Obituaries

Donald Ward Snider
Feb 21, 2006
BURLESON -- Donald Ward Snider, 86, a retired General Mills Corp. worker in Kansas City, MO., passed away Tuesday, February 21, 2006 in Fort Worth. Funeral: 11:00 a.m. Friday at Calvary Pentecostal Church 700 McPherson Rd. Fort Worth, TX 76140. Burial: Burleson Memorial Park. Visitation: 6-8 p.m. Thursday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home between Burleson and Joshua. Donald was born...

Cody Shane Waits
Feb 13, 2006
Cody Shane Waits, 22, died Monday, Feb. 13, 2006, in Burleson. Funeral: 10 a.m. Thursday in Mountain Valley Funeral Home Chapel. Burial: Union Hill Cemetery. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Survivors: Parents, Billy and Angela Waits of Burleson; sister, Katy Waits; grandparents, Gene and Billie Longley; several aunts, uncles and cousins; and many other family...

Doris Mathews
Feb 3, 2006
Doris Lenore Murren Mathews Doris Mathews, 78, a retired nurse, died on February 3, 2006 at Kindred Hospital in Fort Worth, TX. Mrs. Mathews, the seventh of nine children, was born in Mission Hill, South Dakota on May 16, 1927. On July 15, 1945, she married J.M. Mathews in Leavenworth, Kansas. She attended Howard Payne College in Brownwood, TX, Tarrant...

Lucille Medford
Jan 27, 2006
CORSICANA -- Lucille Medford, 90, a homemaker, died Friday, January 27, 2006 in Corsicana. Funeral: 4:00 p.m. Monday at First Baptist Church of Joshua. Burial: 4:00 p.m. Tuesday in Dennison Cemetery in Idabel, OK. Visitation: 2-4 p.m. Sunday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home between Burleson and Joshua. Lucille Medford was born Jan. 11, 1916 in Amity ,Arkansas to Marvin Junior...

Carolyn Brantley
Jan 26, 2006
JOSHUA -- Carolyn Gayle Brantley, 66, a homemaker, died Thursday, Jan. 26, 2006, in Fort Worth. Funeral: 2 p.m. Saturday in Mountain Valley Funeral Home Chapel. Burial: Alvarado-Glenwood Cemetery. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Carolyn was born Oct. 10, 1939, in Alvarado to L.D. and Janie Mae Gayle Wade. She was a lifetime member...

Grover Lee Smith
Jan 23, 2006
BURLESON -- Grover Lee Smith, 64, a retired truck driver for Charlie's Concrete in Crowley, died Monday, Jan. 23, 2006, in Fort Worth. Funeral: 11 a.m. Thursday at Faith Temple Church in Cleburne. Burial: Rose Hill Cemetery, Cleburne. Visitation: 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home in Burleson. Grover was born April 21, 1941, in Fort Worth...

Clifton Arthur Stiles
Jan 19, 2006
BURLESON -- Clifton Arthur Stiles, 45, died Thursday, Jan. 19, 2006, in Fort Worth. Funeral: 10 a.m. Monday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home Chapel. Burial: Laurel Land Memorial Park of Fort Worth. Visitation: 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Clifton was born July 28, 1960, in Bent Waters, England, to Gene Raymond and Cliffa "Jean" Truitt...

Douglas Lane
Jan 16, 2006
BURLESON -- Douglas Wayne Lane, died Monday, Jan. 16, 2006. Graveside service: 3 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 2, in Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery, Dallas. Memorials: In lieu of flowers, donations would be appreciated and may be made at any Wells Fargo branch to the Doug Lane Memorial Fund, in care of Deanna Glenn. Survivors: Wife, Phyllis Lane; three sisters; two brothers;...

Wynona Hendrix
Jan 14, 2006
BURLESON -- Wynona Hendrix, 90, a retired sewing machine operator for Wall's Manufacturing in Cleburne, died Saturday, Jan. 14, 2006, in Bedford. Graveside service: 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Kopperl Cemetery. Visitation: 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home between Joshua and Burleson. Memorials: Mrs. Hendrix requested that, in lieu of flowers, friends may honor her memory...

Tommy Jackson Mitchell
Jan 14, 2006
ALVARADO -- Tommy Jackson Mitchell, 64, a retired Johnson County Deputy Sheriff, died Saturday, Jan. 14, 2006, at his residence. Funeral: 2 p.m. Thursday in Mountain Valley Funeral Home Chapel in Burleson. Burial: Burleson Memorial Park. Visitation: 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Mr. Mitchell was born Jan. 3, 1942, in Crosbyton to Elmer and Era...

Tom Burrow
Jan 10, 2006
Cleburne- Tom Burrow, 71, of Cleburne, a retired service manager for Montgomery Ward died Tuesday January 10, 2006 in Cleburne. Funeral service will be 2:00 p.m. Thursday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home Chapel between Joshua and Burleson. Burial will be at Laurel Land Memorial Park in Fort Worth. Thomas Ray Burrow was born May 15, 1934 in Fairlie, Texas to...

Ydolina Orozco
Jan 9, 2006
BURLESON -- Ydolina Orozco, 80, a homemaker, died Monday, Jan. 9, 2006, at her residence. Mass of Christian Burial: 5 p.m. Wednesday at St. Ann Catholic Church in Burleson. Ydolina was born Feb. 23, 1925, in Chiapas, Mexico, to Cipriano and Elaudia Rivera Orozco. She was a member of St. Ann Catholic Church in Burleson. Survivors: Sons, Abiut Cortez and...

Cecil Edmon Millsap
Jan 8, 2006
BURLESON -- Cecil Edmon Millsap, 83, a retired engineer, died Sunday, Jan. 8, 2006, in Burleson. Funeral: 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Alsbury Baptist Church in Burleson. Burial: Laurel Land Memorial Park. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Cecil was born March 20, 1922, in Godley to Grover and Rachel Howe Millsap. He was a loving husband,...

Mary June Reeves
Jan 7, 2006
BURLESON -- Mary June Reeves, 72, a homemaker, died Saturday, Jan. 7, 2006, in Fort Worth. Funeral: 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, Mountain Valley Funeral Home Chapel. Burial: Laurel Land Memorial Park. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Monday. Mary was born June 6, 1933, in Electra to O.E. and Molly Murphy North. She was a loving wife, mother and friend. Mary was...

Walter Robert "Bob" Floyd
Jan 5, 2006
Walter Robert "Bob" Floyd took his final breath at 2:15 p.m. Thursday, January 5, 2006, in the arms of his daughter, Kathleen Floyd O'Rourke, and passed into the arms of Jesus. He died 2 days before his 95th birthday. Bob Floyd was born January 7, 1911 in Naples, Texas, the son of Grover Cleveland Floyd and Myrtie Mae Robison Floyd....

Robert Lee Adams
Jan 3, 2006
JOSHUA -- Robert Lee Adams, 74, a retired machine parts finisher for Bell Helicopter, died Tuesday, January 3, 2006 at his residence. Funeral: 2:00 p.m. Friday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home Chapel in Burleson. Burial: Laurel Land Memorial Park in Fort Worth. Visitation: 6-8 p.m. Thursday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Mr. Adams was born October 30, 1931 in Gladewater...

J.L. Phinney
Dec 31, 2005
Joshua- J. L. Phinney, 59, an attorney died Saturday December 31, 2005 in Fort Worth. Memorial Service : 2:00 P.M. Wednesday January 4, 2006 at Mountain Valley Funeral Home Chapel. J.L. was born September 22, 1946 in Russell, Kansas to Dick R. and Jane Harris Phinney. He attended Texas Wesleyan University and graduated from Baylor Law School and was a...

Jefrie Dewayne Watson
Dec 26, 2005
Burleson, Texas - Jefrie Dewayne Watson 36, of Burleson, a manager for Sonic Drive In, passed away Monday December 26, 2005 at a Fort Worth Hospital. Funeral service will be 2:00 p.m. Friday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home Chapel in Burleson and 2:00 P.M. Saturday at First Baptist Church in Knox City. Burial will be in the Knox County Cemetery....

Joel Lee Jones
Dec 20, 2005
BURLESON -- Joel Lee Jones, 66, a retired Supervisor for Texas Steel, died Tuesday, December 20, 2005 in Fort Worth. Funeral: 11:00 A.M. Thursday December 22, 2005 Mountain Valley Funeral Home Chapel. Burial: Prairie Springs Cemetery. Visitation: 6-8 P.M. Wednesday at the funeral home. Mr. Jones was born January 21, 1939 in Fort Worth to Joe and Frances Neal Jones....

Billye Ruth Cleveland
Dec 15, 2005
BURLESON -- Ruth Cleveland, 86, a retired unit secretery for All Saints Hospital in Fort Worth, died Thursday, December 15, 2005 in Fort Worth. Funeral: 2:00 p.m. Monday at the Burleson Church of Christ in Burleson. Burial: Burleson Memorial Park in Burleson. Visitation: 2-4 p.m. Sunday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home in Burleson. Billye Ruth Cleveland was born April 7,...
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