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Obituaries

Randy Charles Doering

Randy Charles Doering, of Silver Spring, Maryland passed away at Washington Hospital Center on Saturday, October 21, 2023. Born on April 8, 1951, he was the son of Carl and Dolores Doering of Georgetown, Texas. He is survived by his wife of 36 years, Susan (Anglin) Doering.

Emma Gean (Choate) Dossey

Emma Gean (Choate) Dossey passed away peacefully on October 23, 2023. She was born on September 5, 1937, in Port Neches, Texas. She was a graduate of Thomas Jefferson High School in Port Arthur, Texas in 1956 and then attended Port Arthur Business College and Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas.

Bernice Becker Zreet

Bernice Becker Zreet, age 95, of Georgetown. Texas was was born April 28,1928 in Pflugerville, Texas, to Adolf and Edna Becker where she grew up on the family farm along with brothers Adolph “Sonny” Becker Jr., Wilbert Becker and sisters Freida Becker Woodland and Edline Becker McMains.

Bernice Ruth Arnold

Bernice Ruth Arnold (formally Bernice Jenkins) passed away peacefully on October 23, 2023, at the age of 88.  She was born on August 27, 1935, in Portsmouth, Ohio, the daughter of Reason and Cynthia (Boggs) Lyon and was the last of 12 children.

Ana María Sánchez Melendez

Ana María Sánchez Melendez, affectionately known as “Abuela Ana,” peacefully left us to be with the Lord on Tuesday, October 17, 2023. Ana María was born on February 3, 1938, in Aroa, Yaracuy, Venezuela. Her life was written in two chapters in two different countries.

Nancy Ellis Nuckolls Blom White

Nancy Ellis Nuckolls Blom White passed away peacefully on October 17 after a years long battle with dementia. Nancy was born on March 24, 1945, in San Francisco. She was the eldest child of Paul and Ellen Nuckolls.

Death Notice

James Lloyd Shepherd passed away on Father’s Day of this year. A celebration of his life will be held on October 28, 2023, at 10 a.m., at the First United Methodist Church of Georgetown with a reception following at the McKinney Center.

Myrtice Macomber

Myrtice Macomber passed away peacefully on October 8, 2023, at the age of 99 in Lampasas, Texas, surrounded by her loved ones. She was born December 8, 1923 in Jarrell, Texas, Williamson County. Myrtice will be dearly missed by her son Walt Birchfield and his wife, Joanne.
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Death Notice

James Lloyd Shepherd passed away on Father's Day of this year. A celebration of his life will be held on October 28, 2023, at 10 a.m., at the First United Methodist Church of Georgetown with a reception following at the McKinney Center.

Richard D. Retz, M.D.

Richard Donald Retz, M.D., 87, of Georgetown, Texas, formerly of Moline, Illinois, died October 8, 2023.   He was born May 5, 1936, in Oelwein, Iowa, the son of Donald and Erana (Anderson) Retz.  He graduated from Oelwein Senior High School in 1954.  He received a B.A.