Obituaries
Marjorie Shemwell
Sep 8, 2017
Marjorie "Louise" Shemwell, 87, passed away peacefully, September 8, 2017 in Keller, TX. Memorial Service: 11 am Saturday, September 16, Bowden Chapel, 1775 Keller Pkwy, Keller, TX. Louise was born on September 2, 1930 in Chattanooga, Oklahoma. She and Don were Sonic Franchisees for 44 years. Louise loved traveling. Arizona and Branson, Missouri where her favorite places. She loved cooking...
Virgie Sanders
Sep 7, 2017
Virgie Morehart Sanders, 81, passed away on Thursday, September 7, 2017. Memorial Service: 4 p.m. Saturday, Center of Unity Church, 1650 Hughes Rd., Grapevine, TX 76051. Visitation: 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. Friday at the Church. Memorials: In lieu flowers, memorials may be given to Universal Hospice, 1208 Country Club Dr., Ft Worth, TX 76112. Virgie was born on October...
Armando Ruiz
Sep 7, 2017
Armando "Tommy" Ruiz, 96, passed away on Thursday, September 7, 2017. Service: 11 a.m. Tuesday, St. Michael Catholic Church, 3713 Harwood Rd, Bedford. Rosary: 7 p.m. Monday at the Church. Interment: Bluebonnet Hills Memorial Park, Colleyville. Memorials: In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to the National Kidney Foundation, kidney.org/support. Tommy was born on October 6, 1920 in El...
Maylo Holliday
Sep 6, 2017
Maylo R. Holliday, long time resident of the Fort Worth area. Born on July 6, 1936 in El Paso, Texas and passed away on September 6, 2017. Survived by loving husband, Richard A Holliday, Sr.; daughters, Maylo Beemon and Melissa Rosario; Step-son, Richard A. Holliday, Jr.; granddaughter, Lauren Castillo; great-grandchildren; nephews and nieces. Predeceased by parents, Mr. Jesus Hernandez and...
Leta Merriman
Sep 5, 2017
Leta Janette Merriman, 84, passed away on Tuesday, September 6, 2017 from age related causes. Graveside Service: 2 pm Monday, Laurel Land Memorial Park, 7100 Crowley Rd, Ft. Worth. Janette was born on December 30, 1933 in Granbury to Clive David and Marjorie Carleta Martin. She graduated from Granbury High School, attended Tarleton State, and received her Teaching degree from...
Walter Clayton
Sep 4, 2017
Walter Curtis Clayton, 84, went to be with the Lord September 4, 2017. Services: 11 am Monday at East St. Paul Baptist Church 5300 Oak Grove Rd. W., Fort Worth, TX 76134. Visitation will be held 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. Sunday, at Martin Thompson & Son Funeral Home, 6009 Wedgwood Dr., Fort Worth, TX 76133. Interment 2 pm Monday,...
John Jones
Sep 4, 2017
John Lee Jones, 71, of Granbury, Texas (formerly of Houston) lost his battle with cancer on September 4. The family wishes to thank the wonderful doctors and staff at MDAnderson, especially Dr. Christopher Logothetis and Claudette Mendoza, for their continuous care. John grew up in Boonville, Missouri, where he met his future wife, Sondi, in the 4th grade. John graduated...
Nabil Bishara
Sep 3, 2017
Dr. Nabil Gabriel Bishara Physician, author, and educator, died on September 3rd, 2017, in Dallas, Texas, after an unexpected illness, surrounded by loving family. He was born in a neighborhood in the region of Cairo, Egypt on October 13, 1937, to biology professor Dr. Gabriel Mikhail Bishara and Violette Guirguis Fahmy. His physician training encompassed orthpedics and physical medicine and...
Aneita O'Gea
Sep 1, 2017
Aneita LaFawn O'Gea (nee Hartsfield) of Euless, TX, has gone to be with her Lord; she passed peacefully in her sleep on Friday morning, September 1, 2017. She is survived by two children, Ronald Wayne Powell and Freda Courvelle, one grandson, Chris Matthews, and three great-grandsons. She also leaves daughter-in-law Cindy, granddaughter-in-law Marcieau, and 3 sisters, Janet, Nora, and Michelle;...
Bobby Smith
Aug 29, 2017
Bobby M. Smith, 77, passed away peacefully Tuesday, August 29, 2017. Memorial: 10:00 a.m. Saturday at Martin Thompson & Son Funeral Home, 6009 Wedgwood Dr., Fort Worth, TX, with Chaplain David Garcia officiating. Bob was born March 19, 1940, in Harlan, Kentucky, to John Casto Smith and Gladys Hale. He married his wife Betty on January 15, 1959 in Lake...
Joetta Vaughan
Aug 24, 2017
Joetta Vaughan, longtime resident of Fort Worth, passed away peacefully on August 24, 2017. As a teenager, Jo was athletic and played a mean game of tennis. Later in life, she cheered on the Dallas Cowboys and the Texas Rangers. She was an excellent seamstress and in her later years, she became a self-taught artist. In 1946, Jo married Edward...
Ganey Bradfield
Aug 21, 2017
Ganey Westbrook Bradfield, 88, passed away Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. Memorial Service: 2:00 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 26 at First United Methodist Church Chapel, 800 W 5th St, Fort Worth. In lieu of flowers donations may be sent to the First United Methodist Church foundation or to a charity of your choice. Ganey was born on Dec. 31, 1928 to Arldia...
William Mccann
Aug 21, 2017
William Darwin McCann, 91, passed away Monday Aug 21, 2017. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday, Pleasantview Baptist Church, 4400 Pleasantview Dr., Arlington, TX, where a visitation will be from 10 a.m. - 11 a.m. Interment: 4 pm Saturday, Cedar Creek Cemetery, Elkhart, Texas. Memorials: The family request in lieu of flowers, memorial contributions be made to Pleasantview Baptist Church Building Fund....
Hampton Hester
Aug 17, 2017
Hampton Daniel Hester, went to join his Heavenly Father on Thursday, August 17, 2017. Visitation: 5 pm – 7 pm Monday, Castleberry Church of Christ, 1025 Merritt St., River Oaks. Service: Private family graveside, Bear Creek Cemetery, Euless. Memorials: Should friends desire, memorials may be given to Sacred Selections at https://www.sacredselections.org/memoriam/hampton-daniel-hester/ Hampton was born on May 24, 2017 in Fort...
Sammy Thornton
Aug 15, 2017
Sammy Aaron Thornton of Southlake went home to be with the Lord on August 15th. Sammy was a devoted husband, father, and grandfather. Sammy was a Minister, self-made Entrepreneur, and auto enthusiast. He co-founded Thornton Trucking Company and later became a luxury custom homebuilder and founder of Thornton Custom Homes. He was the Pastor of The Move of God Church...
Shirley Johnson
Aug 12, 2017
Shirley Ann Johnson, 70, passed away August 12, 2017. Memorial Service: 1 p.m. Thursday, August 17th at Martin Thompson & Son Funeral Home, 6009 Wedgwood Dr., Fort Worth, TX 76133. Shirley Ann Johnson was born July 29, 1947, in Fort Worth, TX to Herman and Lucille Johnson. She is a graduate of Como High School. Shirley spent her career working...
Ann Anderson
Aug 11, 2017
Ann B. Anderson, 91, of Granbury, passed away August 11, 2017, after an auto accident on August 4th. She was the daughter of Herman Garriott & Margaret Graham. Born in Anderson, Indiana on January 2, 1926. Ann loved her family of three children, Ronnie Hahn, Connie Hahn, & Larry Hahn. Grandmother to David Hahn, Greg Hahn, Adam Hahn, Chandler Hahn,...
Thomas Brown
Aug 7, 2017
Thomas Alan (Tom) Brown, 57 of Fort Worth, Tx. passed away on August 7, 2017 in Fort Worth. Tom was born in Gary, Indiana on February 8, 1960 to Loyal and Martha Brown. In 1976 he married Cheryl Turpin in Gainesville, Tx. The couple had 2 children. At the age of 17 he went to work at Texoma Electric as...
William Roehl
Jul 29, 2017
William Alexander "Alex" Roehl, 32, passed away July 29, 2017. Services: A rosary will begin at 10:00 a.m., followed by a visitation from 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon, Tuesday, August 8 at Our Mother of Mercy Catholic Church, 1001 E Terrell Ave, Fort Worth, TX 76104. Alex was the first son born to Peter and Diana Roehl on December 30,...
Kerri Stout
Jul 29, 2017
Kerri Lynn Mincher Stout, 52, passed away on Saturday, July 29, 2017. A Rosary will be held on Wednesday, August 2, 2017 at 7 p.m. at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, 3000 Tx-22, Corsicana, Texas. A Celebration of Life will be held Monday, August, 7, 2017 at 1 p.m. at Marty Leonard Community Chapel, 3131 Sanguinet Street, Fort Worth, Texas. Born...
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