Palacios Cemetery Obituaries
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Wesley Keith Hagar

Graveside services for infant Wesley Keith Hagar were held Feb. 16 at 10 a. m. at the Palacios Cemetery with Brother Lee Cutshaver officiating. He died shortly after birth at Wagner General Hospital on Feb. 14, 1985.

Survivors include his parents, Daniel B. and Patricia Akin Hagar and three sisters, Cindy Williams of Bay City and Linda Hagar and Lydia Hagar of Palacios.

Palacios Beacon, February 21, 1985
 


Final Rites Are Held Sunday At 4 P. M. For Mrs. Annie Mae Hall

Funeral services for Mrs. Annie Mae Hall were held at 4 p. m. Sunday, May 21, at the Palacios Funeral Home with David Mills, minister of the Jehovah Witnesses of Bay City, officiating. Burial was in Palacios Cemetery.

A resident of this city for approximately 32 years, she was born April 19, 1904, a daughter of Dan and Mary Jane Riggs Davis in Oakalla, Texas. She died Thursday, May 18, at the Wagner General Hospital.

She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Helen Burdick of Port Lavaca; four sons, R. A. Hall of Groves, Texas; David Hall of Port Lavaca; James Hall of Houston and John R. Hall of Palacios; three sisters, Mrs. W. J. Pavey of Lamesa, Texas; Mrs. J. T. Ballew of Arizona and Mrs. D. E. Elmore of Sheffield, Texas; two brothers, Vernon Davis of Big Springs and Ed Davis of Lampasas, Texas and 13 grandchildren.

Palacios Beacon, May 25, 1961
 


Mrs. Ethel Hall

Funeral services for Mrs. Ethel Hall, mother of Mrs. Herschel Poston of Deutschburg, were held at 3 p. m. Thursday, May 4, at the First Baptist Church of Palacios. Interment was in the Palacios Cemetery.

Mrs. Hall was born July 15, 1895, in Farrar. She lived many years in the Deutschburg community before moving to Dallas where she died in a hospital Tuesday after a lengthy illness.

Other survivors are daughters, Mrs. Dee Simmons and Mrs. W. D. LaRoche of Dallas, three grandchildren and two great grandchildren.

Palacios Beacon, May 11?, 1972
 


Irene Lenard Hall

Palacios—Irene Lenard Hall, 81, of Palacios, died Monday, March 8, 1999.

She was born Nov. 21, 1917, in Wausau, Wis., to the late Stanley J. and Mary Eva Wiatkowski Lenard. She was a retired registered nurse.

Survivors: husband, Lee B. Hall; daughters, Diana Chapman of Palacios and Sandra Lee Hernandez of San Antonio; sons, Bob Hall and Richard Hall, both of Victoria; sisters, Anna Holzem, Angie Meyer and Val Golomski, all of Wausau, Wis., and Gene Lenard of Lake City, Minn.; eight grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

Private graveside services will be held at the Palacios City Cemetery. Colonial Funeral Home, Victoria, 578-3535.

Victoria Advocate, March 10, 1999
 


John Ray Hall
June 24, 1944 - March 29, 2012

John Ray Hall, 67 of Port Lavaca passed away March 29, 2012. He was born June 24, 1944 in El Campo, Texas to the late John and Shirley LeCompte Hall and was later adopted by his grandparents, Richard Sr. and Anna Mae Hall. Mr. Hall met his future wife when they were 8 and 12 years old throwing rocks and pecans at each other. He served his country in the United States Navy. He worked at a licensed plumber for many years and loved coin collections, guns and Hershey kisses.

Mr. Hall is survived by his wife of 48 years, Muriel Morrison Hall; daughter, Linda B Hall Darilek and husband Thomas J; sons, John C Hall and wife Lynn, Wesley O. Hall and wife Carlene and James A Hall and wife Jenny; sisters, Linda and Nancy; 16 grandchildren, Kelcie, Allen, Jacob, Amy, Thomas Jr., Lauren, Emily, Kamryn, Madison, Jami, Shawn, Hannah, Lacey, Kacey, Samantha and Cheyenne; 7 great-grandchildren and 1 great-great-grandchildren, and 3 dogs, Missy, Shadow and Buster.

He was preceded in death by his parents, grandparents; brothers, David C Hall, James P Hall, Richard Allen Hall Jr. and his sister, Jane Lee Helen Hall.

A time of visitation will be held from 6 to 8 pm on Sunday April 1, 2012 at the Richardson Colonial Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held at 10 am on Monday, April 2, 2012 at the Richardson Colonial Funeral Home with Allen Morrison officiating. Burial will follow at the Palacios Cemetery.

Pallbearers will be Allen Darilek, Shawn Faidley, Jacob Hall, Roland Cantu, Dusty Lemke, Jack Glover and Orlando Saucedo.

Words of comfort may be shared with the family at www.richardsoncolonial.com

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Richard Allen Hall Buried Wednesday

Funeral services for Richard Allen Hall were held at the Palacios Funeral Home Wednesday, August 5, at 3:30 p. m. with Rev. Rayford Harris, pastor of the First Baptist Church, officiating. Interment was in the Palacios Cemetery with graveside services conducted by members of the V. F. W. Post.

Mr. Hall, a resident of Palacios for 31 years, was born September 18, 1893 in Killeen, Texas. He passed away Monday, August 3, in the Veterans Hospital in Houston, where he had been a patient for several weeks.

He is survived by his wife, Anna Mae Hall, of Palacios; one daughter, Janelee Helen Burdick, Port Lavaca; four sons, Richard Allen Jr., Port Arthur; David Clayton, Port Lavaca; James P., Fort Worth and John Ray, Palacios; two sisters, Lillie Cobb, Mullins, Texas and Minnie Parker, San Saba, Texas; Willard W. Davis of Long Beach, Calif.; nine grandchildren and three step grandchildren.

Palacios Beacon, August 6, 1959
 


Carl S. Halliday

Funeral services for Carl Shelton Halliday, 74, of Port Lavaca were held Tuesday at 2 p. m. at Richardson Funeral Home. Rev. David Bush, pastor of the First Baptist Church, officiated. Burial followed at Palacios Cemetery.

Halliday was born Sept. 20, 1907 in Hamlin, Tx. to the late George Roger and Mary Tennessee Halliday. He had been a resident of Port Lavaca since moving from Palacios in 1951. Halliday a retired employee of Clegg Cold Storage Co., was a former city councilman, a charter member of the Kiwanis Club and a member of the First Baptist Church.

Survivors include his wife, Lela Barrett Halliday; two daughters, Mrs. June Due of Terrell and Mrs. Mary Ruth Tasler of Port Lavaca; one son, Jack R. Halliday of Houston; one sister, Mrs. Josephine Ledford of Moulton, Tx. ; seven grandsons; and three great grandchildren.

The family requests that friends who may so desire make memorials to the American Cancer Society or to their favorite charity.

Palacios Beacon, April 14, 1982
 


Funeral Services Held Wednesday For Judge G. R. Halliday

George Roger Halliday, city recorder and former Justice of the Peace of Precinct 3, died at his home Monday afternoon, February 21.

Funeral services were held at the Palacios Funeral Home at 10 a. m. Wednesday, February 23 with Rev. Rayford Harris officiating.

Interment was in the Palacios Cemetery.

Mr. Halliday was born in Lumpkin, Ga. on August 2, 1878 and has been a resident of this city for thirty five years. He was preceded in death by his wife.

Surviving are his daughter, Mrs. Walter Leadford; son, Carl S. Halliday of Port Lavaca; two sisters, Mrs. Lizzie Pierce and Mrs. Mary Jo Pearce and three brothers, Willie Halliday, Foy Halliday and Carl Halliday all of Georgia.

Palacios Beacon, February 24, 1955
 


Lela Barrett Harvey

Port Lavaca—Lela Barrett Halliday, 87, of Port Lavaca, died Saturday, Jan. 23, 1999.

She was born April 23, 1911, in Pampa, to the late Henry Madden and Ruth Adee Barrett. She was a homemaker and a member of the First Baptist Church of Port Lavaca.

Survivors: daughter, Mary Ruth Tasler of Port Lavaca; son, Jack R. Halliday of Clear Lake; sisters, Winifred Thompson of Palacios and Thelma Gifford of Schertz; seven grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren.

Preceded in death by: husband, Carl S Halliday; daughter, June Halliday Due; sisters, Arlene Stewart, Mildred Scott and Velma Pafume; brothers. Ed Barrett, Sterling Barrett, Chester Barrett and Fred Barrett.

Visitation will be 6:30 to 8 p. m. today at Richardson Funeral Home.

Services will be 10 a. m. Tuesday at the funeral home chapel, the Rev. David Bush officiating.

Burial will be 11:30 a. m. at Palacios Cemetery. Richardson Funeral Home Port Lavaca, 552-2988.

Memorials: Memorial Medical Center Home Health Care, 815 Virginia, Port Lavaca, Texas 77979 or The Calhoun County Senior Citizen Foundation, P. O. Box 1120, Lavaca, Texas 77979.

Victoria Advocate, January 25, 1999
 


Services Held Thursday For Mrs. Allie Hamlin

Funeral services for Mrs. Allie Hamlin were held Thursday, December 5 at 2 p. m. at the First Baptist Church with the Rev. Rayford Harris officiating. Interment was in the Palacios Cemetery.

A resident of Palacios since 1929 she passed away Wednesday morning at Wagner General Hospital. She was born March 26, 1886 in Meridian, Texas.

She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Pauline Tyler of Houston; five sons, Byron, Reagan and Raymond of Palacios, John of Seadrift and Bonard of Sweeny; one sister, Miss Madaline Bell of Hereford, Texas and two brothers, Bill Bell of Amarillo and Jim Bell of Greenville, Missouri, 16 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.

Palacios Beacon, December 12, 1963
 


Eldon H Hamlin

Funeral services for Eldon H. Hamlin were held at the Palacios Funeral Home Chapel Monday, April 21, at 2 p. m. with the Rev. Barry Bauerschlag officiating. Interment was in the Palacios Cemetery.

A son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Cleo Hamlin, he was born in Palacios on September 29, 1921. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church and retired in 1978 after 25 years of service at Alcoa Point Comfort Operations. He died Friday, April 18, in Wagner General Hospital after a lengthy illness

He is survived by his wife, Dorothy Hamlin of Palacios; daughter, Dottie Hill of Midland; sons, Richard B. Elson Jr., and Kenneth Hamlin, all of Palacios; sisters, Laverne Barber of Palacios and Ruby Brown of Houston and 8 grandchildren.

Palacios Beacon, April 24?, 1980
 


Eldon Herbert Hamlin Jr.

Funeral services for Eldon Herbert Hamlin, Jr. 42, were held Dec. 26 at 3 p. m. at the Palacios Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Ray Boykin officiating.

Interment followed at Palacios Cemetery.

Hamlin, the son of Eldon Herbert and Dorothy Thompson Hamlin, Sr. was born Nov. 12, 1942 in Palacios and died Dec. 23, 1985 at DeTar Hospital in Victoria. Survivors include his mother, Dorothy Hamlin of Palacios; daughters, Tammy Penland of Moffitt, Rhonda Langham of Pasadena and Christine Bankston of Palacios; sister, Dorothy Hill of Midland; brothers, Richard Hamlin and Kenneth Hamlin, both of Palacios; and three grandchildren.

Palacios Beacon, January 2, 1986
 


Final Services Held Tuesday P. M. For Mrs. Emma Sarah Hamlin

Funeral services for Mrs. Emma Sarah Hamlin were held at the Palacios Funeral Home Tuesday, December 6, at 3 p. m. with Rev. Milford R. Zirkel, Jr. officiating. Interment was in the Palacios Cemetery.

A resident of Palacios since 1910, she was born November 27, 1876, in Missouri, a daughter of Richard A. and Martha Adelene Tomlin Seymour. She died Monday, December 5, in El Campo after a lingering illness. She was preceded in death by her husband, George H. Hamlin, in 1942 and her only child, Cleo Byron Hamlin in January 1958.

She is survived by two granddaughters, Mrs. Ruby Brown of El Paso and Mrs. Laverne Barber of Palacios; one grandson, Eldon Hamlin of Palacios; nine great grandchildren and five great-great grandchildren.

Palacios Beacon, December 8, 1966
 


Jimmie Frank Hamlin

Jimmie Frank Hamlin, aged nine years, two months and 12 days, died in the Nightingale hospital in El Campo, Wednesday, August 14. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Hamlin, of this city, and besides his parents is survived by one sister, Raby Jean, and one brother, Johnnie Alfred Hamlin.

Funeral services were held from the Palacios Funeral Home at 10 o’clock Thursday morning conducted by Rev. L. W. Crouch, pastor of the First Baptist Church. Burial was made in the Palacios cemetery with the Palacios Funeral Home in charge.

The sympathy of the entire community is extended the bereaved parents and relatives.

Palacios Beacon, August 15, 1940
 


Johnnie Mae Hamlin

Funeral services for Mrs. Johnnie Mae Hamlin, 55 of Palacios, were held Monday at the Palacios Funeral Home with Rev. Maxwell officiating. Interment was in Palacios Cemetery.

Mrs. Hamlin died Sunday at John Sealy Hospital in Galveston. She had been a member of the First Baptist Church of Palacios and the Eastern Star.

Pallbearers were Arthur Sherran, Mike Novak, Fulton Lothridge, Harley Snider, Richard Sanders and Lowell Johnson.

Survivors are: husband, Raymond Hamlin of Palacios; daughter, Rhonda Tosold of Houston; son, Steve Hamlin of Austin; sisters, Elaine Melling of Groves, Dorothy Faye Hamlin, Emily Harvey and Melba Joyce McCory all of Palacios, Maggie Drawhorn of Zavalla, Leva Moses of Burnet and Jean Leclair of Pearland; brothers, Willie and Aaron Brister of Zavalla, L. J. Elton and Marshall Brister all of Palacios

Palacios Beacon, November 26, 1980
 


Mary Lela Britton Hamlin

Funeral services for Mrs. Lela Hamlin was held at the Trinity Baptist Church Friday, July 7, at 3 p. m. with the Rev. J. R. Gwin officiating. Interment was in the Palacios Cemetery.

Daughter of the late James E. and Mary Lela Britton, she was born in Dublin, Texas, on September 4, 1908. Widow of Frank Hamlin, she had been an employee at Dr. Sanford’s Clinic for many years. She passed away at the home Wednesday night, July 5.

She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Ruby Jean Willis of Pascagoula, Miss.; one son, Johnny Alton Hamlin of Palacios and five grand children.

Palacios Beacon, July 13?, 1972
 


Oren Byron Hamlin

Funeral services for Oren B. Hamlin, 42, of Bay City, will be held at 2 p. m. today (Wednesday) at the First Baptist Church in Bay City with Dr. W. D. Baker and Rev. Rayford Harris officiating.

Interment will be in Palacios Cemetery.

Hamlin died Dec. 8 at Park Plaza Hospital in Houston. A member of the First Baptist Church in Bay City, he was admitted to the Bar in 1965 and has been practicing law in Bay City for 15 years. He was a member of the Matagorda County Bar Association, Texas Bar Association, National Bar Association, an active member of the 100 Club Matagorda County, a member of the Texas Trial Lawyer, Trial Lawyers of America, Texas Criminal Defense Lawyer, Delta Theta Phi Fraternity, American Legion and Fraternal Order of Eagles. He was a CPA and had received his BA and Masters, and Doctor of Jurisprudence from Baylor Law School.

He is survived by his wife, Susie Hamlin of Bay City; daughter Kristi Lynn of Bay City; father Byron (Papa Bud) Hamlin of Palacios; mother Nana Beth Hamlin of Palacios; and brothers Billy Hamlin of Palacios.

Pallbearers are G. P. Hardy III, Dale Harvill, L. Perry Young, Vernon Harrison Jr., Sonny Cribbs, Joe Archer, Robert Garrett, R. M. Cole, Robin Orr, Glenn Manoski, Mitchell Silver and Bill Wilder. Honorary Pallbearers are the members of the Matagorda County Bar Association.

Palacios Beacon, December 10, 1980
 


Orvill Byron Hamlin

O. B. Hamlin died of a heart attack while at his place of business early Monday morning, and his sudden passing came as a shock to his family and friends. Mr. Hamlin had realized for some time that his health was failing but few expected the hour to come so soon.

Orvill Byron Hamlin was born in Republic, Ohio, Jan. 2, 1878, and died in Palacios, April 1, 1940. He came to Texas at the age of eleven from the state of Michigan, later moving to Palacios where he has made his home for several years. He spent the greater part of his life in business especially that of selling meats and other foods, and was associated here with his brother, G. W., at the time of his death.

He was so kind and trustful of others that oft times he suffered loss because of his own kindness. Mr. Hamlin became a Christian and a member of the Baptist Church some five years ago and up until his health began to fail was very regular in attendance of his Church services.

He was a devoted husband and father, a true and loyal friend and will be sadly missed by all who knew him best. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Allie Hamlin, six sons, Reagan and Frank, of Freeport; John, Byron, Bonard and Raymond, of Palacios, and one daughter, Pauline, also of Palacios. Others to survive are three brothers and three sisters, George Hamlin, of Palacios and Harry Hamlin of Fort Worth. The other brothers and sisters live in Michigan.

Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon from the Brandon-Duffy Funeral Home, with Rev. L. W. Crouch officiating and burial made in the Palacios Cemetery under the direction of the Palacios Funeral Home.

Palacios Beacon, April 4, 1940
 


Richard Dwayne Hamlin
Hamlin Infant Dies

Funeral services for Richard Dwayne Hamlin, 5-day-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hamlin, were held at 9 a. m. Tuesday, June 1 at the Palacios Funeral Home with the Rev. John Berkley officiating. Interment was in the Palacios Cemetery.

The infant died May 30 in the Matagorda General Hospital in Bay City.

Survivors other than his parents include two sisters, Shelia and Vicky.

Palacios Beacon?, May 1965
 


Willie Beth Hamlin

Funeral services for Willie Beth Hamlin, 85, of Palacios, were held Nov. 27, 1998 at the First Baptist Church of Palacios with Rev. Hollas Hoffman officiating. Interment was at Palacios Cemetery.

Mrs. Hamlin was born March 21, 1913, in China Springs, TX to the late Alex and Dora Carpenter. She died Nov. 25, 1998.

A resident of Palacios since 1931, she was former owner and operator, along with her husband, of Hamlin’s Grocery in Palacios for 55 years. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Palacios.

Mrs. Hamlin is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Billy and Dolly Hamlin of Palacios; a daughter-in-law, Susie Hamlin of Bay City; two sisters, Mary Kepler of Houston and Monette Hill of Hurst; a sister-in-law, Lillian Carpenter of Waco; four grandchildren, Kristi Hamlin of Bay City, Walter Hamlin and wife, Barbara, of Palacios, Lisa McKethan and husband, Darren, of Robinson, TX and Elaine Alexander of Riesel, TX; and by six great-grandchildren.

Mrs. Hamlin was preceded in death by her husband, Orville Byron Hamlin; a son, Oren Hamlin; three sisters, Florence, Maudie and Bertie; and two brothers, Roger and Buck Carpenter.

Pallbearers were Lowell Johnson, John Carroll Sardelich, Sammy Davidson, Bill Scurlock, Dan Tucker and Ted Bates, Jr.

Palacios Beacon, November 1998
 

 

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