Obituaries

May 21, 2022

Mr. Arthur Manning Geddings, 78, of Buckholts, passed away Saturday, May 21, 2022, at his residence. No services for Mr. Geddings are planned at this time.

He was born October 8, 1943 in Manning, South Carolina. He was a Truck Driver

Mr. Geddings is survived by his wife, Shirley (Guzner) Geddings.

May 18, 2022

Mr. Calvin Franklin “Buddy” Simonton, 77, of Rockdale, passed away Wednesday, May 18, 2022, at his residence. A memorial service for Mr. Simonton will be held at a later date. Cremation will be followed by a burial in Alice, TX, next to his son, Larry Wayne Simonton.

Mr. Simonton was born December 31, 1944, in Taylor, to...

May 17, 2022

Willie Mae Fulton, 96, of Temple, died Tuesday, May 17, 2022, in a Temple hospital. Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday in Cook-Gerngross-Green-Patterson Funeral Home in Rosebud. Rev. Don Fulton will officiate. Burial will follow in Powers Chapel Cemetery near Rosebud.

Mrs. Fulton was born April 5, 1926 in Pleasant Grove to Arthur and Mary...

May 9, 2022

Sofie Dorothy Cervenka Elliston passed away peacefully at home, Monday May 9, 2022. Dorothy was born in Taylor, Texas on March 27,1924 to John and Kristina Cervenka. On July 8, 1950 she married Ruben Elliston at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Lott, although she later attended St. Ann’s Catholic Church in Rosebud.

She was preceded in death...

May 5, 2022

Guadalupe Wallace Jimenez, 77, of Temple, died Thursday, May 5, 2022, in a Temple Hospital.  Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Thursday in Cook-Gerngross-Green-Patterson Funeral Home in Rosebud. Randy Salazar will officiate. Burial will follow in Sacred Heart Cemetery in Rosebud.

Mr. Jimenez was born May 17, 1944 in Caldwell to Navarro and Manuela Valdez Jimenez....

Apr 26, 2022

Ann Marek, 86, of Rosebud, died Tuesday, April 26, 2022, in a Rosebud Nursing Home. Services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday in Cook-Gerngross-Green-Patterson Funeral Home in Rosebud. Rev. Duane Brooks and Rev.  Joe Bailey will officiate. Burial will follow in Powers Chapel Cemetery near Rosebud.

Mrs. Marek was born in Cameron on October 6, 1935...

Apr 19, 2022

Aurelia Martinez, 85, of Rosebud, died Tuesday, April 19, 2022, in a Temple  Hospital. Services will be held at 9:30 a.m. Saturday in St. Ann Catholic Church in Rosebud. Rev. John Kelley will officiate. Burial will follow in Sacred Heart Cemetery in Rosebud.

Mrs. Martinez was born in Rosebud on June 16, 1936 to Monico and Magdalena...

Apr 16, 2022

Vicki Marie Jackson, 65, of Marlin, died Saturday, April 16, 2022, in a Marlin Hospital. Services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Saturday in Cook-Gerngross-Green-Patterson Funeral Home in Rosebud. Rev. Judge Whitfield IV will officiate. Burial will follow in Willing Workers Cemetery in Rosebud.

Miss Jackson was born August 7, 1956 in Rosebud to Dora Rose Jackson...

Apr 14, 2022

Vallie Mae Hrachovy, 92, of Rosebud, died Thursday, April 14, 2022 in a Cameron Nursing Home. Services will be held at 10:00 a.m.  Tuesday in Cook-Gerngross-Green-Patterson Funeral Home in Rosebud. Rev. Brad Herridge will officiate. Graveside services will be held at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at Seaton Cemetery.

Mrs. Hrachovy was born January 29, 1930 in Cyclone to...

Apr 12, 2022

William Walter Zeluff, 65, of Lott, died Tuesday, April 12, 2022, at his residence. Services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday at the Faith Mennonite Fellowship in Travis. Burial will follow in Clover Hill Cemetery in Lott.

Mr. Zeluff was born May 13, 1956 in Staton Island, New York to William Martin and Gladys Benson Zeluff....

Apr 9, 2022

Dan Larkin De Shazo, 85, of Houston, passed away on Saturday, April 9 th shortly after being diagnosed with lung cancer. Services will be held at 11:30 a.m Thursday at Cook-Gerngross-Green-Patterson Funeral Home in Rosebud. Rev. Phil Shuler will officiate. Burial will follow in Woodland Cemetery in Rosebud.  Dan was predeceased by his parents, Loys Ray De Shazo and...

Apr 1, 2022

Nancy Lee (Marsden) McGinnis, 84, of Whitney, passed away Friday, April 1, 2022, at her residence. A memorial service for Mrs. McGinnis will be held at White Bluff Chapel on Saturday, April 9, 2022, at 2:00 p.m., with Dr. Randy Marshall officiating.

Nancy was born June 16, 1937, in Akron, Ohio, to Norman and Elgie (Akers) Marsden....

Mar 30, 2022

Ricky Taylor, 63, died Wednesday March 30, 2022 after a brief illness. He was born in Houston and lived in Lott. He graduated from Rosebud-Lott High School in 1976 and was a pipefitter for local 529 in Waco. Ricky is preceded in death by his father Lawrence Richard Taylor. He is survived by his mother Jeannine Jones, brother Clay...

Mar 29, 2022

LaVaun Meta Malina of Austin, formerly of Kingsville, Texas, died of complications from dementia, March 29, 2022.  Services for Mrs. Malina will be held Monday, April 4, 2022 at 11 a.m., at the Kathryn W. Green Chapel of Green-Patterson Funeral Home in Cameron, with Rev. Bill Boelter officiating. Interment will follow in Oak Hill Cemetery.

She was...

Mar 27, 2022

Glen Lively, 79, of Whitney, passed away Sunday, March 27, 2022. A memorial service will be held Thursday, March 31, 2022, at 2:00 p.m., at White Bluff Chapel, with Rev. Randy Marshall officiating.  An inurnment service will be held at the White Bluff columbarium at a later date.

Glen was born August 30, 1942, in Mineral Wells,...

Mar 23, 2022

Lloyd Ray DeShazo Terlouw, age 87, passed away quietly at her daughter’s home in Hot Springs, Arkansas on March 23, 2022. She was born July 19, 1934 to Loys Ray and Carrie Lloyd DeShazo in Rockdale, Texas. Lloyd Ray spent her young childhood in Central Texas, near Rosebud, and in her youth moved with her family to Pasadena, where...

Mar 20, 2022

Mr. Tony Siprian, 86, of Holland, passed away Sunday, March 20, 2022, at his residence. A private service will be held for him at a later date.

Mr. Siprian was born May 7, 1935, in Killeen, to Tony and Rosie (Reyna) Siprian.

He is survived by:

Wife: Glenda Pisch, of Holland

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Mar 12, 2022

McKinley (MC)  Washington Jr. 65, of Rosebud, died Saturday, March 12, 2022, in a Temple Hospital. Memorial Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. ,  Saturday, April 2, 2022, in the D Brown Library in Rosebud. Rev Michael Smith will officiate.

Mr. Washington was born October 5, 1956 in Marlin to McKinley and Magnolia Rose Washington. He...

Mar 10, 2022

Dolores Skwirut Gunther Pitarra, 90, of Rosebud, died Thursday, March 10, 2022, at a Temple Hospital. Private services will be held at a later date.

Mrs. Pitarra was born August 31, 1931 in Baltimore, Maryland. She moved to Rosebud in 2010 to be near her daughter and family. She married Jerome Gunther on August 10, 1952 and...

Mar 7, 2022

Alton Wayne Hamilton Sr. 83, of Lott, died Monday, March 7, 2022, at his residence. Masonic Graveside Services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Thursday at Carolina Cemetery near Durango.

Mr. Hamilton was born July 13, 1938 in Durango to Homer and Stella Cochran Hamilton. He attended Lott Public Schools. He married Peggy Henson on May 31,...