Recent Obituaries
Patrick Schurwon
Mar 9, 2015
Patrick "BeBee" Schurwon Patrick Wayne Schurwon, 50, of Galveston, passed away Monday, March 9, 2015, at his residence in Missouri. Funeral services will be held 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, March 17, at Emken-Linton Funeral home. Burial will follow at Grace Memorial Park. Visitation will be 5:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m., Monday, March 16, 2015 at Emken-Linton Funeral Home in Texas City. Patrick...
Betty Fuller
Mar 7, 2015
Betty Joyce Fuller, 82 of Texas City died on Saturday March 7, 2015 surrounded by family and friends. She was born on July 9, 1932. Betty graduated Salutatorian from Buna High School in 1950. After high school she continued her education at Southwestern Business University when she met the love of her life, Jim Fuller. They were blessed with...
Joyce Carroll
Mar 4, 2015
Joyce Alice Warwick Carroll, 92, passed away Wednesday, March 4, 2015. She was born November 7, 1922 in Watford, England. While serving in the Royal British Navy during WWII she met an American officer, Donald Carroll at a USO function. They were married and she began her life as a military wife, traveling the world. After Don retired they...
Susan Fernandez
Feb 28, 2015
Susan Fernandez, 57, of Rosharon, passed away Saturday, February 28, 2015, in Houston Texas. Funeral services will be held 11:00 a.m., Thursday, March 5, 2015, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Manvel. Susan was born July 11, 1957 in Sault Sainte Marie Michigan. She was a college graduate of the University of Nebraska and a graduate of the University...
Adrienne Snyder
Feb 27, 2015
Adrienne Snyder, 93, of Texas City, passed away Friday, February 27, 2015, at North Central Baptist Hospital in San Antonio. Memorial service will be held 1:00 p.m., Saturday, April 25, 2015 at First United Methodist Church in Texas City. Visitation will be 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. Burial service will be held 2:00 p.m., Sunday, April 26, 2015 at the...

Adrienne Snyder
Feb 27, 2015
Adrienne Snyder, 93, of Texas City, passed away Friday, February 27, 2015, at North Central Baptist Hospital in San Antonio. Memorial service will be held 1:00 p.m., Saturday, April 25, 2015 at First United Methodist Church in Texas City. Visitation will be 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. Burial service will be held 2:00 p.m., Sunday, April 26, 2015 at the...
Tina Fritch
Feb 23, 2015
Tina Marie (Delaune) Fritch, 59, of Santa Fe, Texas, peacefully passed away on Monday, February 23, 2015 surrounded by her family. Tina was born on January 5, 1956 in Texas City, Texas. She graduated from La Marque High School in 1974. Tina was a long time employee of Associated Credit Union of Texas, formerly known as Carbide Credit Union,...
Billy Murphy
Feb 21, 2015
Billy Murphy Billy Eugene Murphy, 70, of Texas City, passed away Saturday, February 21, at his residence. Memorial services will be held 1:00 p. m., Friday, February 27, at Emken-Linton Funeral Home. Visitation will be 12:00p.m., Friday, February 27, at Emken-Linton Funeral Home in Texas City. Billy was born December 16, 1944 in Texas City. He was a retired...
Doris Etheridge
Feb 19, 2015
Doris Mae Etheridge Doris Mae Etheridge, 92, a resident of Texas City for 63 years, passed away on February 19, 2015. Funeral services will be held 1:00 p.m. Monday, February 23, 2015 at Emken-Linton Funeral Home in Texas City. Visitation will begin at 12:00 p.m. at the funeral home. Doris was born on March 25, 1922 in Reese, TX....
Robert Mclemore, Jr.
Jan 31, 2015
Robert William (Bob) McLemore, Jr., long time resident of Texas City, died on January 31, 2015 in Austin, Texas. Bob was born in Dallas on December 20, 1929 and his family later settled in Galena Park, Texas where he spent his school years. After high school graduation, he attended the University of Texas before moving to Texas City in...
Frances Escamilla
Jan 26, 2015
FRANCES JASSO ESCAMILLA Frances Jasso Escamilla, 89, a longtime resident of Texas City passed away Monday, January 26, 2015 at her residence in Dickinson, Texas. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, January 29, 2015 at St. Mary of the Miraculous Catholic Church. Burial will follow at Galveston Memorial Park Cemetery in Hitchcock, Texas....
Mary Alexander
Jan 17, 2015
MARY ELIZABETH ACREE ALEXANDER Mary Elizabeth Acree Alexander, 92, a Texas City resident for over 60 years passed away on Saturday, January 17, in Spring, TX. Funeral services will be held Friday, January 23, at 2 PM at the Emken-Linton Funeral Home in Texas City. Burial will follow at Galveston Memorial Park in Hitchcock. Visitation for Mrs. Alexander will...
Vernice Garrett
Dec 6, 2014
VERNICE GARRETT Vernice Garrett, 74, of Texas City, passed away Saturday, December 6, 2014, in Texas City. Funeral services will be held 2:00 P.M Wednesday., December 10, 2014 at the EmkenLinton Funeral Home in Texas City. Burial will follow at Hayes Grace Memorial Park. Visitation will be Wednesday from 122:00 P.M. at EmkenLinton Funeral Home. Mrs. Garrett was born...
Tom Corcoran
Dec 4, 2014
Tom Joseph Corcoran walked into his eternity Thursday evening, December 4, 2014, after a brief illness. He was born July 13, 1921 in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, to James and Helen Quinn Corcoran. Tom proudly served in the U.S. Army as a Staff Sergeant during WW2 as a member of the 101st AAA.AW, and was a part of the Asiatic Pacific...
J.B. Graham Jr.
Dec 3, 2014
J.B. Graham, Jr. Born on January 3, 1926, in Denton, Texas, Jennings Bryan Graham, Jr., 88, went home on December 3, 2014. Visitation will be held Friday, December 5, 2014, from 5:007:00 p.m., at Emken Linton Funeral Home in Texas City. Funeral services are scheduled on Saturday, December 6, 2014, at 4:00 p.m., at the First Baptist Church, Texas...
Roland Guthier
Dec 3, 2014
ROLAND NEAL BUBBA GUTHIER Roland Neal Bubba Guthier was born, July 9, 1945, in Houston, Texas, the first of five children of Roland James Gus Guthier and Estaleen Esther Haas Guthier. He died on December 3rd at the Gulf Health Care Center in Texas City from complications of a severe stroke he suffered last August. He is preceded in...

Doris Connor
Nov 28, 2014
DORIS CONNOR DORIS CONNOR, 90, of Houston passed away Friday, November 28, 2014 at Northwest Health Center in Houston, Texas. Graveside services will be held 10:00 A.M., Thursday, December 4, 2014, at Houston National Cemetery under the direction of EmkenLinton Funeral Home in Texas City. Mrs. Connor was born June 8, 1924 in Johns Town, Pennsylvania. She was a...
Eloise O'Bryant
Nov 24, 2014
Ruby Eloise Chain OBryant Ruby Eloise Chain OBryant, 85, of Texas City passed away Monday, November 24, 2014 at Mainland Medical Center in Texas City, Texas. Funeral services will be 3:00 P.M. Friday, November 28, 2014, at the EmkenLinton Funeral Home in Texas City. Visitation will be from 1:003:00 P.M. Friday at the funeral home. Mrs. OBryant was born...
Joyce Howeth
Nov 21, 2014
JOYCE CURRY HOWETH Joyce Curry Howeth, 75, beloved mother and grandmother, passed away Friday, November 21, 2014 in her home in Dickinson, Texas. A celebration of her life will be held 2:00 P.M. Saturday, November 29, 2014 at EmkenLinton Funeral Home. Visitation begins at 12:00 P.M. She was born in Groveton, Texas on January 13, 1939, and moved to...
Mary Dillman
Nov 21, 2014
MARY ANN DILLMAN Mary Ann Dillman, 83, of Texas City passed away Friday, November 21, in Webster surrounded by her family Funeral services will be 10 AM Tuesday, November 25 at the EmkenLinton Funeral Home in Texas City. Burial will follow at Grace Memorial Park. Visitation for Mrs. Dillman will be Monday, November 24 from 5 7 PM at...