Obituaries
Local obituaries for Gatesville, Texas
Mildred Foster
May 23, 2020
Mildred “Mutt” Foster, age 99 of Gatesville, passed away on Saturday, May 23, 2020, near family in Ft. Worth.
Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, May 26, 2020 at Scott's Funeral Home Chapel, with Pastor Joy Fattori officiating. Private interment will follow at Restland Cemetery.
Mutt was born on July 14, 1920 in Oglesby to the late...
Donna Jo McLaughlin
May 19, 2020
Donna McLaughlin, age 84 of Gatesville, passed away on the evening of May 19, 2020. Graveside services will be held 11:00 a.m., Saturday, May 23, 2020 at Turnersville Cemetery. The family will receive visitors thirty minutes prior to the service at the cemetery.
Donna was born on May 15, 1936 in Turnersville to the late R.P. and Lucius Martin Williams....
Darlene Delano
May 15, 2020
Darlene Delano, age 89 of Gatesville, passed away on Friday, May 15, 2020.
Darlene Delano was born to Andrew and Elizabeth Smith on July 5, 1930 in Brownfield, Texas. She was the third oldest of six children. A piece of her heart always remained in high plains of west Texas where she grew up working hard picking cotton, driving tractors,...
Daily Ward
May 11, 2020
Daily Ward age 18 of Evant, passed away unexpectedly May 11, 2020. Private services will be held at a later date.
Daily was born in Hillsboro, TX and raised by his parents Anne Roberts and Jody Smischney in Coryell County. He attended school at Evant ISD as a member of the class of 2020. He represented Evant High at UIL...
Rex Lee
May 10, 2020
Rex Alvin Lee went to be with the Lord on Sunday, May 10, 2020 at the age of 95.
Graveside services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, June 27, 2020 at Davidson Cemetery, near the Mound community on FM 1829.
Rex was born May 9, 1925 in the Seattle community of Coryell County, now part of Ft. Hood, to...
Hannelore Christa Fontenot
May 5, 2020
Hannelore Christa Fontenot, age 78 of Gatesville, passed away on the morning of May 5, 2020. A memorial service will be held at the North Pointe Church in Copperas Cove, TX at 1:00 p.m. May 30, 2020. Burial will take place at the Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery in Killeen, TX.
Christa was born on October 31, 1941 in Berlin,...
Galen Herrington
May 3, 2020
Galen Kent Herrington, age 71 of Gatesville, passed away on Sunday, May 3, 2020 at his home.
Memorial services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, July 11, 2020 at Scott's Funeral Home Chapel.
Galen was born on Oct. 7, 1948 in Belton, to the late B. E. (Red) and Manervia (Snorty) Jackson Herrington. He grew up in Belton and...
Billie Hale
May 1, 2020
Billie Joe Hale passed away at the age of 92, on Friday, May 1, 2020 after a brief illness.
Family graveside services will be held at Restland Cemetery.
Billie, or as many called him, Bill, was born January 21, 1928 near Dawson, Texas. He attended school in Dawson before moving to McGregor where he graduated from high school. After graduation,...
Billy Dyer Sr.
Apr 25, 2020
Billy Dyer Sr., age 83 of Jonesboro, passed away on the evening of April 25, 2020. The family will hold a graveside service at Jonesboro Cemetery on Wednesday, April 29, 2020.
Billy was born to Clessie and Owen Dyer on August 2, 1936. He attended school at Jonesboro, TX. Upon graduation, he received a scholarship to play basketball at Weatherford...
Johnny Mack York Jr.
Apr 25, 2020
Johnny Mack York Jr., age 85 of Eddy, passed away on the afternoon of April 25, 2020. The family will hold a private family graveside where Johnny “Gan” York Jr. will be laid to rest next to his wife in the Masonic Cemetery in Gatesville, TX.
Mr. Johnny Mack York Jr., son of the late Johnny Mack York Sr. and...
Bertie Millsap
Apr 24, 2020
Maggie Bertie Millsap entered into the gates of heaven on Friday, April 24, 2020. A celebration of life will be held at Murphree Cemetery in Evant, Texas on Tuesday, April 28, 2020 at 2:00 pm. Bertie was born in Hamilton County, Texas to Joe and Lillie Townsend on May 30, 1929. She married the love of her life, James Millsap...
M.H. Shepherd, III
Apr 24, 2020
M.H. Shepherd, III age 78 of Gatesville, passed away on Friday, April 24, 2020.
Memorial services to honor him will be held at a later date.
M.H. Shepherd, III ("Machie", "Shep") was born on December 26, 1941 in Waco, to the late M.H. Shepherd, Jr. and Mildred Grant Shepherd. He was raised in Houston where he attended Stephen F. Austin...
Eddie Clarie Bruton
Apr 24, 2020
Eddie Clarie Ayers Bruton, age 61 passed away on the morning of April 24, 2020. The family will hold a graveside service at Mound Cemetery.
Eddie was born on September 9, 1958 in Gatesville to the late Hollis Edward Ayers and Eunice Marie Martin Ayers. She grew up in Mound, Texas and attended school there in her early years. When...
Diane Herridge
Apr 22, 2020
Diane Herridge, 73, passed away on April 22, 2020, at her home in Gatesville after a short fight with bone cancer. Her husband, Bill, was at her bedside.
Memorial services will be held at a later date.
Diane was born on Oct. 1, 1946, in Gatesville, Texas, as part of the first wave of Boomer Babies following World War II. ...
Sylvia Anderson Felton
Apr 16, 2020
Sylvia Anderson Felton departed April 16, 2020 on a cold spring morning in Coryell City, leaping into the arms of loved ones gone before. A family gathering will be held at a later date at Highsmith Cemetery in Guadalupe County, TX.
Sylvia arrived December 22, 1926 on a warm winter morning in San Antonio, TX. The youngest of Nile and...
Danny Wittie
Apr 15, 2020
Roy Dan (Danny) Wittie, age 66, of Gatesville, passed away April 15, 2020, at his residence surrounded by his family. Private family graveside services will be held at Restland Cemetery. Danny was born December 17, 1953 in Gatesville, Texas to the late Roy Floyd Wittie and Dorothy Faye Rose Wittie. He attended school in Gatesville. He married Carolyn Lanell Timmons...
Billy "Bill" James Summers
Apr 9, 2020
Billy James “Bill” Summers, age 79 of Copperas Cove, passed away on the evening of April 9, 2020. Graveside services are scheduled for Tuesday, April 14, 2020 at Restland Cemetery.
Bill was born on March 24, 1941 in Gorman, Texas, to the late Merle, and Jake Summers of Comanche County. He grew up and attended school in Copperas Cove. He...
Mario Jemal Lee
Apr 6, 2020
Mario Jemal Lee, 51, passed away on April 6th, 2020 in Gatesville, Texas. A private family service will be held. Memorial services will be held at 4:30 PM, Friday, June 19, 2020 at the Turnersville Community Center. Mario was born September 22nd, 1968 in Chicago, Illinois. He graduated Salutatorian from Boys Town. He and his wife Maggie were longtime residents...
Lillie Dail Upchurch
Apr 6, 2020
Lillie Dail Upchurch, age 42 of Gatesville, passed away on Monday, April 6, 2020.
Memorial services will be announced at a later date.
Lillie was born on June 5, 1977 in Clifton to Martha Brown (Stubblefield) and the late Len Dail Stubblefield. She grew up and attended school in Temple, Belton and Gatesville. She was a member of Calvary Baptist...
Belva Perkins
Apr 5, 2020
Belva Jean Perkins, age 85 of Evant, passed away on Sunday, April 5, 2020 in Gatesville.
Private family graveside services were held at Murphree Cemetery in Evant, with Rev. Judith Sellers, officiating.
Belva was born on August 19, 1934 in Coryell County, to the late Joseph Weldon (Curly) and Ruby Adeline Braziel Gilchrest. She went to school in Turnersville, where she...
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