Rosa Cortez
Oct 19, 2012
Rosa Manriquez Cortez, 87, passed away Friday, Oct. 19, 2012 at Providence Hospital. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m., Oct. 23, 2012 at Connally Compton Funeral Directors with Elder Daniel Cantu officiating. Burial will follow at Oakwood Cemetery. The family will receive visitors from 6 to 8pm on Monday, Oct. 22, 2012.Rosa was born March 28, 1925 in Gatesville, TX...
Doris Hinson Pelton
Oct 16, 2012
Doris Hinson Pelton, 90, passed away at a local nursing home surrounded by family October 16, 2012. She was born Nov. 5, 1921 to Edward and Beulah Hinson. Doris was a seamstress, homemaker, and loving mother. She was a longtime resident of Bellmead and member of Oak Lawn Baptist Church. Doris was a very devoted wife and mother who was...
Thomas Price Putnam
Oct 13, 2012
Thomas Price Putnam, 76, passed away Oct. 13, 2012 in Temple, Texas. He was born March 26, 1936 in Waco, Texas. Tom was a retired Carpenter at Scott-White and a motorcycle enthusiast. He was preceded in death by his parents L.D. and Winnie Mae Putnam and siblings L.D. Jr., Betty, and Molly.Survivors include sister Amelia Nichols, 2 sons, Greg and...
Joyce R. Shelton
Oct 8, 2012
Joyce R. Shelton, 84, of Woodway passed away on Monday, October 8, 2012 at a local care center. Visitation will be Thursday, October 11 from 6-8 at Connally Compton Funeral Directors. Graveside services will be Friday, October 12 at 10am at Waco Memorial Park.Joyce was born July 24, 1928 in Waco to J.D. and Grace Richards. Joyce enjoyed being a...
Jeri Caruthers
Oct 5, 2012
Jeri (Anderton) Reynolds - Caruthers, 82, passed away Oct. 5, 2012 at a local hospital.A visitation will be held Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012 at Connally Compton Funeral Directors from 6 to 8 pm.Services will be Oct. 10, 2012 at 2:00pm, at the First United Methodist Church in Waco.
Edith Bearnice George
Oct 5, 2012
Edith Bernice George, 87, passed away October 5, 2012. A visitation will be held Wednesday, October 10, 2012 from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m., Graveside services will be 11 a.m., Wednesday, October 10, 2012 at Oakwood Cemetery.
Almeta Key
Oct 4, 2012
Almeta A. Key, 90, passed away at a local nursing home October 4, 2012. She was born May 19, 1922 in Groesbeck, Texas to Melvin and Cumi Rountree. She spent her early life in Limestone County where she graduated from Groesbeck high school. In 1945, she married the love of her life Cloyce Key. As a young woman she was...
Ralph Rufus Roe
Sep 23, 2012
Ralph R. Roe, 95, died on Sunday morning, September 23rd at 1:05 a.m. at Crestview Healthcare Residence. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, September 25th, at Mart Cemetery in Mart Texas with Reverend Brad Brittain officiating.Mr. Roe was born on September 27, 1916, to John William Roe and Johnnie Blanch White Roe at Osage, TX in Coryell...
Glenda Worthy
Sep 20, 2012
Glenda was born September 11, 1940 in Prairie Hill, Texas to Elzie and Juanita Black. She graduated from Prairie Hill High School in 1959 and went to work for Lone Star Gas, where she retired 38 years later as Customer Service Manager. She married A.J. Worthy, her high school sweetheart in 1961, and they were happily married until his untimely...
Mildred 'Mickey' Leona Ridings
Sep 15, 2012
Mildred "Mickey" Leona Ridings, 89, passed away at a local hospital September 15, 2012. She was born November 6, 1922 to Harvey Scott and Nannie Lou Banister in Mangum, Oklahoma. Through her life she worked at J.M Woods and Waco Apparel. Mildred was a loving mother and grandmother who loved to be with her family. She was a great cook...
Barry Lynn Lafferty
Sep 11, 2012
Barry Lafferty was born in Brownwood, Texas on December 9, 1954 to Robert Lee and Ernestine Lafferty. Barry attended Waco schools and graduated from Richfield high school in 1973. Barry attended McLennan Community College, receiving certification in the Mental Health field. He worked with various local agencies including the Freeman Center and Cen-Tex ARC before retiring in 2009.Barry will always...
John R. Rochelle
Sep 9, 2012
John R. Rochelle, 82, passed away September 9, 2012 at Providence Hospital in Waco. He was born January 17, 1930 in Hooks, Texas to John and Rosa Leigh Rochelle. John served in the United States Navy as a Yoeman First Class Petty Officer from 1947 to 1952. In 1955 he graduated from East Texas Baptist University in Marshall, Texas. While...
Wayne B. Mosley
Sep 5, 2012
Wayne B. Mosley, 77, passed away September 5, 2012 at a local hospital surrounded by family and friends. He was born in Axtell, Texas to Arthur and Ada Mosley, June 19, 1935. He graduated from Axtell High school in 1954 and in 1958 he graduated from Sam Houston State University with a BS in Agricultural Science. On October 8, 1960...
Melba Yates
Sep 3, 2012
Melba Lee (Pelt) YatesFebruary 15, 1921 – September 3, 2012Melba Lee Yates of Waco passed away Monday, September 3, 2012 at a local nursing home. Melba was born in Cego, Falls County, Texas to Alan Wesley Pelt and Annie Mae Gibson. She had been a member of Columbus Avenue Baptist Church for many years.There will be a time to share...
