Obituaries

Recent Obituaries in Waco, TX

Mary A. Richey

Mary A. Richey

Sep 13, 2017

Mary Agnes Richey passed away Wednesday, September 13, 2017. Graveside Services will be 2:00 p.m., Saturday, September 16, at Garland Cemetery, FM44, east of Clarksville, Texas. Visitation will be 6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m., Friday, September 15, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home. Mary was born March 18, 1923, in Anonna, Texas, to Leon and Hattie Daniel. She graduated high school from Anonna,...

E. Barker Chapman

E. Barker Chapman

Sep 12, 2017

Elvis Barker Chapman of Waco passed away September 12, 2017. A Graveside Service will be held 1:00 p.m., Saturday, September 16, at Oakwood Cemetery with The Rev. Tim Jarrell officiating. Visitation will be 5:00-7:00 p.m., Friday, September 15, in the Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Garden Room. Barker was born June 22, 1928, in Hewitt, Texas, to Dula Barker and Elvis R. Chapman....

Thomas Beveridge

Thomas Beveridge

Sep 9, 2017

Thomas Beveridge passed away Saturday, Sept. 9, 2017. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, September 12, at St. Jerome’s Church, 9820 Chapel Road, Waco, Texas with Rev. Walter Dhanwar officiating. . Burial will follow at Waco Memorial Park. Visitation will be 9:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. Rosary, Tuesday, Sept. 12, in the foyer of the church....

Mary Makovy

Mary Makovy

Sep 6, 2017

Mary Fentress Makovy, 81, entered eternal peace on Wednesday, September 6, 2017. Services will be 1:30 p.m., Monday, September 11, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Waco Memorial Park. Visitation will be 2:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m., Sunday, September 10, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home. Mary was born on October 25, 1935, daughter of the late Lewis Fentress and Letha...

Antonio Barragan

Antonio Barragan

Sep 6, 2017

Antonio Barragan, Jr. passed away Wednesday, September 6, 2017. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, September 12, at St. Francis on the Brazos Catholic Church with Father Eduardo Javo officiating. Burial will follow at Oakwood Cemetery. A Rosary will begin at 6:00 p.m. on Monday, September 11 with Visitation following at 6:30 at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home...

Twyla Kay Corley Moody

Twyla Kay Corley Moody

Sep 5, 2017

Twyla Kay Corley Moody passed away September 5, 2017, following a 10-year battle with cancer. Services will be 10:00 a.m., Friday, September 8, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey with Pastor Austin Nickel of First Lutheran Church of Waco officiating. Burial will follow at Waco Memorial Park. Visitation will be 6:00-8:00 p.m., Thursday, September 7, at Wilkirson Hatch Bailey. Twyla was born in...

Russell B. Carter

Russell B. Carter

Sep 3, 2017

Russell B. Carter, 52, passed away September 3, 2017. Services will be 10:00 a.m., Friday, September 8, at Meadowbrook Baptist Church with Dr. Cary Killough officiating. Burial will follow at Oakwood Cemetery. Visitation will be 6:00-8:00 p.m., Thursday, September 7, in the Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Garden Room. Russell B. Carter was born in Odessa, Texas, and grew up in west Texas....

Tommie Banks

Tommie Banks

Sep 2, 2017

Tommie Banks May 18, 1946-September 2, 2017 On Saturday, September 2, 2017, at 12:24 a.m., Tommie Gene Banks transitioned from Earth to Eternity. Services will be 10:00 a.m., Monday, September 11, at Carver Park Baptist Church with Richard Thomas officiating. Burial will follow at Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery. Visitation will be 6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m., Sunday, September 10, at...

Mildred Faye Hollifield

Mildred Faye Hollifield

Aug 31, 2017

Mildred Faye Buck Hollifield, mother, grandmother, sister, teacher, and friend, passed away on Thursday, August 31, 2017. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m., Saturday, September 9, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home, 6101 Bosque Boulevard, Waco, Texas. The family will receive friends at a visitation 6:00-8:00 p.m., Friday, September 8, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home. Mildred was born November 4, 1939,...

Elizabeth A. Hatfield

Elizabeth A. Hatfield

Aug 30, 2017

Elizabeth A. Hatfield passed away Wednesday, August 30, 2017, after a long battle with cancer. Graveside Services will be 11:00 a.m., Friday, September 1, at Oakwood Cemetery, with Rev. Joe Bailey officiating. Visitation will be 6:00 -8:00 p.m., Thursday, August 31, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home. Elizabeth was born January 27, 1934, in Waco, Texas, to Stephens and Ann Vivian...

Robert Lee Horton Ii

Robert Lee Horton Ii

Aug 25, 2017

Robert Lee Horton II, 69, passed away on August 25, 2017 in Waco after a lengthy illness. Graveside service will be at Waco Memorial Park, Tuesday, August 29 at 1:30 p.m. with Bradley Brannon officiating. Robert was born in Abilene, Texas, in 1948, and grew up in Abilene and Dallas. He married Kay Frances Norman in 1974 in Lubbock....

Martha Jane Mckethan Maddux Smith

Martha Jane Mckethan Maddux Smith

Aug 24, 2017

Martha Jane McKethan Maddux Smith passed away on August 24, 2017 at the age of 86. Graveside services will be at Harris Creek Cemetery on Tuesday, August 29 at 11:30 a.m. with Dr. John Collier of Parkview Baptist officiating. Visitation with the family will be at Crossroads Fellowship Church (next to the cemetery) 1861 Church Rd. McGregor, Texas from...

Sandi Hall Kemper

Sandi Hall Kemper

Aug 23, 2017

Sandi Hall Kemper stepped into Heaven in the early morning of August 23, 2017 after a brief stay in the Providence Hospice Center, Waco, Texas. She was 81 years old. A celebration of her life will be held on Friday, August 25 at 4:30 p.m. at Central Presbyterian Church, Woodway, Texas. The Rev. David Rodgers will be officiating. Sandi’s...

Ruby Scherff Pick

Ruby Scherff Pick

Aug 23, 2017

Ruby Pick passed away at her residence surrounded by family. Services will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 26th at St. Paul Lutheran Church with Pastor Larry Krueger officiating. Burial will follow at Waco Memorial Park. Visitation will be 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Friday, Aug. 25th at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home. Ruby was born in Riesel, Texas. She was baptized at...

Chancelor Ross King

Chancelor Ross King

Aug 23, 2017

Chancelor Ross King, beloved son of Gala Howell King of Woodway and Todd King of College Station, went to be with his Lord and Savior on August 23, 2017. A 2016 graduate of Lorena High School, Chance played offensive guard for the Lorena Leopards and was voted homecoming king during his senior year. Following graduation, he attended McLennan Community...

Myrtle  Agnes Burnsed

Myrtle Agnes Burnsed

Aug 22, 2017

Myrtle Agnes Burnsed, a devout Christian, 82, of Hewitt, TX passed away at 12:20 a.m. on Aug. 22, 2017 at Town Hall Estates Nursing Home, in Hillsboro, TX, while in the care of Providence Hospice, following a ten year battle with Alzheimer’s disease. A graveside celebration of her life will be conducted at Waco Memorial Park at 10 A....

Randee B. Johnson

Randee B. Johnson

Aug 22, 2017

Randee Buice Johnson passed away peacefully at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, August 22, 2017, at Providence Hospital under the care of Providence Hospice after battling stage 4 lung cancer for over 3 ½ years. Randee was born October 19, 1943, in Waco, Texas to Euell Dee & Mildred Buice Johnson. They lived in Corpus Christi for several years while...

Joan Glenn Branyon

Joan Glenn Branyon

Aug 22, 2017

Joan Glenn Branyon, 87, of Waco, passed away Tuesday, August 22, 2017, at Baylor Scott & White-Hillcrest Hospital. A graveside service will be held 11:00 a.m., September 1, at Oakwood Cemetery with Rev. Ron Durham presiding. Visitation will be held 6:00-8:00 p.m., Thursday, August 31, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home. Joan was born on August 22, 1930, in Cisco, Texas,...

John Ivan Taverner

John Ivan Taverner

Aug 22, 2017

John Ivan Taverner passed away on August 22, 2017, after an earthly life which was richly blessed by God above. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 PM, Monday, August 28, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home. Graveside Services will be at 10 AM, Tuesday, August 29, at the Lorena Cemetery in Lorena, TX John was born July 6, 1943, to...

Jean Eldridge Nix

Jean Eldridge Nix

Aug 19, 2017

Jean Nix, an amazing, vibrant and loving woman who can also be remembered as a survivor of many challenges including a major airline crash in 1988, joined her husband and her Savior in Heaven on August 19, 2017. Visitation with the family will be in the Garden Room at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home on Thursday, August 24 from 5:30 –...