Matagorda County Obituaries
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Rowland Rugeley Bachman
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Rowland Rugeley Bachman
Rowland Rugeley Bachman, 35 years of age, of Bay City. Services will be held at 2:00 p. m .Monday at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church with Rev. Milton McWilliams and Rev. Aubrey C. Maxted officiating. Burial will be at Cedarvale Cemetery in Bay City. Mr. Bachman died Saturday morning at M. D. Anderson Hospital, Houston. He was employed by Rugeley-Bachman Leasing Company. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Bachman of Bay City; a brother and sister-in-law, Richard and Janet Bachman Jr., of Bay City; a niece, Sarah Bachman; a great aunt, Fay Guynn of Bay City, and several cousins. Arrangements with Taylor Brothers Funeral Home, Bay City, (409) 245-4613.
Daily Tribune,
December 16, 1984
Infant Baby Barta - Cedarvale Cemetery - Photo courtesy of Faye Cunningham
Blonde B. Bell - Cedarvale Cemetery - Photo courtesy of Faye Cunningham
Emma Smart Bell - Cedarvale Cemetery - Photo courtesy of Faye Cunningham
Final Rites Held For Mrs. Emma Smart Bell Here Today
Mrs. Emma Smart Bell, age 43 years, 10 months, four days, a resident of Wadsworth for nine years died at her home, Monday, Feb. 17 at 11:55 p. m.
Survivors include her husband Mr. B. B. Bell, one daughter, Cornelia, four sons, Ressell, Marvin, Charles and B. B. Jr., all of Wadsworth, and two sisters, Mrs. E. Johnson and Miss Josie Smart of Wadsworth, two brothers, Bob Smart of Wadsworth and Tom Smart of Moody, Tex.
Funeral services were held from the Taylor Bros. Funeral Home Wednesday at 3 p. m. with the Rev. Paul W. Davis officiating. Burial was in the Cedarvale Cemetery under the direction of Taylor Bros.
Daily Tribune,
February 19, 1941
Ollie Bennett - Cedarvale Cemetery - Photo courtesy of Faye Cunningham
Nancy Alice Blair &
Thomas Walker Blair -
Cedarvale Cemetery - Photo courtesy
of Faye Cunningham
John J. Blum - Cedarvale Cemetery - Photo courtesy of Faye Cunningham
Sarah Blum - Cedarvale Cemetery - Photo courtesy of Faye Cunningham
Jack A. Bond & Mamie I. Bond - Cedarvale Cemetery - Photo courtesy of Faye Cunningham
Services Set For Grid Star – Jack Albert Bond
A former Bay City High School football star, Jack Albert Bond, 57, died Tuesday night at Beeville, where he was employed as district manager for the Houston Natural Gas Co. Bond was born and raised in Bay City and moved to Beeville in 1951.
Services will be held Friday at 10 a. m. in Beeville and at 3 p. m. in Taylor Brothers Funeral Chapel, the Rev. Doyle Morton, pastor of the First Methodist Church of Beeville officiating. Interment will be in Cedarvale Cemetery.
Survivors include the wife, Mrs. Mamie Bond of Beeville; three sons, Johnny and Jerry of Beeville and Jackie, serving with the U. S. Air Force at San Antonio.
Daily Tribune, June 5, 1963
Lloyd Parker Bond - Cedarvale Cemetery - Photo courtesy of Faye Cunningham
William E. Boutelle - Cedarvale Cemetery - Photo courtesy of Faye Cunningham
Rheual A. Boyd & Shirley M. Boyd - Cedarvale Cemetery - Photo courtesy of Faye Cunningham
Rhuel Albert “Hoppy” Boyd
R. A. “Hoppy” Boyd, 73, of Wharton passed away Feb. 28, 1996 at his residence.
He was born Jan. 2, 1923 in Vilirica, Georgia to William Washington and Claudia Oxina Lambert Boyd. He was a former longtime resident of Bay City and had lived in Wharton for 10 years. In 1985 he retired from Dow Pipeline with 25 years of service. Mr. Boyd was a member of Peace Tabernacle Church, a veteran of WWII serving in the U. S. Navy, and a member of the American Legion Post #87 in Wharton.
He is survived by his wife, Leona Inez New Boyd of Wharton; by four daughters, Julie Ann Prince of Spring, Texas, Sandra Jo Pennington of Moulton, Alabama, Linda Sue Stains of Wharton, and Betty Lou Black of Bay City; by three sons, Michael Lawrence Boyd of Bay City, Jesse Leo Brown of Kiowa, Oklahoma, and Billy Joe Brown of Bay City; by 14 grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
Funeral services are scheduled for 3 p. m. Friday, March 1, 1996 at the First United Pentecostal Church with Rev. Charles Fisher, and Rev. Martin Moore officiating. Burial will follow at Cedarvale Cemetery in Bay City.
Pallbearers include, Ricky Brown, Keith Stains, Dustin Black, Darrin Adams, Tony Brown, Brandon Hopkins, Wayne Hopkins, and Joseph Prince.
Arrangements are with Taylor Bros. Funeral home in Bay City.
Daily Tribune,
February 29, 1996
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Francis Joseph Brangan, Sr.
Francis Joseph Brangan, Sr., 73, of Bay City died Saturday, May 3, 1997.
He was born on March 4, 1924 in Seguin, Texas, to the late John Christopher and Nanny LaDell Brangan. He was a longtime local electrical contractor and a member of Holy Cross Catholic Church. Brangan served in the Coast Guard during World War II and was a member of the Knights of Columbus, Woodmen of the World, VFW Lodge No. 2421, the Fraternal order of Eagles No. 3232 and the American Legion.
Survivors include wife Pat Brangan; sons Frank Brangan, Jr. of Alvin, Jimmy Brangan of Sweeny, Chris Brangan of Selkirk Island and Michael and Tommy Brangan of Bay City; daughters Sister Ann Mary Brangan of Cleveland, Ohio, Mickey Stepp of Lafayette, Louisiana, Susie Hargraves of Bay City and Eileen Singleton of Sugar Land; sisters Alice Schnuriger of San Antonio, Michaeleen Schnuriger of San Antonio and Matie Cooke of Memphis, Tennessee; 18 grandchildren and numerous nephews and nieces.
He is preceded in death by brother John Christopher Brangan, Jr., and sister Bernadine Oliver.
A rosary was recited at 7 p. m. Monday at the Bay City Funeral Home chapel, and visitation was held between 6:30 and 9 p. m. Services will be at 2 p. m. Tuesday at Holy Cross Catholic Church with the Monsignor James Brunner officiating. Burial will be at Cedarvale Cemetery.
Pallbearers are grandsons Francis Joseph Brangan, III, Christopher Brangan, Will Hargraves and Wade Stepp, nephews Feldon Oliver, Michael McMahon, Jimmy McMahon and Lad Baca and close friend Dr. Larry Faulknor.
Donations can be made in memory of Frank Brangan to COAR Peace Mission at 4395 Rocky River Drive Cleveland, Ohio 44135 which supports orphans and abandoned children in El Salvador.
Arrangements under the direction of Dick R. Elkins Bay City Funeral Home.
Daily Tribune, May 6, 1997
Mary Rosaleen "Pat" McMahon Brangan
Mary Rosaleen "Pat" Brangan, 79,
of Bay City died Friday, July 6, 2001.
She was born April 8, 1922 in Enniskellen, Ireland, County
Fermanagh, to the late Hugh and Bella McMahon.
She was preceeded in death by her husband, Francis Brangan.
Francis and Pat were married at Holy Cross Catholic Church
in Brooklyn, N.Y. on February 22, 1947.
Survivors include sons and daughters-in-law, Frank and
Sandra Brangan of Alvin, Jimmy Brangan of Pasadena, Chris
and Connie Brangan of Selkirk, Michael and Kathy Brangan and
Tommy Brangan of Bay City; daughters and sons-in-law, Sister
Ann Mary Brangan of Alamo, Texas, Mickey and Malcolm Stepp
of Humble, Susie and Billy Hargraves of Bay City and Eileen
and Chuck Singleton of Sugar Land; sister, Betty Keane of
Chatham, N.J. and Eleanor Hogan of Enniskellen, Ireland,
County Fermanagh; 17 grandchildren and three great
grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.
A rosary will be recited at 7 p.m., Sunday, July 8 at Bay
City Funeral Home.
The funeral mass will be at 1 p.m., Monday, July 9, at Holy
Cross Catholic church with Father Casey Jarzombek
officiating.
Pallbearers will be grandsons; Trey, Christopher, Taylor and
J.T. Brangan, Will Hargraves and Wade Stepp; nephews Michael
and Jimmy McMahon.
Services are under the direction of Bay City Funeral Home.
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The Daily Tribune, Sunday, July 8, 2001
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Gus E. Brown -
Cedarvale Cemetery - Photo courtesy
of Faye Cunningham
Gus E. Brown
Gus E. Brown of Bay City, Texas, passed away in San Antonio, Texas, on Friday at the age of 60. A native of Caldwell County, Brown had been a local rice farmer for many years.
Services were held Sunday at 3:30 PM from St. Mark’s Episcopal Church. Interment followed in Cedarvale Cemetery, Bay City, Texas. Rev. Walter E. Campbell, Jr., pastor of St. James Episcopal Church in Conroe, Texas, officiated. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Gus E. Brown, Sr., of Luling, Texas; three brothers, Billy Brown, of Van Vleck, Texas, Joe Brown, of Vivian, Louisiana, and Ernest Brown, of Atlanta, Texas.
Pallbearers were A. H. Wadsworth, Harley Savage, Francis Savage, Jr., Harry Norris, Jr., R. Q. McSwain, and G. P. Hardy, Jr. Honorary pallbearers were Harry Norris, Sr., Layton Moore, Rowland Rugeley, Stewart Savage, and J. C. Lewis. Arrangements were under the direction of Taylor Brothers Funeral Home.
The Daily Tribune, August 16, 1965
Typed by Susie Adkins
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John Gove Brown
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Pauline T. Brown -
Cedarvale Cemetery - Photo courtesy
of Faye Cunningham
Funeral For Mrs. Brown Is Thursday
Funeral services for active civic and church worker Mrs. Gus E. Brown will be held at 4 p. m. Thursday at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church. Mrs. Brown, the former Pauline Thompson, was born Dec. 3, 1903 in Matagorda County and died unexpectedly at 11 p. m. Wednesday at Matagorda General Hospital where she was admitted for checkup and testing after suffering a “sharp pain” while in Houston visiting with injured Richard C. Hughes. She and her husband resided at the Hamman Road ranch.
Always a leader in civic affairs, Mrs. Brown was active in the Matagorda County Historical Society, the Flora Luncheon Study Club, the Bay City Study Club, the Bay City Book Review Club, the Matagorda General Hospital Auxiliary. She was frequently hostess at her home for the Annual Rice Festival tea and was in the forefront of Rice Festival activities. A member of St. Mark’s Church, she was active in the Altar Guild, Kinsolving Guild, and had been a Sunday School teacher there in addition to participating in many phases of church work.
While Mrs. Brown and her husband were childless, their godchildren are Gale Guinn, Cynthia Hughes, Thomas Gardner Savage, Paula, Richard and Joe Cato and Valerie Watson. She is also survived by three sisters, Mrs. Marguerite Watson of Houston, Mrs. Audrey Norton of Port Arthur, Mrs. Hannah Harrison of Tyler, six nieces and nephews.
Daily Tribune,
Wednesday, July 17, 1963
Josephine M. Bruno - Cedarvale Cemetery - Photo courtesy of Faye Cunningham
T. C. Bruno -
Cedarvale Cemetery - Photo courtesy
of Faye Cunningham
T. C. Bruno Killed
Tuesday Morning
Accidental Discharge of .410 Shotgun is Fatal to Prominent
Cotton Dealer
From Tuesday’s Daily—
T. C. ”Collie” Bruno, Bay City rearer prominent cotton dealer met a tragic death this (Tuesday) morning in an outhouse at his home on Avenue G., when a .410 gauge shotgun he was handling accidentally discharged, the charge of fine shot entering his head, killing him instantly.
Mr. Bruno has had for a hobby for the past several years the raising of decoy ducks. For sometime some rodent has been preying on his flock and it is supposed he went to the nesting house, a small low structure with a very small door and, having the gun cocked, either stumbled or caught the trigger in such a way as to discharge it, with the terrible results recited herewith.
The body was turned over to Taylor Brothers morticians and prepared for burial which will probably be Wednesday afternoon.
T. C. Bruno was a likable, affable, and always pleasant man and associate. He was reared and educated in Bay City, graduating from the high school with the class of ’16. In 1917 he was united in marriage to Miss Joe Moore, daughter of Mr. J. D. Moore, of pioneer stock.
In early life decedent took up the cotton business as a vocation and has followed it for many years. At the time of his death he was manager of the gins of Bay City Gin Company.
The tragedy, which took him without warning and so suddenly from home, friends, and business associates, came as a distinct shock to the entire town and community, for the unfortunate man and his grief-stricken wife have many friends who will share with her their sorrows over his untimely end.
Death came to him in the prime of business and social life and took from business and social circles a good business man, citizen, friend and associate.
Our deepest sympathies are extended the bereaved.
Matagorda County Tribune,
Thursday, March 21, 1935
William Allen Bryant &
Myrtle Arlitt Bryant -
Cedarvale Cemetery - Photo courtesy
of Faye Cunningham
William Allen Bryant
Allen Bryant, 65 of Kingsville, Tx., died at his residence May 25, 1995. Mr. Bryant was born July 30, 1929 in Italy, Tx. to Ed and Bethel Gill Bryant. He had been a resident of Kingsville since 1976 and was a former long time resident of Bay City and member of the First United Methodist Church of Bay City. He was a retired painting contractor.
Funeral services will be at 2:00 PM Tuesday, May 30, 1995 at Taylor Bros. Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Buford Finley officiating. Interment will be at Cedarvale Cemetery in Bay City.
Survivors include: Wife: Myrtle Arlitt Bryant of Kingsville, TX, by three daughters: Peggy Griffith of Riviera, TX, Gayle Polak of Austin, TX and Penny McCurry of Bay City, TX, by a brother: Edwood Bryant of Ganado, TX, by 12 Grandchildren and 3 Great Grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a daughter Jana Cole April 20, 1990.
Arrangements with Taylor Bros. Funeral Home.
Daily Tribune, May 28, 1995
Myrtle Adela Arlitt Bryant
Funeral services for Myrtle Adela Arlitt Bryant, 69, of Kingsville will be 10 a. m. on Monday, March 16 at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church with Rev. Nick Novak officiating. Burial will follow at Cedarvale Cemetery in Bay City.
Mrs. Bryant passed away March 12 at her residence. She was born March 30, 1928 in Bay City to Walter and Gladys Arlitt. She has been a resident of Kingsville for the past 22 years and was a member of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church.
She is survived by three daughters and four sons-in-law, Peggy and Gene Griffith of Kingsville, Gayle and Tab Polak of Roundrock, Penni and Randy McCurry of Bay City, and Allan Cole of Bay City; a brother, Bill Arlitt of Bay City; son-in-law Allan Cole of Bay City; 12 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, William Allen Bryant; a daughter, Jana Diane Cole; and a sister, Dena Finster.
Pallbearers include, Terrell Griffith, Dale Griffith, Keith Cole, Steven Mayer, Allan Cole, and Keith Staff.
Arrangements are with Taylor Bros. Funeral Home in Bay City.
Daily Tribune,
March 15, 1998
R. F. Clifton Buhl - Cedarvale Cemetery - Photo courtesy of Faye Cunningham
January 17, 1917 – June 17, 1976
Vernon Burrell, of Bay City, Texas, died in the Matagorda General Hospital on June 17, 1976 at 7 PM. He was born January 17, 1917, in Karnes City, Texas. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Muriel Burrell, of Bay City, one daughter, Miss Nancy Burrell, of Bay City, one sister, Mrs. Paula Daughtry, of Bishop, Texas, two brothers, Alfred Burrell, of Kingsville, Texas, and Otto Thiele, of Sinton, Texas, and a host of friends. He was employed by Celanese for over 20 years and worked as a mechanic and tool room supervisor.
The funeral will be conducted at the Sixth Street Church of Christ at 10:00 AM, Saturday, June 19, with Mr. Walter Allen Brown officiating. Interment will be in Cedarvale Cemetery, Bay City, Texas. The body will lie in state at Bay City Funeral Home until 9:00 AM Saturday. Services are under the direction of Dick R. Elkins of Bay City Funeral Home.
The Daily Tribune, June 17, 1976 Obituary typed by Susie Adkins Photo courtesy of Faye Cunningham
