Everett Wayne Speas

Everett Wayne Speas passed away on January 26, 2026, his service will be Tuesday, February 3, 2026, at 1:00 p.m. at Waco Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Wayne Williams Officiating.

he was born to Walter & Esther Speas at home in Casanova, Illinois on January 9,1937. Everett was the second child and first-born son of their five children.

After graduating High School in 1955 he joined the Navy and served as an Airborne Early Warning Typhoon Tracker. He served in the Hawaiian Islands, Guam and Okinawa.

After being discharged from the Navy in 1959 he worked for Kalona Mother Comp.

In February 1960 he met the love of his life in Swisher, Iowa at a dance hall. The only problem at the end of the night was that he couldn’t remember her name, a friend told him it was Karen and he went to Westchester to find her, they dated three months and Karen asked “Why don’t we get married? Everrett responded, “If you can live on my paycheck” They were married June 24, 1960.

They moved to Waco in 1967 and Everrett worked for Gulf State Paper Company for five years, then he worked for Central Freight Lines Starting March of 1972 he worked there for Thirty years then after retiring from Central Freight Lines, he started at Waco Streak six weeks later.

They attended Cogdell Memorial Methodist for more than fifty years; He was a Lay Speaker at White Settlement and Perry Texas for two years and became a partner at Renew Church.

Everrett loved football it didn’t matter if it was Highschool, College, or Professional Football, however he was a die-heart Dallas Cowboy’s Fan, everyone knew not to speak to him when they were playing.

Everrett is Survived by his daughters, Robin Gibson and her husband, Eddy, and Tammy Speas; as well as his cherished grandchildren, Brandi, Jared, Tiffany, Jasmine, Brandon, and Elijah, and numerous great-grandchildren, extended family, and friends who will forever hold his memory dear.

Everrett was preceded in death by his parents Walter & Ester Speas; his grandson, Robert Charles "Tre" Taplin, III; and two of his siblings