Obituaries

Roy Dale Edwards

Feb 19, 2016

Roy Dale Edwards, 55, passed away Friday, Feb. 19, 2016. Memorial service: 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 27, in Mountain Valley Funeral Home Chapel. Roy was born Aug. 30, 1960, in Raytown, Mo., to Loran and Ada Moree Edwards. Roy was active in the VFW and Masonic Lodge. He retired as a combat veteran after 24 years in the U.S. Navy....

Bobby Wayne "Bob" Hale

Feb 16, 2016

Bobby "Bob" Wayne Hale Bobby "Bob" Wayne Hale died peacefully in Ft. Worth on Tuesday, February 16, 2016, at the age of 72. Celebration of Life: a reception will be held Saturday, February 20, 2016. Bob was born on June 21, 1943 in Roscoe, TX to Clifford Wayne & Bobby Jean Morrow Hale. Bob grew up in Snyder, Texas. After...

Douglas Wayne Branum

Feb 10, 2016

Douglas Wayne Branum, 82, of Joshua, Texas, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2016, in Fort Worth. He was born Dec. 22, 1933, in Roxton, Texas, to Than D. Branum and Maggie M. Endsley. Services: 2 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2016, in the Mountain Valley Funeral Home chapel, with Karl Jones officiating. Burial: Caddo Cemetery in Joshua. Visitation: 6-8 p.m. Monday...

Billy Overfield

Feb 9, 2016

BEN WHEELER -- Billy Overfield, 86, of Ben Wheeler passed away Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2016. Service: 1 p.m. Saturday in Mountain Valley Funeral Home Chapel, with Troy Brewer and Andy Daly officiating. Interment: Holyrood Cemetery in Montlake Terrace, Wash. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Billy was born June 27, 1929, in Parma, Mo., to Henry...

Mark Alan Rice

Feb 9, 2016

Mark Rice, 35, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2016, in Fort Worth. Celebration of life: 2 p.m. Thursday at Open Door Church of Burleson. Viewing only: 10 a.m. to noon prior to the service at Mountain Valley Funeral Home Chapel. Mark was born Jan. 10, 1981, in Kenner, La. Mark was an incredible husband, father and son. He worked as...

Jim Hipkins

Feb 9, 2016

FT. WORTH -- Jim Hipkins, 82, of Ft. Worth, TX passed away Tuesday, February 9, 2016. Service: 2PM Friday, February 12, Everman United Methodist Church, Everman, TX. Visitation: 6-8PM Thursdaay, Mountain Valley Funeral Home, Joshua TX. BURIAL: 2PM Saturday, February 13, Hobart Rose Cemetery, Hobart, Oklahoma. Jim was born March 11, 1933 in Hobart, Oklahoma to Duncan and Letha (Todd)...

Helen Maxine (Sampson) Korn

Feb 7, 2016

Helen Maxine Sampson Korn, 93, of Joshua passed away Saturday, Feb. 6, 2016, at home with her family by her side. Graveside service: Private. Public memorial service: 2 p.m. Friday, St. Francis Village of Crowley Chapel, the Rev. Ken Parlin officiating. Visitation: None scheduled. Helen was born Dec. 6, 1922, in Red Oak, Iowa. She married Clyde Elmo Korn on...

Justin Ross Chapman

Feb 2, 2016

Justin Ross Chapman, 31, was born August 6, 1984 in Fort Worth, Texas. He went home to be with his Lord on February 2, 2016 after a decade long battle with Huntington's Disease. Funeral Services will be held on Friday, February 5th, at 10:00 am at NorthPointe First Baptist Church of Joshua, 2450 S.W. Wilshire Blvd., Burleson, TX 76028. Visitation...

Effie Bing

Feb 1, 2016

FORT WORTH -- Effie Marie Bing, 86, passed away Monday, Feb. 1, 2016. Memorial service: 1 p.m. Saturday at Grace Bible Church, 1450 Oak Hill Rd., Fort Worth. Effie was born June 15, 1929, to Raymond Bryant and Bethine Hurst. She loved reading, playing games and doing crossword puzzles. She was a precious mother, grandmother and sister. Effie loved the...

Jimmie Rogers Strength Sr.

Feb 1, 2016

Jimmie Rogers Strength Sr., 79, of Burleson passed away Monday, Feb. 1, 2016, in Fort Worth. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 4, 2016, in the Mountain Valley Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will be at Woodson Cemetery near Throckmorton. Visitation is from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. He was born Feb. 21, 1936, in Plum...

Rodney Kent Hewett

Jan 30, 2016

BELTON - Rodney Kent Hewett, 59, passed away Saturday, Jan. 30, 2016. Graveside service: 2 p.m. Friday, Feb. 5, 2016, in Rosehill Cemetery in Cleburne. Visitation: 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 4, 2016, at Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Rodney was born Nov. 7, 1956, in Cleburne to Claude Hewett and Bonnie Chaney Hewett. He was preceded in death by his parents....

Kim June Weaver

Jan 21, 2016

Kim June Weaver, 60, of Joshua, passed away Thursday, Jan. 21, 2016. Memorial service: 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 30, 2016, at Godley Western Fellowship, 988 N. FM 2331, Godley, TX 76044. Kim was born Jan. 20, 1956, in Montclair, N.J., to Carl and June Freeman. She was a member of the Gussie Uppers Red Hat Society. Kim loved her fish...

Donald Traylor

Jan 9, 2016

JOSHUA - Donald Frank Traylor, 79, of Joshua passed away Saturday, Jan. 9, 2016. Funeral: 10 a.m. Friday in Mountain Valley Funeral Home Chapel. Interment: Caddo Cemetery, Joshua. Visitation: 6-8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Don was born Oct. 9, 1936, in Gordon to Wesley and Winnie Sherlock Traylor. He loved garage sales, spending time with family and grandchildren...

Alyce Egene (Evans) Mcmurry

Jan 3, 2016

Alyce Egene (Evans) McMurry, 95, of Crowley, passed away January 3, 2016. Service: 1:00 PM Friday, January 8, 2016, Mountain Valley Funeral Home, Joshua. Officiating: Reverend Douglas Helms, of Fort Worth. Visitation: 6-8 PM Thursday. Interment: Caddo Cemetery, Joshua. Alyce was born on November 21, 1920, was of Baptist faith. She was native, and longtime resident of Johnson County, Texas,...

Phillip Vance Godbey

Jan 2, 2016

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Mozelle (Smith) Gist

Dec 28, 2015

Mozelle Gist, 84, of Joshua, passed away Monday, December 28, 2015. Graveside Service: 11:00 am Thursday, December 31, 2015, Godley Cemetery. Visitation: 6-8 pm Wednesday, Mountain Valley Funeral Home Chapel. Mozelle was preceded in death by her parents, 5 sisters, 1 brother and great-granddaughter Haley Anglin. Survivors: daughters, Janet Mazac and husband James, and Kathy Noatch, grandsons, Darrell Mazac and...

Theodore Samuel "Ted" Jones

Dec 17, 2015

Theodore "Ted" Samuel Jones, 85, passed from this life on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2015, in Burleson. Funeral: 10 a.m. Tuesday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home, followed by interment in Bethesda Cemetery in Burleson. Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. Monday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home in Joshua. Born Oct. 22, 1930, in Sabraton, W.Va., Ted was the youngest son of William...

Lucile Lee (Pebworth) D'Angelo

Dec 16, 2015

Lucile Lee D'Angelo, 97, of Burleson passed away Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2015. Graveside service: 10 a.m. Saturday at Burleson Memorial Park, Dr. David Hampton officiating. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home. She was born Oct. 14, 1918, in Boswell, Okla., to Lee L. Pebworth and Lora Mitchell. Lucile loved being a housewife and wife of...

Wendell Alan Brake

Dec 15, 2015

Wendell Alan Brake, 81, of Joshua, passed away Tuesday, December 15, 2015. Graveside Service: 1:00 PM Saturday December 19, 2015 Caddo Cemetery, Joshua. Visitation: Friday until 5:00 PM, Mountain Valley Funeral Home, Joshua. Wendell was born on August 19, 1934 in Lansing, Michigan to Howard and Florence Brake. He loved camping, and spending time with his family at Higgins Lake,...

R.H. Griffin Ii

Dec 12, 2015

Dr. R.H. Griffin II, Crowley, TX, loving, generous and witty husband, father and grandfather, joined his Savior Sat. Dec. 12th at the age of 80. Services will be at First Baptist Church, Crowley, TX, Friday Dec. 18th at 10:00 am, 400 S. Eagle Dr. Visitation will be Thurs Dec. 17th at Mountain Valley Funeral Home 3407 Southwest Wilshire Blvd., Joshua,...