Obituaries

Michiko Hamashima Kubiak

Feb 6, 2016

Michiko Hamashima Kubiak, 80, of Bellmead, passed away Sunday, February 6, 2016.

Visitation will be 6 to 8 pm Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2016 at Bellmead Funeral Home.

Michiko was born September 10, 1935 in Kagoshima, Japan and married Edward Kubiak in 1957 in Tokyo, Japan. She was a resident of Bellmead for 30 years, was...

Harold "Bubbie" D. Menefee

Feb 6, 2016

Harold D. "Bubbie" Menefee, 91, of Waco, passed away Saturday, February 6, 2016.

Graveside services will be 3:00 pm Tuesday, Feb. 9, at Phillips Cemetery, north of Travis, near Lott, Texas with Rev. Roger West officiating.

Visitation will be 6 to 7 pm Monday, Feb. 8, at Bellmead Funeral Home.

Harold was born...

Ellen Francis Thompson

Feb 4, 2016

Ellen Frances Thompson - "Miss Ellen", age 94 of Guthrie, Oklahoma, a faithful servant of her Lord Jesus Christ, passed away February 4, 2016. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM, Monday, February 8, 2016 at First Southern Baptist Church, Guthrie under the direction of Smith-Gallo Funeral Home, Guthrie. Interment will be held Tuesday, February 9, 2016 at 1:00...

Florene Marie Morgan

Feb 2, 2016

Florene Marie Morgan, 85, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2016. Services will be 1 pm Friday, Feb. 5 at Bellmead Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be at Waco Memorial Park. Visitation will be 5 to 7 pm Thursday, Feb. 4 at the funeral home.

Mrs. Morgan was born April 18, 1930, in Pond Creek, Oklahoma to William...

Elbert E. Brown

Jan 31, 2016

Elbert E. Brown, age 95, passed away Sunday, January 31, 2016 at a Clifton nursing home. A graveside service with military honors will be held 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, February 3, 2016 at Oakwood Cemetery with Rev. Lester Adams officiating. No visitation is scheduled.Elbert was born August 21, 1920 in Tulare, California. He served in the United States Army as a...

George Meyers, Jr.

Jan 25, 2016

George Fred Meyers, Jr., age 82, passed away Monday, January 25, 2016 at his home. Graveside services with military honors will be held 1:00 p.m. Thursday, January 28, 2016 at Waco Memorial Park with Rev. Lester Adams officiating. A viewing will be held from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday, January 27th at Bellmead Funeral Home.

George...

Tommy Carl Mcdonald

Jan 24, 2016

Tommy Carl McDonald, age 66, passed away January 24, 2016 at his home. A memorial service will be held 2 p.m. Saturday, January 30, 2016 at the Heart of Texas Cowboy Church, 5101 Kendall Lane, with Pastor Jeromy Connell officiating. A luncheon with the family will be held Noon Saturday at the church.Tommy was born September 22, 1949...

Julia Annette Carroll

Jan 24, 2016

Julia Annette Carroll, 54, passed away Sunday January 24, 2016. Memorial services will be 2 p.m. Saturday, January 30, 2016 at Bellmead Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Josh Cagle officiating.Annette was born February 13, 1961 in Levelland, Texas to Albert Riley and Anita Julia (Wilson) White. She was one of a kind and will be dearly missed by us all....

Esteban Herrera

Jan 23, 2016

Esteban Herrera-Rodriguez, 21, muri� Enero 23, 2016 como resultado de heridas causadas de una accidente de auto. �l naci� Septiembre 22, 1994 en Cuidad Acu�a, Coahuila, M�xico. Hijo del Sr. Miguel Herrera y la Sra. Martha Rodr�guez. El atendi� el Distrito Escolar de Waco y gradu� de la escuela de Waco High en 2013, donde fue miembro de el...

William James Whitlock, Sr.

Jan 19, 2016

William James Whitlock, Sr., age 69, passed away at 10 p.m. Tuesday, January 19, 2016 at St. Catherines Center, surrounded by his loving family.Graveside services will be held 10 a.m. Saturday, January 23, 2016 at Oklahoma Cemetery near Mart.William was born August 20, 1946 in Waco, the son of Granville Dean and Lois (Attaway) Whitlock. He married the...

Robbie L. Kirk

Jan 11, 2016

Robbie Lorraine (Porterfield) Kirk, 95, a native of Moody, TX and a resident of Bellmead, TX for more than 70 years, died Monday, Jan. 11, 2016, at The Atrium of Bellmead, where she had resided since April 2015. Mrs. Kirk, eighth of nine children, was born in Spring Valley, TX to Thomas Carroll and Katura "Katie" Green (Wheat) Porterfield, Central...

Pat Mcqueen

Jan 11, 2016

Pat McQueen, age 93, passed away Monday, January 11, 2016 in a local hospital. A graveside service will be held Noon, Saturday, January 16, 2016 at Powers Chapel Cemetery near the Wilderville community in Falls County, Texas. Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Bellmead Funeral Home.Pat was born April 29, 1922 in Caldwell, Texas the...

Gregory Eugene Graham

Jan 9, 2016

Gregory Eugene Graham, 50, of Bellmead, passed away Saturday, Jan. 9, 2016. Services will be 10:30 am Wednesday, Jan. 13, at Bellmead Funeral Home Chapel with Chase Caldwell officiating. Visitation will be 6 to 8 pm Tuesday, Jan. 12 at the funeral home.Greg was born June 15, 1965 in Waco, Texas to Kenneth Eugene Graham and Betty Sue (Donohue) Garrett....

Ricky Wayne Tobias

Jan 8, 2016

Ricky Wayne Tobias, 63, of Bellmead, passed away Friday, January 8, 2015.

Services will be 2 pm Monday, Jan. 11, at Bellmead Funeral Home Chapel with Troy Sandifer officiating. Burial will be at Axtell Cemetery. Visitation will be 5 to 7 pm Sunday, Jan. 10 at the funeral home.

Ricky was born September 29, 1952...

Fred Newton Vinson

Jan 1, 2016

Fred Newton Vinson drew his last breath at 99 years of age on January 1, 2016, just 10 short days after his wife passed away. His life spanned a century from 1916 to 2016. It was clear he missed his beautiful wife after more than 75 years together and went to be with his true...

Jerome Lange

Jan 1, 2016

Jerome B. "Barney" Lange, age 93, passed away Friday, January 1, 2016 in a local hospital. Graveside services will be held 1 p.m. Wednesday, January 6, 2015 at Oakwood Cemetery. Barney will lie in state from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday , January 5th at Bellmead Funeral Home.Barney was born April 5, 1922 in Waco, the son of Jerome...

Stephen R. Patrick

Dec 29, 2015

Stephen R. "Pat" Patrick, 63, of Bellmead, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, Dec. 29. 2015.

Services will be 1:30 pm Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2016 at Bellmead Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be at Oakwood Cemetery. Visitation will be 6 to 7:30 pm Monday, Jan. 4 at the funeral home.

Pat was born...

Jamie Lynn Kimball

Dec 23, 2015

Jamie Lynn Kimball, age 37, of Axtell passed away December 23, 2015. No services are scheduled at this time. Jamie was born October 14, 1978 in Toledo, Ohio, the daughter of John and Terry (Kaiser) Cheatham.Her parents precede her in death. She is survived by her husband, Pat Kimball; children, Alysa Boyd, Erika Boyd, Ricardo Boyd and Briana Rao; stepfather,...

Martha Billie Vinson

Dec 22, 2015

Martha "Billie" Grentzenberg Vinson of Waco peacefully passed from this life into eternity with her Lord and Savior on December 22, 2015 at 95 years of age surrounded by many of her family members. Billie was born on May 31, 1920 in Gulfport, Mississippi to William and Mary Evelyn DeCamp Grentzenberg. Due to job opportunities and business changes, her family...

Robert Lowman

Dec 22, 2015

Robert D. Lowman, Jr., age 68, passed away December 22, 2015 in Waco. A memorial service will be held at 5:00 pm Friday January 8, 2016 at Bellmead Funeral Home Chapel. Robert was born July 31, 1947 in Orlando, Florida, the son of Robert D. and Margaret Pauline Lowman.Papa came into our family and quickly became a wonderful...