Obituaries

Aug 2, 2019

Joe M Lopez Sr, of Waco, TX passed away Friday, August 2, 2019. Funeral services will be 10:00 AM, Saturday, August 10, 2019 at Connally/Compton Funeral Directors. Interment will follow in Waco Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM on Friday, August 9, at the funeral home. He was born April 26th 1943 to...

Aug 1, 2019

Jerry Wayne Jones passed to be with the Lord on Thursday August 1, 2019 at home in McGregor, Texas after a brief illness. Jerry was born on January 26th 1938 to Harry and Neely Jones of Gatesville. He joined the navy in 1955 where he served as a sonar-man on the U.S.S. Silverstein. After leaving the service in 1959 he...

Aug 1, 2019

Harold Ronald Jaro, 81, of Hewitt, TX, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Thursday, August 1, 2019. A graveside service will be held at 9:30 am, Monday, August 5, 2019, at Chapel Hill Memorial Park, 6296 N. I 35 Frontage Rd, Waco, TX.

Ron was born December 27, 1937 in Claremore, OK. After graduating...

Aug 1, 2019

Pauline Hurst Welch, 94, of Waco, passed away Thursday, August 1, 2019 at Brookdale Lakeshore Assisted Living in Waco. Funeral services will be 2:00 PM, Sunday, August 4, 2019 at Connally/Compton Funeral Directors with the Reverend Curtis Holland officiating. Interment will be 11:00 AM, Monday, August 5th in Laurel Land Memorial Park in Dallas. Mrs. Welch was born on November...

Jul 30, 2019

Kanova (K. Ann) Goldsmith Jones, 83, passed away Tuesday, July 30, 2019 in McGregor, after a lengthy battle with cancer at home. Graveside service will be at 1:00 p.m. Friday, August 2, 2019 at Post Oak Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Thursday, August 1, 2019 at Connally/Compton Funeral Directors. K. Ann was born December 10,...

Jul 29, 2019

Laurie Lee Lynch Sappington, 46, went to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Funeral service will be at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, August 3, 2019 at Connally/Compton Funeral Directors. Visitation will be from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Friday, August 2, 2019 at the funeral home. Our Laurie arrived with a rare snow storm in Channelview, Texas February 9,...

Jul 26, 2019

Ralph Shumate, age 89, of Waco, passed away Friday, 26, 2019 in Waco. A graveside service will be held at 11am, Saturday, August 3, 2019, at Waco Memorial Park.

Ralph was born July 22, 1930, in Paris, Texas, son of Fred and Kathryn Shumate. He graduated from Waco High School in 1947, and later joined the Army...

Jul 25, 2019

Mark VanMarter, 50, passed away Thursday, July 25, 2019 in Waco. Memorial services will be at 4:00 pm Sunday, August 11, 2019 at Peace Lutheran Church in Waco with Pastor Stephen Rynearson officiating. The graveside service will be the previous day at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, August 10, 2019 at Moore Memorial Gardens in Arlington, Texas. Mark was born February 15,...

Jul 24, 2019

Jul 22, 2019

Joe Dan Cummings, 66, of Robinson passed away July 22, 2019 at this home. Services will be held 10:30 AM, Friday, July 26, 2019 in the Mausoleum Chapel at Waco Memorial Park with Pastor Larry Wymore officiating.

Joe was born April 5, 1953 in Espanola, New Mexico, the son of Jack Cummings & Peggy (Slaughter) Cummings. He...

Jul 21, 2019

Richard Allen Dulock, 86, passed away Sunday, July 21, 2019 in Waco, Texas. Graveside service will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, July 27, 2019 in Waco Memorial Park in Waco. Visitation will be from 5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. 0n Friday, July 26th, at Connally/Compton Funeral Directors. Richard was born on February 3, 1933 to Anton and Agnes (Cepak) Dulock in...

Jul 18, 2019

Ire Lee Kemp passed away on July 18, 2019 in Waco, Texas after a brief stay in the hospital.

Visitation will in the Mausoleum Chapel at Waco Memorial Park from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m., Sunday, July 21, 2019.

Ire Lee was born October 6, 1933 in Hamilton County, Texas to James Alvin and Olena Josephine...

Jul 11, 2019

Barbra Ann Gowin, 73, of Elm Mott, Texas, passed away July 11, 2019 alongside her sister, Effie Gano, with loving family by her side.

Services will be held July 23, 2019 at 11:00 AM in the Mausoleum Chapel at Waco Memorial Park.

Barbra was born on March 28, 1946 in Haywood, Oklahoma to parents, John...

Jul 9, 2019

Shirley Jean Gilmore, of Waco, Texas, very peacefully passed from life with family by her side July 9, 2019 at 2:30 in the afternoon.

Graveside services will be held 11:00 o'clock a.m., Friday, July 12, 2019 at Waco Memorial Park, visitation will be 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., Thursday, July 12, 2019 in the Mausoleum Chapel at Waco...

Jul 8, 2019

Mary Garza, age 96, passed away Monday, July 8, 2019 in Round Rock, Texas. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:00 a.m. Friday, July 12, at St Francis Catholic Church. Interment to follow in Oakwood Cemetery in Waco. Visitation will be from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., with Rosary at 7:00 p.m., July 11, at Connally/Compton Funeral Directors. Mary was born...

Jul 7, 2019

Willa Lee Jones, 92, passed away Sunday, July 7, 2019. The funeral will be 2:00 on Wednesday, July 10, 2019 at First Presbyterian Church, Waco, Texas, with Reverend Leslie King officiating. Interment will follow in Oakwood Cemetery in Waco, Texas. Willa was born on February 24, 1927, to J. C. Woods and Margie Westmoreland Woods in Springfield, Ohio. She married...

Jul 6, 2019

Jimmy Lee Curry, 83, of Waco, passed away on Saturday, July 6, 2019. Graveside services will be held at Waco Memorial Park at 10:00 am on July 12, 2019. The family will receive friends from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm on Thursday, July 11th at Connally/Compton Funeral Directors. Jimmy was born on April 12, 1936 in Waco, Texas to Jewel...

Jul 4, 2019

Mr. Jesus (Jesse) Martinez, Jr., age 69, passed away Thursday, July 4, 2019 in Waco, Texas. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, July 9, 2019 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Interment to follow in Oakwood Cemetery in Waco with military honors provided by the United States Air Force. Visitation will be from 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m....

Jul 1, 2019

Bettie Koon, 83, of Waco, passed away on Monday, July 1, 2019 in a local nursing home. Graveside services will be 11:00 AM, Wednesday, July 3, 2019 in Oakwood Cemetery. Mrs. Koon was born on February 1, 1936 in Asa, Texas to Joe and Bertha (Goode) Bailey. She married Aubrey Koon in Waco in 1952 and they celebrated over 44...

Jun 26, 2019

Gladys Hershey, 87, was born in Blanchard, Idaho to John W and Agnes Barker. She passed away peacefully on June 26, 2019.

A memorial service will be held in the Mausoleum Chapel at Waco Memorial Park on Monday, July 1, 2019 at 10:00am where she will be laid to rest beside Billy Jack Hershey, her loving husband...