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Luther, the little two-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. John Beard, died Tuesday and was buried Wednesday in the Palacios cemetery. The bereaved parents have the sympathy of the entire community.
Palacios Beacon, May 18, 1923 |
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Palacios citizens were shocked and grieved Friday morning when the news reached here that the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Beard had died, for the latest reports had been that she was very much improved. She had been in St. Joseph's hospital for a month under the care of specialists and where she had received every attention available, and her sudden passing was a shock to all. Margaret Lucille Beard, eldest daughter of Joe E. and Alice Beard was born November 1st, 1928, at Palacios, Texas, and died July 17th 1936 in a hospital in Houston, Texas, age 7 years, 8 months and 16 days. She leaves to mourn her loss her devoted parents, two brothers, two sister, her grandparents Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Beard and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gillespie, besides a host of other relatives and friends. Lucille was a bright, happy little girl and loved by all who knew her. She was very dear to her school friends, and her teachers at school also Sunday school liked to have her in their presence on the account of her attractiveness and kindly disposition. The remains were brought to Palacios and on Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock, services were held in the Brandon-Duffy Funeral Home, conducted by Rev. J. C. Gibbons assisted by Rev. George D. McClelland. Interment was made in the Palacios Cemetery. Relatives here from out-of-town for the funeral included Mr. and Mrs. Louis Beard and family, of Waco; Mr. and Mrs. Jack Mansker, Houston; Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Beard, Newgulf; Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Mangum, Bay City; Mrs. Ella Little and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Bailey of Houston; J. H. Holly, Waco, and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Gillespie and family of Robstown.
Palacios Beacon, July 23, 1936 |
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Funeral services for Ben M. Beaver were held in the Palacios Funeral Home Chapel Sunday, May 21, at 2 p. m. with the Rev. J. R. Gwin officiating. Interment was in the Palacios Cemetery. A former resident of Palacios, he was born March 16, 1887 in Limestone County, Texas and died Saturday, May 20, in a nursing home in Victoria. He is survived by one sister, Adas Meredith of Teague, Texas, several nieces and nephews.
Palacios Beacon, May 25, 1967 |
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Funeral services for Mrs. Lola Beaver were held at the Palacios Funeral Home Monday, March 26, at 4 p. m. with Rev. Clint Harris officiating. Interment was in the Palacios Cemetery. A resident of this area the past 16 years, she was born in Hunt County, Texas, on January 17, 1880, a daughter of John W. and Martha Jackson Stewart. She died March 25 in the Wagner General Hospital. Her only survivor is her husband, Ben Beaver of Palacios.
Palacios Beacon, March 29, 1962 |
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Funeral services for Miss Jess Beck were held at the Palacios Funeral Home at 3 p. m. Sunday, January 13, with the Rev. John Brannon officiating. Burial was in the Palacios Cemetery. She died Thursday, January 10 in Holdenville, Oklahoma. Miss Beck and her parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Beck, were former residents of Palacios. When they lived here, Miss Beck worked at the Koerber Sales Company. Her body was accompanied here for burial by her sister, Mrs. C. M. Bloss of Okema, Okla. and son. Palacios Beacon, January 17, 1957
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Funeral services for Miss Bessie Frances Belknap were held at 2 p. m. Monday, January 28, in the First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Barry Bauerschlag officiating. Interment was in the Palacios Cemetery. Daughter of John Wilson Belknap, and Jeannie Campbell Belknap, she was born in Iowa on April 7, 1894, and passed away Friday, January 25. A resident of Palacios since 1909, she had served as City Secretary for thirty years, retiring in 1966, and as Secretary-Treasurer of the Palacios Methodist Church for about 30 years. In her work in the city office she was acquainted with everyone in Palacios as well as beloved by all. She was instrumental in getting the palm trees put out along the bayshore and the highway leading out to the airport. She is survived by a brother, Blanchard Belknap of Tulsa, Okla., a niece, Pattie D’Arci of Calgary, Canada; two nephews, Clarence Koontz of Port Lavaca and Jim Koontz of Palacios and numerous great nieces and nephews.
Palacios Beacon, January 31, 1980 |
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Funeral service will be held for Mrs. J. W. Belknap today (Thursday) at 3:30 p. m. at the First Methodist Church with the Rev. John Fluth officiating. Mrs. Belknap, who died Tuesday, October 11, after a lengthy illness, was 91 last May 27. She was the former Jeanne Campbell, and was born in Canada. Mrs. Belknap, who was married in Iowa prior to coming here in 1909, was the widow of the late J. W. Belknap. He died in 1940. She was a member of the First Methodist Church. Mrs. Belknap is survived by three children: Miss Bessie Belknap, Palacios; Mrs. C. H. Koontz, Harrison, Arkansas, and Mr. Blanchard Belknap, Tulsa, Oklahoma; four grandchildren: Jimmy and Clarence Koontz, Palacios; Mrs. Oris Dyer, Palacios; and Mrs. Jerry D’Arcy, Calgary, Canada; three great-grandchildren: Steven Dyer, Palacios, and Clyde and Becky D’Arcy, Calgary, Canada. She is also survived by two half sisters, and two half brothers. They are Mrs. Grace Newman, Los Angeles, California; Mrs. Earl Smith, El Monte, California; Mr. Jim Campbell, Pomona, California and Mr. Fred Campbell, San Francisco, California. Pallbearers will be members of the Board of Stewards of the Methodist Church. Interment will be in Palacios Cemetery.
Palacios Beacon, October 13, 1955 |
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Funeral services for Leslie Harold Bell, 70, of Palacios were held Sunday, Sept. 20 at the Palacios Funeral Home with Rev. R. H. Zumalt and Rev. J. R. Gwin officiating. Interment was at Palacios Cemetery. Bell was born June 30, 1911 in Ash Grove, Mo. to Harry Simmons Bell and Hettie Mae Dawson Bell. He died Sept. 18 at Wagner General Hospital. In February of 1936 he was married to Marjorie Matteson. He had been a resident of Palacios since 1929 and was a retail merchant, retiring in January of 1981. He was a charter member of the Palacios Church of the Nazarene, served two terms on the Palacios City Council, was on the Sea Wall Commission and held membership in the Rotary Club and the Palacios Medical Foundation. Survivors include his wife, Marjorie Matteson Bell of Palacios; one daughter, Karen Leslie Bell McClellan of Olathe, Kansas; one sister, Ruth Jendry of Palacios; a stepsister, Esther Schilling of Harlingen; and three grandchildren, Todd, Brian and Melissa McClellan of Olathe, Kan. Pallbearers were Frank Stewart, George Kana, Sammy Davidson, Carl Baldwin, Wilson Swear and Gerard Viets. Memorials may be sent to Palacios Church of the Nazarene or the Palacios Medical Foundation.
Palacios Beacon, September 23, 1981 |
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Funeral services for Augustin Benavides were held at 10 a. m. Thursday, October 10, at St. Anthony’s Catholic Church with the Rev. Brian Crookes officiating. Interment was in the Palacios Cemetery. He was born in Benavides, Texas on March 9, 1897, the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Roman Benavides. He had been a resident of Palacios for seven years, moving here from Robstown where he had lived most of his life. He passed away Tuesday night in Wagner General Hospital after a short illness. Survivors include his wife, Luz Benavides of Palacios; two daughters, Mrs. Tiofilo Garcia and Mrs. Teresa Nevarez of Houston; a sister, Mrs. Hilaria Chapa of Robstown and two grandchildren.
Palacios Beacon, January 15, 1970 |
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Mrs. Lorenza Benavides died Tuesday morning, January 6, in Wagner General Hospital following a short illness. Rosary was recited at 8 p. m. at the Rendon Funeral Home Chapel. Funeral services were held Thursday, January 8, at 8:45 a. m. at the chapel and at 9 a. m. at St Anthony’s Catholic Church. Burial was in the Palacios Cemetery. A resident of Palacios since 1961, she was born August 10, 1887 in Mexico, the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Rafael Alarcon. Survivors include two sons, Elias Nevarez and Roman Benavides of Robstown; four daughters, Mrs. Andres Garza, Mrs. Augustine Benavides, Mrs. Manuel Quintanilla all of Palacios and Mrs. Vertura Sanchez of Corpus Christi; 20 grandchildren and 24 great grandchildren.
Palacios Beacon, January 15, 1970 |
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Funeral services for Luz Nevarez Benavidez, 83, of Houston, were scheduled for 2 p. m. Tuesday, Dec. 17, 1991 at St. Anthony’s Catholic Church in Palacios. Interment was to be in Palacios Cemetery. A Rosary was held Dec. 16 at Palacios Funeral Home. Mrs. Benavidez was born April 27, 1908 in Mexico to Catarino and Lorenza Alarcon Nevarez. She died December 14, 1991 at Northeast Medical Center in Houston. A former resident of Palacios, she had resided in Houston for the past 15 years. She was a member of St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Church in Humble. She is survived by two daughters, Mary Lou Garcia of Houston and Teresa Loya of New Caney, Tx; a brother, Elias Nevarez of Robstown, Tx.; and four grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Agustin Benavidez in 1974 and one son, Robert Benavidez, in 1959.
Palacios Beacon, December 18, 1991 |
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Funeral services for Viola Rodriquez Benavides, 75, of Palacios, were held Nov. 24, 1999 at the Palacios Funeral Home Chapel. Interment was at the Palacios Cemetery. Mrs. Benavidez was born July 22, 1924 in Palacios to Fidencio Rodriguez and Angela Solis Rodriquez. She died Nov. 22, 1999. She was a homemaker and lifelong resident of Palacios. She is survived by her daughter, Mary Diaz, of Palacios; four grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
Palacios Beacon, November 1999 |
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Houston—Virginia Sexton Benner, 38, of Houston, died Friday, Nov. 25, 1994. She was born Feb. 24, 1956, in Gregory to Melvin and Santos Olivarez Sexton. She was a member of Wilcrest Baptist Church. Survivors: husband, Steven R. Benner; sons, Melvin Eugene Benner, Benjamin S. Benner and Cameron Arthur Benner, all of Houston; sisters, Dianna Sexton of Corpus Christi, Cora Thompson of Cape Canaveral, Fla., and Linda Salee of New Caney; and brothers, Robert Sexton of Sabine Pass, Charles Sexton of Aransas Pass, Walter Burt of South Carolina, James Thompson, Leon Edward Thomason and Leroy Nelson, all of Aransas Pass. Services: 2 p. m. Monday, Taylor Bros. Funeral Home chapel, the Rev. Rodney Woo officiating. Burial: Palacios Cemetery, Taylor Bros. Funeral Home, Palacios, 972-2012. Pallbearers: Melvin Eugene Benner, Benjamin Benner, Robert Sexton, Charles Sexton, Tom Van DeSteene and Clifton Frost.
Victoria Advocate, November 1994 |
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Funeral services for Marie Alta Bennett, 80, of Palacios, were scheduled for 3 p. m. Tuesday, Feb. 7, 1995 at Trinity Baptist Church in Palacios with Rev. Jeff English officiating. Interment was to be at Palacios Cemetery. Mrs. Bennett was born Nov. 14, 1914 in Oklahoma to John C and Etta Mae Hodges Harvill. She died Feb. 5, 1995 at Victoria Regional Hospital. A member of Trinity Baptist Church, she had been a resident of Palacios for 25 years. She is survived by two sisters, Ima Jean Hall of Bivins, Tex., and Florence Bray of Corpus Christi; and numerous nieces and nephews including niece Irene Mangum of Palacios. She was preceded in death by her husband.
Palacios Beacon, February 8, 1995 |
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Funeral services for Robert Bennett were held at 2 p. m. Monday, May 1, in the Palacios Funera Home Chapel with Rev. J. R. Gwin officiating. Interment was in the Palacios Cemetery. Son of Ervin and Nellie Rainey Bennett, he was born June 9, 1915 in Pottsboro.
Palacios Beacon, May 5, 198 |
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"God's Call To Come Up Higher" Carl Berry, a youth of 17 years, answered the call of God to Come Up Higher, Monday at 2:10 P. M. "And he walked with God and was not, for God took him." There has gone from our earthly association a boy who combined all the noble traits of life--In a social way, clean and modest; in a business way, honest and efficient; in a religious way, loyal and true to his church, home parents, and God. Carl was easily the favorite wherever he went. The school, church and home are smitten with grief. The closing moments of consciousness were spent in total surrender to God's will. He was loyal to friends and foes alike. The many friends join the family in their profound sorrow. His young associates especially wish to make the sorrowful burden of the family more easy to bear. The Berry family is one of Palacios' most noble and greatly beloved families. The funeral services were conducted by J. A. Derrick with Rev. G. F. Gillespie assisting. A double quartette from the First Baptist Church, with Miss Nora Hayes assisting, rendered the music.--J. A. Derrick, Pastor. In Memoriam All Palacios mourned the passing of Carl Berry, and to show their sympathy the funeral was probably the largest that has ever been seen in this city. If not the largest in the number of people present, it was the largest in point of automobiles. It was, too, one of the saddest. There was something heartrending in the thought of a boy not quite eighteen, just entering life, being stricken down. All the accompaniments were sad--the nature of the disease, the gallant fight made by the doctors, the eagerness shown by his schoolfellows to do anything they could to help, their efforts to sustain life through the long hours, the lover of the school teachers and friends. But in God's Providence he passed to 'where beyond these voices there is peace." And there is nothing for his friends to do but try to acquiesce.
"We bow our heads at going out, we think, There was something out of the ordinary about Carl Berry, handsome, clean-cut, manly-looking; something that is intangible, and hard to put into words. You would single him out in any crowd, and be drawn to him. It was both an attitude and an atmosphere, and must have been because of his soul. Not his appearance only, and not his mind only, but his soul. He was a sincere Christian, always present at Sunday School and Church, and Young People's meeting. Hugh Black says:--"To be called friends by our Master, to know Him as the lover of our souls, to give Him entrance to our hearts, is to learn the meaning of living,"--but it is more, it is to learn the meaning of death. Carl Berry had given Jesus entrance to his heart, and called Him friend in all the testimonies he gave. One mourner, during the last sad rites could not but think of the words of Holy Scripture: "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends." Sometimes it is given to a boy to lay down his life so bravely, so patiently, and so beautifully, that his schoolfellows and friends will remember the experience always. Once in his illness he said, perhaps unconsciously, "It's a beautiful world." The world is a better place for his having lived in it, and his friends will be braver and better for having known him. His teachers loved and respected him, not only as a student, but for the example he set. He had learned to play the violin, taking lessons from Mr. John Richards, and played often in the church. John Milton, in his poem called Lycidas, laments the death by drowning of a college friend of his:--
"So Lycidas sunk low, but mounted high, * * * * * * * * * *
In the blest Kingdoms meek of joy and love, Carl Berry will play his violin in the heavenly choir. Tennyson lost his friend, Arthur Hallam, and in his poem he argues that it is impossible that the promise and hope of Arthur Hallam's youth should have been finally quenched. It was impossible that their deep love for each other should have been called into being only to be mocked by death:
"Nor dream of human love and truth, But though poets are our true seers, as far as uninspired literature is concerned, it is in the Cross and Resurrection of Jesus Christ we place all our faith and all our hope. "If it were not so, I would have told you." He triumphed over death, and brought life and immortality to light, and it is in His Resurrection that we base our hope of personal immortality and the recognition of loved ones in the life beyond. Carl Berry rests in the beautiful Palacios cemetery, overlooking the bay he loved. The Apostle John when an exile at Patmos wrote the Book of Revelation, and in this book he had a vision of the city called New Jerusalem. There is a river running through it, having its source beneath the throne of the lamb of God." Along the banks of the river there are trees"--and Carl will be waiting to welcome his father, mother, sister, brothers, and friends.
"For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then
face to face;
Palacios Beacon, October 13, 1927 |
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Edward Berry, a well known citizen, was found dead in his home Monday afternoon. He had been a sufferer of severe attacks of indigestion for a number of years and as he lived alone he had been dead for several hours when discovered. A brother, R. E. Berry, in Wharton and other relatives were notified and the body taken to the Palacios Funeral Home where it has been awaiting the arrival of his son and daughter from Denver, Colo. Funeral services will be held this afternoon at 4 o'clock from the Palacios Funeral Home, with interment in the city cemetery.
Palacios Beacon, January 27, 1938 |
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Funeral services for Mary Roy Bess, 45, of Palacios, were held Feb. 20, 1999 at Pilgrim Rose Church with Bro. Eric Young officiating. Interment was at Palacios Cemetery. Mrs. Bess was born July 28, 1953 in Palacios to Cleveland and Queen Ester Clay Roy. She passed away Feb. 17, 1999 at Wagner General Hospital in Palacios. Mrs. Bess was employed at Palacios Health Center in the Dietary Department and a member of Pilgrim Rose Baptist Church. She was a kind person to all whom she met, and will be greatly missed. At the time of her death, she shared and cared for her sick mother, in her home. She is survived by a daughter Evangela Roy of Victoria, two sons James A. Roy and Cleveland Roy of Palacios, and her mother.
Palacios Beacon,
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Mrs. A. E. Louderback has received word of the death of Mrs. Florence Williamson Best, who passed away very suddenly December 30th in Barstow, Calif. Mrs. Best, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. George E. Williamson, formerly taught school at Turtle Bay. Palacios Beacon, January 16, 1964 Ashes Of Mrs. Florence Best Are Interred Here The ashes of Mrs. Florence Best were brought to Palacios Monday and placed in the Geo. E. Williamson plot in the Palacios Cemetery, by her daughter, Mrs. Don Bowles of Los Angeles. Mrs. Best died in San Clemente, Calif. on December 30, 1963
Palacios Beacon, August 27, 1964 |
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Funeral services for H. L. Bickham, 87, were held March 27 at the Palacios Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Dan Meaders and Rev. J. R. Gwin officiating. Interment followed at Palacios Cemetery. Bickham was born Feb. 18, 1896 in Franklington LA and died March 25, 1983 at Wagner General Hospital. Bickham was the son of Louis and Lorene Richardson Bickham, had been a resident of Palacios for 45 years, was a World War I veteran and a Methodist. Survivors include his wife, Alice Broussard Bickham of Palacios; six daughters, Kathryn Liesman of Angleton, Betty Meaders of Houston, Maxine Travers of Houston, Diana Childers, Lana Ziegler and Debbie Sciba, all of Bay City; four sons, Houston (Sonny) Bickham and Maurice Bickham, both of Clute; Melvin Bickham of Palacios, and Bobby Bickham of Houston; one brother, Otis Bickham of Van Vleck; two sisters, Ethel O’Connell and Millie O’Connell, both of Van Vleck; 24 grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
Palacios Beacon, March 30, 1983 |
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M. C. Billings was born in Mount Jackson, Shenandoah County, Va., July 17th, 1853. He was the fourth son of the late O. C. Billings, who was the first elder of the First Presbyterian Church of Fort Worth, having moved from Virginia to Texas in 1874. The deceased spent most of his life in Fort Worth, where he served as an elder in the Presbyterian Church for a number of years. He moved to Palacios in 1919 and was immediately elected an elder in the church here. He died Saturday, October 4, at the home of his niece, Mrs. C. L. Haynes, in this city, where he had made his home the past two years. Funeral services were held in the Presbyterian Church Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock conducted by the pastor, Rev. G. F Gillespie, after which the remains were interred in the Palacios Cemetery. The pastor of the Presbyterian church was written the following tribute:-- M. C. Billings was a sincere Christian, a reader of God's Word, and a believer in prayer. His faith had in it that element of childlikeness which is constantly mentioned by Jesus. As a consequence of this he knew meaning of the words: "Faith is the giving substance to things hoped-for, a conviction of things not see.: (Hebr. ch. 11, v. 1.) As an Elder of the Palacios Presbyterian Church he was constant in his attendance at the services on the Lord's Day, at mid-week Prayer meeting, and the various meetings of the session. He was interested in all the work of the Southern Presbyterian Church. Being of a somewhat timid and retiring disposition he did not, in later years, take any part in public life. However, he always sought first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness--and this always includes an interest in the well-being of the community for Christ's sake. Probably one of the rarest of human virtues is constancy. When M. C. Billings gave his friendship it was noted for its constancy. A faithful Elder, a lover of the Churhc, a loyal friend, he has passed to a sphere of more abundant life and larger service.
Palacios Beacon, October 9, 1930 |
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Palacios people sympathize with Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Bird in the loss of their 6-year-old son, who died at the Loos hospital Saturday night. J. T. Jr., who underwent an operation for appendicitis two weeks before seemed to be recovering nicely and was able to be brought home Tuesday of last week. He took a relapse Saturday and was taken to the hospital again, but in such a weakened condition, he survived only a short time after reaching there. The remains brought to Palacios Sunday morning and interred in the city cemetery, with Rev. Carroll B. Ray, of the First Baptist church conducted the service at the grave. Mr. and Mrs. Bird recently came here from Oklahoma.
Palacios Beacon June 25, 1931 |
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The eight-day-old infant of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Blaylock died early Monday morning after only one day's illness. The little body was placed in the Palacios cemetery Monday afternoon.
Palacios Beacon, November 16, 1923 |
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Graveside services for Jay C. Blomer of Palacios will be held 1 p. m. Friday at Francitas Cemetery. Burial to follow. Mr. Blomer died March 5 at Wagner General Hospital in Palacios. A full obituary is scheduled to appear in Thursday's Daily Tribune. Arrangements are with Taylor Brothers Funeral Home, Palacios. Daily Tribune, March 6, 1991
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