Obituaries
Norbert Henry Halfmann
Dec 1, 2010
Norbert Henry Halfmann, 87, of Eola died Wednesday, December 1, 2010 at a San Angelo hospital. Rosary will be recited Friday, December 3 at 5:30 p.m. at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Rowena. Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, December 4 at St. Joseph Catholic Church with Fr.Ariel Lagunilla, Msgr. Curtis Halfmann, and...
John Robert (Johnny) Keel
Nov 25, 2010
John Robert (Johnny) Keel, age 61, passed away on November 25, 2010 after a courageous decade long fight against colon cancer. A native of Ballinger, TX, he was born on August 1, 1949 to Gene and Nell Keel. Preceded in death by his parents, Johnny also faced the loss of his infant daughter, Stephanie. He also witnessed the passing...
Doyle Felton Keesee
Nov 22, 2010
Doyle Felton Keesee, 84, of Ballinger passed away Monday, November 22, 2010 at Ballinger Memorial Hospital. He was born September 9, 1926 in Ballinger to Clarence and Jessie (Roach) Keesee. Doyle and Juanita Bradshaw were married October 29, 1949 in Paint Rock. He was a faithful, active member of the First Church of God in Ballinger, serving on the...
Lillian Vandevanter Clark
Nov 20, 2010
Lillian Vandevanter Clark, 95, of Ballinger passed away Saturday, November 20, 2010 at Shannon Medical Center in San Angelo, Texas. She was born July 8, 1915 in Runnels County to Henry V. and Gertrude S. (Wood) Vandevanter, a Runnels County pioneer family. By way of horseback she attended Benoit School and later went to school in Ballinger. Lillian and...
Felipe Villarreal, Sr.
Nov 18, 2010
“The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge” “El principio de la sabiduria es el temor de jehova” Proverbs 1:7 “Honor your father and mother…so that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth.” Ephesians 6:2,3 Felipe Villarreal, Sr., 91, of Ballinger passed away Thursday, November 18, 2010 in...
Naoma Graves Darby
Nov 17, 2010
Naoma Graves Darby, age 92, departed this earth to meet her Savior on Wednesday, November 17, 2010. Naoma was born March 30, 1918 in Erath County, Texas to Morgan and Mae Shoup Graves. She attended Tarleton College until her marriage to Cecil Curtis Darby on June 28, 1936 in Stephenville, Texas. They were married for 61 years until his...
Bobby Lynn Turner
Nov 17, 2010
Bobby Lynn Turner, 76, of Ballinger, passed away Wednesday, November 17, 2010 at his residence, surrounded by his loving wife and family. He was born January 18, 1934 in Crockett, TX to Alfred Cleon Turner and Dessie Lee (McQueen) Glover. Bobby married the love of his life, Charlene Carroll on May 26, 1951 in San Angelo. Together they raised...
Jessie E. Cortez
Nov 16, 2010
Jessie E. Cortez, 87, of Ballinger, passed away Tuesday, November 16, 2010 at Abilene Regional Medical Center. He was born June 22, 1923 in Winters to Felix, Sr. and Erlinda Esquivel Cortez. Jessie and Tommie Ruiz were married October 25, 1943 in Ballinger. He was a former production worker for Dry Manufacturing and a member of St. Mary Catholic...
Lucille Robertson
Nov 14, 2010
Tinie Lucille Robertson, 95, of Ballinger, passed away Sunday morning, November 14, 2010 in a local nursing facility. Lucille was born on January 23, 1915 in Brown County to Renzo and Mary (Busby) Blackmon. She married W. M. (Marcy) Robertson on July 7, 1938 in Ballinger. He preceded her in death on March 7, 2002. She was also preceded...
Elizabeth Ann Ransbarger
Nov 8, 2010
Elizabeth Ann Ransbarger, 67, of Ballinger passed away Monday, November 8, 2010 at Ballinger Memorial Hospital. She was born December 24, 1942 in Ballinger to Willard Delmore and Elizabeth (Gann) Ransbarger. Employed as a secretary, she spent several years overseas working for General Dynamics, a national defense contracting company. She was preceded in death by her parents and a...
Alice Eugenia Goodwin
Nov 5, 2010
Alice Goodwin, 89, of Miles passed away Friday, November 5, 2010 at Ballinger Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center. Services will be held at a later time.
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Annie Clara Jost
Oct 28, 2010
Annie Clara Jost, longtime resident of Rowena, passed away Thursday, October 28, 2010 at Ballinger Memorial Hospital at the age of 99. She was born June 22, 1911 in Rowena to Joseph and Elizabeth (Schnurbusch) Franke, and she lived all her life in the Rowena/Eola area. She and Alfred John Jost were married in Rowena on November 21, 1939....
Sylvia De La Cruz Espinoza
Oct 20, 2010
Sylvia De La Cruz Espinoza, 60, of Dallas passed away Wednesday, October 20, 2010 at her residence. She was born December 23, 1949 in Millersview to Clemente and Elvira Martinez De La Cruz. She worked for a time as a convenience store clerk. Sylvia is survived by her two sons, Gabriel Fuentes and wife, Brenda, and Adrian Antonio Fuentes,...
Armon G. "Buck" Buchanan
Oct 12, 2010
Armon G. “Buck” Buchanan, 87, of Ballinger, passed away Tuesday, October 12, 2010, in a local nursing home. Visitation will be from 6-7 on Friday, October 15th, at Lange Funeral Home. Funeral service will be at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, October 16th, at The First Baptist Church in Ballinger with the Rev. Ferris Akins and Bro. Bobby Broyles co-officiating....
W. Jay Garrett
Oct 4, 2010
Whether you knew him as Jay, Budge, Pops or Dad, you knew my father, and you knew a man of that rare sort that we may never see again. A man of tremendous character and talent, he will live with us forever in our memories and in the stories with which he could electrify a room. To have known...
Imogene "Gene" Lee
Oct 4, 2010
Imogene “Gene” (Taylor) Lee, 89, of Ballinger passed away Monday, October 4, 2010 at San Angelo Community Medical Center. She was born July 29, 1921 in Norton to Ben and Dilly (Rhodes) Taylor and graduated from Norton High School in 1939. She was also married in Norton on September 19, 1940 to Raymond Lee, who preceded her in death...
Bonnie Lou Smith
Oct 1, 2010
Bonnie Lou Smith, 64, of Ballinger passed away Friday, October 1, 2010 at Shannon Medical Center in San Angelo. She was born October 25, 1945 in Littlefield to Ray and Edna (Ridley) Cullum. She and Ronnie Smith were married in Ballinger in September of 1993. She was employed with Dankworth Packing Company as a department supervisor. She was preceded...
Lucius Sandiford Evans
Sep 29, 2010
Lucius Sandiford Evans, 94, long-time resident of Norton went to be with Jesus and be reunited with his loving wife, Evelyn, on Wednesday, September 29, 2010 at Community Medical Center in San Angelo. A memorial celebration will be held at First United Methodist Church in Ballinger on Saturday, October 2, 2010 at 1:00 p.m. with graveside service to follow...
Vida Ruth Black
Sep 26, 2010
Vida Ruth Black, 86, long-time and well-known resident of Ballinger passed away Sunday, September 26 at Shannon Medical Center in San Angelo. She was born April 12, 1924 in Ballinger to Roy and Flora (Compton) Holdstead. She and Ross Black, Jr. were married November 13, 1943 in Shawnee, Oklahoma, beginning a life of devotion to each other and working...
Addie Beatrice (Bea) Neas
Sep 25, 2010
Addie Bea Neas, 95, of Ballinger, passed away quietly and peacefully at her home Saturday, September 25, 2010. Bea was the youngest of nine children born to George Washington Rains and Mary Ann Latham Harris on November 17, 1914, in Envernice, Mississippi. The family traveled to Gilmer, TX in 1915 by covered wagon, because of the flu epidemic and...
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