David T Smillie
Feb 27, 2013
David Terry Smillie, age 71, died peacefully on February 27, 2013. He was born August 18, 1941 in Michigan. He is survived by his wife, Dorothy Smillie, of Livingston, many extended family members and his special friend, Mike Kirkland, of Livingston. He also leaves behind his beloved dog, Chico. Cochran Funeral Home, Directors in charge of arrangements. Please sign the...
Effie Laverne Ellis
Feb 26, 2013
Effie Laverne Ellis, age 85 of Highlands, Texas, passed away on Tuesday, February 26, 2013, at her home. She was born on August 25, 1927, in Goodrich, Texas, to parents, Jessie E. and Emmie Cox Emanuel. Effie is preceded in death by her parents; brother, Jessie Herman Emanuel; and nephew, Bobby Pixley. She is survived by her husband, Billy J....
John Edward Stewart
Feb 26, 2013
John Edward Stewart, age 66 of Cleveland, Texas, passed away on February 26, 2013, in Cleveland, Texas. He was born on April 12, 1946, in San Antonio, Texas, to parents, John Pershing Stewart and Agnes McClusky Stewart. John served in the US Navy during the Vietnam Conflict. He is preceded in death by his parents, his wife, Suzanne Stewart, and...
Vonnie Vera Scogin
Feb 25, 2013
Vonnie Scogin, age 85 of Onalaska, Texas, passed away at her home on February 25, 2013. She was born on November 3, 1927, in Shelby County, Texas. Mrs. Scogin is preceded in death by her parents; husband, George Scogin; two sons, Bobby Woods and John Benny Scogin; and thirteen brothers and sisters. She is survived by two daughters, Treasa Hughes...
Cecil Lang Alec, Sr.
Feb 25, 2013
Cecil Lang Alec, Sr., age 68 of Alabama-Coushatta Indian Reservation, Texas, passed away on February 25, 2013, in Livingston, Texas. He was born on April 20, 1944, in Polk County, Texas, to parents Kinney Alec and Anna belle Sylestine Alec. Cecil was a member of the Indian Village Assembly of God Church. He is preceded in death by his parents;...
Verble Collins
Feb 23, 2013
Verble Collins, age 96, died peacefully on February 23, 2013. Verble was born June 23, 1916 in Nacogdoches, Texas, the daughter of Alva and Maggie Kimmey. She is survived by her sons, Don Moye, or Dallardsville, Floyd Bryan Moye, of San Augustine, Travis ""Bubba"" Collins, of Silsbee, Edwin Collins, of Silsbee; numerous grandchildren, great grandchildren and other relatives and friends...
Ethel M Shoemaker
Feb 22, 2013
Ethel Mae Shoemaker, age 94, died peacefully on February 22, 2013. Ethel was born May 23, 1918 in Port Lavaca, Texas, the daughter of James Lafayette and Cartie Ethel Miller. She is survived by her two sons, Garry Shoemaker and Michael Shoemaker; four grandchildren, Susan Klawinski and her husband, Raymond, Nora Lynn Snow, Robert Michael Shoemaker, and Joshua Shoemaker; six...
Thomas Y Foster
Feb 21, 2013
Thomas Young Foster, age 82 of Village Mills, Texas, passed away on February 21, 2013, in Beaumont, Texas. Mr. Foster was born on August 8, 1931, in Huntington, Texas, to parents, James Young Foster and Zelta Mae Harrison Foster. Mr. Foster served in the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict. Funeral service will be held at 3:00 PM on Sunday,...
Mary L Payne
Feb 16, 2013
Mary Lois Payne, age 94, died peacefully on February 16, 2013. Lois was born August 3, 1918 in Blountstown, Florida, the daughter of William Lamberth and Mary Elizabeth Barbee. In 1935, Lois married Oreal Adron Payne and they had four children: Louise Nash, Jimmy Payne, Sue Ellis, and Jerry Mack Payne; numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren. In addition to being...
Jewel V Hoffman
Feb 16, 2013
Jewel Violet Hoffman, age 83, of Onalaska, Texas, passed away on February 16, 2013, in Kingwood, Texas. Jewel was born on February 16, 2013, in Seaboard, Alabama, to parents William and Julia Everett Knapp. Jewel is preceded in death by both of her parents. She is survived by her children and their spouses, Gerald Pickett, of Valdez, California, Robert and...
Jerry D Jones
Feb 15, 2013
Jerry Delano Jones of Biloxi passed away on February 15, 2013 at the age of 73 due to respiratory complications. Lt. Col. (Ret.) Jones was born on August 9, 1939 in Greenville, Texas. He retired from the United States Air Force in 1984 after 23 years of service and had lived in Biloxi since 1980. After retirement from the Air...
Lawrence L Trott
Feb 13, 2013
Lawrence Lynn Trott, age 86 of Point Blank, Texas, passed away on February 13, 2013, at his home. He was born on February 17, 1926, in Abilene, Texas, to parents, Lawrence and Ruth Trott. Lawrence served in the US Army in WWII. He worked at Shell Oil Co. for thirty-five years. Lawrence is survived by his wife, Mary Frances Trott,...
Lawrence Lynn Trott
Feb 13, 2013
Lawrence Lynn Trott, 86, passed away February 13, 2013 in his home at Point Blank, Texas, after a lengthy illness. Lynn was born on February 17, 1926 in Abilene, Texas to Lawrence and Ruth Trott. He spent his childhood in various West Texas communities where he was active in Boy Scouts, Royal Ambassadors, band and football. He graduated from Rotan...
Edward Murphy
Feb 13, 2013
Edward Murphy August 30, 1946 - February 13, 2013 Edward Murphy, age 66 of Livingston, Texas, passed away on February 13, 2013, in Livingston, Texas. Edward was born on August 30, 1946 in Leggett, Texas, to parents, Clarence and Bernice Murphy. Edward is preceded in death by his father, Clarence Murphy, and brother Arnold Ray Murphy. He is survived by...
Joann Ledbetter
Feb 13, 2013
Joann Ledbetter, age 72 of Ace, Texas, passed away on February 13, 2013, at Memorial Medical Center Hospital in Lufkin, Texas. She was born on January 26, 1941, in Phoenix, Arizona to parents, Joseph Jacobus and Viola Boytston Jacobus. Joann married Lawrence Wayne Ledbetter on September 2, 1961, in Phoenix, Arizona. She was a member of Rainbow Baptist Church in...
Samuel L Moore
Feb 12, 2013
Samuel Lee Moore, age 24 of Livingston, Texas, passed away on February 12, 2013 in Corpus Christi, Texas. Samuel was born on December 21, 1988 in Livingston, to parents, Oscar Lee and Deborah Dueboay Moore. Samuel is survived by his two daughters, Carlee and Kaylee Moore, both of Livingston, Texas; the mother of his children, Christina Cones, of Livingston, Texas;...
Austin W Stutts
Feb 12, 2013
Austin W. Stutts, age 75 of Onalaska, Texas, passed away on February 12, 2013, in Onalaska. Austin was born on September 16, 1937 in Houston, Texas, to parents, Howard Woodbury and Blythe Mozell Vaughn Stutts. Austin is preceded in death by both of his parents; son, Michael Stutts; sisters, Marilyn Patricia Stutts, Lavaun Smith, and Janice Angle; brothers, Billy Stutts,...
Wilbur L Bressler
Feb 11, 2013
Wilbur Lee ""Bill"" Bressler, age 90 of Livingston, Texas, passed away on February 11, 2013, at his home. Wilbur was born in Rock Port, Missouri, to parents Lee Bressler and Hannah Cooper Bressler. He graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a Master Degree and served in the U.S. Navy, during WWII. Wilbur married Marilyn Campbell on September 8, 1944,...
David Wayne Holt, Sr.
Feb 10, 2013
David Wayne Holt Sr., age 50 of Livingston, Texas, passed away at Cleveland Regional Medical Center in Cleveland, Texas, on February 10, 2013. David was born on June 18, 1962, in Houston, Texas, to parents Joe Allen Holt and Virginia Ruth Yancey Holt. He is preceded in death by his father, Joe Allen Holt; wife, Kelly K. Holt, step-son, Robert...
