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Bandera, Texas Obituaries

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Elaine Cheney

Elaine Cheney

May 22, 2016

Myrtle Elaine Cheney, 93, of Bandera, passed away on May 22, 2016 in Boerne. She was born in Hearne, Texas on June 22, 1922 to Myrtle E. and Homer Lee Blagg.\r\n\r\nElaine was an enthusiastic outdoorsman. She was an avid fisherman and hunter. She enjoyed gardening and had a love for all animals. She especially enjoyed raising and training horses to...

Billie Reed

Billie Reed

May 21, 2016

Billie Rae Reed, age 77 of Kerrville, passed away Saturday, May 21, 2016 at her residence. The "Time of Rememberance Reception" will be held Sunday, June 12th from 4:00-6:00 pm at the Inn of the Hills restaurant. Arrangements are entrusted to Grimes Funeral Chapels of Kerrville.

Mary Glasscock

Mary Glasscock

May 21, 2016

Mary Jane Epperson Glasscock passed away on Saturday, May 21, 2016. She was born April 18, 1924 in Rocksprings, Texas and was a life-long resident and member of the Methodist Church. Mrs. Glasscock was one of the last surviving grandchildren of early Edwards County settlers Sam A. and Jane Brown Epperson.\r\n\r\nMary Jane studied Art at Trinity University and the University...

Raye Haney

Raye Haney

May 21, 2016

Raye Joan Pickett Haney, age 86 of Ingram, passed away Saturday, May 21, 2016. She was born at home on September 7, 1929 to John and Olga Foerster Pickett in Fredericksburg, Texas. Raye was a wife, mother, grandmother, sister and aunt. \r\n \r\nShe married George W. (Dub) Haney on April 27, 1957 in Mountain Home, Texas. Raye and Dub were...

Dorothy Smith

Dorothy Smith

May 21, 2016

Dorothy Marché Smith was born November 12, 1929 in Harper, Texas to parents, Ben and Ella Thomas.\r\n \r\nShe was called home by her Redeemer and Savior Jesus Christ on May 21, 2016. \r\n \r\nDorothy was preceded in death by her parents, Ben and Ella Thomas; her husband, R.W. Smith; as well as her siblings, Lelia Parker, Lorene "Pat" Parker, Florence...

Charlotte Walrath

Charlotte Walrath

May 20, 2016

Charlotte M. Walrath, age 94 of Kerrville, TX passed away Friday, May 20, 2016. She was born June 16, 1921 in Aberdeen, Scotland to James and Charlotte (Small) Anderson. In 1947, she married Glen Walrath. He preceded her in death on June 11, 2012.\r\n \r\nCharlotte worked at General Electric and as a bookkeeper at the Jamaica Inn.\r\n \r\nShe was active...

Kathryn Smith

Kathryn Smith

May 18, 2016

Kathryn Verner was born on September 30, 1924 to Tom and Gracie Verner. She died peacefully at 7:45 a.m. on Wednesday, May 18, and will be missed beyond words. \r\n\r\nKathryn spent the first seventeen years of her life in Meadow, Texas with her three brothers and two sisters before leaving for Texas Tech University (then College) in 1942. Upon graduating...

Mary Erwin

Mary Erwin

May 17, 2016

No services will be held for Mary Helen Erwin, age 94 of Kerrville, who passed away Tuesday, May 17, 2016 in a local hospital. Arrangements are entrusted to Grimes Funeral Chapels of Kerrville.

Olga Deleon

Olga Deleon

May 17, 2016

Olga F. DeLeon of Kerrville, passed away on May 17, 2016 in Kerrville. She was born in Hondo to Francisco and Maria Frausto on December 14, 1953. She married Steve DeLeon in Kerrville on August 15, 1987. \r\n \r\nShe went to school in Yancey. She worked as a private care giver for many years. She loved to gamble, travel, dance...

Eugene Coombs

Eugene Coombs

May 17, 2016

Eugene E. Coombs, 83, of The Live Oaks in Fredericksburg, TX, passed away May 17th at HCM in Fredericksburg. Gene was born on August 21st, 1932 in Portland, ME to Edith Bolton and Russell Coombs (both deceased).\r\n\r\nGene graduated from Deering High School in 1950 and almost immediately enlisted in the U.S. Army, where he was stationed in Korea. After that...

Paul Ashby

Paul Ashby

May 16, 2016

Paul J. Ashby passed away in Kerrville, Texas on May 16, 2016. Mr. Ashby was the eldest son of the late Earl and Alice (Jeffers) Ashby. He was born March 23, 1928 in Gatesville, Texas.\r\n \r\nPaul met Eleanor Marie Blair in Gatesville and they married February 3, 1945.\r\n \r\nPaul graduated from Gatesville High School and Southern Methodist University. His career...

Neill Wilkerson

Neill Wilkerson

May 16, 2016

James Neill Wilkerson, U.S. Army, Col. Ret., passed away on Monday, May 16, 2016 at his home in Center Point, Texas. He was 76 years old. \r\n \r\nNeill Wilkerson was born outside of Tyler, Texas to Vida and Cecil Wilkerson on December 17, 1939.\r\n \r\nAs a young man, Neill studied at Tyler Junior College, receiving an AA in Engineering, then...

Dianne Grimes

Dianne Grimes

May 15, 2016

Dianne P. Grimes, age 89 of Kerrville, passed away Sunday, May 15, 2016 at home. She was born April 7, 1927 in Montrose, CO to parents, Clara and Kenneth Deutsch. She married James Elton Grimes in Abilene, KS.\r\n \r\nDianne was an avid painter and enjoyed cooking, canning, sewing, gardening, belonging to her Beta Sigma Phi sorority and most of all,...

James Chambers

James Chambers

May 14, 2016

James (Jim) D. Chambers, 72, passed away on May 14, 2016, at his home in Kerrville, Texas. Jim was born on November 6, 1943, and grew up in Barnes City, Iowa. Jim attended grade school in Barnes City, graduated from North Mahaska High School and received a Bachelor's degree in 1985 from National University in San Diego. \r\n \r\nUpon graduating...

Llewellyn Mcclure

Llewellyn Mcclure

May 13, 2016

Llewellyn ("Lou") Beatrice McClure, 82, of Kerrville, Texas, passed into the loving arms of her Heavenly Father on May 13, 2016 in San Antonio, Texas at University Hospital. She was born in Snyder, Texas on April 9, 1934 to Geneva and Dale Ware. She was married to the late, Don McClure, on March 23, 2012 in Kerrville, Texas.\r\n \r\nLlewellyn is...

June Abbott

June Abbott

May 13, 2016

June Brewer Abbott\r\n"With So Much Love"\r\n\r\nMrs. June Brewer Abbott, originally of Granbury, Texas, went into the arms of our Lord on May 13, 2016, at 11:00am in her home in Medina, Texas. She was surrounded in love by her first son, Thomas Wesley Abbott and daughter, Terry "Lakota" June Abbott. She was welcomed into Heaven to join (pre-deceased) her husband,...

Wendy Ross

Wendy Ross

May 9, 2016

Wendy Ross, 48, of Bandera, passed away on May 9, 2016 in Bandera. She was born on March 19, 1968 in Alberta, Canada and was adopted by Patricia and Johnny L. Jennings of Johnson City. She married Michael Ross on October 10, 2010 in Johnson City, TX.\r\n\r\nWendy was an officer at the Bandera Bank. She earned her Bachalor's degree from...

Mabel Gentry

Mabel Gentry

May 8, 2016

Mabel Alene Gentry, age 84 of Center Point, passed away Sunday, May 8, 2016 at her residence. No services will be held. Arrangements are entrusted to Grimes Funeral Chapels of Kerrville.

Kenneth Overley

Kenneth Overley

May 7, 2016

Kenneth Overley, age 76, of Kerrville, passed away Saturday, May 7, 2016 at home surrounded by family. He was born in Gueydan, Louisiana on April 7, 1940 to Lloyd Overley and Mayme Scanlan. \r\n\r\nKenneth was an electrician by trade and owned his own company Hot Shot Trucking, which was his last job and was a member of the National Guard....

Katherine Wagner

Katherine Wagner

May 7, 2016

Services for Katherine Wagner, age 78, of Kerrville, who passed away Saturday, May 7, 2016 at her residence are pending at Grimes Funeral Chapels of Kerrville.