Obituaries
Local obituaries for Cleburne, Texas
Richard Behnke
Jan 15, 2006
Richard Behnke passed away Sunday, January 15, 2006 in Fort Worth. He was born May 15, 1922 in Kinney, Tx, to Adolph and Hewig Papke Behnke. He married Ernestine Gayden on November 22, 1954 in Waco, TX. Mr. Behnke served in the U.S. Army during WW II. He was a retired salesman for Lance Inc. and retired after 20 years...
Paul Kingren
Jan 15, 2006
Paul Arthur Kingren passed away Sunday, January 15, 2006 in Joshua. He was born June 28, 1949 in San Francisco, CA, to William G. and Betty Farris Kingren. He married Flora-Leigh Kingren on March 2, 1980 in Oakland CA. Mr. Kingren served in the U.S. Marines and was a car salesman. He was a member of the Joshua Seventh Day...
LaVera Smith
Jan 15, 2006
LaVera "Gigi" Smith passed away Sunday, January 15, 2006 in Cleburne. She was born July 2, 1929 in Cleburne to Ewell and Mildred Sawyer Thompson. She married William H. Smith, Jr. Mrs. Smith was a homemaker and a member of Lone Willow Baptist Church. LaVera "Gigi" Smith is survived by son, Bill Smith of Cleburne; daughter, Sandy Dennis of Cleburne;...
Velma Conner
Jan 15, 2006
Services for Velma Conner, 95, of Keene, will be conducted at 3:00 p.m. Wednesday, January 18, 2006 in the Crosier-Pearson Cleburne Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Sam Houston and David Hargraves will officiate. Burial will be in Derden Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Bryan Conner II, Billy Conner, Cary Brunner, Donnie Lozier, Mike Lozier, Tony Savage and Gary Cooper. Velma Conner passed...
Hubert Miner
Jan 12, 2006
Mr. Hubert Miner passed away Thursday, January 12, 2006 in Burleson. He was born November 7, 1926 in Colorado City, Texas, to Hubert and Kate McQuen Miner. He married Esther Lee Grimes on January 29, 1946 in Cleburne. Mr. Miner was a retired custodian with San Mateo County in California. He was a member of the Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church....
Margaret Ard
Jan 11, 2006
Margaret Gail Ard, beloved wife of Howard Ard and treasured mother, grandma, and sister, went to spend eternity with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Wednesday, January 11, 2006. Services will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, January 14, 2006, at Southwest Family Church at 414 N. Main, Cleburne. Pastor Steve Dill will officiate. Burial will be in Greenacres...
Tommy Garrett
Jan 10, 2006
Tommy Garrett passed away January 10, 2006 in Ft. Worth. He was born December 13, 1949 in Texarkana to Gilbert and Alene Sams Garrett. He married Glenda Davis on September 2, 1971 in Ft. Worth. Mr. Garrett was a truck driver and a member of Hallmark Baptist Church. Tommy Garrett is survived by his wife Glenda Garrett of Cleburne; two...
Alice Brooks
Jan 10, 2006
Services for Alice Faye Brooks, 65, of Cleburne, will be conducted at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, January 14, 2006 at the Greater Mt. Zion Baptist Church. Pastor David Baldwin will officiate. Burial will be in Greenlawn Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Kevin Turner, Roy Cook, Derick Dockins, John Odeal, William Colombus and Johnathan Baldwin. Honorary Pallbearers will be Dexter Baldwin, Trey Lewis,...
Wayne Stephens
Jan 9, 2006
Wayne Stephens passed away Monday, January 9, 2006 in Ft. Worth. He was born March 1, 1931 in Covington to Jim G. and Mamie J. McMurry Stephens. He married Allie LaDean Ballard on February 28, 1953 in Weatherford. Mr. Stephens was a retired laborer for Santa Fe Railroad with 39 years of service. He enjoyed raising and riding horses. Wayne...
Barbara Looney
Jan 8, 2006
Barbara Jo Ann Looney passed away Sunday, January 8, 2006 in Cleburne. She was born December 31, 1931 in Ft. Worth to Wayne and Annie Collins Balentine. She was a clerk in the temporary service industry. Barbara Jo Ann Looney is survived by her son Michael Lee Looney of Idaho; sister, Mary Lewandoski of Florida; three grandchildren, Craig Preissinger, Alyx...
Jose Fonseca
Jan 6, 2006
Jose was a grandfather to four grandchildren and a retiree from Johns-Manville in Cleburne. He was an Assistant Operator at the plant for 32 years. Everyone at work knew him as "Karate Joe." Jose passed away on Friday, January 6 in Ford Worth. He was born August 6, 1941 in Hidalgo, Texas, to Francisco Fonseca and Mariana Vargas Fonseca. He...
Charles Hartman
Jan 4, 2006
Mr. Hartman passed away Wednesday, January 4, 2006 in Ft. Worth. He was born January 9, 1941 in Ft. Worth to Charles M. and Grace Hartman. He married Carolyn Sue Hartman on June 25, 1966 in Ft. Worth. Mr. Hartmans was a photographer and reporter in the newspaper and radio industry. He was a member of Nolan River Rd. Baptist...
Junior Meek
Jan 3, 2006
Mr. Meek passed away Tuesday, January 3, 2006 in Ft. Worth. He was born April 4, 1936 in Cleburne to Sanford and Margaret McMurry Meek. He married Ann Mack on February 11, 1975 in Granbury. Mr. Meek was a professional bull figher, contestant, and rodeo clown for the PRCA for over 20 years. He was of the Baptist faith. Junior...
David Sowell
Jan 3, 2006
David S. ("Dave") Sowell, Jr., died in Cleburne on January 3, 2007 at the age of 98. He was a member of a pioneer Cleburne family and was a retired businessman and civic and religious leader. Mr. Sowell was the son of D. S. Sowell, Sr. who died in 1952, and Laura Jane Couch Sowell, who died in 1962. D....
Willie Donohue
Jan 1, 2006
Mrs. Donohue passed away Sunday, January 1, 2006 in Cleburne. She was born June 23, 1916 in Mississippi, to James Hugh and Georgia Byrd Ballard. She married John Donohue in New Orleans, LA. She was a homemaker. Wille Mae Donohue is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Janelle & Tom Watson of Joshua; grandson, Keith Watson and wife Shelly of...
Evelyn Graves
Dec 31, 2005
Graveside services for Evelyn Rose Graves, 85, of Cleburne will be conducted at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2006. Mr. B.B. Stevens will officiate. Burial will be in the Rose Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Graves was born March 20, 1920 in Cleburne to James Herman and Ethel Etina Jones Rose. She married Arry Lee Graves on September 19, 1942 in Temple,...
Viola Abbott
Dec 30, 2005
Mrs. Abbott passed away Friday, December 30, 2005 in Cleburne. She was born August 22, 1899 in Alta Loma, Texas to Tacquard H. and Martha Perry George. Mrs. Abbott was a retired waitress for GEM Drug Store. She was a member of First United Methodist Church in Alvin since 1927 and a life member of the American Legion Auxiliary Post...
Opal Bickford
Dec 29, 2005
Mrs. Bickford passed away Thursday, December 29, 2005 in Cleburne. She was born June 7, 1915 in Haskell, Texas to Homer and Nettie Johnson Medford. Mrs. Bickford was a church secretary and a member of the Whitney Church of the Nazarene in Whitney. Opal Bickford is survived by her grandson, Russell Holby of Bandera; great grandsons, Derek Holby and Brandon...
Pauline Eubanks
Dec 28, 2005
Pauline Estelle Eubanks passed away Wednesday, December 29, 2005 in Ft. Worth. She was born January 1, 1933 in Madill, Texas to Horace C. and Nellie E. Jenkins Holcombe. She married William Charles Eubanks on September 1, 1951 in Stanton, Texas. Mrs. Eubanks was a retired bookkeeper who worked for Cleburne Ford for over 20 years. She was an active...
Doris Barker
Dec 28, 2005
Mrs. Barker passed away Wednesday, December 28, 2005 in Hillsboro. She was born May 23, 1922 in Whitesville, West Virginia to Samuel Ellsworth and Ada Esther Browning Kidwell. She married Ernest W. Barker on September 6, 1940 in Greenup County, Kentucky. Mrs. Barker was a homemaker and of the Methodist faith. She was a member of the International Society of...
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