Tributes
Recent obituaries in the Bryan and College Station, TX areas.
Earl Lynn Pullen
Aug 26, 2025
Earl Lynn Pullen, 68, passed away on August 26, 2025 in Bryan, TX. A graveside service will be held at 11:30 am on Thursday, September 4, 2025 at Restever Memorial Park, Bryan. Extend condolences to the family at www.CallawayJones.com.
Butch Griffin
Aug 26, 2025
Butch, as we all know him, was born on December 17, 1944, in Austin TX to Albert Sr. & Opale Griffin. He received his promotion into heaven from his home, with his wife by his side, on Tuesday August 26, 2025.
Butch received Jesus as his Lord and Savior and was baptized at Community Chapel Somerville in 2004. There he served...
Charles Emery McCandless
Aug 25, 2025
Charles Emery McCandless, affectionately known as Chuck, passed away peacefully on August 25, 2025, in College Station, Texas, at the age of 94. His life was a testament to service, scholarship, and spirited community involvement.
Born in Dallas, Texas, to Dewey Taylor McCandless and Clara Askins McCandless, Charles’ journey began with humble roots and a strong work ethic. He started his...
Albert Edward Wesley Mayo
Aug 25, 2025
Albert Edward Wesley Mayo, 47, went to be with his Lord and Savior on August 25, 2025. A visitation will be held on Friday, September 5, at 12:00 PM at Callaway-Jones Funeral Home in Bryan, followed by a memorial service at 1:00 PM.
Albert was born on August 30, 1977, in Bryan, Texas, to Al (Albert) and Kitt. He loved the...
Javier Contreras Villanueva
Aug 24, 2025
Javier Contreras Villanueva, 86, passed away on August 24, 2025 in Bryan, TX. A visitation will be held from 10 am -12:30 pm on Wednesday, August 27, 2025 at Callaway-Jones Funeral Home, 3001 S. College Avenue, Bryan. A funeral mass will follow at 1 pm at Santa Teresa Catholic Church, 1212 Lucky Street, Bryan, TX. Express condolences with the family...
Bonnie Schoonover
Aug 24, 2025
Bonnie Wade Schoonover, 75, of Bryan, Texas, passed away on Sunday, August 24, 2025, surrounded by her loving family.
Born on May 29, 1950, in Temple, Texas to David Wade and Mae Schiller (née Gunn), Bonnie lived a life full of love, devotion, and purpose. She graduated from Deer Park High School in the Class of 1969 and went on to...
Joan Elaine Pitman
Aug 23, 2025
Loving wife, animal lover (especially dogs), avid reader and computer solitaire enthusiast, Joan Snyder Pitman, 80 years old, of College Station, passed away peacefully on August 23, 2025 after a lengthy illness.
She was born in Lansing, Michigan, on May 19, 1945, to Vivian Irene Chick and William S Snyder. At a young age her parents divorced and she moved with...
Sandra da Conturbia
Aug 23, 2025
Maria Alessandra Rossi di Schio (Sandra) was born in Milano, Italy, on April 18, 1939, to Domenico Rossi di Schio and Laura Tacoli. Sandra was home-schooled prior to attending high school in Vicenza. She then earned a diploma at the Scuola Interpreti in Milano as a translator and interpreter of English and French. She then worked as a translator/interpreter and...
Blanche Dale Gafford
Aug 23, 2025
Blanche Dale Rains Gafford, 78, of Bryan, Texas, passed away peacefully on August 23, 2025, surrounded by her loving family.
Blanche was born in Texarkana, Arkansas, to Bill Rains and LaVerne Rains, and was surrounded throughout her life by the love and guidance of their later spouses, Lois Rains and Jack Stansbery. She graduated from Texas High School in Texarkana, TX,...
Don Pickett Jackson
Aug 21, 2025
Don Pickett Jackson, a beloved husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, passed away peacefully on August 21, 2025, at the age of 82, surrounded by his loving family in Bryan, Texas. Born and raised in Pocahontas, Arkansas, Don lived a life marked by faith, family, and service. He was a devout Christian, a proud United States Air Force veteran, and a...
Marie O'Neill
Aug 21, 2025
Marie Elizabeth (Moerbe) O’Neill, 47, of College Station, TX, was joyously welcomed into her eternal home by our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on August 21, 2025. Beloved by so many, including her husband of nearly 23 years, John O’Neill, her three amazing children Natalie, Caleb, and Shelby O’Neill, and many close family and friends, she loved others deeply. After...
DeLoris "Dee" Ione Aasland Johnson
Aug 20, 2025
DeLoris “Dee” Ione (Aasland) Johnson, 94, of Bryan, Texas, passed away on August 20, 2025, at Isles at Watercrest following a stroke on August 4th.
Born on July 23, 1931, in Clear Lake, Wisconsin, Dee was the daughter of Manda (Pederson) and Amil O. Aasland. She was raised by her Aunt Alma Pederson and Uncle Oscar Pederson, on the farm of...
Melvin Seay
Aug 20, 2025
Melvin Seay, a beloved father, grandfather, and friend, passed away on August 20, 2025, in Round Rock, Texas, at the age of 87. Born on September 12, 1937, in Bryan, Texas, Melvin led a life marked by kindness, humor, and a profound love for his family.
Melvin’s career began with the City of Austin, after which he returned to Bryan and...
Billie B. Beran
Aug 17, 2025
Billie Beran passed away peacefully on August 17, 2025 at his home in Bryan, TX. A Celebration of Life for Billie Beran, 93, will be held on August 25, 2025 at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Bryan, TX at 1:00 PM. Burial at Restever Memorial Park Cemetery immediately following the mass.
Billie was born on January 1,1932 on a farm between Deanville...
Mary Alice Mace
Aug 17, 2025
Mary Alice Holt Howell Mace passed away Sunday, August 17, 2025.
She was a former member of Central Baptist Church, a member of Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), and a Pink Lady at St. Joseph Hospital. She loved square dancing, loved to travel in her motorhome with her camping group. She loved to meet and greet at church on Sundays....
Lyndon William Kurtz
Aug 16, 2025
Lyndon William Kurtz, 82, of Bryan, Texas, passed away surrounded by family on August 16, 2025, at the Isle of Watercrest.Lyndon was born on June 30, 1943, in Holland, Texas, to Lillie and Melvin Kurtz. At the age of three, he moved with his family to Rosenberg, Texas, where they lived on a farm. He graduated from Lamar High School...
Richard Miller
Aug 15, 2025
Richard Stebbins Miller, fondly known as "Dick," passed away peacefully on August 14, 2025, in College Station, Texas at the age of 90. Born on December 4, 1934 in Medina, Ohio, Dick was the beloved son of Russell and Virginia (Stebbins) Miller (both deceased).
Dick married his beloved wife, Janet Stanley Miller (deceased) on September 3, 1965 with whom he shared...
Richard Davis
Aug 13, 2025
Richard “Rick” Davis, beloved husband, father, grandfather, and servant of Christ, entered into the presence of his Lord on Wednesday, August 13, 2025, at the age of 61, after battling, and seemingly winning, against cancer until the last week of an eight month war.
Rick’s life was marked by faith, devotion, and a fierce love for both his family and those...
Virginia Espino
Aug 10, 2025
Born and raised in Bryan, TX passed away peacefully in her home surrounded by Prayer and loved ones on August 10th of 2025.
She is preceded in death by her parents, Henry Sr. and Manuela Munoz Cortez, brothers Henry Jr., David Cortez, Johnny Cortez, infant sister Rebecca and Granddaughter Cheyenne Elizabeth Vinton.
Survivors include: Partner Jessie Jesus Martinez. Her children Patricia Salazar,...
Elizabeth Ann Rosenberry Lindner
Aug 9, 2025
Elizabeth (Rosenberry) Lindner of College Station died on August 9th, 2025 at the age of 84 in College Station, TX following a prolonged and cruelly disabling illness. She was born June 13, 1941 in Elmira, NY and as a child lived in Minnesota and Chicago, but her real childhood home was the family farm of her parents Howard and Margaret...