Obituaries
Joyce "Lanelle" Phillips
April 3, 2019
LaNelle Phillips, 91, of Grand Prairie and formerly of Madisonville, went home to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ April 3, 2019 at her home in Grand Prairie. A celebration of her life will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 6, 2019 at Madisonville Funeral Home in Madisonville, Texas. Interment will follow in Oxford Cemetery, west...
Betty Woodburn White
March 24, 2019
Betty Woodburn White, age 97, passed away peacefully on Sunday, March 24th at the Manchester Care Home in Dallas, Texas. She was born in Oklahoma on November 7, 1921 and spent most of her youth in Ponca City, Oklahoma. On December 21, 1942, she joined the war effort and enlisted in the Army and was stationed in Phoenix, AZ. After...
Gladys E. Lacefield
March 22, 2019
Gladys E. Lacefield was born March 24, 1923 to Clifford and Alice Katy Albertson on Ennis Street in Houston, Texas. Gladys had a happy childhood growing up. She graduated from Milby High School in 1941 and soon went to work for Southwestern Bell Telephone Company as an overseas and long distance operator. Gladys met Vernon C. Lacefield from Lampasas, Texas....
Carol Ann Swift
March 20, 2019
A funeral mass celebrating the life of Carol Swift, 82, will be held 11 A.M., Wednesday, March 27, 2019 at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church in Madisonville. Father Mark Kusmirek will officiate the service, and burial will follow in Allphin Cemetery in rural Madison County. A brief visitation will take place Wednesday morning from 10 A.M. to service time...
Gregory Levi Wilson
March 18, 2019
Gregory Levi Wilson, 38, of Madisonville died Monday, March 18, 2019 in the Hospice Brazos Valley facility in Bryan, Texas. He was born February 9, 1981 in Pasadena, Texas. Greg accepted Christ into his heart at an early age and was a member of First Baptist Church in Madisonville. He had attended Madisonville CISD and later attended North Zulch ISD...
Clarence Frank Knight, Jr.
March 17, 2019
Clarence Frank Knight, Jr. (92) of Madisonville, Texas passed away peacefully March 17, 2019 after a long battle with cancer. Frank was born November 25, 1926 in Redland, Texas to Clarence Frank Knight Sr., and Nettie Virginia (Carswell) Knight. Around Frank’s 2 nd birthday the family moved to Alto, Texas where his Father managed and subsequently acquired a variety store...
Nick Alton Catoe, Sr.
March 13, 2019
Funeral services for Nick Catoe age 96, will be held 11 A.M., Monday, March 18, 2019 at Madisonville Funeral Home in Madisonville, Texas. Rev. Dean Ferguson will officiate the service. Interment will follow in Allphin Cemetery in rural Madison County. The family will receive friends Sunday, March 17th from 6 P.M. to 7:30 P.M. at the funeral home. Nick Alton...
Helen May (Dean) Allen
March 3, 2019
Helen (Dean) Allen, born March 28, 1927 in Madisonville, Texas to Ira & Maudi (Wilder) Dean, passed away in her home Sunday morning, March 3, 2019. Helen was preceded in death by her husband, Lavelle Allen; son, Chris Allen; sisters, Syble Kyle & Frances Bass and brothers, Glenn, Ray & Billy Dean. She is survived by daughters, Rhena Whitlow and...
Bobby "Neal" Starr
March 1, 2019
Graveside services for Bobby Starr, age 73, of Madisonville, Texas will be held 1 P.M., Monday, March 4, 2019 at Starr Cemetery near Elkhart, Texas. Arrangements are under the direction of Madisonville Funeral Home in Madisonville, Texas Pallbearers: Kenneth Starr, John Starr, Wayne Starr, Anthony Garrett, Cody Gean, Ryan Gean, Kenneth Lindsey Bobby Neal Starr was born March 6, 1945...
Herman Batson
March 1, 2019
Herman Batson, of Madisonville, Texas was born November 16, 1933 and was taken home on March 1, 2019. Herman was preceded in his home going by his parents, Glenn & Mittie (Etheridge) Batson, great-grandchildren, Kiley and Hunter Boaen, brother, Nelson Batson, sister & brother-in-law, Mary Jane & Nathan Crouch and nephew, Wesley Batson. He is survived by wife, Joyce Cole...
Arthur Lee Garrett
March 1, 2019
Homegoing celebrations for Arthur Garrett, age 81, of Madisonville, will be held 12 Noon, Saturday, March 9, 2019 at Madisonville Funeral Home in Madisonville, Texas. Rev. James Holliday will officiate the service, and interment will follow in the Salem Cemetery in Grimes County, Texas. A public visitation will take place from 6 P.M. to 8 P.M. Friday, March 8th at...
Dorothy Jean Coleman
February 21, 2019
Mrs. Dorothy Jean (Kimmey) Coleman, 91, of Nacogdoches (formerly of Huntsville) passed away on February 21, 2019. Preceded in death by her mother (Edna), father (Earnest) a sister and husband (Weldon), she had two children; Ron Coleman of Nacogdoches and Nancy Cumbie of College Station. She is also survived by a daughter-in-law, Shelly Coleman and a son-in-law, Don Cumbie. She...
Cecil M. Price
February 18, 2019
Funeral services for Cecil Price, age 78, of Madisonville, Texas, will be held 2 P.M., Thursday, February 21, 2019 at Madisonville Funeral Home in Madisonville, Texas. Interment will follow in Willowhole Cemetery in North Zulch, Texas. Brad Brock will officiate the service. The family will receive friends Wednesday, February 20th from 5 P.M. to 7 P.M. at the funeral home....
Betty Lou (Beasy) Cowan
February 14, 2019
Betty Lou Beasy Cowan, of Madisonville, TX, died peacefully at the age of 92 on Valentine's Day, February 14, 2019 at 10:20 p.m. in the Brazos Valley Hospice Inpatient Facility in Bryan, TX. She went to be with our Lord and Savior just in time to spend Valentine's Day with her beloved husband, Jerald Cowan, and son James Cowan. Betty...
Charles "Chuck" Franchot Reneau, Ii
February 14, 2019
Funeral services for Chuck Reneau, age 53, of McKinney, Texas will be held 11 A.M., Saturday, February 23, 2019 at Madisonville Funeral Home in Madisonville, Texas. Bro. Brad Brock will officiate the service, and interment will follow at the family’s Ten Mile Cemetery near Normangee, Texas in rural Madison County near his mother, grandparents, cousins, and extended family. A brief...
Wilbur L Phifer
January 26, 2019
Services for Wilbur L. Phifer, 101, of Lufkin, will be held at Evans Chapel United Methodist Church on FM 977 west of Leona, Texas. Visitation will be 10-11 a.m. on Friday, February 1, 2019, and the service at 11 with the Rev. John Burchell officiating. Interment will follow at the Evans Chapel Cemetery. Mr. Phifer passed away Saturday, January 26,...
Thelma "Jane" (Mccracken) Savell
January 25, 2019
Thelma “Jane” McCracken Savell, 81, of Madisonville passed away January 25, 2019 in Madisonville, Texas. She was lovingly known to her family as “Momma Jane”. Jane was born on August 3, 1937 in Cleburne, Texas. She met her husband, Billy, while he was stationed at Craig Air Force base in Alabama, and they were married on October 1, 1953 in...
Shirley J Johnson
January 21, 2019
Homegoing services for Shirley Jean Johnson were held 2 P.M., Saturday, January 26, 2019 at Madisonville Funeral Home in Madisonville, Texas. Interment was in Tanyard Cemetery in the Tanyard Community of Madison County. Shirley Jean Johnson was born July 5, 1956 in Midway, Texas to Dorothy & Walter T. Williams. Shirley attended Marion Anderson School and Madisonville High School. At...
Bette Jean Goree
January 19, 2019
Graveside services for Bette Jean Goree, age 90, of Houston, were held Wednesday, January 23, 2019 at Midway Cemetery in Midway, Texas. Bette Jean Goree was born February 14, 1928 in Canada to Leonard & Martha Gordon. She grew up in Midway, Texas and worked as a manager at Walgreens in Houston for forty years. Bette enjoyed coking and baking....
Beverly Louise Harvey
January 19, 2019
Memorial homegoing services for Beverly Louise Harper, 61, will be held 4 P.M., Saturday, January 26, 2019 at Zion Baptist Church in Normangee, Texas. Pastor Melvin Cooper will officiate the service. Beverly Louise Harper was born May 17, 1957 in Lubbock, Texas and passed away January 19, 2019 in Bryan, Texas. She was preceded in death by both of her...
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