Obituaries

July 22, 2020

Novis “Jean” Turpin was born July 15, 1928 in Madison County, Texas to parents, Jim Davis & Ira Idel (Phillips) Stewart. She married Forrest L. Turpin July 17, 1948. Jean worked as an insurance administrator for a community hospital in Freeport, Texas for fifteen years. She had lived in Madison County since 1988 and was a member of First Baptist...

July 20, 2020

Funeral services for Ashley Blagrave, 97, of Iola, will be held 2 P.M., Thursday, July 23, 2020 at First United Methodist Church in Madisonville, Texas. Rev. Jim Jackson will officiate the service and interment will follow in Willowhole Cemetery near North Zulch. A brief visitation will take place before the service from 1 P.M. to 2 P.M. at the church....

July 13, 2020

Funeral services for Larry Dickey, age 62, will be held 10 A.M., Friday, July 17, 2020 at Madisonville Funeral Home in Madisonville, Texas. Interment will follow in the Allphin Cemetery in rural Madison County. Larry Neal Dickey was born December 10, 1957 in Houston, Texas to Ewell W. & LaDon (McVey) Dickey. He had worked for Houston Power and Light...

July 7, 2020

Betty Kelly was born on May 13, 1939 in Madison County, Texas She was the daughter of Thurman Taylor and Cora Vesta (Evans) Colquitt. She was a lifelong resident of Madison County and a member of the Church of Christ. She was a wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. For several years, she was a hostess at the Corral Café...

July 5, 2020

Don Charles McDaniel, age 88, of North Zulch, Texas and formerly of Odessa, Texas passed away on July 5, 2020 in Bryan, Texas A private graveside service will be held at Sunset Memorial Gardens in Odessa, Texas Don was born in Okmulgee, Oklahoma to Johnny and Pearl McDaniel on April 14, 1932. He attended school in Konawa, Oklahoma. He was...

July 3, 2020

July 1, 2020

Mrs. LaNell Marie (Caudill) Thompson, 64, passed away unexpectedly at her home in Madison County on July 1, 2020. She was born in Houston, Texas on November 29, 1955 to Billy and Lottie Marie (Brzowski) Caudill. She was a teacher’s aide for Pasadena Independent School District for 10 years, where she worked with autistic and down syndrome children. She enjoyed...

June 30, 2020

Ira Frances Cox McNatt passed away peacefully on June 30, 2020 in Madisonville, Texas. She was weeks away from celebrating her 93rd birthday. Frances was born on July 29, 1927 in Avery, Texas. As a young woman, she moved to Dallas where she met her lifelong sweetheart, Dr. James Kenneth McNatt, Sr. They married in 1957 and moved to Houston,...

June 29, 2020

A public visitation will be held for Mary Jane “Janie” Swift on Friday, July 3, 2020 from 10 a.m. until 12 noon at the Madisonville Funeral Home in Madisonville. A graveside service is set for 2 p.m. on the same day at Bedias Baptist Cemetery in Bedias. Burial will follow the service. Mary Jane was born on October 24, 1940...

June 28, 2020

Captain John Presley Shelton was born May 6, 1922 in Wills Point, Texas to John Milton Shelton & Leatha Sledge Shelton. He graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in Port Arthur, Texas in 1940. He then attended Rice University to study Chemical Engineering. After the attack on Pearl Harbor in December of 1941, he joined the Army Air Corps as...

June 28, 2020

Billie Wells, 88, of Madisonville, Texas passed away June 28, 2020. She was born January 19, 1932 in Singleton, Texas to parents, Earnest & Vera (Buckholtz) Peteete. Billie was a homemaker and lived in Singleton most of her life. She was an excellent cook and loved her family dearly. Billie was a member of the Church at Singleton and will...

June 26, 2020

Joyce Ann Booty (Folsom), 75, passed away on Friday, June 26, 2020 after a hard fought battle with COVID-19. She was born on December 12, 1944 in North Zulch, Texas to Pete and Martha Folsom. She grew up in North Zulch. She worked in banking in Houston for many years. She started from the bottom and made her way to...

June 25, 2020

Funeral services for Billi Huff, 56, will be held 11 A.M., Monday, June 29, 2020 at Madisonville Funeral Home in Madisonville, Texas. Bro. Bo Gunnels will officiate the service. Interment will follow in Allphin Cemetery in Midway, Texas. The Huff family will receive friends prior to the service Monday from 9 A.M. to 11 A.M. at the funeral home Billi...

June 23, 2020

Ronald Lee Jones was born August 12, 1952 in Houston, Texas. His parents were Gene Calvin, Sr. & Frances Marie (Johnston) Jones. Ronald worked as a welding supervisor at Hughes Christensen for twenty-five years. In true Texas fashion, Ronald was a lover of hunting, fishing and barbeque. He took his family to the beach every year where he enjoyed spending...

June 22, 2020

Always Loved….. Forever Missed…. Never Forgotten….. With deepest sorrow, we announce that Michael Brandon Sikorski, age 32, our most beloved son, brother, family member and friend, passed suddenly Monday, June 22, 2020. Those who knew Brandon, even just a little, lost a shining light in their lives. Brandon will be missed everyday by his father, Tim Sikorski; his mother, Donna...

June 22, 2020

Funeral services for Billy H. Guyton, 82, of Huntsville, will be held 11 A.M., Friday, June 26, 2020 at Madisonville Funeral Home in Madisonville, Texas. Interment will follow in Centerville Cemetery. A brief visitation will take place Friday morning from 10 A.M. to service time at the funeral home. Billy H. Guyton was born September 14, 1937 in Centerville to...

June 18, 2020

Funeral services for Jeffery Stringer, 64, of Madisonville will be held 10:30 A.M., Wednesday, June 24, 2020 at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Madisonville, Texas. President Gary Grubbs will officiate the service. The Stringer family will receive friends Tuesday evening from 6 P.M. to 8 P.M. at Madisonville Funeral Home in Madisonville. Mr. Stringer will later...

June 5, 2020

Funeral services for William Fitzhenry, 60, of Madisonville, Texas, will be held 3 P.M., Monday, June 8, 2020 at Madisonville Funeral Home in Madisonville, Texas. Rev. Ryan Dansby will officiate the service and interment will follow in Ten Mile Cemetery in Madison County. A brief visitation will take place prior to the service from 1 P.M. until service time at...

May 27, 2020

Irene Hensley, 96, passed away Thursday, May 27, 2020 in Bryan, Texas. The last surviving sibling of the Glass Family, Irene was born February 26, 1924 in Iola, Texas to parents, A.W. & Tessie Glass. She lived in Iola her entire life, and it was in Iola where she laid the foundation for generations of family members to be raised...

May 16, 2020

Maria Almaraz, 78, passed away in College Station, Texas May 16, 2020. A funeral mass will take place 11 A.M., Friday, May 22, 2020, at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church in Madisonville. Father Mark Kusmirek will officiate the service. Mrs. Almaraz will then be laid to rest in Madisonville Cemetery. The family will receive friends Thursday, May 21, 2020,...