Obituaries

Local obituaries for Cleburne, Texas


Paul Holtsman

Paul Holtsman

September 4, 2008

Services for Paul M. Holtsman, 94, of Godley, will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Monday, September 8, 2008, at the First Baptist Church in Godley. The Rev. Kenneth Coleman will officiate. Burial will be in Godley Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Monty Holtsman, Charles Holtsman, Jeff Atwell, Trent Honea, Justin Calahan, Jeremy Calahan, Jason Calahan, Jamie Calahan, Josh Calahan, Lyndell James...

Johnny Powell

Johnny Powell

September 3, 2008

Services for Johnny C. Powell, 61, of Marlin, formerly of Joshua, will be conducted at 11:00 a.m. Monday, September 8, 2008 in the Crosier-Pearson Cleburne Chapel. Burial will be in Greenacres Memorial Park .Johnny C. Powell passed away Wednesday, September 3, 2008 in Marlin. He was born September 8, 1946 in Greenville, TX to Lowell Felton and Nelda Loyce Carlan...

Gilford Isham

Gilford Isham

September 2, 2008

Services for Gilford "Sonny" Isham, 68, of Cleburne, will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, September 4, 2008 in the Crosier-Pearson Cleburne Chapel. Pastor Morris Ivey will officiate. Burial will be in Greenacres Memorial Park. Pallbearers will be Charlie Sims, Lonnie Johnson, Wayne Humphrey, Brandon Humphrey, David Wilkerson and Jerry Wilkerson. Honorary pallbearers will be Justin Wilson and Jason Wilson....

Betty Buckley

Betty Buckley

September 1, 2008

A memorial service for Betty M. Buckley, 62, of Godley, will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. Friday, September 5, 2008 in the Crosier-Pearson Cleburne Chapel. Mr. Darren Schroeder will officiate. Betty M. Buckley passed away on Monday, September 1, 2008 in Godley. She was born September 2, 1945 to Raymond and Helen Ford Horn. She married Joda Buckley. Mrs. Buckley...

Class USA

Class USA

September 1, 2008

Sgt. 1st Class, James R. Powell, USA, Retired, 86, passed away Monday, September 1, 2008 in Cleburne. He was born October 4, 1921 in Atlanta, Georgia. He married Helen Preston on July 27, 1946 in Mobile, Alabama. Sgt. Powell served 30 years in the United States Army during WWII, Korea and Vietnam. He was of the Baptist faith. Sgt. Powell...

Mike Martinez

Mike Martinez

September 1, 2008

Services for Mike Martinez, 76, of Cleburne, will be conducted at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, September 4, 2008 at St. Joseph Catholic Church. Father Sergio Rizo will officiate. Burial will be in Rosehill Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Rick Troup, Jesse Solis, David Hinojosa, Cosme Solis, Joe Rios, Jr. and Jimmy Rios. Honorary pallbearers will be David Hinojosa, Jr. Anthony Rodriquez, JC...

Michael Wylie

Michael Wylie

August 30, 2008

Services for Michael Ottis Wylie, 60, of Grandview, will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, September 2, 2008 in the Crosier-Pearson Cleburne Chapel. Rev. Randy Sheridan and Youth Pastor, Rodney Morphew will officiate. Burial will be in Watts Chapel Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Tristen Wylie, Fred Lyne, Dusty Ford, Mike Gaudet, Thomas Weaver and William Weaver. Honorary pallbearers will be...

E. Carlson

E. Carlson

August 26, 2008

E.W. Carlson, Jr. passed away on August 26, 2008 at Providence Hospital in Waco, TX after a massive stroke. Graveside services will be Thursday, August 28, 2008 at 11:00 a.m. at Rosehill Cemetery in Cleburne, TX. E.W. was born to Ed and Annie Carlson in Godley, Texas on February 6, 1919. He married Elizabeth Crook on December 25, 1940 in...

Glen Goodman

Glen Goodman

August 24, 2008

Glen Ray Goodman passed away on August 24, 2008 in Mountain Home, AR after a short illness.He was born on March 4, 1932 in Stratford, TX to Arthur Lester and Pat Lee Witten Goodman. The family lived in Stratford until June, 1943 when they moved to Houston. After the war ended, the family moved to Cleburne, TX that had been...

George Sanders

George Sanders

August 24, 2008

Services for Mrs. George Allen Sanders, of Cleburne, will be conducted at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, August 30, 2008, in the Crosier-Pearson Chapel. Interment will be at 2:00 p.m. Saturday in Laurel Land Memorial Park, Dallas, TX. Honorary pallbearers will be James Walker, Dwight Walker, Bill Marshall, Robert Anderson, Gerald Anderson, Gerald Anderson, Onnie McCullough and Aaron Shannon. George Allen Sanders,...

Joseph Witkowski

Joseph Witkowski

August 23, 2008

Services for Dr. Joseph T. Witkowski, 65, of Azle will be conducted at 2:00 P.M., Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2008 in the Crosier-Pearson Cleburne Chapel. The Reverend John Glover will officiate. Burial will be in the Godley Cemetery. Dr. Witkowski passed away Saturday, Aug. 23, 2008 in Ft. Worth. He was born Oct. 29, 1942 in Ft. Worth to Joseph and...

Melba Underwood

Melba Underwood

August 22, 2008

Mrs. Underwood passed away on Friday, August 22, 2008 in Cleburne. She was born August 27, 1922 in Cleburne to Claude and Olga Daily Smith. She married Herbert Lelan Underwood, Sr. Mrs. Underwood was a homemaker and a member of Henderson Street Baptist Church.Melba J. Underwood is survived by three sons, Rev. Bob Underwood and wife Linda, of Granbury, Dan...

Aidan Fowler

Aidan Fowler

August 21, 2008

Aidan Dain Fowler, infant, passed away Thursday, August 21, 2008, in Fort Worth. He was born August 9, 2008 in Fort Worth to Bailey Hendricks and Eddie Ray Fowler Jr. Aidan Fowler is survived by his parents, Bailey Hendricks and Eddie Ray Fowler, Jr.; grandparents, Victor and Karmen Russell and Charlotte and Eddie Ray Fowler, Sr.;great-grandparents, Bud and Barbara Miller,...

Juan Perez

Juan Perez

August 21, 2008

Juan Fernando Ibanez Perez passed away on Thursday, August 21, 2008 in Cleburne. He was born May 30, 1978 in Mexico to Efrain Ibanez and Yolanda Perez. Juan was a self-employed brick-layer. He was of the Catholic faith. Juan is survived by his father, Efrain Inanez; mother, Yolanda Ibanez Perez; brothers, Samuel Ibanez, Mario Ibanez and Eddy Ibanez; sisters, Claudia...

Tom Lawrence

Tom Lawrence

August 21, 2008

Thomas Neal Lawrence passed away peacefully at his residence Thursday, August 21, 2008. He was born April 23, 1956 in Cheyenne, Wyoming to Robert and Pat Lawrence. Tom Lawrence attended school in Cheyenne, Wyoming and Fort Worth, Texas. He joined the Fort Worth Fire Department, in 1977, and retired in 2006 after twenty-nine years of service as an Engineer. During...

Anna McMurry

Anna McMurry

August 20, 2008

Graveside Services for Anna Marilyn Bass McMurry, 69, of Keene, will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. Friday, August 22, 2008, in the Keene Cemetery. Pastor Joe Ray will officiate. Marilyn McMurry passed away Wednesday, August 20, 2008 in Keene. She was born September 24, 1938 in Texas to Ralph and Mary Fox Prindle. She married Elmo J. McMurry. Mrs. McMurry...

Katie Laxson

Katie Laxson

August 17, 2008

Graveside services for Katie Pearl Laxson, 86, of Cleburne, will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, August 20, 2008 in the Greenacres Memorial Park. Pallbearers will be Michael Post, Darryl Laxson, Chris Laxson, Ricky Earl, Gary Willenborg, David Crow, Mike Moreno and James Tilley. Katie Pearl Laxson passed away Sunday, August 17, 2008 in Cleburne. She was born October 7,...

Freddy McCarty

Freddy McCarty

August 17, 2008

Services for Freddy Leon McCarty, 73, of Cleburne, will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, August 20, 2008 in the Crosier-Pearson Cleburne Chapel. Rev. Darrell Morgan, Jr. will officiate. Burial will be in Acton Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Douglas Moore and Sonny Bryant. Freddy Leon McCarty passed away Sunday, August 17, 2008 in Ft. Worth. He was born August 15,...

Sarah Ellis

Sarah Ellis

August 17, 2008

Sarah Marie Ellis passed away Sunday, August 17, 2008 in Ft. Worth. She was born August 7, 1926 in Johnson County, TX to Claude and Sarah Elizabeth (Williams) Kelley. She married Cary Hill, who preceded her in death and Johnnie Ellis, Sr., who preceded her in death. Mrs. Ellis formerly worked as an assistant dietian at Johnson County Memorial Hospital...

Betty Murphy

Betty Murphy

August 11, 2008

Mrs. Murphy passed away Monday, August 11, 2008 in Fort Worth. She was born December 30, 1929 in Orange, Texas to Gillam and Hattie Merrill Linscomb. She married James "Ed" Murphy January 20, 1950 in Port Neches, Texas. She was a bookkeeper and a member of United Presbyterian Church, of Cleburne. She was a member of Blue Bonnet Grandmother's Club,...