Recent Obituaries
Frank Soria
Sep 21, 2022
Frank Soria, 81 , of Angleton Texas, passed away Wednesday September 21, 2022 at Mainland Hospital in Texas City. Funeral service will be held 2:00 p.m., Saturday, October 8, 2022 at Emken-Linton in Texas City. Frank Soria was born August 17, 1941 in Angleton Texas. He was a carpenter, a painter, and a bus driver, but most importantly he was...
Donald Jolly
Sep 10, 2022
Donald Jolly went to be with our Lord and savior Jesus Christ on Saturday September 10, 2022. He was born on October 22, 1935 to Fred and Faye Jolly. Spending time with his family was the most important part of his life. He loved raising cattle and spent the better part of his life doing just that. He loved...
Thelma Taylor Gillespie
Sep 4, 2022
Thelma Jean Taylor Gillespie, 95 years young and former resident of Neodesha, Kansas, and Texas City, Texas, passed away on September 4, 2022, in Lake Jackson, Texas. Thelma Jean was born the only child of Arthur Taylor & Lola (Dragoo) Taylor on July 8, 1927, in Neodesha, Kansas, and attended Neodesha schools. They moved to their family farm in...
Marsha Cox Brown
Sep 2, 2022
Marsha (Marti) Cox Brown went to be with Jesus on Friday, September 2, 2022 at St. Luke's hospital in Houston, TX. Funeral services will be held Saturday, September 10, 2022 at Emken-Linton Funeral Home in Texas City, TX at 1:00 p.m. Burial will follow at Hayes Grace Memorial Cemetery in Hitchcock, TX. Visitation will be Friday, September 9, 2022...
O.J. Robinson
Aug 29, 2022
Opal J. Robinson, 87 of Texas City, Texas was born November 6, 1934 in Cushing, Oklahoma to William and Cleo (Howard) Holland and passed away on August 29, 2022. She enjoyed the outdoors tending to her gardens and yard, sewing, cooking, reading magazines, antique shopping, socializing at the Texas City Historical Society and watching her favorite TV program "Gunsmoke"....
James Priest, Jr. Aka: Jim And Capt. Jim
Aug 29, 2022
James L. Priest, Jr., 85 years of age, of Texas City, TX passed away on Monday, August 29, 2022, at HCA Clear Lake Regional in Webster, TX, under the care of Choice Hospice. Visitation will be held from 5:00 - 8:00 p.m., Wednesday, September 7, 2022, at Emken-Linton Funeral Home in Texas City. Private burial will be held on...
Minerva Cano
Aug 28, 2022
Minerva "Minnie" Cano arrived on this earth in Mercedes, Texas on September 7, 1943. She passed peacefully in her daughter's embrace on August 28th, 2022 after a long battle with Dementia. She has gained her wings. She is free at last. Minnie graduated from Texas City High School and received her Radiology degree from St. Joseph's Hospital in Houston,...
Gloria Molis
Aug 27, 2022
Gloria Zavala Molis, 89, of Texas City, TX, was born January 31, 1933, in Monterey, Mexico. She passed away August 27, 2022. She is now united with her loved ones in her new life of eternal peace. Gloria was a loving, caring mother and grandmother. She was kind, gentle and possessed a wonderful sense of humor, as well as...
Gordon Cronk
Aug 20, 2022
Our father, grandfather and friend Gordon Stuart Cronk was born August 13, 1928 to Leroy Emerson and Eva Cook, in Detroit Michigan. September 3, 1948 Gordon married his high school sweetheart Edith Styles, also from Detroit. Moving to Northern Michigan they enjoyed three years of "honeymoon" and then began having their seven children, daughters, Sharon Elizabeth and husband Stephen...
Timothy Holt
Aug 10, 2022
Timothy "Tim" James Holt, 62, lived most of his life in Texas City, Texas but passed away in Uvalde, Texas on August 10, 2022. He was born on December 23, 1959 in Austin, Texas to Clifton and Maryem Holt. He was the fourth boy in a family of five boys. He is preceded in death by his father and...
Edward Morris
Aug 9, 2022
Edward Wayne Morris, 67 of Texas City, Texas was born December 4, 1954, in Texas City to Robert Wayne and Beulah Dell (Surrat) Morris and passed away on Tuesday, August 9, 2022 surrounded by his family. He was a retired boilermaker for the Local union 132, worked at Farmers Alloy for over 20 years. He was a loving husband,...
Joseph Wileman
Aug 7, 2022
Joseph Daniel Wileman, 75, of Texas City passed away Sunday, August 7, 2022. Funeral services will be held 11:00 a.m., Friday, August 12, 2022, at Emken-Linton Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Forest Park East Cemetery. Visitation will be 10:00 a.m., Friday, August 12, 2022, at Emken-Linton Funeral Home in Texas City. Joe was born March 26, 1947,...
Christopher Swafford
Aug 4, 2022
On Thursday, August 4, 2022, Christopher (Chris) John Swafford was victorious and received the ultimate healing of his body as he joined our Savior in heaven. Chris was born on July 15, 1981, to Dorothea New and Don Swafford in Pasadena, Texas where he also grew up. He eventually built his own family home in Texas City, Texas, with...
George Garcia
Jul 30, 2022
George Garcia, 75, of Texas City passed away on July 30, 2022 at Methodist Hospital in Houston Texas. He was born January 9, 1947 in Galveston, Texas to John and Dominga Garcia. He is preceded in death by his parents, brothers Johnny Garcia, Gilbert Garcia, and sister Teresa Garcia. George is survived by his wife Debbie Garcia, son Daniel...
Michael Chiasson
Jul 26, 2022
Michael David Chiasson, 56, of Santa Fe, Texas, passed away peacefully at his residence on his mother's birthday Wednesday, July 27, 2022. He was born November 21, 1965 in Texas City, Texas to Walter "Ron" and Betty (Garibaldi) Chiasson. He grew up and attended schools in Texas City. He was fondly called "Big Mike" and was a gentle giant. He...
Robert Bohn
Jul 25, 2022
Robert "Bobby" Jack Bohn, 74 of Texas City, made his final journey to be with our Heavenly Father with his family surrounding him with love on Monday, July 25, 2022. Bobby was born on November 9, 1947 in Galveston, Texas to his mother Mary Katherine and father Robert John Bohn, Jr. He grew up in Galveston and attended Kirwin...
Harriet Jordan
Jul 12, 2022
Harriet Lynette Jordan, 74, of Texas City, passed away Tuesday, July 12, 2022..
Harriet was born February 17, 1948 in Beaumont, Texas. She was an outstanding crochet artist and seamstress, she loved to make and collected dolls and dress up and go out dancing.
She is preceded in death by her husband, Larry Wayne Jordan....
Oneda Zenthoefer
Jul 9, 2022
Oneda Jean Zenthoefer was born June 8, 1927 in Poole, Kentucky to Pearl and Daisy (Armstrong) McClarney, one of eight siblings. She passed away peacefully on July 9, 2022 in Annapolis, Maryland. She met Herb Zenthoefer while working at the Farm Bureau Coop refinery in Mt. Vernon, Indiana and married him in Evansville on November 16, 1946. They began...
John Brasher
Jul 3, 2022
John Luther Brasher passed away Sunday, July 3, 2022 at the age of 84 years. He is preceded in death by his wife of 54 years, Evelyn Frances (Trbula) Brasher and his parents, Nella Fay Moore and Hargest Wyite Brasher. John is survived by his sister, Lynda Brasher Goodrum of Richmond, Texas; daughter Rhonda Brasher Harshbarger and husband, Edd...
Patricia Coffey
Jun 28, 2022
Patricia Epler Coffey, 79, of Texas City, Texas, passed away Tuesday, June 28, 2022, at Mainland Medical Center in Texas City. Funeral services will be held 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, July 6, 2022, at Emken-Linton Funeral Home in Texas City. Visitation will be 5:00 - 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, July 5, 2022. Burial will follow service at the Grace Memorial Park...
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