Obituaries

Ruby Hinds

Ruby Hinds

Oct 26, 2006

Ruby G. Hinds, 73 of Waco passed away on Thursday at home surrounded by loved ones. Services will be 10 am Monday at OakCrest Funeral Home with burial at Waco Memorial Park. The Rev. Doug Shaffer will officiate. Visitation will be 3 to 5 pm on Sunday at OakCrest Funeral Home. Ruby was born in Oklahoma to Miles and Ida...

Bobby Lewis

Bobby Lewis

Oct 21, 2006

Bobby Ray Lewis, 52, of Waco, passed away on Saturday, October 21, 2006 near Crawford in a tragic accident. Memorial services will be at 2 pm Wednesday at OakCrest Funeral Home with Minister Keith Schrader officiating. Visitation will be 12:30 to 2 pm Wednesday at OakCrest Funeral Home, 4520 Bosque Blvd. Bobby was born on July 26, 1954 in Taylor...

Dorris Fletcher

Dorris Fletcher

Oct 21, 2006

Dorris Fletcher February 12, 1937 – October 21, 2006 Dorris Evelyn Fletcher, 69 of Waco passed away early on Saturday, October 21, 2006 at her residence, surrounded by her family. Services will be 11:30 am Monday at OakCrest Funeral Home with the Rev. Brian Pendleton officiating. Burial will follow at Oakwood Cemetery. Dorris will lie instate between 1 and 6pm...

Dorothy Cleverley

Dorothy Cleverley

Oct 18, 2006

Dorothy Ellen Cleverley, 79, passed into the loving arms of the Lord on Wednesday morning, October 18, 2006. A memorial service and celebration of her life will be held at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 25, at the Crestview Christian Church, 2608 S. FM 116, Copperas Cove, Tx. Her oldest son, George J. Cleverley, will officiate. Dorothy was born in...

Hester Hutchinson

Hester Hutchinson

Oct 18, 2006

Mary Hester Hutchinson, 94, of Waco passed away Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2006, at a local care center. Graveside services will be 10 a.m. Monday at Chapel Hill with Kenneth Dodson officiating. Visitation will be 3 to 5 p.m. on Sunday at OakCrest Funeral Home, 4520 Bosque Blvd. Hester was born on June 7, 1912, in Bokchito, Oklahoma to JH and...

Penny Caraway

Penny Caraway

Oct 17, 2006

Penelope (Penny) Caraway, 59 of Woodway passed away on Tuesday, October 17, 2006 at a Temple hospital. Private services will be held. Friends are invited to come by OakCrest Funeral Home between 8 am and 7 pm Friday to sign the register book. Visitation will be 2-4 pm on Friday at OakCrest Funeral Home, 4520 Bosque Blvd. Penny was born...

Jane Clark

Jane Clark

Oct 17, 2006

Jane Elizabeth (Smith) Clark 82, of Lewisville (formally of Waco), passed away at a Grapevine hospital. Graveside services will be 10 am Saturday at Waco Memorial Park with the Rev. Curtis Holland officiating. Visitation will be 5 to 7 pm on Friday at OakCrest Funeral Home, 4520 Bosque Blvd. Jane was born on May 26, 1924 in Waco to Emar...

Jay Larsen

Jay Larsen

Oct 15, 2006

Jay Larsen, 86, of Waco passed away on Sunday, Oct. 15, 2006 following a brief illness. Visitation will be from 5 pm to 7 pm on Wednesday, Oct.18, at the OakCrest Funeral Home, 4520 Bosque Blvd. Jay Peter Larsen was born in Howard, South Dakota on December 3rd, 1919, the son of Lars Peter and Ella (Storm) Larsen. Following high...

Mark Kistner

Mark Kistner

Oct 15, 2006

Mark F. Kistner, 45 , of Belton, died Sunday. Mass of Christian Burial will be 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. Louis Catholic Church by Father David Leibham. Visitation will be 5 - 7 p.m. Tuesday at OakCrest Funeral Home with the rosary at 6 p.m. He was originally from Massachusetts, and moved to Belton in 2004 to start a car...

Layton Wilson

Layton Wilson

Oct 13, 2006

Layton Wilson was born July 3, 1912, in Aquilla, TX to Myrtle Oliver Wilson and Lucian Marcus Wilson. He moved to Waco as a small child and attended Waco Public Schools. He began working in the Produce Business with his father and founded Wilson Produce Company which he owned for many years. He was the biggest Lettuce Distributor in Texas....

Charles Burgoon

Charles Burgoon

Oct 11, 2006

Lt. Col. (Ret.) Charles Clinton Burgoon, DVM, 56, of Mexia passed away on Wednesday, October 11, 2006, in a Waco hospital. Services will be at 1 p.m. on Saturday, October 14, at the OakCrest Funeral Home, 4520 Bosque. Burial with full Military Honors from the U.S. Air Force will be at 11 a.m. Monday, Oct. 16, at the Central Texas...

Alice Cooley

Alice Cooley

Oct 9, 2006

Alice Ann Cooley, 67, of Waco passed away October 9 at home with her family. Private family services were held at OakCrest Funeral Home per her wishes. Alice was born April 5, 1937 to Theodore and Ethel Seamon. She married then later divorced William Cooley after having two daughters. She worked for Swingster as a seamstress until she retired. She...

Carl Davis

Carl Davis

Oct 7, 2006

Carl Chester Davis, 35, of China Spring passed away Saturday October 7, 2006, after a motorcyle accident. Services will be 2:00 p.m. Tuesday October 10, 2006 at OakCrest Funeral Home, 4520 Bosque Blvd. with the Rev. Marvin Donnell officiating. Burial will follow at the Eddy Cemetery. Chester was born in Temple, Texas to Levi Hayes Davis and Ella Nadine Johnson...

Hattie Davis

Hattie Davis

Oct 2, 2006

Hattie (Elvie) Davis, 78, of Woodway passed away on Monday, October 2, 2006 at a local hospital. Memorial services will be 11 am Thursday at OakCrest Funeral Home with Chaplain Larry Holden officiating. Mrs. Davis is survived by daughters Jan Huninghake and husband Paul; Dana Newman; brother Willie S. Wilson and wife Tiny; grandchild P.J. Huninghake; nephews, Billy Joe Wilson...

Aaron Rodriguez

Aaron Rodriguez

Sep 30, 2006

Aaron Rodriguez, 22, of Hewitt, passed away on Saturday, September 30, 2006. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m., Wednesday, Oct. 4, at St. Jerome Catholic Church with Father Rakshaganathan Selvaraj as celebrant. Burial will follow in Oakwood Cemetery. Visitation will be 6 – 9 p.m. Tuesday at OakCrest Funeral Home, 4520 Bosque. A rosary service will...

Robert Wooldridge

Robert Wooldridge

Sep 30, 2006

Robert Raymond Wooldridge March 10, 1920 – September 30, 2006 Robert (Bob) R. Wooldridge, 86, of Waco passed away Saturday, September 30, 2006. Funeral services will be at 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, October 3, 2006, at OakCrest Funeral Home, 4520 Bosque Blvd. Burial will follow at Oakwood Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Monday, October 2, at...

Richard Renschler

Richard Renschler

Sep 28, 2006

Richard J. Renschler, Sr., 88, of Waco, passed away Thursday, September 28, 2006, in Providence Hospital. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday, October 2, at OakCrest Funeral Home with Rev. Jack Mullins officiating. Burial with military honors will follow in the Oakwood Cemetery. VISITATION Visitation will be from 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday at the OakCrest Funeral Home, 4520...

Marcus Md

Marcus Md

Sep 24, 2006

MARCUS LAMAR ROSS, M.D, died at Hillcrest Baptist Hospital in Waco on Sunday, September 24, 2006, after a life well lived. Dr. Ross was born on June 29, 1914, in Brookhaven, Mississippi, to Vara Scott Ross and Marcus Lamar Ross, Sr. He attended elementary school in Brookhaven, Mississippi and graduated as valedictorian of his high school class in Santa Rosa,...

Elizabeth Roland

Elizabeth Roland

Sep 24, 2006

Elizabeth Wells Roland, 102, of Waco, formerly of Memphis, TN, died Sunday, September 24. Friends may visit the family at the OakCrest Funeral Home, 4520 Bosque Blvd. Tuesday, September 26 from 6 to 8 PM. Funeral services will be at the Memphis Funeral Home, Poplar Chapel, in Memphis, TN with burial in Memphis Memorial Park on Thursday. Mrs. Roland was...

Mack Bennett

Mack Bennett

Sep 24, 2006

Mack O. Bennett, 38 of Waco passed away on Sunday, September 24, 2006 at a local hospital. Services will be 10 am Wednesday at Church on the Rock, 4720 N. 19th St. with Pastor Bob Bell officiating. Graveside services will follow at 3 pm in Rose Hill Cemetery in Tyler. Mack was born on May 18, 1968 in Arlington to...