Obituaries

Frank Graham

Frank Graham

Apr 6, 2008

BURLESON -- Frank Graham, 86, of Burleson, retired printer operator for Manney Publishing in Fort Worth, died Sunday, April 6, 2008. Funeral: 2 p.m. Wednesday, Mountain Valley Funeral Home Chapel, Burleson. Burial: Burleson Memorial Park. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Mr. Graham was born Dec. 10, 1921, in McGregor to Frank Alexander and Myrtle Walters...

Ernest  Ray Graham

Ernest Ray Graham

Mar 24, 2008

Ernest Ray Graham, 55, passed away Monday March 24, 2008 at his residence in Joshua. Funeral: 10:00 am Friday March 28, 2008 at Faith Temple Church in Cleburne. Visitation : 6-8 pm Thursday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Burial: The Lower Chireno Cemetery. Ernest was born Feb. 2, 1953 in Nacogdoches, Texas to Lloyd Edgar and Katie Mae Wooten Graham....

Ruby  Jewel Woods

Ruby Jewel Woods

Mar 20, 2008

JOSHUA -- Ruby Jewel Woods, 85, retired, of Joshua died Thursday, March 20, 2008, in Fort Worth. Graveside service: 10 a.m. Monday in Emerald Hills Memorial Park, Kennedale. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Mrs. Woods was born Jan. 27, 1923, in Jack County. She enjoyed dancing, flea markets, and soap operas. She was a...

Gene  Conard Wheat

Gene Conard Wheat

Mar 17, 2008

BURLESON -- Gene Conard Wheat, 75, a retired heavy equipment operator for Steed Construction Co. of 35 years, died March 17, 2008, in Fort Worth. Graveside service: 11 a.m. Thursday, Dr. Terry William officiating. Honorary pallbearers: Ryan Payne, Jon Paul Wheat, Taylor Payne, Shane Wheat, Zachary Wheat, Cameron Wheat, Chris Ward, Eric Kocurek, and Omar Kocurek. Interment: Laurel Land Memorial...

Mary  Anna Poole

Mary Anna Poole

Mar 13, 2008

JOSHUA -- Mary Anna Poole, 60, a retired secretary for Joshua ISD, passed away Thursday, March 13, 2008, at her residence. Graveside service: 11 a.m. Monday in Greenacres Memorial Park in Cleburne. Visitation: 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Mary was born Jan. 16, 1948, in Fort Worth to Sam and Lucille Edwards Mills. Mary was...

Treva  L. Shelton

Treva L. Shelton

Mar 10, 2008

BURLESON -- Treva L. Shelton, 72 of Burleson, a retired flower shop manager, died Monday, March 10, 2008, at her residence in Burleson. Funeral: 2 p.m. Wednesday at First Baptist Church of Burleson. Interment: Laurel Land Memorial Park in Fort Worth. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Treva LaRue Shelton was born May 22, 1935,...

Walter  Lewis Winkler

Walter Lewis Winkler

Mar 4, 2008

JOSHUA -- Walter Lewis Winkler, 75, of Joshua, a retired machinist, died Tuesday, March 4, 2008, in Fort Worth. Funeral: 2 p.m. Friday in Mountain Valley Funeral Home Chapel. Interment: Greenacres Memorial Park in Cleburne. Memorials: In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Meals On Wheels of Johnson County. Mr. Winkler was born Dec. 3, 1932, in Cleburne...

Iva Earnest

Iva Earnest

Mar 1, 2008

BURLESON -- Iva M. Earnest, 87, a retired glass assembler died Mar 1, 2008 in Fort Worth. Service: 2:00 pm Tuesday March 1, 2008 at Lane Prairie Baptist Church in Cleburne. Burial : Union Hill Cemetery. Iva was born Nov. 2, 1920. She was a loving wife and mother. She loved listening to trade fair and chrocheting. Iva also loved...

Joe  E. Davis

Joe E. Davis

Mar 1, 2008

AZLE -- Joe E. Davis, 71, a retired counselor for the Texas Commission for the Blind, died Saturday, March 1, 2008, in Fort Worth. Service: 10 a.m. Tuesday at Southwood Baptist Church in Fort Worth. Burial: Caddo Cemetery. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Joe was born May 23, 1936, in Old Glory to Earl...

H.L  "Hup" Wayland

H.L "Hup" Wayland

Mar 1, 2008

STEPHENVILLE -- Herbert Leo "Hup" Wayland, 79, a retired construction supervisor, died Saturday, March 1, 2008, at his home in Stephenville. Graveside service: 1 p.m. Wednesday in Greenacres Memorial Park in Cleburne. "Hup" was born June 24, 1928, in Prairie Hill, Limestone County, to William Ray and Olive Duncan Wayland. He grew up on the family farm riding horses. In...

Bertha  Grace Sells

Bertha Grace Sells

Feb 28, 2008

BURLESON -- Bertha Grace Sells, 87, of Burleson, a retired Williamson-Dickie employee, died Thursday, Feb. 28, 2008, in Alvarado. Funeral: 10 a.m. Monday in Mountain Valley Funeral Home Chapel. Interment: Prairie Springs Cemetery in Burleson. Visitation: 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Mrs. Sells was born Oct. 5, 1920, in Comanche County to William Lewis and...

Faye  Parks Mercer

Faye Parks Mercer

Feb 17, 2008

BURLESON -- Faye Parks Mercer of Burleson, a homemaker, passed from this life to be with her Lord on Sunday, Feb. 17, 2008, at the age of 94. Funeral: 2 p.m. Friday at Burleson Church Of Christ. Interment: Burleson Memorial Park. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Memorials: In lieu of flowers, donations may be...

Cynthia Ann Drummond Mooney

Cynthia Ann Drummond Mooney

Feb 15, 2008

BURLESON -- Cynthia Ann Drummond Mooney, 47, of Burleson and a homemaker, departed peacefully from this life to her eternal heavenly home Friday, Feb. 15, 2008, in Fort Worth. Funeral: 2 p.m. Thursday in Mountain Valley Funeral Home Chapel. Interment: Laurel Land Memorial Park in Fort Worth. Visitation: 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Cynthia was...

Ruby Johnson

Ruby Johnson

Feb 12, 2008

JOSHUA -- Ruby Johnson, 66, of Joshua, a tax preparer for H&R Block, died Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2008, at her residence. Funeral: 7 p.m. Friday in Mountain Valley Funeral Home Chapel. Visitation to follow until 10 p.m. Ruby Leola Johnson was born June 2, 1941, in Winnsboro to Alfred and Wilma Moore Spigener. She married Richard Clayton Johnson on Jan....

Roy Lewis "Doc" Bowden Dr.

Roy Lewis "Doc" Bowden Dr.

Feb 8, 2008

BURLESON -- Dr. Roy Lewis "Doc" Bowden, a retired dentist, loving husband, father, grandaddy, brother and uncle, passed away Friday, Feb. 8, 2008, of complicaations from prostrate cancer and Alzheimer's. He was 77. Memorial service: 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 16, in the sanctuary at St. Matthews Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 380 NW Tarrant Ave., Burleson, with a reception following, there in...

Richard  Furman Parker

Richard Furman Parker

Feb 7, 2008

BURLESON -- Richard Parker, 84, retired Army, died Thursday, Feb. 7, 2008. Funeral: 10 a.m. Monday at St. Timothy's Episcopal Church. Interment: Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery. Survivors: Wife, Jettie; son, Richard W.; daughter, Deborah McGonigle; three grandchildren; three great-grandchildren.

Madeline  Carol Smithson

Madeline Carol Smithson

Feb 4, 2008

BURLESON -- Madeline Carol Smithson, 63, of Burleson, a school teacher for Joshua High School, died Monday Feb. 4, 2008, at her residence in Burleson. Funeral: 10 a.m. Thursday in Mountain Valley Funeral Home Chapel. Burial: Caddo Cemetery in Joshua. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Memorials: In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made...

Lucille Pope

Lucille Pope

Jan 28, 2008

FORT WORTH -- Lucille R. Pope, 88, a retired sales clerk for Mitchell's Department Store, died Monday, Jan. 28, 2008, in Burleson. Graveside service: 2 p.m. Wednesday in Marystown Cemetery, Joshua. Lucille was born Nov. 29, 1919, in Johnson County to Leslie Devine and Fannie Ann Beard Ross. She was preceded in death by her husband, Roland Pope. Survivors: Son,...

Kathleen  Robinson Burns

Kathleen Robinson Burns

Jan 25, 2008

JOSHUA -- Kathleen Robinson Burns, 76, a homemaker of Joshua, died Friday, Jan. 25, 2008, in Fort Worth. Funeral: 10 a.m. Monday in Mountain Valley Funeral Home Chapel. Burial: 2 p.m. in Evergreen Cemetery in Lipan. Visitation: 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Kathleen Burns was born Oct. 31, 1931, in Snyder to Art and Claudie...

Lloyd  B. Edgett

Lloyd B. Edgett

Jan 19, 2008

BURLESON -- Lloyd B. Edgett, 95, a retired manager for Phillips Petroleum, died Saturday, Jan. 19, 2008, at his Burleson residence. Funeral: 11 a.m. Wednesday at First Baptist Church of Burleson. Interment:Inglewood Cemetery, Inglewood Calif. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Lloyd was born Oct. 7, 1912, in Logan, Kan., to Fred and Edna Ellis...