Obituaries
Recent Obituaries in Waco, TX
Deanie Bishop Parrish
Feb 24, 2022
“Failure is not failure unless you let it be. It’s simply a change in direction. Just count your many blessings and move on. With God’s help, nothing is impossible.” Deanie Bishop Parrish passed away peacefully in her home in Waco, Texas, on February 24, 2022, just one day shy of her 100th birthday. She met every challenge of her...
Bobbie Powers Mills
Feb 23, 2022
Bobbie Jean Mills passed away Wednesday, February 23, 2022. Graveside service will be 1:30 p.m., Tuesday, March 1, at Waco Memorial Park with Dr. Randy Hughes officiating. Visitation will be 5:00 – 7:00 p.m., Monday, February 28, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home. Bobbie was born January 8, 1929, in Electra, Texas, to Jesse Lee and Rose Lee Powers. She attended...
Robert Bruce Mazzare
Feb 20, 2022
Robert Bruce Mazzare, 81, went to be with Jesus in heaven on Sunday, February 20, 2022, at his home. Bruce’s Celebration of Life will be Sunday, February 27, at 3:00 pm at Antioch Community Church in Waco. Bruce was born in Houston on October 2, 1940. He graduated from Shriner High School in Kerrville and attended Texas Christian University...
Vivian Ann Martinez
Feb 20, 2022
Vivian Ann Sowders Martinez, 72, passed away February 20, 2022, at Baylor, Scott, and White Hillcrest Medical Center in Waco. Services will take place at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, February 23 at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home with Pastor Stephen Stanford officiating. Burial will follow at Oakwood Cemetery. Visitation will be 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, February 22. Born and raised in...
Patrick Samuel Piazza
Feb 19, 2022
Patrick Samuel Piazza passed away Saturday, February 19, 2022. Services will take place at 10:00 am, Saturday, February 26, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home with James Piazza officiating. Burial will follow at Oakwood Cemetery. Pat was born March 23, 1947, in Waco, to Tommy and Ruby Nell Piazza. Pat retired as builder where he was the owner of Pat Piazza...
Terry Lynn Strickland
Feb 18, 2022
Terry Strickland, 64, of Waco, passed away after an extended hospital stay on February 18, 2022. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, February 26, at First United Methodist Church in Waco. Visitation will be Friday, February 25, from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. in the Garden Room of Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home . Terry Strickland was born...
Esperanza Garay Gomez
Feb 17, 2022
Esperanza Garay Gomez passed away Thursday, February 17, 2022. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:00 am, Wednesday, February 23, 2022, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church with Fr. Benjamin Magnaye officiating. Visitation will be at 6:00 pm followed by the Rosary at 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, February 22, 2022 at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home Chapel. Esperanza was born December 20, 1953,...
Annette Elizabeth Green
Feb 17, 2022
Annette Elizabeth Giles Green, 53, passed away February 17, 2022, at Ascension Providence Hospital in Waco. A memorial celebration service will be held Saturday, February 26, at 2 pm at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home, at 6101 Bosque Boulevard in Waco with Michael Honza officiating. A graveside service will be held Saturday, March 5, 2022, at 2 pm at Throckmorton Cemetery...
Douthit Dean Baxley
Feb 15, 2022
The Lord of all Creation was so immensely kind and merciful to Bax and family during this hard but tender time freeing him from the rage of pancreatic and liver cancer while at his home he loved, taking him home to heaven at 12:16 a.m. Tuesday morning. God was kind to leave him with us for his 67th anniversary...
Nancy M. Ratchford
Feb 15, 2022
Nancy Ratchford, 93, passed away on February 15, 2022, in Waco, Texas, after a short illness. A graveside service will be held Friday, February 18, at 2:00 p.m. at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Beaumont, with the Rev. Dan Darby officiating. Nancy Mockford was born in Greenville, Texas, to Lynna and Phil Mockford. She was the eldest of three...
Virgil Dean Cox
Feb 15, 2022
Virgil Cox, 65, passed away February 15, 2022, at a local hospital following a lengthy illness. He will be greatly missed for his good heart and epic sense of humor. Vigil was born in Jackson, Michigan on July 12, 1956, and grew up in Jackson. Throughout his life Virgil had worked as a correctional officer and as a caregiver...
John Esquivel Flores
Feb 15, 2022
The Lord received an angel. John Esquivel Flores passed away Tuesday, February 15, 2022. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:00 am, Tuesday, February 22, 2022, at St. Francis on the Brazos Catholic Church with Father Eduardo Jazo officiating. Burial will follow at Oakwood Cemetery. Visitation will be 6:00 p.m. Monday, February 21 at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home. The Rosary...
Michael Ernest Jones
Feb 13, 2022
Michael "Mike" Jones was born on November 29, 1951, in Ottumwa, Iowa, to Harold Jones and Helen Estes Jones. Mike's early years were shaped by his loving parents, as well as being the middle child, and only brother, to four wonderful sisters. Two of Mike's greatest life decisions came in 1974. The first was on April 15 when he...
Floyd Bradley
Feb 13, 2022
Floyd Bradley, 79, passed away on February 13, 2022, at St. Joseph Hospital in Bryan, Texas. Mr. Bradley had resided at Bremond Nursing Home in Bremond, Texas, for the last 13 years, where he was lovingly cared for. He had a passion for the ladies, bingo, cookies, soda pop, and the Dallas Cowboys! He will be buried at Rosemound...
Robert Dwain Burks
Feb 10, 2022
Robert Dwain Burks passed away Thursday, February 10, 2022. Services will be 3:00 pm, Tuesday, February 15, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home with Jim Dickson and Chad Lewis officiating. Burial will follow at Crawford Cemetery. Visitation will be 5:00 pm-7:00 pm, Monday, February 14, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home. Robert was born January 7, 1941, in Waco, Texas, to R.V. and...
Robert Kenneth Coffelt
Feb 10, 2022
Robert Coffelt, 84, passed away at BSW Hillcrest Medical Center in Waco Thursday, February 10, 2022. A graveside service will be held at 3:00 p.m. Tuesday, February 15, at Waco Memorial Park. Visitation will be from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Monday, February 14, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home (6101 Bosque Blvd, Waco, TX 76710). Bob was born March 19, 1937,...
Jeannette Mcginnes
Feb 9, 2022
Jeannette Hatter McGinnes died February 8, 2022, in Moody, Texas. Funeral services will be at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home in Waco on Saturday, February 12, at 10:30 a.m. Ms. McGinnes was a member of the First Baptist Church of Moody, where in earlier life she served many years as Sunday School superintendent and Sunday School teacher. Ms. McGinnes is from...
Geraldo M. Guardiola
Feb 9, 2022
Geraldo “Jerry” Guardiola passed away Wednesday, February 9, 2022. The Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, February 15, at St. Francis on the Brazos Catholic Church with Father Jose Jazo officiating. Burial will follow at Oakwood Cemetery. Visitation will start at 6:00 p.m., Monday, February 14, followed by the Rosary at 7:00 p.m. at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral...
Ruth Edith Drake
Feb 8, 2022
Ruth Edith Drake passed away Tuesday, February 8, 2022. Services will be 10:00 am, Friday, February 11, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Chapel with Rev. Josh Vaughn officiating. Burial will follow at Waco Memorial Park. Visitation will be 6:00-8:00 pm, Thursday, February 10, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home. Ruth was born January 1 (New Year’s Day), 1945, in Houston, Texas, to Clyde and...
Frances Patt Haise
Feb 7, 2022
Frances Patt Price Haise, known as Patt, was born on January 21,1940, in Rogers, Texas, to Clyde Hubert Price and Mabel Loraine Williams. She was baptized in the Cego Baptist Church at the age of nine and graduated from Bruceville-Eddy High School. Patt served in several secretarial positions both at NASA Johnson Space Center and Kennedy Space Center. At...
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