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Adrian Charles Augustine

Adrian Charles Augustine

Dec 10, 2023

It is with deep sadness that we announce the untimely passing of our beloved Adrian Charles Augustine.

Adrian Charles Augustine was born on the 17th of January 2005 in Houston, TX. He was the first child born to Marla Cabañas and Charles Augustine. Adrian's early childhood was spent in Houston, TX with his parents and younger sister,...

Raymond "Ray" George Dean Mertes

Raymond "Ray" George Dean Mertes

Dec 10, 2023

Raymond passed away peacefully on Sunday, December 10th surrounded by family. He was 74 years old.

Born on January 11th, 1949, to Raymond Joseph Mertes and Evelyn (nee Pranky) at Swedish Covenant Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. Raymond grew up in the Lakeview neighborhood of Chicago before moving to Medinah, Illinois at the age of 5. Younger brother...

Sandra Gale Mitchell

Sandra Gale Mitchell

Dec 10, 2023

Sandra Gale Mitchell was born December 31, 1939, and passed away December 10, 2023, after a short but devastating fight with Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer

She was preceded in death by her parents, Joseph and Sally Borden, and husband, Paul Mitchell. She is survived by sons Michael and wife Jill and Larry and wife...

Samoeurn So

Samoeurn So

Dec 10, 2023

Samoeurn So was born in the city of Commun Dom Dek, a District of Sot Nikom, in the Province Seam Reap of Cambodia on March 2, 1956, Samoeurn went to high school and received his diploma in Battambang, Cambodia. After high school he became a farmer from 1975 to 1979. In 1973 during the War in Cambodia, he joined...

Karen Lee D'Antonio

Karen Lee D'Antonio

Dec 9, 2023

Karen Lee D'Antonio,58 passed from this life on Saturday,December 9,2023 in Spring,Tx . She was born to Herman and Barbara Corley on July 1,1965 in Houston, Tx.

She lived in the Spring,Tx area for over 20 years and spent her free time cross stitching and making quilts. Karen loved the Florida beaches, Texas BBQ, and friends and...

Denise Elaine Ray

Denise Elaine Ray

Dec 9, 2023

Denise Elaine Ray, of Houston, Texas was born on February 8, 1963, and passed away on December 9, 2023.

She is preceded in death by her parents, Bernhardt and Lois Jaeger.

Denise is survived by her loving husband, John Patrick Ray, III; her children, James Ray, Adam Ray, Scott Ray, and Megan Ray Wallace; sister,...

Katherine Elizabeth Skipper

Katherine Elizabeth Skipper

Dec 9, 2023

Obituary soon to come.

James Carl De Bruin

James Carl De Bruin

Dec 9, 2023

James (Jim) Carl De Bruin passed away December 9, 2023 in Montgomery, TX after experiencing a heart-related illness.

Born in Pella, Iowa on April 12, 1938, he grew up on the family farm. He attended Central College where he played baseball and worked for the local radio station.

Following college, radio took him to Longview,...

Gary Lawrence Chandler

Gary Lawrence Chandler

Dec 9, 2023

Gary Lawrence Chandler of Houston, TX, passed away on Saturday, December 9, 2023, while in the compassionate care of hospice, following a lengthy illness. He was 78. Born on July 28, 1945, in Galion, OH, he grew up in Rockledge, FL, graduating from Cocoa High School, FL, in 1963. He attended Loyola University in New Orleans where he met...

Don Laverne Aldridge

Don Laverne Aldridge

Dec 8, 2023

Don Laverne Aldridge, 94, passed to his next life December 8th, 2023. He was born September 21st, 1929, to John and Irene (Smith) Aldridge in Mt. Morris, Michigan. Raised in Boon and Flint, Michigan to a musically talented family, Don began playing the banjo at 5 years old without any music lessons, eventually playing drums in a band while...

Stephen A Walker

Stephen A Walker

Dec 7, 2023

Stephen Andrew Walker, age 76, of Houston, Texas, went to be with the Lord on December 7, 2023.  Steve was born on October 7, 1947, in Brookhaven, Mississippi to Mickey Rudolph and Flora Adams Walker.

As a teen, Steve moved to Houston and graduated from Robert E. Lee High School in 1965.  He then went on to...

Richard Helms

Richard Helms

Dec 7, 2023

Richard Ather Helms, 71, of Spring, Texas, went to be with our Lord on Thursday December 7, 2023 after a hard fought battle with cancer. He was born in Hobbs, New Mexico in July 25, 1952 to William Vernon and Maude Eloise Helms.

He is survived by his wife Blenda Helms; daughter Kassidy James and her husband...

Luis Eduardo Vazquez

Luis Eduardo Vazquez

Dec 7, 2023

Luis Eduardo Vazquez was born in Linares Nuevo Leon Mexico. He went to be with the Lord Jesus Christ on December 7th 2023. Luis was only 55 years of age.

Luis was born on May 30th 1968 to parents Altagracia Vazquez and Porfirio Vazquez. As a boy Luis would wake up early with his brothers to work...

Darrell Wayne Holcomb

Darrell Wayne Holcomb

Dec 7, 2023

Darrell Wayne Holcomb was born on October 30, 1948, and passed away on December 07, 2023. He proudly served in the US Army.

Wayne is survived by his wife Linda Sue Holcomb, father, Ray Holcomb, daughter, Sheila Gonzalez, granddaughters, Brook and Larkyn Gonzalez, cousin  Anne Herron, and her husband Lee and their two children.

Rogelio Flores

Rogelio Flores

Dec 7, 2023

Rogelio Caballero Flores &Irene Guerra Flores

There will be a companion funeral for

Rogelio Caballero Flores, 92 yrs old,

who passed away on Dec 7, 2023,

&

Irene Guerra Flores, 88 yrs old,

who passed away on Mar 28, 2019,

of...

Jessie Lee Carroll

Jessie Lee Carroll

Dec 7, 2023

Jessie Lee Carroll, Age 70, of Magnolia, passed away on December 7, 2023.

He was born in W. Monroe, Louisiana to Al and Debrell Carroll on January 22, 1953.

He is survived by his wife Terri and their four sons James, Paul, Mark, and Daniel and his son from a previous marriage, John. He is...

Linda Carol Ballentine

Linda Carol Ballentine

Dec 7, 2023

Linda Mahaffey Ballentine Obituary

Born 7/18/1947 to Ray Mahaffey and Barbara Gardner Mahaffey at St. Josephs Hospital, Houston.  Granddaughter to multigenerational Native Texans, German on one side, Irish on the other.  Her father and mother were native Houstonians. Linda went to Jones High School, Houston, soon after it was originally built, with their home sharing a fence...

Robert Wayne Graham

Robert Wayne Graham

Dec 6, 2023

Robert Wayne Graham, beloved husband, father, Paw-paw, brother, uncle and friend went to be with the Lord on December 6, 2023.

Robert was loved by all who knew him, he was known for his smiling face and ability to make everyone around him laugh and smile. He worked at "the light company" for...

Dorothy Ann Bartlett

Dorothy Ann Bartlett

Dec 6, 2023

Dorothy Ann Bartlett (nee: Whiteman), following a long and eventful life, passed peacefully December 6, 2023, having spent her final days with her daughter Suzanne and son Tom by her side.  She was 98 years old.

Ann was a resilient, independent, strong, compassionate, stubborn, determined woman who rode a horse to her two-room elementary school in her...

Thoi Thi Nguyen

Thoi Thi Nguyen

Dec 6, 2023

Nguyễn Thị Thợi, Beloved Wife, Mother, and Grandmother, Passed Away at 74

Nguyễn Thị Thợi, a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and pillar of the Vietnamese community in Houston, passed away peacefully on December 6, 2023, at the age of 74. Born on June 6, 1949, in Vietnam, Thoi was a woman whose life was defined by her...

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