CORPUS CHRISTI, TX. – Miss Shirley Ann Butcher of Corpus Christi, Texas entered into eternal rest on Friday, the 30th of September 2022 at Harbor Hospice in Portland, Texas. She was seventy-three years of age.   Miss Butcher was formerly a chef of forty years at Gio’s Villa Italian Restaurant in Brownsville, Texas.   She was preceded in death by her parents, Jim F. and Rachel L. Butcher; and by her sisters, Mary Josephine Butcher and Harriet Rose...

ARANSAS PASS, TX. – Jorge Luis Zárate entered eternal rest on Wednesday, the 28th of September 2022 in Portland, Texas. He was sixty-eight years old.     Jorge was born and raised in San Pedro, Texas and lived most of his life in Brownsville. He lived briefly in Tulare, California, Houston, and most recently in Aransas Pass. At first sight, Jorge was a simple man… an electrician by trade, a love of Conjunto music, and great at manning the grill. Those of...

BROWNSVILLE, TX. - Matilde Ninfa Garza Guillen, lifelong resident of Brownsville, Texas, was called by her creator on Sunday, the 25th of September 2022, while in the comfort of her Brownsville residence, surrounded by her loving family. She was ninety-four years of age.   Ninfa, as she was affectionately known as, was born in Brownsville, Texas on March 14, 1928, daughter of Adolfo Rodriguez and Guadalupe Zapata Garza. She worked in the retail business for many years at...

MISSION, TX. – Alice Pearl (Crawford) Berry peacefully passed away on Wednesday, the 21st of September 2022 in McAllen, Texas. She was ninety-one years of age.   Alice was born March 4, 1931 in Harrisonville, Missouri, daughter of Sherman and Maggie Burgin Crawford. She moved from Missouri to Brownsville, Texas in 1970 with her children and her husband Eugene W. Berry. Alice was a devoted and loving mother and wife and was also active with her church, Saint Andrew’s by the...

BROWNSVILLE, TX. —  Antonio Bernús Abad entró en el descanso eterno el jueves 15 de septiembre de 2022 en la comodidad de su residencia en Brownsville rodeado de su amada familia. Tenía ochenta y nueve años de edad. La Misa Funeral se celebrará a las seis de la tarde del lunes 19 de septiembre de 2022 en la Iglesia Católica St. Luke, 2800 Rockwell Drive, Brownsville.   Los recuerdos de Sr. Bernús se pueden...

BROWNSVILLE, TX. – Lenora Going Rentfro entered the nearer presence of God on Tuesday, the 13th of September 2022. Born on August 29, 1924, she was the daughter of Lewis Bayard Going and Gladys Hollifield Going of Port Arthur, Texas.   Mrs. Rentfro graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in Port Arthur. She received a Bachelor of Arts in English from The University of Texas at Austin in 1945, graduating as a member of Phi Beta Kappa. While an undergraduate, she became a...

BROWNSVILLE, TX. – Xiomara Lima Castro entered into eternal rest on Saturday, the 10th of September 2022 at Valley Regional Medical Center in Brownsville, Texas. She was eighty-two years of age.    Xiomara was born in Cuba on November 02, 1939, daughter of the late Rogelio and Dulce Maria Rabre Lima. She married Reinaldo V. Castro and they welcomed a son, Reinaldo, Jr. They later fled Cuba, Reinaldo coming first, while the rest of the family resided in Mexico City, Mexico...

ELKHORN, NE. - Dr. William Kenneth Metcalf passed away peacefully in Texas with family at his side on Sep 9, 2022, at the age of 101.   Ken was born in Whitley Bay, Northumberland, England the only child of William and Margaret Metcalf. He attended medical school at Newcastle-on-Tyne where he met the love of his life, a fellow medical student, Norah Frances Lambe. They graduated from medical school in Dec 1943 and were married Aug 2, 1944. After serving in the Royal Army Medical Corps...

SAN BENITO, TX. - Juan Manuel Jasso, Jr., loving father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, entered into eternal rest on Sunday, the 4th of September 2022 at Valley Baptist Medical Center in Harlingen, Texas. He was seventy-two years of age.     Juan was born in Brownsville, Texas on October 21, 1949, son of the late Juan Manuel Jasso, Sr. and Elida Lerma Jasso and the eldest of his six siblings. He was a proud veteran of the United States Marine Corps where he served with...