Obituaries

James D. "Doby" Kelly

James D. "Doby" Kelly

May 29, 2010

J.D. "Doby" Kelly peacefully passed away on Saturday evening, May 29, 2010 in a Fort Worth hospital, lovingly surrounded by his family. Funeral: 2:00 P.M Wednesday in Mountain Valley Funeral Home Chapel. Interment: Greenwood Cemetery, Fort Worth. Visitation: 1 p.m. Prior to service. Memorials: Charity of choice. He was born March 8, 1929 in Erath County near Bluff Dale, the...

John  L. Bay

John L. Bay

May 27, 2010

John L. Bay, 82 of Burleson, a retired printer and book binder for Cockerel Printing, died Thursday May 27, 2010 in Burleson. Funeral: 10 a.m. Monday in Mountain Valley Funeral Home Chapel. Interment: Caddo Cemetery, Joshua. Visitation: 3-5 p.m. Sunday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Memorials: In lieu of flowers, memorial danations can be made to the National Parkinson Foundation....

Arthie Lee "Tennie" Griffin

Arthie Lee "Tennie" Griffin

May 21, 2010

BURLESON -- Arthie "Tennie" Lee Griffin, 74, of Burleson, a homemaker, died Friday, May 21, 2010, in Fort Worth. Funeral: 10 a.m. Wednesday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home Chapel. Interment: Peoria Cemetery. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Tennie was born June 15, 1935, in Alvarado to Ernest Felton and Mary Artlee Whitley Looney. Tennie...

Renard  Lee Blackstock  Sr.

Renard Lee Blackstock Sr.

May 19, 2010

Renard Lee Blackstock Sr., 81, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, May 19, 2010. Memorial service: 2 p.m. Saturday in Mountain Valley Funeral Home Chapel. Renard Lee Blackstock was born Dec. 26, 1928, in Roscoe to Luther and Eva Blackstock. He married Mary Barham on Aug. 14, 1953, in Fort Worth. He proudly served his country in the...

Richard  Lee Smith

Richard Lee Smith

May 11, 2010

Richard Lee Smith, 70 of Carbon, a retired truck driver and farmer, died Tuesday May 11, 2010 in Waco. Funeral: 1:30 p.m. Saturday in Mountain Valley Funeral Home Chapel in Joshua. Interment: Caddo Cemetery, Joshua. Visitation: 6-8 p.m. Friday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Richard Lee Smith was born Nov. 10, 1939 in Joshua to Denver Lee and Willie Mae...

Trudi  Kuhn Cao

Trudi Kuhn Cao

May 11, 2010

Trudi Cao, 38, a homemaker and mother, died Tuesday May 11, 2010 in Fort Worth. Funeral: 10 a.m., Saturday at the Burleson Church of Christ. Interment: Skyvue Cemetery in Mansfield. Viewing: 9-10 a.m., Saturday prior to the service. Memorials: In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to a fund for her daughters, Mailee and Tamiah Cao C/O Member's...

Imogene  Owens Lain

Imogene Owens Lain

May 10, 2010

Imogene Owens Lain, a retired custodian for the Joshua I.S.D. died May 10, 2010 at the age of 82. Funeral: 2 p.m. Monday in Mountain Valley Funeral Home Chapel. Interment: Burleson Memorial Park. Visitation: 6-8 p.m. Sunday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Imogene Owens Lain was born April 19, 1928 in Johnson County to P.C. and Nettie Owens. She loved...

Hazel Cobern

Hazel Cobern

May 10, 2010

Hazel Cobern born Nov. 15, 1913 to R. Dell Gregston and Alta Gregston in Roswell, New Mexico, third of nine children. She slipped out of the body that was so restricting her desire to keep moving on May 10, 2010 having suffered a major stroke two weeks past her 96th birthday. Memorial Service: 10 a.m. Saturday in Mountain Valley Funeral...

Donna  Diane Hillis

Donna Diane Hillis

May 5, 2010

JOSHUA -- Donna Diane Hillis, 51, of Joshua, a homemaker, died Wednesday, May 5, 2010, in Arlington. Funeral: 2 p.m. Friday in Mountain Valley Funeral Home Chapel. Interment: Caddo Cemetery. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Diane was born July 10, 1958, in Fort Worth to Robert and Barbara Mabe Winkler. She was a loving...

Paul  Jerome Sims

Paul Jerome Sims

Apr 20, 2010

Paul Jerome Sims, 74, of Joshua, a retired postal carrier, died Tuesday April 20, 2010 in Fort Worth. Graveside: 10am Friday at D-FW National Cemetery. Visitation: 6-8 pm Thursday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home in Burleson. Paul was born October 3, 1935 in Waco to Samuel Arthur and Johnnie Bell Lackey Sims. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather and...

Charles  Holmes Allgood

Charles Holmes Allgood

Apr 13, 2010

JOSHUA -- Charles Holmes Allgood, 89, of Joshua, a retired supervisor inspector, died Tuesday, April 13, 2010, in Fort Worth. Funeral: 10 a.m. Saturday at Hallmark Baptist Church in Fort Worth. Interment: Laurel Land Memorial Park in Fort Worth. Vistitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Charles was born Dec. 17, 1920, in Bellevue to Albert...

Kittie  Mae Pruitt

Kittie Mae Pruitt

Apr 12, 2010

Kittie Mae Williams Pruitt of Henderson Kentucky went to be with her Lord and Savior on. April 12, 2010. She was 99 (and a half) years old. Funeral: 3:00 P.M. Wednesday in Mountain Valley FUneral Home Chapel. Visitation: 2-3 P.M. Wednesday prior to service. Interment: Fernwood Cemetery, Henderson, Kentucky. Kittie was born on August 18, 1910 in Henderson, Kentucky and...

Tommye Jean Clendening Sharpton

Tommye Jean Clendening Sharpton

Apr 12, 2010

Tommye Jean Clendening Sharpton, 65 of Joshua, a retired fiberglass worker, died Monday April 12, 2010 in Fort Worth. Funeral: 2pm Saturday in Mountain Valley Funeral Home Chapel. Interment: Dido Cemetery, Dido, Texas. Visitation: 6-8 pm Friday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Tommye was born March 27, 1945 in Fort Worth to Buck and Mary Curry Clendening. She loved to...

Homer Campbell

Homer Campbell

Apr 7, 2010

Homer G. Campbell, 55 of Joshua died Wednesday, April 7, 2010, at his home. Service: None scheduled. He was born July 8, 1954, in Fort Worth. Survivors: Wife, Sue; sons, Lewis Campbell, Billy Hand; brother, Weldon; three grandchildren.

Miroslava Mildred Becka Bevan

Miroslava Mildred Becka Bevan

Apr 6, 2010

Miroslava Mildred Becka Bevan died Tuesday, April 6, 2010, in Burleson at age 93. Funeral: 10:30 a.m. Friday at First Baptist Church of Burleson. Interment: 3 p.m. in Seaton Cemetery, Seaton. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Pallbearers: Grandsons, Steve and David Maxwell, John Carroll and Jason Woodward, and family friend, Michael Slovak. Memorials: In...

Laura Margaret Teller Mason

Laura Margaret Teller Mason

Apr 1, 2010

BURLESON -- Laura Margaret Teller Mason passed away quietly with her family at her side and went to be with her Lord and Savior at the age of 89 on Thursday, April 1, 2010. Celebration of life: 11 a.m. Wednesday at First Baptist Church of Burleson. Interment: Birta Cemetery in Birta, Ark. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Mountain...

Ralph Hogue

Ralph Hogue

Mar 31, 2010

Ralph Hogue, 73 of Joshua, owner of Crown Trophies in Joshua, died Wednesday March 31, 2010 in Fort Worth. Funeral: 2:00 P.M. Monday in Mountain Valley Funeral Home Chapel. Interment: Caddo Cemetery in Joshua. Visitation: 4-6 pm Sunday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Ralph was born March 9, 1937 in Hazel Valley, Arkansas to Alma Jackson and Etta Mae Osborne...

Lajuana  Ruth Lightsey

Lajuana Ruth Lightsey

Mar 31, 2010

Lajuana Ruth Lightsey, 64, of Cleburne, a retired truck driver, died Wednesday March 31, 2010 in Crowley. Memorial Service: 3:00 P.M. Friday at the Mountain Valley Funeral Home Chapel. Ruth was born July 5, 1945 in Cleburne to Archie and Claudia Howell Lightsey. She was a loving mother, grandmother and friend to all. Ruth loved waitressing, truck driving, traveling and...