Obituaries

Billie Vern Shirley, 88, passed away on Thursday, December 16, 2021 in Wimberley, Texas. She is survived by her husband of 65 years, James A. Shirley; daughters Renee Blevins, Gayla Kurtin, Tamara Sample and Jamette Shirley; eight grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Services will be held Wednesday, December 22 at 11 a.m. at First Baptist Church of Wimberley, located at 1591 Winters Mill Parkway. Arrangements are under the direction of Thomason Funeral Home. For more information and to sign the online registry, please visit thomasonfuneralhome.com.

Margaret Graham-Broyles (Maggie) peacefully completed her journey home on December 1, 2021 at the age of 92. She is preceded in death by her parents, eight of her siblings, husband Billy Broyles and eldest son Jim. She is survived by daughters Carla Powers, Cathy Hale (Jim Simons), son Chris, and daughter-in-law Annette Graham and sister Mary Erickson, grandsons Nick Graham (Mary), Noah Graham, Taylor Hale (Aissa) and Andrew Graham.

Marsha Kaye Niedecken neé French, 75, of Wimberley, Texas, died on Wednesday, December 1, 2021. Services took place at First Baptist Church of Wimberley on Wednesday, December 8, followed by interment at Wimberley Cemetery. Arrangements were under the direction of Thomason Funeral Home. For more information and to sign the online registry, please visit thomasonfuneralhome.com.

Lee Jacob O’Reilly, 66, of Wimberley, Texas, died on Sunday, December 5, 2021. A graveside service will take place at Forest Park Lawndale Cemetery in Houston, Texas on Wednesday, December 15 at 1 p.m. Arrangements are under the direction of Thomason Funeral Home. For more information and to sign the online registry, please vis it thomasonfuneralhome. com.

Jerry Chrisman, 83, of Wimberley, Texas, died on Tuesday, November 30, 2021. Services took place at First Baptist Church of Wimberley on Monday, December 13. He was laid to rest at San Marcos City Cemetery. Arrangements were under the direction of Thomason Funeral Home. For more information and to sign the online registry, please visit thomasonfuneralhome.com.

Marsha Kaye Niedecken neé French, 75, of Wimberley, Texas, died on Wednesday, December 1, 2021. Services took place at First Baptist Church of Wimberley on Wednesday, December 8, followed by interment at Wimberley Cemetery. Arrangements were under the direction of Thomason Funeral Home. For more information and to sign the online registry, please visit thomasonfuneralhome.com.

Joan Evelyn Gindorf, 68, of Wimberley, Texas, died on Thursday, December 9, 2021. Services are pending. Arrangements are under the direction of Thomason Funeral Home. For more information and to sign the online registry, please visit thomasonfuneralhome.com.

Juanita Dewbre Thomason, 97, of Wimberley, Texas, died on Tuesday, November 30, 2021. Services are pending. Arrangements are under the direction of Thomason Funeral Home. For more information and to sign the online registry, please visit thomasonfuneralhome.com.

Chance Daniel Cook, 32, of Wimberley, passed away on November 21, 2021 as a result of unexpected complications from a previous illness. He was born August 15, 1989 in San Marcos, the son of Perry and Rebecca Cook. He attended St. Stephens Episcopal School in Wimberley and St. Andrew’s Episcopal High School in Austin where he excelled in sports, music, and film. He loved music. He attended the Radio Television and Film Program at UT Austin. His experimental and documentary film style gained him accolades in student showcases at SXSW and UT Film School.

Dan Gill, of Wimberley, Texas, passed peacefully from this world to the next on November 19, 2021 at the age of 66, following an extended battle with cancer. Dan was born August 23, 1955 in Wurtzburg, Germany, where his father was stationed. His father’s Army career took him, and often the family, to locations around the country and world. Dan had fond memories of their time in Panama, and their homes in Columbus, Georgia as well as Williamsburg and Newport News, Virginia. As an adult Dan traveled extensively throughout the continental U.S. and Hawaii, in a van, sports car, motor home, or motorcycle. He had hoped to make it to Alaska one day, but ran out of time.

Jerry Wayne Chrisman Sr. passed away on Tuesday, November 30, 2021, at the age of 83 in Wimberley, Texas.

Juanita Dewbre Thomason, 97, of Wimberley, Texas, died on Tuesday, November 30, 2021. Services are pending. Arrangements are under the direction of Thomason Funeral Home. For more information and to sign the online registry, please visit thomasonfuneralhome.com.

Viola Jean Pyland Bales (Jean) went to be with her heavenly father Friday November 19,2021. Jean was 93 and the 5th child born on September 15, 1928 to John Will Pyland and Susie Wimberley Pyland. She was born in the historical Winters-Wimberley house in Wimberley.