Obituaries

Recent Obituaries in Waco, TX

Paula Marie Riemenschneider

Paula Marie Riemenschneider

Mar 4, 2017

Mrs. Paula Marie Fletcher Riemenschneider, age 80, passed peacefully into the loving arms of her Lord and Savior Jesus on March 4, 2017. Paula was born to Rev. and Mrs. Paul Fletcher on May 5, 1936, in Houston, Texas. She was married to her high school sweetheart JW (Jake) Riemenschneider on February 12, 1955, and they celebrated 62 wonderful...

Bria Nicole Harden

Bria Nicole Harden

Mar 1, 2017

Bria Nicole Harden, 11 months, passed away Wednesday, March 1, 2017, at Baylor Scott and White Hillcrest Hospital. Services will be 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, March 8, 2017, at Zion Hill Baptist Church, 2919 McKenzie Avenue, with Rev. Roderick L. Ewell, Sr. officiating. Interment will follow at Waco Memorial Park. Visitation will be 6:00-8:00 p.m., Tuesday, March 7, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey...

Albert Darrell Cobbs

Albert Darrell Cobbs

Feb 27, 2017

Albert Darrell Cobbs, 70, of Woodway joined his Savior in Heaven on Monday, February 27, 2017. A celebration of his life will be 11:00 a.m. Saturday, March 4, at First United Methodist Church of Waco with Reverend Steve Ramsdell officiating. Graveside service will follow at the Bosqueville Cemetery. Darrell was born in Houston, Texas, on May 23, 1946, to...

Robert Duncan Chambers Ii

Robert Duncan Chambers Ii

Feb 21, 2017

Robert (Rob) Chambers passed away Tuesday, February 21, 2017 at his home in Stockholm, Sweden. Robert had lived in Stockholm for the past 17 years and worked for IBM as a Soft Ware Engineer. He was a graduate of Midway High School and a graduate of Baylor University with and undergraduate in computer science and a masters in Software...

Jim Stewart

Jim Stewart

Feb 21, 2017

James Haywood Stewart of Waco, Texas, lost his long battle with Alzheimer’s on February 21, 2017, in Sanibel, Florida, with family by his side. The funeral service will be held 1:00 p.m., Friday, March 3, at Highland Baptist Church, Waco. Rev. Barry Camp will officiate. Burial will follow at Oakwood Cemetery. Visitation will be 5:00-7:00 p.m., Thursday, March 2,...

George Martin Newman, Sr.

George Martin Newman, Sr.

Feb 21, 2017

George Martin Newman, Sr., passed away and went to be with our Lord peacefully at 83 years in Marietta, Georgia, with his family by his side on Tuesday, February 21, 2017. A graveside funeral will be held at Oakwood Cemetery in Waco, Texas, on March 1, at 3:00 p.m., with the Rev. Richard “Dick” Freeman officiating. George was born...

Dr. Hendley A. Mcdonald

Dr. Hendley A. Mcdonald

Feb 20, 2017

Dr. Hendley Austere McDonald, 92, of Waco passed away Monday, February 20, 2017. Services will be 11:00 a.m., Thursday, February 23, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey. Burial will follow at Ridge Park Cemetery, Hillsboro, Texas. Visitation will be 6:00-8:00 p.m., Wednesday, February 22, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey. Hendley was born February 12, 1925, in Hillsboro, Texas, to Dr. John F. McDonald and Helen Leonese...

George Wesley Harper

George Wesley Harper

Feb 20, 2017

George Wesley Harper passed away Monday, February 20, 2017. His memorial service will be 11:00 a.m., Saturday, February 25, 2017, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home, with Rev. Wayne Williams officiating. The visitation will be 6:00-8:00 p.m., Friday, February 24, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey. George was born April 19, 1930, in Pittsburg, Illinois. His parents were Mae Shelton and Orlin Harper. They moved...

Napoleon Y. Tannous

Napoleon Y. Tannous

Feb 17, 2017

Napoleon Y. Tannous of Waco passed away Friday, February 17, 2017. Services will be 1:00 p.m., Friday, February 24, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home with Father John Guzaldo officiating. Burial will follow at Oakwood Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 12:00 p.m., Friday, one hour prior to the service at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey. Napoleon was born January 25, 1925, in Cairo, Egypt, to...

Golden Keyes Parsons

Golden Keyes Parsons

Feb 16, 2017

Golden Keyes Parsons of Waco went to be with her heavenly Father Thursday, February 16, 2017. Memorial Services will be 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, February 21, at Antioch Community Church. Visitation will be 6:00-8:00 p.m., Monday, February 20, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home. Golden was born July 19, 1941, in Albion, Nebraska, to Chester and Lois Keyes. Golden spent her life...

Lonnie Lowry

Lonnie Lowry

Feb 15, 2017

Lonnie Lowry of Riesel passed away Wednesday, February 15, 2017. Services will be 10:00 a.m., Monday, February 20, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey. Burial will follow at Robinson Cemetery. Visitation will be 4:00-6:00 p.m., Sunday, February 19, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey. Lonnie was born April 20, 1932, in Spring Valley, Texas, to Arthur E. and Callie Lowry. Lonnie worked at Mercury Tool, enjoyed poetry,...

Sarah Osborne Streetman

Sarah Osborne Streetman

Feb 14, 2017

Sarah Osborne Streetman passed away on February 14th 2017 at her home in Waco. She was 98 years old. Graveside services will be held at Oakwood Cemetery in Waco Texas on Friday February 17th at 11:00 AM. Visitation will be at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey funeral home on Thursday evening from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Sarah was born in in Temple,...

Michael Joseph Kopp

Michael Joseph Kopp

Feb 13, 2017

Michael Joseph Kopp, 72, passed away peacefully on February 13, 2017 at his home surrounded by family. Services will be held 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, February 18, at Antioch Community Church in the old auditorium with Pastor Jimmy Seibert officiating. The burial will follow at Oakwood Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Friday, February 17,...

Phyllis Jeanne Dunham

Phyllis Jeanne Dunham

Feb 13, 2017

Phyllis Jeanne (Bauman) Dunham, 79, of Waco, peacefully and sweetly met Jesus and experienced the joy of heaven, Monday, February 13, 2017. There will be a graveside service, Friday at 11:00 a.m. at Restland Cemetery in Gatesville, followed by a Memorial Celebration at 2:00 p.m. at First Baptist Church of Waco with Dr. Matt Snowden officiating. The family will...

Maxine Laverne Medlin

Maxine Laverne Medlin

Feb 12, 2017

Maxine Laverne Medlin August 21, 1925 – February 12, 2017 Maxine Laverne Medlin, 91, passed away Sunday, February 12, 2017. A graveside service will be held 11:00 a.m., Saturday, February 18, at Waco Memorial Park. Maxine was born on August 21, 1925, in Florence, Texas, to Rosa Del and Samuel Jackson McIntosh. She enjoyed singing, playing volleyball, 42 (dominos),...

Frances Joy Hoffman

Frances Joy Hoffman

Feb 10, 2017

Frances Joy Hoffman, 90, of Waco, passed away Friday, February 10, 2017. Graveside services will be 1:00 p.m., Sunday, February 12, at Congregation Agudath Jacob Cemetery with Rabbi Ben-Zion Lanxner officiating. “Torchy” as she was referred to by her friends, was born in Laredo, Texas and met her husband Eli Hoffman in Austin. They were married in Laredo, Texas...

Richard Dale Griffin

Richard Dale Griffin

Feb 6, 2017

Richard Dale Griffin (Papa) went home to be with our Heavenly Father on Monday, February 6, 2017. Services will be 10:00 a.m., Monday, February 13, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Chapel. A private burial for family will follow at Waco Memorial Park. Visitation will be 6:00-8:00 p.m., Sunday, February 12, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey. Richard was born November 14, 1935, to John Arlin and...

Harold Clinton Cobb, Jr.

Harold Clinton Cobb, Jr.

Feb 6, 2017

Harold Clinton Cobb, Jr., 83, of Waco passed away peacefully on February 6, 2017, at Baylor Scott & White Hillcrest Hospital. His service will be 10.30 a.m., Friday, February 10, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home, 6101 Bosque Blvd, Waco, Texas. John Wood will be officiating. Burial will follow at Oakwood Cemetery, Waco. Mr.Cobb was born August 17, 1933, in Waco,...

Sarah Garnell Cunningham

Sarah Garnell Cunningham

Feb 5, 2017

Cherished wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, Sarah Garnell Cunningham passed away peacefully at her home on February 5, 2017, in Waco, Texas. Graveside services will be held at 1:00 p.m., Wednesday, February 8, at Oakwood Cemetery. Garnell was born February 8, 1923, in Temple, Oklahoma, to Joseph Garland Beasley and Nettie Shaw Beasley. She married her high school sweetheart,...

Keith Eugene Farr

Keith Eugene Farr

Feb 4, 2017

Keith Eugene Farr of Waco passed away Saturday, February 4, 2017. Graveside services will be 10:00 a.m., Saturday, February 11, at Oakwood Cemetery. Everyone knew Gene Farr! Local attorney and Baylor Law Grad, he was widely known and respected within the community. Gene lived on a ranch outside Waco where he spent most his time fishing, farming, and hunting...