Elgin, TX Obituaries

Manuel M. Orozco

Manuel M. Orozco

Apr 25, 2017

Manuel M. Orozco, age 82, went to be with his Lord on Tuesday, April 25, 2017. Manuel was born to Pablo and Natividad (Maldonado) Orozco on April 11, 1935 in Somerville, TX. January 10, 1965 he married Janie Muniz of Elgin, TX. He served in the US Army, and later attended college to study architecture. Manuel worked as a...

Helen Marie (Redding) Emery

Helen Marie (Redding) Emery

Apr 13, 2017

Helen Marie Emery passed from this earth on April 13, 2017. Her smile lit up our world. The youngest of 7 surviving children, she was born in Sweeny, TX on January 10, 1924, to the late Grover and Bertha Redding.

She was preceded in death by her siblings, by her beloved husband, Durward, whom she married on...

Maria H. Martinez

Maria H. Martinez

Apr 13, 2017

Maria Martinez, of Elgin, passed away Thursday morning, April 13, 2017, at the age of 78.

She was the daughter of Solomon and Anastasia Hernandez, born in Elgin, Texas on April 14, 1938. She was a long time resident of Elgin and touched the lives of all those who knew her. Maria was the sweetest, most patient,...

Joe Velasquez

Joe Velasquez

Apr 11, 2017

Services are private

John R. Williams

John R. Williams

Apr 11, 2017

John Richard Williams Jr., left the world on April 11, 2017 to be with his Lord and Savior. Richard was born in Dalhart, TX on December 9, 1946, graduated from Tascosa High in Amarillo, TX, then became a part of his beloved Brotherhood of the Marine Corp. Richard grew up with a sister Donna Foust, two brothers Jody Gilles...

Virginia Sue Thomas

Virginia Sue Thomas

Apr 10, 2017

Virginia Sue Thomas age 85 of Elgin, Texas passed away with her faithful husband Bob and her sons by her side on Monday, April 10, 2017. Virginia Sue was born on May 30, 1931 in Magnolia, Arkansas to Richard and Laura Mitchell.  She was the youngest of five children.  She is preceded in death by her parents, sister, Sarah...

Margaret Riley

Margaret Riley

Apr 9, 2017

Services are private

Cesar Solomon Cadena Jr.

Cesar Solomon Cadena Jr.

Apr 9, 2017

Services are currently pending

Chester Alexander

Chester Alexander

Apr 7, 2017

On April 7, 2017, Deacon Chester Oneil Alexander heard the voice of Jesus and left his earthly Tabernacle for his heavenly home.

Chester Oneil Alexander was born June 3, 1939 in Cedar Creek TX. (Bastrop County)

to the  late Dock Mack Alexander and Lillie Bell Slaughter Alexander. His parents and brothers, Robert Edward, Milton, T.C,...

Juanita Owen

Juanita Owen

Apr 6, 2017

Juanita Owen age 90, of Elgin, passed away Thursday, April 6, 2017.

Juanita  was born on May 28, 1926 at her family home outside of Elgin near the Colorado River.  Juanita’s family raised livestock and farmed land near what is now FM 1704 and FM 969. She grew up with her three sisters and one brother.  The...

Katie Knowles

Katie Knowles

Apr 3, 2017

Katie Eugenia Stith Knowles, 97, passed away on Monday, April 3, 2017. Katie was born on March 13, 1920 in Tulia, Texas to Eugene Webster Stith and Mary Catherine Street Stith. She was immensely proud of her early years as a farm girl in the remote Texas Panhandle. After graduating from high school in Tulia she attended West Texas...

Marion "Nick" Nichols

Marion "Nick" Nichols

Mar 31, 2017

Marion “Nick” Nichols, of Elgin, Texas, caring and loving husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and friend to everyone he knew, passed away on Friday, March 31, 2017, at the Scott & White Hospital in Taylor, Texas.  He was 90 years old.

Marion was born in Cedar Rapids, Nebraska on June 30, 1926, to Robert and Eva Nichols.  He...

Emma Louise Smith

Emma Louise Smith

Mar 29, 2017

Dedicated wife, loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.

Emma Louise Smith was born on January 23rd 1932 in McDade Texas and passed into God's hands on March 29th 2017. Louise lived in McDade her whole life and then in 1950 she married Pete Smith. She had two children Lana in 1951 and Bubba in 1953. In 1984 she...

Bertha Zapta Juarez

Bertha Zapta Juarez

Mar 28, 2017

Bertha Zapata Juarez passed away on March 28, 2017 in Bastrop. Bertha was born on March 18, 1939 in San Luis Potosi, Mexico. Bertha is survived by her Husband, Antonio Juarez.  Her children Maria Elena Navarro and her husband, J Concepcion Navarro; Juan Antonio Juarez and his wife Juana Cortez Juarez; Ramon and his wife Maria Elena Coronado Juarez;...

Khima Devi Dangi

Khima Devi Dangi

Mar 27, 2017

Services will be held 6:00 PM Wednesday, March 29, 2017, Providence-Jones Family Funeral Chapel

Rupert Harkrider

Rupert Harkrider

Mar 21, 2017

Services are currently pending

Samuel Bailey

Samuel Bailey

Mar 15, 2017

Services will be private

John Edward Rose

John Edward Rose

Mar 7, 2017

John Edward Rose age 92 of Elgin passed away Tuesday March 7, 2017, at his home. He was born August 20, 1924 in Taylor Hospital.  Born the only child to Sigfred Rose (from Sweden) and Ernestine Zimmerli Rose (from Switzerland).  He was baptized at New Sweden Lutheran Church and confirmed at St Peters Lutheran Church in Elgin and is...

David Mccoy

David Mccoy

Feb 28, 2017

David M. McCoy, (79) passed away with his wife by his side on February 28, 2017. They shared 28 happily blessed years.

Born in Grand Junction, Colorado on February 12, 1938. He lived the majority of his adult life in Albuquerque, New Mexico and moved to Elgin, Texas in 2015.

David was a member for...

Linda Kaye Coombs

Linda Kaye Coombs

Feb 24, 2017

Linda Kaye Coombs, aged 67, died peacefully with her family by her side on February 24th at Saint David’s Hospital in Austin Texas, after a brief struggle with cancer. Linda was born February 13, 1950 in Oklahoma, the daughter of Patricia and Jesse McDaniels.

Linda thoroughly enjoyed her family, friends and her garden. She graduated from Pryor...