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Bandera, Texas Obituaries

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James Edwin Keith

James Edwin Keith

Oct 2, 2025

 James Edwin Keith, 93, passed away peacefully on October 2, 2025, in Camp Verde, Texas. He was born on November 10, 1931, in Kerrville, Texas, to Edwin Hampton Keith and Addie Walls Keith.

He is survived by his loving wife of 63 years, Mamie Stevens Keith; sons Kelley Keith, Jonathan (Bonita) Keith, and Christian (Kelly) Keith; grandsons Grayson, Conley, Will, and...

Lois Ray Davis McGarity

Lois Ray Davis McGarity

Sep 25, 2025

Lois McGarity, 88, of Medina, Texas, passed away on September 25, 2025, in Houston, Texas. She was born in Bexar County to Andrew J. Davis and Lottie J. Davis on June 25, 1937. She was married for 65 years to the love of her life, Thomas (Bill) McGarity, on January 30, 1960, in San Antonio, Texas.

Lois graduated from Somerset High...

Catherine Marie Perry

Catherine Marie Perry

Sep 22, 2025

In Memory Of

Catherine Marie Perry

Date of Birth   March 31, 1939 

Entered Into Rest  September 22, 2025

Funeral Services

10:00 AM, Wednesday, October 15, 2025

St. Stanislaus Catholic Church 

Officiating Rev. Msgr. Frank Kurzaj

Interment St. Stanislaus Catholic Cemetery

Prayer for Eternal Rest

Eternal rest grant unto her,

O Lord,

And let Your perpetual light shine upon her.

May her soul and all the souls

Of the faithful departed,

Rest in peace.

Amen

James Clifton Ashley, Sr.

James Clifton Ashley, Sr.

Sep 17, 2025

James Clifton Ashley, Sr., of Pipe Creek, Texas, passed away peacefully on September 17, 2025, at age 93.

He was preceded in death by the mother of his children, Betty T. Ashley, his parents, Eddie and Callie Ashley, his brothers, Henry Clinton Ashley, Ray Howard Ashley, Clyde Earl Ashley, and his sister, Peggy Ashley Carr.

He is survived by his daughter, Leslie...

Peggy Sue Osburn Lewis

Peggy Sue Osburn Lewis

Sep 14, 2025

Peggy Lewis passed away unexpectedly on September 14, 2025 in Bandera, Texas. She was 77 years old.

Peggy was born on August 23, 1948 in Beeville, Texas to Foy and Gertrude (Horton) Osburn. She graduated from Boerne High School in 1966 and spent her career working as nail technician in San Antonio. After moving to Bandera, Texas she enjoyed working for...

George Robert Hydrick

George Robert Hydrick

Sep 14, 2025

George Robert Hydrick, 88, of Utopia, Texas, passed away surrounded by loved ones on September 14, 2025. He was born on February 25, 1937, in Corpus Christi, Texas, to Walter and Josie Hydrick.

On December 6, 1955, George married the love of his life, Patricia Ann “Patti” Blackmon, in Beeville, Texas. Together they built a life full of family, faith, and...

Edward Allan Overand

Edward Allan Overand

Sep 12, 2025

Edward Allan Overand, 78, passed away on September 12, 2025 at his home in Lakehills, TX, Bandera County.

He was born in McKeesport, PA to Herbert Alexandr Overand and Sara Eckman-Overand on July 16, 1947. He married V. Kaye Compton-Powell on June 19, 1999 in Clark County Nevada.

He graduated from California State University San Francisco with a Bachelor of Arts Degree....

Alice Lee Cliburn

Alice Lee Cliburn

Sep 12, 2025

Alice Lee Cliburn, 76, of Tarpley, Texas, passed away peacefully on Friday, September 12, 2025, in Kerrville, Texas. 

No services are planned.

Funeral arrangements are entrusted to Bandera Funeral Chapel.

Frances Ann Beadman

Frances Ann Beadman

Sep 11, 2025

Frances Ann Beadman, 70, of Bandera, Texas, passed away peacefully on September 11, 2025. She was born on October 20, 1954, in Vancouver, Washington, to Eddie and Frances Mullins Shamp. On July 18, 1980, Frances married the love of her life, Donald Lee Beadman, in Crane, Texas, and together they shared 31 wonderful years of marriage.

Frances was a devoted wife,...

Robert "Bobby" Marvin Salyers

Robert "Bobby" Marvin Salyers

Sep 7, 2025

Robert "Bobby" Salyers passed away peacefully at his home on the Courtney Mountain Ranch in Bandera on September 7, 2025. Robert Marvin Salyers was born on July 15, 1956, in Corpus Christi to Marvin and Ann Mireur Salyers, the youngest of five children. He graduated from Ray High School in Corpus Christi and the Ranch Management Program at Southwest Texas...

Lucy Cook Moseley

Lucy Cook Moseley

Sep 5, 2025

Lucy Cook Moseley, 87, of 280 Dallas Street, Bandera, Texas, passed away peacefully on September 5, 2025, at 2:45 AM, and entered into eternal rest in heaven. Born on August 16, 1938, in Pawnee, Oklahoma, she was the daughter of Irene and Dudley Zane Cook, both of whom preceded her in death, along with her eight siblings.

Lucy was a devoted...

Dolores Dorothy Fender

Dolores Dorothy Fender

Aug 31, 2025

Dolores Dorothy (“Dee Dee”) Fender was born December 27, 1932, in Oahu, Hawaii, the first of six children born to Charles and Cora Densford, and was a long-time resident of Pipe Creek, Texas. Dee Dee passed away August 30, 2025, at the age of 92. 

Dee Dee had six children. She was pre-deceased by her parents, her husband John R. Fender,...

Dock Franklin Dixon, Jr.

Dock Franklin Dixon, Jr.

Aug 25, 2025

Dock Franklin Dixon, Jr., age 94, of Bandera, Texas, passed away peacefully on August 25, 2025. Born September 23, 1930 in Way Cross, Georgia to Dock F. Dixon and Edith Bernice Dixon, he lived a long, full life marked by devotion to family, service to his country, and generosity toward everyone he met.

A 1948 graduate of Patterson High School, Dock...

Jose Juan Zuniga

Jose Juan Zuniga

Aug 4, 2025

Jose Juan Zuñiga Nava, was 63 years old and past away on August 4 2025, in Bandera Texas. He was Born and grew up in Monterrey Nuevo León Mexico on August 26 1961. He was the son of Genaro Zuñiga and Julia Nava. He married his spouse Leticia Zuñiga March 8 2016, in Bandera Texas.

He was a very hard working...

Danny Lee Cox

Danny Lee Cox

Aug 3, 2025

Dan L Cox, 74, of Edna, Texas, passed away on August 3, 2025, in Edna, Texas. He was born in Charleston, Illinois to Raymond and Edna Cox on November 11, 1950. He married Carol Leland on September 26, 1987, at Mission Bend United Methodist Church in Houston, Texas. He went to school at Charleston High School class of 1968. He...

Minnie Lee Whitehead

Minnie Lee Whitehead

Aug 1, 2025

It is with deep sorrow that we announce the passing of Minnie Lee Whitehead, of San Antonio, Texas, on August 1, 2025. Minnie was born in San Antonio to Raymond Whitehead and Eileen Arreguin on January 12, 1977.

Minnie was a proud graduate of Bandera High School, having grown up in Bandera where she forged lasting memories and friendships.

She was preceded...

Dorothy Maxine Gilpin

Dorothy Maxine Gilpin

Jul 31, 2025

Dorothy Maxine Gilpin, 93 years old of Bandera, Texas passed away on July 31, 2025, at home in the presence of Jesus and her children and grandchildren. She was born in Garden City, Kansas to Mable Mildred Dunham and James Edward Brown on January 13, 1932.

She married Robert Lee Gilpin, Sr. on October 22, 1953, at the Central Church of...

Robert Allen Major

Robert Allen Major

Jul 30, 2025

Robert Allen "Bob" Major, devoted husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle, and proud U.S. Coast Guard veteran, passed away peacefully on July 30, 2025, at the age of 83.

Born in Washington, D.C., Bob was the eldest child and only son of Mary Ewin Major and Samuel Robertson Major. He was the fourth generation of his family to make their home in...

Susan Elizabeth King

Susan Elizabeth King

Jul 25, 2025

Susan Elizabeth King was born November 10, 1952, and was 72 years old. She passed away on July 25, 2025, in San Antonio, Texas. She was born in Bethesda, Maryland to James Warren Jones and Sally Elizabeth Jones. She married the love of her life, Eugene (Sonny) King on December 10, 1972, in Sayers, Texas.

She went to school at East...

Robert Wesley Hatch

Robert Wesley Hatch

Jul 25, 2025

Wes Hatch, 84, of Bandera, Tx passed away peacefully on July 25, 2025. Born in Mesa, Arizona, to George and Yvonne Hatch, Wes lived a life as big and bold as the Western skies he loved.

Wes’s early years were rooted in tradition and grit—he attended a one-room schoolhouse where his own mother was the teacher, arriving each day by horse...