Local Obituaries for Lampasas & Copperas Cove in Texas.

Apr 11, 2016

Merle Watson Stewart, 104 of Lampasas, TX died Monday April 11, 2016 at Regal Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Merle was born August 11, 1911 at near North Rocky Creek in Burnet County, TX the daughter of Edward Watson and Verlie Seftan (Grinstead) Watson. She married Carl A. Stewart and he preceded her in death in 1983. Merle was a homemaker...

Apr 11, 2016

Tammy Michele Gadsby, 52 of Lampasas, TX died April 11, 2016. Tammy was born October 28, 1963 in Marianna, Arkansas the daughter of G. Wiley Holloway and Jo Ann (McKinney) Holloway. She had lived in Lampasas most of her life. She worked in the accounting field for her career with the University of Texas at Austin and Fort Hood Family...

Apr 10, 2016

Dennis Shelton, age 71 of Copperas Cove passed away on Sunday, April 10, 2016. A Graveside Service will be held at 1:00 p.m., Friday, April 15, 2016 at the columbarium wall at Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery in Killeen will military honors.

Dennis was born on October 11, 1944 in Hillsboro, IL to the late John and...

Apr 8, 2016

Bevan Percell, 82 of Lampasas, TX died Friday April 8, 2016 at Spring Oaks Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Bevan was born May 26, 1933 in Bayfield, CO the son of Vincent Percell and Helen (Duvall) Percell. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict. Mr. Percell lived in McAllen, TX for 20 years before moving to Lampasas. He...

Apr 5, 2016

John Charles Friels, 72, of Copperas Cove passed away on Tuesday, April 5, 2016 in Copperas Cove. A Memorial Service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, April 12, 2016 at St. Martin’s Episcopal Church, 1602 S. FM 116 in Copperas Cove.

John was born in Vincennes, Indiana on February 10, 1944. He was the only child...

Apr 4, 2016

Sidney “Harold” Robert Yates, 89, passed peacefully in his sleep the morning of April 4, 2016. Funeral Services will be at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, April 8, 2016 at Clear Creek Baptist Church in Kempner with burial following at the church cemetery. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Thursday at Scott's Funeral Home of Copperas Cove.

Sidney...

Apr 1, 2016

Jacqueline L. Hereford, 91 of Lampasas, TX died Friday April 1, 2016 at Rollins-Brook Community Hospital. She was born April 10, 1924 in Burnet County, TX the daughter of A.J. Farquhar and Minnie B. (Long) Farquhar. Jacqueline finished high school in Lampasas and attended Jackson Business College. She worked for local law firm of Hammett and Lynch and later had...

Mar 28, 2016

George Kelly, 86, passed away peacefully at home after a three year illness in Kempner on Monday, March 28, 2016. Graveside Services will be at 9:00 a.m., Thursday, March 31, 2016 at Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery in Killeen. Visitation will be from 5-7 PM on Wednesday at Scott's Funeral Home in Copperas Cove.

George entered the...

Mar 28, 2016

Sherwin Stamen Manuel, 92 of Lometa, TX passed away peacefully on Sunday March 28, 2016 at the home of his daughter, Anna Davis. Sherwin was born September 14, 1923 in Elton, LA the son of Eugene Manuel and Louvenia (Nugent) Manuel. Sherwin served in the U.S. Navy. He later went to work for United Texas Transmission, where he was an...

Mar 23, 2016

Luzviminda Madrona Rhoades, 50 of Lometa, TX died March 23, 2016 as a result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Luzviminda was born October 6, 1965 in Albay Province, Phillipines the daughter of Sergio Madrona and Lilia (Macasinag) Madrona. She worked at the local Windsor for a number of years. Survivors include her daughters; Lian Marie Bas and Amor...

Mar 23, 2016

Jack Eugene Steeley, 82, died March 23, 2016 at Rollins Brook Community Hospital in Lampasas. Graveside services will be held March 28 at 10 a.m. at Oak Hill Cemetery. Sneed Funeral Chapel has charge of arrangements. Mr. Steeley was born in Hulbert, Okla., to Albert and Thelma Steeley. He grew up in Tahlequah, Okla. He served in the U.S. Army....

Mar 22, 2016

JoAnne Deck Stewart, age 58, passed away in her home on March 22, 2016. A memorial service will be held on Friday, March 25, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. at Sneed Funeral Chapel. JoAnne was born on December 4, 1957 in Alexandria, Louisiana to Rosa and Woodrow Wilson Deck Sr. She was a graduate of Copperas Cove High School Class of...

Mar 21, 2016

Charles "Carlos" Richard Rosales, 78, of Copperas Cove passed away on Monday, March 21, 2016. Graveside Services will be at 11am, April 4, 2016, at Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery in Killeen.

Carlos was born on December 3, 1937 in Philadelphia, PA to the late Richard and Paulina Rosales. He graduated from the University of Maryland with...

Mar 18, 2016

James Kenneth Green, 89 of Lometa, TX died March 18, 2016 at Baylor Scott and White Hospital in Round Rock, TX. Kenneth was born December 24, 1926 on the Baggett Ranch near Lometa the son of Joseph Frank Green and Edith (Spivey) Green. He grew up in Lometa and later served in the U.S. Army during the occupation of Japan....

Mar 18, 2016

Wynnona Jane Sutton, 86 of Copperas Cove, TX died March 18, 2016 at Copperas Cove Nursing and Rehab. Wynnona was born February 20, 1930 in Center Point, TX the daughter of O.C. Newbury and Aline (Prater) Newbury. She worked for many years as a legal secretary. She was a member of the 1st Christian Church. Wynnona had lived in the...

Mar 17, 2016

Ruth Gaynelle Carmouche, 77 of Lampasas, TX died Thursday March 17, 2016 at Hill Country Rehabilition and Nursing Center in Copperas Cove, TX. Gaynelle was born June 24, 1938 in LaPorte, TX the daughter of Edward Nemal Cook and Buena Vista (Fournier) Cook. She was a homemaker and had lived in Lampasas for over 25 years. Survivors include her daughters;...

Mar 15, 2016

Shelly Beth Barrett, 45 a lifelong resident of Lampasas passed away March 15, 2016. She is survived by sons, Evan and Cade and by daughter, Logan Simpson, by her Mother, Dorinda Barrett and sisters, Amy Barrett and Anne Winans. A private memorial will be held at a later date. She was preceded in death by her husband, John Timothy Simpson...

Mar 14, 2016

Carol Jean Poole, 81 of Lampasas, TX died March 14, 2016 at Lampasas Nursing and Rehab Center. Carol was born June 27, 1934 in Port Arthur, TX the daughter of Floyd C. Johnson and Lucille May (Wilson) Johnson. She married Thomas Arden Poole in 1950, and the couple has lived in Lampasas ever since. Carol was a homemaker, but she...

Mar 14, 2016

Helen Lorena Jones, 96 of Lampasas, TX died Monday March 14, 2016 at Scott and White Memorial Hospital in Temple, TX. She was born June 13, 1919 in Ballinger, TX the daughter of Lucius S. Nunn and Mamie (Tubbs) Nunn. Lorena married G.B. Jones November 26, 1938 in Ballinger. She worked in school lunchroom for many years and was a...

Mar 13, 2016

Joe Alvarado Velasquez, 81, of Lampasas, TX died Sunday March 13, 2016 at Rollins-Brook Community Hospital. Joe was born April 24, 1934 in Lampasas, the son of Joe Gonzales Velasquez and Candelaria (Alvarado) Velasquez. As a young boy, Joe was a migrant worker, picking cotton, cherries, grapes and oranges. He also sheered sheep, chopped cedar and built fences with his...