Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Lampasas & Copperas Cove in Texas.

H. Sandra Ann Adams

H. Sandra Ann Adams

Mar 14, 2018

Sandra Ann Adams, 72 of Lampasas, TX died March 14, 2018 at Scott and White Hospital in Temple, TX. She was born January 24, 1946 in Pomeroy Ohio the daughter of Fenton Alvin Cash and Freda Agnes (Davis). She was a contractor and had been a Lampasas resident for 40 years. Mrs. Adams was Catholic and she enjoyed her family,...

Ethel Barnes

Ethel Barnes

Mar 11, 2018

Ethel Barnes, age 82, of Lampasas passed away on Sunday, March 11, 2018. Funeral Services will be at 1:00 PM, on Saturday, March 17, 2018, at Scott's Funeral Home of Copperas Cove with burial following at the Copperas Cove City Cemetery. Visitation will be held an hour prior to the service.

Ethel was born on July 22,...

Elsiedean Boyd

Elsiedean Boyd

Mar 10, 2018

Services for Elsidean Boyd, 101and 10 months of Lometa, Texas will be Tuesday March 13, 2018 at First Baptist Church in Lometa. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery.   Mrs. Boyd passed away Saturday morning March 10, 2018 at Scott and White Hospital in Temple.   She was born May 9, 1916 in Burnet County, TX to John and...

Minnie Lee Tucker

Minnie Lee Tucker

Mar 8, 2018

Minnie L. (Williams) Tucker, 83 of Lampasas, TX died Thursday March 8, 2018 at Austin Heart. Minnie was born November 27, 1934 in Navasota, TX the daughter of Thomas Clifton Williams Sr. and Minnie Ida (Meohwald) Williams. She married Dr.Jon Franklin Tucker July 10, 1953 and had lived in Lampasas for many years. Minnie worked for League City Schools and...

Shirley Joan Blair

Shirley Joan Blair

Mar 7, 2018

Shirley Joan Gaddy Blair age 81 of Lampasas, Texas passed away on March 7, 2018. She was born December 12, 1936 to Amos A Gaddy Jr. and Ellen Julia Sweet of Lampasas, Texas. Shirley is preceded in death by both of her parents, her husband John Travis Blair, her brother Andrew Gene Gaddy, her daughter Patti Ann Trist, her son...

Donald W. Knox

Donald W. Knox

Mar 2, 2018

Donald W. Knox, 70 of Lampasas, TX died March 2, 2019 at his residence. Don was born December 23, 1947 in Sherman, TX the son of C.C. “Skip” Knox and Josephine (Gomez) Knox. He grew up in Vernon, TX and moved with his parents during his junior year top Iowa Park, TX where he graduated in 1966. Don attended Midwestern...

Nelda Ruth Smith

Nelda Ruth Smith

Mar 2, 2018

Nelda Ruth Smith, 90 of Lampasas, TX died Friday March 2, 2018 at Metroplex Hospital in Killeen. Nelda was born December 2, 1927 in Star, TX the daughter of Avery Allen Poe and Lera D. (Flatt) Poe. She graduated from Star High School in 1945. She attended Daniel Baker College in Brownwood and John Tarleton College in Stephenville and graduated...

Julia Ryan

Julia Ryan

Mar 2, 2018

Julia Gorman Ryan, 79 of Lampasas, TX died Friday March 2, 2018 at Scott and White Hospital in Temple. Julia was bron May 4, 1938 in Brooklyn, NY the daughter of James Gorman and Julia (Donolen) Gorman. She had lived in Lampasas most of her life and was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church. She was a professional cook,...

Sylvia Freeman

Sylvia Freeman

Feb 25, 2018

Marshell Freeman, age 72, of Wiggins, MS passed away on Sunday, February 25, 2018, in Kempner, Texas. A Memorial Graveside will be held at later date, at Liberty Baptist Church Cemetery in Collins, MS.

Marshell was born on December 29, 1943, to WM and Retha Graves Bergeron in Seminary, MS. She graduated from Seminary High School in...

Kenneth Denson

Kenneth Denson

Feb 24, 2018

Kenneth L. Denson, age 64, of Briggs passed away on Saturday, February 24, 2018, in Georgetown after a long battle with cancer. A Memorial Service will be held on Friday, March 16, 2018, at 11:00 AM at Scott's Funeral Home in Copperas Cove.

Ken was born in Elmira, NY on August 21, 1953, to the late Richard...

Fredrick L. Schamberger

Fredrick L. Schamberger

Feb 23, 2018

Fredrick L. Schamberger, 73 of Lampasas, TX died Friday February 23, 2018 at Copperas Cove Nursing-Rehab. Fred was born February 13, 1945 in Eau Claire, WI the son of Jesse Schamberger and Eleanor (Johnson) Schamberger. He grew up in Wisconsin and after high school graduation joined the army. He served in Panama, Vietnam and Germany. After his military service, Fred...

Martha G. Tumlinson

Martha G. Tumlinson

Feb 14, 2018

Martha Elizabeth (Groves) Tumlinson, 90 of Lampasas, Texas died Wednesday February 14, 2018 at Lampasas Nursing and Rehab Center. She was born July 28, 1927 in Lampasas County, Texas to William Chesterfield Groves and Lula Belle (Roye) Groves. She was baptized August 1935 in the Lampasas River, near School Creek. Martha lived in Fort Worth, TX during WWII, due to...

Billy Earl McCartney

Billy Earl McCartney

Feb 13, 2018

Billy Earl McCartney, 68 of Kempner, TX died Tuesday February 13, 2018 at Rollins-Brook Community Hospital. Billy was born December 26, 1949 in Rayville, LA the son of James T. McCartney and Eva Mary (White) McCartney. He grew up in Frogmore, LA and graduated high school. He worked in the ship yard at Houma for many years and moved to...

Dorothy Kruse

Dorothy Kruse

Feb 12, 2018

Dorothy R. Kruse, age 86, of Copperas Cove and formerly of Brownsville, Minnesota passed away on Monday, February 12, 2018, in Copperas Cove. A Memorial Service will be held at 11:00 am, Saturday, February 24, 2018, at the First Presbyterian Church, 704 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Copperas Cove, Texas 76522. Her cremains will be placed in St. Peter's...

James A. Ayers

James A. Ayers

Feb 11, 2018

James Arnold Ayers was born in Austin, TX 4-22-1958 to Jessie James Ayers and Belva Jean (Manning) Ayers. He died 2-11-2018. After attending Lanier High School, he held various jobs including delivering for Coca-Cola and office products and working in the oil fields. But, for most of his adult life, he drove big trucks. If it could start, he could...

Clovis Curley Brown

Clovis Curley Brown

Feb 7, 2018

Clovis Deloris (Curley) Brown, 95 of Lampasas, Texas died Wednesday February 7, 2018 at Regal Healthcare in Lampasas. She was born October 14, 1922 in Oakalla, TX to Benjamin Culberson Langford and Cecil Devora (Roberts) Langford. Curley married Olan Adois Kendrick November 11, 1941and he preceded her in death in 1956. She later married Niel Brown February 14, 1971 and...

Psg Dennis Bradford, Usa, Ret.

Psg Dennis Bradford, Usa, Ret.

Feb 5, 2018

Dennis D. Bradford, age 85, of Copperas Cove passed away peacefully on February 5, 2018, with family by his side. A private family graveside service was held at Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery in Killeen.

Dennis Doyle Bradford was born on January 15, 1933, in Minter, Texas to John and Agnes Bradford. He grew up in Paris,...

Nathaniel Alexzander Anderson

Nathaniel Alexzander Anderson

Feb 4, 2018

Nathaniel Alexzander Anderson, age 12 of Copperas Cove, TX died Sunday February 4, 2018 at home. He was born October 16, 2005 in Georgetown, TX to James Anderson and Amanda Rhoades. Nate had lived in central Texas all of his life. He loved watching wrestling, ninja turtles, traveling, flying, going to the beach and playing video games.   He is...

Joyce Clydene Hill

Joyce Clydene Hill

Jan 30, 2018

Joyce Clydene Hill, 76 of Lampasas, TX died January 30, 2018 at Scott and White Hospital in Temple, TX. Clydene was born August 10, 1941 in Lampasas, TX the daughter of Elmer Clyde Hall and Susie (Zieschang) Hall. She graduated from High Scholl here and later worked as a medication aide for Leisure Lodge Nursing Home for many years. She...

Geneva Crain

Geneva Crain

Jan 29, 2018

Geneva Crain, 83 of Desere’ Ranch, Lometa, passed away January 29, 2018 of cancer. Nona Geneva Craiin was born January 9, 1935 near Lometa, the daughter of Bill Delano and Letha Whitely Delano. Bill Delano was a carpenter at Fort Hood, so Geneva went to school at Unity and graduated from Lampasas in 1953. She married Billie M. Crain and...