All Obituaries

Barbara Toliver of Texas City, Texas passed away on Sep 20, 2021. Her loved ones are composing her obituary, which you will be able to read here.

Cecil Douglas Patterson, 80, of Pearland, Texas, passed away Friday, September 17, 2021, at his residence. A Memorial service will be held 4:00 p.m., Saturday, September 25, 2021, at Emken-Linton Funeral Home in Texas City, Texas. Visitation will be an hour prior from 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Cecil was born December 10, 1940, in Phoenix, Arizona to Raymond Dudley Patterson and Marguerite Anderson Patterson.  He was retired military, proudly serving 25 years in the Army. He is...

Our LaDonna Marie Lindsey, 69, of Crystal Beach, Texas, passed away at home Tuesday, September 14, 2021. Visitation will be held Friday, September 24, 2021, from 11:00am – 12:00pm with funeral services to begin 12:00pm at Emken-Linton Funeral home located at 5100 Emmett F. Lowry Expressway in Texas City, Texas 77591. LaDonna Lindsey was born October 29, 1951, in Washington D.C, but was raised in beautiful Key West, Florida.  She later made Houston her home and then finally her...

Peter Warwick Carroll of Texas City, Texas Born, January 27, 1950 Started the Real Party, September 13, 2021   How do you begin to sum up 71 years of life of an extraordinary man such as Peter. He was born January 27, 1950 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina to Retired USAF Major Donald Carroll and Joyce Carroll. Being an Air Force brat, Peter lived in many countries and states.  He lived in Germany, Japan and sailed on the Queen Elizabeth from England while quarantined in the room...

Sandi Renée Gibby-Whittington, 36, of Texas City, passed away Monday, September 13, 2021. Funeral services will be held 2:00 p.m., Monday, September 20, 2021. Burial will follow at Forest Park East Cemetery. Visitation will be 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m., Monday, September 20, 2021 at Emken-Linton Funeral Home in Texas City. Sandi Renée Gibby-Whitington was born June 7, 1985 in Galveston, Texas.  She was a teacher for many years. She is preceded in death by grandfather, Earl...

Eyndia Elon Biggs began her journey on March 11,1998 in Missouri City, Texas. The only daughter and youngest child of Quintin and Sheila Biggs, she attended Willowridge Prep Academy, Stafford Elementary Schools in Stafford Texas and Burnett Elem and Austin Middle School in Galveston Texas. In High School, Eyndia attended Culinary School at Galveston College, she would later become an excellent chef and cook. Because of her high academic achievements, she became one of a few people selected...

Zoom meeting link: https://zoom.us/join   Meeting ID: 326 897 2258 Password: 032255     Born March, 22, 1955 in Galveston, TX, Walter Carl Mickens, Jr., was the son of Walter Carl Mickens, Sr. and Gloria Fae Jones Mickens. He graduated from Hitchcock High School in 1973. After several years of working for his father at Mainland Trucking and Disposal, Walter began working for Amoco (now Marathon Petroleum) in 1979. He retired as a Materials Maintenance Manager in...

Merle R. “Nana” Aldridge, 97, of  Dickinson, Texas formerly of Texas City, Texas, passed away Saturday, September 4, 2021, in Dickinson, Texas surrounded by her loving family. Funeral services will be held 12:00 p.m., Thursday, September 9, 2021, at Emken-Linton Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Mt. Olivet Catholic Cemetery. Visitation will be 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m., Thursday, September 9, 2021, at Emken-Linton Funeral Home in Texas City. Merle was born July 19, 1924,...

Bruce Eric Cole, Jr., 43, of Katy, Texas, entered Heaven on September 2, 2021, in Houston, Texas.  Visitation is scheduled for 11:00 a.m., Saturday, September 11, 2021, at Emken-Linton Funeral Home in Texas City followed by a service starting at 12:00 p.m. Graveside services will be held at 1:00 p.m., Monday, September 13, 2021, at Galveston Memorial Park Cemetery in Hitchcock, Texas Eric was born March 22, 1978, in Texas...

Maxey Ray Van Houten, 81, of Texas City, Texas, passed away Saturday, August 28, 2021, at HCA Houston Healthcare Mainland.   Maxey was born March 11, 1940, in Spring Hill, Texas.  After graduating from high school in Gladewater, Texas, he proudly served in the US Army from September 1958 through June 1961 when he was honorably discharged.  Maxey retired from AMOCO Oil in 1995.   He is preceded in death by his parents, William Dwight Van Houten and Ruby Lary Van...