Obituaries

Local obituaries for Cleburne, Texas


Dona Russell

Dona Russell

Aug 20, 2006

Services for Dona Holland Russell, 64, of Alvarado, will be conducted at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, August 24, 2006 at Crosier-Pearson Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Gene Earl Russell will officiate. Burial will be in Marystown Cemetery in Joshua. Pallbearers will be Shane Smith, Dennis Russell, Cody Russell, Bobby Daniel Thomasson, Sean Carpentiere and Stephen Thomasson. Dona Holland Russell passed away Sunday,...

Sue Bradbury

Sue Bradbury

Aug 19, 2006

Memorial services for Sue Bradbury, 74, of Cleburne, will be conducted at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, August 24, 2006 at First Baptist Church of Cleburne. Dr. Danny Crosby will officiate. Sue Bradbury passed away Saturday, August 19, 2006 in Ft. Worth. She was born December 21, 1931 in Lone Willow, TX to Marvin and Lillian Bridges Clary. She married Jerry Bradbury...

Ella Brantley

Ella Brantley

Aug 18, 2006

Ella Mae went to her eternal rest on August 18, 2006. Born in 1918, she was 87 years young. She was married to Melton W. Brantley on May 4, 1934. Melton preceded her in death. She also was preceded by a daughter, Sonya Ann and son, Gary Douglass Brantley. She is survived by two daughters, Dolores Ingram and husband Richard...

Katherine Gist

Katherine Gist

Aug 17, 2006

Graveside services for Katherine "Kathy" Ann Gist, 43, of Arlington will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. at Zephyr Cemetery in Brownwood. Pastor Rufus Huckabee will officiate. Kathy Gist passed away Thursday, August 17, 2006 in Arlington. She was born April 17, 1963 in Michigan to Dale and Beverly Broegman Newport. She married Lanny Dupree Gist on March 22, 1980 in...

Jennie Mosely

Jennie Mosely

Aug 17, 2006

Jennie Needham Moseley died Thursday August 17, 2006 in Austin, TX. She was born to Jess and Catherine Needham at the Needham farm, west of Joshua on August 24, 1915. Her husband, Joe C. Moseley, a pilot, was killed at the end of WWII. Jen lived and raised her son in Joshua. She made many friends while working as a...

George Buckaloo

George Buckaloo

Aug 15, 2006

Services for George Buckaloo, 79, of Cleburne, will be conducted at 1:00 p.m. Friday, August 18, 2006 at Crosier-Pearson Cleburne Funeral Home Chapel. Pastor Dominic Valero will officiate. Burial will be in Rosehill Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Moose Buckaloo, Tim Mayfield, Richard Mayfield, Michael McCready, Lonnie Buckaloo and Rocky Buckaloo. Honorary pallbearers will be Monty Buckloo and Johnny Michael Buckaloo....

A. Capps

A. Capps

Aug 14, 2006

Mr. Capps was born Feb. 15, 1922, in Marietta to W.B. and Julia Ann Barnes Capps. He married Alice Meleen on Sept. 23, 1950, in Dallas. Mr. Capps was the founder of Dallas-based Capps Van and Car Rental and former owner of Brandom Industries. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army. Mr. Capps was a generous loving father and...

Thomas Hesson

Thomas Hesson

Aug 11, 2006

Mr. Hesson passed away Friday, August 11, 2006 in Ft. Worth. He was born August 15, 1927 in Ranger, Texas to Thomas N. and Vercie M. Sanderson Hesson. He married Shirley McClure on August 13, 1952 in Sheffield, Texas. Mr. Hesson was a retired fireman and oilfield pumper. He was of the Baptist faith. Thomas Eugene Hesson is survived by...

Jack Saddler

Jack Saddler

Aug 10, 2006

Jack E. "Papa" Saddler, Sr. passed away Thursday, August 10, 2006 in Ft. Worth. He was born January 20, 1933 in Lima, Ohio to Russell E. and Mary E. Huffman Saddler. He married Carol Sue Busby on April 13, 1984 in Cleburne. Mr. Saddler was a truck driver and was of the Presbyterian faith. He was a veteran of the...

Mabel McFarland

Mabel McFarland

Aug 9, 2006

Mabel McFarland passed away Wednesday, August 9, 2006 in Cleburne. She was born April 3, 1907 in Washington. Mrs. McFarland was a retired salesperson formerly working at Howell's and Lintz department stores. She was a member of the Church of the Holy Comforter. Mabel McFarland is survived by her step-daughter, Kent Fergason of Cleburne; niece Mary Ellen Lowe of Winlock,...

Harvey Caviness

Harvey Caviness

Aug 7, 2006

Harvey LaVerne Caviness passed away Monday, August 7, 2006 in Ft. Worth. He was born June 19, 1919 in Liberty Center, Iowa to Bert and Lula Mae Yates Caviness. He married Virginia Bess Tubbs on September 27, 1944. Mr. Caviness graduated from Union College in Lincoln, Nebraska and TCU with his Masters in Business and PHD from the University of...

Billy Huggins

Billy Huggins

Aug 7, 2006

Billy Jack Huggins, 76, of Venus, passed away Monday, August 7, 2006 in Ft. Worth. Mr. Huggins was born November 12, 1929 in Godley to Chappele and Millie McDonald Huggins. He married Nell Rosser on September 28, 1979 in Oklahoma. Mr. Huggins was a well known and liked master electrician for 50 years. He was a good Christian man who...

Diana Gallegos

Diana Gallegos

Aug 6, 2006

Graveside services Diana Gallegos, 6 months old, of Cleburne, were conducted at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, August 9, 2006 at Rosehill Cemetery. Father Sergio Rizo officiated. Diana Gallegos passed away Saturday, August 6, 2006 in Ft. Worth. She was born January 26, 2006 in Cleburne to Simon and Marlen Rodriguez Gallegos. Diana Gallegos is survived by her parents, Simon and Marlene...

Homer Spiva

Homer Spiva

Aug 3, 2006

Homer W. Spiva passed away Thursday, August 3, 2006 in Fort Worth. He was born November 16, 1918 to Jim and Vada Kirk Spiva. Mr. Spiva was a retired minister and a member of Cleburne Seventh-Day Adventist Church. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army. Homer W. Spiva is survived by his wife Marie Spiva of Keene; daughter, Linda...

Louise Wallis

Louise Wallis

Aug 1, 2006

Mrs. Wallis passed away Tuesday, August 1, 2006 in Cleburne. She was born July 19, 1928 in Lone Willow, Texas to Virgel and Katie Mae Carlock Burgess. She married Truman Wallis on June 10, 1949 in Cleburne. Mrs. Wallis was a retired sales clerk and a member of Lane Prairie Baptist Church. Louise Wallis is survived by her husband Truman...

Loren Underhill

Loren Underhill

Jul 31, 2006

Graveside services for Loren Underhill, 92, of Cleburne, will be conducted at 2:00 p.m., Thursday at Greenacres Memorial Park Loren Underhill passed away Monday, July 31, 2006 in Cleburne. He was born March 3, 1914 to George L. and Eva Adraince Underhill. He married Leola Frizzell. He was a coppersmith for Santa Fe Railroad retiring in 1975. He was a...

Helen Clements

Helen Clements

Jul 30, 2006

Helen L. Clements passed away Sunday, July 30, 2006 in Ft. Worth. She was born August 17, 1941 in Cleburne to J. D. and Evelyn Porter Newsom. Mrs. Clements was a retired realtor and a member of New Hope Baptist Church. Helen L. Clements is survived by two daughters, Angie Chaney-Fenn and Dianna Tuttle and husband Dennis; son, Jimmy D....

Gilberta Zaremba

Gilberta Zaremba

Jul 28, 2006

Gilberta Zaremba, 69, of Alvarado passed away Friday, July 28, 2006 in Ft. Worth. She was born October 5, 1936 in Warrensburg, Missouri to Walter Gilbert and Dorothy Eiper Hughes. Gilberta Zaremba is survived by husband, Dean Zaremba of Alvarado; son, Richard L. Robinson of Alvarado, daughters, Kimberly Beemer of Alvarado and Rebecca Payton and husband Marty of Fayetteville, Arkansas;...

Emory Avirett

Emory Avirett

Jul 25, 2006

Mr. Avirett passed away Tuesday, July 25, 2006 in Brownwood. He was born October 18, 1931 in Godley to the late Byron and Mittie Avirett. He was an owner and operator in the restaurant business for many years. He had been a resident of Early since 2003, formerly of Cleburne. Emory Avirett is survived by his son, Kerry Avirett and...

Thelma Harris

Thelma Harris

Jul 24, 2006

Graveside services for Thelma Louise Harris, 92 of Cleburne were conducted Friday, July 28, 2006 in the Rose Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Harris passed away Monday, July 24, 2006 in Cleburne. She was born Aug. 6, 1913 to Christopher Columbus and Eura Mae Prine Pearson. She married Clyde Gid Harris in 1938. She was a homemaker. Mrs. Harris is survived by...