Obituaries

Michael Terry Ginn, 63, was born in San Antonio on November 29, 1953 to Robert and Mary Ginn and passed away on December 31, 2016. Mr. Ginn lived 11 years in Friendswood, TX and attended Good Shepherd Episcopal Church. He worked for AT&T for 43 years. Mr. Ginn is preceded in death...

Preston Hale, 65, of Dickinson, TX, passed away January 2, 2017, in Webster, TX.  Preston was born November 15, 1951 to Lucy and Marvin Hale in Texas City, TX.  He worked for Union Carbide in Texas City for many years and...

Mary “Edie” Edna Beard, 68, of Dayton, passed away Saturday December 31, 2016 in Dayton. Mary was born January 19, 1948, in Baytown, Texas, to Noble Lee and Minnie  Laneigh Elliott. Mary loved her animals.  She is preceded in death by her...

Carol (Stella) Phillips, 71, of League City, passed away Saturday, December 31, 2016, in Webster. Carol was born March 14, 1945, in Moundville, Alabama, to David and Trudy Meggs.  Formerly of Moundville, Alabama, Carol was a resident of La Marque for 41...

  Ronald Gustav Heitman, 76, of Pearland, TX, left this earth and was called home on December 29, 2016 surrounded by his loving family. Ron grew up in a small town in southern Illinois where he earned his degree in Electrical Engineering. He was...

  Louise G. Williamson, 93 years old, went to be with her Lord and Savior December 24, 2016. She was born in Lufkin, TX November 4, 1923. She moved to Houston, TX at an early age, where she lived out the rest of...

  Terry Jeffery Venzant died of complications from Type II diabetes in the early morning of December 22, 2016.   Terry was born in Hempstead, TX March 31, 1954 to Vivian Arneida McKenzie and Harry Ransom Jeffery, Sr., who both preceded her in death.  Terry graduated high school from Waller...

  Calvin Coolidge Gholson passed away December 27, 2016. Mr. Gholson was born on a farm near Atlanta, TX on September 10, 1924 and was the youngest of six children. He graduated from Kildare High School in 1941. He and one of his brothers...

Berniece Eleanor Crowley of Nassau Bay (Texas) died December 20, 2016, at the home of her daughter and long time caregiver, Judith Crowley. She would have been 104 in January. Berniece was born January 9, 1913, in Fond du Lac (Wisconsin), the daughter...

Malinda Givens Burke My darling, sweetheart and love of my life, Malinda Givens Burke, passed away peacefully into the arms of God on December 24, 2016. She and her husband Daniel have resided in Parker, Texas since 2008. Funeral services will be held on...