Recent Obituaries
Gloria Cadriel
Sep 1, 2015
Gloria Ann Cadriel was called to join her husband, Daniel Cadriel and her son, Jacob Cadriel in their heavenly home on September 1, 2015 at the age of 53. Gloria was born to Joseph Barba and Juanita Zavala September 21, 1961 in Alvin, Texas. Gloria was preceded in death by her father, Joseph Barba; her mother and step-father Juanita...
Donald Weber
Aug 31, 2015
Donald George Weber, 77, of Texas City, passed away Monday, August 31, 2015 at Kindred Hospital in Webster, Texas. Funeral services will be held 10:30 a.m., Saturday, September 5, 2015 at Emken-Linton Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Forest Park East. Visitation will be 9:30 a.m., Saturday, September 5, 2015 at Emken-Linton Funeral Home in Texas City. Donald George...
Shirley Buckner
Aug 30, 2015
Shirley Harrington Buckner, 79, of Uvalde, formerly of Houston, passed beyond the veil on August 30, 2015, at Cimarron Place Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Corpus Christi, Tx. She was born the oldest child of Randall Eugene Harrington and Ora (Dimples) Martin Harrington on March 14, 1936 in Galveston, Texas. Following graduation from Ball High School in Galveston she...
Calvin Sparks
Aug 30, 2015
Calvin Elmore Sparks, 95, of Texas City, passed away Sunday, August 30, 2015 at his son's home in Dallas, Texas. He was born on August 28, 1920 in Ft. Worth, Texas to the late Arthur and Ruth Sparks. He served in the US Army, but later joined the US Navy as a Captain to serve his country during WWII....
Harry Mewis
Aug 23, 2015
Harry Mewis, 81, of Texas City, passed away Sunday, August 23, 2015 at Clear Lake Regional Hospital. Funeral services will be held 2:00 p.m., Saturday, August 29, 2015 at Emken-Linton Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Hayes Grace Memorial Park. Visitation will be 1:00 - 2:00 p.m., Saturday, August 29, 2015 at Emken-Linton Funeral Home in Texas City. Harry...
Mary Reyes
Aug 22, 2015
Mary R. Reyes, 76, a native of Texas City, passed away Saturday, August 22, 2015 at her residence in Friendswood, Texas. Graveside services will be held 1:30 p.m., Wednesday, August 26, 2015 at Mt. Olivet in Dickinson, Texas. Visitation will be 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, August 26, 2015 at Emken-Linton Funeral Home in Texas City. Mary R....
Kolt Kelley
Aug 17, 2015
Kolt O'Neal Kelley, was called to the Lord Monday, August 17, 2015 at Texas Children's Hospital. Funeral services will be held 10:00 a.m. Friday, August 21, 2015 at Emken-Linton Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Hayes Grace Memorial. Visitation will be 9:00 a.m. Friday, August 21, 2015 at Emken-Linton Funeral Home in Texas City. On Monday August 10, 2015...

Jason Kruska
Aug 16, 2015
Jason Paul Kruska was born in Altus, OK, on May 4, 1972, to parents Paul and Mary Kruska. He went to be with his Lord on August 16, 2015, in Houston, Texas. Jason's education included a B.S. from Oklahoma State University in 1996 and an MBA at UC Berkeley in 2002. Jason joined NASA Johnson Space Center in 1997...
Louis Ballard
Aug 14, 2015
Louis H. Ballard, 91, a longtime resident of Texas City, passed away Friday, August 14, 2105 in Austin, Texas after a brief illness. Visitation for friends and family will be held at Emken-Linton Funeral Home in Texas City on Friday, August 21, 2015 from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. A celebration of Lou's life will be held at St. George's...
Billy Hamilton
Aug 7, 2015
Billy Hamilton, 88, of La Marque, passed away August 7, 2015 at his residence. Memorial services will be held 2 p.m., Tuesday, August 11, 2015 with a Visitation at 1:30 p.m. at the College View Baptist Church, 8622 Monticello, in Texas City. Casual dress is requested by family. Born May 20, 1927 in the community of Eureka, Navarro County,...
James Ponds
Jul 31, 2015
James Danforth Ponds, 83, of Texas City passed away Friday, July 31, 2015 in Texas City. Funeral services will be held 10:30 AM Wednesday, August 5 at the Emken-Linton Funeral Home in Texas City. Burial will follow at Forest Park East cemetery in Webster. Visitation will be Tuesday, August 4 from 5 - 7 PM at Emken-Linton Funeral Home...
Joseph Bagnerise
Jul 30, 2015
Joseph Bagnerise, 61, of Texas City, passed away July 30, 2015 at Memorial Herman Hospital. Funeral services will be held 7:00 p.m., Monday, August 2, 2015 at Emken-Linton Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Houston National Cemetery. Visitation will be 4:00 -7:00 p.m. at Emken-Linton Funeral Home in Texas City. Joseph Bagnerise was born April 28, 1954 in New...
Geneva Shiver
Jul 20, 2015
Geneva Pruitt Shiver, a former resident of Texas City, died July 20, 2015, in Marble Falls, Texas. Geneva was born March 6, 1926, in Bluff City, Arkansas. She lived in Texas City for many years before moving to Llano, Texas, in 2005. She was preceded in death by her husband, Frank Shiver, her parents and her brothers Joe Pruitt,...
Stefany Montes
Jul 17, 2015
Stefany Lynne Montes of La Marque, Texas passed away July 16, 2015. Lynne was born October 6, 1961 to Jerald Archer and Shirley Popham in Texas City. Lynne graduated from Texas City High School and later received an Associate Degree at College of the Mainland. She served in the Army and later moved to California where she met her...
Robert Updegrove
Jul 15, 2015
R.C. (Joe) Updegrove passed away peacefully on July 15, 2015. He was 90 years old. Joe was born February 17, 1925 in Wortham, Texas. He was preceded in death by his parents, George Dewey Updegrove and Ida Anna Armke Updegrove, his wife of 54 years Ethel Ford (Pat) Updegrove, his brother Dewey Elwood Updegrove, brother-in-law Rufus (Chuck) Wilson, his...
David Leining, Sr.
Jul 14, 2015
David Michael Leining Sr., 63, of Texas City, passed away July 14, 2015. Funeral services will be held 10:00 a.m., Saturday, July 18, 2015 at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Hitchcock. Burial will follow at Mt. Olivet in Dickinson, Texas. Visitation will be 5:00 - 7:00 p.m., July 17, 2015 at Emken-Linton Funeral Home in Texas City...
Hazel Slate
Jul 13, 2015
Hazel Slate went to be with our heavenly Father, July 13, 2015. Hazel was born March 17, 1929. She resided in Texas City for 64 years. She was employed by Monsanto Chemical Company for 33 years and was a member of the Northside Baptist Church. Hazel Slate is preceded in death by 3 grandchildren, Kimberly, Amy and Kevin; Sisters,...
Caroline Sumney
Jul 12, 2015
Caroline Sumney, 91, of La Marque, passed away peacefully Sunday, July 12, 2015 in League City. Graveside services will be held 10:00 a.m., Thursday, July 16, 2015 at Grace Memorial Park. Caroline Sumney was born June 29, 1924 in Galveston, Texas. She is preceded in death by husband, Oscar J. Sumney; sons, David O. Sumney and Glenn R. Sumney...
Michael Ling, Sr.
Jul 10, 2015
Michael was born in Silsbee, TX to Wallace Ling and Martha Smith. He was raised by in grandparents in Kountze, TX until he was 10 when he then moved to Port Bolivar, TX where he attended school, made life-long friends, and served in the United States Army during the Vietnam War with his best friend V.D. Kahla. Michael returned...
Connie Smith
Jul 9, 2015
Connie Moses Smith of Texas City passed away peacefully at the age of 93 on Monday, July 9, 2015. She was born to Richard Neal and Zelma Moses in El Paso, Texas on August 3, 1921. She grew up in Dallas and later Houston, where she graduated from Lamar High School. She married Dee James Smith in 1943, and...