Obituaries

Dec 1, 2013

Dakotta Prescher Thomas 18, of Clifton, Texas passed away Sunday December 1, 2013 in Clifton, Texas as a result of an accident near Clifton. Funeral services were held at 4:00 P.M., Wednesday, December 4, 2013 in the Clifton High School Gymnasium with Dr. Jerry Smith and Rev. Richard Creech officiating. Burial will be in the Meridian Cemetery. Dakotta was...

Nov 29, 2013

Floyde Bernard Carnes, age 70, of Clifton, passed away on Friday, Nov. 29.2013, in a Waco hospital. The family will have a private memorial service Born in Wills Point, Texas. Floyde attended Wills Point High School and graduated with the class of 1961. He played football and pole vaulting. Later attending Business School in Dallas. He went on to own...

Nov 27, 2013

Barry Leigh Bailey, Sr., age 65, of Richmond, Texas, passed away Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2013, at a hospital in Sugarland, Texas. Funeral services were held at 2:00 P.M., Saturday, Nov. 30, 2013, in the Lawson Funeral Home Chapel in Meridian with Rev. Richard Creech officiating. Burial in the Morgan Cemetery. His mother, Virgie Bailey's funeral was held at the same...

Nov 26, 2013

Virgie Cole Bailey, age 85, of Meridian, passed away Tuesday morning, November 26, 2013, in a Rockdale care facility. Funeral services were held at 2:00 P.M.,Saturday, Nov. 30, 2013, in the Lawson Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Richard Creech officiating with burial in the Morgan Cemetery. Services for her son, Barry Leigh Bailey, Sr., was also held at the same...

Nov 24, 2013

LaMona Joyce Low Boyd, age 82, of Iredell, passed away early Sunday morning, November 24, 2013, at her daughter's residence in Georgetown. Funeral services were held at 2:00 P. M., Wednesday, November 27 at the Lawson Funeral Home Chapel in Meridian with Rev. Don Caldwell officiating. Interment was in the Mitchell Cemetery in Iredell. Pallbearers were Chris Graves, Max...

Nov 14, 2013

Kaylene Hall, age 74, of Walnut Springs, passed away Thursday evening, November 14, 2013 at her residence. Graveside services were held at 2:00 P.M., Tuesday, November 19, 2013, at the Fulton Cemetery near Walnut Springs with Rev. Kenneth Stevens officiating. Visitation was from 5 to 7 P.M., Monday, at Lawson Funeral Home Chapel in Meridian. Ruby Kaylene McGlothlin, was born...

Nov 11, 2013

James C. Townley, age 88, of Morgan, passed away suddenly on Monday morning, November 11, 2013,in a Clifton nursing facility. Graveside services were held at 2:00 P.M., Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013, in the Morgan Cemetery, Morgan, Texas, with Rev. Charles Collett officiating. Additional rites by the Masonic Lodge and the U. S. Army Honor Guard. James was born Jan. 6,...

Oct 31, 2013

Lois Phelps Bailey, age 95, of Meridian, passed away Thursday, October 31, 2013, in a Meridian nursing facility. Funeral services were held at 2:00 P.M., Sunday, November 3, 2013, in the Lawson Funeral Home Chapel. Burial in the Meridian Memorial Cemetery. Serving as her pallbearers were Jerry Phelps, III, Stephen Phelps, Payton Phelps, Charles Phelps, Jay Furnish and Maria Garza....

Oct 31, 2013

Otto M. Patterson, Jr., age 78, of McGregor, passed away Thursday night, October 31, 2013, in a Waco hospital. Graveside funeral services were held at 2:00 P.M., Monday, November 4, 2013, in the Meridian Cemetery with Rev. Richard Creech officiating. Otto was known to his friends as Pat and to his family as Junior. He graduated from Meridian High School...

Oct 29, 2013

Alan Thomas Gibbs, age 54, of Mission, Texas, passed away October 29,2013 at his residence. Graveside funeral services were held Saturday, November 2, 2013, at 2:00 P.M. in the Meridian Cemetery, Meridian, Texas with Rev. Richard Creech officiating. Alan was raised in Mission where he graduated in 1978. He will be remembered as a great dad and was always trying...

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