Bandera, Texas Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Bandera, Texas & Surrounding Areas
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Michael Slate
Jun 4, 2019
Michael Wayne Slate, age 57 of Fredericksburg, passed away Tuesday, June 4, 2019 in a San Antonio hospital. \r\n\r\nHe was born August 17, 1961 in Ft. Worth, TX to Milton and Joyce (Berry) Slate.\r\n\r\nNo services will be held.\r\n\r\n
Edward Helms
Jun 3, 2019
Edward Ray Helms, 85, passed away on Monday, June 3, 2019 in Kerrville, TX. He was born in Honey Grove, TX to Dewey N. Helms and Lorene I. Hudgens on May 26, 1934. He married Anita M. Porter on August 5, 1960 in Bonham, TX.\r\n\r\nHe was a veteran of the Vietnam War in the U.S. Army, then went on to...
Betty Tunstall
Jun 2, 2019
Betty Jane Mestayer Tunstall, 82, with family around her bedside, passed away one minute after midnight Sunday June 2, 2019, quietly at St. Francis Hospital in Bartlett, Tennessee.\r\n\r\nBorn on October 18, 1936 in New Iberia, Louisiana, she was one of five children of Felix Charles Mestayer and Maude Delaney Mestayer \r\n\r\nMrs. Tunstall graduated from New Iberia High School and attended...
Nancy Cecil
Jun 2, 2019
Nancy Jo Cecil (Nee Smith), 86, of Bandera, Texas, went home with Lord Jesus on Sunday, June 2, 2019 in Austin, Texas with family at her side. She was born in Mercedes, Texas to Vollie and Lorena Smith on December 19,1932.\r\n\r\nShe married Granvel G. Cecil on March 21,1953 in San Antonio, Texas.\r\n\r\nNancy Jo graduated from Stephen F. Austin high school...
Judith Wright
Jun 2, 2019
There will be no services for Judith A. Wright, 71, of Lakehills, Texas, who passed away on June 2, 2019 in Lakehills. \r\n\r\nShe was born in St. Maries, Idaho to Verner C. and Mildred Danes on June 21,1947.\r\n\r\nShe is survived by her daughter, Tina Blackwood of Fruita, Colorado; sons, Jeffery Grissett of Port Lavaca, Texas, Scot Cota of Portland, Oregon;...
George Oranday
Jun 1, 2019
George R. Oranday of Bandera, passed away unexpectedly on June 1, 2019 in San Antonio, Texas. He was born in Hondo, Texas to Pedro and Gloria Oranday on April 6, 1968. George married his loving wife, Sara Hernandez Oranday two years ago. \r\n\r\nHe is preceded in death by two sisters, both passing away in childhood, Patricia Oranday and Gracie Oranday.\r\n\r\nGeorge...
Polly Collins
Jun 1, 2019
A CAGED BIRD SINGS BECAUSE IT HAS A SONG..... God delivered Polly Ann Collins to us on August 6, 1963 in Ft. Worth, Texas. Her song began there with her parents Howard and Roma Collins and her sister Carrie Collins who survived her. \r\n\r\nPolly died at her home in Kerrville on June 1, 2019 following a brief illness. Polly had...
Rebecca Mcbryde
May 29, 2019
Rebecca (Becky) Ann McBryde, 76, of Kerrville, passed away on May 29, 2019 at Memory Care of New Braunfels. She was born in Longview to Roy Wilson White and Louise Becker White on August 26, 1942. She married R. Nowlin McBryde on July 31, 1965 in Junction, Texas. \r\n\r\nBecky attended Junction High School and later graduated from Texas Women's University....

Helen Williams
May 29, 2019
\r\nHelen Ruth Williams, 93, of Bandera, passed away on May 29, 2019 in Bandera, Texas. She was born in Brookeland, Texas on December 3, 1925 to J. Aaron and Lillie Mae Cooper. She married Wilburn W. Williams in 1942 in Corpus Christi, Texas.\r\nHelen is preceded in death by her parents, her husband, and her brother Tony Cooper. \r\nHelen is survived...
Baby March
May 29, 2019
Baby Ray "PoPo" March, 84, of Kerrville, passed away Wednesday, May 29, 2019 at Audie L. Murphy Memorial Veterans Hospital in San Antonio. He was born July 6, 1934 in Tyler, Texas to Garland and Leona March. \r\n\r\nHe is preceded in death by his parents; wife, Edna March; sister, Inez Hampton; and brothers, Roy James March, Bearl March, and Nathaniel...
Ronald Doss
May 27, 2019
Ronald H. Doss, March 6, 1942 - May 27, 2019\r\n\r\nRon was born March 6, 1942 at Mennonite Hospital in Bloomington Illinois. Upon graduation of high school from Bloomington High, he attended Illinois State University for a year before enlisting in the Air Force. While in the Air Force he was trained in Electronics and stationed in Japan. He enjoyed the...
Michael Miles
May 25, 2019
On Saturday, May 25, 2019, Michael Gary Miles passed away peacefully at his home in Harper, Texas at the age of 68. Mike was born on December 1, 1950 in Bethesda, Maryland (hence his proclivity toward the Washington Redskins) to Roy Michael Miles and Anna Marie Krager Miles. \r\nMike spent the majority of his life in Harper, where he has...
Geneva Hayes
May 25, 2019
Geneva Hayes, 89, of Kerrville, went to be with the Lord on May 25, 2019 surrounded by her family and loved ones.\r\n \r\nShe was born in Rockne, Texas to Leo and Ida Seidel Kadura on November 21, 1929. She married Oscar Hayes on June 2, 1947 in Bastrop, Texas.\r\n \r\nShe attended St. Ann's Catholic School in Rockne which the Kadura...
William Whatley
May 21, 2019
William Woodrow Whatley, 69 of Kerrville, passed away on May 21, 2019 in San Antonio. He was born in Winnsboro, Texas, to Oscar Wayne Whatley and Billie Adele Sledge on October 13, 1949. He married Deborah Ann Harris on August 27, 1969 in Pasadena, Texas.\r\n\r\nWilliam "Woody" Whatley was preceded in death by his father, Oscar Wayne Whatley; mother, Billie Adele...
Charles Burnette
May 20, 2019
Date: May 27, 2019\r\nObituary of Charles D. Burnette\r\n\r\nCharles "Chuck" D. Burnette, age 89, of Kerrville passed away peacefully on Monday May 20th, under the care of River Point Assisted Living facility in Kerrville Texas. Charles was born in Asheville, North Carolina to Inez and Charles A. Burnette on May 10, 1930. The Burnette family relocated to Hendersonville, North Carolina where...
Inez Alst
May 17, 2019
Inez E. Van Alst, 95 of Kerrville, passed away on May 17, 2019 in Kerrville, Texas. She was born in Poughkeepsie, NY to Frank and Bertha (Anderson) Stoneman on December 10, 1923. She married Charles M. Van Alst on December 24, 1945.\r\n\r\nShe attended Staatsburg Union School in Staatsburg, NY and graduated from the University of the State of New York...
John Anderson
May 17, 2019
John Ray Anderson, age 69, passed away on May 17, 2019 at his home in Hunt, Texas. He was born John Ray Waits in Bartlesville, Oklahoma to Betty Jean Lawyer and J.R. Waits on August 23, 1949. He was later adopted by his step-father, Dan M. Anderson. He and his wife, Kathryn Cunningham Anderson, were married on August 20, 1970...
Thomas Forrest Sr.
May 14, 2019
Thomas Richard (Tom) Forrest of Harlingen, Texas passed away on Tuesday, May 14th, 2019 in San Antonio, Texas. He was born in Toledo, Ohio to Ernest John Forrest and Helen Eugenia Bell Forrest on April 16th, 1935. He married Emma De la Garza on December 26th, 1963 in Donna, Texas.\r\n \r\nTom went to Roy Miller High School and achieved various...
Mary Speck
May 14, 2019
Mary Sue Speck, 88, of Rocksprings, Texas passed away May 14, 2019 in Kerrville, Texas. She was born in Beeville, Texas to Horace Thomas Chilton and Lear Word Chilton on May 31, 1930. The family moved to Austin, Texas where she attended elementary, junior high, and Austin high school. She majored in art four years at the University of Texas...
Oliver Strickland
May 14, 2019
Oliver (Sonny) Strickland, 79, of Doss, passed away on May 14, 2019 in Doss, TX. He was born in Burkett, TX to Tom and Girlie Strickland on January 12, 1940.\r\n\r\nHe went to school at Burkett. He graduated from Cross Plains High School. He worked in the oil field with BJ Hughes and drove for Jim's truck service. He was also...