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Mrs. Jimmie Dell Swain
Feb. 12, 2015
Jimmie Swain, 72, went to be with our heavenly father on February 12, 2015. She was born on January 15, 1943 in Houston, Texas. She was the oldest of four children. Jimmie was a long time resident of Friendswood Texas. She worked part time in accounting and sales for most of her life, she was...
Mrs. Mary Springer Pearson
Feb. 09, 2015
Mary Ellen Springer Pearson, 81, beloved wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Monday, February 9, 2015 after a courageous battle with breast cancer. She was born in Burke, Texas on October 5, 1933 and graduated from Beaumont High School. She...
Mrs. Ann "AROD" Rodriguez
Feb. 08, 2015
Mable Ann Rodriguez (Ann), 72 years of age of Deer Park, TX. surrounded by family, went to be with the Lord above and start the next phase of her life in heaven on Sunday, February 8, 2015. She was born in Morgan City, LA. on January 11, 1943. After graduating from Franklin High School, she...
Mrs. Viola Mae McKnight
Feb. 07, 2015
Viola Mae McKnight, 94, passed away on Saturday, February 7, 2015. She was born on May 12, 1920 in Houston. She was a homemaker but then began working at Hobby Airport Limousine Service. Also, she worked for World Book Encyclopedia as District Manager and then Manager for Mary Kay Cosmetics. Her...
Mrs. Lavern M. Jakob
Feb. 06, 2015
Lavern M. Jakob, 83, of Pasadena, Texas passed away Friday, February 6, 2015. Mrs. Jakob was raised in Mamou, Louisiana and graduated from Mamou High School where she was home Coming Queen in 1950. She was preceded in death by her husband; Carl F. Jakob, parents; Joseph Vidrine and Lena Naquin...
Mrs. Doris Lucile Stanford
Feb. 06, 2015
Doris Lucile Kendrick Stanford, 93, of Houston, Texas passed away on Friday, February 6, 2015. She was preceded in death by her husband of 28 years, Emmitt Lee Roy Stanford, son William Frank Stanford, and daughter Claudia Ann Love. She is survived by her daughters Deborah Lee Slataper, husband...
Mrs. Shirley F. Hawkins
Feb. 04, 2015
SHIRLEY F. HAWKINS, 97, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, February 4, 2015, in Houston. Shirley was born in Galveston, but grew up in Houston, where she thrived in its rich environment. She enjoyed many happy memories of dancing and acting in her early years. Shirley was very proud of having...
Mrs. Florence "Marie" Lewis
Feb. 04, 2015
Florence “Marie” Lewis, 96, died peacefully on February 4, 2015 in her home at The Forum Retirement Community where she had lived for 25 years. Marie was born October 20, 1918 in Houston, Texas, the daughter of Harry and Florence Kivel. Marie grew up in the Heights and attended Ronald Regan High...
Mr. Eugene Edmund Arensberg Jr.
Feb. 02, 2015
Born in Houston, Texas on August 6, 1956, Arensberg was the son of Eugene Edmund Arensberg, Sr. (d.2002) and Mary Joyce Adams Arensberg (d.2003). Eugene Edmund Arensberg lost his battle for life on February 2, 2015 in Houston, Texas. He was plagued by overwhelming complications from multiple...
Mrs. Willie Mae Walker
Feb. 01, 2015
Willlie Mae Walker January 27, 1910 - February 1, 2015 Our beloved mother, Willie Mae Burk Walker, went to be with the Lord on February 1, 2015, at home with her children attending her. Willie Mae was born on January 27, 1910, to Willie Edwin Burk and Lonnie Rebecca Parmley Burk in Nacogdoches...
Debra L. Speake
Jan. 31, 2015
Debra Lea Rutherford Speake, 63, slipped away from this earth on Saturday, January 31, 2015 at Memorial Hermann Hospital with almost all of her closest family by her side. Her body finally failed her but you all should be assured that her spirit was feisty and determined up to her very last...
Mr John Bryan Smith
Jan. 31, 2015
John Bryan Smith, 85, of Deer Park, passed away on Saturday, January 31, 2015. He was born on September 11, 1929 in Tye, Texas to John B. and Gracie (Mauoin) Smith. As a teenager John worked in a radio shop, repairing radios and learning to work on televisions, a new invention back then. He...