Jack “Jackie” Smith, 79, of Blanco, passed away on Friday, Jan. 16, 2015. Jack was born on July 27, 1935 in Blanco County, to Goldwin and Beulah (Edmondson) Smith. He attended school in Blanco and worked on farms and for PEC for 13 years and for a fertilizer company in Lockhart for several years. He […]

Gilbert Neil Key, 77, of Lockhart, passed away Jan. 5, 2015. He was born March 22, 1937, in Port Lavaca to Cassie Mae Sauers and the late Gilbert F. Key. Gilbert was a devoted son who cared for his mother his whole life. He was a Graduate of Sam Houston State University with a degree […]

Jocelyn M. Shannon, 94, of Maxwell, Texas, passed away on Jan. 11, 2015. She was born Oct. 3, 1920, in Guadalupe County, Texas, to Edwin and Rosalia (Laechelin) Foerster. She attended high school in Marion, Texas and married Frank B. Shannon, Jr. (USAF) on May 17, 1941 and for 23 years she lived the life […]

Leona Alma Best passed away peacefully on Jan. 10, 2015, at the age of 94. She was born Feb. 26, 1920, to Fritz and Frieda Schulle Germer in Maxwell, Texas. Leona was a lifelong resident of Maxwell and belonged to the following organizations: A life-long member of the Ebenezer Lutheran Church, Herman and Sons Lodge, […]

Ronald William Sturn, 79, of Lockhart passed away Jan. 6, 2015, at his home. He was born Dec. 21, 1935, in Menasha, Wis., to Harold and Josephine Vander Velden Sturn. Ronald was in the United States Marine Corps with a rank of Corporal and had worked all his life in the construction field as superintendent […]

Saying goodbye is never an easy thing to do, but it becomes even more difficult when the most wonderful man you have ever known passes away. On Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2015 at 8:31 a.m., Roy A. Williams left us on the wings of a dove to meet our Lord and was reunited with the love […]

Eusebio “Chato” R. Pastrano, 74, passed away peacefully on Monday, Jan. 5, 2015 at 4:30 a.m. He is preceded in death by his father Mateo Pastrano. He leaves behind his loving mother of, Petra Robles Pastrano, 95; his five sisters: Marciana Pastrano, Dominga Maciel, Teodora Oliva, Maria Gonzales and Mary Vicky Gonzales; two brothers: Gregorio […]

Martha Lucille Tate Duran a longtime resident of Lockhart passed away on Sunday, Dec. 28, 2014. She was born in October 1923 in her grandmother’s house in Lockhart on Bois D’Arc St. Martha was married to Sam Odell Duran for 37 years. She was preceded in death by her husband; her brother, Morris Tate; and […]

Our beloved brother Ricky went home to be with our Heavenly father on Dec. 27, 2014. Ricky was a loving and caring person always ready to lend a helping hand when needed. He was family dedicated, a father figure to all his nieces and nephews. He is loved by all and will greatly be missed. […]

John “Randy” Culpepper, beloved husband of Linda Culpepper of Red Rock, was born 1945 in to Roger and Sarah Culpepper in Lloyd, Florida. He left this earth to return to Our Father on Dec. 16, 2014. He leaves behind his children, Bambi (Billy) Maugham of Lockhart and Marble Falls, Teri Watts, of Utah, Pam (Rudy) […]