Obituaries

Local obituaries for Gatesville, Texas


Paula Lightsey Foote

Paula Lightsey Foote

Apr 26, 2025

Paula Lightsey Foote, age 80 of Turnersville passed away on Saturday, April 26, 2025, in Gatesville.

Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 1, 2025, at Scott’s Funeral Home, with Rev. Matt Dossey officiating. Interment will follow at Turnersville Cemetery. The family will receive visitors from 12:00 p.m.- 1:00 p.m. prior to the service.

Paula was born on...

Jeanne Mitchell

Jeanne Mitchell

Apr 26, 2025

Jeanne Lovell Mitchell, beloved mother and sister, passed away peacefully on Saturday, April 26, 2025, in Austin, Texas, at the age of 78.

Graveside services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Friday, May 2, 2025 at King Cemetery, located at 6730 FM 1783, Gatesville, Texas 76528.

Jeanne was born on November 24, 1946, in Big Lake, Texas, to James Thomas and Ida...

Edith Agnes Houston

Edith Agnes Houston

Apr 23, 2025

Edith A. Houston, age 83, of Gatesville, passed away on April 23, 2025. Funeral services will be at 11:00 am on Saturday, May 3rd at Live Oak Baptist Church., in Gatesville with Pastor Matthew Hamilton presiding.

Edith was born on February 28th, 1942, in southern Bavaria, Germany to the late Franz Winter and Hildegard (Weisser) Winter. Edith was raised in Erlangen...

Roy Lou Greenwood

Roy Lou Greenwood

Apr 23, 2025

Roy Lou Greenwood, age 84 of Gatesville, passed away on Wednesday, April 23, 2025.

Graveside services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 26, 2025 at Restland Cemetery.

Roy Lou was born on December 8, 1940 to the late James Roy and Neva Hill Covin in Gilmer, Texas. When she was five years old, her family moved to Diana, Texas,...

Suzanne Veronica Jones

Suzanne Veronica Jones

Apr 21, 2025

Suzanne (Sue) Jones, age 73 of Gatesville, Texas, passed away on Monday April 21, 2025.

Celebration of Life services will be held at a later date.

Sue was born in Huntington Park (Los Angeles), California in 1951 to Fred and Alice Waldron. She grew up in Paramount, California and graduated from Paramount High School in 1969. As a young adult she was...

Jennifer Ann Burch-Britton

Jennifer Ann Burch-Britton

Apr 20, 2025

Jennifer Ann Burch of Haslet, Texas passed away suddenly on the 20th of April, 2025. She was born in Fresno, California in 1982 to Christy Baker, Brett Burch and big sister, Keli Brimager. She graduated from Central High School in 2000. After winning numerous regional pageant titles, she was crowned Miss California in 2005. Jennifer went on to have a...

David Walter Davidson

David Walter Davidson

Apr 17, 2025

David Davidson, age 53, passed away on Thursday, April 17, 2025.

Graveside services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, May 10, 2025 at Davidson Cemetery.

David Walter Davidson was born on August 19, 1971 in Texas City, Texas to Walter and Pat Davidson. He attended grade school at Bay Area Christian School in League City, Texas. When he and his family...

Donna Hawk

Donna Hawk

Apr 17, 2025

Donna M. Hawk, age 56 of Gatesville, passed away peacefully on Thursday, April 17, 2025, leaving behind a legacy of love, laughter, and unforgettable memories.

Celebration of Life services will be held by her family at a later date.

Donna spent much of her childhood in Odessa, Texas, moving to Gatesville later in life. Donna touched the lives of many with her...

Elsie Vycius

Elsie Vycius

Apr 15, 2025

Elsie Virginia (née Muth) Vycius, age 87 of Gatesville, passed away peacefully on April 15, 2025 at Shepherd Hills Senior Care, in Tucson, Arizona in the presence of her son Gary and his wife Lani Parker after a short illness that took her home to our Lord and Savior.

Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, May 1,...

Calvin Rockwell Bean

Calvin Rockwell Bean

Apr 13, 2025

Calvin Rockwell Bean passed away April 13, 2025, at his home at age 94. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, April 25 at King Baptist Church, 6730 FM 1783, Gatesville, TX., followed by interment at King Cemetery at the same location.

Mr. Bean was born in Algoma, Michigan, February 11, 1931, to Marie Gaul and Willis Bean....

Mary Lee Holden Key

Mary Lee Holden Key

Apr 13, 2025

Mary Lee Holden Key, age 85, of Gatesville, passed away on April 16, 2025. Funeral services will be at 2:00 pm on Monday, April 21 at Scott’s Funeral Home with Pastor Wray Nunn officiating. Interment will follow at Gatesville City Cemetery. The family will receive visitors at Scott’s Funeral Home on Saturday, April 19 from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.

Mary was...

Elwin Frank Williams

Elwin Frank Williams

Apr 13, 2025

Elwin "Daddy Frank" Williams went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, April 13, 2025. A memorial service will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 26th at Scott’s Funeral Home with Pastor Bruce Cox officiating.

Frank was born on December 16, 1945, in Cullman, Alabama to Menorise Benjamin "Bill" Williams and Johnnie Annie Lee Jacobs Williams. After school,...

Tami Jean Mewis

Tami Jean Mewis

Apr 11, 2025

Tami Jean Mewis, age 64 of Purmela, passed away on April 11, 2025. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 pm. on Wednesday, April 23, at Scott's Funeral Home in Gatesville. Interment will follow at Oakwood Cemetery in Hamilton. 

Judy Kay Young

Judy Kay Young

Apr 11, 2025

Judy Kay Young, a devout Christian, beloved wife, sister, mother, grandmother, aunt, cousin and friend to so many, passed away peacefully on April 11, 2025 at the age of 75 in her cherished home in Pancake Texas, surrounded by her loving family and friends.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, April 15, 2025 at Scott’s Funeral Home...

Robert (Bob) Escobar Jr.

Robert (Bob) Escobar Jr.

Apr 10, 2025

Robert (Bob) Escobar Jr., age 87 of Gatesville, passed away on Thursday, April 10, 2025.

Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, April 16, 2025, at Scott’s Funeral Home with Pastor Tim Crosby officiating. Interment will follow at Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery in Killeen on Thursday, April 17, 2025, at 9:00 a.m.

Bob was born on May 17,...

Joyce Burleson

Joyce Burleson

Apr 9, 2025

Joyce Burleson, 92 of Waco, TX passed away on April 9, 2025, surrounded by loved ones as Jesus welcomed her home. She was a beloved wife, mother, Nana and friend and will be deeply missed by all who knew her. A celebration of life will be held at the United Methodist Church of Mart on Saturday, April 19, 2025, at...

Carolyn Ann Williams Hyden

Carolyn Ann Williams Hyden

Apr 9, 2025

Carolyn Ann Williams-Hyden went to join the Lord on April 9, 2025, after a loving lifetime as a wife, mother, and hard worker. She died from medical complications following two aneurysms years apart.

Carolyn was born May 15, 1950, in the Middle Valley of Tennessee to Carl Williams, Sr., and Dorotha Rawlston-Williams. She graduated from Soddy-Daisy High in 1968 and married...

Pauline Mildred Keeley Conner

Pauline Mildred Keeley Conner

Apr 1, 2025

Pauline Mildred Keeley Conner, 97, of Bee House, Texas passed away on April 1, 2025, in Gatesville. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, April 8, at Scott’s Funeral Home. Interment will follow at Bee House Cemetery. The family will receive visitors from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. on Monday, April 7 at the funeral home.

Pauline was born...

Billy Jack Clary

Billy Jack Clary

Apr 1, 2025

Billy Jack Clary, age 67 of Gatesville, passed away on April 1, 2025. No services are scheduled at this time.

Jack was born in Gatesville on October 25, 1957, to the late Billy H. Clary and Vergie Louise Sims Clary. Jack spent most of his life in Texas, graduating from University High School in Waco in 1976. Jack had various jobs...

Angela Marie Stamness

Angela Marie Stamness

Mar 31, 2025

Angela Marie Stamness (Thorman), age 52, passed away on March 31, 2025, surrounded by her loving family, after a long and courageous battle with multiple health complications and a late-stage cancer diagnosis. Despite the hardships she faced, Angela’s spirit remained unbreakable, and she continued to fill the lives of those around her with warmth, love, and laughter.

She is survived by...