Obituaries

Allan Healer

Allan Healer

Sep 28, 2013

Allan R. Healer September 21, 1937 – September 28, 2013 Allan R. Healer, 76, of Waco, passed away Saturday, September 28, 2013. Services will be 1 p.m. Wednesday at OakCrest Funeral Home by Rev. Kip Osborne. Burial will follow in China Spring Cemetery. Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. Tuesday at OakCrest Funeral Home, 4520 Bosque Boulevard. Allan was born in...

Gladys Simpson

Gladys Simpson

Sep 27, 2013

Gladys Marie Simpson Oct. 11, 1921-Sept. 27, 2013 Gladys Marie Simpson, 91, of Waco went to be with The Lord and the love of her life, Frank, Friday, September 27th, at Providence Hospital. Services will be 1 pm Monday, September 30, 2013 at Waco Memorial Park Mausoleum with Rev. Bill Reed officiating. A private burial will follow. Gladys was born...

Franklin Tipton

Franklin Tipton

Sep 24, 2013

Franklin D. Tipton December 8, 1932 0 September 24, 2013 Franklin D. Tipton, 80, cherished father, grandfather and great-grandfather, went to be with his Heavenly Father on September 24, 2013. The funeral service will be 11:00 AM, Saturday, September 28, at the Highland Baptist Church Chapel, with Rev. John Durham officiating. Visitation with the family will be at 10:00 a.m....

Manuel Espinoza

Manuel Espinoza

Sep 23, 2013

SURVIVORS: His daughter Lillie Bermea, her daughter Erika Le Gay, her husband Kenny and son Aiden, from Niceville, Florida His son Manuel J. Espinoza Jr. and his sons Emanuel John Espinoza, Manuel J. Espinoza III (Tray) of Houston, Texas and daughter Maddlyne Jeanette Espinoza of Austin, Texas His son Ricardo Espinoza and his children Melissa Espinoza, Ricardo Espinoza Jr. (RJ),...

Richard Goates

Richard Goates

Sep 21, 2013

Richard Goates July 5, 1961 – September 21, 2013 Richard Charles Goates, 52 passed away Saturday after a lengthy illness. A memorial service will be held Saturday September 28,2013 2:00 at Oakcrest Funeral Home in Waco, Tx. Richard was born July 5, 1961 in Waco to Everett and Rita Goates. He graduated from Waco High School in 1979. He went...

John Nichols

John Nichols

Sep 21, 2013

John R. Nichols Jr December 17, 1975 – September 21, 2013 John Roy Nichols, Jr.,37, of Waco, went home to be with Jesus on Saturday, September 21, 2013. Funeral Services are Wednesday, September 25, 2013, at 10 a.m., with a Visitation Tuesday 6-8 pm at OakCrest Funeral Home, 4520 Bosque Blvd. John was born December 17, 1975 in Danville, IL...

B. Grace

B. Grace

Sep 16, 2013

Rev. B. Gene Grace 81, of Waco, husband of Dorothy Grace, passed away Monday September 16, 2013 at Baylor Hospital of Dallas. Services will be 1 p.m.. Friday, Sept. 20, at Western Heights Baptist Church with burial at Oakwood Cemetery, Visitation will be 5 - 7 p.m. Thursday at Oakcrest Funeral Home, 4520 Bosque Blvd. ____________________________________________________________ Billy Gene Grace died...

Thomas King

Thomas King

Sep 13, 2013

Tom King left this world peacefully on September 13 at 77 years of age. Memorial Services will be held at Oakcrest Funeral Home on Saturday Sept. 28 at 10:00, with burial to follow in Oakwood Cemtery. Tom was born on the 26th of June, 1936 to Joseph Henry King and Birtie Rose King. Upon graduating Waco High in 1954, he...

Tiara Pollard

Tiara Pollard

Sep 10, 2013

Tiara Nasha Pollard, 19, of Alvarado, passed away Tuesday, September 10, 2013, in Midlothian. Service be conducted at 11 a.m., Tuesday, September 17, in Carver Park Baptist Church in Waco. Pastor Gaylon Foreman will officiate. Interment will be at 3 p.m. in Glenwood Cemetery in Alvarado. A wake will be 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, at the funeral home.She was...

Samuel Miller

Samuel Miller

Sep 9, 2013

Dr. Samuel Bradley Miller, M.D. died after a long illness on September 9, 2013 in Waco at the age of 80. He was born October 2, 1932 in Boston, MA to Philip Beamon Miller and Marie Fulton Miller. Brad graduated from Austin High School in El Paso in 1949, at the age of 16. He then entered Southwestern University in...

Cody Vaughn

Cody Vaughn

Sep 6, 2013

Cody Lewis August 31, 2013 - September 6, 2013 Cody Dean Wayne Lewis, infant son of Colton Lane Lewis and Tessa Amanda Vaughn of Belton, became our Angel in Heaven on Friday at Scott & White. Graveside service will be 10 a.m. Tuesday at Oakwood Cemetery in Waco. He is also loved by his sisters, Mercedes Lewis and Leaha Spiller;...

Bernita Merritt

Bernita Merritt

Sep 5, 2013

Bernita Merritt, 92, of Lorena, passed away, Thursday, September 5, 2013 at Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, September 21, 2013 at OakCrest Funeral Home with Chaplain Larry Holden officiating. Bernita was born May 5, 1921 in Amarillo to Augusta Welling Hinkamp and Henry Hinkamp. She was educated in Amarillo and graduated...

Rick Renobato

Rick Renobato

Sep 4, 2013

Rick V. Renobato January 1, 1988 – September 4, 2013 Rick Valdivia Renobato, 25, of Waco, went to be with his mother, tio and grandma, on September 4, 2013. A visitation will be held, from 6 to 8 p.m. on September 12, 2013, at OakCrest Funeral Home, 4520 Bosque Boulevard. Rick was a loving husband , a great father and...

Edward Sanchez

Edward Sanchez

Sep 3, 2013

Edward Sanchez, Sr., 57, of Waco, passed away September 3, 2013. Services will be 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 7, at OakCrest Funeral Home with Deacon Jesse C. Garza officiating. Burial will follow in Oakwood Cemetery. Rosary will be 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 6, at OakCrest Funeral Home, 4520 Bosque Boulevard. Edward was born in Waco to Hilario and Frances (Garcia)...

Richard Perley

Richard Perley

Aug 31, 2013

Dick Perley May 12, 1929 – August 31, 2013 With heavy hearts, we announce the passing of Dick Perley on Saturday, August 31, 2013 at Providence Hospital. Service will be 2 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 4, at OakCrest Funeral Home with Dr. Glenn Hilburn officiating. Visitation with his family will be 6 – 8 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 3, at OakCrest Funeral...

Leonarda Wages

Leonarda Wages

Aug 29, 2013

Leonarda Aleman Wages, 80, of Waco, passed away Thursday, August 29, 2013. Mass will be 10 a.m. Saturday at Christus Chapel at St. Catherine’s, 300 W. Highway 6, by Father Syril Ejaidu. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery. Rosary will be 7 p.m. Friday at OakCrest Funeral Home, 4520 Bosque Boulevard. Leonarda graduated from LaVaga High School in 1952. After...

Charles Koch

Charles Koch

Aug 24, 2013

Charles Miller Koch, 78, of Waco passed away Saturday, August 24, 2013. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Thursday at OakCrest Funeral Home with Rev. Suzanne Smith and Rev. Jimmy C. Sansom officiating. A visitation will be 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, at OakCrest Funeral Home, 4520 Bosque Boulevard. There will not be an interment following the service. Charles was born May...

Lillie Kramolis

Lillie Kramolis

Aug 21, 2013

Funeral Mass: 10 a.m., Saturday, August 24 Visitation: 6-8 pm Friday at OakCrest Funeral Home Rosary: 9:30 a.m. Saturday at the church prior to mass _____________________________________________________ Lillie Kramolis, 88, passed away Wednesday, August 21, 2013. Mass will be celebrated 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 24, at St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church in Waco. Burial will follow in St. Mary’s...

Lillian Dunham

Lillian Dunham

Aug 19, 2013

Lillian Mulkey Dunham March 17, 1926 – August 19, 2013 Lillian Louise Mulkey Dunham, 87, of Waco, passed away Monday, August 19, in a Waco hospital. Services will be 2 p.m. Wednesday at the OakCrest Funeral Home chapel, 4520 Bosque Boulevard. Burial will be 11 a.m. Thursday at the Shanks Cemetery near Teague. Lillian was born March 17, 1926 in...

Jodie Pollard

Jodie Pollard

Aug 15, 2013

Jodie Mosley Pollard January 26, 1915 – August 15, 2013 Jodie Mosley Pollard of Waco, age 98, beloved husband and father, passed away on August 15, 2013. A graveside service will be conducted at Waco Memorial Park on Thursday, August 22, 2013, at 10:00 a.m., David Story officiating. Joe was born in Dallas, Texas, to Benjamin and Bertha Pollard. He...