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Kingsville, Texas Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Kingsville, Texas & Surrounding Areas

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Lyvia Solis

Lyvia Solis

Dec 28, 2014

Lyvia Solis, age 77, a resident of Bishop, Texas passed away Sunday, December 28, 2014 in Corpus Christi, Texas. She was born February 13, 1937 in Bishop to Antonio and Beatrice Garcia. She was a member of St. James Catholic Church, Bishop. She was preceded in death by her husband, Librado Solis parents brothers, Albert Garcia and Amador Garcia...

Donald Taylor

Donald Taylor

Dec 27, 2014

Donald R. Taylor, age 47, a resident of Kingsville, Texas passed away Saturday, December 27, 2014 in Kingsville. He was born July 30, 1967 in Kingsville. He was a welder in the construction industry. He is survived by his parents, Otis and Virginia Taylor of Kingsville children, Kassady Taylor and Dalton Taylor, both of Kingsville one granddaughter, Kaylynn Carrales...

Mary Hicks

Mary Hicks

Dec 27, 2014

Mary Gene Hicks, age 84, a resident of Kingsville, Texas passed away Saturday, December 27, 2014 in Kingsville. She was born September 21, 1930 in Harlingen, Texas to Charles P. Wortham and Ostine Smith Wortham. Mrs. Hicks was employed with the Kingsville Independent School District as an elementary school teacher until her retirement. She was a member of the...

Hazel Hudspeth

Hazel Hudspeth

Dec 26, 2014

Hazel C. Hudspeth, age 83, a resident of Bishop, Texas passed away Friday, December 26, 2014 in Kingsville. She was born May 26, 1931 in Rayne, Louisiana to Forrest Cormier and Agnes Creduer Cormier. Mrs. Hudspeth was employed for Kaisers Flower Shop, Bishop, until her retirement. She was a member of Bishop Church of Christ. She was preceded in...

Alonzo Lopez, Sr.

Alonzo Lopez, Sr.

Dec 26, 2014

Alonzo Lopez Sr., age 90, a resident of Kingsville, Texas passed away Friday, December 26, 2014 in Kingsville. He was born September 7, 1924 in Zapata County, Texas to Eluterio Lopez and Evangelina Pena Lopez. Mr. Lopez was employed for Marcos Perez Lumber Company for 20 years. Afterwards he was employed for the city of Kingsville as a Building...

Jose Cerda

Jose Cerda

Dec 24, 2014

Jose A. Cerda, age 63, a resident of Kingsville, Texas passed away Wednesday, December 24, 2014 in Corpus Christi, Texas. He was born August 15, 1951 in Ahualulco, S.L.P., Mexico to Ursinio Cerda and Victorianna Medina Cerda. Jose was employed for Mundy Corporation until his retirement. He was a member of St. Josephs Catholic Church. He was preceded in...

Wilmer Aldrich

Wilmer Aldrich

Dec 17, 2014

Dr. Wilmer W. Jim Aldrich passed away on December 17, 2014. He was born on January 21, 1926 in Lenox, Iowa. His parents were Roy Winfield Aldrich and Alice Biggerstaff Aldrich. At the age of two years his family moved to Beatrice, Nebraska where he attended school through the 8th grade. In 1940, he moved to Sheridan, Missouri where...

Diana Rodriguez

Diana Rodriguez

Dec 16, 2014

Diana M. Rodriguez, 64 years old, of Kingsville, Texas died Tuesday, December 16, 2014 in Kingsville. She was born in Corpus Christi, Texas on October 11, 1950 to Adan Munoz and Celia Silva. She was retired from WalMart as a sales associate after 27 years. Survivors include her husband Israel Loy Rodriguez of Kingsville, daughter, Priscilla Mario Zarate of...

Jimmy Rodriguez

Jimmy Rodriguez

Dec 15, 2014

Jimmy Domingo Rodriguez, age 41, a resident of Kingsville, Texas passed away Monday, December 15, 2014 in San Antonio, Texas. He was born December 20, 1972 in Kingsville to Domingo Rodriguez and Helen Sharp Rodriguez. Jimmy was employed for Wilcox Furniture Company. He was preceded in death on January 31, 2009 by his father, Domingo Rodriguez. Survivors, all of...

Gary Vassaur

Gary Vassaur

Dec 15, 2014

Dr. Gary Doc Vassaur passed away Monday, December 15, 2014 at the age of 48 after a long and courageous battle with cancer. He was born on August 18, 1966 in Corpus Christi, Texas, to W.R. Bill Vassaur and Bettie Roemer Vassaur of Bishop, Texas. He, along with his family, moved to Bishop in 1976. Upon graduating from Bishop...

William Franklin

William Franklin

Dec 13, 2014

William Edward HUMP Franklin passed away on December 13, 2014. He was born February 15, 1941 to Herbert Big John and Lillian Monroe Franklin in Sulphur Bluff, Texas. He grew up in Wadsworth, Texas and graduated from Bay City High School. In 1951 he moved to Kingsville, Texas to attend Texas AI University. He paid his way through college...

Jesus Perez

Jesus Perez

Dec 9, 2014

Jesus Alaniz Perez, age 72, a resident of Kingsville, Texas passed away Tuesday, December 9, 2014 in Kingsville. He was born June 25, 1942 to Santos M. Perez and Amelia Alaniz Perez. He was a selfemployed welder. He was preceded in death by his wife of 51 years, Candida G. Perez and parents. Mr. Perez is survived by his...

Sixto Campos

Sixto Campos

Dec 8, 2014

Sixto Z. Campos, age 85, a resident of Kingsville, Texas passed away Monday, December 8, 2014 in Kingsville. He was born March 28, 1929 in Kingsville to Leobardo Campos and Ramona Zapata Campos. Mr. Campos was a licensed plumber. He was a member of St. Josephs Catholic Church. Sixto was an avid fisherman. He is survived by his wife...

Ramon Ortiz, Jr.

Ramon Ortiz, Jr.

Dec 2, 2014

Ramon Ortiz Jr., age 65, a resident of Bishop, Texas passed away Tuesday, December 2, 2014 in Corpus Christi, Texas. He was born July 16, 1949 in Kingsville to Ramon Ortiz Sr. and Emilia Ortiz. Ramon was a member of St. James Catholic Church, Bishop. He was preceded in death by his father, Ramon Ortiz Sr. and brother, Noe...

Bob Fischer

Bob Fischer

Nov 27, 2014

LCDR Bob Fischer Ret. passed away Thanksgiving morning, November 27, 2014 at the age of 80. Bob was born April 1934 in Oakland, California. He grew up in Albany, California where he met his best friend and the love of his life, Janice. They were married on April 8, 1956. Bob joined the U.S. Navy in 1954 and attended...

Luisa Polanco

Luisa Polanco

Nov 23, 2014

Luisa C. Polanco, age 82, a resident of Kingsville, Texas passed away Sunday, November 23, 2014 in Kingsville. She was born November 20, 1932 in Kingsville to Ysabel Camarillo and Refugia Leos Camarillo. Mrs. Polanco was a member of Kings Way Family Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Marcelo O. Polanco parents three brothers, Frutoso Camarillo,...

Ellen Suggs

Ellen Suggs

Nov 22, 2014

Ellen Granny Shafer Suggs, 87, of Bishop, Texas, passed away on November 22, 2014, in Corpus Christi, Texas. Ellen Elois Shafer was born on September 1, 1927, in Pflugerville, Texas, one of eleven children born to Fred and Jessie Shafer. The Shafer family moved when Ellen was six years old to Bishop where she later met and married the...

Doris Rogers

Doris Rogers

Nov 18, 2014

Doris Dawson Rogers, age 85, a resident of Kingsville, Texas passed away Tuesday, November 18, 2014 in Corpus Christi, Texas. She was born August 21, 1929 in Dallas, Texas to Curtis Reese Dawson and Lucille Hassel Dawson. Mrs. Rogers was employed with Exxon Corporation for 30 years until her retirement. She was a member of the Kingsville Church of...

Samuel Ramirez

Samuel Ramirez

Nov 17, 2014

Samuel Sam Ram Escobedo Ramirez, age 57, a resident of Kingsville, Texas passed away Monday, November 17, 2014 in Kingsville. He was born November 19, 1956 in Lubbock, Texas to Eduardo Ramirez and Dorcas Escobedo Ramirez. Sam Ram was a professional artist in the Kingsville area. He was a substitute art professor at Texas AI University Kingsville. Fresenius Company...

Virginia Shafer

Virginia Shafer

Nov 13, 2014

Virginia Dare Shafer, age 68, passed away Thursday, November 13, 2014. She was born to Clifton and Rosemary Shafer in Kingsville on June 17, 1946. She was preceded in death by both of her parents, as well as her brother, Cliff Shafer. Survivors include her two daughters, Brenya Heye and Tamara Desmond and three grandchildren. A memorial service will...