Obituaries
Thelma Lee Mcknight
Feb 26, 2017
Thelma Lee McKnight, 84, of Burleson, passed away Sunday, February 26, 2017. Funeral Service: 11AM, Friday, March 3, 2017, First Baptist Church of Burleson. Visitation: 6-8PM, Thursday, March 2nd, Mountain Valley Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers please donate to the Alzheimer's association in her memory. http://www.alz.org/nca/in_my_community_58187.asp Thelma was born November 11, 1932 in Somervell County to William and Tressie...
Eugene Bruce Carter
Feb 24, 2017
Eugene Bruce Carter, 47, of Aubrey, passed away Friday February 24, 2017. Eugene was a free spirit who lived life according to his own rules. He loved classic cars and old rock and roll music. Eugene was preceded in death by his parents William (Buck) and Ressie (Beck) Carter, and sister Linda Reed. He is survived by the love of...
Gavin Tye Mccarley
Feb 24, 2017
Gavin Tye McCarley, 10, of Burleson, passed away February 24, 2017. Memorial Service: 2PM Friday, March 3, 2017, Pathway Church. Visitation: none scheduled. Gavin was born March 11, 2006 in Tacoma, Washington to Michael and Christina Van Cleave. He loved to cook, playing games, watching TV, swimming, being outdoors, and playing with his friends. Survivors: parents, Michael and Christina Van...
Donald Wayne Sherrill
Feb 23, 2017
Donald Wayne Sherrill, 72, of Burleson, passed away on Thursday, February 23, 2017. Graveside Service: 2PM Monday, March 6, 2017, DFW National Cemetery. Visitation: 2-4PM Sunday, March 5th, Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Friends and family are invited to attend. Don was born to parents XL and Erma Sherrill on February 4, 1945 in Lamesa. He grew up as the youngest...
William M. Morris Sr.
Feb 18, 2017
William M. Morris Sr., a longtime resident of Arlington, died on Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017, at the age of 94. Service: 1 p.m. Tuesday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home, 3407 Southwest Wilshire Blvd., Joshua. Bill was born March 24,1922, with his twin sister, Martha Francis, in Amarillo to parents George Thomas Morris and Francis Humphreys Morris. Bill graduated from Arlington...
Milton Guy "Jr" Powell Jr.
Feb 18, 2017
Milton Guy Powell Jr., "JR", 85, passed away Saturday, February 18, 2017, surrounded by his family at home. Funeral Service: 10:30 AM Wednesday, Mountain Valley Funeral Home Chapel. Visitation: 6-8 PM Tuesday, at the funeral home. Burial: Burleson Memorial Park. JR was born September 22, 1931 in Alvarado, to M.G. and Bertha (Bryant) Powell. He married the love of his...
Virgina Carol (Baird) Calvery
Feb 11, 2017
Virginia Carol Calvery, 83, passed away Saturday, Feb. 11, 2017, in Joshua. Visitation from 10am to 11am Saturday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home, 3407 SW Wilshire Blvd, Joshua, followed by funeral at 11. Burial: Greathouse Cemetery, Temple. Virginia was born on November 20, 1933 in Heidenheimer, Texas to Glen and Hazel Baird. She graduated from Somerville High School in 1952...
Sandy Kay Horton
Feb 5, 2017
Sandy Kay Horton left this world for her eternal home to be with Jesus on February 5, 2017. She was born to Herbert and Juanita Milburn on May 27, 1951. She gave her heart to Jesus as a young girl at five years of age. She graduated Bethany High School as class valedictorian in 1969 and surrendered her life to...
Edith Loreen Ingram
Jan 24, 2017
Edith "Nene" Loreen Ingram, 93, of Burleson, passed away Tuesday, January 24, 2017. Funeral Services: 11AM Friday, January 27th, Burleson Church of Christ. Interment: Kimball Cemetery, Bosque County to follow service. Visitation: 6-8PM Thursday, Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Edith was born May 1, 1923 in Kopperl, to Joe S. and Oma Edith (Tally) Terry. She is preceded in death by...
Evelyn Gracie Westmoreland
Jan 21, 2017
Evelyn Gracie Westmoreland, 93, of Crowley, passed away Saturday, January 21, 2017. Graveside Service: 2 PM Thursday, January 26th, Skyvue Memorial Gardens. Visitation: 10AM-12PM, Thursday, prior to service. Evelyn was born on July 20, 1923 to Wiley Elmer and Gracie (Billings) Carroll in Bennington, OK. Evelyn lived in Texas and Oklahoma. While working at Sweetwater Broom Factory, she met Eldon...
Robert "Bob" Kirkman Neely
Jan 20, 2017
Robert "Bob" Kirkman Neely, 78, of Joshua, Texas, passed away Jan. 20, 2017. He was born Jan. 7, 1939, in Fort Worth, Texas, to Thomas B. and Jeanette Neely. Services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017, at NorthPointe First Baptist Church, officiated by Dr. David Hampton and Dr. Chris Shirley. Interment follows at Caddo Cemetery in...
Barbara Gaye Terrell
Jan 20, 2017
Barbara Gaye Terrell of Trinity, Tx gained eternal peace on Friday January 20, 2017 in Conroe Tx. A visitation will be held 6-8 pm Friday, January 27, 2017 at Mountain Valley Funeral Home in Joshua, Tx. Graveside services will follow at 11am Saturday January 28, 2017 at Union Hill Cemetery in Joshua, Tx. Pallbearers include Hunter Prino, Jere Henson, Terry...
Mildred Bernice Reighard
Jan 17, 2017
Milred Bernice Reighard, 93, of Fort Worth, passed away January 18, 2017. Graveside Service: 11 AM, Tuesday, January 24th, Caddo Cemetery, Joshua. Visitation: 6-8PM, Monday, January 23rd, Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Mildred was born November 20, 1923 in Lenoir City, Tennessee to John Floyd and Myrtle Emmaline (Schaffer) Conner. She loved reading her bible, doing crossword puzzles, and visiting with...
James Heffner
Jan 6, 2017
James Raymon Heffner passed away January 6, 2017, at the age of 80. Graveside services: 3:30 pm Tuesday in Burleson Memorial Park. James (Jim) was the son of Bill and Valda Heffner born March 1, 1936, in Hobart, Oklahoma. Jim lost his dad at the age of 5 whereafter he and his mom lived on a Indian reservation for several...
Ronald Lee Fisher
Jan 2, 2017
Ronald "Ronnie"' L. Fisher, 67 passed away at home, comforted by his wife on January 2, 2017 after a short battle with lung cancer. Funeral: 10:00 am Saturday, January 7, 2017 in Mountain Valley Funeral Home. A graveside service will follow at Caddo Peak Cemetery in Joshua. Dinner will be served at Reece Prairie Baptist Church following graveside service. Family...
Elizabeth Faye Meeks
Dec 29, 2016
Faye Bomberry Meeks, 75, of Granbury, Texas, formerly of Ohsweken, Ontario, Canada, passed away on Thursday, December 29, 2016. Visitation: 12pm - 2pm, Saturday December 31st, Mountain Valley Funeral Home. She had lived and retired in Granbury, Texas. Preceeding her in death were her parents, Ray and Reba Smith; husband, Kenneth W. Meeks; sisters, Blanche McQueen and Marion Smith; brother,...
D.S. Vaughn Jr.
Dec 23, 2016
D.S. Vaughn Jr. left this earth to join the heavenly choir on Friday, Dec. 23, 2016, at the age of 91. Graveside service: 2 p.m. Wednesday in Everman Cemetery. Family visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home in Joshua. Memorials: In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Erath County Meals on Wheels program,...
Michael Andrew Rigsby
Dec 19, 2016
Michael Andrew Rigsby, 61, of Houston, passed away Monday, December 19, 2016. Graveside Service: 1 PM, Friday, December 23rd, Caddo Cemetery, Joshua. Michael was born June 28, 1955 in Manhattan, NY to Riley and Eva (Eisenstaedt) Rigsby. He is preceded in death by his daughter, Andrea Rigsby D'Anna; and son, Stephen Quinney. Survivors: wife, Barbara Rigsby of Houston; daughter, Cathy...
James Leland Erby
Dec 2, 2016
JOSHUA -- James Leland Erby, 79, passed away Friday, Dec. 2, 2016. Graveside service: 10 a.m. Tuesday in Burleson Memorial Park. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home. James was born Feb. 21, 1937, in Waxahachie, to Weldon and Addie Marie Bransom Erby. James was a longtime member of the Mountain Valley Country Club. He was...
John L. Perkins Jr.
Nov 28, 2016
John Perkins, Jr., age 59, of Burleson, Texas, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Monday, November 28, 2016. He was born November 20, 1957, in Owensboro, Kentucky, to Margaret and John Perkins. After attending elementary school in Pampa, Texas, John moved to Levelland, Texas, with his parents and graduated from Levelland High School in 1976. John celebrated...
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