Obituaries

Mary Etta Mitchell Sahady, 84, loving wife, mother, grandmother and aunt, passed away Jan. 13, 2021, in Bellville, where she had resided for the past 30 years.

Hamilton always remained steadfast in her heart.

David Benjamin Cole, 96, left this world peacefully in his sleep on Jan. 15, 2021, after a recent stroke.

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 21, at the chapel of Riley Funeral Home in Hamilton.

Clarence Douglass “Doug” Owen, 83, passed away suddenly Sunday, Jan. 10, at his home.

James Harold “Jim” Thames, Jr., 76, of Crockett, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021, at his home.

Tommy Joe Craig, 88, died Jan. 7, 2021.

Services were Monday, Jan. 11, at Riley Funeral Home Chapel. Burial was in Oakwood Cemetery.

Tommy was born March 26, 1932, in Hamilton County to Charles and Ola Craig.

Katie Belle (Kay) Kirby Black, 97, peacefully went home to be with her Lord surrounded by her family singing her favorite hymns on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, at Hico Nursing & Rehabilitation.

Wyndale Lynn Weems, 76, of Waco went to be with the Lord on Friday, Jan. 8, 2021.

Alice Lydia Reining was born July 1, 1924 in Ayshire, Iowa. The seventh of nine children, she was given the nickname Jackie as a young girl.

Hamilton County Electric Cooperative recognizes employees for years of service: Top row, Allen Reed, First Class Lineman, with Shea Wilson, Manager of Operations and Brenda Kirkland, Senior Consumer Accounts Representative, with Tracy Cox, Consume