30 p.m., Saturday, July 28, at Powers Chapel Cemetery in Falls County. Naomi was born January 13, in Rosebud, Texas, to Walter E. and Mabel Elsie Ferguson. She graduated from the MCC nursing program and practiced for many years at Hillcrest Hospital. She was preceded in death...