Obituaries
Obituaries
Obituaries for Waco, TX. and surrounding areas
Jesse Kelly
October 26, 2014
Jesse Odell Kelly 93, of Waco, passed away on October 26, 2014. A visitation with the family will be 1:30pm, 30 minutes prior to the service at 2pm Wednesday, October 29, 2014 at Grace Gardens Funeral Home. Jesse was born in Bosque County on July 2, 1921 to Jesse Woods Kelly and Hettie Eudora Hayes Kelly. He married Grace Burns...
Mark McLeod
October 23, 2014
Mark Alan McLeod, 57, of Waco passed away Thursday, October 23, 2014. Visitation will be Tuesday, 6-8 pm, October 28, 2014. Private family services will be held on a later date. Mark was born in Pecos, Texas to Daniel and Jo Ann McLeod. He graduated from Richfield High School in 1975. Mark worked at Wolfe Wholesale Florist, Waco Wholesale Flower...
Barbara Shier
October 20, 2014
Barbara Kay Shier, 67, of Waco passed away Monday, October 20, 2014. A Graveside service will be held at 2pm on October 23, 2014 at Waco Memorial Park , officiated by Robert Forrest. A visitation with the family will be held 5-7 pm on Wednesday, October 22, 2014 at Grace Gardens Funeral Home. Barbara was born in Nebraska to Wilmer...
Charles Schraeder
October 12, 2014
Charles Schraeder, 78, of Robinson, passed away Sunday, October 12, 2014, at his residence. Funeral Services will be 2 p.m. Thursday, October 16, at Grace Gardens Funeral Home with Bro. Morgan Woodard from First Baptist Church of Golinda officiating . Masonic graveside rites under the Auspices of Baylor Masonic Lodge will follow at Harris Creek Cemetery. Visitation with the family...
Gloria Stabeno
October 12, 2014
Gloria Ann Stabeno, 87, of Woodway, passed away Sunday, October 12, 2014. Funeral services will be (10 a.m.) Thursday, October 16, 2014 at Woodway First United Methodist Church, 21000 Woodway Drive, with Rev. John A. Dirk officiating. Burial will follow at Oakwood Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be (6 - 8 p.m.) at Grace Gardens Funeral Home, 8220 Woodway...
Mike Witte
October 7, 2014
Michael Layton Witte originally came from McGregor, Texas, located in central Texas. He attended McGregor Public Schools, except the first grade, which was spent in the Tyler Public Schools. He graduated from McGregor High School in 1967. Mike was born in Brownsville, Texas on October 17, 1948. He was one of four children in his family with an older sister...
Debra Witt
October 5, 2014
Debra Kay Witt, Feb. 6, 1955 - October 5, 2014. Debra Kay Witt, 59, of China Spring passed away Sunday, October 5, 2014. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Friday, October 10, at Grace Gardens Funeral Home, 8220 Woodway Drive with a visitation to start an hour earlier at 10:00 a.m. Interment will follow at Oakwood Cemetery in Waco. Debra...
Robert Erger
October 3, 2014
Robert “Bob” Erger passed away on Oct. 3, 2014. Bob was born on 10/22/1952 to Lois (Foster) and George Erger in Brookings, South Dakota. He was their third child but the first born son out of ten siblings. He married his high school sweetheart Ruthann Rhoe Aug. 1973 in Corinna, MN. Their son, Jeremy was born Oct. 28, 1975 in...
James Jackson
September 28, 2014
James Arthur Jackson, 62, passed away peacefully in Waco on September 28, 2014. Visitation will be between 5:00 and 7:00 on Thursday, October 2 at Grace Gardens Funeral Home in Waco. Burial and a private graveside service will be held at the Burketown Cemetery in Apple Springs, Texas. James was born on September 5, 1952 in Texarkana, Texas to Betty...
Glen Black
September 27, 2014
Glen Ray Black, 64, of China Spring passed away in tragic accident Saturday, September 27, 2014 in Fort Worth. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Thursday October 2, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Woodway. Pastor James Menke officiating. Interment will follow at Chapel Hill. Visitation with the family will be 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, October 1 at Grace Gardens...
James McGregor
September 24, 2014
Dr. James E. McGregor, 73, of Waco, passed away on September 24, 2014 after a brief battle with cancer. The visitation will be from 10:00am-12:00pm on Saturday, October 4, at Grace Gardens Funeral Home. Jim was born March 27, 1941 in Bryan, Texas to parents Walter and Georgia (Davis) McGregor. He graduated from Brazosport H.S. in 1959. He attended Texas...
Bernard "Jr." Smith
September 21, 2014
Bernard”Bud” Smith Jr. , 55, of Waco, passed away Sunday, Sept. 21, 2014 at his residence. Funeral Services will be held Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014 at 11:00am at Grace Gardens Funeral Home, with burial at Oakwood Cemetery. Visitation with his family will be from 6:00pm-8:00pm Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014 at the funeral home He was born Nov 7, 1958 in...
Dr. Joan Peoples
September 18, 2014
Dr. Joan B. Peoples, 77, longtime Berea resident, passed away September 18, 2014 in Waco, Texas, after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease. she was preceded in death by her beloved husband of 53 years, Crocker Peoples. Joan was born September 20, 1936, to R. Keith and Mary-Lou Brown Blakely in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was a graduate of the University...
Almuth Lackey
September 12, 2014
A visitation with the family will be Tuesday, September 16, 2014 from 5-6 pm and a Memorial Service at 6 pm.
Wanda Rogers
September 11, 2014
Wanda Bill Rogers, 88, of Waco, passed away Thursday, September 11, 2014. A Graveside Service will be held at Oakwood Cemetery, 10 am, Monday, September 15, 2014. A visitation will be held at Grace Gardens Funeral Home, Sunday, September 14, 2014 from 4 pm to 6 pm. Wanda was preceded in death by her husband, Vernon B. Rogers, her parents,...
Glonda Counts
September 11, 2014
Glonda (Claiborne) Counts, 92, of Waco went to her heavenly home on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014. Visitation will be held from 10-12, Saturday, Sept. 20, at Grace Gardens Funeral Home, 8220 Woodway Dr. Glonda was born April 17, 1922, to Fleetwood Asa and Montra Marie Claiborne on a farm near Greenville, Texas. She graduated from East Texas State Teachers’ College...

Anna "Anne" Jinkins
September 11, 2014
Anne passed into the arms of our Heavenly Father on September 11, 2014. Memorial services will be 10:30 Saturday, September 27, 2014 at Grace Episcopal Church, Galveston, TX with a reception following at Jinkins Hall. Anne was born August 2, 1932 in Dallas, Texas into an Army family. She attended numerous schools and lived on many Army Posts in different...
Tamara Romano
September 9, 2014
Tamara “Tami” Romano, a beautiful spirit, 44, of Lakeway, Texas, went to be with the Lord on September 9, 2014. Funeral service will be 10 a.m. Saturday, September 13, 2014 at Grace Gardens Funeral Home with Dr. Ken Young officiating. Interment will follow at Waco Memorial Park. Visitation will be 5 p.m. - 7 p.m. Friday, September 12, 2014 at...
Arthur Taylor
September 9, 2014
Arthur "Stinky" Dale Taylor, 62, took his final bike ride into the sunset on Tuesday, September 9, 2014. There will be a celebration of his life on Saturday, September 13, 2014 at his home with family and friends. Paul Barron officiating. Arthur worked for many years as a printer in the Fort Worth area moving back to his hometown of...
Jimmy Rice
September 7, 2014
Jimmy Lee Rice, 51, of Waco, passed away at his home after a short battle with cancer. A Memorial Service is scheduled for 5 p.m. Saturday, September 13, at Miss Nellie's Pretty Place in Cameron Park. Pastor Wayne Blackshear will be officiating. Jimmy was born in Bryan, Texas, to Cameron and Mollie Rice. He lived his life to the fullest...
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