Obituaries

Samoila Marton

Samoila Marton

Sep 11, 2008

Samoila Marton Sr. went home to live in eternal peace with our Lord and Savior on September 11, 2008. Funeral services will be Monday, September 15, 2008 at 2 pm at the OakCrest Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Jim Drysdale officiating. Burial will follow at Axtell Cemetery. A rosary will be recited by Father David Leibham at 1:30 pm Sunday,...

Lloyd King

Lloyd King

Sep 11, 2008

__________________________________________________________________________ Lloyd D. King, Sr., 84, of Hewitt, passed away September 11, 2008. Services will be 10 a.m. Monday at OakCrest Funeral Home with Rev. Curtis Holland officiating. Burial with military honors will be 2 p.m. Monday at Central Texas Veterans Cemetery. Visitation will be 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. Sunday at OakCrest Funeral Home, 4520 Bosque Blvd. Lloyd was...

Harvey Morrow

Harvey Morrow

Sep 9, 2008

__________________________________________________________________________ Harvey Joe Morrow January 6, 1932 - September 9, 2008 H. Joe Morrow, 76, of Waco died peacefully on September 9, 2008, at Wesley Woods in Waco. Services will be Saturday, Sept. 13, at 10:00 a.m. at Lake Shore Baptist Church with burial to follow at Waco Memorial Park. Rev. Sharlande Sledge and Rev. Dorisanne Cooper will officiate. (Click...

Carlos Castillo

Carlos Castillo

Sep 9, 2008

Carlos "Charlie" Castillo, son of Tomas and Adela Castillo, born August 30, 1923 in Phelan, Texas, went to his heavenly father on September 9, 2008 at the age of 85. Services will be 3 p.m. Friday, September 19, 2008 at the Dallas/Ft. Worth National Cemetery. A Texas farm boy, Charlie grew up in Bastrop County where he attended school. During...

Benedict Carter

Benedict Carter

Sep 6, 2008

__________________________________________________________________________ Benedict Carter April 21, 1956 – September 6, 2008 Benedict Carter, 52, of Houston, formerly of Nacogdoches, died Saturday, September 6, 2008 at his residence. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated 10 a.m. Thursday, September 11, 2008 at St. Louis Catholic Church with Msgr. Mark Deering officiating. Burial will follow at Holy Cross Cemetery. Rosary will be at...

Joe Boney

Joe Boney

Sep 6, 2008

__________________________________________________________________________ Joe E. Boney October 18, 1918 – September 6, 2008 Joe Boney, 89, long time Waco resident, passed away Saturday, September 6, 2008 at Lakeshore Village. Graveside services will be 10 a.m. Tuesday at Waco Memorial Park with Msgr. Mark Deering officiating. Visitation will be 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at OakCrest Funeral Home, 4520 Bosque Blvd. Mr. Boney...

Nathan Carter

Nathan Carter

Sep 6, 2008

__________________________________________________________________________ Benedict Carter April 21, 1956 – September 6, 2008 Benedict Carter, 52, passed away Saturday, September 6, 2008. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10 a.m. Thursday by Msgr. Mark Deering with burial in Holy Cross Cemetery. Visitation will be 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. Wednesday at OakCrest Funeral Home with a rosary service at 7 p.m.

Raymond Redding

Raymond Redding

Sep 6, 2008

Raymond M. Redding, 77, of Waco, passed away Saturday, September 6, 2008 at Providence Health Center. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Tuesday, September 9, 2008 at Western Heights Baptist Church with Chaplain Curtis Holland officiating. Burial will follow at Waco Memorial Park. Visitation will be 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Monday, September 8, 2008 at the OakCrest Funeral Home...

James Wiley

James Wiley

Sep 4, 2008

__________________________________________________________________________ James S. Wiley June 8, 1963 – September 4, 2008 James Scott Wiley passed away on September 4, 2008. A memorial service will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, September 10, 2008, at Central Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) with the Senior Pastor, the Rev. Richard H. Roland, officiating. James was born June 8, 1963, in Fort Worth,...

Thomas Stockton

Thomas Stockton

Sep 3, 2008

Thomas "Tommy" V. Stockton, 74, of Waco, passed away Wednesday, September 3, 2008 at Providence Health Center. Graveside services will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Rosemound Cemetery with Ernie Christie officiating. Visitation will be from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday at OakCrest Funeral Home, 4520 Bosque Blvd. Tommy was born June 29, 1934 in Waco to Lawrence Verron Stockton...

Earl Higginbotham

Earl Higginbotham

Sep 2, 2008

__________________________________________________________________________ Earl H. Higginbotham, 76, of Bruceville, passed away Tuesday, September 2, 2008 at his residence. Graveside services will be 10 a.m. Friday at Waco Memorial Park with Bro. Roy Marshall officiating. Visitation will be 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. Thursday at OakCrest Funeral Home, 4520 Bosque Blvd. A memorial video honoring his life will be shown. Earl was born...

Joan Seeger

Joan Seeger

Aug 31, 2008

Joan H. Seeger, 76, of Woodway, passed away August 31, 2008 at her residence surrounded by her loving family. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Wednesday at Trinity Lutheran Church at Badger Ranch with burial to follow at Waco Memorial Park. Joan was born July 16, 1932 in Eastern Prussia, where Poland, Lithuania and Russia came together before World War...

Frances Grieve

Frances Grieve

Aug 30, 2008

__________________________________________________________________________ Frances (Fran) Marie Grieve , age 68, of Prairie Hill, formerly of Waco, passed away on Saturday, August 30, 2008 at her residence. Services Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Tuesday, September 2, at St. Mary's Catholic Church of the Assumption with Father Irudayaraj Nelapatti-Thomas as celebrant. Burial will follow at the Holy Cross Catholic...

Sheila Rogal

Sheila Rogal

Aug 29, 2008

Cremation was arranged and under the direction of OakCrest Funeral Home.

Robert Azevedo

Robert Azevedo

Aug 29, 2008

Robert John Azevedo II July 20, 1963 – August 29, 2008 Robert Azevedo II, 45, of Waco passed away Friday. Private services will be held. Robert was born July 20, 1963 in Oceanside, California to Robert Azevedo I and Betty Salle Azevedo. Robert was in paper and printing sales most of his life. He married Kathleen Terry January 21,1984 in...

Opal Lawson

Opal Lawson

Aug 29, 2008

Opal Lawson September 12, 1911– August 29, 2008 Mrs. Opal Lawson, 96, mother of Pat Bailey of Waco, passed away Friday, August 29, 2008 in a Waco hospital. She will be taken to Claybar Funeral Home in Orange for services.

Edna Bryant

Edna Bryant

Aug 28, 2008

Edna Laird Bryant July 14, 1908 – August 28, 2008 Edna Laird Bryant, 100, of Waco, passed away Thursday, August 28, 2008 at Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center. Funeral services will be 3 p.m. Saturday, August 30 in the Chapel at First Baptist Church of Waco with Rev. Bryan Thornburg officiating. Burial will follow at Waco Memorial Park. Visitation will be...

James Mccarty

James Mccarty

Aug 28, 2008

James "Jake" D. McCarty, Jr., 94, of Waco, educator, hunter and fisherman, received his final call to go home to the Lord, Thursday, August 28, 2008. A memorial service will be 1 p.m. Saturday, September 6, 2008 at the OakCrest Funeral Home Chapel, 4520 Bosque Blvd. with a reception following the service in the funeral home's great room. Jake was...

Joseph Bludau

Joseph Bludau

Aug 27, 2008

__________________________________________________________________________ Joseph Bludau April 17, 1936 – August 27, 2008 Joseph Bludau, 72, of Waco, passed away Wednesday, August 27, 2008 in a Waco hospital. Graveside services will be 2 p.m. Monday, September 1, at the Flint Creek Cemetery near Flat, Texas with Father Spiro Ejaizu officiating. Visitation will be 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Monday at OakCrest Funeral Home....

Marbeth Hardin

Marbeth Hardin

Aug 25, 2008

__________________________________________________________________________ MarBeth Hardin passed away on Monday, August 25, 2008 in Waco Texas. She was 92 years old. A private service and burial will be held by her family later. She had many talents, but the most memorable was her unshakable optimism and gift for friendship. She believed in doing the fun things first, and worrying about the dull things...