Obituaries
Dennis Earl Gentry
Mar 24, 2023
A funeral service honoring the life of Dennis Gentry, age 67, of Waxahachie, Texas will be held 1 P.M., Tuesday, March 28, 2023 at Madisonville Funeral Home, Madisonville, Texas. Bro. Glenn Connor will officiate the service. Interment will follow in Cross Cemetery, Grimes County, Texas. A brief visitation will take place prior to the service Tuesday at the funeral home...
Helen Jean Wooten
Mar 21, 2023
Homegoing services for Helen Jean Wooten, 72, of Houston, Texas will take place at 11 A.M., Tuesday, March 28, 2023 at Southside Cemetery in Midway, Texas. Bro. Howard Watson will officiate the service.
Helen enjoyed helping the community. She loved people, especially kids, as she was a teacher for many years. Helen was a very positive person that loved serving the...
Arthur Elvis Holt, Jr.
Mar 17, 2023
Arthur Elvis Holt, Jr., age 85, of Houston, Texas passed away Friday, March 17, 2023 in a Houston hospital.
Arthur was preceded in death by his parents, Arthur Elvis Holt, Sr. & Verle Dawn (Barnett) Holt, a baby brother who died in infancy; and one grandchild, Shauna Holt, who passed away at the age of 4 following a failed liver transplant. ...
Edith Irene (Goff) Springer Denman
Mar 15, 2023
Edith Irene (Goff) Springer Denman, 74, of Trinity, Texas passed away on March 15, 2023 in Trinity, Texas. She was born on November 9, 1948 in Dallas, Texas to Joe Bailey Goff and Eddie Irene (Carroll) Goff.
A funeral service for Edith will be at 10 A.M., Saturday, March 18, 2023 at Madisonville Funeral Home, Madisonville, Texas. Sister Crystal Wardlow-Campbell will...
Elmer Lee Hall
Mar 13, 2023
Elmer Lee Hall was born in Madisonville, Texas on November 21, 1962 to Zelma Young Hall and B.J. Hall. Elmer was raised in Normangee, Texas and attended school at Normangee ISD where he graduated as Salutatorian of his 1981 class.
Elmer has worked tirelessly most of his life. He and his brother had their own lawn mowing business, unloaded box cars...
Jimmie "Joan" Anderson
Mar 11, 2023
Jimmie "Joan" Anderson, 83, beloved wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, passed away on March 11, 2023, in Madisonville, Texas after a long battle with Alzheimer's. Joan was born on July 17, 1939 in Gladewater, Texas to Sarah (Brown) Kendrick and Lamoin Kendrick. Her mother died when Joan was four years old. Joan was then raised by her grandparents, Grace and...
Timothy Scott "Tim" Stewart
Mar 8, 2023
Timothy Scott "Tim" Stewart passed away March 8, 2023, in Nome Alaska after a valiant battle with refractory multiple myeloma. His loving wife Christine was at his side. Tim was preceded in death by his parents Orie J. and Earlene Scott Stewart of Madisonville, Texas.
He is survived by his wife Christine Schultz-Stewart; daughters and sons-in-law; Nicole and Matt Pearson and...
Ralph Steven Grisham
Mar 6, 2023
Ralph Steven Grisham, 69, of Plantersville, Texas passed away surrounded by his wife and children on March 6, 2023.
Ralph was born on May 24, 1953 to Ervin and Jackie Grisham in Houston, Texas. He grew up in North Zulch, Texas with his brother and four sisters, and always maintained a close family relationship.
In 1973, Ralph met Annette Norman at a...
Jewel Dean Carson
Mar 5, 2023
A homegoing celebration service for Jewel Dean Carson will be held at 12 P.M., Friday, March 10, 2023 at Madisonville Funeral Home, Madisonville, Texas. Bro. Mack Bailey will officiate the service. A brief visitation will take place from 11 A.M. until time of service. Interment will follow at Southside Cemetery, Midway, Texas.
On March 11, 1934, a baby girl, Jewel Dean...
Falessa Renett Dickey
Feb 28, 2023
Homegoing services for Falessa Renett Dickey will be held 1 P.M., Friday, March 10, 2023 at New Life Missionary Church, Madisonville, Texas. Rev. Lloyd Jones will officiate the service. Interment will follow at West End Cemetery, Madisonville, Texas.
Falessa was preceded in death by her father, James Ed Dickey, Sr.; sister, Jacqueline "Jackie" Dickey; and grandmother, Ruby Ollie Nugent. She is...
Nelda "Ruth" Murphy
Feb 24, 2023
Nelda Ruth Murphy, mostly known as Ruth, died peacefully after a brief illness at her home with her only surviving son by her side February 24, 2023. She will be greatly missed but she's no longer in pain and she's celebrating her new life with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
She was preceded in death by her husband of sixty-three...
Robbie "Ray" Spivey
Feb 21, 2023
Funeral services for Ray Spivey, age 87, of Elwood, will be held 11 A.M., Saturday, February 25, 2023 at Madisonville Funeral Home, Madisonville, Texas. Bro. Andrew Parry will officiate the service. Mr. Spivey will be laid to rest in Allphin Cemetery. A time of visitation will take place Friday, February 24, 2023 from 5 P.M. to 7 P.M. at Madisonville...
Ross Gordon Schmitt
Feb 19, 2023
Ross Gordon Schmitt, 72, of Madisonville, Texas passed away on February 19, 2023 in Madisonville, Texas. He was born to Gordon Schmitt and Marion Elsie (Joceyn) in Kitchener Ontario, Canada. Ross was a truck driver who loved having the opportunity to travel across and view all of the beautiful and vast landscapes the United States has to offer. He was...
Martha Nell Dean
Feb 17, 2023
Funeral services honoring the life of Martha Dean, age 91, of Madisonville, will be held 10 A.M., Monday, February 20, 2023 at Madisonville Funeral Home, Madisonville, Texas. Rev. Jim Jackson, pastor of First United Methodist Church Madisonville, will officiate the service. Interment will follow in High Prairie Cemetery in rural Madison County. A time of visitation will take place Sunday,...
Peggy Ann (Waller) Clute
Feb 17, 2023
Peggy Ann (Waller) Clute was born in Madison County, Texas on August 6, 1945, to James Robert Waller and Burney Mae (Richards) Waller. She grew up on a dairy in North Zulch, Texas and was honored as Dairy Day Queen and 4-H Sweetheart in her youth.
Peggy strongly advocated for higher education. She established The Robert Waller Family Scholarship to recognize...
Virginia Blakley Boyett
Feb 16, 2023
Virginia Blakley Boyett, age 81, of Madisonville, Texas passed away February 16, 2023 in Bryan, Texas. She was born January 30, 1942 in Lott, Texas to Lammie & Cordia (Downes) Blakley. The oil patch kept Johnny and Virginia moving around until they finally decided to settle their family in Madison County in 1969. Virginia retired from Region VI Service Center...
Ronald Charles "Ronnie" Waneck, Sr.
Feb 3, 2023
Ronald Charles "Ronnie" Waneck, Sr., 82, of Crockett, Texas, passed away on February 3, 2023 in Conroe, Texas. He was born on August 31, 1940 to Charles Harry Waneck and Evelyn Elizabeth (Rawls) Waneck. Ronnie was a very simple man who loved to deer hunt and be in the woods. He was very proud of his corvette car.
Ronnie was preceded...
Nolan Edward Emert
Feb 2, 2023
Nolan Emert returned Home to the Lord peacefully in the early hours of February 2, 2023 while in his sleep. Mr. Emert was born to S.D. and Bessie Brown Emert on December 13, 1924 in Blessing, Texas.
At age three, the family moved to Madison County where he attended Elwood School through grade nine. At age sixteen, Mr. Emert then hitch-hiked...
Cecil Phillip "Phil" Fleming
Jan 28, 2023
Cecil Phillip "Phil" Fleming passed away peacefully at his hunting ranch in Junction, Texas on January 28, 2023. Born on October 3, 1942, in Andalusia, Alabama at his grandmother's home, he was the eldest son of the late Cecil B. and Irby Opal (Raley) Fleming.
Phil was a 1961 graduate of Del Rio High School. "Who didn't have a crush on...
Brady A Hand, Sr.
Jan 26, 2023
Brady A. Hand, Sr., age 93, passed away on January 26, 2023 at his Iola, Texas home. Funeral services will be held 2 P.M., Thursday, February 2, 2023 with a visitation from 1 P.M. to service time at Madisonville Funeral Home, Madisonville, Texas. Chaplain Rick Bell will officiate the service. A private interment will follow at a later time.
Brady was...
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