Obituaries

June 20, 2020

Funeral services for Mrs. Gladys Lamb, 101, will be held 2 P.M., Wednesday, June 24, 2020 at Walters Funeral Home in Centerville, Texas. Interment will follow in Pleasant Grove Cemetery in southern Leon County. The Lamb family will receive friends Tuesday, June 23rd from 6 P.M. to 8 P.M. at the funeral home. Gladys (Spiller) Lamb was born July 23,...

June 17, 2020

June 14, 2020

Donnie Ellis, 92, passed away at his home in Huntsville Sunday, June 14, 2020. His funeral services will be held 10 A.M., Saturday, June 20, 2020 at Walters Funeral Home in Centerville, Texas. Rev. Reagan Cooksey will officiate the service. Mr. Ellis will be laid to rest in Evans Chapel Cemetery in Leona, Texas. A brief visitation will take place...

June 12, 2020

Funeral services for Drue Scates, 92, will be held 10 A.M., Monday, June 15, 2020 at Walters Funeral Home in Centerville, Texas. Bro. Mark Gray, pastor of LIFE Church in Leona, Texas, will officiate the service. Mrs. Scates will be laid to rest in Pleasant Ridge Cemetery in the Ridge Community of Leon County. The Scates family will receive friends...

June 7, 2020

Bernice Williams, 86, passed away June 7, 2020 in Houston, Texas. Graveside services will take place 10:30 A.M., Wednesday, June 10, 2020 at Lummus Cemetery in the Flo Community of Leon County. There will be no public visitation. Bernice Helen Williams was born December 31, 1933 in Iola, Texas to Walter E. & Oleta (Harmon) Shiflet. She was raised in...

June 3, 2020

Jalen Rashad McDuffie was born December 6, 1998 in The Woodlands, Texas to parents, Artie McDuffie, Sr. & Nanette (Lankford) McDuffie, the youngest of four siblings. He lived most of his young life in Huntsville where he was a graduate of Huntsville High School. Jalen played basketball and football when he was younger and later enjoyed playing video games and...

May 31, 2020

Graveside funeral services for Ernie Wilburn, age 72, will be held 11 A.M., Thursday, June 4, 2020 at Centerville Cemetery in Centerville, Texas. A brief visitation will take place Wednesday evening, June 3rd, from 7 P.M. to 8 P.M. at Walters Funeral Home in Centerville, Texas. Ernest Marvin Wilburn, Jr. was born February 1, 1948 in Houston, Texas to Ernest...

May 26, 2020

Curtis Eugene “Gene” Owens, 83, passed away on May 26, 2020 surrounded by his beloved family. He was born on May 4, 1937 in Crossett, Arkansas. He was raised in Crossett and graduated in 1955 from Crossett High School. He proudly served in the United States Air Force during the Vietnam War. He worked in the paper mill industry for...

May 23, 2020

Funeral services for Bob Sherman, 72, will be held 11 A.M., Wednesday, May 27, 2020, at Walters Funeral Home in Centerville, Texas. Bro. Bo Gunnels will officiate the service, and interment will follow in the Sherman Cemetery, east of Centerville. The Sherman family will receive friends Tuesday, May 26th from 6 P.M. to 8 P.M. at Walters Funeral Home. Bob...

May 22, 2020

Edith Burke Lagrone of Concord passed from this earthly life to her heavenly home May 22, 2020, in Bryan, Texas. Edith was born May 6, 1925, in Concord, Texas, at her parents’ home along Brushy Creek. Her parents, Mark and Bertha Springer Burke, moved into town when Edith was seven years old so she could attend Concord School. She completed...

May 19, 2020

John Shannon Morgan, 53, of Conroe, Texas, passed away on May 19, 2020. The funeral service will be held on Friday, May 22, 2020, at 2 P.M. at Walters Funeral Home in Centerville, Texas. Visitation will precede the funeral service at 1 P.M. Burial will follow the funeral service at Siloam Cemetery. John was born in Jacksonville, Florida on January...

May 3, 2020

Funeral services for Melba Jo (Parker) Ellis, age 70, of Slidell, Louisiana, will be held 11 A.M., Saturday, May 9, 2020 at Oakwood Cemetery, Oakwood, Texas. Richard Heard will officiate the service and Fred Weisinger will present the eulogy. Melba Jo (Parker) Ellis was born on June 8, 1949, in Oakwood, Texas to Sidney & Thelma (Weisinger) Parker. She was...

May 1, 2020

Darrell Lynn Grayson, 33, the fishing daddy, rib-lover and Dallas Cowboys fanatic quietly passed away on Friday, May 1st while taking a nap prior to a fishing trip. Darrell was born October 8, 1986, in Seagoville, Texas and raised both in Centerville, Texas and Dallas, Texas. He was a true cowboy at heart. Darrell attended MacArthur High School where he...

April 29, 2020

Lewis Samuel Washington, Jr. was born March 18, 1960 to Lewis Samuel, Sr. and Roxiana ( Buckner) Washington. He lived in Mexia for a number of years, as well as Centerville and Killeen, before moving to Houston where he remained for the past twenty-two years. Lewis was a member of the Zion Temple Church of God in Christ where he...

April 28, 2020

Graveside services for Annie Mae Nettles, 92, will be held 2 P.M., Saturday, May 9, 2020 at Liberty Cemetery, north of Centerville. Matthew Timmons will officiate the service. A brief visitation will take place from 11 A.M. to 1 P.M., Saturday at Walters Funeral Home in Centerville, Texas. Annie was born December 12, 1927 in Social Grove, Texas to Ben...

April 28, 2020

Lillian Marie (Nowak) Schoen, 98, of Centerville, with her daughters by her side, passed from this earthly home to her heavenly dwelling place April 28, 2020. She was born March 19, 1922, in Springfield, Illinois to Carl & Marie (Garlo) Nowak. Lillian had lived in Centerville since 1983, coming from Friendswood, Texas. She had been a devoted and faithful member...

April 27, 2020

Graveside services for Martha Virginia Wall, age 83, will be held 1 P.M., Thursday, April 30, 2020 at the Centerville Cemetery in Centerville, Texas. Bro. Tony Moye, pastor of First Baptist Church, Centerville, will officiate the service. A viewing will take place from 5 P.M. to 7 P.M., Wednesday, April 29, 2020 at Walters Funeral Home in Centerville, Texas. Martha...

April 5, 2020

Mr. Wiley “Bill/Duke” Washington, aged 72 wonderful years, of Fresno, Texas, passed away at home April 5, 2020. Mr. Washington fought a long battle with lung cancer. He Won!!! Mr. Washington is preceded in death by his wife, JoAnn Ethel Reeves; parents, Joe Lee & Evelyn Pearl Washington and brothers, Joe Lee, Elmer Gene and Arthur Lee Washington. Mr. Washington...

March 25, 2020

Sylvia Richards, age 74, of Centerville died March 25, 2020. She was born Sylvia V. Suttle on September 19, 1946, in the Suttle family home in the Eunice Community of northeast Leon County. After graduating from Centerville High School in 1965, she took a hair styling course in Waco, Texas. Sylvia worked in a beauty salon in Trinity for a...

March 20, 2020

Great men are marked in the world by a loving family, support for their communities and an open heart for all. Ray was a loving husband, caring father and an avid hunter and fisherman. He was born in Centerville, Texas July 27, 1929, to Aubrey Theron, Sr. & Maggie Mae (Watson) Ellis. He served his country in the U.S. Army...