Pastor Phillips

August 24, 2015

Services for Olton Gordon Phillips, 70, Preacher for 35 years and Pastor of NorthSide Baptist Church for 26 years will be at 10:30AM on Friday, Aug 28th, at NorthSide Baptist Church in Nolanville, TX. Burial will follow in Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery. Pastor Phillips was born December 28, 1944 and died August 24, 2015 at home surrounded by...

Harriet Brown

August 22, 2015

No services are planned for Harriet Pearl Brown, 64, of Killeen. Ms. Brown died Aug. 22, 2015, at her residence. Survivors include her sons, Steven R. Briggs and Michael Brown; and daughter, Dulcie Shuler. Harper-Talasek Funeral Home in Killeen is in charge of arrangements.

Connie Reese

August 11, 2015

CONNIE MAE COCHRAN REESE Services for Connie Mae Cochran Reese, 79, of Belton will be 3:00 p.m. Friday, August 14, at the Anchor of Hope Church, Belton, TX with the Rev. Sam Callahan and Rev. Weldon Hicks officiating. Visitation will be 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Thursday, August 13 at Harper-Talasek Funeral Home, Killeen, TX. She will be laid to...

Isaac Hawthorne

August 9, 2015

Services for Isaac Herrell Hawthorne, 86, of Killeen, will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Harper-Talasek Chapel in Killeen with the Rev. John Abbey officiating. Burial will follow in Cedar Valley Cemetery. Mr. Hawthorne died Aug. 9, 2015, at his residence. He was born Dec. 15, 1928, in Eddy to the late Arthur and Ethel (McClellan) Hawthorne. He enlisted...

Jackie Harris

August 5, 2015

Funeral services for retired Sgt. 1st Class Jackie Lee Harris, 68, of Killeen, will be at a later date. Mr. Harris died Aug. 5, 2015, at a local nursing home. Born March 31, 1947, and educated in Shinnston, W.Va., he joined the U.S. Army in 1968 and served in the Vietnam War, Korea and Germany. His awards include the...

Billie Marler

July 29, 2015

Billie was born in Milano, Texas, to Charlie B. and Ida Belle Mosley. She had four brothers: Ollie, James, Thomas and Dan; five sisters: Ruby Doughtery, Leona Stiles, Mary Campbell, Emma Turland and Barbara Trevino. She married Floyd Ray Ellis on Dec 17, 1945. The couple cut cedar for a living for five years in the Killeen/Belton area while...

Vickie Bernethy

July 27, 2015

Services for Vickie Lee Bernethy, 59, of Killeen are Friday, July 31, 2015, at 11:00 a.m. at Lifeway Fellowship with Reverend Jimmy Towers officiating. Vickie passed away Monday, July 27, 2015, in a Temple hospital. Vickie Lee Fender was born on June 14, 1956, in Bowie, Texas to the late Floyd and Frances Claudette (Jones) Fender. A resident of...

Hershsl Fowler

July 19, 2015

Funeral services for Hershel R. Fowler, 86, of Killeen will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Harper-Talasek Funeral Home Chapel in Killeen with the Rev. Jack Harvey officiating. Internment with full military honors will be at noon Tuesday at Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery. Mr. Fowler died July 19, 2015, at his residence. He was born July 18, 1929....

Joseph Pruitt

July 18, 2015

Funeral services for retired Sgt. 1st Class Joseph R. Pruitt, 71, of Killeen, will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at St. Paul Chong Hasang Catholic Church in Harker Heights. Interment with full military honors will follow at noon at Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery. Mr. Pruitt died July 18, 2015, at a local hospital. He was born July 14,...

Thomas Fergerson

July 17, 2015

Services for Master Sergeant Retired, Thomas E. Fergerson will be held Friday, July 24, at the Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery's Columbaria in Killeen at 3 p.m. Mr. Fergerson, 52, passed away July 17, 2015, after a prolonged illness at the Olin E. Teague Veterans' Medical Center in Temple. He was born October 10, 1962 in National City, CA....

Stephen Miller

July 17, 2015

Visitation HarperTalasek Chapel 506 N. 38th Street Killeen, TX  76543 Monday, July 20, 2015 6-8 pm Service Saint Joseph Catholic Church 2903 E Rancier Killeen, TX  76543 Tuesday, July 21, 2015 10 am Cemetery Killeen Memorial ParkHa 3600 Lake Rd. Killeen, TX  76543

Ruth Manfull

July 16, 2015

On Thursday, July 16, 2015, an amazing mother, grandmother, and friend went to be with Jesus at the age of 93. She will be missed every day by her family and friends, but they are at peace with her passing, knowing that she was welcomed into His presence. They take comfort in knowing that she is being reunited with...

Diane Rutledge

July 16, 2015

Diane Rutledge was born to the parental stewardship of Monroe and Catherine Wilcox on June 18, 1952 in Fitzgerald, Georgia. She commenced and concluded her formal education in the public schools of the FIDC, graduating from Fitzgerald High School in 1969. As a passionate person with an enormously unique interest in people, her life bore the fruit of an...

John Brown

July 14, 2015

John Dennis Brown was born on May 11, 1945 to the late Floyd and Tillie Brown in Brooklyn, New York. He enlisted in the United States Army in 1962 as a cook. He served tours in in Korea, Vietnam, and Germany. John was a plumber by trade. He married Mary Jordan November 19, 1982, at Lampasas County Courthouse. On...

Dennis Johnson

July 10, 2015

Dennis Roger Johnson was born to the parental stewardship of Charlie and Zeora T. Johnson on August 21, 1964 on the military installation of Fort Hood, located in the city of Killeen, Texas. His formal education commenced at Marlboro Elementary School, continued at Manor Middle School and concluded upon his graduation from Killeen High School. Reared in the fear...

David Clawson

July 6, 2015

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Coy Hilbert

June 27, 2015

Funeral services for Coy W. Hilbert, 77, of Nolanville will be at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday at Harper-Talasek Funeral Chapel. Mr. Hilbert passed away June 27, 2015 at a Local hospital. He was born Dec. 27, 1937 in Uvalde Texas to the late Henry Hilbert and Zelda Waltz. His family moved to central Texas when he was very young. Coy...

Karin Miller

June 25, 2015

Funeral services for Karin C. Miller, 74, of Killeen will be at 2:00 p.m. Thursday at Harper-Talasek Funeral Chapel, with visitation from 12 Noon to 2:00. Mrs. Miller passed away June 25, 2015 at a Round Rock hospital. She was born 1940 in during WWII in Czechoslovakia to Wenzel and Louse Simon. Her father, a soldier, was killed in...

James Duncan

June 22, 2015

James Louis Duncan was born July 16, 1952, in Shreveport, Louisiana to James and Mary Duncan. He was the first child of seven children. He received an honorable discharge from the United States Army on June 24, 1974. During his tenure in the U.S. Army he served to protect our country in the Vietnam War. He received an honorable...

Miyoko Hanes

June 16, 2015

Graveside services for Miyoko Nagata Hanes, 85, of Killeen will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Central Texas Veterans Cemetery in Killeen with Chaplain Sandra Hilliard officiating. Mrs. Hanes died June 16, 2015 at her home. Miyoko was born March 21, 1930, to Mong and Kama Nagata in Kochinda, Okinawa. She was named by her father, ''Beautiful, generation to...