Obituaries
Linda Jane Franklin
December 30, 2018
Funeral services for Linda Franklin, age 72, of Centerville, will be held 10 A.M., Thursday, January 3, 2019 at Walters Funeral Home in Centerville, Texas. Bro. Bobby Burleson will officiate the service, and interment will follow in New Salem Cemetery in the Centerview Community of Leon County. A public visitation will be held Wednesday, January 2nd from 4 P.M. to...
Zelma Jeanette Moore
December 29, 2018
Zelma Moore, age 91, of Centerville, passed away December 29, 2018 in Centerville. Funeral services are planned for 2 P.M., Thursday, January 3, 2019 at Walters Funeral Home in Centerville, Texas. Interment will be in Parker Cemetery in the Flo Community of Leon County. A brief visitation will take place Thursday, January 3rd from 12 Noon to service time at...
Fannie Lou Tubbs
December 28, 2018
Fannie Lou Wallace Tubbs of Centerville, who achieved the milestone of her 88th birthday on December 20, went to be with the Lord on Friday, December 29, 2018 in the CHI St. Joseph Regional Health Center in Bryan, Texas. Fannie was the eldest daughter and one of four children born to James and Alma (Bladen) Wallace on December 20, 1930...
Vella Jean Malek
December 23, 2018
Vella Jean Stowe Malek, 69, of Alvin, and formerly Bryan, Texas, went to meet her Father, Jesus, on Sunday, December 23, 2018. Born in Crockett, Texas on May 17, 1948, she was the daughter of the late Hardy H. Stowe, Bernadean Stuart Long and step-father, Joseph M. Long, Jr. She is survived by two daughters, Shelley D. Studebaker and husband,...
Neta Faye Hall
December 9, 2018
Neta Faye (Rook) Hall was born in Waco, Texas, July 2, 1936 to Marion O’Neta (Winn) Rook and Richard Leeland Rook. Neta Faye grew up in Marquez and lived most of her adult life there raising a family. After marrying Don Hall, they moved to Rockdale for a time, but ended up back in Marquez. In later life when health...
Edward Lee "Ed" Phillips
December 8, 2018
Funeral services for Ed Phillips, age 71, will be held 11 A.M., Wednesday, December 12, 2018 at the Cowboy Church of Leon County in Centerville, Texas. Rev. Keith Bowman will officiate the service assisted by Pastor Tuffy Loftin and Pastor Jack Smith. Ed will be laid to rest on his property north of Centerville. The Phillips family will receive friends...
Della Lee Johnson
December 1, 2018
Homegoing services for Mrs. Della Lee Johnson, age 90, of Sugar Land, and formerly of Madisonville, will be held 11 A.M., Saturday, December 8, 2018 at Two Mile United Methodist Church in Leona, Texas. Rev. Regina Greenwood will officiate the service. Committal services will follow in the Two Mile Paradise Cemetery. A brief visitation will take place from 10 A.M....
Mary Margaret (Keeling) Erwin
December 1, 2018
Funeral services for Margaret (Keeling) Erwin, age 81, of Dallas, will be held 10 A.M., Friday, December 7, 2018 at First United Methodist Church in Centerville, Texas. Pastor Joy Richards will officiate the service followed by interment in the Centerville Cemetery. The family will receive friends Thursday, December 6th from 5 P.M. to 7 P.M. at the Walters Funeral Home...
Grace Elaine Harper
November 4, 2018
Grace Elaine Harper was born January 18, 1948 in Port Arthur, Texas. She graduated from Kirbyville High School in 1966 and served her country in the U.S. Navy following graduation. She died November 4th, 2018 at her home in Centerville, Texas after battling multiple myeloma cancer. Grace was preceded in death by her parents, James Ralph Harper, Sr. & Grace...
Jean Burk
November 4, 2018
Funeral services for Jean Burk, age 78, of Centerville, and formerly of Coldwater, Michigan, will be held 2 P.M., Monday, November 12, 2018 at Walters Funeral Home in Centerville, Texas. Pastor Tim Carter, of Salem Lutheran Church in Tomball, Texas, will officiate the service. Interment will follow in the Centerville Cemetery. Visitation will be Monday, November 12th from 8 A.M....
Larry Don Tryon
November 3, 2018
Larry Don Tryon was born October 12, 1958 in Normangee, Texas to Frankie (Smith) Tryon and Jim Tryon. He was the youngest of eight children. He excelled in school in the Leon and Centerville areas. He graduated from Centerville High School in 1977 and went on to graduate from Sam Houston State University in Huntsville in 1981 with a degree...
Ronnie Dale "Bobo" Duke
October 25, 2018
Ronnie Dale Duke, 68, affectionately known as “BoBo,” passed away peacefully at home surrounded by family on October 25, 2018. BoBo was born to George Lee and Merle (Damon) Duke May 28, 1950 in Centerville, Texas. He moved to Waxahachie, Texas in 1971 with his parents where he resided at the time of his death with his beloved Mama. BoBo...
Shirley Marie (Karcher) Porterfield
October 16, 2018
Funeral services for Shirley Porterfield, age 75, of Centerville, Texas, will be held 11A.M., Monday, October 22nd 2018 at the Walters Funeral home in Centerville. Pastor Tuffy Loftin, of the Cowboy Church of Leon County, will officiate the service. Mrs. Porterfield will be laid to rest at Bennett Cemetery in Groveton, Texas. A brief visitation is scheduled for Monday at...
Joseph Danford Bay
October 15, 2018
Joseph Danford Bay was born in Huntsville, Texas on June 22, 1980. He passed away on October 15, 2018 at the age of 38, as a result of a traffic accident in Madison County. A funeral service for Joseph has been set for noon, Friday, October 19, 2018 at the Ephesus Baptist Church in Jewett, Texas. A short visitation is...
Sara Nichole Eckhoff
October 4, 2018
Funeral services for Sara Eckhoff, age 35, of Centerville, and formerly of Tyler, will be held 11 A.M., Tuesday, October 9, 2018 at the Walters Funeral Home in Centerville, Texas. Pastor Ren Watkins will officiate the service, and interment will follow in the Centerville Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5 P.M. to 7 P.M., Monday, October 8th at...
Edgar Herman Flowers, Sr.
September 21, 2018
Edgar Flowers, age 87, of Centerville, passed away peacefully into the arms of his Lord and Savior Friday, September 21, 2018 in Madisonville, Texas. He was born April 19, 1931 in Laurel, Mississippi; one of nine children to Johnny Herman and Lilly Lois (Nicholson) Flowers. Edgar served in the United States Air Force and was honorably discharged. Throughout his life,...
Lavern Zula Clark
September 15, 2018
Lavern Clark, age 85, of Huntsville, and formerly of Centerville, passed away September 15, 2018 in Huntsville. Funeral services have been scheduled for 2 P.M., Tuesday, September 18, 2018 at Walters Funeral Home in Centerville, Texas. Interment will follow in the Leona Cemetery in Leona, Texas. Visitation will take place from 6 P.M. to 8 P.M., Monday, September 17th at...
Geralene Rae "Gerry" Wright
September 10, 2018
Graveside services for Gerry Wright, age 89, of the Redland Community of Leon County, will be held 1 P.M., Monday, September 17, 2018 at Forest Park Lawndale Cemetery in Houston, Texas. The family will receive friends Friday, September 14th from 5 P.M. to 7 P.M. at Walters Funeral Home in Centerville, Texas. Geralene Rae “Gerry” Wright was born November 3,...
Leo Francis Trefry
September 8, 2018
Mr. Leo Francis Trefry, age 94, of Marquez Texas, passed away on Saturday, September 8th, 2018 at his home on Buck Creek Ranch. Leo was born July 7th, 1924 in Indianapolis, Indiana to Louis and Esther Trefry. Leo was one of six brothers and sisters. At the age of seventeen, Leo joined the U.S. Navy and was assigned to the...
William Thomas "Tom" Barbee, Ii
September 2, 2018
Tom Barbee, a three year resident of Centerville, and formerly of Pasadena, passed away September 2, 2018 at his home in Centerville. He was forty-eight years old. Born William Thomas Barbee, II on March 27, 1970 in Pasadena, Texas, he was the youngest of two children born to William Thomas, I and Marion (Johnston) Barbee. Fondly known as “Tom” to...
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