All Obituaries

Cleo Pratt Hines of San Augustine, Texas, passed from this life on Saturday, November 21, 2020, at his residence. He was born in Pineland, Texas, on December 22, 1930, along with his twin brother, Clint, to Nathan Pratt and Alamay Hines. Cleo graduated from Pineland High School in 1948 and attended Sam Houston State University until entering the Air Force in 1951. He proudly served his country as a Flight Engineer on C-130 military transport aircraft during the Korean...

Mr. Alberto Bahena, age 76, of San Augustine, Texas, passed away Saturday, November 21, 2020, at his residence. He was born September 17, 1944, in San Jose Albuquerque, Mexico to Elijio Bahena and Saluzita Martinez Bahena. He worked as a construction laborer and enjoyed spending time with his family, 11 children and numerous grand-children and great-grandchildren. He was of the Catholic faith. Those left to cherish his memory include wife Soledad Bahena; children Josefina Diaz Bahena,...

Mrs. Roxie Bryan, age 89, of San Augustine County, Texas, passed away Thursday, November 19, 2020, at CHI St. Luke's Memorial Hospital in San Augustine, Texas. Born July 13, 1931, as a daughter of the Clara Bell (Chapel) and John Floyd Wiatt, Mrs. Bryan was a lifelong San Augustine area resident. She was a member of Grapevine Missionary Baptist Church. Roxie faithfully worked on the family farm as well as in the cafeteria for San Augustine Independent School District. Later years found...

Mrs. Doris Mora, age 80, of Chireno, Texas, passed away Monday, November 16, 2020, at her residence. Mrs. Mora was born July 31, 1940, in San Augustine County, Texas, to parents Ava (Forse) Ponder and Carl Ponder. She had been a longtime resident of Chireno and had a great love for animals and tending them on her farm. Her survivors include her daughter, Donna Hodges; a sister, Murlene Weaver; sisters-in-law, Frances Ponder and Yukiko Ponder; grandchildren, Bryan Morgan, Erin Pierce,...

Mr. Billard Mirrion Farr of San Augustine, Texas, passed away Sunday, November 15, 2020, at his residence at the age of 92. Born January 7, 1928, in Huntington, Texas, to parents John Enoch and Sara Norwood Farr, he grew up in the Attoyac River Bottom area. Mirrion was a U.S. Army veteran, serving in various capacitites, including driver of the General, corporal with the constabulary brigade in Germany while things were in chaos after World War II. He had been active with the military...

Renita Gay Worry, age 59, of San Augustine County, Texas, passed away Friday, November 13, 2020, at Summit Healthcare Center in San Augustine, Texas. Renita was born January 24, 1961, in San Augustine County to parents George Freeman Worry and Edna Juanita (Bradberry) Worry. She was a homemaker and a lifelong area resident. Her survivors include her sons, Donald Earl Sowell Jr. and Brad Sowell; a daughter, Angie Sowell; brothers, Ricky Worry, William Worry, and Joe Worry; and sisters, Rita...

Mrs. Joyce Yates, age 91, of Broaddus, Texas, passed away Tuesday, November 10, 2020, at Stone Creek Village Nursing Home in San Augustine, Texas. Born August 28, 1929, to parents Mable (Monroe) and Edward Ward, she was a native of Shawnee, Oklahoma, and had lived in the Broaddus area several years. She was a homemaker and member of the Pentecostal church. Her survivors include her husband, Lyndon Yates of Broaddus, Texas; a daughter, Brenda Greenough and husband Michael of Kennewick,...

Mrs. Bobbie Campbell Roberts, age 82, a longtime San Augustine County resident, passed away Monday, November 9, 2020, at Stone Creek Village Nursing Home in San Augustine, Texas. Mrs. Roberts was born October 12, 1938, in Shelby County, Texas, to parents George and Lois Griffin and was a graduate of Center High School. She was of the Southern Baptist faith and a past member of the Order of the Eastern Star. Bobbie and her late husband, N. Douglas Campbell Sr., were the owners and operators...

Mr. Kealon Doyle Hightower, age 62, of San Augustine County, Texas, passed away Friday, Oct. 30, 2020, at Woodland Heights Medical Center in Lufkin, Texas. Kealon was born June 30, 1958, in Center, Texas, to parents Jackie Doyle and Shirley Lee (Jones) Hightower and had been a lifelong area resident. He had retired Aug. 31, 2020, as San Augustine County maintenance supervisor for Texas Department of Transportation. Kealon had worked for TxDOT for 15 years and had previously worked for San...

Mr. D. L. Wall, age 98, of San Augustine County, Texas, passed from this life on Friday, October 23, 2020, at his residence. He was born November 6, 1921, in San Augustine County, Texas, to the late Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Wall. He proudly served his country in the U. S. Army, and later had several professions including poultry, dairy cow, and beef farmer, owner/operator of a water well business, and while also being a barber. He loved spending time with his family and will be truly missed....