Obituaries

Cleto Martinez Jr., 78, of San Antonio, formerly of Uvalde, died on Oct. 30, 2025, at Mesa Vista Health Center in San Antonio. He was born on Dec. 21, 1946, in Carrizo Springs to Luisa (Mendoza) and Cleto Martinez Sr. He is survived by five daughters, Ana Vasquez of Defiance, Ohio, Christina Zapata and husband, Joel, of Uvalde, Veronica Fabela […]

Dick Hearn was born June 29, 1947, in Sonora, Texas, to Melvin Richard Hearn and Marian Louise Adams. He graduated from Sonora High School and attended Southwest Texas Junior College in Uvalde, Texas. He married his high school sweetheart, Linda Sue McCutchen, Feb. 18, 1967, and remained married for 58 years. He worked as a truck driver for H&H Trucking, […]

Dick Hearn was born June 29, 1947, in Sonora, Texas, to Melvin Richard Hearn and Marian Louise Adams. He graduated from Sonora High School and attended Southwest Texas Junior College in Uvalde, Texas. He married his high school sweetheart, Linda Sue McCutchen, Feb. 18, 1967, and remained married for 58 years. He worked as a truck driver for H&H Trucking, […]

Ernst M. Graw (1938–2025) Ernst M. Graw, a respected Texas band director, died October 27, 2025, in Dallas at age 87. Born June 17, 1938, Ernst graduated with honors from Uvalde High School in 1957. He studied music at Sul Ross State Teachers College in Alpine and earned a master’s degree from Texas A&I University in Kingsville. Ernst began his […]

Willa Dee Ilse, 96, of Sabinal, died on Oct. 19, 2025, at her home. A funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. Nov. 6 at Sabinal Methodist Church and a reception will follow in the church hall. Interment of ashes will take place at a later date at Sabinal Cemetery. She was born Sept. 7, 1929, in Sasakwa, Oklahoma, […]

Russell Dean Chaney, 64, of Utopia died on Oct. 26, 2025, at his residence. He was born on Sept. 23, 1961, in Waco to Naoma Sue (Wolff) and Charles Linson Chaney. He married his high school sweetheart, Uphie Virginia Wern, on Sept. 26, 1980, in Texas City. They were married for 46 years. He graduated from San Antonio College in […]

Charlie Edmond Massey Jr., 73, of Uvalde died on Oct. 21, 2025, at Uvalde Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center. He was born on Jan. 14, 1952, in Uvalde to Mildred (Hoisington) and Charlie Massey Sr. He is survived by two sons, Tommy Voelcker of Tyler and John Massey and wife, Jamie, of Lawton, Oklahoma; sister, Lillian Kneip of Uvalde; seven grandchildren; […]

Felipe (Phillip) Moya was born on Dec. 8, 1959, in Mathis, Texas, and passed away on Oct. 27, 2025, in San Antonio. He was preceded in death by his mother, Guadalupe Moya and maternal grandparents, Simon and Josefina Moya, and uncles, Juan B. Jalomo and Juan Ramos. Phillip is survived by his daughter Phyllis Ann Moya, and his only grandchild, […]

Robert Douglas Smallwood, age 83, passed away on Oct. 22, 2025, in Lakeway, Texas. The son of Jasper Braxton Smallwood and Lillie Mae (Chaney) Smallwood, he was born and raised in Utopia, Texas. He graduated from Texas A&M University in 1964 and St. Mary’s University in San Antonio, Texas, in 1970. “Doug” married his wife, Patricia Ruth (Long) Smallwood, in […]