Linda Duckworth

March 18, 2023

Linda Lou Black Duckworth 75 years old, passed away on March 18, 2023, at home. Services will be held on Friday, March 31 at Harper-Talasek Funeral Home in Killeen with burial will follow at Killeen City Cemetery. A visitation will be held on Thursday, March 30 from 5-7 pm at the funeral home.

Linda was born in...

Robert "Bob" Kunard

March 16, 2023

Robert Paul Kunard, passed away on Thursday March 16, 2023 in Killeen, Texas, at the age of 68.

Bob was career military, having served in the U.S. Marines, Air Force and the Army. He was deployed on the USS John F Kennedy (CV 67), and also served overseas in Germany and Korea, before completing his service at...

Lyndal Parmer

March 11, 2023

Lyndal Joyce Wolverton Parmer, 83, of Harker Heights, Texas, passed away on Saturday, March 11, 2023 at 5:24PM.

Born December 22, 1939 in Aquilla, Texas. She was the daughter of John and Georgia Wolverton of Killeen, Texas, both deceased. She was preceded in death by her siblings, Earl Wolverton, Don Wolverton, Lynn Wolverton, and Margaret Hughling.

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Lora Jarma

February 18, 2023

Lora Claudia (Keith) Jarma nee Blackwell was born December 11, 1941 to Claud and Vivian Blackwell and died February 18, 2023. She is survived by her husband John Daniel Jarma of Killeen,Texas, her daughter Rene' Hernandez and husband of Anna ,Texas, her daughter Vickie Harris and husband of Pawhuska, Oklahoma, her sister Karen Kamman, her brothers Dean Blackwell, and James...

Mary Bivens

February 8, 2023

Mary “Carol” (Hayes) (McCarthy) Bivens, 80, passed away on Wednesday, February 8, 2023. She was surrounded by her children as she passed.

A Committal Service will be held on March 3, 2023, at 1:15 at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery. The cemetery is located at 1520 Harry Wurzbach Rd. San Antonio, TX 78209.

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Marita Burke

February 7, 2023

Marita Elfie Burke, 70, of Waco, passed away on Tuesday, February 7, 2023.

Marita was born in Rüsselsheim, Germany on April 26, 1952.

She is survived by her daughter, Priscilla Burke; and grandson, and will be missed terribly by them both.

Richard (Rich) Miles

February 3, 2023

Richard Lee Miles, age 86, of Killeen, Tx, transitioned to heaven very peacefully on February 3rd, 2023 after a lengthy illness.

Graveside services provided by Harper-Talasek Funeral Home of Killeen will be held Saturday, February 11, beginning at noon in Kempner, Tx at the Kempner Cemetery. He will be presented with Full Military Honors.

Richard...

Joaquin Trevino

February 3, 2023

Joaquin Narranjo Trevino, 89, passed away peacefully at Meridian Care of Monte Vista retirement home, San Antonio, Texas on Friday, February 3, 2023. Visitation will begin Wednesday, February 15, 2023 at 1100 hrs to 1400 hrs with religious officiation by Fr. Chris beginning at 1330 hrs at the Harper-Talasek funeral home located at 506 N 38th St., Killeen, Tx....

Ernest Higginbotham

January 26, 2023

Ernie was born on January 13, 1942, to the late Ernest Franklin Higginbotham and Margaret Helen Higginbotham. He grew up in Waco and graduated from Waco High School in 1960.

After high school he was recruited by Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas to play baseball, then a year later he was recruited by Baylor University...

Lloyd Herbert

January 26, 2023

Lloyd Joseph Herbert was born on January 12, 1953, to parents Amon Herbert Sr., and Elenora Motley Thibodeaux, in New Orleans, Louisiana.

He was a veteran of the United States Air Force.  Lloyd proudly served as an investigator CID for the city of Killeen Police Department from June 6, 1986 to Jan 12, 2012.   Like all...

Eula Carrier

January 25, 2023

Eula Mae Carrier, better known by her grandchildren as "GiGi", or "Grandma Goody", 83, of Killeen, passed away at her home on Wednesday, January 25, 2023.

Eula was born on May 29, 1939 in Coryell County, Texas to Veldon Turner and Viola Cox. She was born and raised in this area and married Henry Leroy Carrier Sr....

Sfc (Ret.) Larry Finnen

January 16, 2023

The true measure of a Servant is viewed through the service of one who has resolved that their life belongs to the Lord. Under the umbrella of this conviction, the Servant engages each day of his life, convinced that he is living toward leaving to reside in the eternal Presence of the One to whom his soul belongs. Romans...

Benny San Nicolas

January 12, 2023

Benny Chargulaf San Nicolas

(January 14, 1955 – January 12, 2023)

Benny “Familian Kinto” from Malesso, Guam was called home by our heavenly father at the age of 67 in Temple, Texas. Benny, an Army Veteran, retired Battalion Chief Department of Navy. He will forever be missed by his wife of 42 years, MaryLou T. San Nicolas, his children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and numerous family...

Mickey French

January 9, 2023

Mickey Joe French was born in Coffee County, Alabama to Nancy Elizabeth and Virgil French on December 21, 1948. When he was seven his father was killed in an automobile accident.

Eventually, two widowers, Elizabeth and Grover Garrett, each with two children, married and were blessed with another five boys.

In 1966, Mickey joined the...

Frederick Labounty

January 9, 2023

Fred LaBounty, 74, of Harker Heights, TX, passed away peacefully on Monday, January 9, 2023 in the comfort of his home. Fred, born and raised in Texas, joined the Marines after High School and honorably served in Japan during the Vietnam war. He later went to the University of Texas where he became a Pharmacist and spent most of his career...

Clyde Nelson

January 4, 2023

Clyde Lamont Nelson, better known as PawPaw, 77, of Killeen, passed away on Wednesday, January 4, 2023.

Military Honors and Committal will be held Wednesday, January 11, at Central Texas State Veteran's Cemetery, beginning at 9 am.

Mary Gonzales

January 3, 2023

Mary Gonzales was born in Buckholts, Texas to parents, Benito S. Benavides and Juanita Prado on February 11, 1937. She passed away on January 3, 2023, in Harker Heights. A Funeral Mass will be held Wednesday, January 11 at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, beginning at 1 pm, followed by burial in Killeen City Cemetery. A visitation will be held...

Mary Smith

December 30, 2022

Mary Lou Smith, 92, of Killeen, TX passed away on Friday, December 30, 2022 in Sugar Land, TX. She was born on October 22, 1930 in Killeen, TX to Bonnie Alline Rambo and Maxwell Monroe Sanderford. She graduated from Killeen High School as Valedictorian. She married Edward Wayne Smith. She worked as a budget analyst at the Fort Hood...

Louise Nixon-Greenlee

December 22, 2022

Louise Nixon-Greenlee, 78, of Killeen, passed away on Thursday, December 22, 2022. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, January 5, 2023, at Harper-Talasek Funeral Home in Killeen with Pastor Roy L. Sephus officiating. Visitation will begin an hour prior to the service.

Louise was born on September 28, 1944, in Birmingham, Alabama to Daisy Miles and...

Doris Barr

December 21, 2022

Doris Mae Ohpelia (Springman) Barr, 96, of Killeen, TX, passed away on Wednesday, December 21, 2022. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, December 27, 2022 at Harper-Talasek Funeral Home in Killeen beginning at 11 am following with burial at Killeen City Cemetery. Visitation will be held prior to the service, beginning at 10 am.

Mrs. Barr was...