Obituaries
Ray Ridgway
Ray Ridgway, a Saudi Aramco employee from 1980 to 1995, died on 7 March 2022. Ray spent his Aramco career in Dhahran Shops (Mechanical Services Department) doing a job he thoroughly enjoyed.
Guil Reynolds Mullen
Guil Reynolds Mullen, 80, died peacefully at home in Columbia, Missouri, on March 6, 2022. He was born on Oct. 13, 1941, in Billings, Montana, to Leslie Vig Mullen and Mary Alice Reynolds Mullen.
Lois Lynn Banville
Lois “Lynn” Urban, daughter of James Raymond Urban and Mary Lou Lewis was born on May 25, 1943. She passed away in Yuma, Arizona on March 5, 2022, in her home at Desert Rose Independent Living Center at the age of 78.
Michael Charles Johnston
Michael Charles Johnston, avid cyclist and plein air artist, died peacefully at home in Stratham, New Hampshire on March 2 at the age of 75. Over the last decades of his life, Michael could be spotted on long rides along the backroads and byways of the Seacoast, pausing to capture whatever scenes caught his eye using his favorite medium, Japanese brush and ink.
Georgette Sladic
Georgette Sladic passed away peacefully on February 25, 2022, in Houston, Texas. Georgette was born in Byblos, Lebanon on February 5, 1926, and raised in a small village overlooking the Mediterranean Sea.
Perina Whiteside Weisert
Perina was born on the family farm in Lemoore, CA. the 5th of 7 kids. She cut fruit from age 8 with her mom and sisters to buy her 2 annual school dresses. Her dad and brothers were always in the fields.
George M. Myers
Dr. George M. Myers, petroleum engineer originally from Texas but who became a resident of the world through his work travels, died in New York City on February 23, 2022, at the age of 94 years. George is survived by his wife, Adela (nee Escudero), his children, Jorge and Lorna, his grandsons, Kyle and Kaleb and his brother, Tom.
Fred Douglas Watts
Fred Douglas “Doug” Watts, of Seale, passed away at home, surrounded by his loving family, on Tuesday, February 22, 2022, at age 80. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, February 27, 2022, at the Living Water Church in Groesbeck (308 N. Leon St.), with Pastor George Ibarra officiating. Burial will follow in New Hope Cemetery.
Anthony Molin Pais
Anthony (Tony) Molin Pais was born on January 30, 1926, in Pocahontas, Virginia, the youngest of seven children. He earned his degree in mechanical engineering from Virginia Polytechnical Institute, and embarked upon a colorful, storied career that spanned four continents and five countries.
Virgil Carlyle Johnston
Virgil Carlyle Johnston of North Charleston passed away on February 14, 2022. He was born on January 22, 1925 in Charleston, South Carolina. He was the son of the late Steven A. and Levina Flickner Johnston. Mr. Johnston loved his hometown of Charleston.
Henry R. Barracano
Henry R. (Hank) Barracano died February 14, 2022 in Spring, Texas. He was born April 8, 1926 in Brooklyn, New York to Ralph and Josephine (Chianese) Barracano He graduated from Towsend Harris High School in Manhattan at age 16. In 1943, he enlisted in the Army and served in both the Infantry and the Signal Corps.
Philip Joseph Halpin Jr.
On February 3, 2022 Heaven admitted a wonderful new resident, Philip Joseph Halpin Jr. At 91 years of age Phil passed gently on to be with our Lord. No doubt “Fairway Phil” is having a loving reunion with his beloved wife, Joan Halpin and his beloved daughter Siobhan Halpin.