Local Obituaries for Lampasas & Copperas Cove in Texas.

Feb 25, 2018

Marshell Freeman, age 72, of Wiggins, MS passed away on Sunday, February 25, 2018, in Kempner, Texas. A Memorial Graveside will be held at later date, at Liberty Baptist Church Cemetery in Collins, MS.

Marshell was born on December 29, 1943, to WM and Retha Graves Bergeron in Seminary, MS. She graduated from Seminary High School in...

Feb 24, 2018

Kenneth L. Denson, age 64, of Briggs passed away on Saturday, February 24, 2018, in Georgetown after a long battle with cancer. A Memorial Service will be held on Friday, March 16, 2018, at 11:00 AM at Scott's Funeral Home in Copperas Cove.

Ken was born in Elmira, NY on August 21, 1953, to the late Richard...

Feb 23, 2018

Fredrick L. Schamberger, 73 of Lampasas, TX died Friday February 23, 2018 at Copperas Cove Nursing-Rehab. Fred was born February 13, 1945 in Eau Claire, WI the son of Jesse Schamberger and Eleanor (Johnson) Schamberger. He grew up in Wisconsin and after high school graduation joined the army. He served in Panama, Vietnam and Germany. After his military service, Fred...

Feb 14, 2018

Martha Elizabeth (Groves) Tumlinson, 90 of Lampasas, Texas died Wednesday February 14, 2018 at Lampasas Nursing and Rehab Center. She was born July 28, 1927 in Lampasas County, Texas to William Chesterfield Groves and Lula Belle (Roye) Groves. She was baptized August 1935 in the Lampasas River, near School Creek. Martha lived in Fort Worth, TX during WWII, due to...

Feb 13, 2018

Billy Earl McCartney, 68 of Kempner, TX died Tuesday February 13, 2018 at Rollins-Brook Community Hospital. Billy was born December 26, 1949 in Rayville, LA the son of James T. McCartney and Eva Mary (White) McCartney. He grew up in Frogmore, LA and graduated high school. He worked in the ship yard at Houma for many years and moved to...

Feb 12, 2018

Dorothy R. Kruse, age 86, of Copperas Cove and formerly of Brownsville, Minnesota passed away on Monday, February 12, 2018, in Copperas Cove. A Memorial Service will be held at 11:00 am, Saturday, February 24, 2018, at the First Presbyterian Church, 704 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Copperas Cove, Texas 76522. Her cremains will be placed in St. Peter's...

Feb 11, 2018

James Arnold Ayers was born in Austin, TX 4-22-1958 to Jessie James Ayers and Belva Jean (Manning) Ayers. He died 2-11-2018. After attending Lanier High School, he held various jobs including delivering for Coca-Cola and office products and working in the oil fields. But, for most of his adult life, he drove big trucks. If it could start, he could...

Feb 7, 2018

Clovis Deloris (Curley) Brown, 95 of Lampasas, Texas died Wednesday February 7, 2018 at Regal Healthcare in Lampasas. She was born October 14, 1922 in Oakalla, TX to Benjamin Culberson Langford and Cecil Devora (Roberts) Langford. Curley married Olan Adois Kendrick November 11, 1941and he preceded her in death in 1956. She later married Niel Brown February 14, 1971 and...

Feb 5, 2018

Dennis D. Bradford, age 85, of Copperas Cove passed away peacefully on February 5, 2018, with family by his side. A private family graveside service was held at Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery in Killeen.

Dennis Doyle Bradford was born on January 15, 1933, in Minter, Texas to John and Agnes Bradford. He grew up in Paris,...

Feb 4, 2018

Nathaniel Alexzander Anderson, age 12 of Copperas Cove, TX died Sunday February 4, 2018 at home. He was born October 16, 2005 in Georgetown, TX to James Anderson and Amanda Rhoades. Nate had lived in central Texas all of his life. He loved watching wrestling, ninja turtles, traveling, flying, going to the beach and playing video games.   He is...

Jan 30, 2018

Joyce Clydene Hill, 76 of Lampasas, TX died January 30, 2018 at Scott and White Hospital in Temple, TX. Clydene was born August 10, 1941 in Lampasas, TX the daughter of Elmer Clyde Hall and Susie (Zieschang) Hall. She graduated from High Scholl here and later worked as a medication aide for Leisure Lodge Nursing Home for many years. She...

Jan 29, 2018

Geneva Crain, 83 of Desere’ Ranch, Lometa, passed away January 29, 2018 of cancer. Nona Geneva Craiin was born January 9, 1935 near Lometa, the daughter of Bill Delano and Letha Whitely Delano. Bill Delano was a carpenter at Fort Hood, so Geneva went to school at Unity and graduated from Lampasas in 1953. She married Billie M. Crain and...

Jan 28, 2018

Deborah Elvilene Bristow, 65 of Lometa, TX died January 28, 2018 at her home. Deborah was born June 12, 1952 in San Saba, TX the daughter of Elvie Tubbs and Linne Gene (Lee) Tubbs. She married Frank Bristow. Deborah was a member of Church of the Hills in Lometa. She was a registered nurse and had worked for Standards Home...

Jan 27, 2018

Patsie Ruth Clepper was born to Claudie and May Smith on May 24, 1934 in Alma, Arkansas, the oldest of 4 children. She passed after a determined fight with cancer on January 27, 2018. She married a young G.I. Len Clepper and traveled to Japan and Germany where they were stationed, and then to Ft. Hood in Texas. It was...

Jan 27, 2018

Grafton Wain Seale, 79, of Adamsville, TX passed away at Spring Oaks Nursing Home on January 27, 2018. Grafton was born April 2, 1938 in Lampasas County the son of Grafton Richard Seale and Joyce Mae (Bynum) Seale. He grew up in the area and graduated from Copperas Cove High School in 1958. He was a firefighter for Copperas Cove...

Jan 22, 2018

Ida Heathcott, age 76, of Kempner passed away on Monday, January 22, 2018. Memorial Mass will be at 11:00 am, Wednesday, January 31, 2018, at Holy Family Catholic Church in Copperas Cove. Visitation will be from 5-6 pm with a Rosary at 6:30 pm on Tuesday at Scott's Funeral Home of Copperas Cove.

Ida was born on...

Jan 22, 2018

Margie Kirby resident of Granbury, Texas died on January 22, 2018. Margie was born July 1, 1935 in Camden, Arkansas to James Roscoe Tollifson and Alice Bernice Robison Tollifson. Margie graduated from Camden High School, met her husband Bill Guesner while working her first job as a secretary, they married in 1955 and had three children. After the death of...

Jan 21, 2018

Betty Jean Townsend, of Burnet, Texas passed away on Sunday, January 21, 2018 surrounded by her family.   Betty was born in San Saba, Texas on May 4, 1941 to Dailey B. “Cooter” and Frances Stewart Parks. She graduated from San Saba High School in 1959 and went on to graduate from Austin Beauty School in 1960. In that year, Betty...

Jan 21, 2018

G.R. (Dick) Bettle 77, of Ft. Worth, TX died Sunday January 21, 2018 of a massive stroke.     Funeral service will be Saturday January 27, 2018 at New Covenant Church at 10:00 a.m.     Survivors include his wife, Liz Kingston Bettle, son, Andrew Bettle, grandchildren; Colleen Miller, Andrea Bettle and Andrew Bettle Jr. ( otherwise known as BoBo),...

Jan 17, 2018

Irmgard Carville, age 77, passed away on Wednesday, January 17, 2018, in Temple. A Memorial Service will be held at 1pm, Saturday, February 3, 2018, at Scott’s Funeral Home in Copperas Cove.

Irmgard was born on April 8, 1940, in Germany to the late Rhirhard and Berta Sirnik Rhan. In 1969 she moved back to Copperas Cove and...