Obituaries
Recent Obituaries in Waco, TX
Samuel Edward Allison
Jan 10, 2022
Samuel Edward Allison died peacefully at home on Monday, January 10, 2022. He was 82. Sam was born in Corsicana, Texas, the younger son of O.W. (Dee) Allison and Alice Inez Allison, née Grayson. After a brief stay in Corsicana, the family moved to Wichita Falls, Texas, where young “Sammy” grew up hunting, fishing, and playing blocking back for...
Margaret Louise Hoyle
Jan 7, 2022
Margaret Louise Hoyle passed away Friday, January 7, 2022. Graveside services will be 1:30 pm, Tuesday, January 11, 2022, at Rosemound Cemetery. Louise was born December 18, 1919, in Waco, Texas, to Joseph and Mertyl Kennedy. Her mother died after giving birth and she was raised by her paternal grandparents in Abbot, Texas. On the first day of school,...
David Michael Guinn
Jan 6, 2022
David Michael Guinn, Sr., 82, departed this life on January 6, 2022. Services will be held at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 515 Columbus Ave., on January 8, at 11:00 a.m. David was born on February 24, 1939, in Cleburne, Texas to Ernest and Dorothy Guinn. He grew up attending Main Street Methodist Church and Cleburne public schools until his...
Billie Kathryn Kuhnle
Jan 4, 2022
Billie Kathryn Beckworth Kuhnle passed away on January 4, 2022. The Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Tuesday, January 11, at 11 am, at St. Jerome Catholic Church. Burial will follow at Waco Memorial Park. A rosary will take place at 10 am, prior to the service, also at St. Jerome. Visitation will be Monday, January 10,...
Ann May Warner
Jan 3, 2022
Ann “Molly” Maguire Warner of Houston, Texas, passed away on January 3, on her 102nd birthday. Molly was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, to parents John Maguire and Edith Slaney. After completing nursing school, Molly joined the US Army Nursing Corps and served three years overseas during World War II in North Africa and Europe. She was promoted to the...
Roman Palacios
Dec 31, 2021
Roman Palacios passed away Friday, December 31, 2021. Services will be 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, January 5, 2022, at Oakwood Cemetery. Roman was born July 17, 1944, in Mart, Texas, to Salvador and Gloria Palacios. He worked as a broom maker for many years and was retired from Owens Corning in Waxahachie. He was preceded in death by his parents;...
Manuel Dejesus Perez
Dec 30, 2021
Manuel de Jesús Pérez, de 54 años, falleció el 30 de diciembre de 2021. Los servicios serán el sábado 8 de enero de 2022 a las 10 a.m. en la Iglesia Católica del Sagrado Corazón con el padre Benji oficiando. Seguirá el entierro en el cementerio Rosemound. El velorio será el viernes 7 de enero de 2022 a partir...
Phyllis Ann Ponder Falco
Dec 29, 2021
Phyllis Ann Ponder Falco, 77, of Waco, Texas passed away peacefully on December 29, 2021 after a brief battle with pneumonia. Phyllis was born on August 11, 1944 in Corpus Christi, the daughter and only child of the late Phillip and Eunice Trice Ponder. She is survived by her husband of 51 years, Bill Falco, her son, Carter Falco,...
Alfred Dale Bjelland
Dec 25, 2021
Alfred Dale Bjelland began a new journey on December 25, 2021, when the angels lifted his spirit, freeing him from the limitations of COPD. Born in Morris, Illinois, on May 17, 1942, which is Norwegian Independence Day, for many years Al thought the parades that day were in his honor. His father, Oscar Bjelland, came to America from Norway...
Sue Margaret Hughes
Dec 25, 2021
Sue Margaret Hughes was born April 13, 1920, to Chastain Wesley Hughes and Sue Willis Payne Hughes in Cleburne, Texas. She was the sixth of seven children, and the last surviving. The family moved to Waco in 1925, where she was educated in the Waco public schools. Graduating from Waco High in 1938, she did not attend college right...
Weldon Ewing Jackson
Dec 15, 2021
Weldon Ewing Jackson passed away on December 15, 2021, at the age of 94, at Providence Health Center. Services to celebrate and honor his life will be Monday, December 20, at 10:00 a.m., at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home. Pastor Chris Sammons will officiate. Burial will follow at Waco Memorial Park. Visitation will be held on Sunday, December 19, from 2:00...
Mary Nelda Massey
Dec 15, 2021
Mary Nelda Massey, 92, of Waco, passed away peacefully at her home Wednesday, December 15. Services will be at 2:30 pm on Saturday, December 18, at Prairie Hill Baptist Church, with Audrey Wauson officiating. Burial will follow at Prairie Hill Cemetery. Ms. Massey was born Nov. 29, 1929, in Prairie Hill, Texas, to Lawrence Elmer and Mary Alice Massey....
Wilbur Allen Ball
Dec 15, 2021
Dr. Wilbur Ball, Founding President and President Emeritus of McLennan Community College, died on December 15, 2021. Wilbur was born at home in the little ranching community of Berclair, Texas, September 30, 1928, on the eve of the Great Depression, the son of Arthur Lee Ball and Dolly Roxanna Dorsey Ball. He graduated from Goliad High School and entered...
Darrell Roach White
Dec 14, 2021
Darrell Roach White, Sr., 63, passed away December 14, 2021. Services will be Friday, December 17, at 10:00 a.m., at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home, with John DeGiorgio officiating. Darrell was born in Waco, Texas, on June 3, 1958, to Lawrence Joel and Elwyn Roach White. He attended St. Louis Catholic Elementary School and graduated from Reicher Catholic High School in...
Wincie Iona Cannon
Dec 11, 2021
Wincie Iona Evans Cannon passed away on December 11, 2021. Private services were held on Tuesday, December 14. She was laid to rest in China Spring Cemetery. Wincie was born on November 5, 1929 in Heber Springs, Cleburne County, Arkansas. She moved to Waco at 16 and met her husband, Gene Cannon while waiting tables at a local restaurant....
Phyllis J Gross
Dec 10, 2021
Phyllis Jane Gross, age 84, formerly of Dallas, TX, died December 10, 2021 in Waco, TX. A memorial service will be held at her beloved Wilshire Baptist Church, Dallas, TX on December 16, 2021 at 3:00 p.m. Inurnment of her ashes at Wilshire’s Columbarium will be held at a later date for the family. Phyllis was born in Tulsa,...
Sandra Tidmore
Dec 10, 2021
Sandra Tidmore, 80 years old, passed away on Friday, December 10, 2021, at Ridgecrest Retirement and Healthcare in Waco, Texas. A memorial service will be held on December 14 at 11:00 a.m., at First Baptist Church of Waco, with Johnny Dickerson, Sandra’s son-in-law, officiating. Sandra is the daughter of William Edward Creech and Lexie Lou Parker Creech. She was...
William David Campbell
Dec 10, 2021
Dave Campbell, who spent his life in Waco but whose impact was felt across Texas and beyond, died December 10, 2021, at his home in Waco after a brief illness. He was 96. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, December 17, at Austin Ave. United Methodist Church (now First Methodist Downtown). A visitation with the...
Helen Hardy Price
Dec 9, 2021
Helen Hardy Price passed away on December 9, 2021. Services will be at 1:00 pm on Saturday, December 18, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home. Visitation will be from 6:00 to 8:00 pm on Friday, December 17, also at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey. Helen was born June 24, 1938, in Flora, Illinois. She graduated from Flora Township High School in 1956 and St. Luke’s...
Syan Cristiona Marquez
Dec 8, 2021
Syan Marquez, 22, passed away Wednesday, December 8, 2021, at Baylor Scott and White Medical Center in Temple, Texas. Services will be at 10:00 am on Wednesday, December 15, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home, with Pastor Ruben Andrade officiating. Burial will follow at Oakwood Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6:00 to 8:00 pm on Tuesday, December 14, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey. The...
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