Obituaries
Local obituaries for Cleburne, Texas
David Sowell
January 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
January 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
December 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
December 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
December 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
December 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
December 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...
Gary Cox
December 26, 2005
Mr. Cox passed away Monday, December 26, 2005 in Ft. Worth. He was born December 9, 1946 in Cleburne to Lem Henry and Mattie Hasty Cox. He was a postman and a veteran of the U.S. Army. He was a member and deacon at Walnut Ridge Baptist Church in Arlington. He was a member of the Optimist Club and a...
Butch Kubicek
December 25, 2005
Mr. Kubicek passed away Sunday, December 25, 2005 in Cleburne. He was born December 20, 1945 in Stephenville, Tx., to Ludvik F. and Frankie Lee Traylor Kubicek. He married Shalimar Villanueva on November 23, 1983 in Galveston. Mr. Kubicek was a system manager in the electronics industry and a member of Field Street Baptist Church. He was a veteran of...
Patsy Miller
December 21, 2005
Mrs. Miller passed away Wednesday, December 21, 2005 in Ft. Worth. She married James Miller on December 4, 1987 in Sweetwater, Texas. Mrs. Miller was a minister for Sharing and Caring Ministries. She loved the Lord and people. Many souls were saved during her tenure in the ministry. She was a member of New Heart Family Worship Center. Patsy Miller...
Syble Taylor
December 20, 2005
Mrs. Taylor passed away Tuesday, December 20, 2005 in Cleburne. She was born November 6, 1922 in Redriver County, Texas. She married Ted Taylor on January 10, 2003 in Cleburne. Syble Morrison Taylor is survived by her three sons, Ronnie Trevino of Ft. Worth, Kenneth Trevino of Mexico and Robert Bradley; one granddaughter, Jennifer Coakley of Ft. Worth; two great...
Jeane McNeely
December 20, 2005
Jeane Liddell McNeely, 71, a retired registered nurse, died Tuesday, December 20, 2005 at Fort Worth. Funeral services are 10am, Friday, December 23, at Crosier Pearson Cleburne Funeral Home, Cleburne. Burial: 3pm, Friday, Stacy Cemetery, Stacy, Texas. Visitation: 6-8 pm, Thursday, at the funeral home. Jeane was born on August 4th, 1934 in Winters, Texas. She graduated from Hendrick Memorial...
Janie Bernal
December 19, 2005
Mrs. Bernal passed away Monday, December 19, 2005 in Ft. Worth. She was born September 2, 1954 in Cameron, Texas to Ysidro and Anita Garza Reyna. She married Ben Bernal, Jr. on August 27, 1971 in Cleburne. Mrs. Bernal was a manufacturer of clothing and was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church. She was a resident of Cleburne for...
Lucille Summers
December 19, 2005
Mrs. Summers passed away Monday, December 19, 2005 in Cleburne. She was born March 14, 1912 in Johnson County, Texas, to John William and Molly Noles Burgess. She married Robert Clarence Summers on May 5, 1930 in Johnson County, Texas. Mrs. Summers was a retired newspaper carrier, who worked for 20 years, at the Cleburne Times Review. She was a...
Alta Day
December 17, 2005
Mrs. Day passed away Saturday, Dec. 17, 2005 in Ft. Worth. She was born April 1, 1934 in Crane, Tx. to Berniece A. and Ara H. Alsup Mullins. She married Thomas Jess Day on Jan. 26, 1954 in Ft. Worth. Mrs. Day was a member of the Grandbury St. Church of Christ. She worked 28 years in the custodial services...
Timothy Camp
December 17, 2005
Mr. Camp passed away, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2005 in Cleburne. He was born Feb. 25, 1953 in Grandview the13th child of Rodney Joel and Margaret Pope Camp. He married the love of his life Debbie Morgan on June 8, 1974 in Cleburne. He was a retired heavy equipment operator and worked in the roofing business for many years. He was...
Nona Moore
December 16, 2005
Mrs. Moore passed away Friday, December 16, 2005 in Tyler. She was born August 18, 1909 in Whitney, Texas to Clarence and Leola Eady Stanley. She married Jamis Enis Moore. Mrs. Moore was a homemaker. Nona Moore is survived by four sons, C.J. Moore of Joshua, Bobby Moore of Dublin, Earl Moore of Cleburne and Wendell Moore of Grand Saline;...
Henry Sapp
December 16, 2005
Henry Everett Sapp passed away Friday, Dec. 16, 2005 in Ft. Worth. He was born Dec. 13, 1937 in Green Cove Springs, FL. to Henry Harrison and Ina Rose DeBolt Sapp. He married Ilah Tucker on July 9, 1987 in Ft. Worth. He retired in 1990 from Cape Canaveral Space Center. He served in four military branches; U.S. Army, U.S....
Rosie Moore
December 16, 2005
Mrs. Moore passed away Friday, December 16, 2005 in Dallas. She was born September 5, 1919 in Glen Rose, Texas, to Robert and Cordie Stewart George. She married Bob Lee Moore in 1938 in Glen Rose. He preceded her in death in 1964. Mrs. Moore was a cake decorator at Winn Dixie for over 20 years. She was a member...
Walter Scott
December 15, 2005
Walter B. Scott passed away Thursday, December 15, 2005 in Cleburne. He was born January 14, 1925 in Kaufman, Texas to Will and Mattie Eldridge Scott. He married Inez Wilson on June 23, 1945 in Kaufman. Mr. Scott was a laborer in the cement construction industry. He was a member of Bethel Salter AME Church. Walter B. Scott is survived...


