Obituaries

Recent Obituaries in Waco, TX

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...

Eugenia Charlotte Poole

Eugenia Charlotte Poole

Aug 13, 2017

Eugenia Charlotte “Bonnie” Poole, passed away Sunday, August 13, 2017, at Providence Hospital in Waco, Texas. The Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:00 a.m., Friday, August 18, at Saint Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church (St Mary’s), located at 1401 Washington Avenue, Waco, Texas 76701, with Father Joe Geleney officiating. Interment will follow the mass at Holy Cross...

Carroll Leon Webb, Jr.

Carroll Leon Webb, Jr.

Aug 13, 2017

Carroll Leon Webb, Jr., of Waco, passed away August, 13, 2017. Services will be 1:00 p.m., Friday, August 18, at Columbus Avenue Baptist Church. Burial will follow at Oakwood Cemetery. Visitation will be 5:00-7:00 p.m., Thursday, August 17, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home. Carroll was born April 7, 1923, to Carroll L. Webb, Sr., and Ottie Nowlin Webb, in Vivian,...

David Alejandro Mancha

David Alejandro Mancha

Aug 11, 2017

David Alejandro Mancha passed away peacefully Friday, August 11, 2017, at Providence Hospice Place surrounded by family. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:00 a.m., Monday, August 14, at St. Francis on the Brazos Catholic Church with Rev. Father Amado Ramos. Burial will follow at Oakwood Cemetery. Visitation will be 6:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m., with Rosary at 7:00 p.m., Sunday,...

John Garland Adair

John Garland Adair

Aug 8, 2017

John Garland Adair, II of Waco passed away Tuesday, August 8, 2017. Graveside services will be 10:00 a.m., Saturday, August 12, at Waco Memorial Park. Visitation will be 8:00 -9:30 a.m., Saturday, August 12, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Garden Room. Garland was preceded in death by his parents, John and Patricia Adair. He is survived by his sister, Patty Adair of...

Louise Dyess

Louise Dyess

Aug 7, 2017

Louise Dyess, 86, passed away on Monday, August 7, 2017. Private committal will be at Oakwood Cemetery. Memorial services will be 11:00 a.m., Thursday, August 10, at Lakewood Christian Church, 6509 Bosque Boulevard, with Reverend Richard Roland officiating. Born in Bruceville-Eddy on December 25, 1930, Louise was the daughter of Bessie Knight Harrell and Ernest Edwin Harrell. A lifelong...

Billy Carroll Ragsdale

Billy Carroll Ragsdale

Aug 6, 2017

Billy Carroll Ragsdale passed away on Sunday, August 6, 2017, in Waco. Services will be 1:00 p.m., Thursday, August 10, in the Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home Garden Room. He will be laid to rest at the City of Levelland Cemetery. Billy was born on November 24, 1945, in New Orleans, Louisiana, to Chester Ragsdale and Jean Mills VanCleave. He lost...

Beverly Ann Johnston

Beverly Ann Johnston

Aug 6, 2017

Beverly Ann Wollard Johnston, 89, passed away on August 6, 2017. A visitation will be held 6-8 p.m., Wednesday, August 9, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home, Waco, Texas. Burial will be in Missouri. Beverly, one of seven children born to Tom and Hester Wollard, grew up on a farm near Hardin, Missouri. After graduating from high school she attended business...

Mae Jean Holcomb

Mae Jean Holcomb

Aug 3, 2017

Mae Jean Holcomb, 85, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, August 3, 2017. A graveside service will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, August 5, at Oakwood Cemetery, 2124 S. 5th St., Waco. A time of visitation with the family will be held 6:00-7:30 p.m., Friday, August 4, at The Venue at First Woodway Baptist Church....

William Bryan Thornburg

William Bryan Thornburg

Aug 3, 2017

William Bryan Thornburg, 90, of Robinson Texas, passed away peacefully at home on August 3, 2017. Burial will occur at a later date in North Carolina. Bryan was born in Gastonia, North Carolina, on February 16, 1927, the son of Henry and Edith Fisher Thornburg. At the age of 17, he joined the Navy and, at the end of...