Obituaries

Local obituaries for Cleburne, Texas


C. Estep

C. Estep

Feb 18, 2005

C. Wayde Estep passed away Friday, February 18, 2005 in Cleburne. He was born October 13, 1933 in Pulaski, Tennessee to Charlie Harrison and Lillie Pearl Swinney Estep. He married Barbara Fisher on July 23, 1957 in Iuka, Mississippi. Mr. Estep was a retired warehouseman for John Manville Corp., with 25 years of service. He was a member of Central...

Hollis Ford

Hollis Ford

Feb 17, 2005

Hollis Weldon Ford passed away Thursday, February 17, 2005, at his home in Cleburne. He was born November 1, 1919 in Norton, Texas, to William Henry and Roxie Jane Martin Ford. He married Vivian Gieger on December 29, 1940 in Ft. Worth, Texas. Mr. Ford was a World War II veteran, having served in the United States Navy in the...

Wende Smith

Wende Smith

Feb 17, 2005

Wende Lynn Walker Smith was born on December 10, 1968 in Fort Worth, Texas. She went to be with her Lord on February 17, 2005. She professed her faith in Jesus Christ and was baptized as a child. Wende graduated from Cleburne High School in 1987. She graduated from Stephen F. Austin College in Nacogdoches, Texas with a Bachelor's Degree...

Inez Parnell

Inez Parnell

Feb 17, 2005

Inez Parnell passed away Thursday, February 17, 2005 in Grandview. She was born January 5, 1926 in Godley, Tx., to John T. and Mona Nell Hicks White. She married Wayne Parnell on August 15, 1974 in Ft. Worth. Mrs. Parnell was a retired machine operator for Show Corp. and was a member of Living Proof Baptist Church. Inez Parnell is...

Carroll Taylor

Carroll Taylor

Feb 15, 2005

And God remembered Caroll Taylor. Mr. Taylor was born February 16, 1933 on his grandparents farm near Taylor, Tx., to James Vester and Olodine Cody Taylor. He married Johnnie Jean "J.J." Gooding on May 7, 1952 in Austin, Texas. He was the sweetest husband, daddy, and grandpa anyone could ever ask for. He loved his Lord, his country and his...

Jimmie Gossett

Jimmie Gossett

Feb 15, 2005

Cleburne, Funeral services for Jimmie J. Gossett, 71, of Cleburne, will be held at 2:00 PM Friday, February 18, 2005 at Cleburne's Crosier-Pearson-Mayfield Funeral Home, with Rev. Charles Payne officiating. Burial will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery. Serving as Pallbeareers will be, Blake Freedman, Jeff Hughes, Mike Siever, Darren Breaux, Ronnie Lane and Richard Lane. Honorary pallbearers will be James...

Myrtle Dossey

Myrtle Dossey

Feb 15, 2005

Kingwood, Funeral services for Myrtle A. Dossey, 86, of Kingwood, Texas, will be held at 1:00 P.M. Saturday, February 19, 2005, at Cleburne's Crosier-Pearson-Mayfield Funeral Home Chapel, with Rev. Kenneth Coleman officiating. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 6-8 PM, Friday, at Crosier-Pearson-Mayfield. Myrtle A. Dossey, a retired educator, passed away on Tuesday, February...

Carroll Taylor

Carroll Taylor

Feb 15, 2005

And God remembered Caroll Taylor. Mr. Taylor was born February 16, 1933 on his grandparents farm near Taylor, Tx., to James Vester and Olodine Cody Taylor. He married Johnnie Jean "J.J." Gooding on May 7, 1952 in Austin, Texas. He was the sweetest husband, daddy, and grandpa anyone could ever ask for. He loved his Lord, his country and his...

David Cumins

David Cumins

Feb 12, 2005

David was born July 19, 1951, in Clifton Texas, the son of George Harrison Cumins and Ola Louise Stegall Cumins. He passed from this world a Christian man on February 12, 2005. David was a faithful member and a Trustee of the Faith Temple Church in Cleburne. A 1970 Graduate of Rio Vista High School, David Married the love of...

Ronnie Faulkner

Ronnie Faulkner

Feb 11, 2005

Ronnie Gene Faulkner passed away Friday, February 11, 2005 in Ft. Worth. He was born November 16, 1943 in Portland, Oregon to Elvie and Dovie Wheeler Faulkner. He married Wanda Jean Thompson on November 9, 1963 in Cleburne. Mr. Faulkner was a machinist/welder for KWS Welding Co and was veteran of the U. S. Army. Ronnie Gene Faulkner is survived...

Wesley Ballmann

Wesley Ballmann

Feb 11, 2005

Wesley Ballmann was born on August 22, 1919 in Riesel, TX. to Ed and Minnie (Matthys) Ballmann. He was baptized at Trinity Lutheran Church in Riesel in 1919 and was confirmed also at Trinity Lutheran in 1932. He married Louise W. Mickan on August 11, 1945 in Navasota, TX. and they observed their 59th wedding anniversary last August. He gradusted...

Jay Wood

Jay Wood

Feb 11, 2005

Jay Wood passed away Friday, February 11, 2005 in Cleburne. He was born July 3, 1938 in Lubbock, Texas to Marvin Edward and Ella Agnes Wenderborn Wood. He married Billie Louise Newsome on May 28, 1971 in Ft. Worth. Mr. Wood was a construction supervisor, a veteran of the U. S. Army, and was of the Baptist faith. Jay Wood...

John Nelson

John Nelson

Feb 11, 2005

John W. Nelson passed away Friday, February 11, 2005 in Ft. Worth. He was born November 2, 1916 in DeLeon, Tx., to Benjamin Oren and Elvie Lou Perryman Nelson. He married Georgia Colleen Vaughn on July 22, 1939 in Dallas. Mr. Nelson retired from Santa Fe Railroad after more than 33 years of service. He worked as a switchman and...

Deanna Cox

Deanna Cox

Feb 9, 2005

Funeral services for Deanna Vanessa Cox, 46, of Godley will be held at 3:00 PM Saturday, February 12, 2995 at the First Baptist Church of Godley, with the Rev. Kenneth Coleman officiating. Burial will be in Godley Cemetery. Visitation will be held before services on Saturday at the First Baptist Church. Deanna Vanessa Cox was born November 28, 1958, in...

Beth Simmons

Beth Simmons

Feb 9, 2005

Cleburne, Beth Withers Simmons died at the age of 88 at a local hospital Wednesday, February 9, 2005. Rosary will be recited at Cleburne's Crosier-Pearson-Mayfield Funeral Home at 7:00 PM, Friday February 11, 2005. Funeral Mass will be held at 11:00 A.M. Saturday, February 12, 2005 at St. Joseph Catholic Church of Cleburne followed by interment in Greenacres Memorial Park....

Denise Street

Denise Street

Feb 8, 2005

Cleburne, Funeral services for Denise Michelle Street, 32, of Cleburne, will be held at 10:00 AM, Saturday, February 12, 2005, at Cleburne's Crosier-Pearson-Mayfield Funeral Home Chapel, with Rev. Stephen McCoy and Rev. Matt Hall officiating. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery. Serving as pallbearers will be Don Street, Keith Clark, Michael Clark, Steven Clark, Bradley Clark and John Paul...

Blanche Hazelwood

Blanche Hazelwood

Feb 8, 2005

Blanche Inez Hazelwood passed away, Tuesday, February 8, 2005 in Ft. Worth. She was born August 23, 1911 in Wooton Wells, Texas, to John Doke and Virginia Albertie Massey Caldwell. She married Forrest Ray Hazelwood on August 16, 1936 in Cleburne. Mrs. Hazelwood was a retired sales clerk. She formerly worked for Cleburne Butane Co and Emmas's Fabric's for many...

Willie Rinehart

Willie Rinehart

Feb 8, 2005

Willie B. Rinehart passed away Tuesday, February 8, 2005 in Dallas. She was born February 5, 1922 in Italy, Texas, to William Riley and Fannie Bell Rich Wells. She married Perry Lee Rinehart. Mrs. Rinehart formerly owned and operated Redding and Rinehart Insurance Agency in Cleburne for 20 years and also Rinehart's Grocery Store in Cleburne. She was a member...

Sherry Milam

Sherry Milam

Feb 7, 2005

Sherry Lynn Milam passed away Monday, February 7, 2005 in Ft. Worth. She was born July 18, 1949 in Wharton, Tx., to Forrest S. and Marie Jacobs Thompson. She married Charles Milam on May 10, 1969 in Arlington. Mrs. Milam was a title clerk and secretary for Cowboy Custom Gutters and was a member of the United Methodist Church of...

Vicki Laird

Vicki Laird

Feb 7, 2005

Vicki (Granny) Laird, of Cleburne, passed away February 7th. at Kindred Hospital in Mansfield with her family at her bedside. A native Texan, she graduated from Crozier Tech High School in Dallas in 1949. She spent her life working as a bookkeeper, retiring from Dave Nelson Plumbing. She is survived by her daughters: Denise Velde and husband John; Gina Harris...