Obituaries

Virginia Lee Carville Brannon

Apr 19, 2015

Virginia Lee Carville Brannon, 84, of Coleman died Sunday, April 19, 2015 at Wisteria Place Retirement Living in Abilene. Funeral mass will be held 11:00 a.m. Saturday, April 25, 2015 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 303 East College Avenue, Coleman, with Rev. Romanus Akamike officiating. Inurnment will follow in the Coleman City Cemetery. Services are under the direction of...

Frankie D. Hull, Jr

Apr 18, 2015

Frankie D. Hull, Jr., 30, of Santa Anna, died Saturday, April 18, 2015 at Hendrick Medical Center. Funeral service will be 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, April 22, 2015 at Stevens Funeral Home Chapel, 400 West Pecan Street, Coleman, with Brian Hall officiating. Burial will follow in the Pleasant Valley Cemetery in Brown County. Services are under the direction of Stevens...

Monroe Bethke

Apr 18, 2015

Monroe Bethke, 87, of San Antonio, passed on April 18, 2015 from complications of heart and Alzheimers Disease. Monroe was a banker and business man in Austin for many years. After retirement, he lived in Georgetown and Coleman before moving to San Antonio in 2007. He is survived by his wife of 17 years, Virginia Wilson Straughan, four children,...

Carroll Hinds

Apr 4, 2015

Carroll Hinds, 86, of Coleman, died Saturday, April 4, 2015 at Holiday Hill Nursing Home. Funeral service will be 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, April 7, 2015 at Stevens Funeral Home Chapel, 400 West Pecan Street, Coleman, with Rev. Jody Rodriguez officiating, assisted by Rev. Loyd Hopper. Burial will be in the Coleman City Cemetery, under the direction of Stevens Funeral...

Bobbie Jean Edington

Mar 28, 2015

Bobbie Jean Edington, age 83, of Coleman, passed away peacefully at her residence on Saturday, March 28, 2015. Funeral service will be held 2:00 p.m. Monday, March 30, in the First Baptist Church, 200 East College Avenue in Coleman with Rev. John Stanislaw and Rev. Jeff Moore officiating. Burial will follow in the Coleman Cemetery under the direction of...

Wanda Lee Hood

Mar 23, 2015

Wanda L. Hood, 84, of Coleman, died Monday, March 23, 2015 at Hendrick Medical Center in Abilene. Graveside service will be 2:00 p.m. Saturday, March 28, 2015 at the Coleman City Cemetery Pavilion. Burial will follow in the Coleman City Cemetery, under the direction of Stevens Funeral Home. She was born Wanda Lee Jones on February 15, 1931 in...

Dorothy Taylor

Mar 22, 2015

Dorothy Taylor, 85, of Coleman, died Sunday, March 22, 2015 at Holiday Hill Nursing Home. Funeral service will be 10:00 a.m. Thursday, March 26, 2015 at Stevens Funeral Home Chapel, 400 West Pecan Street, Coleman, with Rev. Jeff Dean officiating. Burial will be in the Coleman City Cemetery. Services are under the direction of Stevens Funeral Home. She was...

Raylene Plummer

Mar 18, 2015

Raylene Duke Plummer, 49, passed away from this earth on March 18, 2015 at Hendricks Medical Center. She was the wife of Joe Plummer. They shared 18 wonderful years together. Raylene was born on September 14, 1965 in Coleman where she lived a short time before moving to Houston. Raylene was the daughter of Bill Haas and Doris Allen...

Ona Christine Dobbins

Mar 17, 2015

Ona Christine Dobbins passed away Tuesday morning, March 17, 2015, at Abilene Regional Medical Center. Christine was born in Coleman County on October 7, 1924 to Theodore Mitchell and Alpha Yates Mitchell. She attended school at Loss Creek and Mozelle. Christine married Leslie Drew Dobbins Sr. on May 25, 1942 at North Coleman Baptist Church. They celebrated 59 years...

Rev. Kenneth Harlan

Mar 17, 2015

Rev. Kenneth Harlan, 76, of Coleman and former resident of Amarillo, died Tuesday, March 17, 2015 at Holiday Hill Nursing Home in Coleman. Graveside services will be 3:00 p.m. Saturday, March 21, 2015 at Resthaven Memorial Park, 5740 West 19th Street, Lubbock. Stevens Funeral Home, Coleman, is in charge of the arrangements. Rev. Harlan was born February 21, 1939...

Ira Leon Gallaway

Mar 16, 2015

Ira Leon Gallaway was born May 24, 1923, near Glen Cove, Texas. He grew up in Coleman County, Texas, and graduated from Talpa High School in 1940. In July 1941 he married Florene Gayle (Sally) Baxter in Friona , Texas. He entered the Army Air Corps in 1941, and served with air supply in North Africa during World War...

Raul J. Perez

Mar 15, 2015

Raul J. Perez, 81, of Coleman, died Sunday, March 15, 2015 at Coleman County Medical Center. Graveside service will be 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, March 18, 2015 at the Coleman City Cemetery Pavilion with Maurine Wilson officiating. Services are under the direction of Stevens Funeral Home, 400 West Pecan Street, Coleman. Mr. Perez was born November 20, 1933 in Lampazos,...

Edwin Maurice Whittington

Mar 11, 2015

Edwin Maurice Whittington, 90, of Coleman, died Wednesday, March 11, 2015 at his residence. Funeral service will be 2:00 p.m. Saturday, March 14, 2015 at Stevens Funeral Home Chapel, 400 West Pecan Street, Coleman, with Sam Wilson officiating. Burial will follow in the Glen Cove Cemetery, under the direction of Stevens Funeral Home. Mr. Whittington was born December 16,...

Brett Alan Autry

Mar 6, 2015

Farewell, Brett Autry By Evan Autry One morning in the early 1950s, my grandmother -- Martha Autry -- was cooking an early weekend lunch of barbecue chicken and home fries for her family. It was in the summer, so naturally the kids were outside playing alongside the creek. As she began to set the table, she called out...

Dean Gray

Mar 4, 2015

Dean Gray, age 74, of San Angelo, and former Coleman resident, died Wednesday, March 4, 2015 in San Angelo. Graveside funeral service will be held 2:00 p.m. Sunday, March 15, 2015 at the Coleman Cemetery Pavilion with Brother Reuben Packer officiating. Interment will follow in the Coleman Cemetery under the direction of Stevens Funeral Home, Coleman. Dean Gray was...

Gussie Jennings

Mar 4, 2015

Gussie Jennings, age 90, of Coleman, died Wednesday, March 4, 2015 in Sweetwater Care Center. Funeral service will be held 4:30 p.m. Sunday, March 8, in Stevens Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Charly McDermett officiating. Burial will follow in the Mt. View Cemetery under the direction of Stevens Funeral Home. She was born on December 4, 1924 in Coleman,...

Randall "Randy" Ray French

Mar 4, 2015

Randall "Randy" French, 59, of Coleman, died Wednesday, March 4, 2015 at Hendrick Medical Center. Funeral service will be 2:00 p.m. Sunday, March 8, 2015 at Stevens Funeral Home, 400 West Pecan Street, Coleman, with Matthew French officiating, assisted by Grady Sanders. Burial will be in the Valera Cemetery, under the direction of Stevens Funeral Home. Randy was born...

Ronnie Cogdill

Mar 4, 2015

Ronnie Cogdill, age 67, of Coleman, passed away Wednesday, March 04, 2015 at Coleman County Medical Center. Funeral service will be held 4:00 p.m. Saturday, March 7 in Stevens Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Brad Slaten and Rev. John Stanislaw officiating. Burial with military honors will follow in the Brown Ranch Cemetery under the direction of Stevens Funeral Home....

Danny Webb

Feb 26, 2015

Danny Webb, 65, of Ponder, died Thursday, February 26, 2015 at Denton Presbyterian Hospital in Denton. A memorial service will be 4:00 p.m. Saturday, March 7, 2015 at Stevens Funeral Home Chapel, 400 West Pecan Street, Coleman. He was born June 2, 1949 in Coleman to James Edwin Webb and Emma Lelia Watkins Webb. He grew up in Coleman...

Vida Blackwell

Feb 25, 2015

Due to the weather, the funeral service and visitation of Vida Blackwell has been to changed to Sunday, March 1, 2015. Vida Blackwell, 91, of Coleman, died Wednesday, February 25, 2015 at the Allen Center at Holiday Hill Nursing Home in Coleman. Funeral service will be 2:30 p.m. Sunday, March 1, 2015 at Stevens Funeral Home Chapel, 400 West...