Obituaries

Mary Ellen (Crabtree) Hart

Mar 3, 2016

Mary Ellen Hart is now safe in the arms of her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Mary passed away on Thursday, March 3, 2016. Mary was preceded in death by her husband of 57 years, Billy Ray Hart; brother, Woodrow; and sisters, Bobbie and Ermma Belle. Survivors: Daughter, Tammy Mooney and husband, Daniel; sons, Ronny Hart, Donny Hart and wife,...

Willie Pearl "Billie" (Tuggle) Giles

Feb 29, 2016

Willie Pearl (Billie) Giles, 90, of Joshua, passed away Monday, February 29, 2016. Funeral Services are 10:00 a.m. Thursday, March 4 at Mountain Valley Funeral Home Chapel. Graveside services are at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, March 4 at Sanger Cemetery. Visitation is 6:00-8:00 p.m. Wednesday, March 3 at the funeral home. Billie was born Jan. 4, 1926, in Cook County, to...

Linda Kay (Evans) Fralicks

Feb 25, 2016

Linda (Evans) Fralicks, 62, of Alvarado passed away Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016, in Fort Worth. She was born Oct. 21, 1953, in Fort Worth, Texas, to Glenn E. Evans and Laveda G. Long. Graveside service: 11 a.m. Wednesday, March 2, 2016, at Everman Cemetery. Visitation: 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, March 1, at Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Linda loved cooking and spending...

Richard A. Rosseau

Feb 22, 2016

Richard A. Rousseau, 83, of Joshua, passed away Monday, Feb. 22, 2016. Service: 2PM Saturday, Feb. 27, Mountain Valley Funeral Home Chapel. Visitation: 6-8PM Friday, at the funeral home. Burial: Greenacres Memorial Park, Cleburne. Richard was born Jan. 26, 1933 in Waco, to John E. and Viola A. (Lorraine) Rousseau. He was preceded in death by his brother Byron, and...

Jason Buchanan

Feb 22, 2016

Jason Buchanan, 39, of Burleson, passed away Monday, Feb. 22, 2016. Service: 11AM Friday, Feb. 26, Mountain Valley Funeral Home Chapel, Jason's Uncle, Pastor Stephen McCoy to officiate. Visitation: 6-8PM Thursday, Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Burial: Burleson Memorial Park. Jason was born July 18, 1976 in Fort Worth to David and Cindy Buchanan. He was preceded in death by his...

Dalton Henry White

Feb 19, 2016

Dalton Henry White of Joshua passed away Friday, Feb. 19, 2016. Graveside service: 11 a.m. Monday in Green Acres Memorial Park in Cleburne. Visitation: None scheduled. Survivors: A loving family. Service Information

Monday, February 22nd, 2016 11:00am, Green Acres Memorial Park

Interment Details

Green Acres Memorial Park

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,...