Obituaries

Edward Walter Jann Jr.
Oct 2, 2016
Edward Walter Jann Jr., 70, passed away, Sunday, October 2, 2016. Funeral Service: 10AM, Thursday, October 6th, Retta Baptist Church of Burleson. Visitation: 6-8PM, Wednesday, Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Interment: Burleson Memorial Park. Ed was born January 25, 1946 in Athens to Edward Walter Sr. and Mildred (Barton) Jann. He was a very good man who loved his Lord, his...

Ray Brent Hewett
Sep 29, 2016
Ray Brent Hewett, 58, of Burleson, passed away Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016. He was born Nov. 6, 1957, in Cleburne, Texas to Claude and Bonnie Jo (Chaney) Hewett. Services: 2 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2016, at Rosehill Cemetery in Cleburne, Texas. Visitation: 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 4 at Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Ray loved his daughter and spending time with...

Grant B. "Van" Couch
Sep 25, 2016
Grant B. "Van" Couch, 50, passed away September 25, 2016. Funeral Service: 1PM Wednesday, September 28th, Mountain Valley Funeral Home Chapel. Visitation: 12PM prior to service. Van was born April 18, 1966 in Alvarado to James and Doris (Lewis) Couch. He had a love of music and loved to sing. Van loved Sesame Street and Big Bird, and he loved...

Ralph Edward Benson
Sep 21, 2016
Ralph Edward Benson, 88, of Joshua, passed away September 21, 2016. Memorial Service: 2PM Sunday, Mount Carmel Baptist Church, 1420 CR 903 Cleburne. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to Mount Carmel Baptist Church. Ralph was born February 4, 1928 in Arkinda, Arkansas to Clyde and Maggie (Tunnell) Benson. He loved bowling, fishing, golf, being outdoors and he always...

Norma Jean Tupin
Sep 19, 2016
Norma Jean Tupin, 83, of Crowley, passed away September 19, 2016. Service: Services handled by Mountain Valley Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, please donate to the Wounded Warrior Project. Norma was born May 22, 1933 in Floyd County, Virginia to Dolphus Burgine and Bessie (Myers) Boyd. She loved her family and spending time with them, especially her grandchildren. Survivors:...

Judith Lee Dibartolomeo
Sep 16, 2016
Judith Lee DiBartolomeo, 79, of Joshua, passed away Sept. 16, 2016. She was born Dec. 30, 1936, in Fort Worth, Texas, to Dixon Thomas Harbison and Jane Hodge. Graveside services: 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016, at Caddo Cemetery. Visitation: 7-9 p.m. Friday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Judith was a loving and caring mother, grandmother, great grandmother and wife....

Bob Henry Jaquess
Sep 16, 2016
Bob Henry Jaquess, 65, of Joshua, passed away Friday, Sept. 16, 2016. He was born Feb. 1, 1951, in Clifton, Texas, to Fred Lee Jaquess Sr. and Ludell Hutto. Services: 2:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 19, 2016, Mountain Valley Funeral Home Chapel. Interment follows at Caddo Cemetery. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Bob loved fishing, mowing the lawn,...

James "Leroy" Vaughn
Sep 15, 2016
James Leroy Vaughn, 79, of Burleson, passed away September 15, 2016. Funeral Service: 11AM, September 19, Mountain Valley Funeral Home Chapel. Visitation: 2-4 PM, Sunday, September 18, Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Interment: Cresson Cemetery. Leroy was born March 23, 1937 in Joshua to Roy Cross Vaughn and Cerena Jane Shipley. He proudly served in the U.S. Army. Leroy adored his...

Billie Jo Whitley
Sep 4, 2016
Billie Jo Whitley, 85, of Joshua, passed away September 4, 2016. Funeral Service: 2PM, Friday, September 9 at Mountain Valley Funeral Home Chapel. Visitation: 6-8PM Thursday, Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Interment: Caddo Cemetery. Billie was born April 16, 1931 in Gainesville to Joseph and Lucille (Beuley) Leftwich. She loved shopping, sewing, crafts, and Christmas time. Survivors: husband, Ted Whitley of...

Rosanne Mcgraw
Sep 1, 2016
BURLESON -- Rosanne McGraw, 57, of Burleson, passed away September 1, 2016. Funeral Service: 10 AM Tuesday, September 6, Mountain Valley Funeral Home Chapel. Visitation: 6-8PM Monday, Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Interment: Bethesda Cemetery. Rosanne was born February 20, 1959 to Emory and Grene (Summerlin) Brannan. She loved taking pictures, traveling, bowling, andscrapbooking. Survivors: husband, Michael McGraw; son, Matthew McGraw,...

Sharian Jeanette Hayes
Aug 31, 2016
Sharian Jeanette (Jones) Hayes, 71, of Fort Worth, TX, passed away Aug. 31, 2016, in Fort Worth, TX, surrounded by her family and friends. Visitation will be held at Mountain Valley Funeral Home in Burleson on Thursday, Sept. 8, from 6-8 p.m. Funeral services will be held at Burleson Church of Christ on Friday, Sept. 9, at 10 a.m. with...

Jack Guthrie
Aug 29, 2016
Jack Guthrie, 76, of Joshua, passed away August 29, 2016. Born on November 27, 1939 in Little River, Texas, he was a lifelong Joshua resident. Jack served the Lord as a deacon at First Baptist Church of Joshua for 54 years, and worked in the community through various charities, political avenues and boards. He loved to play tennis with his...

Dorothy Still Parks Snider
Aug 25, 2016
Dorothy Still Parks Snider, 93, entered her heavenly home on August 25, 2016 in Glen Rose. Celebration of Life Ceremony: 2PM Monday August 29, Mountain Valley Funeral Home, Joshua. Visitation: 2-4PM Sunday, at the funeral home. Burial: Private. In lieu of flowers please donate to a mission of choice. Dorothy was born in Deming, New Mexico, May 21, 1923 to...
Farrell Bonham
Aug 23, 2016
Farrell Bonham, 77, passed away on August 23, 2016 after a battle with cancer. Funeral Service: 2PM Friday, August 26th, Mountain Valley Funeral Home Chapel. Visitation: 6-8PM Thursday, Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Interment: Union Hill Cemetery in Joshua. Farrell was born on February 17, 1939 in Johnson County. He was the son of Stanley and Lois (Robinson) Bonham. As a...
Peter J. Corino
Aug 19, 2016
CROWLEY -- Peter J. Corino, 78, passed away Friday, Aug. 19, 2016. Mass: 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Ann Catholic Church in Burleson. A rosary will be held at 9:30 am before the Mass at St. Ann Catholic Church. Interment follows later in DFW National Cemetery. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Peter was born...

James "Bud" Miller
Aug 11, 2016
James "Bud" Miller, 83, passed away Thursday, August 11, 2016 in Joshua. Funeral Service: 10 AM, Monday, Mountain Valley Funeral Home Chapel. Interment: Union Hill Cemetery in Joshua. Visitation: 2-4PM, Sunday, Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Bud was born October 4, 1932, into a farming community in Joshua to Silas Eugene and Mary Alice (Shipley) Miller. He graduated from Joshua High...

Herbert E. Wade
Aug 8, 2016
JOSHUA -- Herbert E. Wade, Jr., 71, of Joshua, passed from this life, Monday August 8, 2016. Memorial Service: 11AM Saturday, August 13, Oak Grove Baptist Church, Burleson. In Lieu of flowers, the family wishes donations be made to the Oak Grove Benevolence Fund. Herb was born April 25, 1945 in Galena, Kansas to Jessie and Herbert Wade, Sr. He...

Louise Hawpe Evans Jones
Aug 8, 2016
JOSHUA -- Louise Hawpe Evans Jones, 86, of Joshua, passed away Monday August 8, 2016. Graveside Service: 10AM Thursday, Union Hill Cemetery, Joshua. Visitation: 6-8PM Wednesday, Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Louise was born February 9, 1930 in Crowley to John Royce "Roe" and Beulah Beatrice (Shipley) Hawpe. She was preceded in death by her parents, first husband Charles "Choc" Evans,...
Doris Elizabeth Sard
Aug 6, 2016
Doris Elizabeth Sard, 91, of Burleson passed away Saturday, Aug. 6, 2016. Service: 10 a.m. Friday in the Mountain Valley Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Harold Jayne officiating. Interment: Moore Memorial Gardens in Arlington. Visitation: 9 a.m. prior to the service. Doris was born Sept. 11, 1924, in Blum to George Otis Hand and Minnie Ince. She loved reading, gardening,...
Mattie L Lemons
Aug 5, 2016
BURLESON -- Mattie L. Lemons, 94, of Burleson passed away peacefully Friday, Aug. 5, 2016. Funeral: 10 a.m. Wednesday at First Baptist Church, Burleson, with Dr. Mike Milburn officiating. Interment: Laurel Land Memorial Park. Visitation: 9 a.m. prior to the service at the church. Memorials: In lieu of flowers, the family requests contributions to the Troy Smith Scholarship Fund at...
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