Recent Obituaries

Irene Coffey

Jun 15, 2015

Visitation EmkenLinton Funeral Home 5100 Emmett F. Lowry Expressway Texas City, TX  77592 Friday, June 19, 2015 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. Service Funeral Service EmkenLinton Funeral Home 5100 Emmett F. Lowry Expressway Texas City, TX  77592 Saturday, June 20, 2015 10:00 a.m. Cemetery La Marque Cemetery La Marque, TX  77568

Jean Ashcraft

Jun 13, 2015

Jean Ashcraft, 91, of Santa Fe, passed away Saturday, June 13, 2015 at Clear Lake Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held 10:00 a.m., Thursday, June 18, 2015 at Emken Linton Funeral Home. Burial will be 1:00 p.m., Thursday at Bold Spring Cemetery in Livingston, Texas. Visitation will be 7:00 - 9:00p.m., Wednesday, June 17, 2015 at Emken-Linton...

Mitchell Chuoke

Jun 8, 2015

Mitchell Chuoke, beloved father, grandfather and great-grandfather passed away peacefully in his sleep at his residence on June 8, 2015. He was born on June 8, 1920 in Galveston to Mitchell and Josephine Chuoke, the eldest of three children. He grew up working at his father's filling station on 40th and Broadway. At the early age of sixteen, he...

Richard Shaner

Jun 7, 2015

Richard Shaner, 45, passed away Sunday, June 7, 2015 at his residence, after a long battle with cancer. Richard Shaner was born July 24, 1969 in Indiana but was a long time resident of Texas City. He was a cook for Denny's for over 20 years. He is survived by his wife of 20 years, Sandi Daniels-Shaner; son, Dillon,...

Linda Surratt

Jun 1, 2015

Linda Lee Surratt, 74, passed away peacefully on Monday, June 1, 2015. She was born in Houston, Texas at St. Joseph's hospital, on July 31, 1940, to Mary Olive and George Benson Doyle. She graduated from Steven F. Austin High School in 1958. Linda then went on to attend Steven F. Austin University where she met the love of...

Antonio Guerrero

May 31, 2015

Antonio "Tony" Guerrero of Texas City and Sugar Land, Texas, passed away on May 31, 2015, after a brief battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 86. Mr. Guerrero was born in Mexico City, to Francisco Guerrero and Felipa Espinoza. As a young man in Mexico he served in the military and was an avid alpinist. He spent most of...

Edgar Hendrick

May 30, 2015

EDGAR RAY HENDRICK of Texas City passed away May 30th in Irving, Texas. He was born January 17, 1922 in Collin County, Texas to Mary Catherine Day and Harry Hendrick, and was the second of seven children. He was preceded in death by his wife of 71 years, Dorothy, in December. He is survived by daughters Julia Hobbs Kinni...

Alice Odom

May 29, 2015

Alice Elizabeth (Clement) Odom 83, of Santa Fe went to be with the Lord on Friday, May 29, 2015 in League City. Visitation will be held at 1 pm and Funeral Services Will follow at 2 pm Monday June 1, 2015 at Emken-Linton Funeral Home in Texas City with Pastor Wayne Clement officiating. Burial will follow at Grace Memorial...

Corena Wooldridge-Wilder

May 28, 2015

Corena Wooldridge-Wilder, 79, of Texas City, passed away Friday, May 29, 2015 at Clear Lake Regional Hospital of Webster, Texas. Funeral services will be held 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, June 2, 2015 at Emken-Linton Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Galveston Memorial Park. Visitation will be 5:00 -7:00 p.m., Monday, June 1, 2015 at Emken-Linton Funeral Home in Texas City....

Lawrence Weber

May 28, 2015

Lawrence Weber, 83, of Texas City, passed away Thursday, May 28, 2015 at Mainland Medical Center. Funeral services will be held 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, June 2, 2015 at Emken-Linton Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Galveston Memorial Park. Visitation will be 5:00 - 7:00 p.m., Monday, June 1, 2015 at Emken-Linton Funeral Home in Texas City. Lawrence Weber was...

Mary Clark

May 25, 2015

Mary Katherine Clark, 90, of Texas City, passed away Monday, May 25, 2015 at Mainland Medical Center. Funeral services will be held 11:00 a.m., Saturday, May 30, 2015 at Emken-Linton Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Galveston Memorial Park. Visitation will be 5:00 - 7:00 p.m., Friday, May 29, 2015 at Emken-Linton Funeral Home in Texas City. Mrs. Clark...

Dorothy Holt

May 23, 2015

Dorothy Holt, 94, passed away on Saturday, May 23, with her family by her side. She was born on February 7, 1921 , in Houston, TX. the daughter of James and Kathryn Holland. Dorothy was a resident of La Marque for 67 years, a graduated of Regan High School and Rice University, a member of St. Michael's Episcopal Church,...

Willard Frank

May 18, 2015

W. Laddie Frank (Ole Pro), age 83 of La Marque, Texas, went to be with the angels on May 18, 2015 at Ashton Parke Care Center. Services for Laddie will be held Saturday, May 23, 2015 at 1:30pm at Emken-Linton funeral home in Texas City, Texas. Burial to follow at Galveston Memorial Park Cemetery in Hitchcock, Texas. Visitation will...

Dolores Miller

May 8, 2015

Dolores Ione Frazier Miller passed from this life on May 8, 2015 at the age of 83. She was born April 29, 1932 to Hiatt and Marie Frazier in Warrensburg, Missouri. Dolores was a graduate of Gardena High School in Gardena, CA. She was a homemaker and beloved wife, sister, mom, grandmother and great-grandmother. Dolores loved gardening, decorating, crafting,...

Opal Presley

May 4, 2015

Opal Presley, 93, a longtime resident of Texas City, passed away, Monday, May 4, 2015, at Mainland Medical Center. Visitation will be held 5:00 - 7:00 p.m., Wednesday, May 6, 2015 at Emken Linton Funeral Home. Funeral services will follow at 7:00 p.m. Burial will be 1:00 p.m., Thursday, May 7, 2015 at Mixon Cemetery in Mixon Texas. Opal...

Leigh Howerton

May 3, 2015

Leigh Howerton, 64, a long time Texas City resident, passed away Sunday, May 3, 2015 in Webster, Texas. Funeral services will be held 10:00 a.m., Saturday, May 9, 2015 at Emken Linton Funeral Home. Visitation will be held 5:00 - 8:00 p.m., Friday, May 8, 2015 at the funeral home. He was born December 4, 1950 in Austin, Texas...

Kyle Beetz

Apr 30, 2015

Kyle Beetz, 37, of Friendswood, passed away Thursday, April 30, 2015, at his residence. Funeral services will be held 1:00 p.m., Wednesday, May 6, 2015, at Emken Linton Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Forest Park East. Visitation will be 5:00 - 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, May 5, 2015 at funeral home. Kyle Beetz was born July 4, 1977 in...

Evelyn Mayes

Apr 27, 2015

Evelyn Lillian Mayes, 84, of LaMarque, peacefully passed April 27, 2015. She was born Dec. 11, 1930 in Granger, TX. Her family moved to Texas City in 1942. She worked at the Rainbow Cafe and retired from LMISD Cafeteria. Mrs. Mayes met her soulmate, James Gorman Mayes, while volunteering after the 1947 TC Disaster and they were married on...

Dee Smith

Apr 27, 2015

Dee James Smith of Texas City passed away peacefully at the age of 93 on Monday, April 27, 2015. He was born to Dee James and Hazel Smith on January 3, 1922 in Goose Creek, Texas, now Baytown. An honorable member of the "Greatest Generation," Dee served his country in Europe during World War II from 1942 to 1946....

Brenda Gravitt

Apr 23, 2015

Brenda Gravitt, 66, of Texas City, Passed away Thursday, April 23, 2015 at Clear Lake Regional. Memorial services will be held 4:00 p.m., Saturday, May 2, 2015 at Emken-Linton Funeral home. Brenda Gravitt was born August 28, 1948 in Seguin, Texas. Survivors include husband, Paul Gravitt; daughter, Terra Gravitt; mother, Paula E. Darnall; brother, Dale Darnall; sisters, Margaret Weilbacher,...