Obituaries
Miriam Knight
Oct 21, 2013
Miriam Raye Knight, 88, of Waco, passed away October 21, 2013 at Wesley Woods Care Center. Services will be held Monday October 28 at 1:00 PM at Oakcrest Funeral Home with graveside at Rosemound Cemetery in Waco. Visitation with the family will be 6-8 p.m. Sunday, October 27 at OakCrest FuneralHome, 4520 Bosque Blvd Waco, TX. Mrs. Knight was born...
Verna Dawson
Oct 19, 2013
Verna Dawson, 96, of Waco, passed away Saturday, October 19, 2013 in Waco. Graveside service will be 1:00 p.m. Saturday, October 26, 2013 at Rosemound Cemetery. Verna was born July 6, 1917 in Bosqueville to Willie Manning and Clementine Danforth Manning. She married Billye Dawson in 1955 and they were happily married for 50 years until his death April 19,...
Valerie Staley
Oct 18, 2013
Valerie “Tita” Staley, 89, of Waco passed away Friday, October 18, 2013 in a local care center. Graveside services will be at 2:30 PM, Tuesday, October 22, at Oakwood Cemetery with Bruce Mercer officiating . Visitation will be 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM Monday, October 21, 2013 at Oakcrest Funeral Home. Valerie was born May 2, 1924 in Erath to...
Blanche Boggs
Oct 18, 2013
Eva Blanche Davis Boggs was born July 13, 1919 in Hastings, Oklahoma, to Walter and Grace Davis. The third of five children, she is the last of her generation in that family. She married Durward Boggs November 25, 1938, in Haskell, TX. Together they had four children, Ken (Carolyn) Boggs of Lantana, TX; David (Jeanie) Boggs of Sherman, TX; Carol...
Jane Ilbery
Oct 18, 2013
Jane Ellen Ilbery July 25, 1918 – October 18, 2013 Jane Ellen Brown Ilbery went home to be with the Lord on Friday, October 18, 2013 with her loved ones at her side. Services will be 10 a.m. Wednesday, at OakCrest Funeral Home with the Rev. Stephen Ramsdell officiating. A rendition of “He” will be sung by Crystal Mattiza, granddaughter-in-law....
Billie Rankin
Oct 17, 2013
Billie Louise Rankin, 86, of Waco, passed away Wednesday, October 16, 2013 at Providence Health Center. Funeral services will be 1:00 p.m. Monday, October 21, 2013 at OakCrest Funeral Home with burial to follow at Waco Memorial Park. Visitation with her family will be 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Sunday, at OakCrest Funeral Home, 4520 Bosque Blvd. Billie Louise Graves...
Charles Franklin
Oct 16, 2013
Charles “Chuck” Franklin, 41, passed away October 16, 2013 in Kemp, Texas. A memorial service will be 2:30 p.m. Sunday, November 10, 2013 at Western Heights Baptist Church in Waco. Burial with full military honors was held 1:00 p.m. Friday, November 8, 2013 at Dallas-Ft. Worth National Cemetery. Chuck was born in Waco at Hillcrest Hospital July 20, 1972 to...
Billie Thibodeau
Oct 16, 2013
Billie Thibodeau departed this life on Wednesday, October 16, 2013 in Waco at Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center. Graveside services will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday, October 26, 2013 at the Waco Memorial Park Mausoleum Chapel. Billie was born in Dallas to William and Gertrude Trudy Garrison. She graduated from Waco High School and went on to obtain an Associate’s degree from...
Lillian Price
Oct 15, 2013
Lillian Elizabeth Price August 29, 1924 – October 15, 2013 Lillian Elizabeth (Liz) Price, 89, of Waco, wife of Lt. Col James B. Price, Ret., went to be with our Lord Father Tuesday, October 15, 2013. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Friday, October 18, 2013 at OakCrest Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Moore Cemetery in Chalk Bluff. Visitation...
Edna Truitt
Oct 15, 2013
Edna Truitt February 27, 1923 – October 15, 2013 Edna Truitt, 90, of Waco, passed away Tuesday, October 15, 2013 in a local care center. Funeral services will be 1:00 p.m. Friday, October 18, 2013 at First Lutheran Church, 1008 Jefferson Avenue. Burial will follow at Waco Memorial Park. Edna was born February 27, 1923 to Henry Edward Jacobs and...
Jo Duff
Oct 13, 2013
Jo Ann, 84, of Waco passed away Sunday, October 13, 2013 at her home surrounded by her family. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, October 17, 2013 at Oakwood Cemetery with Rev. Doug Blackford of the Cogdell Methodist Church officiating. Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 16, at OakCrest Funeral Home, 4520 Bosque Boulevard. Jo Ann was...
Victor Cooper
Oct 11, 2013
Victor Kenneth Cooper, Sr., 94, passed away Friday, October 11, 2013. A celebration of his life will be 11:30 am Monday, October 14, 2013 at First Baptist Church, Waco with Dr. Matt Snowden and Dr. Randall Perry officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service Monday from 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. Burial with military honors will follow at...
Elaine Hanley
Oct 11, 2013
Elaine Springborn Hanley, 83 of Waco, died Friday October 11, 2013 at Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center. Graveside services will be 10 a.m., Monday October 14, 2013 at Oakwood Cemetery with Father John Guzaldo officiating. Elaine was born June 26, 1930 in Buffalo, New York to Francis and Cecila Springborn. She was preceded in death by her husband, William T. Hanley....
Margie Nelson
Oct 8, 2013
Margie Nelson, 85, of China Spring, went to be with her Lord and Savior Tuesday, October 8, 2013. Services will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday, October 12, at OakCrest Funeral Home with Chaplain Curtis Holland and Reverend Joe Miller officiating. Burial will follow at China Spring Cemetery. Visitation with Margie’s family will be 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Friday, October 11,...
Catherine Arnold
Oct 6, 2013
Catherine Ann Arnold July 8, 1955 – October 6, 2013 Catherine Ann Arnold, 58, of Waco, recently of Austin, passed away October 6, 2013 in Waco. Visitation will be at 10:30 am prior to the service at 11 am on Wednesday, Oct. 9 at OakCrest Funeral Home. Pastor Greg Van Cort will preside. Burial will follow at Oakwood Cemetery. Catherine...
Gary Carrigan
Oct 6, 2013
Gary Michael "Porkchop" Carrigan September 20, 1949 - October 6, 2013 Gary Carrigan, 64, passed away on October 6, 2013. Services will be 11 a.m. Thursday, October 10, at the OakCrest Funeral Home Chapel, 4520 Bosque Boulevard, Waco, with Rev. Deryl Leblanc of Abundant New Life church officiating. Burial will follow in Waco Memorial Cemetery. Gary was born September 20,...
Patsy Elrod
Oct 5, 2013
Patsy Ruth Elrod, 83, of Waco, passed away Saturday, October 05, 2013 in a Waco hospital. At her request there will be no services. Patsy was born August 20, 1930 in Waco to Roy and Violet Horner. She was retired from Civil Service. She is survived by her sister, Barbara Rickard of Waco; two sons, Michael Gullette of Mason and...
John Byrum
Oct 2, 2013
John James Byrum October 23, 1932 – October 2, 2013 John James Byrum experienced ultimate healing and went home to his Father on October 2, 2013. Mr. Byrum has found rest in the arms of God; his earthly remains will be interred at the China Spring Cemetery at noon on Saturday, October 5th, 2013. Mr. Byrum was born on October...
Lee Puckett
Oct 2, 2013
Lee Puckett, retired Waco funeral director, died on his birthday, October 2, 2013, at his home in Harlingen, Texas. He was a graduate of the Dallas Institute of Mortuary Science. Services are pending at OakCrest Funeral Home, Waco, Texas.
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