Bertha Etta Wakefield

Bertha Etta Wakefield, 81, of Glasgow, KY., died September 25, 2000 at the Village Manner Christian Healthcare Center in Boling Green, Ky. She was born November 3, 1918 in Metcalf Co., KY to the late James Fisher and Bertha Cockrum Pitcock. Mrs. Wakefield was a member of the Church of Christ and a former longtime resident of Palacios.

Survivors include sisters, Dorothy Davis and her husband Paul of Glasgow, Ky. and Myrtle Ennis of Edmonton, Ky; brother-in-law, Bob Wakefield and his wife Dorothy of Bay City; several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, Billy Milan Wakefield, October 16, 1995; two sisters, Mary Fang and Elva Buettner and by four brothers, Orrin, George, James and Thompson Pitcock.

Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Saturday, September 30, 2000 at Taylor Bros. Funeral Home in Bay City with the Bro. Shane Jackson. Interment will follow at Roselawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Van Vleck, Texas. Pallbearers will be her nephews Mike, Mark, Scott and Glen Wakefield.

Arrangements are with Taylor Bros. Funeral Home. A00011A2000SP28

THE DAILY TRIBUNE, September 28, 2000
 

Ellouise Bledsoe Watkins

Funeral services for Ellouise Bledsoe Watkins, 75, of Van Vleck will be held at 11 am Friday at Taylor Brothers Funeral Home Chapel with The Rev. Don Lewis officiating.  Burial will be in Roselawn Memorial Park, Van Vleck.

Mrs. Watkins was born July 1, 1910, in Texas, and died at 5:20 pm Feb. 12, 1986, at Gulf Coast Medical Center, Wharton.

A former long-time resident of Bay City, she was a member of the Baptist Church.

Survivors include her daughter and son-in-law, Peggy and Loren Henderson of Van Vleck; a son-in-law, Gordon Hulgan of DeSoto, Texas, a brother, Richard Bledsoe of Rialto, Calif.; six grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers include Lanny Henderson, Frank Henderson, Lloyd Henderson, Von Hulgan, Richard Bledsoe and Vincent Bledsoe.

Arrangements are with Taylor Brothers Funeral Home, Bay City. 

The Daily Tribune, February 13, 1986             Obituary & photo courtesy of Faye Cunningham
 

Fred H. Wehmeyer - Cedarvale Cemetery - Photo courtesy of Faye Cunningham

Fred Hammon Wehmeyer

November 11, 1884 – April 21, 1960

Graveside services were to be held at 2:00 PM Monday in Cedarvale Cemetery for Fred Hammon Wehmeyer, 75, of Matagorda. The Rev. Leslie LeGrand was to officiate.

Wehmeyer, who was a retired fisherman, died at Matagorda General Hospital Thursday. Survivors include: one son, A. L. Wehmeyer of Pasadena; one sister, Mrs. Fred Peters of Brenham; two half brothers, Will Wehmeyer of Houston and Adoph Wehmeyer of Brenham; two brothers, Ed Wehmeyer and Paul Wehmeyer, both of Brenham, and several nieces and nephews.

The Daily Tribune, April 25, 1960
 

Paul Williams - Cedarvale Cemetery - Photo courtesy of Faye Cunningham

Funeral Services For Paul Williams Are Held Here

Funeral services for Paul Williams, 47, were held at the Walker-Matchett Funeral Home and burial was in the Cedarvale Cemetery. The Rev. Paul Davis officiated.

Mr. Williams died at the Marine Hospital in Galveston on July 28. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Grace Williams; a son, Joe Williams; two sisters, Mrs. Artie Hamlin of Los Angeles and Mrs. A. J. Mannix of San Benito; three brothers, J. J. Williams of Fairbanks, Ollie Addickson and A. J. Addickson of Matthis.

The Herald (Bay City, Texas), August 6, 1942
 

Claude Willis & Ila J. Willis - Cedarvale Cemetery - Photo courtesy of Faye Cunningham

Ila Jewel Brown Willis

Funeral services for Ila Jewel Brown Willis, 85, of Bay City are 2 p. m. today at the First United Methodist Church in Bay City with Rev. Hollie Briscoe officiating. Burial will follow at Cedarvale Cemetery in Bay City.

Mrs. Willis was born Oct. 22, 1908 in Payne Springs, the eldest of eight children born to Gideon Brown and Lena Pelham Brown and died July 13, 1994 at Desert Valley Care Center in Casa Grande, Ariz.

Ms. Brown was a member of the first graduating class of Goosecreek High School in Baytown. She also managed the law offices of Texas Senator Tom Pollard of Tyler.

Ila was an active member of the First United Methodist Church of Bay City, serving as the chair of the board from 1975 to 1976, and as a charter member of the Altar Guild. She was a dedicated volunteer with the Matagorda General Hospital Women’s Auxiliary for many years.

She was preceded in death by her husband Claude C. Willis Sr., who died July 12, 1965.

Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Dorothy Harp and Bob Conger of Lubbock; her son and daughter-in-law, C. C. and Carmella Willis of Casa Grande, Ariz.; her son and daughter-in-law, Robert Willis and Gabriela Villegas of Houston; her sisters, Florence nun and Dorothy Ginn of Tyler; her brother, Doyle Brown of Mabank. Ila leaves three married grandsons who have given her five great-grandchildren; six granddaughters; and many nieces and nephews.

Her grandsons are named as honorary pallbearers.

The Daily Tribune, July 17, 1994
 

Robert F. Willis - Cedarvale Cemetery - Photo courtesy of Faye Cunningham

Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, Thursday, September 11, 2003
 

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