Obituaries
David Ray Best
Mar 9, 2009
JOSHUA -- David Ray Best, 64, of Joshua, a retired engineer, died Monday, March 9, 2009, in Alvarado. Memorial service: Private in his beloved Jemenez Mountains in New Mexico at a later date. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Memorials: American Diabetes Foundation. David was born Oct. 10, 1944, in Fort Worth to N.V. and...
Billy Esten Murdick Jr.
Mar 2, 2009
JOSHUA -- Billy Esten Murdick Jr., 54, of Joshua, a brick mason, died Monday, March 2, 2009, in Fort Worth. Funeral: 2 p.m. Friday in Mountain Valley Funeral Home Chapel. Interment: Caddo Cemetery in Joshua. Visitation: 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Billy was born Oct. 4, 1954, in Clovis, N.M., to Billy Esten Sr. and...
Phillip Carl Szurgot
Mar 2, 2009
BURLESON -- Phillip Carl Szurgot, 59, of Burleson, a retired surveyor, died Monday, March 2, 2009, in Burleson. Funeral: 2 p.m. Wednesday in Mountain Valley Funeral Home Chapel. Interment: Burleson Memorial Park. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Phillip was born July 25, 1949, in Fort Worth to Benjamin B. and Maxine Steelman Szurgot. He...
Gerald Hinkle
Feb 21, 2009
Gerald "Jerry" Eugene Hinkle 66, was born March 21, 1942, in Cleburne, Texas to E.O. "Gene" and Berta Corpany Hinkle. He graduated from Cleburne High School in 1960, and married Barbara Travis on November 16, 1963. Jerry graduated from Dallas Institute of Mortuary Science, Gupton Jones in 1968. Jerry later received his Bachelors of Business degree. He was a Funeral...
Dan Edward Malmstrom
Feb 17, 2009
Dan Edward Malmstrom, 58 of Joshua a plumber, died Tuesday February 17, 2009 at his home in Joshua. Memorial Service: 2-4 P.M. Saturday February 21, 2009 at Tri Cities VFW Post #6872 located at 3409 CR 920 Crowley, Texas 76036. Dan was born July 19, 1950 in San Angelo to Walter Leonard and Carlen Ione Larsen Malmstrom. He proudly served...
Robert William "Bo" Shellhorse
Feb 17, 2009
Robert "Bo" William Shellhorse, 69, a retired computer programmer, of Crowley died Feb. 17, 2009. Graveside Service: 10 am Friday February 20, 2009 at Hopewell Cemetery. Bo was born Dec. 12, 1939 in Joshua to John and Pearl Lee Hudgins Shellhorse. He was a loving husband, father and grandfather. Bo loved sports especially the Dallas Cowboys and the Oklahoma Sooners....
Judy Karen Collins Vavrin
Feb 16, 2009
BURLESON -- Judy Karen Collins Vavrin, 53, a retail owner, of Burleson, died Monday February 16, 2009 in Burleson. Memorial Service: 3:00 pm Saturday March 7, 2009 at Mountain Valley Funeral Home Chapel. Judy was born Sept. 30, 1955 in Cleburne to J.M. Jr. and Mary Dell Lea Collins. Judy was a loving wife, mother and grandmother. Judy married John...
Billy P. Hall
Feb 16, 2009
BURLESON -- Billy P. Hall, 81 of Burleson, a retired national sales manager for Towne Square Furniture Co. in Hillsboro, died Monday February 16, 2009 in Fort Worth. Graveside Service: 11:00 A.M. Saturday. Interment: Burleson Memorial Park. Visitation: 6-8 P.M. Friday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Memorials: In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to the American Cancer...
Joseph Glenn Atkins
Feb 13, 2009
WHITE SETTLEMENT -- Joseph Glenn Atkins, 46 of White Settlement, a Fort Worth Motor Escort Officer, went to be with the Lord peacefully on Friday, February 13, 2009. Funeral: 10:00 A.M. Wednesday in Mountain Valley Funeral Home Chapel in Burleson. Interment: Oaklawn Cemetery in Decatur. Visitation: 6-8 P.M. Tuesday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Joseph was born August 22, 1962...
Ruth Morgan Allen
Feb 10, 2009
JOSHUA -- Ruth Morgan Allen, 91, of Joshua, a homemaker, died Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2009, in Burleson. Funeral: 2 p.m. Friday at Reece Prairie Baptist Church, Burleson. Interment: Caddo Cemetery, Joshua. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Memorials: In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to Reece Prairie Baptist Church building fund or...
Helen Oxford
Feb 10, 2009
Helen Marie Oxford, 71, passed away Tuesday February 10, 2009 in Joshua. Graveside Service: 11:00 am Saturday Feb. 14, 2009 at Rose Hill Cemetery in Cleburne. Helen was born Aug. 24, 1937 in Cleburne to Oscar and Alice Phares Oxford. Helen loved gardening, working with the children at church, reading and working crossword puzzles. Survivors: Cousins, Barbara Braddock, Corene Glass;...
Haral Pedersen
Feb 9, 2009
Haral Nedland Pedersen, Jr. met his Saviour, Jesus Christ, face to face on February 9, 2009 after 2393 days battling liposarcoma. Memorial Service: 2:00 pm, Saturday, February 21, 2009 at Albury Baptist Church in Burleson, Tx. Haral was born on November 3, 1951 to Haral and Mildred Baker Pedersen in New Orleans, LA , where he spent his youth. He...
Lacee Lee Johnson
Feb 6, 2009
Burleson--- The Angels came down and lifted Lacee Lee Johnson, 26 of Burleson to Heaven on Friday February 6, 2009. Visitation: 6-8 P.M. on Monday February 9, 2009 at Mountain Valley Funeral Home in Burleson. Lacee was born October 23, 1982 in Fort Worth. She graduated from Burleson High School in 2003. Attending her Senior Prom was one of the...
Debra Kay Swinney Eller
Feb 5, 2009
Debra Kay Swinney Eller, 43, of Joshua, a homemaker, died February 5, 2009 in Dallas. Funeral Service: 10AM Monday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home Chapel in Burleson. Interment: Caddo Cemetery. Vistitation: 4-6 PM Sunday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Debra was born Sept. 27, 1965 in Fort Worth. She was a loving wife and mother. She proudly served her country...
Billy Wayne Knight
Feb 3, 2009
Billy Wayne Knight, 69 of Burleson, a retired machinist for Hiedleburg-Harris Corp. died Tuesday Feb. 3, 2009 at his residence in Burleson. Graveside Service: 2:00 P.M. Friday in Burleson Memorial Park. Visitation: 6-8 P.M. Thursday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Billy Wayne Knight was born June 21, 1939 in Tioga, Texas to Jesse James and Estelle Self Knight. He married...
John Walter Richey
Feb 2, 2009
HONOBIA, OKLA. -- John Walter Richey, 68, of Honobia, Okla., retired owner of Richey Paving Co., died Monday, Feb. 2, 2009, at his residence. Celebration of life: 2 p.m. Thursday in Mountain Valley Funeral Home Chapel in Burleson. Visitation: 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Memorials: In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to the...
Lawrence Edward Puckett
Jan 27, 2009
JOSHUA -- Lawrence Edward Puckett, 75, a truck driver, of Joshua died Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2009 in Fort Worth. Graveside service: 1:30 p.m. Friday in Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Lawrence was born Jan. 27, 1934, in Peebles, Ohio, to Floyd and Norma Gardner Puckett. He proudly served his country...
Carrie Barnes
Jan 22, 2009
EL PASO -- Carrie Ethel Barnes, 85, of El Paso, a homemaker, died Thursday Jan. 22, 2009, in El Paso. Funeral: 10 a.m. Friday at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 390 S.E. John Jones Drive, Burleson. Interment: Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Carrie was born Jan. 27, 1923,...
Melanie Mercer Dewitt
Jan 21, 2009
BURLESON -- Melanie Mercer DeWitt, 56, of Burleson, an office manager for her husband's dental practice, died Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2009, in Fort Worth. Funeral: 2 p.m. Saturday at Burleson Church of Christ. Interment: Burleson Memorial Park. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Memorials: St. Jude Children's Hospital, Susan B. Komen For the Cure, or...
Kate Lynn Langford
Jan 19, 2009
RENDON -- Kate Lynn Langford, 16, of Rendon, a student at Worley Middle School in Mansfield, went home to be with her Lord and Savior, and joined her brother, Ryan, in heaven Monday, Jan. 19, 2009, at her residence after a lengthy battle with cancer. Memorial service: 6:30 p.m. Thursday in the Blackstock Center at Calvary Church, 700 McPherson Rd.,...
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