Obituaries

Alice "Marie" Cude

Alice "Marie" Cude

April 7, 2021

Marie Cude, 82, formerly of Marquez, Texas passed away April 7, 2021 in Cleveland, Texas. Her funeral services will be held 12 Noon, Sunday, April 11, 2021 at Walters Funeral Home, Centerville, Texas. Burial will follow in Concord Cemetery in Concord, Texas. A brief visitation will take place before the service Sunday from 10 A.M. to 12 Noon at the...

Mark Allen Davis

Mark Allen Davis

March 22, 2021

Mark Allen Davis, 65, of Leona, Texas passed away at his home on March 22, 2021. Mark was born to Burgess Edward Davis and Jo Beth (Luker) Davis on October 6, 1955 in Cuero, Texas. He was raised in Cuero, Texas and was a Seminary graduate. During Mark’s life he held various employment positions which included oilfield work and a...

Maggie Lee (Green) Proctor

Maggie Lee (Green) Proctor

March 18, 2021

Mrs. Maggie Lee (Green) Proctor was born November 2, 1935 in Centerville, Texas to the late Frank & Jossie (Hopkins) Green. She was baptized at an early age and united with Cairo Baptist Church where she remained a member until her death. Miss Maggie Green married the late Albert Lee Proctor, Sr. on November 18, 1952. To this union, four...

Florence West Washington

Florence West Washington

March 12, 2021

Homegoing services for Florence West Washington, 70, will be held 11 A.M., Saturday, March 20, 2021 at Walters Funeral Home, Centerville, Texas. Pastor Michael Washington will officiate the service and interment will follow in Pleasant Springs Cemetery in the Pleasant Springs Community of Leon County, Texas. A brief visitation will be held prior to the service Saturday from 9 A.M....

Maggie B Hopkins

Maggie B Hopkins

March 8, 2021

Maggie Barefield Hopkins was born on September 29, 1947 in Goliad, Texas to the late Elex & Beauty Barefield. She was baptized and accepted Christ at an early age and attended New Zion Baptist Church. Maggie was employed with the Centerville I.S.D. for twenty-three years until her health failed her. On the morning of March 8, 2021 at her home...

Billy Edward Tidwell

Billy Edward Tidwell

March 6, 2021

Billy Tidwell passed away peacefully Saturday, March 6, 2021 in Tomball, Texas just eight days shy of his ninety-second birthday. Graveside services will be held at 10:30 A.M., Friday March 12, 2021 at the Centerville Cemetery in Centerville, Texas. Billy Edward Tidwell was born March 14, 1929 in Brownsboro, Texas, the youngest and only son of Dunk McKinley & Willie...

Ross Glenewinkel

Ross Glenewinkel

March 5, 2021

Ross Glenewinkel, 76, passed away suddenly, yet peacefully on March 5, 2021 at his home in Flynn, Texas. Funeral services are scheduled for 11 A.M., Saturday, March 13, 2021 at Flynn Methodist Church in Flynn, Texas. Rev. Mark McClanahan and Rev. Jim Jackson will officiate the service. Interment will follow in Gum Springs Cemetery. The Glenewinkel family will receive friends...

Alvin Homer "Al" Byers, Sr.

Alvin Homer "Al" Byers, Sr.

February 25, 2021

Al Byers, 80, left his earthly home and was welcomed into the arms of his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, February 25, 2021. A celebration of his life will be held 11 A.M., Monday, March 1, 2021 at Calvary Missionary Baptist Church in Centerville, Texas. Pastor of the church, Bro. Dean Easterling, and Philip Byers, II will officiate the service....

Kenneth "Scott" Isbell

Kenneth "Scott" Isbell

February 24, 2021

Scott Isbell, 63, went to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ with his family by his side Wednesday, February 24, 2021, having succumbed to Alzheimer’s Disease following a brave and valiant battle. Funeral services for Scott will be held 3 P.M., Sunday, February 28, 2021 at Walters Funeral Home, Centerville, Texas. Pastor Wade Phillips will officiate the service....

Frances Lea Vest

Frances Lea Vest

February 18, 2021

Frances Lea Vest, 84, passed away peacefully February 18, 2021, at her home in Leona, Texas. She was born Frances Lea Cleere February 9, 1937, in Corsicana, Texas to Guy Cleere and Myrtle Marie (McCauley) Morgan. Frances married her husband, Cecil Wallace Vest, February 12, 1954, and they shared sixty-seven wonderful years together. Their union in holy matrimony granted Frances...

Tod  Leon Wilborn

Tod Leon Wilborn

February 14, 2021

Tod Leon Wilborn went to be with his Lord and Savior on February 14, 2021 at his home on Payne Hill, Marquez, Texas at the age of fifty-one. He was born on April 13, 1969 in Houston, Texas to parents, Louise Annette “Payne” Wilborn and John Franklin Wilborn. He was preceded in death by his father, John Wilborn; his loving...

Ethel Lee Young

Ethel Lee Young

February 13, 2021

The Lord whispered to her to come and rest.... Ethel Lee Young was born on September 3, 1924 to Simon & Caroline Young and was the oldest of ten children. She had resided in Lubbock, Texas since the mid forties where she united with Bethel A.M.E. Church. She served faithfully on the Senior Usher Board and Ma Jones Missionary Society,...

Charlie W. Spence

Charlie W. Spence

February 1, 2021

Charles Winston “Charlie” Spence, Jr. was born on June 17, 1966, to Rita Kelly and Charles Winston Spence, Sr. He was born in Frankfurt, Germany while his father was stationed there in the Army. He married the love of his life, Connie Elizabeth Ainsworth, on August 27, 1988. They lived in Concord, Texas, where they raised their three children, Ceanne...

Melvene W. Brantley

Melvene W. Brantley

January 22, 2021

Funeral services for Melvene W. Brantley, age 75, will be held 2 P.M., Thursday, January 28, 2021 at Walters Funeral Home, Centerville, Texas. Interment will follow in North Creek Cemetery in rural eastern Leon County. The Brantley family will receive friends Wednesday, January 27th from 6 P.M. to 8 P.M. at the funeral home. Pallbearers: Wesley Stains, Joseph Stains, Austin...

Mamie "Joy" Seale-Wells

Mamie "Joy" Seale-Wells

January 21, 2021

Mamie Joy Seale–Wells gained her heavenly wings January 21, 2021, after a brief illness. She was born Mamie Joy Bell Sept. 18, 1935 at Centerville, Texas to Hazel and Raymond Bell. She graduated high school and married Don Seale. Together they moved several times throughout Texas, including Colorado City, Odessa, Denver City and finally San Angelo. Their union ended shortly...

Ronald Wayne Shores

Ronald Wayne Shores

January 15, 2021

Ronald Wayne Shores, of Centerville, Texas, perished in a tragic tractor accident while working at home on January 15, 2021. He was born September 19, 1962 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He was fifty-eight years young at the time of death. Ronnie grew up in Pasadena, Texas and started his first flooring business there called ‘Bare Wood Floors’. In the later...

Charles William Schrimsher

Charles William Schrimsher

January 13, 2021

Charles William "Bill" Schrimsher, age 80, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, January 13, 2021 in Bryan, Texas. From his birth on August 15, 1940, in Springfield, Missouri to his death on Wednesday in Texas, he made a lasting impression on everyone he met. Born to Charles and Geraldine (Esther) Schrimsher, Bill was the older of two children. By a very...

Marjorie Davis

Marjorie Davis

January 12, 2021

Mrs. Marjorie Davis, age 92, passed away on January 12, 2021. Marjorie was born May 13, 1928 in San Antonio, Texas to Carl L. Bethea and Otis Pearl Bethea. Marjorie married Scotty Davis of Houston, Texas on May 1, 1948 in Houston, Texas. She is survived by her children, Bob and Dollye Davis; Neil and Tonna Davis; Wayne and Sharon...

David "Sam" Bain

David "Sam" Bain

January 11, 2021

Sam Bain passed away peacefully on Monday, January 11, 2021, at his home in Houston, Texas, after an extended illness, with his wife and caregiver by his side. Sam was born May 2, 1934, in Centerville, Texas, to Judge Sam and Edwina Geraldine (Bobbie) Gunn Bain. He graduated from the Centerville High School in 1952 and was a graduate from...

Jerry Lynn Bell

Jerry Lynn Bell

January 10, 2021

“….On January, 10, 2021, as the cold rains fell in Leon County, Texas, the chopping sounds of an Army helicopter landing were heard as Jerry Bell, age 77, Sergeant Major, U.S. Army Retired, deployed to Heaven’s shore.” (Cecil Bell, Jr.) Jerry Lynn Bell was born May 2, 1943 in the Russell Community of northern Leon County, Texas to William Ernest...