Obituaries

Recent Obituaries

Lily Scott

Lily Scott

Jan 13, 2009

Lily Ann Mitchell MeMaw Scott of Uvalde passed away on January 13, 2009 in her home surrounded by family at the age of 95. She was born on September 6, 1913 in Waelder, Texas to Jack and Ella Mitchell. She married James William Pepaw Scott on April 6, 1929. She is survived by sons and daughter-in-laws; Frank Scott and...

Lorene Hunter

Lorene Hunter

Jan 12, 2009

Lorene Thelma Hunter of Uvalde passed away on January 12, 2009 in Amistad Nursing Home at the age of 92. She was born on December 19, 1916 in Ft. Worth, TX to William Turner and Mamie Anderson Morgan. She married William Clyde Hunter in Laredo, TX in 1936. He preceded her in death in 2000. She is survived by...

Ophelia Harp

Ophelia Harp

Jan 12, 2009

Ophelia Laura Phoebe Harp of Uvalde passed away on January 12, 2009 in Uvalde Memorial Hospital at the age of 99. She was born on December 11, 1909 in Knippa, TX to O.B. and Lydia Selma Knippa Kessler. She was the granddaughter of early pioneers, Georg and Rosina Knippa and A.J. and Mary Knippa Kessler, early settlers of the...

Ernesto Gomez

Ernesto Gomez

Jan 11, 2009

Ernesto Flores Gomez of Uvalde passed away on January 11, 2009 in Amistad Nursing Home at the age of 64. He was born on June 1, 1944 in Uvalde, Texas to Jesus and Maria Gomez. He is survived by one daughter; Melissa Guzman and husband, Jose of Elgin, Illinois; one sister; Juanita Garcia of Fresno,California; two grandchildren; Aidan and...

Adelfa Hernandez

Adelfa Hernandez

Jan 9, 2009

Adelfa Hernandez of Uvalde passed away on January 9, 2009 at Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center in Waco, Texas at the age of 70. She was born on September 2, 1938 in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico. She is survived by her daughters: Rosa Maria Borrego and husband Reginaldo of Plainview, Tx; Norma Aguilar and husband Ricardo of Waco, Tx.; Maria...

Hilda Davis

Hilda Davis

Jan 9, 2009

Our Mother's Legacy: Nadie como Tu BRBREnglish BRBRThere is no one like youBRBRBRBRThis week we celebrate the life of our Mother Hilda Davis Argelia, who traveled to Heaven without any stops on January 9, 2009. Our Mother, Hilda Davis succumbed after a courageous fight with colorectal cancer, which was diagnosed in 2005. At the age of nine years, her...

Maidie Nance

Maidie Nance

Jan 8, 2009

Maidie Bernice Nance of Uvalde passed away on January 8, 2009 in Amistad Nursing Home at the age of 99. She was born on October 6, 1909 in Uvalde County to Arthelda and Myrtle Milam. She married Alva H. Nance on May 26, 1928 in Uvalde, Texas. She is survived by one son; William C. Nance of Uvalde, Texas;...

Jose Hoyos

Jose Hoyos

Jan 7, 2009

Jose Nunez De Hoyos of Uvalde passed away on January 7, 2009 in his residence at the age of 85. He was born on March 10, 1923 in Brackettville, Texas to Juan Jose and Felicita De Hoyos. He is survived by one brother; Margarito De Hoyos of Uvalde, Texas; and numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death...

Betty Boultinghouse

Betty Boultinghouse

Jan 6, 2009

Betty Sue Boultinghouse of Utopia passed away on January 6, 2009 in Amistad Nursing Home at the age of 88. She was born on June 21, 1920 in Utopia, TX to John Thomas and Matybel Patton Bownds. She married Elton F. Boultinghouse on June 25, 1944 in Utopia. He preceded her in death on June 10, 1991. Mrs. Boultinghouse...

Sylvia Wood

Sylvia Wood

Jan 5, 2009

Sylvia Nelle Wood of Uvalde passed away on January 5, 2009 in Uvalde Memorial Hospital at the age of 74. She was born on September 15, 1934 in Crystal City, TX to John Raymond and Willa Aleta Taylor White. She married Alvise Carlton Wood in Corpus Christi, TX on February 15, 1952. He preceded her in death in 1993....

Jose Rojas Sr.

Jose Rojas Sr.

Jan 3, 2009

Jose Pilar Rojas Sr. of La Pryor passed away on January 3, 2009 at his residence in La Pryor, Texas at the age of 85. He was born on February 21, 1923 in Azarco Durango, Mexico to Ignacio and Alejandra Rojas. He married Marcelina Gramillo on March 10, 1943 in Ignacio Allende, Mexico. He is survived by his wife...

William Madison

William Madison

Jan 3, 2009

William C. Madison of Uvalde passed away on January 3, 2009 in Methodist Hospital in San Antonio, Texas at the age of 81. He was born on March 3, 1927 in St. Cloud, Florida to Floyd and Mary Madison. He married Mary Chapman in Uvalde, Texas on January 7, 1989. He is survived by his wife of 19 years...

Beatrice Ries

Beatrice Ries

Jan 3, 2009

Beatrice C. Ries passed away on January 3, 2009 in Woodbridge Estates Nursing Home in San Antonio, Texas at the age of 76. She was born on August 11, 1932 in Uvalde, Texas to Jose and Juliana Canales. She is survived by two daughters; Dawn McCode-Brooks of Corona, California; and Debbie Ries of Reseda, California; two sisters; Lila Cotton...

Loyce Welch

Loyce Welch

Jan 2, 2009

Loyce Mae Welch, beloved wife, mother, aunt, grandmother and great-grandmother passed away peacefully on January 2, 2009. She joins her husband, Everett D. Welch; daughter, Beverly Loyce Welch; son, Allan Earl Welch; and granddaughters, Laura Devon Welch, and Stacie Lyn Heaton. Loyce was born September 27, 1915 to George W. and Pearl L. Pruitt. She graduated from Trio High...

Robert Cherrington

Robert Cherrington

Dec 31, 2008

Robert Merrill Cherrington, 89, formerly of La Feria, Tx. died at Uvalde Memorial Hospital on Wed., December 31, 2008. He was born in Cromwell, Iowa on Jan. 26, 1919 and moved to the Rio Grande Valley in 1936. He served in the U.S. Army during WWII. He returned to the Valley where he farmed in the Lyford and La...

Rodolfo Tristan Sr.

Rodolfo Tristan Sr.

Dec 28, 2008

Rodolfo Romo Tristan Sr. of Sabinal passed away on December 28, 2008 in Uvalde Memorial Hospital at the age of 80. He was born on April 13, 1928 in Florence, Texas to Ramon and Manuela Tristan. He married Virginia Gomez on May 6, 1945 in Sabinal, Texas. He is survived by one daughter; Eva Torres and husband, Jesse of...

William Graves

William Graves

Dec 27, 2008

William Joe Bill Graves of Uvalde passed away on December 27, 2008 in S.W. Texas Methodist Hospital in San Antonio, Texas at the age of 75. He was born on April 26, 1933 in Uvalde, Texas to Lee and Clara Graves. He married Shirley Browder in Uvalde, Texas on August 6, 1955. He is survived by his wife of...

Juan Gomez

Juan Gomez

Dec 24, 2008

Juan R. Johnny Gomez of Sabinal passed away on December 24, 2008 in Methodist Hospital in San Antonio, Texas at the age of 81. He was born on February 19, 1927 in Sabinal, Texas to Jesus and Petra Gomez. He married Maria Vasquez on May 23, 1953 in Sabinal, Texas. He is survived by his wife of 55 years...

Wayne Shults

Wayne Shults

Dec 24, 2008

Wayne Ray Shults of Uvalde passed away on December 24, 2008 at his residence at the age of 70. He was born on October 15, 1938 in Gonzales, Texas to Eugene and Louise Shults. He married Kelley Vernor in CampWood, Texas on February 13, 1999. He is survived by his wife of 9 years, Kelley Shults of Uvalde, Texas;...

Maria Galindo

Maria Galindo

Dec 23, 2008

Maria R. Galindo of Batesville passed away on December 23, 2008 at the age of 75. She was born on February 20, 1933 in Sabinal, Texas to Anuncio and Adelina Ramos. She is survived by three sons; Eduardo Galindo and wife, Dora of Uvalde, Texas; Miguel Ramos of Batesville, Texas; and Jesus Ramos and wife, Maricruz of Ft. Polk,...