Obituaries

Ruth Morgan Allen
Feb 10, 2009
JOSHUA -- Ruth Morgan Allen, 91, of Joshua, a homemaker, died Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2009, in Burleson. Funeral: 2 p.m. Friday at Reece Prairie Baptist Church, Burleson. Interment: Caddo Cemetery, Joshua. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Memorials: In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to Reece Prairie Baptist Church building fund or...

Helen Oxford
Feb 10, 2009
Helen Marie Oxford, 71, passed away Tuesday February 10, 2009 in Joshua. Graveside Service: 11:00 am Saturday Feb. 14, 2009 at Rose Hill Cemetery in Cleburne. Helen was born Aug. 24, 1937 in Cleburne to Oscar and Alice Phares Oxford. Helen loved gardening, working with the children at church, reading and working crossword puzzles. Survivors: Cousins, Barbara Braddock, Corene Glass;...

Haral Pedersen
Feb 9, 2009
Haral Nedland Pedersen, Jr. met his Saviour, Jesus Christ, face to face on February 9, 2009 after 2393 days battling liposarcoma. Memorial Service: 2:00 pm, Saturday, February 21, 2009 at Albury Baptist Church in Burleson, Tx. Haral was born on November 3, 1951 to Haral and Mildred Baker Pedersen in New Orleans, LA , where he spent his youth. He...

Lacee Lee Johnson
Feb 6, 2009
Burleson--- The Angels came down and lifted Lacee Lee Johnson, 26 of Burleson to Heaven on Friday February 6, 2009. Visitation: 6-8 P.M. on Monday February 9, 2009 at Mountain Valley Funeral Home in Burleson. Lacee was born October 23, 1982 in Fort Worth. She graduated from Burleson High School in 2003. Attending her Senior Prom was one of the...

Debra Kay Swinney Eller
Feb 5, 2009
Debra Kay Swinney Eller, 43, of Joshua, a homemaker, died February 5, 2009 in Dallas. Funeral Service: 10AM Monday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home Chapel in Burleson. Interment: Caddo Cemetery. Vistitation: 4-6 PM Sunday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Debra was born Sept. 27, 1965 in Fort Worth. She was a loving wife and mother. She proudly served her country...

Billy Wayne Knight
Feb 3, 2009
Billy Wayne Knight, 69 of Burleson, a retired machinist for Hiedleburg-Harris Corp. died Tuesday Feb. 3, 2009 at his residence in Burleson. Graveside Service: 2:00 P.M. Friday in Burleson Memorial Park. Visitation: 6-8 P.M. Thursday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Billy Wayne Knight was born June 21, 1939 in Tioga, Texas to Jesse James and Estelle Self Knight. He married...

John Walter Richey
Feb 2, 2009
HONOBIA, OKLA. -- John Walter Richey, 68, of Honobia, Okla., retired owner of Richey Paving Co., died Monday, Feb. 2, 2009, at his residence. Celebration of life: 2 p.m. Thursday in Mountain Valley Funeral Home Chapel in Burleson. Visitation: 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Memorials: In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to the...

Lawrence Edward Puckett
Jan 27, 2009
JOSHUA -- Lawrence Edward Puckett, 75, a truck driver, of Joshua died Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2009 in Fort Worth. Graveside service: 1:30 p.m. Friday in Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Lawrence was born Jan. 27, 1934, in Peebles, Ohio, to Floyd and Norma Gardner Puckett. He proudly served his country...

Carrie Barnes
Jan 22, 2009
EL PASO -- Carrie Ethel Barnes, 85, of El Paso, a homemaker, died Thursday Jan. 22, 2009, in El Paso. Funeral: 10 a.m. Friday at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 390 S.E. John Jones Drive, Burleson. Interment: Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Carrie was born Jan. 27, 1923,...

Melanie Mercer Dewitt
Jan 21, 2009
BURLESON -- Melanie Mercer DeWitt, 56, of Burleson, an office manager for her husband's dental practice, died Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2009, in Fort Worth. Funeral: 2 p.m. Saturday at Burleson Church of Christ. Interment: Burleson Memorial Park. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Memorials: St. Jude Children's Hospital, Susan B. Komen For the Cure, or...

Kate Lynn Langford
Jan 19, 2009
RENDON -- Kate Lynn Langford, 16, of Rendon, a student at Worley Middle School in Mansfield, went home to be with her Lord and Savior, and joined her brother, Ryan, in heaven Monday, Jan. 19, 2009, at her residence after a lengthy battle with cancer. Memorial service: 6:30 p.m. Thursday in the Blackstock Center at Calvary Church, 700 McPherson Rd.,...

Carolyn Kelly
Jan 16, 2009
LUBBOCK -- Carolyn Kelly, 55, passed away Friday, Jan. 16, 2009, in Lubbock. Funeral: 10 a.m. Tuesday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home Chapel. Carolyn was born Aug. 30, 1953, in Lubbock. She was a loving daughter, aunt and friend. While living in Lubbock she worked at James Avery Craftsman Jewlery and was a member of First Baptist Church. Carolyn loved...

Estella Rodriguez
Jan 16, 2009
Estella Rodriguez, 57, of Joshua, a homemaker, died Friday January 16, 2009 in Fort Worth. Funeral Service: 2:00 P.M. Monday January 19, 2009 at Mountain Valley Funeral Home Chapel. Interment: Caddo Cemetery. Vistitation: 6-8 P.M. Sunday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Estella was born October 26, 1951 in Port Lavaca to Juan Sr. and Demencia Escobar Rodriguez. Estella was a...

Doreen Rene Scott
Jan 13, 2009
BURLESON -- Doreen Rene Scott, 44, of Burleson, a homemaker and home school mom, died Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2009, in Fort Worth. Funeral: 2 p.m. Friday in Mountain Valley Funeral Home Chapel. Interment: Bethesda Cemetery in Burleson. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Doreen was born Nov. 2, 1964, in Okinawa, Japan, to Walter and...

Betty Moertle
Jan 12, 2009
JOSHUA -- Betty Jean Moertle, 84, a homemaker of Joshua, died Monday, Jan. 12, 2009, in Fort Worth. Graveside service: 10 a.m. Friday in D/FW National Cemetery. Memorials: In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Emery J. Lilge Hospice House, 301 Med Park Circle Burleson, Texas 76028. Betty was born Aug. 8, 1924, in Springfield, Mo., to Donald...

Michael Minze
Jan 11, 2009
BURLESON -- Michael Minze, 63, of Burleson, a retired cabinet maker, died Sunday January 11, 2009 in Fort Worth. Funeral Service: 2pm Thursday January 15, 2009 at Mountain Valley Funeral Home Chapel. Vistitation: 7-9 pm Wednesday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Interment: Burleson Memorial Park. Michael was born October 22, 1945 in Fort Worth to R.Q. Minze and Eldridge Parnell....

Helen "Kelly" Schroeder
Jan 10, 2009
BURLESON -- Helen Leigh "Kelly" Schroeder, 66 of Burleson, a retired mortgage underwriter, died Saturday Jan. 10, 2009 in Fort Worth. Funeral: 2:00 P.M. Tuesday in Mountain Valley Funeral Home Chapel. Interment: Burleson Memorial Park. Helen "Kelly" Schroeder was born September 6, 1942 in Baltomore, Maryland. She married Ervin Dean Schroeder on November 14, 1966 in Posen, Michigan. She was...

Donald Norton Britt
Jan 6, 2009
BURLESON -- Donald Norton Britt, 51 of Burleson, a retired police officer for Joshua, Burleson, and New Orleans, died Tuesday January 6, 2009 in Fort Worth. Funeral: 2:00 P.M. Friday at Cana Baptist Church 2309 E. Renfro St. Burleson. Visitation 7-9 P.M. Thursday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Interment: Laurel Land Memorial Park in Fort Worth. Memorials: In lieu of...

Larry Joe Huse
Jan 2, 2009
Larry Joe Huse, 54, of Joshua, died Friday Jan. 2, 2009. Graveside: 10 am Tues. January 6, 2009 at Everman Cemetery. Visitation: 6-8 pm Monday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Larry was born Feb. 10, 1954 in Fort Worth to Ota L. and Freddie J. Zumwalt Huse. Larry was a loving husband, father and grandfather. He proudly served his country...

Clyde Odom Parnell
Jan 2, 2009
BURLESON -- Clyde Odom Parnell, 64, a loan officer, of Burleson died Friday, Jan. 2, 2009, in Fort Worth. Funeral: 10 a.m. Wednesday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home Chapel. Interment: Bethany Cemetery. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Memorials: In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Fort Worth Optimist Baseball Club. Clyde...
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