All Obituaries

Linda Dunn, 69, of Friendswood, TX, passed away Wednesday, September 28, 2022. She was born December 4, 1952 in Galveston, TX. Funeral services will be held at 12:00 p.m., with a visitation from 11:00 - 12:00 p.m., Wednesday, October 5, 2022 at Mary Queen Catholic Church in Friendswood, TX. Burial will follow at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Dickinson, TX. In lieu of flowers, you may send donations to Mary Queen Catholic Church food pantry. https://maryqueencatholicchurch.org/give

Wallis Claire Adams, 79, of Texas City, Texas, passed away Wednesday, September 28, 2022, at her home surrounded by her loved ones. Visitation will be held from 10:00 - 11:00 A.M., and services will begin at 11:00 A.M., Tuesday, October 4, 2022, at Emken-Linton Funeral Home in Texas City, Texas. Burial will follow at Galveston County Memorial Cemetery. Wally was born November 5, 1942, in Atlanta, Georgia. She had an extraordinary life starting with becoming a female wrestler in...

Donald Jolly went to be with our Lord and savior Jesus Christ on Saturday September 10, 2022. He was born on October 22, 1935 to Fred and Faye Jolly. Spending time with his family was the most important part of his life. He loved raising cattle and spent the better part of his life doing just that. He loved teaching his kids, grandkids and all their friends how to work cows, ride horses and drive tractors and learning the value of respect and responsibility. He was a member of the painters...

Thelma Jean Taylor Gillespie, 95 years young and former resident of Neodesha, Kansas, and Texas City, Texas, passed away on September 4, 2022, in Lake Jackson, Texas. Thelma Jean was born the only child of Arthur Taylor & Lola (Dragoo) Taylor on July 8, 1927, in Neodesha, Kansas, and attended Neodesha schools. They moved to their family farm in Altoona when she was a young teen. She always spoke of wonderful memories on the farm with her parents and grandparents. On September 27,...

Marsha (Marti) Cox Brown went to be with Jesus on Friday, September 2, 2022 at St. Luke's hospital in Houston, TX. Funeral services will be held Saturday, September 10, 2022 at Emken-Linton Funeral Home in Texas City, TX at 1:00 p.m. Burial will follow at Hayes Grace Memorial Cemetery in Hitchcock, TX. Visitation will be Friday, September 9, 2022 at Emken-Linton Funeral Home in Texas City from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. Marsha was born in Sweetwater, Texas to Marshall Baze and Hettie Leary Cox...

James L. Priest, Jr., 85 years of age, of Texas City, TX passed away on Monday, August 29, 2022, at HCA Clear Lake Regional in Webster, TX, under the care of Choice Hospice. Visitation will be held from 5:00 - 8:00 p.m., Wednesday, September 7, 2022, at Emken-Linton Funeral Home in Texas City. Private burial will be held on Thursday, September 8, 2022, 11:00 a.m., at South Park Cemetery in Pearland, TX. Jim was born November 2, 1936, in Houston, TX to Jewell Bess McWilliams and James Leroy...

Opal J. Robinson, 87 of Texas City, Texas was born November 6, 1934 in Cushing, Oklahoma to William and Cleo (Howard) Holland and passed away on August 29, 2022. She enjoyed the outdoors tending to her gardens and yard, sewing, cooking, reading magazines, antique shopping, socializing at the Texas City Historical Society and watching her favorite TV program "Gunsmoke". She loved her family and spending time with them. She is survived by her husband, Robert Robinson, Sr.;...

Minerva "Minnie" Cano arrived on this earth in Mercedes, Texas on September 7, 1943. She passed peacefully in her daughter's embrace on August 28th, 2022 after a long battle with Dementia. She has gained her wings. She is free at last. Minnie graduated from Texas City High School and received her Radiology degree from St. Joseph's Hospital in Houston, Texas. She retired from WellStar Health Systems in Georgia. She lived a beautiful, dignified life full of love and an...

Gloria Zavala Molis, 89, of Texas City, TX, was born January 31, 1933, in Monterey,  Mexico.  She passed away  August 27, 2022.  She is now united with her loved ones in her new life of eternal peace.  Gloria was a loving, caring mother and grandmother.  She was kind, gentle and possessed a wonderful sense of humor, as well as a deep sense of compassion and understanding.  Gloria loved to travel.  She was a member of a quilting group and enjoyed being...

Our father, grandfather and friend Gordon Stuart Cronk was born August 13, 1928 to Leroy Emerson and Eva Cook, in Detroit Michigan. September 3, 1948 Gordon married his high school sweetheart Edith Styles, also from Detroit. Moving to Northern Michigan they enjoyed three years of "honeymoon" and then began having their seven children, daughters, Sharon Elizabeth and husband Stephen Daudt, Ava Lynn and husband Randy Snyder, Glenda Jean Jones, Lana Kay Gunhouse and partner Carl...