Obituaries

Oct 16, 2019

Oct 14, 2019

Mr. Ronald Gene Simmons, age 60, passed away Monday, October 14, 2019 in Waco, Texas. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m., Friday, October 18, 2019 at Connally/Compton Funeral Directors. Interment will follow in Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery in Killeen at 3:00 p.m. Visitation will be from 10:00 a.m. Friday, October 18, 2019 at the funeral home. Ronald was born...

Oct 12, 2019

Nancy Rowe Willis Harrington, age 76, passed away October 12, 2019.

Nancy was born in Waco, Texas, November 27, 1942 to Vanise B. and Mamie Rowe.

She was married to Bob Willis in December of 1969, till his death in September of 1988. She then married Bob Harrington in June 1991, till his death in...

Oct 11, 2019

Frankie Fischer joined her brothers and sisters on the 11th of October in the year of 2019. The family will receive visitors at 11:00 o'clock a.m., Wednesday, October 16, 2019 in the Mausoleum Chapel at Waco Memorial Park, funeral services will follow at 1:00 o'clock p.m. Interment will take place at Chapel Hill Memorial Park. She is survived by...

Oct 5, 2019

Mr. Mark E. Stapp, 71, beloved Uncle, passed away on Saturday, October 5, 2019 in Waco, Texas. Graveside service will be at 1 pm, Friday, Oct. 11, 2019 at Waco Memorial Park. Mark was born on July 30, 1947 to Herbert and Viola (Howarter) Stapp in McGregor, Texas. He was a longtime resident of Waco. Mark served in the United...

Oct 5, 2019

Mrs. Alberta Martinez Reyes, 95, passed away Saturday, October 5, 2019. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:00 a.m. Monday, October 7, 2019 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church with Father Benjie officiating. Burial will follow in Oakwood Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. with Rosary at 7:00 p.m. Sunday, October 6, 2019 at the funeral home....

Oct 5, 2019

Mr. Leonardo Alavarez Montelongo Sr., 86, passed away, Saturday, October 5, 2019 in Waco, Texas. Mass of Christian Burial will at 12:00 p.m., Thursday, October 10, 2019 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church with Father Benjie officiating. Interment to follow in Waco Memorial Park. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. with rosary being recited at 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, October 9, 2019...

Sep 28, 2019

Willie Faye Ewing, 88, of Speegleville, TX, went home to her Heavenly Father on Saturday, September 28th, 2019 in Plano, Tx.   She was born on November 22, 1930 to W.B. Thompson and Orpha Dee Parsons Thompson in Waco, Tx.

On August 21, 1952  she married Benson Lamar Ewing in Waco, Tx.   She is survived by...

Sep 21, 2019

Sharon Louise Chrestman, 84, of Waco, passed away on Saturday, September 21, 2019 in Waco, Texas. The memorial service will be Friday, September 27, 11:00 AM, at Columbus Avenue Baptist Church Chapel in Waco.

Sharon. was born March 21, 1935 in Burkburnett, Texas to Marshell and Majorie Baker Chrestman. During the Great Depression, the family moved to...

Sep 16, 2019

Connie Dilleen Roberts, 66, passed away Monday, September 16, 2019 in Mart, Texas. Funeral service will be at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 21, 2019 at Connally/Compton Funeral Directors with Chaplain Danny Tomlinson Officiating. Visitation will be Friday, Sept. 20, 2019 from 6-8 p.m. at the funeral home. Connie was born November 13. 1952 to Russell and Phyllis (Francis) Schnaufer in...

Sep 11, 2019

Barbara Lea Reed Dunkum would like to announce a change of address. She now resides with the Glorious Father Almighty and has found the answer to the questions that each of us has regarding eternity. Mrs. Dunkum, 93, died at Senior Care of Hewitt on Wednesday, September 11, 2019. Mrs. Dunkum, fondly referred to as "Lea Lea" by her grandchildren...

Sep 7, 2019

Mr. Daniel Richard Hawley, age 83, passed away Saturday, September 7, 2019 surround by his family. There will be a private Military Honors at Central Texas Veterans Cemetery in Killeen, Texas. Daniel was born February 16, 1936 to Frank William and Ruby Marie (Olson) Hawley in Detroit, Michigan. Daniel served in the United States Air Force as a Meteorologist and...

Sep 3, 2019

Mother Mildred Yvonne Hall, matriarch of the Hall/Branch Family of Waco, Texas went from Labor to Reward surrounded by her family on September 3, 2019. Mother Hall was a proud alumni of A J Moore High School graduating in 1955 and a devoted member of the Greater Mt. Olive Baptist Church. Mother Hall is survived by her five children,...

Sep 3, 2019

Mr. Augustine Delgado Compian, age 86, passed away Tuesday, September 3, 2019 in Waco, Texas. Augustine was born August 28, 1933 to Matias and Marcos (Delgado) Compian in Encinal, Texas. He was a longtime resident of Waco. He married his high school sweetheart Dora Mendoza in San Antonio, Texas. They had four children Frank T. Compian, Elizabeth Ann Martinez, Johnny...

Aug 28, 2019

Miss Opal Louise Meier, 94, passed away Wednesday, August 28, 2019 in Woodway, Texas. Graveside service will be 2 p.m. Friday, August 30, 2019 at Riesel Cemetery in Riesel, Texas with Reverend Ruby Santibanez officiating. Opal was born on October 6, 1924 to Henry and Isabelle (Behringer) Meier in Riesel, Texas. She was Missionary in Peru for 25 years and...

Aug 25, 2019

A Celebration of Life will be September 21, 6-7 PM, at the Connally/Compton Funeral Directors' Hospitality Room. June Elizabeth (Lewis) Moss, 87, died in Waco, Texas on August 25. She was born to JR and Beulah Lewis on June 24, 1932 on the family homestead near Beaver, Arkansas. They later moved to Texas living in Seagraves, Brownfield, and Sundown. June...

Aug 25, 2019

Tom L. Roberts, Sr., age 86, passed away on August 25, 2019 in Lubbock, TX

Services will be 11:00 o'clock a.m., Thursday, August 29, 2019 in the Mausoleum Chapel at Waco Memorial Park, interment will follow.

Tom is survived by his devoted wife, Katherine (Kay) of Lubbock, his daughter Sonja (Roberts) Camden of Appleton, Wisconsin,...

Aug 25, 2019

Ray Kelly Ooten, 87, of Weatherford, Texas passed away peacefully at home, on Sunday, August 25, 2019. Visitation will be held prior to service at 10:00 a.m., Friday, August 30, 2019 at Lakeshore Drive Baptist Church, 200 S. Lakeshore Dr., Hudson Oaks, TX, 76087, where funeral services will follow at 12. Interment: Oakwood Cemetery in Fort Worth. Ray was...

Aug 23, 2019

Gloria Faulkner, age 62, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on Friday, August 23, 2019. Funeral service will be Friday, August 30, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. at Connally/Compton Funeral Directors with Reverend Peter Arvizu officiating. Visitation will be from 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Thursday, August 29, at the funeral home. Gloria was born June 17, 1957 to Rudolph...

Aug 17, 2019

Our precious Louise (Granny), 92 of Lorena, Texas entered heaven on August 17th, 2019.  She was born November 8th, 1926, in Coryell County, to Louis Allen and Edna Mae (Tow) Wendeborn.

Louise graduated from Turnersville High School where she played on the ladies Buffalo basketball team. She met her first husband, Gayle M. Pruiett, while working at...