Recent Obituaries

Jose Casarez
Jan 1, 2012
Jose Antonio Casarez, 63, of Beeville, died Sunday, Jan. 1, 2012. Mr. Casarez was born July 4, 1948, in Beeville to Victoria (Castro) and Jose O. Casarez. He married Maria Louisa Gonzales in Kenedy on July 5, 1972, and was a transportation driver for BCAA. He was a member of St. James Catholic Church and enjoyed welding. He was...

Betty Howland
Dec 14, 2011
Betty Howland, 85, of Skidmore, died Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011. Mrs. Howland was born Sept. 27, 1926, in Corpus Christi to Mabel (White) and Pleas C. Tom. She married John Earl Howland and was a homemaker and a member of the Methodist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband. Survivors include two sons, Tom...

Felesita Gutierrez
Dec 10, 2011
Felesita (Chapa) Gutierrez, 57, of Beeville, died Saturday, Dec. 10, 2011. Mrs. Gutierrez was born May 18, 1954, in Bee County to Refugio T. and Alicia Alamburo Chapa. She married Antonio Gutierrez in Beeville on Feb. 5, 1987, and was a homemaker and a member of the Catholic church. She enjoyed dancing. Survivors include her husband, Antonio Gutierrez of...

Maria Garcia
Dec 4, 2011
Maria Belia (Garcia) Garcia, 76, of Beeville, died Sunday, Dec. 4, 2011. Mrs. Garcia was born March 20, 1935, in Clareville to Tomas and Aurora (Gomez) Garcia. She married Anastacio Garcia in Beeville on March 20, 1952, and was a homemaker. She was a member of St. James Catholic Church and the Cursillistas. She was preceded in death by...

Pancho Trevino
Oct 15, 2011
Pancho G. Trevi�o, 57, of Beeville, died Saturday, Oct. 15, 2011. Mr. Trevi�o was born June 18, 1954, in Beeville to Leonor (Garza) and Andres Trevi�o. He was a labor and a Catholic by faith. He was preceded in death by his mother, Leonor Trevi�o; and a brother, Soltero Trevi�o. Survivors include his father, Andres Trevi�o of Houston; children,...

Siria Canales
Oct 11, 2011
Siria A. Canales, 88, of Tynan, died Monday, Oct. 10, 2011. Mrs. Canales was born June 18, 1923, in Charco to Juan and Emilia (Aguilar) Alaniz. She married Saturino Canales on June 22, 1974, and was a homemaker and a member of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; two sisters,...

Juan Juarez
Oct 4, 2011
Juan R. Juarez, 91, of Mathis, died Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011. Mr. Juarez was born Sept. 1, 1920, in San Antonio to Leonor (Reyes) and Manuel Juarez Sr. He married Jovita Castaneda in Edinburg on Aug. 21, 1960, and was a laborer and ranch hand. He was a member of Templo Gethsemani Church in Mathis and was a deacon...

Joe Falcon
Sep 19, 2011
Joe Edward Falcon, 43, of Beeville, died Monday, Sept. 19, 2011. Mr. Falcon was born July 7, 1968, in Beeville to Mary Delia Garcia Ocana and Rudy Falcon Jr. He was a truck driver for K-3 Services in Karnes City and a member of St. James Catholic Church. He was preceded in death by his father; his maternal grandparents,...

Alejos Posada
Sep 17, 2011
Alejos G. Posada, 79, of Beeville died Saturday, Sept. 17, 2011. Mr. Posada was born Sept. 11, 1932, in Bee County to Jesus and Cristina (Guerrero) Posada. He married Julia Zambrano in Beeville in 1950, and was a truck driver by profession. He was a member of St. James Catholic Church and a member of the cursillistas. He was...

Santiago Solis
Sep 6, 2011
Santiago R. Solis, 78, of Beeville, died Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2011. Mr. Solis was born July 25, 1933, in Karnes City to Sofia (Rodriguez) and Tomas Solis. He married Maria Elva Baltazar in Beeville on Oct. 24, 1955, and was a truck driver for the City of Beeville for 35 years. He was a part-time mechanic, an avid jogger...

Pedro Cantu
Sep 1, 2011
Pedro G. "Pete" Cantu, 73, died Sept. 1, 2011. Mr. Cantu was born April 3, 1938, in San Antonio to Wenceslado and Mary Guajardo Cantu. He married Lonnie Garcia on Oct. 30, 1998, in Beeville. He was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church and worked for Bee Community Action Agency. He enjoyed bowling, reading and sports and was...

Keith Starr
Sep 1, 2011
Keith Starr, 63, passed away on September 1, 2011. He was born in Sterling, Kansas on April 17, 1948 to Harry Allison Starr and Gladys Geraldine Boy Starr. He graduated from Kansas State University and was a Former Federal Agent and Compliance Officer for the USDA. He married Esther Alcorta on February 12, 1994 in Grapevine, Texas. Mr. Starr...

Reynaldo Moreno
Aug 27, 2011
Reynaldo B. Moreno, 49, of Beeville, died Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011. Mr. Moreno was born April 10, 1962, in Beeville to Erlinda Banda and Matilde Moreno Sr. He married Lucia Campos in Beeville on Aug. 22, 1984, and was a carpenter and a member of Monte Del Olivar Christian Church. He was preceded in death by his parents and...

Marlene Harris
Aug 25, 2011
Marlene A. (Nix) Harris, 63, of Beeville, died Thursday, Aug. 25, 2011. Mrs. Harris was born June 18, 1948, in Bay City, Mich., to Robert John Nix and Loretta Marie Coughlan. She married Elario Chapa Jr. and was a home health care worker and a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church. She was preceded in death by her parents...

Lucio Santos
Aug 23, 2011
Lucio De Los Santos, 77, of Beeville, died Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011. Mr. De Los Santos was born Nov. 17, 1933, in Runge to Josefina Rios and Espirion De Los Santos. He married Dominga Rodriguez in Charco on June 27, 1957, and was a retired custodian at Trinity University in San Antonio. He was a Catholic. He was preceded...

Amelia Martinez
Aug 8, 2011
Amelia Villarreal Martinez, 72, of Tynan, died Monday, Aug. 8, 2011. Mrs. Martinez was born Aug. 30, 1938, in Mathis to Elisandro and Francisca (Trevi�o) Villarreal. She married Severiano Martinez and was a homemaker and a member of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; a son, Mario Martinez; a granddaughter,...

Delfino Rocha
Jul 30, 2011
Delfino Rodriguez Rocha, 65, of Beeville, died Saturday, July 30, 2011. Mr. Rocha was born Dec, 24, 1945, in Rio Verde San Luis Potosi, Mexico, to Marcelino Rodriguez and Luz Rodriguez Rocha. He married Angelita Casarez in Beeville on April 9, 1985, and was a forklift operator for Wastequip, Inc. He was a Catholic. He was preceded in death...

Christi Perez
Jul 24, 2011
Christi M. Perez, 36, of Beeville, died Sunday, July 24, 2011. Ms. Perez was born Aug. 9, 1974, in Port Lavaca to Frances (Botello) and Crecencio Perez. She was a member of La Primera Iglesia Cristiana Pentecostal in Beeville. She was preceded in death by her father; her paternal grandparents, Crescencio M. Perez and Cecilia Vela; a brother, Domingo...

Ofilia Benavidez
Jul 16, 2011
> Ofilia Rivas Benavidez, 64, of Beeville, died Saturday, July 16, 2011. Mrs. Benavidez was born Oct. 18, 1946, in Beeville to Eulalia (Mejia) and Paulino Rivas. She married Paulino Benavidez in Plainview on Nov. 4, 1967, and was a clerk by profession. She was retired from the Bee Community Action Agency and the WIC Program and was a...

Leonora Gonzales
Jul 15, 2011
Leonora "Nona" (Martinez) Gonzales, 78, of Beeville, died Friday, July 15, 2011. Mrs. Gonzales was born March 21, 1933, in Live Oak County to Maria Ruiz and Preciliano Martinez. She married Alfredo Gonzales Sr. in Beeville in May 1958, and was a homemaker and a member of Our Lady of Victory Catholic Church. She was preceded in death by...