Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Lampasas & Copperas Cove in Texas.

Thomas Reeder

Thomas Reeder

Dec 22, 2020

Thomas J. Reeder, age 77, of Kempner went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, December 22, 2020, in Temple. Graveside Services will be held at 10:00 AM, Monday, December 28, 2020, at Clear Creek Baptist Church Cemetery in Kempner.

Tom was born on June 20, 1943, in San Bernardino, CA to the late Henry and Ruth...

Csm Donald Barningham

Csm Donald Barningham

Dec 20, 2020

Donald F. Barningham, age 63, of Copperas Cove, Texas passed away on Sunday, December 20, 2020, in Killeen, Texas.  Funeral Services will be at 1:30 PM, Tuesday, December 29, 2020, at Viss Family Funeral Home, 1614 S. FM 116 in Copperas Cove. Visitation will be an hour prior to the service. He will be placed at Central Texas State...

Mary E. Easterwood

Mary E. Easterwood

Dec 20, 2020

Mary Elizabeth Easterwood, 84, passed away in Gatesville, Texas on December 20, 2020.

Memorial Services will be held at Sneed Funeral Chapel on Friday, August 13, 2021 at 2 pm.

Mary was born to Marion Oscar Easterwood and Clem Storm on April 25, 1936, at Brooks Crossing on the Lampasas River.  She attended the first half of first grade in...

Eric Simpson

Eric Simpson

Dec 20, 2020

Eric Stephen Simpson, age 47, of Kempner went to be with the Lord on Sunday, December 20, 2020. A memorial service will be held Monday, March 29, 2021, at 11:00 am at the First Baptist Church of Kempner, 11965 U.S. Hwy 190, Kempner, TX 76539. Social distancing guidelines will be observed.

Eric was born on February 27, 1973, to David A. Simpson...

My Nguyen

My Nguyen

Dec 19, 2020

My Thi Nguyen, age 86, of Copperas Cove, passed away on Saturday, December 19, 2020. No services are scheduled at this time.

My was born in Vietnam on January 1, 1934, to the late Phuong Van and Hui Thi Nguyen. In 1993, she joined her family in the United States while they were in Fairbanks, Alaska. My...

Julio (JR) Valles

Julio (JR) Valles

Dec 19, 2020

Julio (JR) Valles, 75, of Childress, formerly of Lampasas, passed away on Saturday, December 19, 2020, in Amarillo, TX.

Visitation will be held from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Monday, December 28, 2020, at Sneed Funeral Chapel.  Funeral Services are private but will be live-streamed via Sneed Funeral Chapel's Facebook page.

JR was born on July 1, 1945, in...

William "Bill" Walter Ladyman

William "Bill" Walter Ladyman

Dec 19, 2020

William Walter (Bill) Ladyman, 93, passed away December 19, 2020, at Hendrick Hospice Care in Abilene. Graveside Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, December 23, 2020, at Senterfitt Cemetery in Lometa, followed by a visitation at the Lometa Church of Christ. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Lometa Church of Christ or Cherokee Home...

Nancy Laurent

Nancy Laurent

Dec 18, 2020

Nancy J. Laurent, age 81, of Copperas Cove, passed away on Friday, December 18, 2020, in Killeen. No services are scheduled at this time.

Nancy was born on January 13, 1939, to the late Fredrick and Regina Coty Carmody in Sturgeon Bay, WI. She graduated from High School in Sturgeon Bay in 1957. Nancy shared her life...

Phillip Riley

Phillip Riley

Dec 18, 2020

Phillip Hamilton Riley, 85, of Kempner, Texas passed away on December 18, 2020, in Kempner.  Interment will follow a brief ceremony at the Central Texas Veterans Cemetery of Killeen at 1:00 pm on Friday, March 5, 2021. Arrangements are by the Viss Family Funeral Home.

Phillip was born in Victor, Colorado to John and Edna Riley in...

Migdalia Quijano

Migdalia Quijano

Dec 17, 2020

Migdalia "Milly" Quijano, age 66, of Killeen passed away on Thursday, December 17, 2020, at her home with her husband at her side. Private Family services will be held at Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery in Killeen.

Sfc James Garro, Us Army, Ret.

Sfc James Garro, Us Army, Ret.

Dec 17, 2020

James A. Garro, age 68, of Kempner, passed away on Thursday, December 17, 2020. A Memorial Graveside Service will be held at 3:00 PM, Wednesday, December 30, 2020, at Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery in Killeen. A procession will start at Viss Family Funeral Home, 1614 S. FM 116 in Copperas Cove at 2:00 PM.

James was...

John Lonnie Hoozer

John Lonnie Hoozer

Dec 15, 2020

John Lonnie Hoozer, 69, passed away on Tuesday, December 15, 2020, in Killeen, Texas. A Visitation will be held from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, December 20, 2020, at Sneed Funeral Chapel with the funeral service to start at 3:00 p.m. Graveside Services will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Monday, December 21, 2020, at Good Hope Cemetery...

Edgar Heisey

Edgar Heisey

Dec 15, 2020

Edgar Allen Heisey, 84, of Kempner, passed away Tuesday morning December 15, 2020. No services are scheduled at this time.

Ed was born in Abington, Pennsylvania to Ralph and Naomi Yeagley Heisey on April 13, 1936.  He joined the United States Marine Corps on April 13, 1953. He married Sumiko Tokeshi on August 31, 1961, at the...

Glenda DeShon

Glenda DeShon

Dec 14, 2020

Glenda DeShon, 83, passed away on Monday, December 14, 2020, at her home in Lampasas. A Visitation will be held from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Friday, December 18, 2020, at Sneed Funeral Chapel. Funeral Services will be at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, December 19, 2020, at Sneed Funeral Chapel with interment to follow at Naruna Cemetery. Glenda was...

Virginia Ethelyn Garner

Virginia Ethelyn Garner

Dec 14, 2020

Virginia Ethelyn Garner, 85, passed away peacefully in Los Angeles, California on Monday, December 14, 2020. A private graveside service will be held on Saturday, December 19, 2020, at Oak Hill Cemetery in Lampasas. The daughter of Wilhelm and Ethelyn Andrie Lorenzen, she was born on January 29, 1935, in Hartley, Iowa where she also grew up. After graduating from...

Winnifred Miller

Winnifred Miller

Dec 14, 2020

Winnifred Grace Miller, 89, of Copperas Cove, passed away on Monday, December 14, 2020. No services are scheduled at this time.

Kiera Michelle Ware, And Kori Lilly-Ann Richardson

Kiera Michelle Ware, And Kori Lilly-Ann Richardson

Dec 12, 2020

January 6, 1993 – December 12, 2020

May 25, 2016 – December 12, 2020

October 2, 2017 – December 12, 2020

Kiera Michelle Ware, age 27, Brayden Albert Richardson, age 4, and Kori Lilly-Ann Richardson, age 3, of Copperas Cove passed away on Saturday, December 12, 2020. The family will receive...

Carol Chaplin

Carol Chaplin

Dec 11, 2020

Carol Chaplin, age 78, went home to be with her Heavenly Father on Friday, December 11, 2020, surrounded by her family. A Memorial Service to celebrate her life will be held at 5:00 pm, Friday, December 18, 2020, at Southern Hills Baptist Church, 2920 FM 116, Kempner, Texas 76539.

Carol was born in Osceola, Iowa on November...

Ibeth Estella Gary

Ibeth Estella Gary

Dec 11, 2020

Ibeth Estella Gary, 46, of Lampasas passed away on Friday, December 11, 2020. A Visitation will be held from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, December 17, 2020, at Sneed Funeral Chapel. Graveside Services will be held at 9:00 a.m. on Friday, December 18, 2020, at the Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery in Killeen, with a memorial service to...

Helen Isert

Helen Isert

Dec 11, 2020

H. LaVerne Schwausch Clark Isert, age 87, of Austin, passed away on Friday, December 11, 2020, in Austin. Graveside Services will be held at 2:00 pm, Friday, December 18, 2020, at Immanuel Lutheran Church Cemetery.

LaVerne was born on January 3, 1933, to the late Ted and Hulda Richter Schwausch in Copperas Cove, Texas. She was baptized...