Obituaries

Shasta Tom, 100, of Leakey, passed away on April 30, 2026, at a care facility in Comfort. Shasta was born April 7, 1926, to James and Bertha (Goodwin) Gillum in Burnet. She was the 12th of 13 children; and early on they moved throughout Texas sharecropping during the depression years. The family moved to Leakey when Shasta was around 8 […]

Gloria Rodriguez, 88, of Uvalde died May 4, 2026, at her residence. Visitation is scheduled from 2 to 9 p.m. May 11, and a rosary will be recited at 7 p.m., at Rushing-Estes-Knowles Mortuary. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. May 12 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Interment will follow at Hillcrest Cemetery. She was […]

Dolores Gonzales, 95, of Uvalde died on April 30, 2026, at North Austin Medical Center in Austin. She was born on Dec. 20, 1930, in San Antonio. She married Medardo Gonzales on March 13, 1953, in Uvalde. The family described her as a devoted and loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, aunt, and friend who cherished her family above all else. […]

Jesus G. “Chuy” Garcia, 64, of Uvalde died on May 1, 2026, at Methodist Metropolitan Hospital in San Antonio. He was born on Oct. 1, 1961, in Ciudad Acuna, Coahuila, Mexico, to Lidia (Gomez) and Thomas Hood Waddill. He married Leticia Bueno on March 1, 1981, in Uvalde. He is survived by his wife, of Uvalde; two daughters, Jessica B. […]

Oswaldo Flores, 50, of Uvalde, Texas, completed his journey on earth on May 3, 2026. He was born on June 19, 1975, in Mexico City, D.F., Mexico, to Rosa Irene (Villarreal) and Jose Osvaldo Flores Mata. To know him was to love him. A father, son, husband, uncle, brother, friend – these are a few titles that he held but […]

Leslie Ripple “Rip” Duke, Sr., 81, of Utopia, TX died Monday, April 27, 2026, in Kerrville, TX. He was born Dec 2, 1944, to Leslie Ray and Norma Vivian Duke and attended school in Utopia, graduating in 1963. He married the love of his life Elvie Cantrell on March 27, 1964, in Austin. After working for several years he started […]

Paul Carrol Neely, 64, of Sabinal, Texas, passed away peacefully in his sleep in Medford, Oregon, on April 19, 2026. Paul was born in Uvalde, Texas, on Jan. 23, 1962, to Frank and Wanda Neely. He attended Sabinal High School and was an honorably discharged veteran of the U.S. Army. He is survived by his wife, Linda; his three daughters, […]

Raul Lopez Gonzales, 68, of Uvalde, died on April 27, 2026, at Kindred Hospital in San Antonio. He was born on Oct. 21, 1957, in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico, to Esperanza (Lopez) and Remigio Gonzalez. He is survived by five daughters, Esperanza Escamilla and husband, Luis, and Yolanda Gonzales and companion, Jose Peña, all of Uvalde, Eloisa Sanchez of Albuquerque, […]

Kenneth Wayne Hargrave, 64, of Leakey, died on April 18, 2026, at Adobe Contemplative Care in San Antonio. He was born on Feb. 28, 1962, in Hempstead to Dorothy Klau-Meyer and Tommy Deryl Hargrave. He is survived by his wife, Gracie Hargrave of Leakey; mother and husband, William White, of Bastrop; daughter, Lauren Wilson of Seattle, Washington; four stepdaughters, Melanie […]