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MARKHAM CEMETERY PICTURES
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Roosevelt Boone
Funeral services for Mr. Roosevelt Boone, 74, of
Victoria, will be held Friday, March 17, 2000, at 11 a. m., at Jesus
Free Will Holy Temple, Bay City, with Bishop J. Johnson officiating.
Burial will follow at Markham Cemetery in Markham.
Visitation will be Thursday until 9 p. m. in the
chapel of Duncan-Roberts Funeral Home.
He was born in Markham, Texas, Thursday, Oct. 15
1925, to Ida Brown and Morgan Boone, and passed away Monday March 13,
2000 at his residence.
Survivors include: his wife, Mary Spencer Boone of
Victoria; two daughters, Kathy Boone of LaMarque and Cynthia Ivy of San
Antonio; his stepmother, LouElla Boone of Palacios; two sisters,
Victoria Davis of LaMarque and Velva Williams of Sweeny; seven brothers,
Howard Williams of Port Lavaca, Monroe Williams, Jr. of California,
Ernest Williams of Rosharon, David Williams of Grady, Ark., Perry
Williams of Fresno, Howard Roberson of Palacios, and Dan Mayberry of
Dallas; also seven grandchildren; three aunts; two uncles; and other
relatives and friends.
Active and honorary pallbearers will include Bennie
Boone, Levi Boone, Jr. and other family members.
Arrangements are with Duncan-Roberts Funeral Home,
Bay City, Texas.
The Daily Tribune, March 2000
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Selena Boone &
Willie J. Boone
Selena Gaskin Boone |
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Funeral services for Selena Gaskin Boone, 73, of Houston,
will be held Thursday, April 10, 2003, at 11 a.m., at
Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church, in Markham, with the Rev. James
Ashton, Jr., pastor, and the Rev. Arthur Davidson, eulogist.
Burial will follow at Markham Cemetery.
Visitation will be Wednesday from 3 until 9 pm in the
funeral home chapel.
She was born in Markham, Texas, Wednesday, July 31, 1929, to
Solomon Gaskin and Annie Davis Gaskin, and passed away
Sunday, April 6, 2003, in Missouri City, Texas.
Survivors include: daughter, Leona Boone of Missouri City;
two sons, James Boone of Houston, and Sylvester Boone and
(Bobbie) of Markham; one step-sister, Ernestine Outley and
two step-brothers, the Rev. Sam Laddie and Lionel Laddie;
three sisters-in-law, Cleora Boone, Hercelia Martin and Otha
Temple; two aunts, Lewella Wyatt and Althea Gaskin, and two
uncles, Rev. L. C. Gaskin and Hoover Gaskin; six
grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews,
other relatives and friends.
Active pallbearers will be Michael Williams, Mack Brown,
Jr., Frank Southhall, Jimmy Wyatt, Clinton Wyche, Albert
Brown, Sr., Don White and Michael Temple.
Arrangements are with Duncan-Roberts Funeral Home, Bay City,
Texas. A00014D2003AR09
The Bay City Tribune, Wednesday, April 9, 2003
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Willie James Boone |
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Funeral services for Willie James Boone, 71, of Houston,
will be held Thursday, August 24, 2000, at 11 a.m. at
Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church, Markham, Texas, with the Rev.
James C. Ashton, Jr., pastor, and the Rev. M. L. Boone,
eulogist. Burial will follow at Markham Cemetery in Markham.
Visitation will be Wednesday until 9 p.m. in the chapel of
Duncan-Roberts Funeral Home.
He was born in Markham, Texas, Friday, November 2, 1928, to
McKinley Boone and Elnora Brown Boone, and passed away
Saturday, August 19, 2000, at Memorial Southwest Hospital,
Houston, Texas.
Survivors include his wife of 51 years, Selena Gaskin Boone
of Houston, one daughter, Leona Boone of Missouri City; and
two sons James Boone of Houston and Sylvester Boone of
Markham; one sister-in-law Cleora Boone and a god-sister
Eddie Lou Griggs both of Bay City; three aunts Alie Jones
(and George) of Markham; Sylvia McDonald and Mary Sayles
both of Los Angeles, Calif.; and one uncle, Rev. M. L. Boone
of Palacios; also six grandchildren, three great-grandchildren,
two nieces, three nephews, other relatives and many friends.
Active pallbearers will include Clinton Wyche, Larry Lucas,
Bennie Boone, Wesley Johnson, Clemith Brown, Larry Walker
and Bobby Carter.
Arrangements are with Duncan-Roberts Funeral Home.
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THE DAILY TRIBUNE, Wednesday, August 23, 2000
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Verlee Boone
Funeral services for Verlee Boone, 66,
of Bay City will be held 1 p. m. Saturday at Pilgrim Rest
Baptist Church in Markham with the Rev. Melvin Boone
officiating. Burial will be at Markham Cemetery. Visitation
will be this afternoon. There will be wake at Green’s
Mortuary chapel 7 to 9 p. m. The body will lie in state at
the church from noon to 1 p. m. Saturday.
Miss Boone was born Sept. 11, 1925 in
Markham to Levi and Tazzie Harrison Boone and she died Aug.
17, 1992 at Bay Villa Nursing Home.
She was a member of the Baptist Church.
Survivors include three sisters, Emily
Williams and Annie Boone of Markham and Martha Tilmon of
Galveston; three brothers, James Boone of LaMarque, Levi
Boone Jr. of Hempstead and Willie Boone of Bay City; two
aunts, Martha Johnson and Bertha Johnson of Bay City; two
uncles, John Harrison of Bay City and the Rev. Melvin Boone
of Palacios; a special niece, Gloria Carter of Markham; two
grandsons and a host of nieces, nephews and other relatives
and friends.
Pallbearers will be Darryl Boone,
Bennie Boone, Ray Boone, Leroy Boone, Michael Boone and Tim
Abbott. Honrary pallbearers will be Samuel Brown Jr., James
Boone, Levi Boone, John Harrison, Cedo Sardinea, Lloyd
Carter, Ray Dillon, Willie Boone and the Rev. Melvin Boone.
Green’s Mortuary is in charge of the
arrangements.
The Daily Tribune, August 1992
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Willie Lee Boone, Sr.
Funeral services for
Willie Lee Boone Sr., 72, of Bay City will be held 1 p. m.
Monday at Mother Zion Baptist Church with the Rev. K. J.
Griggs officiating. Burial will be at Markham Cemetery in
Markham. Visitation will be until 9 p. m. Sunday at
Duncan-Roberts Funeral Home in Bay City.
Mr. Boone was born Aug.
11, 1920 in El Maton to Levi and Irene Harris Boone and he
died March 25, 1993 at Matagorda General Hospital.
He was a member of the
Baptist Church.
Survivors include a
devoted friend, Carrie Frierson of Bay City; four sons,
Willie Lee Jr. of Bay City, Herman of Palacios, Ronnie of
Victoria and Matt Earl of Inglewood, Calif.; three sisters,
Emily Mae Williams and Annie Mae Boone of Markham and Martha
Lee Tillman of Galveston; two brothers, Levi Boone Jr. of
Hempstead and James Lee Boone of Galveston; two aunts,
Martha B. Johnson of Bay City and Louella Boone of Palacios;
one uncle, the Rev. M. L. Boone of Palacios; 13
grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and host of nieces,
nephews, other relatives and friends.
He was preceded in
death by his parents; two sisters, Verlee and Geneva Boone;
and one brother, Sam Temple Sr.
Arrangements are with
Duncan-Roberts Funeral Home in Bay City.
The Daily Tribune,
March 1993
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Lottie Bowlegs
Funeral services for
Lottie Bowlegs, 72, of Markham will be held 2 p. m.
Wednesday in Mt. Zion Pentecostal Holiness Church in Markham
with the Rev. Eddie Fray officiating. Burial will be in
Markham Cemetery.
Visitation will be
until 9 p. m. Tuesday at Duncan-Roberts Funeral Home in Bay
City and from 1 to 2 p. m. Wednesday at the church in
Markham.
Mrs. Bowlegs was born
March 30, 1921 in Hallettsville to William and Rose Grandare
and died Aug. 6, 1993 at Leisure Lodge Nursing Home in
Palacios.
Survivors include the
following: three daughters, Adell Young of Houston; Dorothy
Edwards of Markham and Elzara Woodberry of Bay City; six
sons, Alfred Blackmon of Sweeny; Willie and Gary Woodberry
of San Angelo; Joseph Johnson of Dallas; J. W. Jones of
Sacramento, Calif. and Henry Bankhead of Huntsville; two
sisters, Viola Robinson and Cecelia Taylor of Pecos.
She was preceded in
death by her parents, William and Rose Grandare, a son,
James Hall and her husband, Robert Bowlegs.
Pallbearers will be
Thomas Baugh, Alfred Blackmon Jr., Terry Blackmon, William
Blackmon, Carlos Johnson and Joseph Johnson.
Honorary pallbearers
will be Alfred Blackmon, Prince Edwards Jr., John Foley Jr.,
Robert Hill Jr., Calvin Johnson, Gary Woodberry and Willie
Woodberry.
Arrangements are with
Duncan-Roberts Funeral Home, Bay City.
The Daily Tribune,
August, 1993
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Theresa E. Brazil
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Theresa
Brazil
Funeral services will be held for Mrs.
Theresa Brazil, 53, of Markham, 1 p. m. Saturday at Pilgrim
Rest Baptist Church in Markham.
Brazil died October 5, 1981 at John Sealy
Hospital in Galveston.
Officiating at the services will be the
Rev. Rudolph Martin.
She is survived by husband, Lloyd Brazil
of Markham; son, Albert Foss of Houston; foster son, Darvin
Barnes of Markham; mother, Mrs. Rita Robinson of Houston;
step-father, Joe Robinson; sister, Cleola Townsend of
Brazoria.
Visitation hours are from 3 to 9 p. m. at
Duncan-Roberts Funeral Home Chapel.
Burial will follow services at Markham
Cemetery.
Active pallbearers include Ned Brooks
Jr., Nelson Sardinea, Harlan Hadden, Cedo Sardinea Jr.,
Bobbie Joe Flagg and Cleve Jones.
Duncan-Roberts Funeral Home in charge of
arrangements.
The Daily Tribune, October 8, 1981
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Hannah Brooks
Funeral services for Hannah Mae Brooks, 69, of Bay
City will be held 2 p. m. Saturday at Jesus Free Will Holy Temple
Church, Bay City, with Bishop J. Johnson officiating. Burial to follow
at Markham Cemetery.
Visitation will be until 9 p. m. today at
Duncan-Roberts Funeral Home and from 1 to 2 p. m. Saturday at the
church.
Mrs. Brooks was born March 18, 1924 in Wharton to
James David and Odessa Ashton Smith and died July 19, 1993 at Matagorda
General Hospital.
She was a member of the Pentecostal church.
Survivors include five sisters, Lucille Amboree and
Helen Woods of Houston, Agnes Brown, Eva Barnes and Myrtle George, all
of Markham; three brothers, Bobby Flagg of Bay City, Billy Flagg of
Freeport and Jesse Flagg of Markham; two brothers-in-law Travis Amboree
and Roosevelt George; three sisters-in-law, Carolyn Flagg, Carol A.
Flagg and Wanda Flagg; a special friend, Sharon M. Spiller, a number of
nieces, nephews and other relatives and a family of friends who knew and
loved her affectionately as “Mother Brooks.”
Pallbearers include Freddie Ray Brazil, Herbert
Fields, Robert Green, Henry Green Jr., Michael Hurst, Dwight Sanford,
Robert Stafford and Victor Stanford.
Honorary pallbearers include Travis Amboree, Willis
Barnes, Frank Brown Jr., Billy Flagg, Bobby Flagg, Jesse Flagg,
Roosevelt George, Jesus Temple Deaconess Board, Missionary Board and the
Sanctuary Choir.
Arrangements are with Duncan-Roberts Funeral Home,
Bay City
The Daily Tribune, July 1993
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Lillie Brooks
Funeral services for Mrs.
Lillie Allen Brooks, age 77, of Markham, will be held Saturday, April 5,
1997, at 2 p. m., at the Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church in Markham, with
Rev. James Ashton, Jr. officiating. Burial will follow at the Markham
Community Cemetery in Markham.
Visitation will be Friday until 9 p. m. in the chapel
of Duncan-Roberts Funeral Home, and Saturday from 1 to 2 p. m. at the
church.
She was born in Bay City, Thursday, Nov. 6, 1919, to
William Allen and Georgia Clay Allen, and passed away Monday, March 31,
1997, at Matagorda General Hospital in Bay City.
She was a member of Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church in
Markham, where she served in several capacities. Her fraternal
affiliations included memberships with the Progressive Order of Pilgrims
and the Easter Star.
Survivors include a son, Ned Brooks, Jr., three
daughters-in-law; seven grandchildren. Also one sister, Mrs. Rebecca
Robinson of Bailey’s Prairie, and one brother, Major Allen of LaMarque.
She also leaves two sisters-in-law, Mrs. Nancy Christopher of San
Antonio, and Mrs. Alma Robinson of Bay City; as well as a host of nieces
and nephews, other relatives and a family of friends which include Ms.
Lola Bonner.
Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her
husband, Ned Brooks, Sr., one son, Maxwell Wright, four sisters and one
brother.
Serving as active pallbearers will be the Brotherhood
of Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church, as well as Derrick Franklin, U. L.
Bivens and Henry Green, Jr.
Honorary pallbearers will include Ned Brooks, Jr.,
Ned Brooks, III, the Rev. Leonard Brooks, Major Allen, M. K. Robinson,
Timothy Young, Sr. and Maxwell Wright, Jr.
Arrangements with Duncan-Roberts Funeral Home in Bay
City.
The Daily Tribune,
April 1997
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MARKHAM - Agnes Brown, 71, of Markham, died Tuesday,
March 29, 2005.
She was born Feb. 14, 1934, in Midfield, to the late Clay and Odessa
Ashton Brazil.
Survivors: daughters, Charlene Smith of Houston and Kassandra Ellison of
Dallas; son, Frank Brown Jr. of Markham; sisters, Eva Barnes and Myrtle
George, both of Markham; brothers, Jesse Flagg of Markham, Bobby Flagg
of El Campo, Billy Flagg of Lake Jackson, and Alfred Blackmon of Van
Vleck; nine grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be 3-9 p.m. today at Duncan-Roberts Funeral Home chapel.
Services will be 2 p.m. Saturday at Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church, the
Rev. James Ashton Jr. officiating.
Burial will be at Markham Cemetery. Duncan-Roberts Funeral Home, Bay
City, 979-245-5197.
The Victoria Advocate, Friday, April 1st, 2005
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Funeral services for Delphina Sardinea Brown, 84, of
Houston, Texas will be held Wednesday, January 30, 2002 at 11 a.m. at
the Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church in Markham, Texas with the Rev. James C.
Ashton, Jr. officiating. Burial will follow at Pilgrim Rest Cemetery.
Visitation will be Tuesday, January 29, 2002 from 12 noon, until 8 p.m.
Family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. She was born to the union
of John Sardinea and Mary McCall in Allenhurst, Texas. She passed away
Wednesday, January 16, 2002 at Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital in
Houston, Texas. She leaves her memories to nieces, Ora Sardinea Fields
and Archie of Galveston, Sharon Sardinea Kuykendall and A. C. of
Houston, Pamela Field Jefferson and Edward of Pearland, Texas, Ednika
Williams of Houston; nephews, Andrew Sardinea, Sr and Gertrudeof
Houston, Lonnie Sardinea, Jr. of Bay City and Cedo Sardinea and Willie
Mae and Nelson Sardinea of Markham and a host of other nieces and
nephews, relatives and friends. She is preceded in death by six
brothers, Cedo Sardinea, Sr., Amelio Sardinea, Levo Sardinea, William
Miller, Charlie Williams, and Rouge Burnett and three sisters, Everline
Sardinea Toussant, Lonnie Stephens and Sarah Allen.
Active pallbearers include Lonnie Sardinea, Cedo Sardinea, III, Tydarryl
Sardinea, Michael Sardinea Fields, Andrew Sardinea, Jr. and Barrnette
Sardinea. Honorary pallbearers include Cedo Sardinea, Jr., MaKendrick
Edison, Edward Jefferson, Jr., Roosevelt Edison, Jr., Archie Fields,
Jr., Andrew Sardinea Sr., and Nelson Sardinea.
Green's Mortuary is in charge of the arrangements. A00011A2002JA23
THE DAILY TRIBUNE, January 2002
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Floyd Brown
Funeral rites for Floyd Brown, 18, were held at 10 a.
m. Friday from Duncan Funeral Home, with burial in Markham. Survivors
include the father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Brown, two sisters,
Emmie Marie, Tommie Mae; four brothers, Lloyd, Louis Jim, Ranson and
James Irvin, who is serving with the U. S. Navy. All others are local
residents.
The Daily Tribune, June 21, 1963
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Frank Brown, Sr.
Funeral
services for Frank Brown Sr., 56, of Markham will be held 2
p. m. Saturday at Mount Zion Church of God in Christ,
Markham, with the Rev. Henry Brown officiating. Burial will
follow in Markham Cemetery.
The
family will receive friends until 9 p. m. today at
Duncan-Roberts Funeral Home.
Mr.
Brown was born Jan. 25, 1933, in Wharton to Fred and Mary
Skaggs Brown Sr. and died Jan. 2, 1990, at Matagorda General
Hospital, Bay City.
He was a
member of Church of God in Christ and was a veteran of the
Korean conflict.
Survivors include his wife, Joyce Brown of Markham; six
children, Anthony , Frank Jr., Carl, Chris, Gail Elaine and
Mary Lucinda; parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Brown Sr. of
Markham; three sisters, Mable Fisher of Markham, Annie Jean
Williams and Betty Liner of Houston; five brothers, Fred
Brown Jr. and Curtis Brown of Bay City, the Rev. Henry Brown
of Minneapolis, Minn., John Gary Brown of Stockton, Calif.,
and Albert Brown of Houston; and two grandchildren.
Pallbearers are Leonard Fisher, Calvin Williams, Jessie
Stredic, Chris Grice, Frank Brown Jr. and Anthony Ray Brown.
Honorary
pallbearers are Fred Brown Sr., Nelson Williams, Leon Liner
Sr., Albert Brown, Willie Fisher, John G. Brown and Curtis
L. Brown.
Arrangements are with Duncan-Roberts Funeral Home, Bay City.
The
Daily Tribune, January 1990
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Joseph Anthony Brown
Funeral services for Joseph Anthony Brown, 18, of
Markham, are scheduled for 11 a. m. Friday at Mt. Zion Pentecostal
Holiness Church in Markham with Elders Henry Brown and Fred Jones
officiating. Burial will follow at Markham Cemetery.
Visitation will be Thursday until 9 p. m. at the
Funeral Home Chapel and 10-11 a. m. Friday at Mt. Zion Church.
Mr. Brown was born Aug. 4, 1976 in Bay City to
Curtis Lee and Delia Ramos-Brown and died Sept. 4, 1994 in El Maton.
Mr. Brown was a member of Church of God in Christ.
He was a senior at Tidehaven High School where he was senior running
back for the Tidehaven Tigers.
Survivors include his mother, Delia Ramos Brown of
Bay City; his father and step-mother, Curtis and Sandra Brown of Texas
City; two sisters, Angela Marie Brown of Houston and Christina Raquel
Brown of Bay City; two brothers, Curtis Brown, Jr. of Brooklyn, NY, and
Allen Maurice Brooks of Bay City; maternal grandparents, Martin and
Angela Rodriguez of San Antonio; six aunts, Cynthia Ramos Barr of
Conyers, Georgia; Evelyn Ramos Estrada of San Antonio; Rosalinda
Rodriguez Benavides of Bay City, Mable Brown Fisher of Markham, Annie
Brown Williams of Houston, and Betty Brown Liner of Houston; five
uncles, Martin Rodriguez, Jr. of San Antonio; Henry Brown of
Minneapolis, Minn., John Brown of Stockton, CA, Albert Brown of Houston,
and Fred Brown, Jr. of Bay City; two nephews, Tydrrell and Darien of Bay
City; and an extended family of great aunts and uncles, cousins, other
relatives and a family of friends, which include the Tidehaven
Independent School District.
He was preceded in death by his paternal
grandparents, Fred and Mary Scaggs Brown of Markham.
Pallbearers are Marvin Lewis, Robert Brown, Artis
Edwards, Jr., Kerry Joe Williams, Mark Ramirez, Derrick Collins, Jerald
Davis, and Oscar Mayberry.
Honorary pallbearers are Curtis Brown, Jr., Herman
Davis, Jr., Carl Grice, Victor Estrada, Chris Grice, Joey Olquin, Robert
Lister, LaHumphrey Williams and the Athletic Department of Tidehaven
High School.
Arrangements are with Duncan-Roberts Funeral Home
in Bay City.
The Daily Tribune, September 8, 1994
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Funeral services for Joyce Brown, 60, of Markham,
will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, January 9, at Mother Zion
Baptist Church, Bay City, with the Rev. Murray Martin, pastor, and
the Rev. Fred Jones, eulogist. Burial will follow at Markham
Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 2 p.m. until 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral
home chapel.
She was born in Bay City, Texas, February 2, 1949, to J.C. Stredic
and Lucinda Grice Stredic, and passed away January 2, 2010, in
Houston, Texas.
Survivors include: two daughters, Mary Brown and Gayle Collins (and
Ozell), all of Houston; and two sons, Christopher Grice (and Jerilyn)
of Palacios, and Carl Grice of Markham. Also three sisters, Patricia
Allen (and Paul) of Houston, Alice Grice and Nancy Roberson (and
Lee, Jr.), all of Bay City; and two brothers, Jesse Stredic, Jr. and
Roy Stredic (and Gloria), all of Bay City. Also a host of other
relatives and friends.
Arrangements with Duncan-Roberts Funeral Home, Bay City, Texas (979)
245-5197.
Bay City Tribune, Published January 6,
2010
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Kenneth W. Brown
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