Obituaries

Recent Obituaries

Betty Kerley

Betty Kerley

May 29, 2016

Betty Kerley of Texas City died May 29, 2016 in Tyler, Texas. Services will be at 1:00 p.m., Friday, June 3, 2016 in the chapel of Emken-Linton Funeral Home, Rev. Stephanie Hughes officiating. Burial will follow at Galveston Memorial Park in Hitchcock. Visitation will be held on Thursday, June 2, 2016 from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. at Emken-Linton funeral...

Nora Biscamp

Nora Biscamp

May 21, 2016

Nora Biscamp, 68, of Santa Fe, passed away Saturday, May 21, 2016 at Memorial Herman of Houston. Funeral services will be held 11:00 a.m., Thursday, May 26, 2016. Burial will follow at Galveston Memorial Park. Visitation will be 10:00 a.m., Thursday, May 26, 2016 at Emken-Linton Funeral Home in Texas City. Nora Biscamp was born on January 27, 1948...

Joyce Earl

Joyce Earl

May 17, 2016

Joyce Talbert Earl our beloved mother, grandmother and aunt passed away May 17, 2016 at Bayou Pines in La Marque, Texas. Funeral services will be held 10:00 a.m., Saturday, May 21, 2016 at Emken-Linton Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Hayes Grace Memorial Park. Visitation will be 5:00 - 7:00 p.m., Friday, May 20, 2016 at Emken-Linton Funeral Home...

Barbara Cox

Barbara Cox

May 16, 2016

Barbara Jean Cox, 83, of Texas City, passed away peacefully at her home on Monday, May 16, 2016. Jean was born on November 26, 1932 in Golson, Mississippi. Her family moved to Texas City when she was a young girl. She attended Texas City High School where she met Warner Dean Cox. After graduating in 1951, they married, made...

John Mcculloch

John Mcculloch

May 16, 2016

John William McCulloch, 81, of Texas City, passed away Monday, May 16, 2016 in League City, Texas. Funeral services will be held 10:00 a.m., Friday, May 27, 2016 at Emken-Linton Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Galveston Memorial Park. Visitation will be 5:00 - 7:00 p.m., Thursday, May 26, 2016 at Emken-Linton Funeral Home in Texas City. John McCulloch...

Rosalie Stigletts

Rosalie Stigletts

May 16, 2016

Rosalie Voorhees Stigletts was born in Texas City on September 24, 1920, and passed away on May 16, 2016 in Allen, Texas. She was preceded in death by her husband, H.J. "Bud" Stigletts, her parents, Willis Drummond Voorhees and Sallie Garrett Voorhees, her brothers, Edward and Charles Voorhees, and sister, Gertrude Voorhees Huhn. Rosalie is survived by daughters, Barbara...

Ruth Hocutt

Ruth Hocutt

May 16, 2016

Ruth Yvonne "Ruthie" Hocutt, 61, of Texas City, passed away Monday, May 16, 2016 at Clear Lake Regional Hospital. Funeral services will be held 12:30 p.m., Friday, May 20, 2016 at Emken-Linton Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Galveston Memorial Park. Visitation will be 10:30 - 12:30 p.m. Friday, May 20, 2016 at Emken-Linton Funeral Home in Texas City....

John M.S.D

John M.S.D

May 12, 2016

Bettie" Moore Hart. He went to the Lord on May 12, 2016, peacefully and surrounded by family at home. Funeral services will be held 1:00 p.m., Monday, May 16, 2016 at Emken-Linton. Burial will follow at Galveston Memorial Park. Visitation will be 3:00 - 6:00 p.m., Sunday, May 15, 2016 at Emken-Linton Funeral Home in Texas City. He is...

Betty Winters

Betty Winters

May 12, 2016

Betty Ruth Winters, 83, of Texas City, devoted mother and grandmother, passed away Thursday, May, 12, 2016. Betty was born August 11, 1932 in Hurst Texas to Jim and L.A. Franklin. She is preceded in death by her parents; her loving husband of 40 years, John Winters; her sisters, Norma Jean and Peggy Irene. Survivors include her daughters, Connie...

Mary Drake

Mary Drake

May 11, 2016

Mary Ellen Nolan Drake was born on Galveston Island, July 24, 1927, the third daughter of John Christopher Nolan and Lillian E. Lewis Nolan, who preceded her in death. She lived 88 meaningful, rewarding years, finding her heavenly rest Wednesday, May 11, 2016. Though diminutive in stature, Mary Ellen was the personification of the phrase "looks can be deceiving"....

Margaret Garza

Margaret Garza

May 5, 2016

Margaret Rodriguez Garza beloved mother, mother-in-law, grandmother, family member and friend passed away peacefully to be with her Heavenly Father on May 5, 2016 in Kingsville, Texas. She passed away due to complications from pneumonia at home. Friends and family members remember Margaret as the sweetest, kindness, loving, caring and generous person who was always there for them. An...

Mrs. Bobbie Clifton

Mrs. Bobbie Clifton

May 5, 2016

Mrs. Bobbie Jim Clifton, 83, of Texas City, Passed away May 5, 2016 at Mainland Medical Center. Graveside services will be held 2:00 p.m. Monday, May 9, 2016 at Forest Park East. Bobbie Clifton was born August 4, 1932 in Huxley, Texas. Survivors include son, Alan Clifton and wife Maria; five brothers and three sisters; three grandchildren, one step...

Ketih Calhoun

Ketih Calhoun

May 5, 2016

Keith Lawrence Calhoun, 57, of Dickinson, TX, passed away Thursday, May 5, 2016, at his residence. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, May 10, 2016, at Aldersgate United Methodist Church 13217 - FM 1764 Santa Fe, Texas. Visitation will be 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. Monday, May 9, 2016 at Aldersgate United Methodist Church. Keith was born...

Bobby Lange

Bobby Lange

May 4, 2016

Bobby Marcellus Lange, 94, of Texas City, Texas passed away Wednesday, May 4, 2016 in Texas City. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, May 10, 2016 at Emken-Linton Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Grace Memorial Park. Visitation will be 5:00p.m. - 7:00p.m., Monday, May 9, 2016 also at Emken-Linton Funeral Home in Texas City. Bobby...

Raeoma Morgan

Raeoma Morgan

Apr 30, 2016

Raeoma Sue Morgan, 75, of League City, passed away Saturday, April 30, 2016 in Houston. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, May 7, 2016 at Emken-Linton Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Grace Memorial Park. Visitation will be 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Friday, May 6, 2016 also at Emken Linton Funeral Home in Texas City....

Jerry Harris

Jerry Harris

Apr 24, 2016

Jerry Ray Harris, 64, of Texas City was lovingly surrounded by his family when he peacefully passed away Sunday, April 24, 2016 in Houston, TX after an intense struggle with Ideopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. Jerry was born in Casper, WY on May 19, 1951 to Herbert A. Harris & Frankie M. (Bush) Harris. He was preceded in death by his...

Eugenia Siordia

Eugenia Siordia

Apr 23, 2016

Eugenia Nava Siordia, 84, of League City, passed away Saturday, April 23, 2016. A memorial service will be held 1:00 p.m., Friday, May 6, 2016 at St. Paul's Apostle Catholic Church in Nassau Bay. Burial will follow at Houston National Cemetery. Eugenia N. Siordia was born January 28, 1932 in Mexico City to Justin Nava Huerta and Victoria Vera....

Carrie Pinkston

Carrie Pinkston

Apr 22, 2016

Carrie Walker Pinkston passed from this life on Friday, April 22, 2016. A memorial service will be held 7:00 p.m., Wednesday, April 27, 2016 and a visitation from 5:30 - 7:00 p.m., at Emken Linton Funeral Home in Texas City. Carrie was born in Galveston on December 3, 1942 to Stafford Brooks "Johnnie" Walker and Melanie Laura Knapp. She...

Doris Nolen

Doris Nolen

Apr 20, 2016

Doris Estelle Biggs Nolen, a longtime resident of Texas City, Texas went to heaven, joining her husband Allen C. Nolen and her daughter Alana Nolen Griffin Bowman on the afternoon of April 20, 2016 at her residence with family in Dickinson. Doris was born April 4, 1927 in Burnet, Texas to Luther Biggs and Isabel Vickers Biggs. She attended...

Bennie Mcburnett

Bennie Mcburnett

Apr 15, 2016

Bennie McBurnett, 51, of Red Hill, Texas passed from this world Friday, April 15, 2016. A visitation will be held 6:00 - 8:00 p.m., Saturday, April 23, 2016 at Emken-Linton Funeral Home in Texas City. Ben was born October 30, 1964 in San Antonio, Texas. He was a graduate of Texas City High School. After graduating, he married, then...