Obituaries

Walter  Lewis Winkler

Walter Lewis Winkler

Mar 4, 2008

JOSHUA -- Walter Lewis Winkler, 75, of Joshua, a retired machinist, died Tuesday, March 4, 2008, in Fort Worth. Funeral: 2 p.m. Friday in Mountain Valley Funeral Home Chapel. Interment: Greenacres Memorial Park in Cleburne. Memorials: In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Meals On Wheels of Johnson County. Mr. Winkler was born Dec. 3, 1932, in Cleburne...

Iva Earnest

Iva Earnest

Mar 1, 2008

BURLESON -- Iva M. Earnest, 87, a retired glass assembler died Mar 1, 2008 in Fort Worth. Service: 2:00 pm Tuesday March 1, 2008 at Lane Prairie Baptist Church in Cleburne. Burial : Union Hill Cemetery. Iva was born Nov. 2, 1920. She was a loving wife and mother. She loved listening to trade fair and chrocheting. Iva also loved...

Joe  E. Davis

Joe E. Davis

Mar 1, 2008

AZLE -- Joe E. Davis, 71, a retired counselor for the Texas Commission for the Blind, died Saturday, March 1, 2008, in Fort Worth. Service: 10 a.m. Tuesday at Southwood Baptist Church in Fort Worth. Burial: Caddo Cemetery. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Joe was born May 23, 1936, in Old Glory to Earl...

H.L  "Hup" Wayland

H.L "Hup" Wayland

Mar 1, 2008

STEPHENVILLE -- Herbert Leo "Hup" Wayland, 79, a retired construction supervisor, died Saturday, March 1, 2008, at his home in Stephenville. Graveside service: 1 p.m. Wednesday in Greenacres Memorial Park in Cleburne. "Hup" was born June 24, 1928, in Prairie Hill, Limestone County, to William Ray and Olive Duncan Wayland. He grew up on the family farm riding horses. In...

Bertha  Grace Sells

Bertha Grace Sells

Feb 28, 2008

BURLESON -- Bertha Grace Sells, 87, of Burleson, a retired Williamson-Dickie employee, died Thursday, Feb. 28, 2008, in Alvarado. Funeral: 10 a.m. Monday in Mountain Valley Funeral Home Chapel. Interment: Prairie Springs Cemetery in Burleson. Visitation: 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Mrs. Sells was born Oct. 5, 1920, in Comanche County to William Lewis and...

Faye  Parks Mercer

Faye Parks Mercer

Feb 17, 2008

BURLESON -- Faye Parks Mercer of Burleson, a homemaker, passed from this life to be with her Lord on Sunday, Feb. 17, 2008, at the age of 94. Funeral: 2 p.m. Friday at Burleson Church Of Christ. Interment: Burleson Memorial Park. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Memorials: In lieu of flowers, donations may be...

Cynthia Ann Drummond Mooney

Cynthia Ann Drummond Mooney

Feb 15, 2008

BURLESON -- Cynthia Ann Drummond Mooney, 47, of Burleson and a homemaker, departed peacefully from this life to her eternal heavenly home Friday, Feb. 15, 2008, in Fort Worth. Funeral: 2 p.m. Thursday in Mountain Valley Funeral Home Chapel. Interment: Laurel Land Memorial Park in Fort Worth. Visitation: 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Cynthia was...

Ruby Johnson

Ruby Johnson

Feb 12, 2008

JOSHUA -- Ruby Johnson, 66, of Joshua, a tax preparer for H&R Block, died Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2008, at her residence. Funeral: 7 p.m. Friday in Mountain Valley Funeral Home Chapel. Visitation to follow until 10 p.m. Ruby Leola Johnson was born June 2, 1941, in Winnsboro to Alfred and Wilma Moore Spigener. She married Richard Clayton Johnson on Jan....

Roy Lewis "Doc" Bowden Dr.

Roy Lewis "Doc" Bowden Dr.

Feb 8, 2008

BURLESON -- Dr. Roy Lewis "Doc" Bowden, a retired dentist, loving husband, father, grandaddy, brother and uncle, passed away Friday, Feb. 8, 2008, of complicaations from prostrate cancer and Alzheimer's. He was 77. Memorial service: 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 16, in the sanctuary at St. Matthews Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 380 NW Tarrant Ave., Burleson, with a reception following, there in...

Richard  Furman Parker

Richard Furman Parker

Feb 7, 2008

BURLESON -- Richard Parker, 84, retired Army, died Thursday, Feb. 7, 2008. Funeral: 10 a.m. Monday at St. Timothy's Episcopal Church. Interment: Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery. Survivors: Wife, Jettie; son, Richard W.; daughter, Deborah McGonigle; three grandchildren; three great-grandchildren.

Madeline  Carol Smithson

Madeline Carol Smithson

Feb 4, 2008

BURLESON -- Madeline Carol Smithson, 63, of Burleson, a school teacher for Joshua High School, died Monday Feb. 4, 2008, at her residence in Burleson. Funeral: 10 a.m. Thursday in Mountain Valley Funeral Home Chapel. Burial: Caddo Cemetery in Joshua. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Memorials: In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made...

Lucille Pope

Lucille Pope

Jan 28, 2008

FORT WORTH -- Lucille R. Pope, 88, a retired sales clerk for Mitchell's Department Store, died Monday, Jan. 28, 2008, in Burleson. Graveside service: 2 p.m. Wednesday in Marystown Cemetery, Joshua. Lucille was born Nov. 29, 1919, in Johnson County to Leslie Devine and Fannie Ann Beard Ross. She was preceded in death by her husband, Roland Pope. Survivors: Son,...

Kathleen  Robinson Burns

Kathleen Robinson Burns

Jan 25, 2008

JOSHUA -- Kathleen Robinson Burns, 76, a homemaker of Joshua, died Friday, Jan. 25, 2008, in Fort Worth. Funeral: 10 a.m. Monday in Mountain Valley Funeral Home Chapel. Burial: 2 p.m. in Evergreen Cemetery in Lipan. Visitation: 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Kathleen Burns was born Oct. 31, 1931, in Snyder to Art and Claudie...

Lloyd  B. Edgett

Lloyd B. Edgett

Jan 19, 2008

BURLESON -- Lloyd B. Edgett, 95, a retired manager for Phillips Petroleum, died Saturday, Jan. 19, 2008, at his Burleson residence. Funeral: 11 a.m. Wednesday at First Baptist Church of Burleson. Interment:Inglewood Cemetery, Inglewood Calif. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Lloyd was born Oct. 7, 1912, in Logan, Kan., to Fred and Edna Ellis...

Russell Schreiner

Russell Schreiner

Jan 18, 2008

BURLESON -- Russell A. Schreiner, 22, of Burleson went to heaven to be with his Lord Friday, Jan. 18, 2008. Funeral: 2 p.m. Tuesday at Burleson Church of Christ. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Russell was born Jan. 12, 1986, in Fort Worth to Kelly Henderson and Debbie Schreiner. He was a loving son,...

Marie Mcmath

Marie Mcmath

Jan 8, 2008

BURLESON -- Marie McMath, 87, of Burleson, a retired school teacher, died Tuesday Jan. 8, 2008, in Fort Worth. Funeral: 10 a.m. Friday at Burleson Church of Christ. Burial: Burleson Memorial Park. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Marie was born Dec. 13, 1920, in Denton to William L. and Mattie Lora Marshall Egan. She...

Pearline Phillips

Pearline Phillips

Jan 3, 2008

JOSHUA -- Pearline Phillips, 75, of Joshua, a homemaker, died Thursday, Jan. 3, 2008, in Cleburne. Graveside service: 2 p.m. Saturday in Union Hill Cemetery in Joshua. Memorials: In Lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to Union Hill Cemetery Association, P.O. Bx 12 Joshua, Texas 76058. Lela Pearline Phillips was born March 16, 1932, in Johnson County to...

Oren  E Potter

Oren E Potter

Dec 30, 2007

Oren E. Potter Sr., 83, of Topeka, Kan., passed away Sunday, Dec. 30, 2007, in Topeka, Kan.Graveside Service: 2 p.m. Thursday in Caddo Cemetery, Joshua. Oren will lie in state at Mountain Valley Funeral Home in Burleson from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday. Oren was born May 4, 1924, in Joshua, the son of Percy and Minnie Seal Potter....

Curtis  Eugene Baker

Curtis Eugene Baker

Dec 24, 2007

Curtis Eugene Baker, 31 of Burleson, a construction worker, died Dec. 24, 2007 in Galveston. Graveside Service: 2:00 p.m. Saturday in Everman Cemetery. Curtis was born January 14, 1976 in Fort Worth. He was preceded in death by a grandfather, James Curtis Baker. Survivors: Daughter, Sara Ann Frost; parents Curtis and Barbara Baker; brother, Troy Baker and wife, Brandee; sister,...

Helen  Jean Barnes

Helen Jean Barnes

Dec 23, 2007

BURLESON -- Helen Jean Barnes, 75, of Burleson died Sunday, Dec. 23, 2007, in Fort Worth. Funeral: 2 p.m. Thursday at Boulevard Baptist Church in Burleson. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Burial: Burleson Memorial Park. Helen was born June 29, 1932, in Cleburne to Hulen Otis and Geneva Hall Skinner. Helen married Earl Dewane...