Obituaries
Recent Obituaries in Waco, TX
Derral Wayne Parks
Mar 29, 2018
Derral Wayne Parks, 78, beloved husband, father, grandfather and friend, went to be with the Lord on March 29, 2018, after a long and courageous battle with cancer. A celebration of his life will be held 10:00 a.m., Monday, April 2, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home, with Rev. Lester Adams and Rev. Ricky Woodall officiating. The graveside service will follow...
Mary Elizabeth "Libby" Adams
Mar 27, 2018
Mary Elizabeth “Libby” Adams of Waco, Texas, was promoted to her eternal home in Heaven March 27, 2018. The funeral will take place at 1:00 p.m., on Good Friday, March 30, at the Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home in Waco. Visitation is 4:30-6:00 p.m., Thursday, March 29, at WHB. Libby was born January 21, 1931, in Anadarko, Oklahoma, the daughter of...
Hornor Newton Shelton
Mar 23, 2018
Hornor Newton Shelton, 93, of Waco, Texas, passed away March 23, 2018. The memorial service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, March 26th at Columbus Avenue Baptist Church. Burial will follow at Waco Memorial Park. Visitation will be from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., Sunday, March 25th at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home. Hornor was born September 30, 1924, to Perry...
Nita Winget
Mar 23, 2018
Nita Winget passed away Friday, March 23, 2018. Services will be 10:00 am, Monday, March 26, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home with Tommy Pophin and Charles Outlaw officiating. Burial will follow at Oakwood Cemetery. Visitation will be 6:00 pm-8:00 pm, Sunday, March 25, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home. Nita was born February 19, 1952, in Waco to Isaac and Juanita Turner....
Fernando Reyna
Mar 21, 2018
Fernando Reyna went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, March 21, 2018. Services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, March 31, at Parkview Baptist Church with Jerry King and Dr. John Collier officiating. Burial will follow at Chapel Hill Memorial Park. The family welcomes you to join them in for a visitation 6:00–8:00 p.m., Friday, March 30,...
Baxter Adams, Jr.
Mar 21, 2018
George Baxter Adams, Jr., passed away peacefully in his sleep Wednesday, March 21, 2018, just shy of his 90th birthday. A celebration of his life will be held graveside at Oakwood Cemetery, Waco, Texas, 3:00 p.m., Saturday, March 24, with Pastor Mark Wible officiating. Baxter was born in Paducah, Texas, to Baxter, Sr., and Nell Boutwell Adams. He graduated...
Beatrice Alice Helm
Mar 20, 2018
Beatrice Alice Helm passed away Tuesday, March 20, 2018. Visitation will be 10:00-11:00 a.m., Friday, March 23, at Richfield Christian Church. Services will be 11:00 a.m., Friday, March 23, at Richfield Christian Church with Rev. David Story and Rev. Alec Ylitalo officiating. Burial will follow at Oakwood Cemetery. Beatrice was born May 2, 1926, in Waco, Texas, to Clarence...
Virginia Copeland Jantz
Mar 19, 2018
Virginia Copeland Jantz, 95, passed away Monday, March 19, 2018. Graveside services will be 2:00 p.m., Friday, March 23, at Oakwood Cemetery with Dr. Ralph Wagner officiating. Virginia was born January 22, 1923, in Waco, Texas, to parents, Queen Zoe Pierce and William Clifford, Sr. Much of her childhood was spent on a small farm near Hog Creek in...
Mary Vitula Mason
Mar 18, 2018
Mary Vitula Mason passed away Sunday, March 18, 2018. Mary was born March 24, 1920, in Georgetown, TX, to Daniel and Inez Wilcox. Mary graduated from Southwestern University in Georgetown, and taught school for 33 years. She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband, Ernest Fleming Mason and two sisters and one brother. She is survived...
Kim Seavey
Mar 18, 2018
Kim Leigh Kickliter Seavey, 59, of Tampa, Florida, peacefully entered the gates of Heaven on Sunday, March 18, 2018. Kim was born in 1958 to George Kickliter and Shirley Spivey Kickliter in Laredo, Texas. She grew up in a military household, living on multiple Air Force bases in the following locations: Ohio, Arizona, Germany, Texas, Florida, Japan, Philippines and...
Mary Peek
Mar 13, 2018
Mary Eunice Hargett Peek, beloved Wife and Mother, passed away peacefully on March 13, 2018 surrounded by her family and friends in Waco, Texas. Her visitation will be held on Monday, March 19 from 5-7 pm at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey funeral home, 6101 Bosque Blvd, Waco, TX. Funeral services will be Tuesday, March 20, 2018 at 1pm, First United Methodist Church,...
Victor Lopez
Mar 11, 2018
Victor “Boo” Lopez, 54, of Waco, died fighting cancer on March 11, 2018 at 11:11 a.m. in a local hospital. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:00 a.m., Friday, March 16th at Sacred Heart Catholic Church with Rev. Carlo Benjamin P. Magnaye officiating. Burial will follow at Oakwood Cemetery, where he will be laid to rest by his mother,...
Deborah Voige
Mar 11, 2018
Deborah Voige passed away, not without a fight, late in the evening on March 11th, 2018 in Colorado, where she had gone weeks before for a ski trip. This was something she loved to do and it will forever be a mystery why her life ended this way. Faith in the Lord provided her comfort and continues to comfort...
Claretta Brown
Mar 10, 2018
Claretta C. Brown of Waco passed away Saturday, March 10, 2018. Memorial service to be held 11:00 a.m. on Friday March 16, 2018 at First Baptist Church Woodway. Claretta was born July 20, 1934 to Henry Levi Crawford and Clarena Neitch (pronounced kneech) in Quinton Oklahoma. Her father was a World War I veteran and a Methodist circuit riding...
Leo Blanco, Sr.
Mar 8, 2018
Leo Blanco Sr. passed away peacefully on Thursday, March 8th, 2018 at the age of 89. Visitation will be 6:00-8:00 pm, Sunday March 10th, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home. Graveside will be 11:00 am, Monday March 11th, at Post Oak Cemetery in Oglesby, Texas. Leo was born January 20, 1929, in Osage, Texas. Leo had a passion for horses and...
James H. Long
Mar 8, 2018
James Harlan Long passed away on March 8, 2018 at St. Catherine’s Providence Hospice Place. Jim was born in Dallas, Texas on March 9th 1941 to Harlan and Ina Long. He is survived by his loving wife of 48 years Julie Long, his two daughters, Kirsten Krause and her husband Kevin Krause of Waco and Kelley Perkins of Waco;...
Josephine Anna Yarchuska Worobel
Mar 7, 2018
Josephine “Jo” Anna Yarchuska Worobel, 83, passed away Wednesday, March 7, 2018, in Waco, Texas, after a short battle with cancer. Visitation services will be held 9:00-10:00 a.m., Friday, March 23, at Adzima Funeral Home in Stratford, Connecticut, followed by a service at 10:30 a.m., at Saint Mary Church, 70 Gulf Street, Milford, Connecticut. Private graveside burial will be...
Elizabeth Ann Simcik
Mar 7, 2018
Elizabeth Simcik October 25, 1932-March 7, 2018 Elizabeth Ann “Betty” Simcik passed away Wednesday, March 7, 2018. Rosary will be 7:00 p.m., Wednesday, March 14, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home with Deacon Greg George officiating. Visitation will be 6:00-7:00 p.m., Wednesday, March 14, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home. Elizabeth “Betty Ann” was born October 25, 1932, in Westphalia, Texas, to Bert...
Evelyn Youngblood Bryan
Mar 5, 2018
Evelyn Youngblood Bryan April 19, 1924-March 5, 2018 Evelyn “Mickey” Youngblood Bryan, 93, passed away Monday, March 5, 2018. Services will be 10:00 a.m., Friday, March 9, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Chapel with Dr. John Wood officiating. Burial will follow at Waco Memorial Park. Visitation will begin at 9:00 a.m., Friday, March 9, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home. Evelyn was born April...
Melba Bowers
Mar 5, 2018
Melba Clark Bowers passed away Monday, March 5, 2018. Graveside services will be 3:00 p.m., Saturday, March 10, at Waco Memorial Park with her nephew, Rev. James Baldridge, officiating. Visitation will be 1:00-2:00 p.m., Saturday, March 10, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home Garden Room. Melba was born September 10, 1928, in Redwater, Texas, to Hollis and Gertrude Allen Clark. Melba...
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