Obituaries

Norma Copeland

Norma Copeland

Mar 29, 2015

Norma Copeland, 80, passed away Sunday, March 29, 2015. Services will be 10 am Friday, April 3, 2015 at First Baptist Church China Spring, with Pastor Mike Copeland officiating. Burial will follow at Patrick Cemetery. Visitation will be 6 to 8 pm Thursday at OakCrest Funeral Home. Mrs. Copeland was born to Wylie Barrington and Mary Morse Barrington. She was...

Artie Smith

Artie Smith

Mar 28, 2015

Artie Mae Smith August 28, 1948 – March 28, 2015 Artie Mae Smith, 66, passed away Saturday, March 28, 2015. Graveside Service will be 2 p.m. Friday, April 3, 2015 at the Moore Cemetery in Chalk Bluff, TX. Artie Mae was preceded in death by her parents, Archie and Sadie (O’Vaugh) Moffett; husband, Ace Smith; children Johnny Phillips, Jr., Sandra...

Guy Davis

Guy Davis

Mar 28, 2015

Guy Davis August 15, 1927 – March 27, 2015 Guy Davis of Hewitt, passed away suddenly Friday, March 27, at Providence Hospital. Services will be 12 noon Wednesday, April 1, at Central Texas Veterans Cemetery. Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. Tuesday at OakCrest Funeral Home, 4520 Bosque Blvd. Guy enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1944, serving with distinction and...

Lavalta Willis

Lavalta Willis

Mar 28, 2015

Penny Allen Willis, 74, of Waco passed away March 28, 2015 with her family by her side. Services will be 1 p.m. Thursday, April 2, at OakCrest Funeral Home with Mr. Bert Mercer of Brookview Church of Christ officiating. Burial will follow at Waco Memorial Park. Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, April 1, at OakCrest Funeral Home, 4520 Bosque...

Pernell Peterson

Pernell Peterson

Mar 27, 2015

Pernell J. Peterson August 20, 1916 – March 27 2015 Pernell J. “Pete” Peterson, 98, passed away Friday, March 27, 2015, following a brief illness. Visitation will be held 12:30 pm Monday, March 30, 2015 at St. Matthew Lutheran Church, 800 N. New Road, followed by services at 1:30 p.m. with Rev. Paul Krupicka officiating. Burial will follow at Chapel...

Gordon Dalton

Gordon Dalton

Mar 26, 2015

Gordon Wayne Dalton Born April 17, 1925 -- Died March 26, 2015 He was born to Robert D Dalton and Hattie Alexander Dalton in Tye, Texas. He served his country in the US Army from 1943 to 1945. His parents preceded him in death, also his brothers: J. M. Dalton, Billy Mac Dalton, Elbert Dalton, Alec Dalton and Jerry Carl...

Geraldine Kizer

Geraldine Kizer

Mar 24, 2015

Geraldine R. (Jerry) Kizer, 101, of Waco passed away Tuesday, March 24, 2015 at her residence. Services will be 2 p.m. Friday, March 27, at Waco Memorial Park Mausoleum Chapel with Rev. Richard Rust officiating. Visitation will be 1:30 – 2 p.m. Friday prior to the service. Jerry was born September 27, 1913 in Wabash, In., to Jerome and Grace...

Glendon Dezell

Glendon Dezell

Mar 21, 2015

Glendon O. DeZell October 12, 1921 – March 21, 2015 Glendon slipped his earthly bonds calmly, to don his heavenly robes and continue to serve his God and Savior as he was called Home on March 21, 2015. Services will be 11 a.m. Wednesday, March 25, at OakCrest Funeral Home. Burial will be 3 p.m. Wednesday at the Mexia City...

Irene Martin

Irene Martin

Mar 19, 2015

Irene Martin July 20, 1946 - March 19, 2015 Irene Martin of Waco, wife of Garland Martin, passed away March 19, 2015. Friends and family will meet at OakCrest Funeral Home at 9 a.m. Tuesday, March 24, for a procession to Waco Memorial Park where a graveside service will begin at 10 am. Visitation will be 6-8 pm, Monday, March...

Robert Boone

Robert Boone

Mar 11, 2015

Robert E. Boone November 11, 1934 - March 11, 2015 Robert Eugene Boone, 80, passed away Wednesday, March 11, 2015. Services will 3 p.m. Saturday, March 14, 2015 at OakCrest Funeral Home with Rev. Curtis Holland officiating. Visitation will be 6-8 pm Friday, March 13, 2015 at OakCrest Funeral Home. He was preceded in death by his sisters, Gladys Cloer,...

John Simcik

John Simcik

Mar 11, 2015

John Cecil Simcik, 94, slipped his earthly bonds on March 11, 2015. Rosary will be recited at 10 a.m. prior to Funeral Mass at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, March 21, 2015 at St. Louis Catholic Church with Father Cyril Ejaidu officiating. Burial will be private. He was born in Waco on February 4, 1921 to Czech Moravian immigrants John and Mary...

Arnold Callaway

Arnold Callaway

Mar 10, 2015

Arnold L. Callaway May 15, 1917 – March 10, 2015 Arnold Lafayette Callaway, 97, passed away Tuesday, March 10, 2015. Graveside Services will be 10 a.m. Saturday, March 14, 2015 at Oakwood Cemetery, 2124 S 5th St, Waco, TX 76706. Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. Friday, March 13, 2015 at OakCrest Funeral Home, 4520 Bosque Blvd, Waco, TX 76710. Arnold...

Walter Eslinger

Walter Eslinger

Mar 7, 2015

Walter T. Eslinger Sept. 7 1940 - March 7, 2015 Walter Thomas Eslinger,74, of Woodway, TX, left this world on his and God’s terms on Saturday evening, March 7, 2015, surrounded by his wife and children following a brief battle with Cancer. The family will receive visitors on Wednesday, March 11, 6 p.m. - 8 p.m., at the Crestview Church...

Pauline Ruiz

Pauline Ruiz

Mar 7, 2015

Pauline Ruiz June 7, 1932 – March 7, 2015 Pauline Hurtado Ruiz, 82, passed away Saturday, March 7, 2015. Services will 10 a.m. Friday, March 13, 2015 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church with Father Benjamin Magnaye officiating. Rosary will be 7 p.m. Thursday, March 12, 2015, with visitation prior, at OakCrest Funeral Home, 4520 Bosque Blvd. Pauline was born June...

Kenneth Smallwood

Kenneth Smallwood

Mar 4, 2015

Kenneth Leo Smallwood Dec 2, 1934 - Mar. 4, 2015 Kenneth Leo "Bobby" Smallwood passed away Wednesday, March 4, 2015 in Blytheville, Arkansas on his way home from the funeral of his wife of 61 years, which was held in their hometown of Elizabethtown, Kentucky. He had been suffering from lung cancer and COPD for some time and was too...

Mildred Baker

Mildred Baker

Mar 3, 2015

Mildred Inez Baker November 2, 1922 - March 3, 2015 Mildred Inez Baker, 92, passed away Tuesday, March 3, 2015. Services are private as requested by family. Mildred Inez Baker was born near Kosse, Limestone Co, Texas on November 2, 1922 to Roy Lee Harper and Sidney Laverne Kindred Harper. She graduated from Marline High School in 1938 and attended...

Mary Perez

Mary Perez

Mar 3, 2015

Mary Perez June 13, 1932 - March 3, 2015 Mary Perez, 82, passed away on March 3, 2015. Memorial Service will be 2 p.m. Saturday, March 7, 2015 at OakCrest Funeral Home, 4520 Bosque Blvd. She is survived by her nieces and nephews, Irene Tijerina, Paul Gomez, Margaret, Helen Jordan and Andrew Samaron.

Aubrey Burge

Aubrey Burge

Feb 27, 2015

Aubrey Burge Jr., 88, of Waco, passed away Friday, February 27, 2015. Services will be 1 p.m. Tuesday, March 3, at Peace Lutheran Church, 9301 Panther Way, Hewitt, with Rev. Stephen Rynearson officiating. Burial will be at Fairview Cemetery in Hubbard. Visitation will be 5-7 p.m. Monday, Mach 2, at OakCrest Funeral Home, 4520 Bosque Boulevard. A.B. was born March...

Alice Smallwood

Alice Smallwood

Feb 26, 2015

Alice Rosemary Smallwood February 15, 1934 - February 26, 2015 Alice Rosemary (Dillingham) Smallwood, of China Spring, passed away Thursday, February 26, 2015 at her home with complications from COPD. Services will be 1p.m. Saturday, February 28, at the OakCrest Funeral Home, 4520 Bosque Boulevard, with her grandson, Cpt Chaplain Arthur Dickerson, III officiating. Alice will then go home to...

Melba Melendy

Melba Melendy

Feb 22, 2015

Melba Melendy September 6, 1923 – February 22, 2015 Melba Frances Gaston Melendy passed away Sunday, February 22, 2015 at her home in Hewitt. A memorial service will be held Saturday, March 14 at 11:00 a.m. at Christ the King Baptist Church, 4777 Lake Shore Dr, Waco, TX 76710. She was born September 6, 1923 in Morrowville, KS, the second...

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