Obituaries

Local obituaries for Cleburne, Texas


A.D. Winsett

A.D. Winsett

July 6, 2007

Services for A. D. Winsett, 84, of Grandview, will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, July 10, 2007 in the Crosier-Pearson Cleburne Chapel. Rev. Charles Payne will officiate. Burial will be in Rosehill Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Jason Winsett, Jarad Winsett, Justin Blanchette, David Thrasher, Rodney Fowler, Maxie Fowler, Jr., J.D. Winsett and Jeremy Stone-Love. Mr. Winsett passed away Friday,...

Kennyford Smith

Kennyford Smith

July 5, 2007

Graveside services for Kennyford William Smith, 64, of Cleburne, will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, July 11, 2007 in the Cleburne Memorial Park. Pastor Phillip Brown will officiate. Kennyford William Smith passed away Thursday, July 5, 2007 in Freestone County, Texas. He was born February 22, 1943 in Cleburne, Texas to Jerone and Willie Motes Smith. Mr. Smith was...

Charles Turner

Charles Turner

July 4, 2007

Services for Charles Daniel "Danny" Turner, 71, of Cleburne will be conducted at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, July 7, 2007, at Crosier-Pearson Cleburne Chapel with Rev. Charles Payne officiating. Burial will be in George's Creek Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Dean Mosley, Bobby Beene, Ted Blixt, Lloyd Belzner, Jimmy Stanley and Jerry Brown. Mr. Turner passed away Wednesday, July 4, 2007 in...

Geraldine Woodruff

Geraldine Woodruff

July 1, 2007

Geraldine (Jerry) Joan Woodruff was born April 21, 1921, at home in Cleburne. Her birth was attended by Dr. Lee Yater, her great uncle. Mrs. Woodruff was preceded in death by her husband, Ret. Lt. Col. Hubert Jasper Woodruff and her parents Ollie Colquitt and Paul Peyton Colquitt. She is survived by three first cousins, Betty Lan Sloan, of Cleburne,...

Clyde Cavasos

Clyde Cavasos

June 29, 2007

Clyde V. Cavasos, 87, of Cleburne passed away on Friday, June 29, 2007 in Mansfield. He was born on August 5, 1919, in Cleburne, TX, the son of William Houston and Delia Bandy Cavasos. He married Dorothy Nell Schmitt December 25, 1945 in Cleburne. Mr. Cavasos was a retired cartographer for the Soil Conservation Service, a member of Wesley Memorial...

Billy Powers

Billy Powers

June 28, 2007

Graveside services for Billy Neal Powers, 53, of Joshua, will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Monday, July 2, 2007 in Laurel Land Cemetery in Ft. Worth. Mr. Matthew Wayne Stout will officiate.Billy Neal Powers lost the battle but won the war on June 28, 2007. Billy was the son of Roy E. Powers and Gloria Moore Powers, born in September...

Frank Abt

Frank Abt

June 25, 2007

Graveside services for Frank Marshall Abt, 86, of Cleburne will be conducted at 10:00 A.M., Thursday, June 28, 2007 with burial in the Rosehill Cemetery. The Reverend Jeff Abt will officiate and The Reverend Eddie Freeman will assist. Mr. Abt passed away Monday, June 25, 2007 in Cleburne. He was born Aug. 12, 1920 in Pittsburg, Penn. to Joseph August...

Clifton Matthews

Clifton Matthews

June 24, 2007

Services for Clifton C. "Sunday" Matthews, 88, will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, June 28, 2007 in the Crosier-Pearson Cleburne Chapel. Rev. Bill Shibler and Dr. Joe Stephens will officiate. Burial will be in Rosehill Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Clif Matthews, Chris Matthews, Kelly Moore, Dale Cloer, Steve Cloer, John David Moore, Kent Matthews and Cassie Moore. Clifton C....

Valdene Lee

Valdene Lee

June 24, 2007

Graveside services for Valdene Lee, 84, of Keene, will be conducted at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, June 26, 2007 in the Greenacres Memorial Park. Pastor Dominic Valero will officiate. Valdene Lee passed away Sunday, June 24, 2007 in Keene. She was born November 10, 1922 in Cleburne, Texas to J.M. and Gertie May Underwood Wallace. She married Byron Ned Lee on...

Lealin Abers

Lealin Abers

June 23, 2007

Lealin Earl Abers, 83, of Joshua, passed away Saturday, June 23, 2007 in Cleburne. He was born February 20, 1924 in Orange Township, Minnesota to Earl T. and Louise Nickolina Abers. Mr. Abers was a farmer. He is survived by his son, Terry Abers of San Antonio, two daughters, Sally DeVine of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and JoAnn Abers; sister, Thelma...

Eloy Porras

Eloy Porras

June 22, 2007

Services for Triston Porras, 9, of Rio Vista, will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, June 26, 2007 in the Crosier-Pearson Cleburne Chapel. Rev. Paul Penyan will officiate. Burial will be in Rio Vista Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Rick Cummings, Gale Hutchison, Dale Hutchison, Kevin Harris, Billy West and Brent West. Triston Porras passed away Friday, June 22, 2007 in...

O. Hill

O. Hill

June 22, 2007

Services for O. B. Hill, 95, of Rio Vista, will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, June 24, 2007 in the Crosier-Pearson Cleburne Chapel. Pastor Steve Dill will officiate. Burial will be in Rio Vista Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Mr. Hill's grandsons. O. B. Hill passed away Friday, June 22, 2007 in Grandview. He was born November 20, 1911 in...

Doris Free

Doris Free

June 19, 2007

Services for Doris Lorea Free, 75, of Pecan Manor in Kennedale, will be conducted at 10:00 a.m. Friday, June 22, 2007 in the New Hope Baptist Church in Freeland, Texas. Reverened D.L. Moody will officiate. Burial will be in Baker-Lain Cemetery. Doris Lorea Free, precious mother, grandmother, sister and aunt, passed away Tuesday, June 19, 2007 in Fort Worth. She...

Kenneth Pugh

Kenneth Pugh

June 18, 2007

Services for Kenneth Pugh, 72, of Joshua, will be conducted at 10:00 a.m. Friday, June 22, 2007 in the Crosier-Pearson Cleburne Chapel. Dr. Joe Stephens will officiate. Burial will be in Rosehill Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Jack Callicutt, Robert Anderson, David West, Darrell Orrell, Larry Boyd and Don Williams. Honorary pallbearer will be Evan Callicutt. Kenneth Pugh passed away Monday,...

Glenna Rawlins

Glenna Rawlins

June 17, 2007

Services for Glenna Louise Rawlins, 86, of Cleburne will be conducted at 3:00 P.M., Wednseday, June 20, 2007 in the Crosier-Pearson Cleburne Chapel. The Reverend Eddie Freeman, The Reverend Bill Schibler and The Reverend Dan Burt will officiate. Burial will be in the Rosehill Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Jim Laidlaw, Tim Lawdermilk, Ron Brown, Ren Brown, Matthew Cavagnaro, Jeff Gallman,...

Mary Oakley

Mary Oakley

June 17, 2007

Services for Mary E. Oakley, 75, of Joshua will be conducted at 1:00 am, Thursday, June 21, 2007 in the Crosier-Pearson Cleburne Chapel. Burial will be in Cope Cemetery. Mrs. Oakley passed away on Sunday, June 17, 2007 in Fort Worth. She was born in Winslow, Arkansas, November 4, 1931 to Paul William and Annie Etheline Mullins Pryor. She married...

Roy Conerway

Roy Conerway

June 16, 2007

Services for Roy Lee "Pap" Conerway, 84, of Cleburne, will be conducted at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, June 21, 2007 in the Bethel Salter AME Church, 106 Olive St., Cleburne. Rev. John Warren will officiate. Interment will be at 2:00 p.m. in DFW National Cemetery, Lane A. Roy Lee "Pap" Conerway passed Saturday, June 16, 2007 in Burleson. He was born...

Mary Robinson

Mary Robinson

June 15, 2007

Graveside services for Mary Elizabeth Robinson, 71, of Cleburne will be conducted at 10:00 A.M., Tuesday, June 19, 2007 with burial in the Rosehill Cemetery. Mrs. Robinson passd away Friday, June 15, 2007 in Keene. She was born Oct. 4, 1935 in Mineral Wells, Tex. to Clifford Daniel and Mary Holley Morgan. She married Clyde Robinson, Jr. in Mineral Wells....

Dalton Hanks

Dalton Hanks

June 14, 2007

Graveside services for Dalton Michael Hanks, infant son, of Justin and Christy Hanks, will be conducted at 1:00 p.m. Thursday, June 21, 2007 in the Glenwood Cemetery, Alvarado, Texas. Rev. Paul Cooper will officiate. Dalton Michael Hanks was born and passed away on Thursday, June 14, 2007 in Ft. Worth to Justin and Christy Hussong Hanks. Dalton is survived by...

Tommy Peikoff

Tommy Peikoff

June 13, 2007

Graveside services for Tommy Peikoff, 72, of Alvarado, will be conducted at 10:00 a.m. Friday, June 15, 2007 in the Pleasant Point Cemetery. Rev. Gene Gurley will officiate. Pallbearers will be Josh Reynolds, Doug Scarberry, Darrell Schad, Shane Johnson, Chad Lloyd, Paul Peikoff, Jr. J.W. Brumbeloe and Bruce Brumbeloe. Tommy Peikoff passed away Wednesday, June 13, 2007 in Alvarado. He...