Obituaries

Eldon Wesley Coates
Mar 12, 2014
Eldon Wesley Coates, 74, passed away March 12, 2014, at home. Memorial Service: 2:00 PM, Monday, March 17, 2014 at Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Eldon was born November 22, 1939, in Parsons, Kansas to Eldon Van and Alta Johnston Coates. Eldon proudly served in the US Air Force. He enjoyed hunting and fishing on the coast. Eldon loved spending time...

Karen Clemens
Mar 12, 2014
Karen Yvonne (Brewer) Clemens, 66, passed away March 12, 2014. Service: 2:00 PM, Tuesday, March 18, 2014 at Mountain Valley Funeral home. Interment: Burleson Memorial Park. Visitation: 6-8 PM, Monday at the Funeral Home. Karen was born July 16, 1947, in Fort Worth to J.B. and Mary Holloway Stilwell. She loved spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren. Karen...

Beth Gardner
Mar 10, 2014
Elizabeth Gardner, 77, passed away March 10, 2014, in a Fort Worth hospital. Service: 10:00 AM, Saturday, March 15, 2014 at First Baptist Church in Burleson. Interment: Laurel Land Memorial Park in Fort Worth. Visitation: 6-8 PM, Friday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Beth was born April 16, 1936 in New Orleans to Dr. Russell D. and Mildred Wilson Holt....

Dorothy Wilson
Mar 9, 2014
Dorothy Inez Blevins Wilson, 93, passed away March 9, 2014. Service: 11:00 AM, Thursday, March 13, 2014 at the Graveside. Interment: Grove Hill Cemetery in Dallas. No visitation Scheduled. Dorothy was born October 12, 1920, in Dallas to Henry and Minnie Jones Blevins. She was a resident of Dallas until 2005 when she moved to Keene to be near her...

Frank Howeth
Mar 8, 2014
David Franklin "Frank" Howeth, 80, passed into heaven on Saturday, March 8, 2014, after a lengthy illness. Funeral: 2 p.m. Saturday, March 15, at Mountain Valley Funeral Home in Joshua. Interment will be in George's Creek Cemetery in Glen Rose following the service. Frank was born Jan. 20, 1934, in Fort Spunky to Garland Melvin Howeth and Lola Mariah Barker...

Lou Parks
Mar 2, 2014
Lou Catherine Parks, 69, passed away March 2, 2014 in a Fort Worth hospital. Service: 2:00 PM, Friday, March 7, 2014 Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Interment: Caddo Cemetery in Joshua. Visitation: 12:00 noon, Friday at Funeral Home. Lou was born January 18, 1945, in Elwood, Indiana to Pascal Vernon and Mary Catherine Claybaugh Brewer. She retired from Bloomington High School...

Pauline Loflin
Mar 1, 2014
Pauline Loflin, 88, of Joshua, left this earth in the early morning, Saturday, March 1, 2014. Funeral Service: 10AM Thursday, March 6, 2014, Lane Prairie Baptist Church, Joshua, Reverend Jerry Clements officiating. Burial: Union Hill Cemetery, Joshua. Visitation: 6-8PM Wednesday, Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Pauline was born August 2, 1925, in Burleson, to Jeff and Claudia Busby Hildebrand. She was...

Frank Earl Burnham
Feb 26, 2014
Frank Earl Burnham, 100, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014. Service: 2 p.m. Saturday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home. No visitation scheduled. Frank was born Dec. 3, 1913, in West Haven, Conn. He loved working for the U.S. Postal Service, meeting people, baseball and bowling. He was active in bowling leagues until he was 90. Frank enjoyed exercising, riding bicycles...

Charles Ray "Chuck" Moncrief Jr.
Feb 15, 2014
Chuck Moncrief, 55, passed away Feb. 15, 2014, in a Fort Worth hospital. Memorial service: 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014, at Marystown Baptist Church in Joshua. Chuck was born Feb. 23, 1958, in Fort Worth to Charles Ray, Sr. and Marie "Snookie" Cotton Moncrief. He was a car sales man his entire life and never met a stranger. Chuck...

Harvey Leo Berry
Feb 14, 2014
Harvey L. Berry, 87, passed away February 14, 2014, in Burleson. Service: 2:00 PM, Monday, February 17, 2014 at Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Interment: Green Acres Memorial Park in Cleburne. Visitation: 6-8 PM, Sunday at the Funeral Home. Harvey was born May 19, 1926, in Natchitoches, LA to Clifton J. and Mattie Broadway Berry. Family was very important to Harvey....

Darlene Louise Johnson
Feb 14, 2014
Darlene Louise Johnson, 77, passed away February 14, 2014, in Fort Worth. Memorial Service: 10:00 AM, Monday, February 24, 2014 at Alsbury Baptist Church in Burleson. Darlene was born April 19, 1936, in Lyons, Kansas to Leroy and Louise Coldberg Schmidt. She lived a life with strength and dignity that the world could see, even if you didn't know her....

Alfred F. Pippin
Feb 13, 2014
Alfred F. Pippin, 90, passed away February 13, 2014, in Cleburne. Service: 1:00 PM, Saturday, February 15, 2014, at Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Interment: Grandview Cemetery in Grandview. Visitation: 6-8 PM, Friday at the Funeral Home. Alfred was born November 12, 1923, in Itasca to Louis and Eva Lee Polson Pippin. He proudly served in the U.S. Army during WWII...

Marcia Joy Nunley
Feb 10, 2014
Marcia J. Sampson Nunley, 56, passed from this life at her home in Cleburne on Monday, Feb. 10, 2014. Service: 2 p.m. Saturday in the Coleman High School Auditorium & Gymnasium, 451 W. Main St., Coleman, Okla. 73432. Interment: Center Hill Cemetery in Kenefic, Okla. Visitation: 6 to 9 p.m. Friday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home in Joshua. Memorial service:...

Mary Lee Hunter
Feb 9, 2014
Mary Lee Hunter, 65, passed away Sunday, Feb. 9, 2014, in Fort Worth. Service: 9 a.m. Friday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Interment: 11:15 a.m. Friday in Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery in Dallas. No visitation is scheduled. Mary was born Feb. 15, 1948, in Fort Worth to Woodrow Wilson and Lola Mae House Blacklock. She loved books, cooking, fishing and...

Eugene R. (Gene) Brymer
Feb 6, 2014
Eugene R. (Gene) Brymer, 76, passed away February 6, 2014, in Fort Worth. Celebration of Life Service: 12:00 PM, Tuesday, February 11, 2014 at Southwest Christian Church of Fort Worth. Interment: DFW National Cemetery, 10:15 AM, Tuesday, February 11, 2014. Visitation: 6-8 PM, Monday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Gene was born April 22, 1937 in Fort Worth to Rufus...

Mary Lou (Bentley) Richardson
Feb 2, 2014
Mary Lou Bentley Richardson, 82, passed away Sunday, Feb. 2, 2014, in Fort Worth. Graveside service: 2 p.m. Saturday in Caddo Cemetery in Joshua. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Mary was born Feb. 25, 1931, in Joshua to Virgil Cecil and Ona Lou House Bentley. She was a farmer's daughter and ballroom dancer. Mary...

Rusty Best
Jan 31, 2014
David Russell "Rusty" Best, 57, of Burleson passed away Friday, Jan. 31, 2014, in Fort Worth. Funeral: 10 a.m. Wednesday, Mountain Valley Funeral Home Chapel. Interment: Bonner Family Cemetery in Stuart's Mill. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Memorials: In lieu of flowers, please allow donations in memory of Rusty, to the American Diabetes Association, N....

John D. Fincannon Jr.
Jan 31, 2014
John D. Fincannon Jr. passed away Friday, Jan. 31, 2014, in Burleson. Funeral: 2 p.m. Tuesday, Mountain Valley Funeral Home Chapel. Interment: Caddo Cemetery, Joshua. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. John was born Dec. 18, 1975, in Dallas to J.D. Sr. and Charlotte Hooks Fincannon. He was raised in Cedar Hill and graduated Cedar Hill,...

Matthew Huck Mccaslin
Jan 30, 2014
Matthew Huck McCaslin, passed away January 30, 2014, in a Fort Worth hospital. Service: 2:00 PM, Wednesday, February 5, 2014 at Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Interment: Mount Olivet Memorial Park in Fort Worth. No visitation scheduled. Huck was born January 30, 2014, in Fort Worth to Robert Matthew and Keri Jo McCaslin. In lieu of flowers please send donations to...

Phil Griffin
Jan 25, 2014
Phillip Ray Griffin, 57, passed away January 25, 2014. Service: 10:00 AM, Thursday, January 30, 2014 at Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Interment: Peoria Cemetery in Whitney. Visitation: 6-8 PM, Wednesday at Funeral Home. Phil was born August 14, 1956, in Johnson County to Milton Wray and Arthie Lee Looney Griffin. He had lots of friends and family that loved him....
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