Obituaries

Edwin Taylor

May 7, 2018

Ed A. Taylor died May 7, 2018 at age 74 in South Austin St. David's Hospital surrounded by family and friends after a fight with cancer. Ed is survived by: wife Lisa(Veaudry) Taylor of Cedar Creek, TX; sons Mark and wife Danille Taylor of Cedar Creek, TX , Michael and wife Danielle Taylor of Pittsfield, MA; and grandsons, Ryan...

Earl Hellinger, Jr.

May 7, 2018

Earl Edward Hellinger Jr. "Buddy" was lovingly received into the arms of our Lord on May 7th, 2018. Born on July 9th 1946 in Lorain, Ohio to parents Pauline and Earl Edward Hellinger Sr., Buddy chose Cedar Creek, Texas to be his home 30 years ago upon retiring from a 20 year career in the Air Force. He distinguished...

Ignacio Rangel

May 5, 2018

Rangel, Ignacio "Nacho" It is with great sadness that the family of Ignacio Rangel announces his passing on Saturday, May 5th, 2018, at the age of 58 years old. Ignacio will forever be remembered as a hardworking, family oriented, and loving man. Ignacio is survived by his wife, Marta, and his children Jose, Ignacio, Maria, and Juana. Ignacio will...

Daniel Anzaldua

Apr 28, 2018

Daniel "Papaw" Anzaldua passed away April 28, 2018 at the age of 63. He is survived by his son, Bryan; daughter-in-law, Lauri; two granddaughters, Kailei and Ashlyn; his step-daughters, Rocky and Penny; grandchildren, Will, TJ, Jordan, Ivry and many extended family and friends. A Celebration of Daniel's life will be held at 11:00am on Saturday, May 12, 2018 at...

John Adams

Apr 24, 2018

John Leslie Adams, also referred to as Daddy, Papa or Papa John was born on April 18, 1935 in Springfield Massachusetts to John Adams and Lucille Gladding Adams who proceeded him in death. He was raised in the Springfield area with two sisters, Janet Houde, and Jessie Georgini, and two brothers, David Adams, and James Adams (deceased). At the...

Wayne Brooks

Apr 12, 2018

Wayne Verlan Brooks, age 90, passed away peacefully, surrounded by family and a loving and caring community on Thursday, April 12, 2018, at Autumn Wood Assisted Living in Mineola, Texas. He was born September 5, 1927 in Lula, Oklahoma to David Galloway Brooks and Mae (Roach) Brooks. He was educated in Oklahoma where he obtained a teaching certificate from...

Ernest Aldridge

Apr 9, 2018

Ernest Aldridge, age 72, of Bastrop was called to his heavenly home on April 9, 2018. He was born to Players and Alice Aldridge September 20, 1945 in Bastrop, Texas. He was the oldest of six children. Ernest was a veteran who served in the United States Air Force for 4 years. After his discharge from the military he...

Jackie Sailors

Apr 8, 2018

Jackie Lee Sailors, age 83 of Bastrop was called from this life on April 8, 2018 at his home in Cedar Creek, Texas. He was born September 23, 1934 in Sikeston, Missouri to John Tom and Nannie (La Van) Sailors. Jack was the restaurateur of the Boomerang from 1969 to 1986 and the Decker Cafe from 1985 through 2010....

Ella Potts

Apr 6, 2018

Ella "Annie" Potts passed away April 6, 2018 at the age of 95. She was born to Leona and L.B. Mott in Washington, D.C. in 1922. She is preceded in death by her husband, Robert Potts, Sr., her parents, two sisters and one brother. Annie is survived by her son, Robert Potts, Jr. and his wife Judy; grandson, Robert...

Janet Parker

Apr 6, 2018

Janet Robertson Parker passed away peacefully at the age of 66 in the arms of her husband Jeff at her bedside on Friday, April 6 after a prolonged struggle with cancer. She was born in Scotland and immigrated to America in her early 20's locating in Houston where she blossomed into the successful woman she became. Her genuineness of...

Nora Rightmer

Mar 24, 2018

Nora Lee (Neeley) Rightmer, age 88, of Houston, Texas, passed away in Houston on March 24, 2018. She was born on December 26, 1929, in Jeddo, Texas, to Floyd and Mary Neeley. Nora had two sisters and three brothers, Ozelle Neeley Johnson Brannaka, Teeley Neeley, Floyd Neeley, Troy Neeley, and John F. Neeley. She married Frank Rosanky in 1946...

Edith Goertz

Mar 22, 2018

Edith Goertz was born April 22, 1946 and passed away March 22, 2018. Edith married Elmer Goertz on February 14, 1969. She is survived by her husband, Elmer Goertz; son, Chris and wife Charlotte Goertz, grandchildren, Dustin, Hannah, Noah and Autumn; son Darren Goertz and wife Jessica, grandchildren Samantha, Jaylei and Jaycei. She is preceded in death by her...

Julia Peebles

Mar 18, 2018

Julia E. Peebles, age 96, of Bastrop, Texas was called to her heavenly home on March 18, 2018. She was born May 22, 1921near Smithville to Tom and Myrtle Kimbrough. She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband, Gene Peebles, She is survived by sons, Gene and wife Barbara of Danville, KY and Bob and wife...

Vicki Upchurch

Mar 17, 2018

Vicki Layne Upchurch passed away March 17, 2018. Services to celebrate her life are scheduled for Saturday, March 24, 2018 at the Calvary Baptist Church in Bastrop, Texas.

Paul Alexander

Mar 13, 2018

Paul C. Alexander, 72, of Georgetown and formerly of Bastrop died March 13, 2018 in Georgetown. Paul was a veteran of three tours in Vietnam and served for a number of years in the Bastrop Police Department. Relatives and friends will gather at Marrs-Jones-Newby Funeral Home in Bastrop for a time of remembering and celebration of Paul's life from...

Charles Kennedy

Mar 2, 2018

Charles E. "Chuck" Kennedy, age 85, of Bastrop was called from this life on March 2, 2018 at his home among his family. Chuck was born June 6, 1932 in Birmingham, Alabama to Ralph and Addie Belle Kennedy. On March 13, 1961 he wed Jean Pettit. Chuck served in the US Army during the Korean War. He then went...

Louise Sayger

Feb 25, 2018

Louise Baker Sayger, 96 of Smithville, Texas, resident of Towers Nursing Home, died Sunday, February 25, 2018 of complications following a stroke. Louise was born on July 8th, 1921 in Valporaiso, Indiana to Benjamin B. Baker and Louise Barecke. She grew up in northern Indiana, attended Washington High School and Elmhurst College. She spent many years in San Antonio,...

Marie Gibbons

Feb 18, 2018

Marie Minter Gibbons, age 91, of Bastrop was called from this life on February 18, 2018.

Visitation Marrs-Jones-Newby Funeral Home Bastrop, TX Tuesday, February 20, 2018 6:00 - 8:00pm Service Graveside at Gause Cemetery Gause, TX Wednesday, February 21, 2018 11:00am

Arthur Sullivan

Feb 17, 2018

Arthur Sullivan, 82 of Bastrop, TX passed away February 17, 2018. He is survived by: his loving wife of 29 years, Tuula; daughters, Karen and Peggy; son Steve and wife Lisa; step-son, Eric; 7 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren. Art was a friend to many and loved by all. There will be a visitation and Rosary, 1:00pm, Wednesday, February 21,...

Bernece Alexander

Feb 15, 2018

Bernece Azalee Bryan Alexander, 98, of Cedar Creek, Texas, passed Thursday, February 15th, 2018, in Austin, TX. Bernece was born January 28th, 1920 in High Grove, Bastrop County, TX to father Alva Carnes Bryan and mother Clara Beulah Hanna. She lived in Cedar Creek, TX and attended school at the 2 room schoolhouse at High Grove, and graduated from...