Recent Obituaries

Meriworth Mabry

Jul 8, 2013

Texas City historian, educator and community leader Meriworth McMillan Mabry died peacefully at home July 8, 2013. She is survived by her husband of 54 years, Edwin S. Mabry, sons Paul Barbara, Cliff Anne, grandsons Wayne and Rob, and great grandson, Jule Seth Mabry. A proud BOI Born on the Island in 1930 to Lonnie L. and Jewel Wedgeworth...

Alice Bruce

Jul 7, 2013

Alice Ann Heinatz Bruce Alice Bruce of Texas City went to be with the Lord on Sunday, July 7, 2013, surrounded by her loving family. She was born on July 19, 1934 to John Madison and Katie Mae Crawford Heinatz. She was preceded in death by her parents, her son, John Maurice Bruce, Sr. and her sister Sarah Hermes....

John Hanks

Jul 6, 2013

John Hanks, 62, of Texas City passed away Saturday, July 6, 2013. Funeral Services will be held Thursday, July 11, 2013 at 10:00am, at Emken Linton Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Galveston Memorial Park Cemetery in Hitchcock, Texas. Visitation will be Wednesday, July 10, 2013 from 5:00pm 8:00pm, at Emken Linton Funeral Home in Texas City, Texas. John...

Norman Mckee

Jul 3, 2013

Norman T. McKee, 81, of Texas City, Texas, passed away Wednesday, July 03, 2013 at Gulf Healthcare Center in Texas City, Texas. Funeral services will be held 2:00 p.m. Saturday, July 6, 2013 at EmkenLinton Funeral Home with Dr. Robert Miller officiating. Burial will follow at Galveston Memorial Park Cemetery in Hitchcock, Texas. Visitation will be 5:00 p.m. to...

Randel Hunter

Jun 29, 2013

Randel Calhoun Hunter, born September 27, 1925 in Texas City, Texas, died peacefully with his wife and two daughters at his side on Sunday, June 30th, 2013, in New Braunfels, TX, where he resided in retirement. Services will be 3:00 pm Sunday, July 7 at Emken Linton Funeral Home in Texas City, with Rev. Dr. Rodney Wood officiating. Burial...

Florencio Jasso

Jun 29, 2013

Florencio Flo Jasso Florencio Flo Jasso, age 89, died on Saturday, June 29th, 2013. He was born in Galveston, Texas on July 28, 1923 and was a life long resident of Texas City. Services will be 10:30 am, Saturday, July 6 at St. Mary of the Miraculous Medal Catholic Church in Texas City. Burial will follow at Galveston Memorial...

Helen Chuoke

Jun 28, 2013

Helen Trepagnier Chuoke Loving wife, mother and grandmother Helen Chuoke passed away peacefully in her sleep at her residence on June 28, 2013. She was born on November 14, 1924 and raised in New Orleans, LA. Her family moved to Galveston in 1947. After graduating from Business School, she was employed by Seinsheimers Insurance Company. She married Mitchell Chuoke...

Francis Yarbrough

Jun 19, 2013

Frances Margaret Yarbrough December 21, 1917 June 19, 2013 died Wednesday surrounded by her family. She was born in Fort Worth and moved to Texas City at the age of two. She was preceded in death by her husband, Hermond E. Yarbrough son, Donald Ray Pearson and brothers Robert Pearson and Chester Pearson. She is survived by sons, Earl...

Neva Etheredge

Jun 7, 2013

Neva Ruth Etheredge, 92, passed away at home June 7, 2013, after a brief illness. Services will be led by Rev. Rick Atkinson and Cindy Riddick at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday at Emken Linton Funeral Home. Visitation will be Monday evening from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at Emken Linton. Pallbearers will be W.T. Tommy Etheredge, IV W.T. Bill Etheredge III...

Forrest Jenkins

Jun 5, 2013

Forrest Ray Jenkins, 83, of Texas City, passed away peacefully on June 5th, 2013 at St. Lukes Episcopal Hospital after a brief illness. A Memorial Service will be 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, June 12, 2013 at Northside Baptist Church 2802 Logan Street North, Texas City, with Rev. Clay Bowers and Bishop Delbert Herrin officiating. He was born on September 3,...

Travis Caron

May 30, 2013

Service Service EmkenLinton Funeral Home 5100 Emmett F. Lowry Expressway Texas City, TX  77592 Thursday, June 6, 2013 10:00 am

Gus Griffee

May 25, 2013

Gus Edward GE Griffee, 88 a resident of Texas City for more than six decades, passed away Saturday, May 25, 2013. Funeral services will be 2 PM Thursday, May 30 at the Emken Linton Funeral Home in Texas City. Burial will follow at Grace Memorial Park in Hitchcock. There will be a visitation for Mr. Griffee on Wednesday, May...

Billie Fritch

May 22, 2013

Billie Wayne B.W. Fritch Billie Wayne B.W. Fritch, 61, of Santa Fe, Texas passed away Wednesday, May 22, 2013 surrounded by his family. Services will be 10:00 a.m., Saturday, May 25, 2013, at EmkenLinton Funeral Home in Texas City. Burial will follow at Forest Park East in Webster. Visitation will be from 5:00 7:00 p.m., Friday, May 24, 2013...

Edith Hansen

May 1, 2013

Edith Elizabeth Betty Hansen, 86, passed away May 1, 2013 in Friendswood, Texas. Services will be 2:00 p.m., Sunday, May 5th at EmkenLinton Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Galveston Memorial Park in Hitchcock, Texas. Visitation will be 1:00 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. She was born on January 17, 1927 in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania. Betty is preceded...

Gloria Hart

Apr 24, 2013

GLORIA JEANNINE HART Gloria Jeannine Hart, 73, went to be with the Lord Wednesday, April 24, 2013 with her family by her side. Jeannine was born February 23, 1940 in Teague Texas, to James O. Dutch and Florence Long Hart. Jeannine was cared for by her parents until their death. Afterwards her loving and devoted sister, Winona, cared for...

Thomas Watson

Apr 24, 2013

Thomas E. Watson Thomas Edward Watson, aged 93, of Texas City, Texas, passed away peacefully on April 24, 2013. Tom was born in Burton, Texas on August 8, 1919, the youngest of four children of John Francis Watson and Sophie Louise Fisher. Following his honorable discharge from the US Army at the end of World War II, Tom continued...

Emma Dela'O

Apr 20, 2013

Emma DeLaO Emma Saldua DeLaO, 88, of Dickinson, TX passed away Saturday, April 20, 2013 at her residence. Services will be 10:00 a.m., Thursday, April 25, 2013 at St. Marys of the Miraculous Medal in Texas City. Burial will follow at Grace Memorial Park in Hitchcock, TX. Visitation will be 5:00 7:00 p.m., with a Rosary beginning at 7:00...

Ted Holthusen

Apr 17, 2013

TED J. HOLTHUSEN Theodore John Frederick Holthusen Ol Dad was born on November 18, 1923 in Buck Grove, Iowa to John Jacob and Florence Nettie Fisher Holthusen. He passed away on Wednesday, April 17, 2013 in Wichita, Kansas. He was preceded in death by his wife of 55 years, Jane Adeline Adkins Holthusen Ol Mom his parents and his...

William Toliver

Apr 14, 2013

William Toliver, Jr., 85, of Texas City, Texas passed away Sunday, April 14th, 2013 in Texas City. Services will be on Wednesday, April 17, 2013 at 2:00 P.M., at EmkenLinton Funeral Home in Texas City with Hector Rodriquez officiating. Burial will follow at Galveston Memorial Park Cemetery in Hitchcock, Texas. Visitation will be Tuesday April 16th, 2013 from 5:00...

Paul Sumrall

Apr 13, 2013

Paul H. Sumrall, 89, of La Marque, Texas, passed away on Saturday, April 13, 2013 in Texas City, Texas. Funeral services will be held 10:00 A.M. Wednesday, April 17, 2013 at EmkenLinton Funeral Home. Masonic Graveside Services will follow at Grace Memorial Park in Hitchcock, Texas with Texas City Lodge 1118 officiating. Visitation will be 5:00 P.M. 7:00 P.M....