Betty Ruth Chambles, 83, of Horseshoe Bay, Texas passed away Friday, February 22, 2013. She was born September 13, 1929 to Ada Ruth Dutcher Wood and Jake Paul Wood in Eagle Lake, Texas. Betty was the principle shareholder of Better Beverages, Inc., the Dr Pepper and Pepsi business in Hallettsville. She was a member of […]

Port Lavaca – Billy Joe “Bill” Corbell, 87, passed away on Saturday, February 16, 2013. He was born on October 25, 1925 in Caddo, Texas to the late Ivan Calvin Corbell and Ruby Lee Corbell. Bill grew up in Tomball, Texas and graduated from Tomball High School. After graduation, Bill entered the V12 Naval Officer […]

  Margaret Chatham was born on November 14, 1944 in Morgan City, Louisiana to Martin and Laura Rink DeHart.  In July of 1969, she and her husband Robert, who were married in 1965, moved to Seadrift. In 1985, Margaret became Calhoun County Precinct 4 Justice of the Peace, a position previously held by her father-in-law […]

Evelyn A. Smith, 93, of Austin and Port O’Connor, more recently of Port Lavaca, died Thursday, January 24, 2013. She was born on November 26, 1919 in Caldwell County, Texas to Kyle Achilles Woodland and Annie Rena Alexander Woodland. Mrs. Smith’s family originally settled in Texas as part of the Stephen F. Austin Colony. She […]

A.J. Clayton, Sr., 75, of Seadrift, passed away January 19, 2013. He was born October 25, 1937, in Austin to the late Alvia Baylus and Hazel Mae Clayton. He is survived by his wife, Barbara Ann Clayton of Seadrift; children, Shawn Dee Clayton and husband Hawk of Batrop, TX, Alva Jerald Clayton, Jr. and wife […]