Obituaries

Carolyn Kelly

Carolyn Kelly

Jan 16, 2009

LUBBOCK -- Carolyn Kelly, 55, passed away Friday, Jan. 16, 2009, in Lubbock. Funeral: 10 a.m. Tuesday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home Chapel. Carolyn was born Aug. 30, 1953, in Lubbock. She was a loving daughter, aunt and friend. While living in Lubbock she worked at James Avery Craftsman Jewlery and was a member of First Baptist Church. Carolyn loved...

Estella Rodriguez

Estella Rodriguez

Jan 16, 2009

Estella Rodriguez, 57, of Joshua, a homemaker, died Friday January 16, 2009 in Fort Worth. Funeral Service: 2:00 P.M. Monday January 19, 2009 at Mountain Valley Funeral Home Chapel. Interment: Caddo Cemetery. Vistitation: 6-8 P.M. Sunday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Estella was born October 26, 1951 in Port Lavaca to Juan Sr. and Demencia Escobar Rodriguez. Estella was a...

Doreen  Rene Scott

Doreen Rene Scott

Jan 13, 2009

BURLESON -- Doreen Rene Scott, 44, of Burleson, a homemaker and home school mom, died Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2009, in Fort Worth. Funeral: 2 p.m. Friday in Mountain Valley Funeral Home Chapel. Interment: Bethesda Cemetery in Burleson. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Doreen was born Nov. 2, 1964, in Okinawa, Japan, to Walter and...

Betty Moertle

Betty Moertle

Jan 12, 2009

JOSHUA -- Betty Jean Moertle, 84, a homemaker of Joshua, died Monday, Jan. 12, 2009, in Fort Worth. Graveside service: 10 a.m. Friday in D/FW National Cemetery. Memorials: In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Emery J. Lilge Hospice House, 301 Med Park Circle Burleson, Texas 76028. Betty was born Aug. 8, 1924, in Springfield, Mo., to Donald...

Michael Minze

Michael Minze

Jan 11, 2009

BURLESON -- Michael Minze, 63, of Burleson, a retired cabinet maker, died Sunday January 11, 2009 in Fort Worth. Funeral Service: 2pm Thursday January 15, 2009 at Mountain Valley Funeral Home Chapel. Vistitation: 7-9 pm Wednesday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Interment: Burleson Memorial Park. Michael was born October 22, 1945 in Fort Worth to R.Q. Minze and Eldridge Parnell....

Helen  "Kelly" Schroeder

Helen "Kelly" Schroeder

Jan 10, 2009

BURLESON -- Helen Leigh "Kelly" Schroeder, 66 of Burleson, a retired mortgage underwriter, died Saturday Jan. 10, 2009 in Fort Worth. Funeral: 2:00 P.M. Tuesday in Mountain Valley Funeral Home Chapel. Interment: Burleson Memorial Park. Helen "Kelly" Schroeder was born September 6, 1942 in Baltomore, Maryland. She married Ervin Dean Schroeder on November 14, 1966 in Posen, Michigan. She was...

Donald  Norton Britt

Donald Norton Britt

Jan 6, 2009

BURLESON -- Donald Norton Britt, 51 of Burleson, a retired police officer for Joshua, Burleson, and New Orleans, died Tuesday January 6, 2009 in Fort Worth. Funeral: 2:00 P.M. Friday at Cana Baptist Church 2309 E. Renfro St. Burleson. Visitation 7-9 P.M. Thursday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Interment: Laurel Land Memorial Park in Fort Worth. Memorials: In lieu of...

Larry  Joe Huse

Larry Joe Huse

Jan 2, 2009

Larry Joe Huse, 54, of Joshua, died Friday Jan. 2, 2009. Graveside: 10 am Tues. January 6, 2009 at Everman Cemetery. Visitation: 6-8 pm Monday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Larry was born Feb. 10, 1954 in Fort Worth to Ota L. and Freddie J. Zumwalt Huse. Larry was a loving husband, father and grandfather. He proudly served his country...

Clyde  Odom Parnell

Clyde Odom Parnell

Jan 2, 2009

BURLESON -- Clyde Odom Parnell, 64, a loan officer, of Burleson died Friday, Jan. 2, 2009, in Fort Worth. Funeral: 10 a.m. Wednesday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home Chapel. Interment: Bethany Cemetery. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Memorials: In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Fort Worth Optimist Baseball Club. Clyde...

Tommie  Sue Carey

Tommie Sue Carey

Dec 31, 2008

BURLESON -- Tommie Sue Carey, 76, of Burleson, a homemaker, died Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2008. Graveside service: 9:30 a.m. Monday in D/FW National Cemetery. Visitation: 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Sue was born April 11, 1932, in Decatur to Thomas G. and Eva M. Myers McNabb. She was a loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. As...

Danny  L. Hensley

Danny L. Hensley

Dec 27, 2008

Liberty - Danny L. Hensley, 70 of Liberty, a retired high school and middle school choral music teacher for the Liberty ISD, died Saturday Dec. 27, 2008 in a Fort Worth hospital. Memorial Service: 2:00 P.M. Saturday January 10, 2009 at Heights Baptist Church in Liberty. Mr. Hensley was born March 20, 1938 in Wichita, Kansas to Lee R. and...

Bethany  Elizabeth Johnson

Bethany Elizabeth Johnson

Dec 27, 2008

BURLESON -- Bethany Elizabeth Johnson, 36, of Burleson, a school teacher, died Saturday, Dec. 27, 2008, at her home in Burleson. Memorial Service: 2:00 P.M. Tuesday Dec. 30, 2008 in Mountain Valley Funeral Home Chapel. Bethany was born Dec. 24, 1972 in Alberton, Canada to Francis Edison and Lona Hunter Crane. She married James Michael Johnson on July 25, 1997...

Tommie Lou Dobbs Miller

Tommie Lou Dobbs Miller

Dec 25, 2008

BURLESON -- Tommie Lou Dobbs Miller, 65 of Burleson, a retired Mrs. Bairds Bakery employee, died Thursday Dec. 25, 2008 at her home in Burleson. Graveside Service: 2:00 P.M. Monday. Interment: Greenacres Memorial Park in Cleburne. Visitation: 6-8 P.M. Sunday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Tommie was born Jan. 27, 1943 in Cleburne to Johnye Bly and Josephine Loretta Byers...

Mack West

Mack West

Dec 22, 2008

CROWLEY -- Mack West, 80 of Crowley, a retired electronics technician for Southwestern Bell Telephone Company for forty years, died Monday Dec. 22, 2008 in North Richland Hills. Graveside Service: 10:00 A.M. Monday Dec. 29, 2008. Interment: Laurel Land Memorial Park in Fort Worth. Memorials: In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to the Scottish Rite Hospital. Mack...

Billie  Rhea Applegate

Billie Rhea Applegate

Dec 21, 2008

Billie Rhea Applegate, 85, of Joshua, a homemaker died Sunday December 21, 2008 in Cleburne. Graveside Service: 10:00 am Tuesday December 23, 2008 at Covington Cemetery. Visitation: 6-8 pm. Monday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Billie was born Oct. 11, 1923 in Coleman County, Texas to Lewis Richard and Thelma Dora Green Baskett. Billie was a loving mother, grandmother and...

Belle Bryant

Belle Bryant

Dec 15, 2008

JOSHUA -- Belle Bryant, 99, of Joshua, a homemaker, died Monday, Dec. 15, 2008, in Fort Worth. Funeral: 10 a.m. Friday in Mountain Valley Funeral Home Chapel. Interment: 2 p.m. Friday in Downing Cemetery near DeLeon. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Memorials: In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the American Cancer...

Karen  Lena Landers-Hanford

Karen Lena Landers-Hanford

Dec 12, 2008

JOSHUA -- Karen Landers-Hanford of Joshua passed peacefully from the arms of her loving family into the loving arms of her Lord, Friday Dec. 12, 2008, at the age of 47. Funeral: 10:00 A.M. Wednesday in Mountain Valley Funeral Home Chapel, 3407 SW Wilshire Blvd, Joshua. Pastor Kevin Hymer will officiate. Interment: Karen will be laid to rest at 2:00...

Howard  Odell Halbert

Howard Odell Halbert

Dec 10, 2008

CLEBURNE -- Howard Odell Halbert, 75, died Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2008, in Cleburne. Graveside service: 3 p.m. Friday December 12, 2008 in Rosehill Cemetery- Cleburne. Visitation: 6-8 pm Thurs. at Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Howard was born April 30, 1933, to Lee and Fannie Cummings Halbert in Whitney.

Beulah  Elizabeth Dawson

Beulah Elizabeth Dawson

Dec 9, 2008

JOSHUA -- Beulah Elizabeth Dawson, 98 of Joshua, a retired Interior Decorator, died Tuesday Dec. 9, 2008 in Joshua. Graveside Service: 2:00 P.M. Thursday in Dawson Cemetery, Dawson. Visitation: 6-8 P.M. Wednesday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Mrs. Dawson was born Oct. 9, 1910 in Mexia to Exford and Iberia Carroll Sellers. She married Ned Dawson on Jan. 6, 1933....

Colonel Walter James Brown  Sr.

Colonel Walter James Brown Sr.

Dec 9, 2008

Joshua - Colonel Walter James Brown, Sr. USAF Retired, of Joshua died Tuesday December 9, 2008 at his residence. Graveside Service: 2:30 P.M. Monday December 15, 2008 in the Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery in Grand Prairie. Walter James Brown was born December 12, 1921 in Dunmore, Oklahoma to Walter Hugh and Alice Elizabeth Sullivan Brown. He married Mary Josephine Terry...