Local Obituaries for Families in San Benito, Texas
Joyce Cook Armstrong
Feb 12, 2008
Joyce Cook Armstrong Brownsville: Joyce Evelyn Cook was born in Rogers, Texas on September 28, 1918, daughter of John Oscar Cook and Ethel Shipp Cook. She married her high school sweetheart T. H. “Buck” Armstrong on November 30, 1941. Shortly thereafter Buck enlisted in the navy, and he and Joyce traveled across the country form New York to California as...
Winona Withers
Feb 3, 2008
Carrollton, TX: Winona Baker Withers, 83, passed away on Sunday, February 3, 2008 at her residence in Carrollton, Texas after a five year battle with cancer. Winona was born November 18, 1924 in Harlingen, Texas to Girdo Nix Baker and Wilhelmina Engelbrecht Baker. She graduated from high school at Stuart Place School. She and her husband, Charles R. (Bobby) Withers,...
Dorothy Lansford
Jan 25, 2008
Dorothy Baker Lansford was taken into heaven on January 25, 2008. She passed away in Harlingen, Texas just 28 days shy of her 100th birthday. Dorothy was born February 22, 1908 in Big Spring, Texas to Albert Wesley Baker and Ursula Craven Baker. She graduated from Alva High School in Alva, Oklahoma and earned a Lifetime teaching certification from Northwestern...
Judy A. Weinberg
Jan 20, 2008
Judy A. Zain Weinberg Brownsville, Texas: Judy Zain Weinberg died Sunday, January 20th after a lengthy illness. She was born March 6, 1941 in Alva Oklahoma to Elias and Martha Zain. Judy graduated from Brownsville High School in 1959, but she continued her education throughout her life. Throughout the years Judy worked in sales-related jobs and excelled in all. She...
Myron R. Schultz
Jan 14, 2008
HARLINGEN, TX: Myron R. Schultz, Sr., 77, peacefully entered eternal life with his Savior on Monday, 14 January 2008, while surrounded by family. He was born in Thornton, IL on 11 May 1930 to Arthur Schultz and Lillian Beetz. He graduated from Thornton Township High School in Harvey, IL in 1948. He was a member of the Harvey Police Department...
John M. Kilgore
Jan 13, 2008
RIO HONDO, TX: John Martin Kilgore passed to his eternal home on Sunday, January 13th. John was born to Kedric & Willie Mae Kilgore on April 13, 1931 in Aldridge, Alabama. He was a devoted and faithful husband to Leoda Kilgore for 55 years. John was called to serve his country in Korea when he was 18 years old and...
E. H. Trolinger
Jan 13, 2008
Lyford, TX: E.H. Trolinger, 83, passed away after a lengthy illness January 13, 2008, at Harlingen Medical Center. He was born September 7, 1924 in Barberton, Ohio, to Enoch H. and Nelle Trolinger, but he was raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He graduated from Tulsa Central High School in 1942 and two days later joined the military along with all the...
Frances Nan Lawler
Jan 7, 2008
Harlingen, Texas: Frances Nan Kennedy Lawler, 69, died January 7, 2008 in Harlingen, Texas after a lengthy illness. Nan, a devoted wife, loving mother, grandmother, sister and friend, is survived by her husband of 47 years, Dr. Marion R. Lawler, Jr.; her children, Marion R. Lawler III (Marcela) of Rancho Viejo and Karen K. Lawler of Stockbridge, Georgia; grandchildren Maria...
Annie Elizabeth Earley
Jan 6, 2008
Annie Elizabeth Newell Earley Flower Mound, TX: Annie peacefully went to her heavenly home surrounded by love on Sunday, January 6, 2008 in Flower Mound, Texas. She was born October 7, 1910 in Pasadena, Texas to Martha Jane and Francis David Newell, the tenth of eleven children. In 1922, Annie moved with her family to Rio Hondo, Texas, married John...
Vincent D. Carruth
Jan 5, 2008
Harlingen: Vincent D. Carruth, CMDR U.S.N. (Ret), passed away at Rio Grande Regional Hospital in McAllen on January 5, 2008. He was 84. He was born in New Orleans, LA on July 19, 1923 to Bruce D. and Corrine Streck Carruth. He entered the Navy in New Orleans on July 1942 as an aviation cadet and received his wings in...
Henrietta Ghilino
Jan 4, 2008
Dateline: Harlingen: Henrietta Ghilino, 77, passed away at 4:00 PM, Friday, January 4, 2008 at her home in Harlingen, Texas. Henrietta was born October 4, 1930 to Clifford and Helen Mason in Canon City, Colorado one of six children. Henrietta will be dearly misstd by her loving husband of 59 years, David; daughter, Janet Bates and Michael of Newton, Kansas;...
Dolores "Dolly" T. Taylor
Jan 1, 2008
Harlingen: Dolores (Dolly) T. Schoeppner Taylor, 78, passed away Tuesday, January 1, 2008 in Harlingen. Dolly was a former owner, with her husband Jim, of a local new car dealership in Harlingen. Dolly was a spirited and giving person. She loved traveling with her husband around the country in their motor home visiting family and friends. She along with her...
Rosa M. Aguilar
Jan 1, 2008
SAN BENITO, TX: Rosa M. Aguilar, 58, passed away on Tuesday, January 1, 2008 Retama Manor in Raymondville, Texas. Rosa was born on March 9, 1949 in Santa Rosa, Texas to Carlos and Maximinia Martinez. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Andres Aguilar, Jr.; and her siblings, Manuel Martinez, Carlos Martinez, Jr., Adelfa Solorzano, Nereida Martinez,...
John Leonard Marlow
Dec 27, 2007
HARLINGEN: John Leonard Marlow, 58, a partner in the accounting firm of Chidester, Marlow, and Hamby entered into eternal rest on the evening of December 27, 2007. He passed away at home surrounded by family and close personal friends. He was born in Tryon, North Carolina on August 12, 1949 to William Loretta Marlow and Helen Turpin Marlow (deceased). John...
Simm Allen Powell
Dec 26, 2007
LOS FRESNOS, TX: Simm Allen Powell, 74, passed away on Wednesday, December 26, 2007 at Valley Baptist Medical Center in Harlingen, TX. Simm was born September 22, 1933 in Dallas, Texas to Francis W. Powell and Ruby Gaylor Powell. He had an Associates Degree in Business and was employed by Marathan Leterourneu Amfels as a Licensed Boat Captain for 20...
Jeannette Closner Ross
Dec 25, 2007
Jeannette Closner Ross HARLINGEN: Jeannette, age 84, went to be with her Lord, December 25, 2007. She was born in Edinburg, Texas. She graduated from the Edinburg schools and then attended Business College in San Antonio. Jeannette and her husband, “Ross”, moved to Harlingen when he opened Baker Shoe Store. She was very active in the City Council P.T.A. She...
Joseph Edward Mann, Jr.
Dec 23, 2007
Joseph Edward Mann, Jr. Harlingen: Joseph Edward Mann, Jr., age 65, passed away December 23, 2007 following a long battle with FTD/ALS. Ed was born in Salesville, TX April 21, 1942 to Joseph Edward Mann and Ethel Louise Bennett Mann. Ed grew up in Ft. Worth, TX graduating in 1960 from Paschal High School. He received a Bachelor of Business...
Betty Ann Price Halbrook
Dec 22, 2007
Betty Ann Price Halbrook Harlingen: Betty Ann left us peacefully to go home to her Lord Saturday, Dec. 22, 2007. She had fought several health battles for 4 long years and finally, in her own words announced she was through. Born Betty Ann Ottwell on April 19, 1929 to her loving parents, Sigel Ottwell and Gertrude Cloniger in Woodriver, IL....
William Thomas Fee, Jr.
Dec 19, 2007
Tommy Fee SAN BENITO, TX: William Thomas “Tommy” Fee, Jr., 45, passed away on Wednesday, December 19, 2007 at his residence after a sudden illness. Tommy was born on February 28, 1962 in San Diego, CA to William and Ethel Fee, who preceded him in death. He graduated from Sinton High School in Sinton, TX and from Corpus Christi State...
Rosanna C. Leaks
Dec 4, 2007
HARLINGEN, TX: Rosanna C. Leaks, 95, went to be with her Lord on Tuesday, December 4, 2007 at Harlingen Nursing Center. Rosanna was born August 3, 1912 to Nathaniel Childs and Annie Hillard Childs. She was a lifetime resident of Harlingen and an active member of Mount Zion Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband Carlton L....
