Obituaries

Dec 31, 2020

Funeral services for Mike Caldwell, 71, of Livingston, Texas, will be held Monday, January 4, 2021 at 12:00 p.m. in the Life Vine Church in Livingston, Texas with Bro. Simon Geller officiating. Interment will follow in the Camp Ruby Cemetery in Livingston, Texas. Visitation will be held Monday, January 4, 2021, from 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m., before the...

Dec 30, 2020

Reba Geraldine Griffin Hooper, 83, of Hoop and Holler (Rye, Texas) died, December 30, 2020, after a long battle with cancer.

Reba was born on May 12, 1937, in Wewoka, OK, and was a resident of Hoop and Holler, Texas for 23 years, coming from Palm Beach County, FL.

Reba was a member of Holly...

Dec 30, 2020

Bonnie Maud Sowell Wiggins, 90, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, December 30, 2020 at Memorial Hospital in Livingston, Texas. She was born in Onalaska on October 12, 1930 to William Charlie Sowell and Leecy Mae Crawford. She attended Onalaska and Livingston ISD. She married her husband Barney Flowers Wiggins in 1951 and raised four children and were lifelong residents...

Dec 29, 2020

Mrs. Wanda Ruth Brower, 88, of Livingston, Texas was born December 19, 1932 in Vernon, Texas, to parents, L.C. Byrd and Maggie Alice (Johnson) Byrd, and passed away December 29, 2020 in Livingston, Texas. She is preceded in death by her parents; and sons, Billy Wayne Kincheloe, Richard Lee Brower, and Kenneth Paul Brower.

She is survived...

Dec 29, 2020

Mrs. Wilda Jean Moore, 89, of Livingston, Texas was born February 16, 1931 in Elwood, Texas, the daughter of Ed Dean and Annie Bell (Matthews) Dean and passed away December 29, 2020 in Livingston, Texas. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Chester Moore; two sisters, Dorothy Poe and Nell Ferguson; one son, Danny Moore; and...

Dec 28, 2020

Kenneth E. Yarbrough, a 50 plus year resident of Livingston, died peacefully on December 28, 2020. He was born on August 4, 1938 at home in East Texas along the Attoyac River near the Nacogdoches and Shelby county line to Eugene Yarbrough and Lucille Christopher.  He worked hard alongside his parents and siblings on the family dairy farm. He...

Dec 27, 2020

Graveside services for Edith Mae David, 96, of Livingston, Texas will be held Wednesday, January 6, 2021 at 3:00 p.m. in the Mt. Zion Cemetery in Olanta, Pennsylvania.

Mrs. David was born January 20, 1924 in Faunce, Pennsylvania to parents, Ai and Ethel Barrett, and passed away December 27, 2020 in Livingston, Texas. She is preceded in...

Dec 27, 2020

Mr. Thomas Joe Ware, 80, of Onalaska, Texas born May 3, 1940 in Corpus Christi, Texas to parents, Thomas Leonard Ware and Agnes Marie (Rackley) Ware, and passed away December 27, 2020 in Livingston, Texas. He is preceded in death by his parents, and brother, Richard Ware.

He is survived by his wife, Leona Ware of Onalaska,...

Dec 26, 2020

Graveside services for Carol Joann Tipton, 78, of Livingston, Texas will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, January 3, 2021 in the Bluff Creek Cemetery in Livingston, Texas with Bro. Steve Waldrep officiating. Visitation will be held from 1:00 p.m. until the service begins at 2:00 p.m. in the cemetery.

Mrs. Tipton born December 20, 1942...

Dec 26, 2020

Funeral services for Efigenia Merino, 57, of Goodrich, Texas, will be held Saturday, January 2, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. in the Iglesia de Jesucristo located at 6514 S. Hwy 59 in Goodrich, Texas with Pastor Diego Garzon officiating.  Interment will follow in the Restland Memorial Park Cemetery in Livingston, Texas.

Mrs. Merino born September 26, 1963 in...

Dec 26, 2020

Graveside services for D'Juana Lalane Nicklas, 52, of Groveton, Texas, will be held Wednesday, December 30, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. in the Peebles Cemetery in Livingston, Texas with Bro. Steve Waldrep officiating. Visitation will be held on Wednesday, December 30th in the Cochran Funeral Home in Livingston, Texas, from 9:00 a.m. until 10:45 a.m. when the procession will leave...

Dec 21, 2020

Mrs. Valerie Lvaughn Robinson, 86, of Livingston, TX, formerly of Nortonville, KS, died Monday, December 21, 2020 at her daughter's home in Livingston. She was born June 24, 1934 at Atchison, KS, the daughter of William Eugene and Ethel Eleanor Chaffin Wilcox. She was a 1952 graduate of Atchison County Community High School. Mrs. Robinson worked 10 years for...

Dec 21, 2020

Funeral services for Carmen Fuentes, 36, of Livingston, Texas, will be held Tuesday, December 29, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. in the Cochran Funeral Home Chapel in Livingston, Texas with Daniel Arenas officiating.  Interment will follow in the Forest Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 12:00 p.m. until the service begins at 2:00 p.m. in the funeral home.

Dec 21, 2020

Graveside services for Mrs. Norma Sherrod will be held Saturday, January 9, 2021 at 1:00 p.m. in the Old Peebles Cemetery located off of Old Israel Rd. in Livingston, Texas with Bro. Tom Owens officiating. Immediately following the service, the family with have a luncheon on the cemetery grounds.

Mrs. Norma Jean Sherrod, 83 of...

Dec 20, 2020

Funeral services for Mildred Jane Marsh, 55, of Trinity, Texas, will be held Saturday, December 26, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. in the Cochran Funeral Home in Livingston, Texas  with Bro. Steve Waldrep officiating. Interment will follow in the Peebles Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 12:00 p.m. until the service starts at 2:00 p.m. in the funeral home.

Dec 20, 2020

Graveside services for Mr. James Andrew Payne, 72, of Cleveland, Texas will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, December 31, 2020 in the Houston National Cemetery in Houston, Texas. Military honors will be provided by the District 4 Honor Guard Team.

Mr. Payne born May 28, 1948 in Houston, Texas to parents, Clarence and Wanda Payne,...

Dec 17, 2020

Graveside services for Cynthia Ann Clayton, 56, of Livingston, Texas, will be held Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. in the Peebles Cemetery in Livingston, Texas. Visitation will be held from 12:00 - 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, December 19, 2020 in the Cochran Funeral Home in Livingston, Texas.

Mrs. Clayton was born March 1, 1964 in...

Dec 17, 2020

Graveside services for Connie Sue Walding, 61, of Livingston, Texas, will be held Wednesday, December 23, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. Peebles Cemetery in Livingston, Texas with Tim Thompson officiating. Visitation will be held Tuesday, December 22, 2020, from 5:00 - 8:00 p.m. in the Cochran Funeral Home Chapel in Livingston, Texas.

Connie Sue Walding went home to...

Dec 16, 2020

Funeral services for Jimmie Alleen Usher, 73, of Splendora, Texas, will be held Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. in the Plum Grove Assembly of God Church located at 931 FM 2090 in Splendora, Texas with Bro. Ernie Parker officiating. Interment will follow in the Splendora Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 10:00 a.m. until the service begins...

Dec 16, 2020

Deborah Lynn Cunningham, 63 of Goodrich, Texas passed away December 16, 2020 peacefully at her home.

Debbie was born on October 9, 1957 in Lufkin, Texas to Prentiss Carter and Billie Jean (Clark) Weese.

Debbie never met a stranger; she made people laugh, and she loved fiercely. She was a joy and a blessing to...