Obituaries
Malcolm Davis
Feb 7, 2009
Malcolm Carl “Papa Mack” Davis of San Angelo passed away Saturday, February 7, 2009 at Shannon Medical Center in San Angelo. He was 76 years old. He was born May 26, 1932 in Ballinger to Clayton and Jimmie Davis. On June 21, 1955 he married Patricia Darlene Kraatz, who preceded him in death April 24, 1977. He then married...
Juanita Huddleston Burk
Feb 6, 2009
Juanita Huddleston Burk, longtime resident of Ballinger, passed away Friday, February 6, 2009 at Kindred Hospital/Rehabilitation Center in Arlington. She was 97. She was born to Robert Lee and Lena Golden Parker Huddleston on January 7, 1912 in Runnels County, Texas at the family farm house near Ballinger. Her wedding was performed at that same farm house on June...
Stephen Lynn Kershman
Feb 5, 2009
Stephen Lynn Kershman, 57, of Talpa passed away Thursday, February 5, 2009 in Ballinger. He was born November 6, 1951 in Beaver, Oklahoma to Chester Kershman and Geneva Williams Sensabaugh. He was employed as a mechanic and also ranched. During the Vietnam War he served his country in the Marine Corps. He was a NASCAR enthusiast and for several...
Millie Currie Middleton
Jan 20, 2009
Millie Currie Middleton, longtime and well-known resident of Ballinger, passed away Tuesday, January 20, 2009 at her residence. She was 77. Millie was born in Troy, New York on August 24, 1931 to Joseph V. and Kathryn Kelso Benis. She married Herbert W. “Hub” Currie, Jr. on May 17, 1962 in Mexico. He passed away October 16, 1982. Millie...
Mary A. Watkins
Jan 20, 2009
Mary Watkins went to meet her Lord and Savior on January 20, 2009. Mary was born on April 23, 1916 to Wilson and Maude (Bryant) Morgan. She graduated from high school in Oklahoma and shortly thereafter moved to Runnels County with her family. Mary married the love of her life, L. B. Watkins, on November 12, 1938. They spent...
Mae Cook
Jan 17, 2009
Mae Cook, 82, of Ballinger died early Saturday morning, January 17, 2009 in a local hospital. Mae was born on May 16, 1926 in Runnels County, Texas to W. E. (Bill) and Sigrid Johnson Hamilton. She married Elves (Cotton) Cook on January 13, 1945 in Ballinger. He preceded her in death on April 22, 2004. She worked in the...
Bonnie J. Herring
Jan 15, 2009
Bonnie J. Herring, 79, of Ballinger passed away Thursday, January 15, 2009 at Ballinger Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center. She was born February 3, 1929 in Bronte to Joe and Beulah Smith Brock. All her life she faithfully provided for her family and others as a homemaker and caregiver. She was a good, loving mother and grandmother and was especially...
Christina Recinsky
Jan 9, 2009
Christina Recinsky, 86, of San Angelo and formerly of Rowena passed away Friday, January 9, 2009 at Baptist Retirement Community in San Angelo. She was born on November 27, 1922 in Rowena to Vaclav and Theresa Strakos Recinsky. She served with the Army Air Wacs as a medical corpsman during WWII. She worked for Monarch Tile in San Angelo...
Louis D. Cavazos
Jan 6, 2009
Louis D. Cavazos, 68, of Ballinger, died Tuesday, January 6, 2009 at a local nursing home with family and loved ones around. He was born April 4, 1940 in El Charco, Texas to Domingo, Sr. and Concha Cavazos. On February 18, 1959 he married Florinda Trevino. He was a carpenter and painter in the Ballinger area for many years....
Barbra Ann Gray
Jan 5, 2009
Barbra Ann Gray, age 73, of Ballinger, went home to her heavenly Father and into the loving arms of her husband, Herchel, on Monday evening, January 5, 2009 at her home, surrounded by her family. She was born on April 13, 1935 in Littlefield, TX to Jack and Iris Ethel (Bamburg) Whitten. She married Herchel Gray on April 29,...
Bobby Bruce Brem
Jan 4, 2009
Bobby Bruce Brem, 76, of Paint Rock, passed away Sunday, January 4, 2009 at the VA Hospital in Big Spring, Texas. He was born May 5, 1932 in Crane Texas to Joseph and Lilly May (Yaws) Brem. He served his country in the US Army during the Korean War. On February 26, 1987 he and Martha P. Perez were...
Lillian Faye Gotcher
Jan 4, 2009
Lillian Faye Akins Gotcher, 91, of Ballinger, died Sunday, January 4, 2009 at Ballinger Memorial Hospital. The memorial service will be at 1:30 P.M. on Tuesday, January 6, 2009 at Hopewell Baptist Church near Winters, Texas. Her brothers, Ferris Akins and Bynum Akins, and her nephew, Marty Akins, will officiate. She will be privately interred at Wilson Mausoleum in...
Robert Douglas Kresta
Dec 30, 2008
Robert D. Kresta of Ft. Stockton and formerly of Ballinger passed away Tuesday December 30, 2008 in Midland Memorial Hospital at age 81. He was born October 30, 1927 in Ballinger to Julius L. and Roxie Ann (Eckert) Kresta. On June 27, 1950 he and Billie June Jones were married in Lovington, NM. The couple raised a family and...
Rev. Msgr. Louis Bernard Moeller
Dec 29, 2008
Reverend Monsignor Louis B. Moeller, 83, of Ballinger passed away Monday, December 29, 2008 at Ballinger Memorial Hospital. Msgr. Moeller was born December 13, 1925 to Joe C. and Mary (Multer) Moeller at Olfen, Texas. The family moved to Rowena in 1933. He completed 12 years of schooling at St. Joseph School in Rowena before entering the seminary. He...
William Selby
Dec 21, 2008
William “Bill” Selby, 89, of Ballinger passed away early Sunday morning, December 21, 2008 at Ballinger Memorial Hospital, surrounded by his family. Bill was born on February 15, 1919 to William Lee and Bessie Shotwell Selby in Hill County, Texas. He served his country during WWII in the US Army, achieving the rank of Staff Sergeant. In 1940 he...
Neuman Ezell Smith
Dec 18, 2008
Neuman E. Smith, lifetime resident of Runnels County, passed away Thursday, December 18, 2008 at Runnels County Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Ballinger. He was 92 years old. He was born November 23, 1916 on the family farm in the Barnett Community, seven miles northwest of Ballinger. His parents were Charles Randolf Smith, born September 13, 1874 west of...
Zane Grey Mcwilliams
Dec 13, 2008
Zane Grey McWilliams, age 82, of Ballinger passed away Saturday morning, December 13, 2008. Zane was born February 8, 1926 in Norton, Texas. He grew up on the family ranch, the youngest of five children of Shannon and Dora (Herring) McWilliams. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, and married his hometown sweetheart, Arvena Kendrick, on...
Ben H. Taylor, Jr.
Dec 9, 2008
Ben Taylor, Jr. of Ballinger, formerly of Bronte, passed away Tuesday, December 9, 2008 at Ballinger Memorial Hospital after a lengthy illness. He was 84. He was born June 15, 1924 in Norton, Texas to Ben H., Sr. and Dillie Amanda (Rhodes) Taylor. Ben married Eula Mae Mitchell on November 19, 1954 in Lovington, New Mexico, and the couple...
Rodney Allen Watson
Dec 9, 2008
Rodney Allen Watson, longtime and well known resident of Rowena, passed away Tuesday, December 9, 2008 at his residence. He was 79. He was born December 26, 1928 in Pine Level, North Carolina to Jacob Floyd and Rena (Collier) Watson, the seventeenth of twenty children, and grew up working on the family tobacco farm. He joined the Army Air...
Milton Edward Dankworth
Dec 6, 2008
Milton Edward Dankworth, age 80, of Ballinger died Saturday, December 6, 2008 at Shannon Medical Center in San Angelo. Born April 9, 1928 in Ballinger, Texas to James Ellis Dankworth and Sadie Eloise (Boggess) Dankworth, Ed grew up in Ballinger before joining the 82nd Airborne. He went to Hollywood in his early twenties to become a singing cowboy, and...
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