St. John Cemetery

ST. JOHN CEMETERY

Formerly
Free System Cemetery

1.4 miles east of Van Vleck
on the south side of Highway 35

St. John Cemetery Home

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Evelyn Ellis Fanuiel

Myrna Lewis Foston

Funeral services for Myrna Lewis Foston, 49, of Richmond, will be held at noon Thursday, March 24, 2005, at St. John Baptist Church in Van Vleck, with the Rev. Ruben Newell, pastor, and the Rev. Charles Foston, eulogist.

Burial will follow at St. John Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 3 until 9 p.m. Wednesday, at the funeral home chapel.

She was born in Bay City, Texas, February 13, 1956, to Prince Lewis and Olivia Murry Lewis, and passed away March 18, 2005 in Richmond, Texas.

Survivors include: her husband, the Rev. Charles Foston of Richmond; one daughter, Lolita James and Gilbert of Lake Jackson; two sons, Woodard Smith and Tychicus Foston; two step-sons, Charles Foston, Jr. and Romeo Foston, all of Richmond; her parents, Olivia Lewis of Van Vleck, and Prince Lewis, Sr. of Bay City; seven sisters, Elaine Lewis of Houston, Patricia Hudgins of Van Vleck, Valerie Austin of Cedar Lane, Diane Dudley and Charles of West Columbia, Catherine Jones and Ricky, and Sherry Lewis, all of Lake Jackson, and Rosalind Alexander of Clute; four brothers, Glennie Lewis of Van Vleck, Eddie Harris and Sandra, Prince Robertson and Prince Lewis, Jr. , all of Bay City; also a host of aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

Arrangements are with Duncan-Roberts Funeral Home in Bay City.

Bay City Tribune, March 23, 2005

Ty-Chicus D. Foston

Body of missing tuber recovered from San Marcos River

CALDWELL COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — The body of a San Marcos River tuber that had not been seen since late Saturday has been recovered.

According to Texas Parks and Wildlife Game Warden Joann Garza-Mayberry, the body of 20-year-old Tychicus Foston was recovered just after 1:30 p.m. Sunday, teams had been actively searching since Saturday evening.

Crews focused their search in the area surrounding Martindale.

Texas Parks and Wildlife requested that tubing companies not let anyone on the river while teams searched. Tubers were allowed to start getting back on the river around 11:30 a.m. Sunday.

“(What went through my head is) concern for the individual, concern for their family,” said the owner of the tubing portion of Don’s Fish Camp, near the search site, Craig Coleman. “Obviously, when anybody’s missing, it’s never a good thing. And we’ve been really worried about them.”

Garza-Mayberry says boat with side scan sonar and divers helped with the search efforts.

She tell us friends saw the man go under the water and never resurface. Investigators do not yet know all the details of what happened.

Investigators say an autopsy will determine what caused the death. Still, the death appeared to be a drowning.

KXAN, August 10, 2014

Tuber Dies Near Martindale

Throughout the night on Saturday and into Sunday afternoon, emergency crews combed the San Marcos River in the Martindale area, searching for a missing Lake Jackson man.

It was the seventh such call responders have worked this summer.

Tychicus Dewayne “Wayne” Foston, 20, was by all accounts an extraordinary athlete, and an average young Texas man. According to his Facebook page, he seemed to enjoy hog hunting and had a special love for motorcycles.

Friends said Wayne was a standout athlete, who was good at every sport he tried to play, was also a strong swimmer.

MaxPreps.com sports website listed him as a 5’7”, 155-pound running back who, as a sophomore, averaged 61 yards per game for the Van Vleck High School Leopards.

His apparent health and athletic prowess add another layer of shock to the already tragic news of Foston’s drowning death on Saturday afternoon. Friends said they waited to report him missing, mostly because he was such a strong swimmer, they didn’t believe he could go missing in the water.

Lockhart Post Register, August 15, 2014

Althea Franklin

Van Vleck—Althea Franklin, 92, of Van Vleck, died Sunday, Feb. 26 2006.

She was born Oct. 21, 1913, in Allenhurst, to the late Cornelius and Amey Mills Hayes. She was church secretary at Second Mt. Zion Baptist Church and later joined St. John Baptist Church. She was a member of the Order of the Golden Circle and Heroines of Jericho.

Preceded in death by: husbands, C. L. Singletary and Henry Franklin; daughters, Willie L. Brown and Bonnie F. Porter; sister, Addie McNeil; one grandson; and one step-grandson.

Survivors: daughter, Amey Coulter of Van Vleck; son, Cornelius Singletary of Van Vleck; 10 grandchildren; two step-grandchildren; and 11 great-great grandchildren.

Visitation will be 1 – 8 p. m. Saturday at St. John’s Baptist Church in Van Vleck, the Rev. Ruben Newell officiating.

Burial will be at St. John’s Cemetery in Van Vleck. Green’s Mortuary Bay City, 979-245-3489.

Victoria Advocate, March 2, 2006

Arthur James Franklin

Eugene Franklin

Henry Franklin

L. T. Franklin

L. T. Franklin

L. T. Franklin, 44, of Bay City died at Matagorda General Hospital Sunday, December 7. His church affiliation was Baptist.

Survivors include: mother, Mrs. Zelma Young; wife, Mrs. Geraldine Franklin of Bay City; daughters, Mrs. Katie Mae Flye, Ms. Carol Ann Adams, Ms. Dorthy Rene Dykes; son, Curtis Jones; sisters, Mrs. Joyce Johnson, Mrs. Jessie M. Keith, Mrs. Edna Clay; brothers, Leon Matthews, Eugene Franklin; 2 aunts, 1 uncle, 7 grandchildren and a host of nieces, nephews, and friends.

Funeral services will be held at New Hope Missionary Baptist Church Saturday, December 13, at 2 pm with Rev. A. Franklin officiating. Interment will follow at St. John Cemetery, Van Vleck. Visitation hours are Friday evening, December 12.

Active pallbearers are J. Flye, James Dykes, Harry Brown, Lawrence Johnson, Clifton Johnson, Edwards Allen Jr., R. Knapp and Jessie James Clay. Honorary pallbearers are Leon Matthews, Eugene Franklin, La Vann Anderson and Jone W. Brown.

Penn Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.

Daily Tribune, December. 12, 1980 Obituary courtesy of Faye Cunningham

Rev. Luther Franklin Sr.

Margaret Franklin

Roosevelt Franklin, Sr.

Funeral services for Mr. Roosevelt Franklin, Sr., age 74, of Bay City, will be held Saturday, November 4^th, at 2:00 p. m., at Enterprise Baptist Church in Bay City, with Rev. Kevin O. Johnson officiating. Burial will follow at St. John Cemetery in Van Vleck.

Visitation will be Friday until 9 p. m. in the Chapel of Duncan-Roberts Funeral Home, and Saturday from 1 til 2 p. m. at the church.

Mr. Franklin was born in Van Vleck, Texas, Tuesday, January 18, 1921, to July Franklin and Margaret McPherson Franklin, and died Sunday, October 29, 1995, at his residence in Bay City.

Survivors include four daughters, Mrs. Joyce Price of Yoakum, Mrs. Rosie Lee Chappell, Mrs. Erma Johnson and Ms. Boyce Franklin, all of Bay City, and two sons, Roosevelt Franklin, Jr., and Alfred Lee Franklin, Jr. and Alfred Lee Franklin of Houston. He leaves 24 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren, and six sisters, Mrs. Lee Anna Lewis of LaMarque, Mrs. Annie Wilcox, Mrs. Josephine Drake, Mrs. Dorothy DeLoach, Mrs. Bernice Williams and Mrs. Mary Lee DeLoach, all of Bay City. Also two brothers, Saul Andrews of Hitchcock and Samuel Andrews of Houston. Also four sisters-in-law, Mrs. Effie J. Hall and Mrs. Frances Gardner of Yoakum, Mrs. Dorothy Franklin of LaMarque and Mrs. Loretta Franklin, and one brother-in-law, Robert Gardner of Yoakum.

He leaves a number of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Helen Caldwell Franklin, parents, July and Margaret Franklin, five sisters, Bernice Franklin, Alva Franklin, Hattie Franklin, Ora Lee Franklin and Cleo Gray and five brothers, Willie Franklin, Jessie Franklin, Cammie Franklin, Luther Franklin and Raymond Franklin.

Active pallbearers will include Jake Fields, Jr., Sam Williams, James Robinson, Genrta Drake, Richard S. Drake and Michael Franklin.

Honorary pallbearers will include Alfred Franklin, Roosevelt Franklin, Jr., Kenneth Wilcox, Mitchell Wilcox, Van Johnson, Chris Johnson and Robert Gardner. Arrangements with Duncan-Roberts Funeral Home in Bay City.

Daily Tribune, November 3, 1995

Willie Franklin

Carrie Frierson

Helen Frierson

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