Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Belton, Texas & Bell County

Wilson Childress

Wilson Childress

Nov 17, 2009

Mr. Childress was born October 21, 1960 in Norfolk, Virginia to Herman Wilson Childress Jr. and Elizabeth Sergent Childress. He married Joy Tuttle August 1, 1981 in Spring, Texas. They moved to Belton in 1996 from San Antonio. he attended Temple Bible Church. He was a member of the Texas Society of Professional Engineers, The American Society of Civil...

Joyce Charlene Hood

Joyce Charlene Hood

Nov 16, 2009

Joyce Charlene Hood Mrs. Hood was born June 29, 1928 in Youngsport, the daughter of Arvil Guess Turnbo and Mary Elizabeth Reaves Turnbo. She married John Hood, August 17, 1944 in Youngsport. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Belton. She was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband in 2003 and three brothers...

Zelmar Lee Obermiller

Zelmar Lee Obermiller

Nov 14, 2009

Mrs. Obermiller was Born February 10, 1924 in Colorado City, Texas to Giles Dow Pettit and Minnie Rosie Etta Bond Pettit. She Married Eugene William Obermiller February 14, 1948 in Temple Texas. She was a member of Belton Church of the Nazarine. She has lived in Belton most of her life. She enjoyed sewing and cooking. Her husband preceded...

Keith Mcpherson

Keith Mcpherson

Nov 12, 2009

After a long and courageous fight with lung cancer, Allen Keith McPherson died suddenly on Thursday November 12. There will be a visitation at Dossman Funeral Home in Belton on Tuesday evening from 6-8 PM. A celebration of his life will be held on Wednesday November 18th at 11 AM at Tenroc Ranch 2 miles west of Salado, TX....

William Frank Jergens

William Frank Jergens

Nov 10, 2009

Mr. Jergens was born April 11, 1933 in Kossuth County, Iowa to Frank Lewis and Linda Meta (Dau) Jergens. He graduated from West Bend High School in 1951. He later attended DeVry Technical School and worked as a Design Engineer for Texas Instruments for over 36 years. He retired as a Senior Member of Corporate Technical Staff in 1996....

Era Ratliff

Era Ratliff

Nov 9, 2009

Mrs. Ratliff was born February 5, 1924 in Belton to William McMullen and Ruby Idella McInis Mcmullen. She attended Belton schools. She married James C. Ratliff December 21, 1939 in Temple. She was Pentecostal. She worked as a warrant clerk for Sheriff Lester Gunn. She is preceded in death by her Parents and her husband and one son Mackie...

Carolyn Mae Turner

Carolyn Mae Turner

Nov 8, 2009

Mrs. Turner was born in Wayne, Ohio June 3, 1937 the daughter of Charles Albert Burchfield and Lena Arvella Powellson Burchfield. She married Joe Boyd Turner July 12, 1971 in Dallas. She was a waitress for over 30 years working at Chess's, Hallmark. Great Southwest and the Blue Bonnet Café Restaurants retiring in 2005. She was a member of...

Bobby Wayne Formby, Sr.

Bobby Wayne Formby, Sr.

Nov 8, 2009

Mr. Formby was born February 23, 1946 in Lampasas, the son of Lester and Martha Pauline (Parsons) Formby. He married Sharon Jean Anderson, June 18, 1965 in Temple. He worked for many years as a electro/mechanical design engineer. He retired from Motorola in 1998. Mr. Formby was preceded in death by one grandson Justin Blakeley in 2000. Survivors include...

Lanora Nell Kukulski

Lanora Nell Kukulski

Nov 5, 2009

Mrs. Kukulski was born in Killeen, August 4, 1942 to George and Gerda Pierce of Belton. She married Joe Kukulski. Expect for a few years she lived in Bell County all her life. She worked for Bell County Juvenile Probation from 1972 to 1978. She was a member of the Belton Church of Christ. She was preceded in death...

Lou Genine Tretter

Lou Genine Tretter

Nov 4, 2009

Mrs. Tretter was born June 19, 1956 in San Angelo, Texas to H. E. and Karla Jo (Kesterson) Bost Jr. She was a graduate of Crockett High School in Austin. She worked as a sales clerk and loved to cook, travel, paint and garden. She moved to Salado 8 years ago. She is survived by a daughter, Shay Eubanks...

Calvin Thomas Lawyer

Calvin Thomas Lawyer

Nov 3, 2009

Mr. Lawyer was born July 27, 1926 in Holdenville, OK to James Morton Lawyer and Bertha Mae (Sears) Lawyer. He joined the Navy June 13, 1946 and served in WWII. He was an oilfield salesman. He loved his dogs Heidi and Lady. Survivors include his sons Jeff Lawyer and Mark Lawyer; daughters Robin Lawyer and Martha Clore; brothers Donnie...

Jesus Torres

Jesus Torres

Nov 2, 2009

Belton--- Jesus Torres, 70, of Belton, died Monday November 2, 2009 at a Temple Hospital. no services are planned. Mr. Torres was born in Mexico April 29, 1939 the son of Tomas and Josefa (Arias) Torres. He worked for over 30 years for General Motors in Michigan. He married Maria Ordaz May 14, 1994 in Dallas. Mr. Torres is...

Diane Marie Guthrie

Diane Marie Guthrie

Nov 2, 2009

Belton--- Funeral services for Diane Herzog Guthrie, 63, of Temple, will be held at 1 PM Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at the Dossman Funeral Chapel with Rev. Ernest Thompson officiating. Private Burial. Mrs. Guthrie died Monday, November 2, 2009, in a Temple hospital. Mrs. Guthrie was born October 31, 1946, in Westphalia, the daughter of Herman Otto Herzog and...

Charles Joseph Sivley

Charles Joseph Sivley

Oct 26, 2009

He was born on Aug. 6, 1953, to William Baker Sivley III and Yevonne Bernard Sivley in Albuquerque, N.M. He served in the U.S. Army, 1970-1972, and he was a veteran of the Vietnam war. He worked for the Temple Daily Telegram as an operations manager for more than 10 years. Survivors include a daughter, Laura Ayris of Temple....

Jimmy Wayne Ivey

Jimmy Wayne Ivey

Oct 25, 2009

Mr. Ivey was born October 21, 1946 in Waxahachie, TX to Denver Eugene Ivey and Rosie Handsel Ivey. He was a diesel and automotive mechanic. He was a Baptist. He is preceded in death by his parents, a daughter Krisha Rahnert and one brother Jerry Don Ivey. Survivors include his wife Julie Wheeler Ivey Sons Alan Ivey of Indianapolis,...

Bernice Elizabeth Mckenney

Bernice Elizabeth Mckenney

Oct 21, 2009

Bernice was born February 26, 1919 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Percy Reginald and Anna (Treder) Williams. She grew up in Wisconsin and attended Ripon University where she received her Bachelors Degree. She was working as a Red Cross volunteer at the old McCloskey Hospital in Temple when she met and later married John Ferguson McKenney Jr. They were married...

Eugene Hugh Hannon

Eugene Hugh Hannon

Oct 18, 2009

Eugene Hugh Hannon was born October 21, 1911 to Hugh A. and Letha Ulrich Hannon in the Armstrong Community near Belton. He attended Armstrong and Belton schools. He married Margie York on April 20,1932 in Bell Plains. In 1935, he moved from Belton having been employed by F.M. Reeves and Sons highway construction company. He retired in 1981 from...

William Rogers Clawson

William Rogers Clawson

Oct 13, 2009

Mr. Clawson was born near Flat, July 26, 1931, the son of John Herschel Clawson and Wilma Grissom Clawson. He was a graduate of Flat High School. He married Wanda Williams, March 17, 1951 near Flat. Mr. Clawson retired from the Texas Department of Transportation for the Waco District in 1986, after 34 years of service, 18 of those...

Edgar Warren Mciver

Edgar Warren Mciver

Oct 10, 2009

Mr. McIver was born July 5, 1933, in Somerville, the son of Edgar Warren McIver and Millie Sefcik McIver. He was a 1951 graduate of Caldwell High School. He married Bonnie Tyson January 23, 1968 in Basel, Switzerland. He served in the United States Army from 1953-1976 including the Vietnam War from 1970-1971, retiring in 1975 as Lt. Colonel....

Bonnie Ruth Mciver

Bonnie Ruth Mciver

Oct 8, 2009

Mrs. McIver went to be with her Lord and savior Thursday October 8, 2009 in a Temple Hospital. Mrs. McIver was born January 31, 1937 in Chester County, South Carolina the daughter of William Bogan and Naomi Belle (Green) Tyson. She married Edgar W. McIver January 23, 1968 in Basel, Switzerland. Bonnie experienced life at her fullest traveling with...

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