OBITUARIES
Lucille Payne
Nov 26, 2019
Lucille Montgomery Payne passed away November 26, 2019. She was born in Cross Plains on April 26, 1923 to Loyd and Cassie Montgomery. She married her high school sweetheart, Glenn Wiley Payne, on May 16, 1942 and they made their home west of Cross Plains as they began a life of farming and ranching. They were baptized together on July...
Martha Dillard
Nov 17, 2019
Martha Kathryn (Austin) Dillard, 85, formally of Cross Plains, Texas passed away on Sunday, November 17, 2019 in Abilene, Texas surrounded by her family. Funeral service will be held Wednesday, November 20, at 10:00 AM at Higginbotham Funeral Home Chapel in Cross Plains, Texas with Max Evens officiating and Connie Kirkham assisting. Burial will follow at Cross Plains Memorial Park....
Glenn Erwin
Nov 1, 2019
Glenn Wesley Erwin, 95, formerly of San Angelo, Texas passed away on Friday, November 1, 2019 in Kyle, Texas. Graveside service will be held Saturday, November 9, at 1:00 PM at Sabanno Cemetery, a cemetery donated by his grandfather, James Samuel Erwin, near Cross Plains, Texas. The family will have a time of visitation Saturday, November 9 from 11:30-12:45 pm...
Norma Moore
Oct 17, 2019
Norma Jean Moore, 82, of Cross Plains, Texas passed away on Thursday, October 17, 2019 in Ballinger, Texas surrounded by her family. Funeral service will be held Saturday, October 19, at 1:00 PM at Higginbotham Funeral Home Chapel in Cross Plains, Texas with Charles Chesshir officiating. Burial will follow at Smith Springs Cemetery in Stephenville, Texas. The family will have...
Aggie Lancaster
Sep 23, 2019
Aggie Lancaster, 87, of Rising Star, Texas passed away on Monday, September 23, 2019 in Rising Star, Texas. Funeral service will be held Sunday, September 29, at 2:00 PM at Higginbotham Funeral Home in Cross Plains, Texas. Burial will follow at the Wolf Valley Cemetery in Brown County. Aggie was born February 5, 1932 in Blanco, New Mexico to the...
Theresa Lewis
Sep 12, 2019
Theresa Claudine Hughes Lewis, 96, of Rising Star, Texas left this earth on Thursday, September 12, 2019 to meet her Lord and Savior and to be reunited with the love of her life, Shorty Lewis. Funeral service will be held Saturday, September 14, at 2:30 PM at the First Baptist Church in May, Texas with David Williams officiating. Burial will...
Warren Bailey
Sep 8, 2019
Warren Dean Bailey, 88, of Rising Star, Texas passed away on Sunday, September 8, 2019. Funeral service will be held Saturday, September 14, at 11:00 AM at the Church of Christ in Rising Star, Texas with Terry Jackson officiating. Burial will follow at Rising Star Cemetery. The family will have a time of visitation Friday, September 13 from 5:30-8:00 pm...
Jimmy Ratliff
Aug 18, 2019
Jimmy Ray “Jim” Ratliff, 79, of Rising Star, Texas passed away on Sunday, August 18, 2019 in Rising Star, Texas surrounded by his family. Graveside service will be held Thursday, August 22, at 2:00 PM at the Rising Star Cemetery in Rising Star, Texas with Terry Simmons officiating. The family will have a time of visitation Wednesday, August 21 from...
Billy Bush
Aug 8, 2019
Billy Jack Bush, 63, of Rising Star, Texas passed away on Thursday, August 8, 2019 in FT. Worth, Texas. Funeral service will be held Thursday, August 15, at 10:00 AM at the First Baptist Church in Rising Star, Texas with Terry Simmons officiating. Burial will follow at Salt Tank Cemetery in Eastland County, Texas. The family will have a time...
Patsy Harelik
Jul 17, 2019
Patsy H. Harelik, 68, of Cisco, Texas passed away on Wednesday, July 17, 2019 at home surrounded by her family. The Family will be holding a memorial service on Saturday, July 20, 2019, at11:00 AM at the First United Methodist Church in Cross Plains, Texas with Kevin Morton officiating. Patsy was born March 27, 1951 in Austin, Texas to the...
Wesley Ingram
Jun 21, 2019
Wesley Ingram, 89, of Cross Plains, Texas passed away on Friday, June 21, 2019 in Coleman, Texas surrounded by her family. Funeral service will be held Sunday, June 23, at 3:00 PM at the First Baptist Church in Cross Plains, Texas with Ronnie White officiating and Kenneth Reiter assisting. Burial will follow at Cross Plains Memorial Park. The family will...
Janice Bishop
Jun 9, 2019
Janice Bishop, 71, of Brownwood, Texas passed away on Sunday, June 9, 2019 in Brownwood, Texas. Funeral service will be held Wednesday, June 12, at 10:00 AM at First Baptist Church in Rising Star, Texas with Terry Simmons officiating. Burial will follow at the Rising Star Heritage Cemetery in Rising Star, Texas. Janice was born August 23, 1947 in Austin,...
Melba Hutchins
May 30, 2019
Melba Fern Hutchins, formerly of Cross Plains, Texas passed away on Thursday, May 30, 2019 at the Clyde Nursing Care Center in Clyde, Texas at the age of 91. She was born August 12, 1927 in Callahan County to Steward and Bertha Reid Bentley. Fern was married to C.G. (Tuff) Hutchins on June 23, 1944 in Atwell, Texas. They had...
Margie Mcneal
May 18, 2019
Margie McNeal, 90, of Cross Plains, Texas passed away on Saturday, May 18, 2019 in Cross Plains, Texas. Funeral service will be held Monday, May 20, at 2:00 PM at First Baptist Church in Cross Plains, Texas with Martin Young officiating. Burial will follow at Cross Plains Memorial Park. The family will have a time of visitation Monday, May 20...
Jane Bonner
May 4, 2019
Jane Cutbirth-Bonner, 79, of Cross Plains, Texas went to be with Christ Jesus, her Lord and Savior on Saturday, May 4, 2019 in Rising Star, Texas. Funeral service will be held Tuesday, May 7, at 10:30 AM at the First United Methodist Church in Cross Plains, with Kevin Morton officiating. Burial will follow at Ross Cemetery in Baird, Texas. The...
