Recent Obituaries
Betty Winters
May 12, 2016
Betty Ruth Winters, 83, of Texas City, devoted mother and grandmother, passed away Thursday, May, 12, 2016. Betty was born August 11, 1932 in Hurst Texas to Jim and L.A. Franklin. She is preceded in death by her parents; her loving husband of 40 years, John Winters; her sisters, Norma Jean and Peggy Irene. Survivors include her daughters, Connie...
Mary Drake
May 11, 2016
Mary Ellen Nolan Drake was born on Galveston Island, July 24, 1927, the third daughter of John Christopher Nolan and Lillian E. Lewis Nolan, who preceded her in death. She lived 88 meaningful, rewarding years, finding her heavenly rest Wednesday, May 11, 2016. Though diminutive in stature, Mary Ellen was the personification of the phrase "looks can be deceiving"....
Margaret Garza
May 5, 2016
Margaret Rodriguez Garza beloved mother, mother-in-law, grandmother, family member and friend passed away peacefully to be with her Heavenly Father on May 5, 2016 in Kingsville, Texas. She passed away due to complications from pneumonia at home. Friends and family members remember Margaret as the sweetest, kindness, loving, caring and generous person who was always there for them. An...
Mrs. Bobbie Clifton
May 5, 2016
Mrs. Bobbie Jim Clifton, 83, of Texas City, Passed away May 5, 2016 at Mainland Medical Center. Graveside services will be held 2:00 p.m. Monday, May 9, 2016 at Forest Park East. Bobbie Clifton was born August 4, 1932 in Huxley, Texas. Survivors include son, Alan Clifton and wife Maria; five brothers and three sisters; three grandchildren, one step...
Ketih Calhoun
May 5, 2016
Keith Lawrence Calhoun, 57, of Dickinson, TX, passed away Thursday, May 5, 2016, at his residence. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, May 10, 2016, at Aldersgate United Methodist Church 13217 - FM 1764 Santa Fe, Texas. Visitation will be 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. Monday, May 9, 2016 at Aldersgate United Methodist Church. Keith was born...
Bobby Lange
May 4, 2016
Bobby Marcellus Lange, 94, of Texas City, Texas passed away Wednesday, May 4, 2016 in Texas City. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, May 10, 2016 at Emken-Linton Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Grace Memorial Park. Visitation will be 5:00p.m. - 7:00p.m., Monday, May 9, 2016 also at Emken-Linton Funeral Home in Texas City. Bobby...
Raeoma Morgan
Apr 30, 2016
Raeoma Sue Morgan, 75, of League City, passed away Saturday, April 30, 2016 in Houston. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, May 7, 2016 at Emken-Linton Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Grace Memorial Park. Visitation will be 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Friday, May 6, 2016 also at Emken Linton Funeral Home in Texas City....
Jerry Harris
Apr 24, 2016
Jerry Ray Harris, 64, of Texas City was lovingly surrounded by his family when he peacefully passed away Sunday, April 24, 2016 in Houston, TX after an intense struggle with Ideopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. Jerry was born in Casper, WY on May 19, 1951 to Herbert A. Harris & Frankie M. (Bush) Harris. He was preceded in death by his...
Eugenia Siordia
Apr 23, 2016
Eugenia Nava Siordia, 84, of League City, passed away Saturday, April 23, 2016. A memorial service will be held 1:00 p.m., Friday, May 6, 2016 at St. Paul's Apostle Catholic Church in Nassau Bay. Burial will follow at Houston National Cemetery. Eugenia N. Siordia was born January 28, 1932 in Mexico City to Justin Nava Huerta and Victoria Vera....
Carrie Pinkston
Apr 22, 2016
Carrie Walker Pinkston passed from this life on Friday, April 22, 2016. A memorial service will be held 7:00 p.m., Wednesday, April 27, 2016 and a visitation from 5:30 - 7:00 p.m., at Emken Linton Funeral Home in Texas City. Carrie was born in Galveston on December 3, 1942 to Stafford Brooks "Johnnie" Walker and Melanie Laura Knapp. She...
Doris Nolen
Apr 20, 2016
Doris Estelle Biggs Nolen, a longtime resident of Texas City, Texas went to heaven, joining her husband Allen C. Nolen and her daughter Alana Nolen Griffin Bowman on the afternoon of April 20, 2016 at her residence with family in Dickinson. Doris was born April 4, 1927 in Burnet, Texas to Luther Biggs and Isabel Vickers Biggs. She attended...
Bennie Mcburnett
Apr 15, 2016
Bennie McBurnett, 51, of Red Hill, Texas passed from this world Friday, April 15, 2016. A visitation will be held 6:00 - 8:00 p.m., Saturday, April 23, 2016 at Emken-Linton Funeral Home in Texas City. Ben was born October 30, 1964 in San Antonio, Texas. He was a graduate of Texas City High School. After graduating, he married, then...
Larry Crow
Apr 9, 2016
Larry Crow Sr. was born on February 20, 1944 in Houston to Garland Fletcher Crow and LaVetta Mozelle Crow. He passed away April 10, 2016 in Quitman, Texas. Funeral services will be held 10:00 a.m., Thursday, April 21, 2016 Emken-Linton Funeral Home in Texas City. Chief Crow lived in Quitman seven years and was a member of Forest Hill...
Charles Gilchrist
Apr 6, 2016
Charles Richard Gilchrist, 92, passed from this life April 6, 2016 at Hilltop Village Nursing Home in Kerrville, Texas. Memorial services will be held 1:00 p.m., Saturday, April 30, 2016 at Emken-Linton Funeral Home in Texas City. Charles was born in Paola, Kansas on December 4, 1923. He was the seventh child of William and Rose Gilchrist. Charles graduated...
John Yanas Sr
Apr 6, 2016
John Yanas, Sr., 71, of Texas City, passed away Wednesday, April 6, 2016 at UTMB in Galveston, Texas. Funeral services will be held 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, April 12, 2016 at St. Mary of the Miraculous Medal Church in Texas City. Burial will follow at Galveston Memorial Park. Visitation will be 4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m., Monday, April 11, 2016...
Mary Anderson
Apr 6, 2016
Mary Frances Anderson, 80, of Bryan, Texas, and formerly of Kosse, Texas and Texas City, Texas, passed away Wednesday, April 6, 2016 at Carriage Inn Assisted Living in Bryan. Funeral services will be at 12 p.m., Saturday, April 9, 2016, at Emken-Linton Funeral Home, with Floyd Stanley officiating. Burial will follow at Forest Park East Cemetery, in Webster. Visitation...
Edna Hrncir
Mar 28, 2016
Edna C. Hrncir, 92, of Texas City, passed away Monday, March 28, 2016 in La Marque. Services are in care of Emken-Linton Funeral Home in Texas City and the family will hold a graveside service 10:00 a.m., Thursday, March 31, 2016 at Galveston Memorial Park. Edna was a member of the Mainland Church of Christ in Texas City. She...
Evelyn Wagner
Mar 28, 2016
Evelyn Louise Wagner, 93, of Texas City, passed away Monday, March 28, 2016 in Webster, Texas. Funeral services will be held 1:00 p.m., Thursday, March 31, 2016 at Emken-Linton Funeral home. Burial will follow at Forest Park East. Visitation will be 5:00 - 7:00 p.m., Wednesday, March 30, 2016 at Emken Linton Funeral Home in Texas City. Evelyn was...
Patricia Kealey
Mar 19, 2016
Patricia was born on January 31, 1937 in Hardin, Texas to John Vincent Shauberger and Helen Davis Matthews. She died at Baywind Village on Saturday March 19, 2016 in League City, TX. Patricia graduated from TCHS. She attended the University of North Texas and graduated from College of the Mainland. Patricia is preceded in death by her parents, her...
Aline Hammond
Mar 16, 2016
Aline Bartosh Hammond went to be with the Lord on March 16, 2016. Mere words are inadequate to encompass her life of surpassing love and devotion to her husband, her family, her students, her patients, and countless friends. Aline was� born on May 24, 1927 in Weimar, Texas. A cheerleader at Weimar High School, she graduated in 1944. As...