Obituaries
Betty Crofton
Oct 10, 2012
Betty Louise Crofton 79, of Sandia, Texas passed away October 10, 2012. She was born March 16, 1933 in Donna, Texas to Douglas and Rosalee Ryherd. She was preceded in death by two sons, Ricky Barnett and Manuel Castillo and her husband, Pete Crofton. Mrs. Crofton is survived by her sons, Pat (Kellie) Barnett, Steven Castillo; step-daughter, Ollie (Don) Kramer;...
Mary Clark
Oct 4, 2012
Mary Louise Clark, 77, of Corpus Christi, Texas passed away Thursday, October 4, 2012. She was born November 5, 1934 in Hylton, Texas to James Allen Sturdivant, Sr. and Evalena Dunnam Sturdivant. She was a registered nurse and was a lay minister in the Episcopal Church. Mary Louise was a loving daughter, mother and grandmother. She was preceded in death...
Milton Barnes, Sr.
Sep 30, 2012
Milton R. "Sonny" Barnes, Sr., 79, passed away Sunday, September 30, 2012. He was born March 16, 1933 in San Angelo, Texas to Orie Wilburn and Ollie Cowley Barnes. He was a U. S. Marine Corps veteran of the Korean War and was awarded two Purple Hearts. He retired from Dowell Services after 32 years of service. Mr. Barnes was...
Mack Yoakum
Sep 29, 2012
Mack D. Yoakum, 80 has died after a short illness on Sept. 29, 2012 with his family by his side in Corpus Christi, Texas. Mack was born July 10, 1932 in Allen, Oklahoma to Doc and Myrtle (Webb) Yoakum. His life has been a great inspiration to our friends and family. He was a beloved husband, son and son-in-law and...
Carolyn Hutchinson
Sep 25, 2012
Carolyn Tally Hutchinson passed away on Tuesday, September 25, 2012 at 92 years of age in New Braunfels, Texas where she resided for the past three years. In 1920 she was born in Robstown, Texas to Walton and Nona Tally. After attending schools in Robstown, Carolyn was one of five women to graduate in 1941 from the School of Pharmacy...
Harold Miller
Sep 23, 2012
Harold Ray Miller died on Sunday, September 23, 2012. But that is the small detail...for he lived 84 full years. Harold was born on November 10, 1927 in San Antonio, Texas to James and Lillian Miller, the second of six children. Harold resided in Corpus Christi his entire life, attending Corpus Christi High School until enlisting in the U. S....
Mabel Kirksey
Sep 21, 2012
Mabel Florence Clark Ware Kirksey, age 99, of Corpus Christi, Texas passed away Friday, September 21, 2012. She was born August 9, 1913 in Runge, Texas to John Thomas and Mary Laura Clark. Mabel was a 5th grade teacher at Sam Houston Elementary School for many years. She was also a devout Christian and Sunday School Teacher. Mabel had many...
Monroe Jauer
Sep 20, 2012
Monroe Otto Jauer, Jr., 87, passed away early Thursday morning, September 20, 2012 at his home in Oakville, Texas. Born to Monroe Otto Jauer, Sr. and Callie Marie Appling on January 27, 1925, he was the third of nine children. He served in the Army-Air Corp during WWII returning home in 1946. He was the coach of the Giants Baseball...
Geraldine Fannin
Sep 20, 2012
Geraldine Fannin passed away September 20, 2012. Graveside funeral services will be conducted on Monday, September 24, 2012 in the Sinton Cemetery.
Margaret Swartz
Sep 16, 2012
Margaret Wall Haynie Swartz, age 80, of Corpus Christi, Texas passed away September 16, 2012 with her family at her side. She was born July 8, 1932 in Carthage, Missouri to Hank and Marguerite Wall. Margaret graduated from the University of Missouri with a degree in Sociology and was a Social Worker at the YWCA in Corpus Christi, Texas. She...
Shelby Sens
Sep 16, 2012
Shelby Ann Sens, 56, of Corpus Christi, Texas, passed away Sunday, September 16, 2012. She was born September 18, 1955 in Orlando, Florida to ...... She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and homemaker. She was preceded in death by her parents. She is survived by her husband, Dale Sens; daughter, Carmen Cummings; sons, Sean Cummings and Josh Ward; grandchildren,...
Vivian Alphin
Sep 2, 2012
Vivian Alphin went home to be with the Lord on September 2, 2012 at the age of 93. She was surrounded by her loving family. She joined Pat Leo Alphin, her beloved husband of 51 years and her great grandson, Colton Rusk. Vivian was born on February 18, 1919 to Sam and Lilly Marshall in Okmulgee, Oklahoma. A long time...
Jane Noe
Sep 1, 2012
Jane Friedlander Peeler Noe, 84, of Corpus Christi, Texas, passed away Saturday, September 1, 2012. She was born October 13, 1927 in San Antonio, Texas to Cecil E. and Mary Bernice Burkett Friedlander. She spent most of her years in the states of Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas. She graduated from Ball High School in Galveston, Texas where she was elected...
Dorothy Bennett
Aug 22, 2012
Dorothy Virginia Bennett, 78, of Corpus Christi, Texas, went to be with the Lord on August 22, 2012. She was born June 23, 1934 in Ben Lomond, Arkansas to Wallace Howard and Ethel Dora Freeman Taylor. She enjoyed her gardening, canning, quilting and especially her roses. She held a senior group get together on Thursdays where up to seven others...
Linda Spiller
Aug 22, 2012
Linda Spiller, 70, of Corpus Christi, Texas passed away Wednesday, August 22, 2012. She was born April 9, 1942 in San Antonio, Texas to Jess Arthur Mullins, Jr. and Virginia McWilliams Mullins. Linda taught school for 42 years and for over 25 years taught for Tuloso-Midway I.S.D. at the high school. She was a member of Grace United Methodist Church...
Joseph Hibbetts
Aug 20, 2012
Joseph Clinton "J. C." Hibbetts, 92, of Corpus Christi, Texas, passed away Monday, August 20, 2012. He was born May 19, 1920 on a farm near Winters, Texas to James Marshall and Mary Ever Virden Hibbetts. J. C. was a U. S Navy veteran of WWII, was a former member of Gardendale Baptist Church and the American Legion. He was...
Russell Cordo, Sr.
Aug 20, 2012
Russell Abraham Cordo, Sr., 80 years young, passed away on August 20, 2012. He was born April 10, 1932, in Norwood, Mass. to Anthony & Lisa Cordo. He served with the U.S. Air Force before working for the Caller Times where he was employed for 31 years. He was a quite and reserved man who always had his beloved dog...
Lewis Woolery
Aug 15, 2012
Woolery Lewis Woolery, age 77, of Corpus Christi, Texas passed away on August 15, 2012, after a long battle with Alzheimer's. He was born January 8, 1935 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to John Woolery and Helen Bean Woolery. Lewis and his family lived in Las Vegas, Nevada, for 16 years before relocating to Corpus Christi, Texas in 2005. He was...
Levinia Cantu
Aug 12, 2012
Levinia P. "Levy" Cantu, age 80, of Corpus Christi, Texas passed away on Sunday, August 12, 2012. She was born March 5, 1932 in Hebbronville, Texas to Heriberto and Ella Villa Pena. She was preceded in death by her parents, a brother, Heriberto Pena, Jr. and her husband, Gilberto Cantu. She is survived by her daughter, Noemi "Mimi" C. (Joseph...
Robin Barker
Aug 8, 2012
Robin Mary Elizabeth Barker, 63, of Corpus Christi, Texas passed away Wednesday, August 8, 2012 in a Harlingen, Texas hospital. She was born July 12, 1949 in Long Beach, California to Truman and Mildred Healey Fitzgerald. She was a graduate of Calallen High School and was a registered nurse. She was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas Barker and...



