Obituaries

Steve W. Traylor

Steve W. Traylor

Oct 6, 2020

Steve Winston Traylor, 70 of Oglesby, passed away Tuesday, October 6, 2020. A Celebration of life service will be held in his honor at 3 p.m, Friday, Oct. 9, OakCrest Funeral Home, 4250 Bosque Blvd. The second child to Welcome and Charline (Sorrels) Traylor, Steve was born May 17, 1950 in Houston. Steve grew up in Waco and graduated from...

Lee Ann Ryff

Lee Ann Ryff

Oct 6, 2020

Lee Ann Petit Ryff, 72, of Waco, passed away Tuesday, October 6, 2020. Services will be held Saturday, October 10 at 2pm at OakCrest Funeral Home. Visitation will be held from 1pm to 2pm prior to the service. Lee Ann was born January 31, 1948 to Elmer Lee Petit and Floetta Josephine “Faye” Shadwick Petit in Archer City, Texas. Lee...

Manuel Gamiz

Manuel Gamiz

Oct 5, 2020

Manuel Alejandro Gamiz, 31, of Waco, Texas passed away on Monday October 5, 2020. Graveside side services will be at 11 am Friday, October 16, 2020 at Garden of Memories Rosemound Cemetery, Waco, Texas, with Pastor Albert Fuentes, from Calvery Chapel, officiating. Visitation will begin at 10 am on Friday, October 16, 2020 ar the cemetery. Manuel was born May...

Dorothy Price

Dorothy Price

Oct 1, 2020

Dorothy Anetta Price, 87, of China Spring passed away September 30, 2020. Graveside service will be 10 a.m. Monday, Oct. 5, at China Spring Cemetery. Visitation will be 3-5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 4, at OakCrest Funeral Home, 4520 Bosque. Dorothy was born January 8, 1933 in China Spring to Willie W. and Grace (Wells) Ditto. She graduated from Waco High...

Paul  Orta

Paul Orta

Oct 1, 2020

Sir Knight Paul H. Orta, Sr., 63, completed his earthly journey on Thursday, October 1, 2020. Paul was born on December 27, 1956, in Waco, Texas to Fred R. and Tommie (Hernandez) Orta. Paul grew up in Waco, attended local schools, and became a musician and singer, playing with local bands and helping lead his father’s band named, “Freddie Orta...

Mary Gamez Caldera

Mary Gamez Caldera

Oct 1, 2020

Mary Gamez Caldera. 99, of Waco, Texas entered into the Heavenly Kingdom on October 1, 2020. Mass of Christian Burial will at 11 am on Monday, October 5, 2020 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, with Very Rev. C. Benjamin Magnaye as Celebrant, burial will follow at Oakwood Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 6 pm, and Rosary Service at 7 pm,...

Barbara Sue Massey

Barbara Sue Massey

Oct 1, 2020

Barbara Sue McDonald Massey of Waco, was called home to the Lord on October 1, 2020, surrounded by her loving family. Sue was born on December 9, 1946 in Waco, Texas to Hilary and Alma McDonald. She lived for many years in Dallas, Texas and Colorado Springs, Colorado before returning home to Waco for her final years. Sue was a...

Craig Hardin

Craig Hardin

Oct 1, 2020

Craig Hardin 67, passed away Thursday October 1st in Waco Texas. Craig was a veteran and loved music and painting. He had a brilliant mind and could answer almost every Jeopardy question ever asked. He was strong in faith and a believer to the end. His family takes comfort in knowing that his worldly struggles are now done. Craig struggled...

Warren  Malone

Warren Malone

Sep 28, 2020

Warren Malone, 82, passed away Monday, September 28, 2020 in Ennis, Texas. Services will be held Thursday, October 1 at 1:30 pm at OakCrest Funeral Home, 4520 Bosque Blvd., with Pastor Cory Mullins of Rockett Baptist Church in Red Oak officiating. He will be laid to rest at Oakwood Cemetery. Warren was born September 1, 1938 in Weir, Mississippi to...

Isaiah Phillips

Isaiah Phillips

Sep 27, 2020

Isaiah Phillips, 83 years old, entered into peaceful rest on September 27, 2020 at his home in Waco, Texas with his devoted daughter, Dr. Chandai K. Phillips and his loyal Boston Terrier, Sarge at his bedside. Services will be as follows; Visitation on Friday, October 2, 2020 from 9am – 4pm at Oakcrest Funeral Home, 4520 Bosque Blvd., Waco, TX...

Barbara Ann Perryman

Barbara Ann Perryman

Sep 26, 2020

Barbara Ann (Barnett) Perryman, 83, of Waco, passed away Saturday, September 26, 2020. A graveside viewing and service in celebration of her life will be held at 11 am on Wednesday, September 30th at Waco Memorial Park with the Pastor Tim Jarrell and the Pastor Steve Coker officiating. A pleasantly feisty Tennessee-Texan, Barbara was born May 11, 1937 in Memphis,...

Andrew John Alvarez

Andrew John Alvarez

Sep 26, 2020

Andrew John Alvarez passed away on September 26, 2020. A rosary will be held Thursday morning at 9:30 a.m., October 1, 2020 at St. Louis Catholic Church. Mass will follow at 10 a.m., then a burial in Oakwood Cemetery. The Funeral Mass will be streamed live on the OakCrest Funeral Home Facebook page starting at 10 a.m. Thursday Oct 1,...

Tom Blackburn

Tom Blackburn

Sep 24, 2020

Tom Blackburn of Waco, Texas, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, September 24, 2020, at St. Catherine’s Hospice at the age of 82. He was born in Marlin, Texas, on March 21, 1938. Tom was preceded in death by his parents, Ed Blackburn and Elvira Payne Blackburn. He leaves behind his loving wife, Jeanie of almost 40 years; his children, T.J....

Danny Garces

Danny Garces

Sep 22, 2020

Danny A. Garces of Waco, Texas, died on September 22, 2020, at 78. A Rosary will be recited on Monday, September 28, 2020, at 7:00 p.m., at Saint Jerome’s Catholic Church, Waco, Texas. A celebratory funeral mass is scheduled Tuesday, September 29, 2020, at Saint Jerome’s Catholic Church with Father Rakshaganathan Silvaraj officiating. Military Gravesite Rites will follow at Oakwood...

Stephen  Powell

Stephen Powell

Sep 21, 2020

Stephen T. Powell May 28, 1941 September 21, 2020 Steve T. Powell,79, of Speegleville entered into his eternal rest on Monday September 21, 2020 surrounded by his loving family. Graveside services will be at 2:00 pm on Monday, September 28, 2020 at Rosemound Cemetery with full military honors, and Dr. Joe Weldon Bailey, Jr. officiating. Steve was born May 28,...

Bernard F. Ott, Sr.

Bernard F. Ott, Sr.

Sep 21, 2020

Bernard Francis Ott, Sr, 91, of Waco, passed away on September 21, 2020. Visitation will be Sunday, September 27, at Oakcrest Funeral Home from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM. The Rosary will be September 28, at 9:30 AM at St Louis Catholic Church followed by the Mass of Christian Burial at 10:00 AM. Burial will be at Oakwood Cemetery. Bernard...

Walter  Trautschold

Walter Trautschold

Sep 18, 2020

Walter Cocke Trautschold, 65, of Waco, passed away on September 18, 2020. Reverend Dr. Leslie King will officiate a graveside funeral service on Tuesday, September 22 at 1:00 p.m. at Oakwood Cemetery, Waco, Texas. The third child of Carl Alexander Trautschold, Jr., and Sara Don Cocke, Walter grew up in Waco, attended St. Mary’s Catholic School and St. Alban’s Episcopal...

Betsy  Frix

Betsy Frix

Sep 17, 2020

On September 17, 2020, just five days shy of her 104th birthday, Betsy R. Frix walked into the loving arms of her Lord and Savior. Her service is at 11 am, Saturday, September 26, at Community Fellowship Church of the Nazarene, 2001 N. Valley Mills Dr., with Rev. Roger Huff and Rev. Jonathan Leonard officiating. Burial will follow at Rosemound...

Lee Henderson

Lee Henderson

Sep 15, 2020

Family On February 14, 1961, I was born in Meridian, Mississippi to some loving, hard working parents by the name of Rose Ann Kelly Henderson & John Henderson. As the middle child of three there is nothing that could separate me form the love of my sister Kathy Henderson Price of Enterprise, Mississippi and younger brother Terry Henderson of Meridian,...

Nancy  Locklar

Nancy Locklar

Sep 15, 2020

Nancy Mildred (Webb) Locklar passed away peacefully in the arms of her daughter, Dawn Tucker on September 15, 2020 in Waco, TX at the age of 86. Nancy was born in Everett, Washington where she spent her childhood. At the age of 21 she married Billy Joe Locklar and moved to Long Beach, California before settling down in Waco, TX....