Obituaries

May 5, 2020

Harold Dean Allison, a longtime McGregor resident, died Tuesday May 5, 2020.  A visitation will be 6 to 8 P.M. Friday May 8, 2020, at Grace Gardens Funeral Home, 8220 Woodway Dr. The Graveside services and interment will be 3:00 P.M. Saturday May 9, 2020, at McGregor Cemetery with Jimmy Hering officiating.

Dean was born January 10,...

May 4, 2020

Wesley Allan Reinke, 32, of the Waco area, passed away Monday, May 4th, 2020.  A Celebration of his life will be 11 am, Saturday, May 9, 2020 at Grace Gardens Funeral Home.  An inurnment will follow at Waco Memorial Park.

Wesley was born and raised in the Waco area.  He was a 2007 graduate of Coolidge High...

Apr 29, 2020

Charles E. Stroud, age 88 of Hewitt passed away Wednesday, April 29, 2020.  The family will hold a brief visitation for family and friends at 11 AM on Saturday May 2, 2020 at Grace Gardens Funeral Home, followed by a private graveside service and burial at Waco Memorial Park in Waco, Texas.

Charles Stroud was born March...

Apr 26, 2020

Esther Niño Contreras – October 20, 1927 – April 26, 2020

Esther was born October 20, 1927, in Caldwell, Texas, to Magdaleno and Hermelinda Nino.  She was the third born of eight daughters. Growing up, she attended Waco Schools.

On November 14, 1946, Esther married Jesse Contreras.  They remained married for 42 years until his...

Apr 16, 2020

Larry Ordener, 61, joined his Heavenly Father during his sleep on the morning of April 16th, 2020. A private service is being held for immediate family and a public celebration of life is pending the release of current large gathering restrictions. Larry was born on May 19th of 1958 in Wichita Falls, Tx to Bernard and Tommie Ree Ordener....

Apr 15, 2020

Trudie Ballard Tate, 89, of Lorena, passed away Wednesday April 15, 2020 in Waco.  Trudie was born November 22, 1930 to Gladys (Jones) and Sylvester Ballard of Prairie Hill. She married Prairie Hill High School sweetheart Dale Johnson in 1947, and they moved to Waco.  Trudie and Dale found their small dream-ranch outside Lorena where they worked to guide...

Apr 14, 2020

Nelda Lois Fulton, 84, of Waco, Texas; born Nelda Lois Brown in Hill county on December 3rd 1935, peacefully passed away Tuesday, April 14, 2020. She Graduated from Penelope High in 1953. Nelda spent most of her life caring for the needs of others. She enjoyed spending time with her children & grandchildren, and most recently getting to know...

Apr 13, 2020

William Douglas Waddill was born January 25, 1941 to H. Peyton and Mary Barnett Waddill in Dallas, Texas. Doug was the 3rd of four children, 3 boys (Ed, Doug, and Steve) and a girl (Lanelle), born to a Presbyterian minister, Peyton, who was a strong role model for him. His mother Mary was one of nine children in a...

Apr 11, 2020

George Edwin Giddens, 96 of Waco, passed away Saturday, April 11, 2020 at his residence of natural causes.  He will be cremated, and his ashes will be spread over the Gulf of Mexico near Pensacola, Florida as per his request.  There will be no memorial service.

George was born December 19, 1923 in Birmingham, Alabama to Margarite...

Apr 2, 2020

Roy Gale Vandine, 79, of Lorena, Texas, formerly of Stockport, Ohio, passed away on Thursday, April 2, 2020.  Roy was born July 5, 1940 in Stockport, Ohio to Lucius and Dorotha Vandine.

He is preceded in death by his parents; his sister Verla Blind and brothers Dean Vandine and Eugene Vandine.  He is survived by his son...

Mar 29, 2020

Vickie Lee Parsons, 69, of Lorena, passed away suddenly at her home.  You may come and sign her book between 10 am and 3 pm Saturday, April 4, 2020 at Grace Gardens Funeral Home in Woodway.

Vickie Lee Bagley was born September 3, 1950 in Waco, Texas to Orien DeVon and Lola Virginia (Goss) Bagley.  She was...

Mar 28, 2020

Doris Lee  Fisher (Plake) Olsen, 93, of Waco, formally of Lumberton, Tx. went to her heavenly home on March 28, 2020. There are no planned services due to the health issues of our world. Doris was born on July 13,1926 to Jim and Maudie Fisher.  She was a former member of First Baptist Church of Lumberton. Doris had a...

Mar 28, 2020

Koelling Dee Wenzel (K.D.),58 Hamilton, Texas March 28,2020. Koelling fell in love with wood while in high school working at HTW lumber company. He ordered special woods and when it arrived, happy as a kid with a  new toy, showed them to his father. Koelling became a master craftsman with wood and its been said he worked in 64ths...

Mar 27, 2020

Brenda “Kay” Meyer Meadows, 71, of Waco, formally of Crawford, went to be with her Lord on March 27, 2020. Private services will be held for her immediate family.

Brenda Kay was born on March 12, 1949 to Ardine and Mary Pearl “Meador” Meyer and she had three brothers Jerry Joel Meyer, Larry William Meyer, and Don...

Mar 25, 2020

On Wednesday, March 25, 2020, Ernest C. Gooch, Sr., loving husband and father of 3 children, passed away at the of age 73.

Ernest was born on March 21, 1947 in Waco, TX to Helen and Ernest William Gooch.

He served in the United States Army for 20 years and retired with honors as a...

Mar 24, 2020

Our mother, Betty Close, passed from this life on Tuesday, March 24, 2020 and the loss we feel cannot fully be put into words.

She was born Betty Claire Earp in Wheeling, West Virginia, on January 2, 1925. Her parents, Harold Robert Earp, Sr. and Alma Cox Schang, preceded her in death, as did her brother, Harold...

Mar 22, 2020

Al Humphrey, 71, of Hewitt died Sunday March 22, 2020 after a long fight with cancer.

Born in 1949 out of Monrovia, California, he was the baby boy of the late Walton and Gerlene Humphrey. In 1966, he decided to join the Marine Corps where he served 4 years during the Vietnam War. By that time, he...

Mar 20, 2020

James Gardner Crittenden, 90, of Waco, Texas, formerly of Mt. Vernon, Texas, passed away Friday, March 20, 2020 at Royal Manor Nursing Home, Hewitt, Texas.

He was born in Rapid City, South Dakota.  He was the last of five children born to Donald Gardner Crittenden and Sadie Irene Crittenden. Jim pastored the Cornerstone Church in Mt. Vernon...

Mar 17, 2020

Gus Wiethorn of Waco, a long time McGregor resident, passed away Tuesday morning March 17, 2020, at the age of 92.  The family will be hosting a memorial service at 10:00 A.M. Friday March 20, 2020, at Zion Lutheran Church, 503 W. Sixth Street in McGregor with Pastor Bill Snappenfield officiating.  A private committal service will be in McGregor...

Mar 14, 2020

Betty Jean Hulme, age 75, passed away peacefully and went to Heaven Saturday, March 14, 2020 in Waco, Texas.  A Memorial Service will be 2:00 p.m., Thursday, March 19, 2020 at the First Baptist Church of Corsicana, Texas.

She is survived by her husband of 56 years Jim Hulme, daughter Tracey Jordan (Mark), son, Jeff Hulme (Mindi),...