Tributes
Recent obituaries in the Bryan and College Station, TX areas.
Barbara Frances Collier-Foyt
Jan 13, 2025
Barbara Frances Collier-Foyt passed away on Monday January 13th 2025 at the age of 75. Her parents, Thomas Everett Foyt and Frances Elizabeth Collier welcomed her into the world on October 3rd, 1949 - several years after her brother Thomas E. “Tommy” Foyt, Jr.
As a young girl, she grew up watching her father farm in the Brazos Bottom and her...
William Durham Richardson IV
Jan 13, 2025
William Durham “Billy” Richardson IV, age 53, passed away on Monday, January 13, 2025, at his home in College Station. He was a beloved son, husband, father, and friend who will be deeply missed by all who knew him.
Billy was a devoted husband and father who loved spending time with his family. Billy also had a BIG love for fishing...
Carlos Enrique Perez Naranjo
Jan 13, 2025
Carlos passed away peacefully at his home in College Station, surrounded by the love of his family, after a long and fulfilling life. Born on June 10, 1929, in Guaranda, Ecuador, Carlos lived a life rich with adventure, love, and purpose.He was a devoted husband and a nurturing father whose kindness and unwavering support shaped the lives of his children,...
Paul Kent Johnson
Jan 12, 2025
Paul Kent Johnson, 88 years of age, peacefully slipped from his diseased mind and body into the arms of Jesus on January 12, 2025 with his wife, daughter, and son-in-law at his bedside. Paul, formerly of Odessa, TX was a resident at Crestview Senior Living Community in Bryan, TX. He was a loving and generous man to his family, church...
Georgia Sue Rhodes
Jan 10, 2025
Georgia S. Rhodes, 87, of Hilltop Lakes, Texas, passed away Friday, January 10, 2025. A memorial service celebrating her life is set for February 1, 2025, at 1 o’clock p.m., at Hilltop Lakes Chapel, 2 Hilltop Lakes Dr., Hilltop Lakes, Texas 77871, (936) 855-2386.
Georgia was born on January 14, 1937, in Center Point, Arkansas, to George D. and Mary H....
Malcolm Ogle Bane Jr.
Jan 10, 2025
Dr. Malcolm Ogle Bane, Jr. was born September 10, 1935, in Burgaw, North Carolina, to Mina (Taylor) and Ogle Bane. Most of his early life was spent in west Texas, where he graduated from Odessa High School, Class of 1953. He attended East Texas State in Commerce on a tennis scholarship. In college, Malcolm was a cheerleader, student body president...
Darlene Mae Tuleen
Jan 9, 2025
Darlene Mae Tuleen, 85, passed away on Thursday January 9, 2025, at her home in College Station, Texas. She was a loving grandmother who adored her grandchildren and plants. She also enjoyed multiple triathlons, yoga, and participating in Saint Mary’s Catholic Church events.
Darlene was born in Thief River Falls, MN on May 13, 1939. She moved to the Bryan/ College...
John Sanchez Jr.
Jan 9, 2025
John Sanchez Jr., 78 of Bryan, passed away Thursday, January 9, 2025.
Memorials preferred to St. Jude: https://fundraising.stjude.org/site/TR?px=8693060&fr_id=154020&pg=personal
Sheri R. Jones
Jan 9, 2025
Sheri R. Jones was born in Dallas, Texas on October 16, 1955 to Chester “Ted” and Ross Jones. She passed away January 9, 2025 in Bryan, Texas at the age of 69. She is preceded in death by her mother, father, and brother Tom.
Sheri graduated from Texas A&M University. While attending Texas A&M, Sheri worked at the Grapevine Restaurant, owned...
Lee Adams
Jan 9, 2025
Lee Reyes Adams, 92, of Bryan, Texas passed away on January 9, 2025, at St. Joseph Manor Assisted Living.
Lee was born on August 17, 1932, to parents Julia and Pedro Adams in Nixon, Texas. He attended school and gained his education in Gonzales, Texas.
Lee was a cement mason for Spaw/Glass and Baker Construction and ended up retiring in 1995. Some...
Andrea Austin Harrell
Jan 8, 2025
Andrea Austin Harrell, 85, of College Station, Texas, passed away on January 8, 2025.
Andrea was born in Houston, Texas in 1939 to Winona and Tom Austin. She grew up in the Afton Oaks area of Houston and graduated from Mirabeau B. Lamar High School. She briefly attended Sam Houston State University before meeting her husband Robert “Joel” Harrell.
Andrea and Joel...
Roger Earl Hopkins
Jan 7, 2025
Roger Earl Hopkins passed away on January 7, 2025, in College Station, Texas. Roger was born on August 28, 1938, in Berkley, California, to Pauline Blankenship Hopkins and Earl Thomas Hopkins.
Roger spent his childhood among the waterways of the California Delta, an intricate network of canals and sloughs. His family operated Whiskey Slough, a marina and boat dock outside of...
Richard Gene Carrell
Jan 6, 2025
Richard Gene Carrell born May 17, 1960 in Tomball, Texas to Basil Glen (B.G.) and Shirley Carrell.
He passed away in the early hours on Monday, January 6, 2025.
He had many friends and was loved by all who met him. Richard never knew a stranger. He was the true definition of a country boy. He loved coon hunting, his dogs and...
Jimmy Tyree
Jan 3, 2025
James B. Tyree, or “Jimmy” to his family and friends, died peacefully on January 3, 2025. Jimmy lived his life to the fullest and these few words illustrating his successful and interesting life will not adequately paint his life’s masterpiece. When Jimmy Tyree entered a room, his zeal for life and magnetic charm was instantly noticed, not to mention his...
Lillian Ondrasek Dechiro
Jan 3, 2025
Lillian Ondrasek Dechiro 94, passed away on Friday January 3, 2025. A memorial will be held on January 25, 2025 at Callaway Jones Funeral Home in Bryan from 1:00 pm until 3:00 pm.
Lillian was born in Caldwell, TX to Henry & Millie Mazach Ondrasek. She married Tony Dechiro on July 17, 1948 in Bryan, and they were married for 61...
Curtis Wayne Todd
Jan 3, 2025
Friday afternoon, January 3rd the gates of heaven welcomed Curtis Wayne Todd, lovingly known as Dad and Papaw as he passed peacefully holding Dorothy's hand. Born on October 20, 1932, in Kurten, Texas; Curtis lived a life marked by humility, kindness, and an unwavering devotion to his family.
He married the love of his life, Dorothy Lee Dudley, on November 15,...
Charles Ruzelle Leggett
Jan 3, 2025
Charles Ruzelle Leggett, the beloved son of the late Ruzelle and LaVerne Ivery Leggett, was born on April 19, 1956, in Ore City, Texas. Charles gave his life to Christ at an early age and became a faithful member of New Mountain Baptist Church, where he began cultivating the values of faith, service, and love that would guide his life.
Charles...
Melissa Maldonado
Jan 3, 2025
Melissa Maldanado passed away peacefully on January 3, 2025 with the love of her family surrounding her. Melissa was born in Bryan, Tx on July 30, 1979 to Frank Jr and Molly Casares. She was a lifelong resident of Bryan and attended Bryan High School. Her calling in life was to be a caregiver. She did it for over 25...
Mary Jane Mayo
Jan 2, 2025
Mary Jane Mayo was born Nov. 2, 1936 near Camden, TN to Sanford and Iola (Kennon) Bivens. She passed away peacefully at home in College Station, TX on Jan. 1, 2025, at the age of 88.
Jane and identical twin Jean were born in the same cabin that their father was born in. Jane was a little smaller than Jean, weighing...
Marcia Lorraine Bonafede
Jan 1, 2025
It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Marcia Lorraine (Miceli) Bonafede, a beloved wife, devoted mother, grandmother, daughter, sister, aunt, godmother and friend to many. Marcia was born on March 16, 1942, in New London, Connecticut, to Frank and Lorraine (Gladue) Miceli. Marcia lived in Connecticut until her family moved to Pomona, California when Marcia was...