Obituaries
Edward Wayne Laplant
January 7, 2022
Edward Wayne LaPlant, age 81, of Buffalo, Texas passed away on January 7, 2022, in Fairfield, Texas. He was born on April 12, 1940, to Ralph and Alice LaPlant in Dewy, Oklahoma. Edward had lived in the Leon County area for around twenty years coming from Livingston, Texas. His family moved a lot when he was younger. He lived in...
Melba (House) Call
January 6, 2022
A Graveside service for Melba (House) Call, age 93, of Liberty was held 11 A.M., Wednesday, January 12, 2022 at Lummus Cemetery in rural northeastern Leon County. Ben Sims officiated the service. Arrangements were under the direction of Walters’ Buffalo Funeral Home, Buffalo, Texas. Melba (House) Call, also known as “Odie”, went to be with the Lord on January 6,...
Darren Wayne Mills
January 3, 2022
Darren Wayne Mills was born April 24, 1985 in Fairfield, Texas to Dennis Wayne Mills & Glenda Lee (Castles) Mills, the eldest of three children. He was raised in Buffalo, Texas and was a graduate of Buffalo High School. Darren was a cowboy through and through. It was his occupation, but even more, it was in his blood. He loved...
Merkel "Dean" Johnson
January 2, 2022
A memorial service honoring the life of Dean Johnson, 87, of Oakwood, will be held 2 P.M., Sunday, January 9, 2022 at Walters’ Buffalo Funeral Home, Buffalo, Texas. Rev. Richard Dahlgren, pastor of Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church, will officiate the service with presentations by the V.F.W. and Buffalo Masonic Lodge. Merkel Dean Johnson was born June 18, 1934 in...
Sara Jo Echols
December 16, 2021
Sara Jo Echols passed away on Thursday, December 16, 2021 at the age of 32. Sara was born into this world on January 9, 1989 in Houston, Texas to Lori Belt Echols and Hubert Joe Echols. She graduated from Buffalo Texas High School and received her BA from the University of Texas. She then made her home in Richland Hills,...
Thomas Oren "Tom" Stanton
December 14, 2021
Tom Stanton, 59, of Whitehouse, Texas and formerly of Buffalo, Texas passed away December 14, 2021 in Tyler, Texas following an extended illness. He was born Thomas Oren Stanton, December 21, 1961 in Buffalo, Texas to parents, James & Mildred (LeGalley) Stanton. Tom was raised in Buffalo, Texas where he also began his own family. While in Buffalo, he owned...
Marilyn Ann Brown
December 10, 2021
Marilyn Ann Brown passed away peacefully at her home December 10, 2021, at the age of eighty-three years, following a valiant battle with Lewy Body Dementia. She was born December 15, 1937, in Buffalo, Texas to Lamon Rudolph & Dorothy (Russell) Meador. She attended some college classes when she was younger and worked most of her life as a secretary...
Saundra Jean Land
December 7, 2021
A visitation for Saundra Jean Land will be held on Friday, December 10, 2021, from 4 P.M. to 6 P.M. at Walters’ Buffalo Funeral Home, Buffalo, Texas. Saundra Land, 84, of Buffalo, Texas passed away at her home on December 7, 2021. She was born on December 27, 1936, in Mexia, Texas to Olan W.W. Spivey and Ruby (McLann) Spivey....
Clovis Marie Herring
November 30, 2021
On Tuesday, November 30, 2021, our dear, energetic, Clovis Marie Herring, of Frisco, Texas, age ninety, entered into eternal rest with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Clovis was born on September 5, 1931, in Houston, Harris County, Texas, to Charles Burton and Jessie Price Byars. She was the third child and first female in an extended family with many...
Shirley Carroll Rabe
November 29, 2021
Funeral services for Shirley Carroll "Sam" Rabe will be held 1 P.M., Sunday, December 5, 2021 at the Church of Christ, Buffalo, Texas. Gene Darby, pastor of the church, will officiate the service. Interment will full military funeral honors provided by the U.S. Air Force will follow in Buffalo Cemetery, Buffalo, Texas. A public visitation will be held Saturday, December...
Earl David "Dave" Cooper
November 29, 2021
Earl David Cooper (Dave) passed away in Hudson Creel Alzheimer Care Center on November 29, 2021. He had a long and happy life and left us with a multitude of enjoyable work and family memories. He will be solemnly missed by his children. Dave was born October 17, 1931 in Gentryville, IN where his mother grew up. His parents were...
Inez Faye Terry
November 23, 2021
Graveside services for Inez Faye Terry, 81, of Buffalo will be held Tuesday, November 30, 2021, at Keechi Cemetery followed by a celebration of life at Stewart Memorial United Methodist Church, Buffalo, Texas. Inez Terry was born January 11, 1940, in Houston, Texas to Fredrick and Nora (Selman) Courtney. Inez was known as a people person; who never met a...
Staci Ann Schakel
October 19, 2021
Graveside services for Staci Ann Schakel, 35, of Jewett, will be held 2 P.M., Friday, October 22, 2021 at Old Bowling Cemetery in the Old Bowling Community of Leon County, Texas. Rev. Allen Crosby, pastor of First Baptist Church, Jewett, Texas, will officiate the service. Pallbearers: Nathan Sipe, Curtis Stanford, Cole Stanford, Bobby McEachern, Lawson Fuller, Jared Winstead Staci Ann...
Mitchell Daniel Rector
October 18, 2021
Mitchell Daniel Rector was born September 25, 1985 in Turlock, California and tragically passed away October 18, 2021 in Mesquite, Texas at the age of thirty-six. Funeral services will be held 2 P.M., Saturday, October 23, 2021 at Celebration Church, Buffalo, Texas, and interment will follow in Buffalo Cemetery. The public is invited to attend a visitation from 5 P.M....
Josue Ponce Reyes
October 9, 2021
Josue Ponce Reyes was born April 12, 1973 in Cd. Acuna, Coahuila, Mexico to parents, Leonel Ponce & Esperanza Reyes. He passed away October 9, 2021 in Oakwood, Texas at the age of forty-eight. Josue worked as a repairman for Robinson’s Home and Auto in Buffalo. He had lived in Buffalo for the past twenty years and was a member...
Richard Vance Howlett, Sr.
September 24, 2021
Graveside services for Richard Howlett, Sr., 59, of Iola, Texas will be held 2 P.M., Friday, October 1, 2021 at Buffalo Cemetery, Buffalo, Texas. Bro. Johnny Varetto will officiate the service. A visitation will take place prior to the service from 10 A.M. to 1:30 P.M. at Walters’ Buffalo Funeral Home, Buffalo, Texas. Richard Vance Howlett, Sr. was born November...
Dean Matthew Lafleur
September 23, 2021
Dean Matthew LaFleur was born March 28, 1969 in Bellville, Texas to Wilbert & Barbara LaFleur and passed away September 23, 2021 at his home in Buffalo, Texas at the age of fifty-two years, five months & twenty-six days. He was preceded in death by grandparents, Frank & Elsie Harrison and Edward & Rosa Belle LaFleur, Sr.; uncle, Edward LaFleur,...
Felipe Morales Lucio
September 15, 2021
Felipe Morales Lucio, age 68, passed away September 15, 2021. He was born May 11, 1953 in Lamesa, Texas. Felipe is survived by two daughters, Yvette Lucio Dixon & husband, LeRoy and Erika Lucio Phillips & husband, Curtis; four sisters, Mary (Ruben) Vaquera, Sylvia (Rick) Schkade, Elizabeth Lucio and Cynthia Torres; one brother, Mosses (Laticia) Lucio. He is also survived...
Rolando Chavarria Rosales
September 15, 2021
Rolando Chavarria Rosales, 52, passed away September 15, 2021 in Buffalo, Texas. He was born September 14, 1969 in El Progresso Yoro, Honduras to Francisco Aroldo Chavarria and Maria Eufemia Rosales. Rolando had lived in Texas for the past two years, coming from North Carolina. He was a minister for Casa de Restauracion Yoracion Church in Houston and enjoyed making...
Laura Lee Watson
September 7, 2021
Laura Lee (Sanders) Watson died on September 7, 2021 at her home in Carbondale, Illinois. She was born to Coleman SANDERS and Lucile (Harrison) Sanders in Jewett, Texas on April 7, 1929 and was raised in Buffalo. She married Henry Thedford Watson on September 17, 1948 and were married ten days short of their seventy-third wedding anniversary. After their marriage...
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