Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Belton, Texas & Bell County

Virginia Hawthorne

Virginia Hawthorne

Mar 23, 2020

Private services will be held for Virginia Bell Hawthorne, 93, of Temple, Texas, with a Memorial Service to be held at a later date.  Mrs. Hawthorne died Monday, March 23, 2020, in a Temple memory care home.

Mrs. Hawthorne was born April 25, 1926, in Elgin, Texas, the daughter of William Irving Nance and Bertie Gertrude Fisher...

Sgm. (Ret.) George Willard Crawford

Sgm. (Ret.) George Willard Crawford

Mar 20, 2020

SGM. (Ret.) George Willard Crawford, 93, of Belton passed away suddenly on Friday, March 20, 2020 at Baylor-Scott and White Hospital in Temple.

Private services with Full Military Honors will be held.

George was born on June 8, 1926 in Saint Paul, Arkansas to Robert Gillas and Myrtle (Patrick) Crawford. Mr. Crawford grew up in...

Milton Wayne Martin

Milton Wayne Martin

Mar 18, 2020

Milton Wayne Martin of Belton, Texas died on March 18, 2020 in Belton, Texas. Mr. Martin was born in the family home in Barclay, Falls County on March 25, 1934 to Carl G. and Willie M. (Francis) Martin. On August 13, 1955 he married Frances Marie Machalek in Temple. Together, they had 5 children and celebrated 64 years...

M.E. "Jimmy" Taylor

M.E. "Jimmy" Taylor

Mar 18, 2020

M.E. (Jimmy) Taylor age 79, a retired commercial contractor and resident of Belton, TX passed away on March 18, 2020 at Baylor Scott and White Hospital.

Jimmy was born on August 18, 1940 to Mattie Marie and Edgar Marion Taylor in Sherman, TX.  He was raised in Whitewright, TX and at the age of 18 enlisted in...

Marilee Conley

Marilee Conley

Mar 18, 2020

Marilee Mickel Conley, 68, of Creswell Oregon passed away at home, and while being held by her children on March 18, 2020.

Marilee was born on August 7, 1951 in Portland, Oregon to Eunice (Edwards) and Dr. Edwin A. Mickel. She grew up surrounded by the forests and streams of Oregon, and had to physically have her...

Larry Wayne Baggerly

Larry Wayne Baggerly

Mar 16, 2020

Private graveside services will be held for Larry Baggerly with a public Memorial Service at a later date.

Mr. Larry Baggerly, 75, of Belton, was born in Corpus Christi, Tx, the son of Richard Baggerly and Lela Nettles Baggerly.  He married Patricia O' Bannon July...

Jimmie Darlene Lea

Jimmie Darlene Lea

Mar 15, 2020

Jimmie Darlene Windham Lea was born in Weaver Community (Timpson, TX) on December 26, 1929.  Her parents and siblings worked the farm when she was very young, and her Dad would read the bible to her every evening after supper. Some of her fondest childhood memories included traveling 4 miles to church each Sunday in a wagon pulled by...

Luis Angel Gonzales

Luis Angel Gonzales

Mar 14, 2020

Luis Angel Gonzales, 22, of Belton, Texas passed away Saturday, March 14, 2020 at Baylor-Scott and White Hospital in Temple, Texas.  Luis was born on May 22, 1997 in Temple, the son of Jose and Maria (Diaz) Gonzales.  Raised his entire life in Belton, Luis was an avid sportsman where he played soccer for Belton High School.  Upon graduation,...

Judith Lynn Grant

Judith Lynn Grant

Mar 14, 2020

Judith Lynn Grant, 76, of Belton, formerly of Shorewood, Illinois, died unexpectedly Saturday, March 14, 2020 in a Temple hospital. Interment will be held in Johnston City, Illinois at a later date.

Ms. Grant was born April 13, 1943 in West Frankfort, Illinois, the daughter of Harland and Vivian (Pledger) Grant. She was married to Arlie E....

Harvey David Pittman

Harvey David Pittman

Mar 11, 2020

Harvey David Pittman passed away peacefully, Wednesday, March 11, 2020.  Visitation will be held from  6-8 pm, Friday, March 13, 2020,  at Dossman Funeral Home, 2525 N. Main in Belton. Funeral services will be Saturday, March 14, 2020, at 10:00 AM  at the First Assembly of God in Moody with burial at Moody Cemetery, in Moody, Texas, immediately following....

Carol Reagan

Carol Reagan

Mar 9, 2020

Funeral services for Carol Reagan, 96, of Belton, will be held at 2:00 PM, Wednesday, March 9, 2020, at the Dossman Funeral Home Chapel with Minister Ritchie Hamm officiating. The family will receive friends for visitation before the service.

Mrs. Reagan died Monday, March 9, 2020, at her home in Belton.

Mrs. Reagan was born...

Donald L Jernigan

Donald L Jernigan

Mar 7, 2020

Donald L. Jernigan, PhD, born January 4, 1945, in Stephenville, Texas, passed away on Saturday, March 7, 2020. Don, as he was known, died from complications of a long illness with his beloved wife Sharon and daughters Jill and Jana by his side.

Don grew up in Texas. Raised in a Baptist family and the son of...

Erlene Litchfield

Erlene Litchfield

Mar 5, 2020

Funeral services for Erlene Litchfield, 100, of Belton, will be held at the Greathouse Cemetery in Temple at 2:00 PM on  Monday, March 9, 2020.

Erlene passed away on Thursday, March 5, 2020, at a Temple hospital. She was born on September 12, 1919, in Pontotoc, Mississippi, the daughter of Willie and Clara (Dillard) Gentry.  She married...

Dottie Jones

Dottie Jones

Mar 5, 2020

Dorothy Elizabeth Berry was born January 26, 1926 at home in Whitehall area, Bell County, Texas, to Luther and Minnie Berry. Growing up during the depression, she attended Cedar Creek and Moody Schools but graduated Belton High in 1939 at the age of 15. Dottie attended Temple Junior College where she met Thomas L. Jones. They both graduated in...

Jason E. Worsdale

Jason E. Worsdale

Mar 3, 2020

Funeral services for Jason E. Worsdale, 46, of Belton will be held at 9:30 AM Saturday, March 7, 2020, at the Northside Baptist Church in Nolanville with Pastor Adam Garber officiating. Burial will follow at the North Belton Cemetery.

Mr. Worsdale died Tuesday, March 3, 2020 in a Temple hospital. Mr. Worsdale was born October 5, 1973, in...

August Patrick Wilganoski

August Patrick Wilganoski

Mar 2, 2020

Service for August Patrick Wilganoski, 71, of Belton will be 11:30 AM Monday March 9, 2020 at Dossman Funeral home. Burial will be prior to the service at 10:00 AM at Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery with Military Honors.

August was born on September 2, 1948 in Marlin, Texas the son of Louis and Verna (Marshall) Wilganoski....

David W Maners

David W Maners

Mar 1, 2020

David Ward Maners, 91, entered into his Lord’s presence on March 1, 2020 in Dallas, Texas at Windsor Senior Living.

Dave, as his friends called him, was born March 19, 1928 in Bloomington, Indiana to his parents, Ward Earl and Olive Pearl Maners. Dave, being the son of a preacher, first lived in Pleasant Lake, Indiana. Then...

Diane Hall

Diane Hall

Feb 29, 2020

Diane Greiner Hall, 76, of Temple passed away February 29, 2020 in a local hospital. Mrs. Hall was born March 24, 1943, in Belton, to Frances and Thomas Greiner.  She was reared by her step-father and mother, Cyril McHenry and Frances McHenry. Diane graduated from Belton High School in 1961.  While working at Providence Hospital in Waco she met Loyd...

Hg "Pete" Wayland

Hg "Pete" Wayland

Feb 28, 2020

HORACE GENE (PETE) WAYLAND

Pete went to live and fish with Jesus on February 29, 2020 in San Antonio while in Hospice Care after a massive stroke on February 21, 2020.

Pete was born on March 29, 1936 in Belton, Texas to William Farley Wayland, Jr. and Aliene Louise Watson Wayland.

When his...

Neville Monroe Allison

Neville Monroe Allison

Feb 28, 2020

Neville Monroe Allison Obituary

Neville Monroe Allison

January 27, 1922 – February 28, 2020

Neville Monroe Allison (98) of Moody, Texas, was called by God to enter his eternal life February 28, 2020.  He passed peacefully at home with his wife Barbara and daughter Susan beside him.

He was born in...