Obituaries

Recent Obituaries in Waco, TX

Anita Gayle Allen

Anita Gayle Allen

Mar 19, 2017

Anita Gayle Allen was called by our Lord to her Heavenly home on Sunday, March 19, 2017. She had been ill for approximately two months with multiple myeloma cancer. Funeral services will be 1:00 p.m., Thursday, March 23, at First Baptist Church of Woodway, Texas, with Pastors Roy Marshall and Dr. Paul Sands officiating. Burial will follow at Stanford...

Charles Ellis Alford

Charles Ellis Alford

Mar 15, 2017

Our beloved father, grandfather, hero and friend, Charles Ellis Alford of Waco went to be with his Lord and Savior on Wednesday, March 15, 2017. A Memorial Celebration will be 10:00 a.m., Saturday, March 18, at Columbus Avenue Baptist Church with the Rev. Josh Vaughan officiating. A service will also be held at Gaston Oaks Baptist Church in Dallas...

Hollis A. Biddle

Hollis A. Biddle

Mar 13, 2017

Hollis A. Biddle, veteran newspaper sports writer, passed away March 13, 2017, after a three­ month illness. He was 81. Visitation will be 6 to 8 p.m., Friday, March 17, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey. Graveside service will be at 1 p.m., Saturday, March 18, at Friedens Cemetery, FM 1860 (Riesel). A memorial service will be 2:30 p.m., Saturday, March 18, at...

Anne M. Parks

Anne M. Parks

Mar 13, 2017

Anne M. Parks of Waco passed away Monday, March 13, 2017. Services will be at 2:00 p.m., Friday, March 17, at St. Catherine Chapel. Burial will follow at Waco Memorial Park. Visitation will be one hour before the service at St. Catherine Chapel. Anne was born November 19, 1919, in New York, New York, to Oliver and Rose Seton....

Carol Lee Corley

Carol Lee Corley

Mar 13, 2017

Carol Lee Corley, 74, died on Monday, March 13, 2017 at Baylor Scott & White Hillcrest Medical Center. Funeral services will be 1:00 p.m., Friday, March 17, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home in Waco, Texas. Dr. Paul Sands will be officiating the service. Burial will follow at Waco Memorial Park. Visitation will be 5:00-7:00 p.m., Thursday, March 16, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey....

Dorothy Erwin

Dorothy Erwin

Mar 10, 2017

Dorothy passed away on March 10, 2017, at Wesley Woods Health and Rehabilitation Center in Waco. Services will be 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, March 14, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home, led by Rev. Brad Brittain of Central United Methodist Church. Burial will follow at Waco Memorial Park. Visitation will be 5:30 – 6:30 p.m., Monday, March 13, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey. Dorothy was...

Martha Garibay

Martha Garibay

Mar 9, 2017

Martha Garibay peacefully left this world on March 9, 2017, at the age of 91, to joyfully enter the pearly gates of Heaven. Martha’s celebration of life and funeral services will be at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home, 6101 Bosque Blvd. in Waco, Texas, 2:00 p.m., Monday, March 13. Visitation will be 5:00-7:00 p.m., Sunday, March 12, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home....

Billie Katherine Cox

Billie Katherine Cox

Mar 8, 2017

Billie Katherine Cox of Waco passed away Wednesday, March 8, 2017. A private memorial will be held at her home. Billie Kay was born April 15, 1926, in Wichita Falls, Texas, to Forrest Eugene Stallings and Winnie Raley Stallings. Billie was reared in the Rio Grande Valley and educated at Lyford High School, Baylor University and the New York...

Margaret Anne Brothers

Margaret Anne Brothers

Mar 5, 2017

Margaret Anne Brothers of Lorena passed away Sunday, March 5, 2017. Services will be Friday, March 10 at 10:00 a.m. at First Baptist Lorena with the Rev. Heath Kirkwood officiating. Burial will follow at Waco Memorial Park. Visitation will be from 6:00 to 8:00 PM Thursday, March 9 at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey. Anne was born October 8, 1930, to Tom and...

Jadean Swenson

Jadean Swenson

Mar 5, 2017

Jadean “Deanie” Moon Swenson, age 90, passed away peacefully on March 5, 2017 after a long struggle with dementia. Graveside service will be 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, March 11, at Oakwood Cemetery. Visitation will be 5:00-7:00 p.m., Friday, March 10, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home. Deanie was a loving wife, daughter, mother, grandmother and trusted friend. She was born in...

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...

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