Obituaries
Bethany Lynnette Gonzales-Baker
Jan 24, 2018
Bethany Lynette Wieske, the only daughter of James Erwin Wieske and Jane Ann Moreno Wieske (now, Young) was born in Houston, Texas, November 21, 1975. She died in Shiner, Texas, January 24, 2018. As a child she lived in Houston, Texas, Bedias, Texas, Iola, Texas and Midway, Texas. She attended school in Madisonville, graduating in 1993. She attended Texas A...
Weldon C Currie, Jr.
Jan 18, 2018
Weldon C. Currie, Jr. was born February 11, 1948 in Houston, Texas to Weldon C., Sr. & Erna Mae (Tuttle) Currie. He worked as an auto mechanic for Carey Presley at Infinity Truck and Car in Madisonville. Weldon had lived in Madisonville for the past forty years, coming from Houston. He was Baptist in faith and attended the First Baptist...
Mable Marie Harmon
Jan 12, 2018
Mable Marie Maxwell was born December 28, 1921 and entered the pearly gates of heaven on January 12, 2018 at the age of 96. She is preceded in death by her parents, Charlie & Lela Jane Reed Maxwell; stepmother, Louis Maxwell; husband, George Been (G.B.) Harmon; 3 sisters, Ruby Pyle, Willie Carroll, Pearl Norman; 7 brothers, Clyde, Olen, Grady, Eddie,...
Lawrence Steven Farris
Jan 11, 2018
Funeral services for Lawrence Farris, age 62, will be held at 11 A.M., Tuesday, January 16, 2018 at the Madisonville Funeral Home in Madisonville, Texas. Interment will be in the Plainview Cemetery outside of Madisonville. Visitation will take place from 5 P.M. to 7 P.M., Monday, January 15th at the funeral home. Lawrence Steven Farris was born on July 24,...
Walter Clyde "Bubba" Clopton
Jan 9, 2018
Walter C. "Bubba" Clopton was born March 12, 1932 in Caldwell, Texas and passed away January 9, 2018 in Madisonville, Texas. He was one of four children born to Clyde and Mollie Clopton. At an early age, his family moved to Houston, Texas where he attended school and lived in The Heights. He served his country in the United States...
Benton Lanier Stevens
Jan 7, 2018
Benton Lanier Stevens, 76, passed from this earth to his heavenly reward on January 7, 2018. Lanier was born to Madison Roy Stevens and Hallie Mae Benton on June 11, 1941 in Wharton, Texas. He married Betty Jo Farris on January 27, 1962. They would have celebrated 56 years of marriage this month. He is preceded in death by his...
Neill Fowler
Jan 4, 2018
Neill Fowler, age 90 of Madisonville, passed away January 4, 2017, at his home. Funeral services have been scheduled for 2:30 P.M., Sunday, January 7, 2017, at the Madisonville Funeral Home in Madisonville, Texas. Lanier Stevens and Dennis Ivey will officiate the service, and interment will follow in the Madisonville Cemetery. Visitation will take place from 6 P.M. to 7:30...
Frances Jo Mcdonald
Jan 2, 2018
Frances Jo McDonald was born on October 4, 1924 in Normangee, Texas, one of seven children. Her parents were Isaac “Dee” & Beula Rebecca (Ply) Carter. Affectionately known as “Jo”, she was raised in Normangee and graduated from Normangee High School. Following high school, she received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Sam Houston Teacher’s College and taught for Houston...
Steven Wayne Bice
Dec 25, 2017
Funeral services for Steven Bice, age 56 of Madisonville, will be held at 10 A.M., Saturday, December 30, 2017 at the Madisonville Funeral Home in Madisonville, Texas. Pastor Greg Roberts & Gerald Vanslack will officiate the service. Interment will follow in the Wixon Cemetery in Wixon Valley, Texas. A public visitation will take place from 6 P.M. to 8 P.M.,...
Robert Dale Adams
Dec 24, 2017
Memorial services for Robert Adams, age 83 of Madisonville, will be held at 2 P.M., Friday, December 29, 2017 at the Madisonville Funeral Home in Madisonville, Texas. A gathering of friends and family will take place from 1 P.M. until service time on Friday at the funeral home. Robert Dale Adams was born on July 12, 1934 in Mankato, Minnesota...
Loretta Kristine Waneck
Dec 21, 2017
Loretta Kristine Waneck was born on January 24, 1969, in Houston, Texas. Her parents were Larry Wayne and Janice (Huddler) Wilson. She was raised in Houston and worked in the accounting and billing department for Shumberger. Loretta enjoyed fishing and hunting. She was a “country girl” at heart and loved spending time with her husband on their land near Midway,...
Walter Stephen "Steve" Measell
Dec 20, 2017
Steve Measell, age 66, of Needville, Texas, passed away at his home on December 20, 2017 following a lengthy illness. Funeral services are scheduled for 2 P.M., Friday, December 22, 2017 at the Madisonville Funeral Home in Madisonville, Texas. Bro. Munroe Rice will officiate the service, and interment will be in the Cross Cemetery in Grimes County. Walter Stephen Measell...
John Elliott Williams, Jr.
Dec 20, 2017
John Elliott Williams, Jr. was the son of the late John Elliott Williams, Sr. and Pauleta Louise (Anderson) Williams. John was better known to his family and friends as “J.E.” He was born in Mexia, Texas on December 18, 1923 where he attended school and graduated from Dunbar High School. Upon his graduation from high school, he entered Prairie View...
Santos Francisco De La Rosa
Dec 19, 2017
A funeral mass for Santos De la Rosa, age 43 of Bedias, will be held at 10 A.M., Thursday, December 28, 2017 at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church in Madisonville, Texas. Father Mark Kusmirek will officiate the service, and interment will follow in the Bedias Baptist Cemetery in Bedias, Texas. A public visitation will take place from 4 P.M....
Howard Leon Ford
Dec 19, 2017
Graveside services for Howard Ford, age 86, of Spring, Texas, will be held at 2 P.M., Saturday, December 30, 2017, at the Rock Prairie Cemetery, west of Madisonville. Rev. Mike Borghese will officiate the service. Howard Leon Ford was born on May 13, 1931 in Fawell, Texas, one of four sons to Angus Owen and Belva (Crow) Ford. Howard lived...
Glenda Rae Burson
Dec 11, 2017
A graveside funeral service for Glenda Burson, age 76, of Madisonville will be held at 1 P.M., Friday, December 15, 2017 at Resthaven Cemetery in Houston, Texas. J. Louis Hill will officiate the service. There will be no public visitation. Arrangements are under the direction of Madisonville Funeral Home in Madisonville, Texas. Glenda Rae Burson was born on February 6,...
Melvin Frank Haws, Jr.
Dec 10, 2017
Funeral services for Melvin Haws, age 68, of Midway, Texas, will be held at 11 A.M., Thursday, December 14, 2017 at the Bethlehem Lutheran Church in North Zulch, Texas. Pastor of the church, Randall Smith, will officiate the service. Interment will be in the Cotton Gin Cemetery near Teague, Texas in Freestone County. A brief visitation will take place the...
Bradley Wyatt Mcfarland
Dec 3, 2017
Bradley Wyatt McFarland, age 60, was born on November 30, 1957, in Houston, Texas to Joe Carroll & Betty Jane (Madole) McFarland. He grew up in Houston. Bradley gauged oil wells for a living and had worked for Occidental Petroleum for twenty-three years. For the past thirty years, Bradley had lived in rural Madison County enjoying all that country life...
William Douglas Cole
Dec 2, 2017
Funeral services for Willie Cole, age 83, of Madisonville, Texas, will be held at 2 PM, Thursday, December 7, 2017 at the Madisonville Funeral Home in Madisonville, Texas. Bro. Glenn Connor, pastor of Elwoood Baptist Church, will officiate the service, and interment will follow in the Ten Mile Cemetery in rural Madison County. A brief visitation will take place from...
Major William Robert Hill
Nov 30, 2017
William Robert Hill was born on December 11, 1936 in Lufkin, Texas, the son of William Martin & Estelle (Butler) Hill. He lived in Houston until his early teenage years and graduated from Shepherd High School in Shepherd, Texas. William proudly served his country in the United States Air Force for twenty years as a Major where he was also...
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