Local Obituaries
Grady Ridings
May 15, 2015
Grady Ralph Ridings Grady Ralph Ridings, 84, of Austin Texas passed away May 15, 2015. Grady (Papa) was a loving husband, father, grandfather, and great grandfather. He will be greatly missed by all. Grady worked for the Texas Rehabilitation Commission. He was a veteran of the US Air Force having served during the Korean War. Born on July 2,...
Velma Hargrove
May 15, 2015
Velma passed peacefully from this life the morning of May 15th. She was surrounded and supported by her loving family and caregivers during the last days of her life. Velma was born on July 17th 1930 to Ida and Samuel. She was a devoted wife, mother, and grandmother. She raised 7 children of her own and many grandchildren. She...
Billie Whitaker
May 13, 2015
On November 13, 1929, in Shreveport, Louisiana, a beautiful baby girl was born to Elize and Addie Lee Handy. Her name was "Billie Jo." At an early age Billie Jo and her family moved to Nacogdoches, Texas. There, they united with the Sunset Baptist Church under the leadership of the late Rev. Leek. Billie Jo accepted Christ and was...
Dr. Henry Beckcom
May 13, 2015
Dr. Henry Roland Beckcom Obituary LtCol (ret) Henry Roland Beckcom, DDS, age 88, of Smithville, Texas passed from this life May 13, 2015. He was born in Jacksonville, Texas on January 19, 1927 to Edwin Augustus Beckcom, Sr and Hazel Andrews Beckcom. During World War II, as part of the Aviation Cadet Program, he attended the University of Arkansas....
Doris Williams
May 6, 2015
Visitation at All Faiths Funeral Services North Location from 4:00-8:00pm Thursday May 14, 2015. Funeral Services will be conducted at Olivet Baptist Church at 11:00am Friday May 15, 2015.

Judy Reese
Apr 30, 2015
Judy Kay Hibbs was born in Austin, Texas on January 3, 1947, to Raleigh and Marion Hibbs, along with twin sister Jane Gay Hibbs. She passed away at her home in Bastrop, Texas on April 30, 2015 at the age of 68 and went to meet her savior. Judy attended Austin High School. She was employed at K-Mart and...
Andrea Estell
Apr 28, 2015
Andrea Nichelle Estell was born December 12, 1976 in Austin, Texas to Milburn Lee Estell and Linda Sue Brown-Estell. She was the younger of 2 children born to this union. Andrea was affectionately known to her family as "Chell" and to many of her friends as "Peanut Butter". Andrea attended school in both Round Rock and Austin, Texas. She...

Felicia Parks
Apr 26, 2015
Felicia C. Parks, 23, of Bastrop, passed away Sunday, April 26, 2015. She is survived by her mother, Donna Parks of Bastrop; sister Melissa Parks Perez and her husband Pedro of Bastrop; grandmothers Irene Ingraham of Omaha, NE and Sharon Byler Miller of Bastrop; grandfather Howard Leon Eastlick, Jr. of Omaha, NE; nephews Daniel Jay Perez and Greyson Maddox...
Roberta Graham
Apr 24, 2015
GRAHAM, Roberta Forrestine Wallace Roberta F Graham, 93, passed away on April 24, 2015 in Austin, Texas. Roberta was born near Union City, Oklahoma in Canadian County on August 10, 1921 to Lloyd LeRoy Wallace and Virginia Nash Majors Wallace. Roberta was born and raised on her family's farm where they grew wheat and cotton and lived through numerous...

Sadie Harrison
Apr 23, 2015
Sadie Lucille Harrison, 83, passed away on April 23, 2015 at her home in Smithville, TX. She lived at Lake Thunderbird which is located on the outskirts of Smithville for 32 years. She was preceded in death by her husband, Samuel J. Harrison; Father, Eugene Dearing and Mother, Sadie Luida Dearing. She is survived by; James and Linda Brian,...

Elsie Polso
Apr 22, 2015
Elsie (Nurmi) Polso, 87, passed away on April 22, 2015 in Austin, Texas. She was a four year resident of Stonebridge Skilled Nursing Health Center. She suffered from Lewy Body Dementia. She was born in Kimball Township (Hurley, Wisconsin) to the late William and Fiina Nurmi. She attended school in River Branch (Hurley, Wisconsin). She married Einar Polso of...
Julian Renee-Ruiz
Apr 21, 2015
Julian Quinn Renee-Ruiz, beloved son of Shelley Renee and Martin Ruiz passed away Tuesday, April 21, 2015. Julian was born January 6, 1996. Funeral services will be 1:00 p.m. Sunday at All Faiths of the Pines Chapel. Interment will follow in Oak Hill Cemetery, Smithville, Texas. Arrangements by All Faiths of the Pines, 110 American Legion Rd., Smithville, Texas,...
Trey Courtemanche
Apr 18, 2015
Joseph A. "Trey" Courtemanche, III, passed away on Saturday morning, April 18, 2015, at the age of 50 after a valiant 2-year battle with cancer. Trey was born in Corpus Christi, Texas, to Joseph and Carol Cook Courtemanche on December 23, 1964. After his mother passed away in November 1976, Trey and his sister moved to the Smithville area....
Larry Morsbach
Apr 18, 2015
Larry Glyn Morsbach, 66, of Round Rock, passed away April 18, 2015 in Round Rock, Texas. Viewing will be held at All Faiths Funeral Home, Austin, Texas on April 24, 2015 from 9:00 a.m. until 10:00 a.m. A private graveside service will be held at Kingsbury Cemetery, Kingsbury, Texas. Larry was born in Austin, Texas on March 22, 1949....
Rudolph Lege
Apr 15, 2015
Rudolph James Lege, Rudy, passed away in the early morning on April 15th, 2015 in Austin, Texas. He was 54 years old. He was first and foremost a musician and artist. Rudy was born on December 20th, 1960 in Port Arthur, Texas and then moved to Houston at age nine. He was a graduate of The High School for...
Pablo Taboada
Apr 12, 2015
Pablo Cristian Taboada Camus, 59, breathed his last breath on April 12, 2015 at home in the arms of his beloved wife, Paula, after a lengthy battle with cancer. Born in Santiago, Chile, he came to Austin as a young boy and became an ever present part of Austin soccer. Pablo helped start the soccer program at McCallum High...
Maleeca Smith
Apr 12, 2015
Maleeca Shon-teal Smith was born on February 2, 1999 to Measha Smith and Frank Mungin in El Paso, Texas. Maleeca spent the first few years of her life in Arkansas, and then her family relocated to Austin, TX where she grew up. Maleeca can be described as a quite social butterfly. She was an example of a person who...
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