Obituaries

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Maria Flores

Maria Flores

Mar 14, 2017

Maria Marta Flores, 75, of Texas City, passed away Tuesday, March 14, 2017 at her place of residence. Mass services will be held 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, March 21, 2017 at St. Mary's Miraculous Medal Catholic Church in Texas City. Burial will follow at Evergreen Memorial Park in Wharton, Texas. Visitation will be 5:00 - 7:00 p.m., Monday, March 20,...

Billy Lafoy

Billy Lafoy

Mar 11, 2017

Billy Jack Lafoy, age 88, passed away Saturday, March 11th at Ashton Parke Care Center in Texas City. Funeral services will be held at 2pm on Thursday, March 16th, at Emken-Linton Funeral Home in Texas City. Visitation will be held at 1pm prior to the funeral service. Billy Jack was born December 13, 1928 in Groesbeck, Texas, to Gus...

Margaret Love

Margaret Love

Mar 10, 2017

Margaret Love, 82, of Texas City, passed away Friday, March 10, 2017 at Home. Funeral services will be held 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, March 14, 2017 with a visitation starting at 1:00 p.m., at Emken Linton Funeral Home in Texas City. Margaret Love was born June 17, 1934 in Wichita Falls, Texas. She was a Home Health Care Worker. She...

Jack Bailey

Jack Bailey

Mar 7, 2017

Jack R. Bailey, 84, was called to Heaven on March 7, 2017, in Sugar Land, Texas. Jack was born in Baltimore, Maryland on January 16, 1933. He was the son of the late Jack Bailey and Maurine (Redick) Bailey. Jack attended Ponca City High School in Ponca City, OK. He attended Rice University and the University of Houston where...

Billie Moseley

Billie Moseley

Mar 5, 2017

Billie Jo Moseley, 62, of Texas City, passed away on Sunday March 5, 2017 at The Rio at Mainland Center. Billie Jo was born November 6, 1954 in Waco, McLennan County, TX. She lived in Texas City most of her life and was a graduate of Texas City High School. She was a former employee of Dr. Parker in...

Dora Phillips

Dora Phillips

Feb 25, 2017

Dora Brooks Phillips passed away peacefully Saturday, February 25, 2017 at the age of 93 years. She was born on a farm in Liberty Hill, Texas where the San Gabriel river flowed, a daughter of the late Jim Leonard and Jewell Brown. After graduating from Liberty Hill High School, she married Welton C. Brooks and moved to Texas City...

Benita Segura

Benita Segura

Feb 23, 2017

Benita C. Segura, 97, of Dale, TX, passed away Thursday, February 23, 2017, at home. Visitation will be 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., with a Rosary at 7 p.m., Thursday, March 2, at Emken-Linton Funeral Home in Texas City. Funeral Mass will be held at 10:00 a.m., Friday, March 3, at St. Mary of the Miraculous Medal Catholic Church...

Sharon Seese

Sharon Seese

Feb 23, 2017

Sharon Kay Seese of Texas City, Texas passed away peacefully Thursday, February 23rd at Cornerstone Hospital in Webster, Texas. A Memorial service celebrating Sharon's life will be held at 10:00 am, Wednesday, March 1st at Emken-Linton Funeral Home in Texas City. Sharon was born June 15th, 1943 in Akron Ohio. In 1974 Sharon became a Beautician and opened her...

Verna Nauta

Verna Nauta

Feb 23, 2017

Verna Gordon Nauta, 61, of Texas City, Texas, passed away Thursday, February 23, 2017 at Mainland Medical Center. Memorial services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, March 18, 2017 at Emken Linton Funeral Home in Texas City, Texas. Verna Gordon Nauta was born Verna Marie Thomas on October 30, 1955 in Houston, Texas to Mary Turner-Thomas and Fred...

Jose Castro

Jose Castro

Feb 17, 2017

Jose Angel Castro, 73, of Texas City, Texas, passed away Friday, February 17, 2017, at UTMB. Funeral services will be held 2:00 PM, Tuesday, February 21, 2017, at St Mary of the Miraculous Medal Church. Jose was born November 13, 1943 in Tyler, Texas. He retired from Sterling Chemical. He is preceded in death by his wife, Manuela Castro....

Alto Bolton

Alto Bolton

Feb 17, 2017

Alto James "Jim" Bolton, 93, of Texas City, passed away Friday, February 17, 2017 at Mainland Center Hospital. Funeral Services will be held noon on Monday, February 20, 2017 at Emken-Linton Funeral Home in Texas City. Burial will follow at Galveston Memorial Park. Visitation will be 11:00 a.m. Monday, February 20, 2017 at Emken-Linton Funeral Home in Texas City....

James Burkhalter

James Burkhalter

Feb 16, 2017

James Michael Burkhalter, of Texas City, Texas, passed away at 3:00 AM, February 16, 2017 at Clear Lake Regional Hospital. Funeral Services will be held at 10:00 AM Tuesday; February 21, 2017 at Emken-Linton Funeral Home. Burial to follow at Hayes Grace Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5-8 PM Monday; February 20, 2017, at the Funeral Home...

James Hildreth

James Hildreth

Feb 2, 2017

James Miller Hildreth, 72, of Houston, passed away Friday, February 24, 2017 in West Palm Beach, Florida. James Miller Hildreth was born on September 26, 1944 in San Angelo, Texas. His parents, Margaret Miller and Jimmie Harrison Hildreth, were both in sales and moved from San Angelo to Dallas in the early 1950's. He graduated from Hillcrest High School...

Vlasta Baldwin

Vlasta Baldwin

Jan 27, 2017

On Friday, January 27, 2017, at 90 years young, Vlasta entered into the Kingdom of Heaven to be with her Lord and Savior JESUS CHRIST. She was beloved as a Daughter, Sister, Wife, Mother, Aunt, Grandmother, Great-Grandmother and Friend. Funeral services will be held 6:00 p.m., Thursday, February 2, 2017 with a visitation from 4:00 - 6:00 p.m., at...

David Berger, Jr.

David Berger, Jr.

Jan 25, 2017

David Paul Berger, Jr. passed away suddenly on January 25, 2017, at his home in Fort Worth, Texas. David was BOI on September 5, 1950. He was a 1968 graduate of Ball High School and a 1972 graduate of Sam Houston State University, which he attended on a full baseball scholarship, and was a member of Delta Tau Delta....

Edna Kunkel

Edna Kunkel

Jan 24, 2017

Edna Matilda Kunkel, 96, of League City, passed away Tuesday, January 24, 2017. Funeral services will be held 10:00 a.m., Saturday, January 28, 2017 at Ferry Funeral Home in Nevada, Missouri. Burial will follow at Greenlawn Cemetery in Schell City, Missouri. Visitation will be 5:00 - 7:000 p.m., Friday, January 27, 2016 at the Funeral Home. She was born...

Charlene Bourgeois

Charlene Bourgeois

Jan 21, 2017

Charlene A. Bourgeois, 72, of Texas City, passed away Saturday, January 21, 2017. A visitation will be held 5:00 - 7:00 p.m., Wednesday, January 25, 2017 at Emken Linton Funeral Home in Texas City, Texas. Charlene was born on the 7th of July, 1944 in Galveston, Texas. She spent her youth in High Island Texas and was member of...

Ina Holbrook

Ina Holbrook

Jan 19, 2017

Ina Louise "Sunnie" Holbrook, 90, of Texas City, passed away Thursday, January 19th, 2017. Visitation will be held Monday, January 23rd, from 5-7 PM at Emken-Linton Funeral Home in Texas City. The funeral service will be held at Emken-Linton Funeral Home Tuesday, January 24th, at 10 AM with Pastor Doug McBrayer officiating. Burial will follow at Forest Park East...

Daniel Chapman

Daniel Chapman

Jan 18, 2017

Reverend Daniel "Danny" Hugh Chapman, M. Div., passed away on Wednesday, January 18, 2017. Born in Houston, Texas at Hermann Hospital, on May 12, 1943 he was the only child of Robert "Bob" Chapman and Evelyn Wilson Chapman, who both preceded him in death. He was a second generation graduate of Baylor University, just miles from the family farm...

Aline Metzger

Aline Metzger

Jan 16, 2017

Aline Katherine Metzger, 94, of Santa Fe, Texas, passed away peacefully on Monday, January 16th, 2017. This day will forever be remembered as the day that we lost the best Nana, Friend, Neighbor and Pecan Pie Maker the world has ever known. Aline was a feisty woman that enjoyed playing cards, dominos, gambling, yard work, quilting, crocheting, and most...