Cleveland H. Dennis

Cleveland Dennis

EDNA--Funeral services for Cleveland H. Dennis, 78, will be held at 2 p. m. Saturday from the Cook Chapel here.

Mr. Dennis, a retired construction worker, was a native and longtime resident of Jackson County, but had lived in Yoakum in recent years. He was a veteran of World War I. He died Friday in Yoakum.

Burial will be in the Hines Cemetery near Edna, under direction of the Cook Funeral Home.

Surviving are a sister, Mrs. Della Hardaway of Edna, and a brother, Posie Goode of El Campo.

Victoria Advocate, August 24, 1974
 

Carrie Diggs

Carrie Diggs

EDNA--Funeral services for Mrs. Carrie Diggs of Edna will be held at 2 p. m. Monday from Shiloh Baptist Church, with the Rev. R. A. Hicks officiating.

Burial will be in the Hines Cemetery under direction of Cook Funeral Home. Pallbearers will be Jessie Diggs Jr., Russell Diggs Jr., Maurice Diggs, Bernard Callis, Eartell Callis Jr. and Lawrence Prince.

Mrs. Diggs was a native of Jackson County, and the widow of the late Russell Diggs. She died Friday in a Ganado hospital after a brief illness.

Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Claice Williams of Houston, Mrs. Mae Clair Callis and Mrs. Clara Wilkerson, both of San Antonio; a stepdaughter, Hazel Diggs of Freeport; five sons, Alex of Edna, Russell of Austin, Sylvester of Victoria, Randolph of Houston and Jessie of Corpus Christi; a brother, Morris Hines of Bay City; 25 grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren.

Victoria Advocate, December 3, 1972

Russel Diggs

 

Truman Cornelius Diggs

Truman C. Diggs

EDNA--Funeral services for Truman Cornelius Diggs, 60, who died Thursday in a Houston hospital will be held 1 p. m. Monday at Shiloh Baptist Church.

The Rev. G. L. Roberts will officiate. Burial will follow in Hines Cemetery in Edna under the direction of Cook-Butler Funeral Home.

He was born April 25, 1927, in Jackson County to the late Isiah and Aline Hines Diggs. He was a veteran of World War II.

Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Lelia Diggs of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; two daughters, Brenda and Diane Diggs, both of Fort Lauderdale, and Bonnie Faye Diggs of Taylor; six sons, Truman Diggs Jr., Newton Diggs, Henry Lee Diggs and Albert Diggs, all of Fort Lauderdale, Cornelius Diggs of Houston and Joshua Diggs of Edna, a sister, Letitia Boales of Houston; and a brother, Travis Diggs of Edna.

Pallbearers are Elijah Prince, Claude Prince, Alex Diggs, Randolph Diggs, Johnny Hicks and Jimmy Barnes.

Victoria Advocate, May 24, 1987
 

Mrs. Varie Diggs Is Buried Tuesday

Funeral services for Mrs. Varie Diggs, 43, who died in Victoria Friday following a heart attack, were held in the Edna Church of Christ at 2 p. m. Tuesday with H. Griffin officiating.

Burial was in Hines Cemetery with Cook Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Diggs is survived by a son, Rufus Diggs of Victoria; three sisters, Mrs. Wilma Griffin of Victoria, Mrs. Serelda Ceasar of Ganado, and Mrs. Norma Mitchell of Edna; five brothers, Aldene Green and Leaton Callis of Edna, Fred Callis of Compton, Calif., Grffin Callis, with the U. S. Army in Japan, and Nealon Callis of Houston; and two grandchildren.

Edna Herald, May 14, 1964
 

Travis Diggs

EDNA--Travis Diggs, of Edna, died Sunday, April 24, 2005.

He was born in Edna to Isiah and Aline Hines Diggs. He was a retired lawn maintenance man.

Preceded in death by: sister, Lititia Boales; and brothers, Newton Diggs, Truman Diggs, and Will Diggs.

Services will be 1 p. m. today at Cook-Butler Funeral Home chapel, the Rev. Claude prince officiating.

Burial will be at Hines Cemetery. Cook-Butler Funeral Home, Edna, 361-782-3821.

Pallbearers: Joshua Woods, Elijah Prince, Alex Diggs, Lawrence Prince, Bennie Washington Jr., Raymond Lee Gipson.

Victoria Advocate, April 26, 2005
 

Edna—Will Diggs, 48, of Edna, died at 9:30 a. m. Sunday in the Jackson County Jail. His death was attributed to natural causes.

Mr. Diggs had been a resident of Jackson County all of his life.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Tuesday at Mount Olive Baptist Church with the Rev. B. W. Brooks officiating. Burial will be in the Hines Cemetery under the direction of Cook Funeral Home.

Pallbearers will be Russell, Vess, J. C. and Randolph Digs, Leo Butler and Maxie Hines.

Surviving are a sister, Mrs. Luticia Boles of Houston and two brothers, Travis Digs of Edna and Truman Diggs of Houston.

Victoria Advocate, June 18, 1968
 

Pamper A. "Lisa" Dilworth

Pamper A. "Lisa" Dilworth, 46, of Ganado, passed away and into eternal rest on Saturday, February 16, 2013. She was born to Eugene Dilworth II and Bertha Bryant Ceasar. She was a Baptist.

Visitation will be from 10 - 11 a. m. with  funeral service at 11 a. m. on Saturday, Feb. 23, at Shiloh Baptist Church in Edna. Burial will be at Hines Cemetery.

Services are entrusted to Tracy's M. J. Santellana Funeral Directors, 361-782-9234.

Jackson County Herald-Tribune, February 27, 2013
 

Robert C. Dilworth

EDNA--Robert Charles Dilworth, 42, of Edna, died Sunday, Dec. 3, 2006 in Edna.

Survivors: sisters, Ora Callis, Catherine Dilworth, Valeria Dilworth, and Pamper Lisa Dilworth, all of Edna, and Kendra Dilworth of Houston; and brother, Clifford Bryant of Denton.

Preceded in death by: mother, Bertha Ceasar.

Visitation will be 2 p. m. today at Tracy's M. J. Santellana Funeral Directors at 1402 W. Main in Edna.

Services will follow 3 p. m. today at the funeral home, the Rev. G. L. Roberts officiating.

Burial will be at Hines Cemetery in Edna. Tracy's M. J. Santellana Funeral Directors, Edna, 361-782-9234.

Victoria Advocate, December 15, 2006