Obits

Samuel Daulton Giddens

November 12, 1938 — September 23, 2019
Sam was born in Rochester, Texas to Elmore Daulton (Blue) and Savonne Cox Daulton. He was the eldest of six children. Sam graduated from Odessa High School in 1958. Upon graduation he went to work in the oil field. He met his wife, Cathy Rush, and they were married for over 61 years.

Laura McCarty

February 13, 1963 — September 27, 2019

Laura McCarty of Granite Shoals, age 56, was welcomed into the Kingdom of Heaven on Friday, Sept. 27, 2019.

Donald Edwin Reed “Don”

December 19, 1929 — September 19, 2019

Leona Jane Lyda Gatwood

July 9, 1939 — September 15, 2019

Leona Jane Lyda Gatwood, 80, passed into eternal life on Sept. 15, 2019, at St. James House in Baytown, Texas.

Donald Poston

October 18, 1939 — September 17, 2019

Donald Poston, age 79, of Marble Falls, Texas, passed away on Sept. 17, 2019 at Granite Mesa in Marble Falls. Don was born on Oct. 18, 1939 in Statesville, North Carolina, the fourth of five children to Paul Poston and Dorothy Thomas Poston.

David Almond

October 24, 1945 — September 2, 2019

My beloved David passed away peacefully on Monday, Sept. 2 leaving behind his wife, Liz; two daughters, Amanda and husband Kevin, and Juliette; their children, Chloe and Ethan, Morgan and Griffin; and David’s brother, Gordon, his wife Gail, and two sons, Christopher and Glenn.

Frederick F. “Rick” Avery

October 8, 1930 — September 8, 2019

Frederick F. “Rick” Avery peacefully passed away Sunday, Sept. 8 in his Horseshoe Bay home after a long, brave struggle with dementia.

John Griessen III

December 7, 1924 — August 27, 2019

Born and raised in Sedalia, Missouri, Dece. 7, 1924, John Griessen grew up in town and on the family farm at the end of Griessen road. In Sedalia he captured memories of farm life, boyhood and the struggles of the Great Depression.

Dorothy “Dot” Ellen Riley Creasey

May 7, 1945 – September 11, 2019

Albert Wayne Jowers

August 15, 1944 — September 11, 2019

Albert Wayne Jowers, age 75, passed away on Sept. 11, 2019 in The Woodlands, Texas. He was born on Aug. 15, 1944 in Seguin, Texas to Roxie Lee (Hitchcock) and Melvin Clinton Jowers.

Wayne proudly served in the US Navy from 1962 to 1968 before his final station in Saigon, Vietnam. 

He was a constant source of love, generosity, strength, humor and guidance to his family and friends over the years.

Wayne was preceded in death by his parents; and brother, Melvin Jowers. He is survived by his loving wife, Brenda Jowers; children, Brian Jowers, Lori Jowers, Robert Jowers, Allen Jowers, Raymond Jowers, Susie Jowers, Jessica Bryan, Abby Brayfield; numerous loving grandchildren and great-grandchildren; sister, Christine DeSpain and brothers, James and Johnny Jowers; as well as many other loved ones and friends that will miss him dearly.