Obituaries

Garnet R. "Rees" McFarlane was born in Detroit, Michigan on February 20, 1936 to Garnet R. "Mac" McFarlane and Thelma Louise (nee Barnes) McFarlane. He passed away on January 24, 2020 at Harbor Hospice in Houston, Texas at the age of 83. In...

Sybl Millican was born in Bruno, Arkansas on March 7, 1926, the daughter of Eltha Lowery Ogden and Garland Ogden. When Sybl was 7 her parents divorced and her Mother, Eltha married Clarence Wood when she was 9. They...

Marcia Dell McKissack McCaskill, 95, passed away on January 23, 2020 in Galveston, Texas. She was born on April 26, 1924 in Fairfield, Texas to Herbert Leslie McKissack and Beersheba Marinda Loper McKissack. Marcie (aka Mother, Granny Marcie, Aunt Doll, GiGi) is...

Allen Joseph Owings passed away in Clear Lake, Texas on January 20, 2020 at 82 years-old. Born on October 5, 1937 in San Antonio, Texas to Inez Williams Owings and Frank “Bill” Allen Owings. “Al,” as he was lovingly known by his family...

William “Bill” Donald Gibson, 89, a 6 year resident of La Porte Texas, passed away from complications of pneumonia on January 3, 2020. Bill graduated from South Charleston West Virginia High School in 1947, where he was Senior Class President and played on...

James Richard Grinstead, 89, of El Lago passed away peacefully in his home on January 18, 2020. Richard or “Dick” as he was known to many friends successfully defeated cancer many times over the last twenty years. However, despite his courageous...

Debbye Davidson, 68 , of Houston, Texas, passed away unexpectedly on January 16, 2020. She was born in Houston, Texas, where she continued to live as a lifetime resident. Debbye attended Austin High School, before attending San Jacinto Junior College. She...

Loretta Marie Bigford, 70, of Texas City passed away on Saturday, January 18, 2020 in La Marque.  She was born March 20, 1949 in Omaha, Nebraska to Lester and Tilly Krug. Loretta was a residence of Texas City for 55 years; a member...

James Morris Haag passed away on January 14, 2020 at the age of 73. Jim was born June 1, 1946 to John Franklin and Ollie Haag in Erick, Oklahoma. He was is preceded in death by his parents, a sister Carol Ann Hunter, a brother John Franklin and nephew Mark York. Jim...

Paul Joseph Janco, Jr., 83, a 5-year resident of Pearland, TX, formerly of Uncasville, CT, and Monroe, CT, passed away peacefully at his home on January 17, 2020. He was born on April 25, 1936, and he served his country in the...