Obituaries

Audrey Lee Schniers

Audrey Lee Schniers

May 25, 2009

Audrey Lee Schniers, age 79 and longtime resident of Miles, passed away Monday, May 25, 2009 at her residence. She was born December 14, 1929 in Rowena to Erwin W. and Helen (Kasberg) Kleypas and lived all her life in the Rowena/Miles area. She and Henry Schniers were married September 6, 1952 in Rowena. She was employed by the...

Sarah Ann Powers

Sarah Ann Powers

May 19, 2009

Sarah Ann Powers, 54, of San Angelo and formerly of Ballinger, passed away Tuesday, May 19, 2009 at Legend Oaks Nursing Home in San Angelo. Sarah was born March 9, 1955 in Houston to Avery and Erna (Lynge) Powers. She had lived in Ballinger since 1984 and had been a resident of Runnels County Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. She...

Barbara Laverne Stafford

Barbara Laverne Stafford

May 17, 2009

Barbara LaVerne Stafford, 79, of Ballinger passed away Sunday, May 17, 2009 at Ballinger Memorial Hospital. She was born September 23, 1929 in Brownwood to Walter Scott and Annie Laurie (Leith) Marshall. Barbara was baptized at the age of forty at the First Baptist Church in Follett, Texas. Barbara married Edgar Wayne Stafford on August 3, 1948 in Pampa,...

Olan Thomas Mcminn, Jr.

Olan Thomas Mcminn, Jr.

May 16, 2009

Olan Thomas McMinn, Jr., age 70, resident of Cleveland, Tennessee and formerly of Ballinger, passed away Saturday, May 16, 2009 in a Tennessee healthcare center. He was a member of the Church of God. He served his country in the U.S. Navy and was a member of the Disabled Veterans. He was the owner of Mack’s Exterminating and GFB...

Bobby Joe Poindexter

Bobby Joe Poindexter

Apr 30, 2009

Bobby Joe Poindexter, 52, of Weatherford and formerly of the Ballinger/Winters area, passed away Thursday, April 30, 2009 in Weatherford after a brave battle with cancer. Bobby was born December 4, 1956 in Ballinger to Donald and Betty Ann (Keesee) Poindexter. He attended elementary school in Ballinger and graduated from Winters High School where he played football and participated...

Frankie Marie Cape

Frankie Marie Cape

Apr 17, 2009

Frankie Marie Cape, 95, of Ballinger and formerly of Paint Rock, passed away Friday, April 17, 2009 at Ballinger Memorial Hospital. Frankie was born April 18, 1913 in Gap, Texas to George William and Kittie May Redwine. She graduated from Munday High School in 1931 and attended North Texas State Teachers College in Denton. She was one of the...

Herman L. Stokes, Jr.

Herman L. Stokes, Jr.

Apr 13, 2009

Herman Lawson Stokes, Jr., 78, of Abilene passed away Monday, April 13, 2009 at his residence. He was born July 15, 1930 in Runnels County to Herman Lawson Stokes, Sr. and Dora Lange Stokes. He went to school at Blanton and graduated in 1948 from Ballinger High School. He was awarded the degree of American Farmer in October 1951....

Anastacia Haney

Anastacia Haney

Apr 11, 2009

Our precious Anastacia has joined the angels chasing butterflies in heaven. She now plays with the other children at God’s feet where she can enjoy the sun on her face and the wind in her hair. Anastacia was born April 21, 2004 in Schweinfurt, Germany to her parents, William and Tanja Haney, just moments before her brother Terrell. Anastacia...

Edmund Jacob Binder, Sr.

Edmund Jacob Binder, Sr.

Apr 10, 2009

Edmund Jacob Binder, Sr., 88, of Ballinger died Friday, April 10, at Ballinger Memorial Hospital. He was born August 2, 1920 in Runnels County to Jacob and Frances (Zly) Binder. Edmund married Dorine Frances Strakos on June 20, 1950. He served during World War II in the U.S. Army in Company D of the 361st Infantry, where he received...

Christine M. Smith

Christine M. Smith

Apr 8, 2009

Christine M. (Dodson) Smith, 84, of Ballinger passed away Wednesday, April 8, 2009 at Ballinger Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center. Christine was born October 27, 1924 in Winters to William C. and Myrtle (Barnett) Dodson and had lived in Ballinger since 1928. On August 2, 1941 she married Charles E. “Dude” Smith who preceded her in death April 4, 1991....

D. J. Fields

D. J. Fields

Apr 2, 2009

The gates of heaven have opened this morning, the angels are singing, and D. J. has been called by his Lord to enter the kingdom of Heaven on April 2, 2009 at 3:30 a.m. After a brave and courageous battle with lung cancer, he is now free and with all his family in Heaven celebrating, and what a wonderful...

Peggy Powers Glascock

Peggy Powers Glascock

Apr 1, 2009

Peggy Powers Glascock, 77, of Bronte passed away Wednesday, April 1, 2009 at Ballinger Memorial Hospital. Peggy was born December 29, 1931 in Norton to David LeRoy and Katie Julia (Walker) Powers. She was a member of the Methodist Church and was employed as a bookkeeper for many years. She was also a member of the Order of Eastern...

Pauline Pena Mata

Pauline Pena Mata

Mar 30, 2009

Pauline Pena Mata, 51, of Ballinger passed away Monday, March 30, 2009 at her residence. Pauline was born June 15, 1957 in Ballinger to Cruz Pena, Sr. and Juanita Medrano Pena. On April 4, 1981 she married Thomas Mata, Jr. who preceded her in death November 6, 1981. She was also preceded in death by a sister, Lucy Pena....

Carmelita Anna Dierschke

Carmelita Anna Dierschke

Mar 30, 2009

Carmelita Anna Schwertner Dierschke, 69, of Ballinger, formerly of Wall, passed away Monday, March 30, 2009 at Ballinger Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center. She was born March 8, 1940 to Gus and Rose (Gruber) Schwertner. She graduated from Miles High School in 1958 and Southwest Texas State University in 1962 with a Bachelor’s Degree in secondary education. She married Marvin...

Beatrice "Bea" Crunk

Beatrice "Bea" Crunk

Mar 29, 2009

My wonderful mother went to be with her Lord and Savior and Heavenly Father on Sunday, March 29, 2009 at 3:30 a.m. She was born Jesse Beatrice Bryan on July 24, 1919 to Samuel Bryan and Sadie Alice Bryan in Ballinger, Texas. There she attended and graduated from Ballinger High School, Class of 1937. She married Carl Dent “Billie”...

Sandra Jean Machann

Sandra Jean Machann

Mar 27, 2009

Sandra Jean Machann died on March 27, 2009 at Community Hospital in San Angelo, Texas. She was born on October 3, 1940 in Mineral Wells, Texas to Frank and Virginia Bostick. Sandra, her brother Frank Bostick Jr., and her paternal grandparents Jack and Beulah Bostick moved to LaMarque, Texas in 1948 where she lived unti11969. She and her two...

William Juel Howell

William Juel Howell

Mar 20, 2009

William “Bill” Juel Howell passed away on Friday, March 20, 2009 at Midland Memorial Hospital’s Hospice Unit. Graveside services will be held on Monday, March 23, 2009 at 2:30 P.M at St. John’s Lutheran Cemetery in Winters, Texas under the direction of Lange Funeral Home Ballinger, Texas with Pastor Robert Barndt of Midland Lutheran Church officiating. He was preceded...

Pauline Moseley Wells

Pauline Moseley Wells

Mar 11, 2009

Velma Pauline Wells, age 84, of Concho County, Texas passed away Wednesday, March 11, 2009 in Guthrie, Oklahoma. Pauline was born September 29, 1924 in Concho County, the daughter of Lyle and Leona Moseley. She attended Abilene Christian College where she met Thomas Edsel “Ed” Wells. She and Ed married on March 11, 1944 and were married for 59...

Lois G. Hubbert

Lois G. Hubbert

Mar 1, 2009

Lois Glenn Gilbreth Hubbert, 94, of Ballinger passed away Sunday morning, March 1, 2009 at Ballinger Memorial Hospital. She was the wife of Jack Leander Hubbert with whom she shared 59 wonderful years. He preceded her in death on September 10, 1991. Lois was born November 24, 1914 in San Saba County. She was the daughter of the late...

Weldon Eugene "Gene" Keel

Weldon Eugene "Gene" Keel

Mar 1, 2009

Weldon Eugene Keel of Ballinger passed away at high noon Sunday March 1, 2009 at Ballinger Memorial Hospital at the age of 87. “Gene,” as he was known to most, was born December 18, 1921 in Tell, Texas. At a young age he lost his parents, Thomas V. Keel and Florence Grimes. He then went to live at the...