Local obituaries for Gainesville, TX.
Waynell Hoberer
Dec 18, 2025
Waynell Ruth (McGuire) Hoberer, 80, of Gainesville, Texas passed away on December 18, 2025 in Gainesville.
Waynell was born on September 29, 1945 in Gainesville, Texas. She graduated from Gainesville High School in 1964 and then moved to Corpus Christi, Texas where her older sister lived. Waynell married Eugene Paul Hoberer, of Hood, Texas on November 7, 1966 in Corpus Christi.
She...
Joe Seale
Dec 9, 2025
Joseph Dunkin Seale, 94, of Valley View, passed away December 9, 2025.
Joe was born to Stone and Grace Seale on January 30, 1931, in Waurika, OK. He grew up as a small-town local boy and graduated from Waurika High School where he excelled in sports, especially football, where he lettered all four years, capturing several district and state honors. After...
Kathryn Cooper
Jan 6, 2026
Kathryn Joy (McGee) Cooper, 88, of Gainesville, passed away January 6, 2026 in Gainesville.
Kathryn was born August 21, 1937 in Gainesville and attended Gainesville High School. She first worked for AT&T, then as a purchasing agent for the federal government. Driven by her tender heart, Ms. Cooper was called to a career in nursing from which she retired. She attended...
Martha Joan Liddell
Jan 5, 2026
Martha Joan (Proffer) Liddell, 72, of Gainesville, passed away January 5, 2026 in Gainesville.
Martha was born May 17, 1953 in Gainesville, TX. She attended Callisburg school and earned her Bachelor’s degree from Texas Women’s University. She touched many lives in the community through her teaching career at Gainesville High School, where she taught Religion, Geography, and World History. Martha married...
Robert Emanuel Knight
Jan 4, 2026
Robert Emanuel Knight , 82 , of Gainesville , Texas passed away on January 4, 2026 at his home. He was born on March 7, 1943 in Mobile , Alabama to Otis and Essemena (McMillan) Knight Sr .
Robert graduated from Booker T. Washington in Wichita Falls, Texas. Robert loved all sports but particularly enjoyed basketball and football as they were...
Sammy Louis Smith
Jan 1, 2026
Sammy Louis Smith, formerly of Myra, currently of Era, was born September 22, 1961 in Gainesville and passed away January 1, 2026 in Denton at the age of 64.
Mr. Smith grew up in Myra with parents Haskell Carrol and Pauline June Smith and older sisters Linda and Dorothy. He attended Era ISD and graduated in 1980. He married the love...
James Westbrook
Dec 30, 2025
James Walter Westbrook, affectionately known as Jimmy, was born on October 18, 1934, in Sandusky, Texas. He went peacefully home to our Lord and Savior in the early morning hours of December 30, 2025, after visiting with family and friends.
Jimmy married Emma Kathleen “Bobbie” Price on March 24, 1951, in Archer City, at the ripe old ages of 16 and 15....
Milburn Ray Cravens
Dec 29, 2025
Milburn Ray Cravens, age 90, of Gainesville, Texas, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on December 29th of 2025. He was a loving and devoted husband and father.
Milburn was born in the Hayes community on May 28th, 1935 to Claude and Linnie Cravens. He attended school at Hayes, and then Muenster until the drought forced his family...
Nancy Marie Noah
Dec 29, 2025
Nancy Munden Noah, or Nanny to her grandchildren, recently passed away surrounded by the love she nurtured throughout her life.
Nancy was born in Ft. Worth, Tx and grew into a woman whose creativity, faith and devotion to family were sewn into every facet of her life.
Nancy is survived by her children John Noah, Jr. and wife Beverly and Cindy Clayton...
George Gifford Grounds
Dec 28, 2025
George Gifford Grounds was born on December 15, 1942, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Herbert Wesley Grounds and Gertrude Sullivan Grounds. He passed away on December 28, 2025, leaving this earth to be reunited with his beloved wife, Alice.
In 1959, George moved with his family from Toledo, Ohio, to Gainesville, Texas, as part of a relocation with National Supply, joining 87...
William Thomas Shaffer, III
Dec 26, 2025
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William “Bill” Thomas Shaffer III died peacefully on December 26, 2025 at his home surrounded by loving family after a courageous struggle with cancer. He was 81. The oldest of three children, Bill was born July 10, 1944 in Allegheny Township, Pennsylvania to William Thomas Shaffer Jr. and Evelyn Rae...
Alene Chisam
Dec 23, 2025
Graveside services for Alene Chisam, of Fred, Texas, are set for 2:00 PM Saturday, January 3, at Fairview Cemetery, with Tanner Cason officiating, under the direction of Geo. J. Carroll & Son Funeral Home of Gainesville, Texas.
Alene was born on September 10, 1932, in Bulcher, Texas, to John Jay Moore and Flossie Myrtle (Sullivan) Moore. She passed away on December...
Glenn Deryle Bewley
Dec 17, 2025
Glenn Deryle Bewley passed away on December 17, 2025 at the age of 88. He was born in Weinert, Texas on May 14, 1937 to Glen Bewley and Emma Lucille Robeson Bewley.
On December 23, 1955, Glenn and Margaret Ann Enderby were married on the Enderby farm in her family’s home. Together, they raised their family and would live out their...
George Allen Sparkman
Dec 16, 2025
George Allen Sparkman, 90, of Gainesville, Texas passed away December 16, 2025 in Gainesville.
George was born August 13, 1935 in Denton, Texas. He was a member of the final class at Post Oak School in Post Oak, Texas and graduated from Midway High School in Clay County. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Animal Husbandry from Midwestern State...
Bill Dollar
Dec 16, 2025
Billy Ray Dollar, Sr. was born on January 5, 1943 in Yarnaby, Oklahoma, the youngest child of Eugene Lee and Wyoma Wesberry Dollar. Although he would go on to have many successes in life, Bill would probably consider his greatest achievement being married to the love of his life, Carol Whitson Dollar, for 53 years.Bill started working for the Wichita...
Gene Bomar
Dec 16, 2025
Dennis Eugene Bomar was born August 17, 1925 in Woodbine, Texas. He was the son of J.D. and Ann Bomar, and the brother of Clyde Bomar. He passed away peacefully in his home on December 16, 2025, at the age of 100.
He married Mabel Prestage on June 5, 1943 at Custer City Baptist Church. He was ordained as a Deacon...
Clifford Wayne Allred
Dec 9, 2025
Clifford Wayne Allred, 72, of Gainesville, Texas passed away December 9, 2025 at North Texas Medical Center of Gainesville, Texas. He was born on August 23, 1953 in San Angelo, Texas to Daniel Paul and Dorothy Mae (Westfall) Allred.
Clifford graduated from Howard Payne University in Brownwood, Texas after that he continued his education and then graduated from Southwestern Baptist Theological...
Tina Maria Trinidad Downey
Dec 9, 2025
Funeral services Tina Maria Trinidad Downey, 78, of Gainesville, are scheduled for 10:00 AM on Wednesday, December 17, 2025 at Mountain View Full Gospel Church with Bro. Jerry Gunsolus officiating. Interment will follow at Foster Cemetery. The family will receive friends prior to the funeral. Arrangements are under the care of Geo. J. Carroll & Son Funeral Home.
Mrs. Downey passed...
Robert (Bob) Edward Manner
Dec 8, 2025
Robert Edward Manner, 93, of Lake Kiowa, Texas passed away December 8, 2025 in Gainesville, Texas. He was born on October 15, 1932, in Dallas, Texas to Harold Eugene and Vivian Sarah (Colwell) Manner.
Bob grew up in Dallas, Texas and graduated from Hillcrest High School in 1950. He played football, basketball, and tennis while in high school. He then enrolled...
Benjamin Michael Cole
Dec 8, 2025
Benjamin Michael Cole, 66, of McKinney, Texas passed away December 8, 2025 at Medical City McKinney of McKinney, Texas. He was born on September 12, 1959 in Fort Knox, Kentucky to Stephen McDonald and Sylvia Maxine (McCraw) Cole.
“Ben” to his family and friends, was an Eagle Scout and joined the US Army after graduating from Balboa High School in Balboa,...
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