Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Lampasas & Copperas Cove in Texas.

Roland Jack Sickles

Roland Jack Sickles

Nov 16, 2022

Roland Jack Sickles, 88, of Lampasas, passed away on Wednesday, November 16, 2022. Services will be held at the Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery in Killeen at a later date. Roland was born on September 25, 1934, in Elmira, NY, and grew up there. He served his country in the US Army during the Korean and Vietnam Wars and retired...

Worth Sylvester Wren, Jr.

Worth Sylvester Wren, Jr.

Nov 9, 2022

Worth Sylvester Wren, Jr. passed away peacefully from complications related to bile duct cancer on the 9th of November 2022, with his two children bedside at the Heart to Heart Hospice facility in Fort Worth, Texas. Worth was born on December 31st in 1947 in Lampasas, Texas, where he grew up, thrived on socialization, developed many life-long friendships, expanded his...

Michael Kennedy

Michael Kennedy

Nov 6, 2022

Michael Kennedy, age 83 of Kempner, went to be with his heavenly father on the morning of November 6, 2022. Funeral Mass will be 11:00 am, on Friday, November 11, 2022, at Holy Family Catholic Church in Copperas Cove, TX. The visitation with the family will be Thursday, 5-6 pm, with a Rosary at 6:00 pm, at Viss Family...

Romelia Estrada

Romelia Estrada

Nov 2, 2022

Romelia Estrada, age 87, of Kempner, was reunited with her husband Luis, on the afternoon of November 2, 2022.

Graveside services will be 11:00 am, Tuesday, November 8, 2022, at Kempner City Cemetery, Kempner, TX. Visitation with the family will be from 5-7 pm, Monday, November 7, 2022, at Viss Family Funeral Home, Copperas Cove, TX.

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Joyce Manning

Joyce Manning

Nov 1, 2022

After a full life, Joyce Lynn Manning, 94, of Copperas Cove, died in Highland Haven, Texas on the afternoon of November 1, 2022.

Funeral services will be 11:00 am, Saturday, November 12, 2022, at Eastside Baptist Church, Copperas Cove. Burial will follow at Copperas Cove City Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be Friday,...

Louise Wheeler Masters

Louise Wheeler Masters

Nov 1, 2022

Louise Wheeler Masters, 76, of Lampasas, passed away on Tuesday, November 1, 2022, at Lampasas Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.

Per Louise's wishes, there will be no services planned. 

Louise was born on November 4, 1945, in Lampasas to Roy and Nadell Wheeler.  She was a longtime bookkeeper and worked for Guyco, Texas Painter Craft, and Richardson Tile and Plaster.  She...

Doretha Klose Bohning

Doretha Klose Bohning

Nov 1, 2022

Wife.  Mother. Gigi.  Sister.  Friend.  Nurse.  All simple words to describe an amazing lady that blessed this earth until her passing on Nov. 1, 2022.  Born in Lampasas, TX on Nov. 2, 1955, Doretha Klose Bohning lived the majority of her life serving others as a certified LVN.  A 1974 graduate of Lampasas High School, Doretha would later graduate with...

Howard Leighton Yancy

Howard Leighton Yancy

Oct 31, 2022

Howard Leighton Yancy, 90, of Lampasas, passed away on Monday, October 31, 2022, at Advent Health Central Texas in Killeen.  Howard was born on December 14, 1931, in Coryell County to Franklin Noble and Odessa Daniel Yancy.

Graveside services will be held at Oak Hill Cemetery on Sunday, November 6, 2022 at 2 pm. 

Howard was a rancher most of...

John (Tommy) Thomas Lyssy

John (Tommy) Thomas Lyssy

Oct 28, 2022

John Thomas (Tommy) Lyssy, 35, passed away unexpectedly on the morning of October 28, 2022.  He leaves behind his wife, Erin, and their two beautiful boys, JJ and Bo.

Visitation will be held at Sneed-Carnley Funeral Chapel on Tuesday, November 1, 2022, from 2 to 4 pm.

Tommy was born on February 2, 1987, in Lampasas, TX to Lucian, Jr....

James W. Rhymes, Jr.

James W. Rhymes, Jr.

Oct 27, 2022

James Willard Rhymes, Jr., 63, of Lampasas, passed away on Thursday, October 27, 2022, in Lampasas at his home surrounded by his loving family.

Services will be held at Sneed-Carnley Funeral Chapel on Friday, November 4, 2022, at 2 pm with interment to follow at Oak Hill Cemetery.

James grew up in Lampasas and worked in construction all of his...

Evelyn McDonald

Evelyn McDonald

Oct 25, 2022

Longtime florist and retired Lampasas High School government teacher Evelyn (Friday) McDonald died Oct. 25, 2022, in Baird.  She was 100.

Funeral services will be held on Saturday, Oct. 29, at 2 p.m. at First Street Church of Christ in Lampasas, where she was a longtime member.  An informal visitation with the family will begin at noon.

Burial will take...

Audie Guinn Chaudion

Audie Guinn Chaudion

Oct 25, 2022

Audie Guinn Chaudion, 73, went to be with our Lord on Tuesday, October 25, 2022. Memorial services will be held at Sneed-Carnley Funeral Chapel on Saturday, December 3, 2022, at 2 pm. Audie was born June 25, 1949, to Harvey Greenville and Betty Jo (Nicholson) Chaudion in Austin, TX. He was united in marriage to Nancy Jane Brown on May...

Ricky J. Ivie

Ricky J. Ivie

Oct 24, 2022

Ricky J. Ivie, 71, passed away on October 24, 2022, at his home in Lampasas, Texas surrounded by his family. He was born on June 23, 1951, in Painesville, Ohio to JR and Wilma (Litty) Ivie. A memorial service will be held at Sneed-Carnley Funeral Chapel, 201 E. Third St on Saturday, November 5, 2022, at 2 pm with burial...

Charles Richard Barrett

Charles Richard Barrett

Oct 20, 2022

Charles Richard Barrett, 81, passed away on October 20, 2022, at United Regional Hospital in Wichita Falls, TX surrounded by his family.  He was born on January 26, 1941, in Lampasas, TX to Orion Overton Barrett "Red" and Yvonne Smith Barrett.

A funeral service will be held at Sneed-Carnley Funeral Chapel, 201 E. Third St. Lampasas, TX, at 3 pm...

Kenneth (Ken) Ray Wiginton

Kenneth (Ken) Ray Wiginton

Oct 18, 2022

Kenneth Ray Wiginton, 82, passed away peacefully on October 18, 2022, at his home in Lampasas, Texas.  He was born on September 21, 1940, in Ballinger, Texas to Floyd and Elva Lee Wiginton.

A visitation will be held at Sneed-Carnley Funeral Chapel at 11 am on Sunday, October 23, 2022, with a funeral service, immediately following at 12 pm.  Burial...

Edwina Perry Wieser

Edwina Perry Wieser

Oct 16, 2022

Edwina Ann Perry Wieser died at her home on Sunday, October 16, 2022.  She was 95 years old and had lived in Lampasas for over 55 years.  She was preceded in death by her parents, Edward and Vertna Perry of Hamilton; her husband, Vincent Wieser; her sister, Mary Murphy, and many, many aunts, uncles, and cousins.  She is survived by...

Howard Bruce Cheek

Howard Bruce Cheek

Oct 16, 2022

Howard Bruce Cheek, 69, of Kempner, passed away on Sunday, October 13, 2022.

There are no services currently planned at this time. 

Robert Nuehring

Robert Nuehring

Oct 15, 2022

Robert Gene Nuehring, age 82, of Kempner, passed away on the evening of October 15, 2022. Robert was a Veteran and will be laid to rest at the Fort Sill National Cemetery.

Robert was born on August 18, 1940, to the late George Frank Nuehring and Mabel Dorothy Grossman Nuehring. He grew up and attended school in...

Jane Wolfe Wieser

Jane Wolfe Wieser

Oct 14, 2022

Jane Wolfe Wieser, age 101, passed away peacefully on October 14, 2022, at her home in Lampasas.  She was born in Groesbeck, Texas on July 5, 1921, to Herbert and Molly Wolfe.

Jane grew up in Hico, Texas, graduated from Hico High School, and attended Baylor University.  She married Sidney Wieser in 1940 and lived in Hamilton, Texas until 1954...

Billy (Bill) Gene Pringle

Billy (Bill) Gene Pringle

Oct 13, 2022

Longtime, former football coach, Bill Pringle passed from life here on earth on October 13, 2022, at 88 years of age.  He fought a courageous battle with cancer and diabetes to the very end.  He was born on August 12, 1934, in Abilene, TX to Erna Mae and Walter Odis Pringle.  Coach Pringle was best known for his years as...