Obituaries

A funeral mass for Mr. Florentino Nava, 50, of Madisonville, Texas was held 10 a.m., Thursday, August 5, 2021 at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church, Madisonville, Texas. Fr. Guillermo Gabriel-Maisonet officiated the service. Burial followed in Madisonville Cemetery.

LaEvelyn Lorraine Staten-Brown was born on August 23, 1948 and went home to glory on August 6, 2021. She grew up going to Catholic schools throughout her young age and was a devoted Catholic all of her life. As an adult, she joined Sweet Zion Missionary Baptist along with her daughter due to her daughter being baptist, even though in her heart she always held her Catholic religion. Sometime during her teenage years her family moved to Bryan, Texas and she graduated from A.E. Kemp High, Class of 1966.

Funeral services for Austin “Woody” Cole, 26, were held 2 p.m., July 29, 2021 at Iola Worship Center, Iola, Texas. Pastor Turner Yarborough officiated the service and interment followed in Wealthy Cemetery near Normangee, Texas.

Doris Jo (Mize) Engelking; 80 of College Station, TX; passed away on Wednesday, July 28, 2021 in College Station, TX. Funeral services were scheduled for 2 p.m. on Sunday; August 1, 2021 at Day Funeral Home Chapel in Madisonville, TX with the burial following at Midway City Cemetery. Joel Douget and Loyd Harper will officiate. The visitation will be prior to the service beginning at noon on Sunday, also at Day Funeral Home Chapel.

It is with great sorrow that the family of Lenda, born April 17, 1941, announce her passing on July 30, 2021. She is preceded in death by her parents Robert Edward Lee and Louise Kemp Simon. She will be remembered lovingly by her husband of 54 years, Ferney (FI) Lord, her children; Tracei Ramsden (David), Leigh Du-Roy (Edward), and Dana Kadaj (Eric), grand children; Elizabeth, Nicholas, Llewellyn, and Arabella. She also leaves behind her brother James Lee (Cathy) and his wonderful children and grandchildren. Her in-laws; Hugh Lord (Polly), Dorothy Jones (William), her niece, nephews and their children, whom she cherished. She also has numerous extended family. She loved us all fiercely and will be forever missed.

Dr. James Kenneth McNatt, Sr.

Peggy George (Daily) Shirley; 88 years, 8 months, and 9 days of Madisonville, TX (formerly of Hughes Springs, TX); passed away on Tuesday; July 27, 2021 in Madisonville, TX. Funeral services are scheduled for 10 a.m. on Tuesday; August 3, 2021 at The First Baptist Church in Madisonville, TX with Bro. Matt Carey and Bro. Mark Trichel officiating. There will be a visitation prior to the service beginning at 9 a.m. and graveside services are scheduled for 5 p.m. at Friendship Cemetery at 5419 FM 161, Hughes Springs, TX with Bro. Charles Russell officiating.

Demita Nannette Sweet was born July 13, 1964, in Madisonville, Texas, to the union of the late Eddie L. Mason, Sr. and Gladys M. Spivey Mason. Her formative years were spent in the Madisonville Community, where she gave her life to Christ at a very early age. She was a faithful and active member of the Lakeview Baptist Church until she moved to Houston, Texas, where she attended Brookhollow Baptist Church.

Mary Jane (Powell) Andrews; 86 of Madisonville, TX; passed away at her home on Monday; July 19, 2021. Funeral services were scheduled for 11 a.m. on Thursday; July 22, 2021, at The First Baptist Church in Madisonville, TX with Bro. Charles Higgs officiating. There was a visitation prior to the service beginning at 10 a.m. and the burial followed the service at Madisonville Cemetery.

Tommy Hoyt of Austin, Texas passed away on July 11 at the age of 48. Tommy was born on April 21, 1973, in Houston, Texas to Paul on Judy Hoyt of Madisonville, Texas. He married Teri Grona Hoyt on January 18, 1997, in Bethany Lutheran Church in Fredericksburg, Texas.