Obituaries

July 13, 2009

Capt. Cecil Gordon Mac McCullough, 89, of Temple, Texas, died Monday, July 13, 2009 in the William R. Courtney Texas State Veterans Home in Temple. Graveside services will be held at 1:30 P.M. Monday, July 20, 2009 at Dallas-Ft. Worth National Cemetery in Dallas with Rev. Dana Norton officiating. Capt. McCullough was born to Amer Archibald McCullough and Adda...

July 9, 2009

Services for Joann Graham Love, 51, of Temple will be 10 a.m. Tuesday at Harper-Talasek Funeral Home in Temple with the Rev. Margaret Clemings officiating. Burial will follow in Flint Creek Cemetery in The Grove. br Mrs. Love died Thursday, July 9, in a local hospital. br She was born on April 29, 1958, to J.W. and Elnor Hewett...

July 9, 2009

Della Lydia Hejl Mares Della Lydia Hejl Mares of Oscar went to be with her Lord and Savior Thursday, July 9, 2009. Services for Della Mares will be Monday, 11:00 a.m., July 13, 2009 at Harper-Talasek Funeral Home in Temple. Visitation will be Sunday 6-8 p.m. at the funeral home. Della was born July 18, 1915 in Seaton to...

July 8, 2009

Mr. Bernard Steve Stephan, 85, of Austin, died on Wednesday, July 8, 2009, at the Temple VA Hospital. Graveside services with honors will be held on Monday, July 13, 2009, at 9:00 A.M. at the Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery in Killeen, TX. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to Operation Homefront - Texas Chapter, 10157 IH 35...

July 8, 2009

Carolyn Kay Dosier, 60 of Temple, passed away Wednesday, July 8, 2009 in a local hospital. Funeral service will be 10:00am Saturday, July 11, 2009 at Harper-Talasek Funeral Home in Temple with Rev. Trey Turner officiating. Burial will follow in Hillcrest Cemetery in Temple. Carolyn Kay Dosier was born August 18, 1948 to Bob and Annie May Lee Tabers...

July 6, 2009

Minnie D. Mayes Jordan, 83 of Temple, passed away Monday, July 6, 2009 in a local hospital after a long illness. Mrs. Jordan was cremated and no services are scheduled. Minnie Jordan was born February 18, 1926 to Walter C. and Lendie Reid Mayes in Bell County. She was married to J.D. Jordan on May 20, 1945 in Temple....

July 4, 2009

Mrs. Louise Mitchell Neman, 91, of Temple, died Saturday, July 4, 2009 in a Temple hospital. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Monday, July 6, 2009 at Harper-Talasek Funeral Home in Temple with Rev. Hubert Austin officiating. Burial will follow in Hillcrest Cemetery in Temple. Mrs. Neman was born to L.J. and May Holley Derrick in Temple...

June 30, 2009

Odessa Jean Wigley, 77, of Gatesville passed away Tuesday in a local hospital. brShe was born December 16, 1931 to Koen and Ola Jackson in Killeen, Texas. On March 20, 1948 she married Earnest Wigley in Lampasas, TX. She worked as a homemaker. Mrs. Wigley was a member of the Pentecostal Church of Jesus Christ in Belton.brShe was preceded...

June 28, 2009

Lee Roy Calhoun, 80, of Temple, died Sunday, June 28, 2009 in a Temple hospital. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 A.M. Wednesday, July 1, 2009 at First Baptist Church in Temple with Dr. Martin Knox officiating. Burial will follow in Hillcrest Cemetery in Temple. Mr. Calhoun was born to Augustus Lee and Nancy Page Young Calhoun in...

June 23, 2009

June 22, 2009

Herbert ODoyle Luning, 88 of Temple and formerly of Fort Worth, passed away Monday, June 22, 2009 in a local care center. Graveside services will be 10:00am Wednesday, June 24th at Barclay Cemetery. Herbert Luning was born September 30, 1920to Benjamin and Lillian Flippo Luning in Temple, Texas. On October 2, 1943 married Ethel Lee Jecmenek in Temple. He...

June 14, 2009

alignjustifyAnthony Rusty Morales went home to be with the Lord on Sunday June 14, 2009. After many months in the hospital he lost his battle with pneumonia and gained the victory to cross over to his heavenly home. Rusty was in a motorcycle accident in 1978 which left him with a traumatic brain injury and quadraparesis. alignjustifyEveryone was a...

June 1, 2009

Mr. Curtis Younts, Sr. 80, of Belton, died Monday, June 1, 2009 in a Temple hospital. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 A.M. Friday at First United Methodist Church in Temple with Rev. Hubert Austin and Rev. Tom Robbins officiating. Burial will follow in Bellwood Memorial Park in Temple. Mr. Younts was born to Luther and Hattie Ruth...

June 1, 2009

alignjustifyEvelyn Marian Irwin Ashbrook, 95, passed peacefully into eternal life on Monday, June 1, 2009, surrounded by loving family members gathered at the Meridian Health Center in Temple, Texas. Born on a fruit and dairy farm April 3, 1914, In Green Bluff, Washington, she was the first of three children born to Joseph Ewing Irwin and Lila Emmeline White...

June 1, 2009

Mrs. Beverly McConnell, 65, of Temple, died Monday, June 1, 2009 in a Temple hospital. Graveside services will be held at 10:00 A.M. Friday at Bellwood Memorial Park in Temple. Mrs. McConnell was born to Alton and Novella Weathermon Knowles in Flomatan, Alabama on September 2, 1943. She had been a resident of Temple since 1967. Prior to her...

May 31, 2009

Martin Lynn Stevens, 38, passed away on Sunday, May 31, 2009, after a brief, but valiant, battle with cancer. Martin was born on April 16, 1971 in Kansas City, Missouri. Though he lived in Texas for many years, he always remained a Midwesterner at heart, especially in his loyalty to any Missouri-area sports team and the Kansas City Chiefs....

May 31, 2009

Graveside service for Josephine Eaton, 94 of Temple will be Tuesday, June 2 at 10a.m. at the Moffat Cemetery in Temple. Mrs. Eaton died Sunday, May 31 in a Bartlett Nursing Home, she was born January 19, 1915 in Refugio County, TX to the late James Henry and Laura Ella Buchanan Gavit. She was of the Pentecostal faith, she...

May 30, 2009

Funeral service for Gentry Lloyd Ashurst, 74 of Temple will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, June 3 at the Harper-Talasek Funeral Home Chapel with interment to follow at the Texas State Veterans Cemetery in Killeen. br nbsp; br Mr. Ashurst was born March 18, 1935 to the late Robert Lloyd and Helen Pruwitt Ashurst in Tyler, TX., he...

May 23, 2009

Mr. Richard Phillips, 83, of Salado, and formerly of Austin, died Saturday in a Temple hospital. Funeral services will be held at 2 P.M. Thursday at Harper-Talasek Funeral Home in Temple. Burial will be in Salado Cemetery. Mr. Phillips was born to Joseph Walker and Bessie Grace Daughter Phillips in Ft. Worth on Sept. 25, 1925. He had been...

May 15, 2009

Wanda Estelle Harris, 71 of Temple, passed away May 15, 2009 at a local nursing facility. Memorial service will be 10:00am Wednesday, May 20, 2009 at Harper Talasek Funeral Home in Temple with Rev. Jeff Loudin officiating. Wanda Harris was born March 2, 1938 to Thomas H. and Lorene Deaver Weathers in Taylor, Texas. On June 2, 1968, she...