Recent Obituaries
Jessie Walker
Dec 25, 2022
Jessie Louise Walker of Texas City passed away Sunday, December 25, 2022, at the age of 86. Jessie was a housewife and is survived by her loving husband of 62 years, Lucien Walker, Jr.
Visitation will be at 10 a.m. with a memorial service at 11 a.m. on January 3, 2023 at Emken-Linton...
Nick Medina, Jr.
Dec 18, 2022
Nick Medina, Jr. went to be with the Lord on December 18th after spending a peaceful afternoon with his family.
Viewing and visitation will take place on Tuesday, December 27, 2022 from 5:00 -7:00 p.m., with a rosary to begin at 7:00 pm., at Emken-Linton Funeral Home in Texas City, Texas. Funeral services will be held 11:00...
Betty Abshire Cappel
Dec 16, 2022
God came for Betty on December 16, 2022, just two days shy of her 83rd birthday, after a gradual decline in her health. She was surrounded and supported by her loving family, friends and caregivers during her last days of life.
Betty was born in Port Arthur, Texas on December 18, 1939. She graduated from Texas City...
Jason Garcia
Dec 15, 2022
Jason Lee Garcia, 48, of Bacliff, passed away December 15, 2022, at home surrounded by family. Funeral services will be held 11:00 a.m., Friday, December 30, 2022, at Emken-Linton Funeral Home in Texas City. Burial will follow at Galveston Memorial Park Cemetery in Hitchcock. Visitation will be 5:00 - 8:00 p.m., Thursday, December 29, 2022 at Emken-Linton Funeral Home....
John Patlan, Sr.
Dec 13, 2022
John Thomas Patlan, Sr. of Houston, Texas, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, December 13th, 2022 after a brief illness. He was born in Galveston, Texas in 1936 to Gabriel Patlan and Maria Vasquez Patlan.
John was a loving and beloved husband, father, grandfather, and a devoted and faithful Christian man. His family and his church meant everything to John....
Olivia Vasquez
Dec 11, 2022
Olivia Rizo Vasquez, 92, of Texas City, Texas, was called home to be with the Lord on December 11, 2022.
Born in Galveston, Texas on December 20, 1929, to Frank and Simona G. Rizo. Olivia married the love of her life, Jesse G. Vasquez, in 1948. They were happily married for 35 years until his passing. As...
Billy Harrison, Jr.
Dec 4, 2022
Billy Wayne Harrison, Jr., 44, of Texas City, Texas passed away December 4, 2022 at Methodist Baytown Hospital. Funeral services will be held 4:00 p.m., Monday, December 12, 2022 with a visitation from 3:00 - 4:00 p.m., at Emken-Linton Funeral Home in Texas City. Billy Wayne Harrison, Jr., was born December 17, 1977 at Galveston County Memorial Hospital in...
Lorena Downs Cohn
Dec 1, 2022
Our dear mother, Lorena Faye Downs Cohn, passed away on Thursday December 1st, 2022, at the age of 85. Lorena was born October 12th, 1937 in Hazel Park, Michigan to Loren and Jessie (Frost) Downs. Lorena is survived by her husband, her five children, Lynn Embley, Laurie McMillan, Leslie (Douglas) Bell, Robert Jr. (Janet) Ganote, Jessie (Michael) Barrett; her...
Bertha Atwood
Nov 29, 2022
Bertha Mae Atwood, 91, of Texas City, Passed away November 29, 2022 in Beaumont, Texas.
Funeral services will be held 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, December 7, 2022 at Emken-Linton Funeral Home in Texas City with a visitation from 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. Burial will follow at Forest Park East.
Bertha Mae Atwood, daughter of John W....
Jo Schurwon
Nov 29, 2022
Jo Ann Schurwon, 80, of Texas City passed away Tuesday, November 29, 2022 at her residence.
Funeral services will be held 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, December 6, 2022 at Emken-Linton Funeral Home. Visitation will be 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. Monday, December 5, 2022 at Emken-Linton Funeral Home in Texas City.
Jo Ann was born May 30,...
Myra Dellolio
Nov 27, 2022
Myra Ruth Dellolio was born on August 10, 1935 in Watha, North Carolina. She passed away on November 27, 2022 in her residence, surrounded by her daughter, Regina (Gordon); her granddaughter, Abigail (Matt); her grandson, Ryan; and her friend of 61 years, Sherlene Cram. Myra was 87 years old.
She was a member of Paul’s Union Church...
Mary Ploss
Nov 24, 2022
Mary Regina (Gina) Mobley Ploss, 67, met Jesus face-to-face on November 24, 2022 at her home in League City, surrounded by her family.
Funeral services will be held 11 A.M., Thursday, December 1, 2022, at Emken-Linton Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Galveston Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be 10 - 11 A.M., Thursday,...
Thomas Fiegel
Nov 23, 2022
Thomas Lee Fiegel, 77, of Texas City, passed away Wednesday, November 23, 2022, at HCA Houston Healthcare Mainland.
Funeral services will be held at 5:00 p.m. Friday, December 2, 2022, with a visitation from 4:00 - 5:00 p.m., at Emken-Linton Funeral Home in Texas City.
Thomas Lee Fiegel was born July 3, 1945, in Galveston,...
Mary Armstrong
Nov 18, 2022
Mary Frances Boatman Armstrong, 88, of Santa Fe, Tx, passed away peacefully Friday, November 18, 2022, at her residence in Santa Fe, Tx.
Memorial services will be held 6:00 p.m., Monday, November 28, 2022, with a visitation from 5:00 – 6:00 p.m., at Emken Linton Funeral Home in Texas City.
Mary Frances was born September...
David Cantu
Nov 14, 2022
David M. Cantu, 65, of Texas City, TX, passed away peacefully on November 14, 2022 surrounded by his loving family.
David was born on April 24, 1957 to Andrea and Apolinar Cantu in Raymondville, Texas.
In 1975, David met the love of his life, Diana Canul, in Brownsville, TX and they married on November 28,...
Demi Wright
Nov 12, 2022
Demi Rose Wright was born silently into this world on 11-12-22, at 11:05 a.m. weighing 4.02 lbs. and measuring 17 inches long. She gained her angel wings and was led into the clouds. She was perfect from her full head of red hair all the way to her toes.
A visitation will be...
Jerry Payne
Nov 10, 2022
Jerry Charles Payne, 74, passed away Thursday, November 10, in Galveston, Texas. Jerry was born to George and Julia Payne on October 17, 1948, in Honolulu, HI. He was mostly raised in California but moved to Texas in 1972.
Jerry was a member of Highlands Baptist Church for many years and also sang in the choir. He...
Max Montegut, Jr.
Nov 9, 2022
Max J. Montegut Jr., 91, passed away peacefully Wednesday, November 9th, 2022.
Maxime Joseph Montegut Jr. was born in New Orleans on March 10th, 1931 to the late Maxime Joseph Montegut Sr. and Anne Agnes Babin. Max Sr's employment with Standard Oil brought the family to Texas City in 1933, where he lived the remainder of his...
Joan Blackwell Faust
Nov 5, 2022
Joan Marie Blackwell Faust, 79, of Texas City, passed away on Saturday, November 5, 2022 after a long battle with Alzheimer’s.
Joan was born to Sidney Richard Blackwell and Ruby Ruth Hagelman Blackwell on April 20, 1943 at St. Mary’s Hospital in Galveston, Texas. She graduated from La Marque High School in La Marque, Texas in 1961...
Sofi Reyes
Oct 30, 2022
Sofi Reyes, 77, of Texas City, was surrounded with family upon her homecoming on October 30, 2022. Memorial services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Friday, November 4, 2022, at St. Mary of the Miraculous Medal in Texas City, TX. The service will be streamed live at St. Mary of the Miraculous Medal Texas City Youtube page. Sofi was...
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