Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Belton, Texas & Bell County
Mary Ruth Phillips
Apr 3, 2020
Private services for Mary Ruth (Williams) Phillips will be held at the North Belton Cemetery. Mrs. Phillips died in a Temple Hospital, April 3, 2020.
Mrs. Phillips was born May 18, 1928 in Coleman County, the daughter of Horace Creed Williams and Lena (Wilson) Williams. She attended Talpa Centennial School from where she graduated in 1944. She first...
Robert Vernon Rushing, Jr.
Apr 3, 2020
Robert Vernon (Bert) Rushing, Jr. was born on September 4, 1959 to Robert Vernon (Bobby) Rushing, Sr. and Joan (Lasly) Rushing in Temple, Texas.
Robert was always full of life and had a way of bringing to joy to any situation. He was always quick to laugh and enjoyed making others laugh as well. Everyone loved Robert....
Nita Slocombe
Mar 28, 2020
A visitation for Alma Juanita "Nita" Slocombe 83, of Moffat, will be held Wednesday, April 1, 2020, at First Baptist Church Moffat from 12 Noon until 3 PM.  A memorial service is planned for a later date.
Mrs. Slocombe died Saturday, March 28, 2020 at her home.
Mrs. Slocombe was born in Madisonville, June 21,...
Athleen Cleone Deer
Mar 26, 2020
Mrs. Athleen Cleone Deer, 97, died Thursday, March 26, 2020 in a Belton Nursing Home.  Memorial services will be held at a later date in Kansas.
Mrs. Deer was born August 29, 1922 in Kincaid, Kansas, the daughter of Reese and May Holman Henderson.  She married Joseph Everett Deer, October 9, 1940 in Iola, Kansas. She and Everett...
Tim Kelley
Mar 26, 2020
Private family services will be held for Tim Kelley, 60, of Belton. Mr. Kelley died Thursday, March 26, 2020 in a Temple Hospital.
Viewing will be Monday, March 30, 2020 from 5:00 to 6:30 PM at the Dossman Funeral Home. Mr. Kelley was born June 26, 1959 in Temple, the son of Glenn and Billie Lucille (Butler) Kelley. ...
Emily Faith Higgins
Mar 25, 2020
Emily Faith Higgins, 14, of Belton, TX, passed away on March 25, 2020.
Emily was born in Lawton, Oklahoma on May 6th, 2005 to Shonda Sammon and Jake Higgins. She brought with her sunshine and smiles wherever she went. Emily attended South Belton Middle School, and she was passionate about music, art and volleyball.
Emily...
Virginia Hawthorne
Mar 23, 2020
Private services will be held for Virginia Bell Hawthorne, 93, of Temple, Texas, with a Memorial Service to be held at a later date. Mrs. Hawthorne died Monday, March 23, 2020, in a Temple memory care home.
Mrs. Hawthorne was born April 25, 1926, in Elgin, Texas, the daughter of William Irving Nance and Bertie Gertrude Fisher...
Sgm. (Ret.) George Willard Crawford
Mar 20, 2020
SGM. (Ret.) George Willard Crawford, 93, of Belton passed away suddenly on Friday, March 20, 2020 at Baylor-Scott and White Hospital in Temple.
Private services with Full Military Honors will be held.
George was born on June 8, 1926 in Saint Paul, Arkansas to Robert Gillas and Myrtle (Patrick) Crawford. Mr. Crawford grew up in...
Milton Wayne Martin
Mar 18, 2020
Milton Wayne Martin of Belton, Texas died on March 18, 2020 in Belton, Texas. Mr. Martin was born in the family home in Barclay, Falls County on March 25, 1934 to Carl G. and Willie M. (Francis) Martin. On August 13, 1955 he married Frances Marie Machalek in Temple. Together, they had 5 children and celebrated 64 years...
M.E. "Jimmy" Taylor
Mar 18, 2020
M.E. (Jimmy) Taylor age 79, a retired commercial contractor and resident of Belton, TX passed away on March 18, 2020 at Baylor Scott and White Hospital.
Jimmy was born on August 18, 1940 to Mattie Marie and Edgar Marion Taylor in Sherman, TX. He was raised in Whitewright, TX and at the age of 18 enlisted in...
Marilee Conley
Mar 18, 2020
Marilee Mickel Conley, 68, of Creswell Oregon passed away at home, and while being held by her children on March 18, 2020.
Marilee was born on August 7, 1951 in Portland, Oregon to Eunice (Edwards) and Dr. Edwin A. Mickel. She grew up surrounded by the forests and streams of Oregon, and had to physically have her...
Larry Wayne Baggerly
Mar 16, 2020
Private graveside services will be held for Larry Baggerly with a public Memorial Service at a later date.
Mr. Larry Baggerly, 75, of Belton, was born in Corpus Christi, Tx, the son of Richard Baggerly and Lela Nettles Baggerly. He married Patricia O' Bannon July...
Jimmie Darlene Lea
Mar 15, 2020
Jimmie Darlene Windham Lea was born in Weaver Community (Timpson, TX) on December 26, 1929. Her parents and siblings worked the farm when she was very young, and her Dad would read the bible to her every evening after supper. Some of her fondest childhood memories included traveling 4 miles to church each Sunday in a wagon pulled by...
Luis Angel Gonzales
Mar 14, 2020
Luis Angel Gonzales, 22, of Belton, Texas passed away Saturday, March 14, 2020 at Baylor-Scott and White Hospital in Temple, Texas. Luis was born on May 22, 1997 in Temple, the son of Jose and Maria (Diaz) Gonzales. Raised his entire life in Belton, Luis was an avid sportsman where he played soccer for Belton High School. Upon graduation,...
Judith Lynn Grant
Mar 14, 2020
Judith Lynn Grant, 76, of Belton, formerly of Shorewood, Illinois, died unexpectedly Saturday, March 14, 2020 in a Temple hospital. Interment will be held in Johnston City, Illinois at a later date.
Ms. Grant was born April 13, 1943 in West Frankfort, Illinois, the daughter of Harland and Vivian (Pledger) Grant. She was married to Arlie E....
Harvey David Pittman
Mar 11, 2020
Harvey David Pittman passed away peacefully, Wednesday, March 11, 2020.  Visitation will be held from  6-8 pm, Friday, March 13, 2020,  at Dossman Funeral Home, 2525 N. Main in Belton. Funeral services will be Saturday, March 14, 2020, at 10:00 AM at the First Assembly of God in Moody with burial at Moody Cemetery, in Moody, Texas, immediately following....
Carol Reagan
Mar 9, 2020
Funeral services for Carol Reagan, 96, of Belton, will be held at 2:00 PM, Wednesday, March 9, 2020, at the Dossman Funeral Home Chapel with Minister Ritchie Hamm officiating. The family will receive friends for visitation before the service.
Mrs. Reagan died Monday, March 9, 2020, at her home in Belton.
Mrs. Reagan was born...
Donald L Jernigan
Mar 7, 2020
Donald L. Jernigan, PhD, born January 4, 1945, in Stephenville, Texas, passed away on Saturday, March 7, 2020. Don, as he was known, died from complications of a long illness with his beloved wife Sharon and daughters Jill and Jana by his side.
Don grew up in Texas. Raised in a Baptist family and the son of...
Erlene Litchfield
Mar 5, 2020
Funeral services for Erlene Litchfield, 100, of Belton, will be held at the Greathouse Cemetery in Temple at 2:00 PM on  Monday, March 9, 2020.
Erlene passed away on Thursday, March 5, 2020, at a Temple hospital. She was born on September 12, 1919, in Pontotoc, Mississippi, the daughter of Willie and Clara (Dillard) Gentry. She married...
Dottie Jones
Mar 5, 2020
Dorothy Elizabeth Berry was born January 26, 1926 at home in Whitehall area, Bell County, Texas, to Luther and Minnie Berry. Growing up during the depression, she attended Cedar Creek and Moody Schools but graduated Belton High in 1939 at the age of 15. Dottie attended Temple Junior College where she met Thomas L. Jones. They both graduated in...
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