Obituaries

Howard Thomas

Mar 29, 2020

Howard Thomas, 78, of Elgin, passed away, Sunday, March 29, 2020.  His body will lie in state at the Mt. Carmel Missionary Baptist Church on Monday, April 6th from 9:00 AM until 5:00 PM.  A private Home-Going Celebration will be conducted graveside at Taylor Cemetery, on Tuesday, March 7th with Reverend's Byron Green and T.L. Garner presiding.

Carolyn Teller

Mar 27, 2020

Carolyn Jean Teller, 63, of Elgin, passed away Friday, March 27, 2020.  Services will be private.

Stephen Savage

Mar 27, 2020

Stephen Savage, 73, of Elgin, passed away peacefully Friday, March 27, 2020.  Services will be private.

Adela Esparza

Mar 23, 2020

Adela Flores-Esparza, 68, of Elgin, passed away Monday, March 23, 2020.  Services will be private.

Ozias Solis

Mar 23, 2020

Ozias Solis, 77, of Elgin passed away Monday, March 23, 2020.  Services will be private.

Jade Erwin

Mar 21, 2020

Jade’s adoptive parents David and Betsy never thought they would have a one year old at the age of fifty.  Diapers, daycare and such.  But what a blessing Jade was to us.  She was Betsy’s best companion and the best daughter we could have asked for, as was her brother Daniel Patton was when he was a kid. We...

Gloria Buitron

Mar 17, 2020

Gloria Buitron, 74, of Elgin, went to be with her Lord and Savior, on Tuesday, March 17, 2020.  Gloria was born in Mathis, Texas on December 2, 1945, to Alcario and Manuela Suarez De Leon.  Gloria enjoyed singing in her younger years and loved to garden and read her Holy Bible.

She is preceded in death by her...

Deacon John Franklin, Sr.

Mar 17, 2020

John F. Franklin Sr., 88, of Granger, formally of Elgin, passed away Tuesday afternoon, March 17, 2020, with his two daughters at his side.  His wife of 66 years, Anna Belle passed away the end of February; her sincere wish not to be parted for long, was granted three short weeks later.

John was the son...

Shanice Wilson-Wicks

Mar 15, 2020

‘I am young but strong enough to withstand anything that comes my way;

I’m old enough to stretch forth my hands to the creator and cry –

‘Lord here am I…’

“To everything is a Season and a time to every purpose under the heaven”   ...

Virginia Vaquera

Mar 13, 2020

Virginia Benitez Vaquera, 84, of Del Valle, passed away Friday evening, March 13, 2020.  Survived by husband, Demetrio.  Family and Friends will gather for visitation and services at the Word of God Pentecostal Church of Manor on Sunday, March 15th from 6:00 PM until 9:00 PM with Pastor Orocio presiding.  She will be laid to rest at the Elgin Latin Cemetery,...

Aliea Gallardo

Mar 9, 2020

Aliea Shanell Gallardo, 42, of Houston, passed away Monday , March 9, 2020.  A Memorial Service will be conducted at Mount Moriah Missionary Baptist Church on Saturday, July 18th at 4:00 PM with the Reverend Steven Ward presiding.

You gave no one a last farwell, nor ever said good – bye.

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Leticia Moreno

Mar 9, 2020

Leticia Hernandez Moreno, 60, of Manor, passed away Monday, March 9, 2020.  She will lie in state at the Elgin Funeral Home on Monday, March 16th from 10:00 AM until 5:00 PM and Friends and Family will recite the Holy Rosary on Monday, March 16th at 4:00 PM.

Daniel Juranek

Mar 5, 2020

Daniel Joseph Juranek, 70, of Round Rock, passed away on Thursday, March 5, 2020.  Family and Friends will gather at the Elgin Cemetery for a Graveside Service on Thursday, March 12th at 1:00 PM.

Tony Martinez

Mar 1, 2020

Tony Martinez, 61, of Manor, passed away Sunday, March 1, 2020.  Survived by wife, Linda.  Family and Friends will gather at Elgin Funeral Home, for visitation, on Friday, March 6th from 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM with Recitation of the Holy Rosary at 7:00 PM.  A Celebration of Christian Funeral Mass will be conducted at Cristo Rey Catholic Church...

Ronald Prinz

Feb 28, 2020

Ronald Gene Prinz, 54, passed away Friday February 21, 2020, surrounded by his loving family, at Round Rock Scott and White Hospital.  Ronny was born April 4, 1965 in Taylor Texas, to Lydia and Leonard Otto Prinz.  He grew up and attended schools in Elgin, where he was star quarterback and graduated from Elgin High School with Class of...

Anna Belle Franklin

Feb 25, 2020

Anna Belle Franklin, 85, of Granger, formerly of Elgin, passed away peacefully, Tuesday morning, February 25, 2020.  Affectionately and better known by her friends and family as “Ann,” was the last of eight children, born to Christina & Bruno Dybowski, on July 6, 1934, in Nopal, Texas.  She grew up on a farm, where her love for the outdoors...

Billie Vincent

Feb 25, 2020

Billie Vincent, 86, of Elgin, passed away Tuesday morning, February 25, 2020.  Family and Friends will gather at the Elgin Funeral Home for visitation on Tuesday, March 3rd from 2:00 PM until 5:00 PM.  A Home-Going Celebration will be conducted at the Greater Mount Vernon Zion AME Church, on Wednesday, March 4th at 11:00 AM, with the Reverend's, Bunnie...