Obituaries

Howard Keller

Howard Keller

Jan 30, 2022

Howard Ray Keller, 86, of Lorena, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, January 30, 2022. Funeral services will be 1:00 p.m. Monday, February 7 at Meadowbrook Baptist Church in Robinson with Dr. Cary Killough officiating. Burial will immediately follow at Cottonwood Cemetery. There will be a visitation held one hour prior to the service at the church, starting...

Maria Padilla

Maria Padilla

Jan 29, 2022

Maria ‘Cuca’ Padilla was greeted with open arms by her Heavenly Father on Saturday, January 29, 2022. Born in Acambaro Guanajuato, Mexico in 1935 to Antonio and Anita Velasquez-Alfaro. She came to the United States of America as a young bride. She lived in Riesel, Texas the majority of her life. Everyone that knew Maria, loved her. Maria’s great love...

Vickie Kunza

Vickie Kunza

Jan 27, 2022

Vickie Kunza, 75, passed away Thursday, January 27, 2022 at her home in Lorena, Texas. A lifelong resident of Illinois, she most recently resided in Mahomet, Illinois and was raised in Urbana, Illinois graduating from Urbana High School in 1964. She worked in the banking industry her entire career, retiring in 2007 from Mainstreet Bank & Trust in Champaign Illinois....

Mary Spink

Mary Spink

Jan 27, 2022

Mary Higginbotham Spink, 80, of Robinson, TX, passed away Thursday January 27th, 2022. Visitation will be held at 1:00 p.m. prior to the funeral services on Saturday. Services will be held Saturday February 5th, 2022 at 2 p.m at Pecan Grove Funeral Home, 3124 N. Robinson Dr. Waco, TX with Rev. Joe Peebles officiating. Mary was born February 3rd, 1941,...

Melissa Welch

Melissa Welch

Jan 24, 2022

Melissa Michelle Welch, 47, of Waco, TX, passed away at home, Monday, January 24, 2022, peacefully in her sleep. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, February 1, 2022, at Pecan Grove Funeral Home, 3124 Robinson Drive, Waco. Burial will follow at Rosemound Cemetery. The family will receive visitors one hour prior to the service beginning at 10:00 a.m., at...

George Doil Wooten

George Doil Wooten

Jan 24, 2022

George Doil Wooten, 89, of Waco, passed away Monday, January 24, 2022. Visitation will be 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, January 28 at Pecan Grove Funeral Home, 3124 Robinson Dr., Waco. Doil was born January 14, 1933 to George and Mendina (Phillips) Wooten in Waco, Texas. He was a lifelong resident of the Waco area and a well-respected home builder....

Eula Jeanette McGaugh

Eula Jeanette McGaugh

Jan 23, 2022

Eula Jeanette McGaugh, passed away Sunday, January 23, 2022. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, February 1, 2022, at Pecan Grove Funeral Home, 3124 Robinson Drive, Waco. Burial will follow at Rosemound Cemetery. The family will receive visitors one hour prior to the service beginning at 10:00 a.m., at the funeral home. Jeanette was born July 28, 1960, in...

Nancy Whitney

Nancy Whitney

Jan 23, 2022

One month and 4 days shy of her 89th birthday, Nancy Whitney passed away peacefully on January 23, 2022, in hospice care at Methodist Central Hospital in Dallas, Texas, after suffering the effects of dementia and years of other health issues. Nancy was born February 27, 1933 in Eddy, Texas. She is preceded in death by her parents, Anderson L....

Dwain Caldwell

Dwain Caldwell

Jan 22, 2022

Dwain Thomas Caldwell, 85, of Mart, Texas, passed away Saturday, January 22, 2022. A private graveside service will be held at Mart Cemetery. Dwain was born on April 9, 1936 to Samuel and Opal Caldwell in Mart, Texas and was raised in Mart by his grandparents, Richard and Corrine McGaughy. He worked 37 years for Texas Instruments as an Inventory...

Robert Paredes

Robert Paredes

Jan 21, 2022

Robert Bosman Paredes of Chilton, Texas; formerly of Killeen; passed away unexpectedly on January 21, 2022; at the age of 62. Robert is survived by his Mother; Margaret Bosman Paredes of Killeen, Tx; His one and only; Lisa-Marie Hawkins (Jarrett), son Michael Miller (Carol) of Chilton, Tx. Eight grandkids; Jaydon, Maliyah, Jayleb, Jayke, Elias, Caydan, Isaiah and Brinleigh of Chilton....

Marcus McMillan

Marcus McMillan

Jan 20, 2022

Marcus H McMillan (Mark), age 58, passed away January 20, 2022, at his residence in Flower Mound, Texas. He was born January 28, 1963, in Waco, Texas, to Clarence and JoAnn McMillan. He attended Robinson Schools and went on to attend Texas A&M and ultimately graduated from Baylor University in 1989, with a degree in accounting. Mark was a devoted...

Danny Kelly

Danny Kelly

Jan 20, 2022

Danny Ray Kelly, 66, passed away Thursday, January 20, 2022. Visitation for friends and family will be 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, January 26 at Pecan Grove Funeral Home, 3124 Robinson Dr., Waco. Danny Ray Kelly was born in Post, Texas on October 24, 1955 to Sterling and Lorine Kelly. He graduated from University High School in 1974, followed by...

Jennifer Gongora

Jennifer Gongora

Jan 19, 2022

Jennifer Renee Martinez Gongora, 42, of Waco, TX, passed away on Wednesday, January 19, 2022. Jennifer was born April 29, 1979, in Waco, TX, to Johnny and Beatrice (Rodriguez) Martinez the youngest of four kids. She was very kind, outspoken, a loving person that was full of life and loved to make people laugh. She had lots of friends and...

Joe Morgan

Joe Morgan

Jan 18, 2022

Joe Earl Morgan Jr., 84, of Robinson, TX passed away peacefully January 18, 2022. Graveside services will be 11 a.m. Friday, January 28, 2022 at Robinson Cemetery, 620 E. Stegall, Robinson, TX. Joe Earl Morgan Jr. was born on March 13, 1937 in McLennan County to Joe Morgan Sr. and Bennie Mae Posey-Morgan and was the first of seven children....

Beatrice Martinez

Beatrice Martinez

Jan 18, 2022

Beatrice “Bea” Martinez, 71, of Waco, TX, passed away Tuesday, January 18, 2022. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 12:00 p.m., Friday, January 28, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 2621 Bagby Ave, Waco, TX, with Very Rev. C. Benjamin Magnaye as Celebrant. Burial will follow at Oakwood Cemetery. A Rosary service will begin at 6:00 p.m., Thursday, January...

Martha (Doodie) Humphrey

Martha (Doodie) Humphrey

Jan 17, 2022

Martha (Doodie) Edna Humphrey, 79, of Waco, passed away Monday, January 17, 2022. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Tuesday, January 25 at Pecan Grove Funeral Home with Brother Greg Brumit officiating. Burial will immediately follow at Waco Memorial Park. The family will receive visitors 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, January 24 at the funeral home. Martha was born February...

Karla Kubala

Karla Kubala

Jan 16, 2022

Karla Gayle Kubala, 70, of Waco, TX, passed away Sunday, January 16, 2022. A celebration of life will be from 1 – 3:00 p.m., Thursday, January 20, at Pecan Grove Funeral Home, 3124 Robinson Drive, Waco. Karla was born January 15, 1952, in Waco, TX to John Wayne and Nancy Ruth (Kinder) Collins. She attended Bell’s Hill Elementary School and...

Ronnie Parker

Ronnie Parker

Jan 13, 2022

Ronnie Warren Parker, 72, of Waco, TX, passed away Thursday January 13, 2022. Graveside services will be 10 a.m., Thursday January 20th at Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery in Killeen, TX. The family will receive visitors from 6 to 8 p.m., Wednesday, January 19th, at Pecan Grove Funeral Home, 3124 Robinson Drive, Waco. Ronnie (Ron) was born February 16, 1949...

Wilbur Scroggins

Wilbur Scroggins

Jan 13, 2022

Wilbur Joe Scroggins, 90, passed away peacefully at Ellery Arbor Memory Care Facility in Colleyville, Texas, on Thursday, January 13, 2022. He was born November 09, 1931, in Memphis, Texas, to Dewey Edward Scroggins and Annie Mae Wilkins Scroggins. After attending school in Vernon, Joe enlisted in the U.S. Army in April of 1949. While in the service, Joe served...

William Merritt

William Merritt

Jan 11, 2022

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