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Dolly Lee Kitchens

Dolly Lee Kitchens

Apr 16, 2011

Dolly Lee Kitchens, 94, of Columbus GA, formerly of Ballinger, TX died Saturday afternoon April 16, 2011 at Magnolia Manor. Dolly was born on April 24, 1916 in Leroy, TX to Joe Payne and Dolly Lee (Smith) Briley. She married Albert E. Kitchens in Junction, TX on March 16, 1940. They moved to the Ballinger community in 1948. Dolly...

Frank Clifford Rodriguez

Frank Clifford Rodriguez

Apr 6, 2011

Frank Clifford Rodriguez, 52, of Ballinger passed away Wednesday, April 6, 2011 at Shannon Medical Center in San Angelo. He was born July 4, 1958 in Ballinger to Cleofas and Herminia (Esquivel) Rodriguez. Frank and Nelda Patino were married in Ballinger in 1984. He was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church and the Guadalupanos of the church. He...

Staci Lea Belk

Staci Lea Belk

Apr 6, 2011

Staci Belk, 39, loving wife and mother, passed on to her eternal home on Wednesday afternoon, April 6, 2011 as the result of an automobile accident near Rowena, Texas. Staci Taylor was born November 9, 1971 in Houston, Texas. She was a 1990 graduate of Ballinger High School and received her teaching degree from Angelo State University. She had...

Hiram Calvin Watkins

Hiram Calvin Watkins

Apr 4, 2011

Hiram Calvin Watkins, 79, of Mimbres, New Mexico passed away Monday, April 4, 2011 at a nursing center in Las Cruces, New Mexico. He was born June 16, 1931 to Joseph Robert and Margaret Elizabeth (Carlile) Watkins in Roscoe, Texas. Calvin married Mae Dell Paschal on May 31, 1951 in Runnels County and was employed as a contract truck...

Anna Lee Mueller

Anna Lee Mueller

Apr 2, 2011

Anna Lee Mueller, 50 of Roscoe, TX died Saturday, April 2, 2011 at Rolling Plains Memorial Hospital in Sweetwater. Anna was born on May 29, 1960 in San Angelo, TX to Roy and Judith Shiller. She graduated from Miles High School in 1978 and attended San Angelo State University for two years. On June 12, 1982 Anna married the...

Oscar Jesus Ruiz

Oscar Jesus Ruiz

Mar 31, 2011

Oscar Jesus Ruiz, 56, of Paint Rock passed away Thursday, March 31, 2011 at his residence. He was born December 10, 1954 in Zaragoza, Coahuila, Mexico to Pedro and Julia (Lucio) Ruiz. Oscar and Norma Yolanda Mata were married in Zaragoza on April 15, 1978. For 23 years he had been employed as custodian and bus driver for Paint...

Vicky Ray Long

Vicky Ray Long

Mar 25, 2011

Vicky Ray Long, 55 of Ballinger passed away Friday evening, March 25, 2011 at Ballinger Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center. She was born June 5, 1955 in Ft. Stockton, TX to Jim and Mary Loyce (Burks) Ray. She was preceded in death by her parents and a granddaughter, Charlotte Shaw. Vicky is survived by her daughters, Tiki Shaw and husband,...

Anna Mae Frenzel

Anna Mae Frenzel

Mar 21, 2011

Anna Mae Frenzel, lifetime resident of the Olfen/Rowena area, passed away late Monday evening, March 21, 2011 at Shannon Medical Center in San Angelo at age 76. She was born July 1, 1934 in Olfen to Otto T. and Amelia (Lange) Halfmann. Anna Mae and Lawrence R. Frenzel were married September 14, 1957 in Olfen. She was a faithful...

Doyle Cole Rinn

Doyle Cole Rinn

Mar 20, 2011

Doyle Cole Rinn, 46, of Ballinger passed away Sunday, March 20, 2011 at Ballinger Memorial Hospital. He was born April 7, 1964 in Littlefield to Doyle Lee Rinn and Ann (Barnhill) Beisel. Doyle had lived in Ballinger since 1967 and was a purchasing agent for Muellers, Inc. One of his special interests was motorcycles, and he dreamed of owning...

Irmatha Haliburton

Irmatha Haliburton

Mar 16, 2011

Irmatha Haliburton, 92, of Ballinger passed away Wednesday, March 16, 2011 at Runnels County Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. She was born June 18, 1918 in Henderson County, Texas to Ira Lee and Nora Bell (Wood) Talley. Irmatha and Billie Jack Haliburton were married March 14, 1942 in Green Cove Springs, Florida. He preceded her in death December 7, 1995....

Blasa Lara Cordova

Blasa Lara Cordova

Mar 16, 2011

Blasa Lara Cordova, 84, of Ballinger passed away Wednesday, March 16, 2011 at Ballinger Memorial Hospital. She was born February 3, 1927 in Harlingen, Texas to Santos and Manuela (Castanon) Lara. Blasa and Jose Cordova were married March 16, 1956 in Brownsville. She had lived in the community since 1961 and was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church...

Virgil Paul Cornett

Virgil Paul Cornett

Mar 6, 2011

Virgil Paul Cornett, 84, of Ballinger passed away at his residence on Sunday March 6, 2011. He was born December 24, 1926 in Lamesa, Texas to Jesse Allen and Eva Gertrude (Hester) Cornett. He proudly served his country in the US Army during WWII. Paul and Barbara Schneider were married in Welch, Texas on November 30, 1952. (He would...

Dorcie L. Green

Dorcie L. Green

Feb 27, 2011

Dorcie Green, 91, of Ballinger passed away Sunday morning, February 27, 2011 at Ballinger Healthcare and Rehab Center. She was born on November 4, 1919 in Ryan, Oklahoma to Carey S. and Nellie (Lee) Fowler. She married Glen Doyle Green on November 2, 1940 in Floydada. They moved to Ballinger in 1951, and he preceded her in death on...

Patsy Jean Wood

Patsy Jean Wood

Feb 22, 2011

Patsy J. Wood, 69, of Ballinger passed away Tuesday, February 22, 2011 at Ballinger Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center. She was born August 15, 1941 in Runnels County to R. Patrick and Clara May (Chrisco) Leggett. She was employed for a time as a baker for Mrs. Baird’s Bread. She is survived by a daughter, Theresa Larson of Colorado Springs,...

Leota Enid Boothe

Leota Enid Boothe

Feb 18, 2011

Leota Enid Boothe passed from this life on February 18, 2011, five days short of her 90th birthday. She was born in Enid, Oklahoma on February 23, 1921 to Alexander and Anne (Latham) Odom. They moved to the Ballinger area that same year and she was raised in the Blanton and Crews areas on the family farm and ranch....

Henry G. Fuentes

Henry G. Fuentes

Feb 14, 2011

Henry G. Fuentes, 69, of Ballinger passed away February 14, 2011 at Runnels County Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. He was born in Acuna, Mexico on March 13, 1941 to Manuel V. and Juanita (Guerrero) Fuentes. He and Elvira Escobar were married April 27, 1959 in Rowena. Henry was employed by Mueller Supply as a pre-fab machine operator for many...

Dawse E. Switzer

Dawse E. Switzer

Feb 12, 2011

Dawse E. Switzer, 88, of Ballinger passed away Saturday, February 12, 2011 in Ballinger. Dawse was born September 5, 1922 to William David and Ethel Birdie (Redman) Switzer in McCauley, Texas. He was a faithful member of the 9th Street Church of Christ. While serving in the Army in WWII he was in a unit that received two Presidential...

Ida Faye Hill

Ida Faye Hill

Feb 2, 2011

Ida Faye Hill, 92, of Ballinger passed away Wednesday, February 2, 2011 at Hendrick Medical Center in Abilene. She was born August 6, 1918 in Runnels County, Texas to Perry A. and Mattie (Brookshear) Pullin. Ida and Cecil Chester Hill were married December 21, 1935 in Ballinger. He preceded her in death June 24, 1980. Seamstress Extraordinaire, Mrs. Hill...

Lilly A. Schwertner Schraer

Lilly A. Schwertner Schraer

Jan 29, 2011

Lilly A. Schwertner Schraer of Rowena passed away Saturday, January 29, 2011 at a nursing home in Brownwood at age 90. She was born October 30, 1920 to Frank and Adala (Ernst) Schwertner in Runnels County. She grew up in Rowena/Lowake, and was a lifelong resident of the area. Lilly married Arnold Schraer on October 28, 1941, just two...

Edward "Doug" Douglas Cox

Edward "Doug" Douglas Cox

Jan 27, 2011

Knowing he was well loved, Edward Douglas Cox died peacefully in a local hospital on January 27, 2011, following a brief illness. Cox was born in Paint Rock, Texas, February 9, 1923 to Mr. and Mrs. Edward Sterling Cox. Cox married his lifelong sweetheart, Winnie Merle Adair, on June 12, 1943, forming a partnership filled with abiding love, laughter,...

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