Obituary Notices and Memorial Services
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Remembering Loved Ones in Parker County and Surrounding Areas
Billie Rae Westbrook
Dec 1, 2008
Billie Rae Westbrook, 79, of Weatherford, passed away Monday December 1, 2008 in a local nursing facility. Billie was born April 19, 1929 in Cleburne to Ray and Ellen Jones. She moved to Weatherford from Mesquite, Texas in 1984. Once moving to Weatherford she was the owner of a fabric house and a member of South Main Church of Christ....
Manuel Jimenez
Nov 30, 2008
Manuel Jimenez of Weatherford, died on Sunday, November 30, 2008. Born in Waco to Romolo Jimenez and Genoveva Moreno, he attended Waco schools until he joined the Army at the age of seventeen during the Korean War and he also served in the National Guard. In 1962 he met his wife Lupe Salas and were married in Waco after 3...
Lena Mae Wampler
Nov 30, 2008
Lena Wampler, 93, of Weatherford, passed away November 30, 2008. Mrs. Wampler was born September 8, 1915 in Oklahoma to Willie Theodore and Francis Perlie Jones. She was a member of Victory Baptist Church in Weatherford and she loved to cook and sew. Her husband, Jack Wampler, preceded her in death. Graveside Services will be at 2 PM, Wednesday at...
Leonard Isreal Escobedo
Nov 28, 2008
Leonard “Leo” Escobedo, 27, of Granbury, passed away Friday November 28, 2008 in Weatherford. Leo was born September 13, 1981 in Houston to Carlos and Hermalinda Escobedo. He was a tech operator for Mastervac Industries. He was a Christian, active in Golden Glove Boxing, and an avid fan of professional boxing. Leo had a strong personality and was a loving...
Hershell Scarbrough
Nov 28, 2008
On November 29, 2008, Hershell Scarbrough went to be with his Lord. It was a day for rejoincing for the 88 years he spent on earth. His ongoing was from natural causes and was without pain and suffering. Hershell was born and lived much of his life in the Brock, Lazy Bend area. As a young man he joined the...
Dorothy Pauline Bost
Nov 27, 2008
Dorothy Pauline Bost, 85, of Weatherford, died Thursday November 27, 2008 in the Weatherford hospital. Born August 20, 1923 in Parker County where she was a life long resident. Dorothy was a homemaker and a life member of Central Baptist Church. She enjoyed gardening, sewing and quilting. Dorothy is survived by her sister, Nell McNabb of Weatherford and numerous nieces...
Donald "Earl" Varnado
Nov 26, 2008
A long-time resident of Weatherford, Earl was born in Amite, LA, on September 9, 1929. He went home to be with Jesus on November 26, 2008 in Ft. Worth, TX at the age of 79. He is survived by his loving wife of fifty-eight years, Dot Varnado of Weatherford; one brother, Kirk Varnado of Louisiana; four sisters-in-law: Wanda Dinklage, Evelyn...
Mary Alice Brandenburg
Nov 24, 2008
Mary Alice Ballow Brandenburg, 87, retired teacher, died Monday, November 24, 2008 at Holland’s Lake Nursing Center. Mary Alice, was born December 13, 1920 in Weatherford, Texas, the daughter of William J. and Mary Ballow. Mrs. Brandenburg lived and taught school for many years in Oxford, Ohio returning to Texas to live in 1995. Survivors: Sister, Dixie Lou Pruitt of...
Opha Berry
Nov 22, 2008
Opha Berry, age 91, of Weatherford, died Saturday morning, November 22, 2008 in a local nursing facility. Born May 4, 1917 in Sentinel, Oklahoma, a resident of Weatherford and Parker County for many years. She was a homemaker and a member of the Victory Baptist Church. She is survived by son, Ron Berry and wife, Mary of Burleson, two grandchildren,...
Nancy Sue Dowell
Nov 21, 2008
Nancy Sue Dowell, 64, of Weatherford died early Friday morning November 21, 2008 at her home. Born August 22, 1944, in Fort Worth, she was a resident of Parker County for many years. Nancy graduated from UNT with a bachelor’s degree and went on to complete a master’s degree from the University of Texas in Austin. She was a retired...
Margaret Brown
Nov 17, 2008
Margaret Brown, 72, of Weatherford, passed away Monday, November 17, 2008. Margaret was born October 22, 1936 in Pioneer, Texas to Albert and Elizabeth Brannan. She was a member of North Side Baptist Church, a Sunday School Teacher, active in a cancer support group and PTA and a member of Country Crossroads Extension Education Club. Survivors: husband, James D. Brown;...
Mary Donahew
Nov 16, 2008
Mary Donahew, 58, of Saginaw began her walk with Jesus Sunday, November 16, 2008. Mary was a faithful Christian who loved God, family and helping others. She was preceded in death by her mother, Dorothy; pop, Roy; daughter, Tolonda and a sister Jody. Survivors include her son, Nelson Langston; sisters, Katrina Gage and Kathy Colevris; brother, James “Scooter” Anderson and...
Issac Monroe Cheatham
Nov 15, 2008
Issac Monroe Cheatham was born June 17, 1946 in Fort Worth to Paschal and Ruby Evans Cheatham and passed away on Saturday November 15, 2008 in Granbury following a short illness. Mr. Cheatham was preceded in death by a son Robert Cheatham Hawkins, his parents Paschal and Ruby Cheatham, two sisters; Ethel Cheathem Davis and Mary Cheatham Tumlinson . Mr....
Jewel Sammons
Nov 13, 2008
Jewel Sammons, age 98, went to be with the Lord, on Thursday, November 13, 2008. Jewel was born in Carbon, Texas on September 5, 1910, to Oliver Harris Brown and Abby Catherine Belknap. She was one of eighteen children raised on a farm north of Cisco, Texas. After graduating from Cisco High School with honors she moved to Fort Worth...
Margaret Lillian Williams
Nov 10, 2008
Margaret Lillian Dillingham Williams, age 82, of Weatherford, passed away peacefully on Monday, November 10, 2008, at home. Born November 24, 1925, in Parker County, where she was a lifelong resident. She had worked as a telephone operator and for years at various positions at Campbell Memorial Hospital.
Margaret was preceded in death by her sisters, Roberta Stults and...
Melba Janie Sager
Nov 8, 2008
Melba “Janie” Sager was born in Woodson, Texas on November 1, 1933. She left us on November 8, 2008 after a short illness. She resided in Weatherford for most of her life. She was an ER nurse at Campbell Memorial Hospital from 1960 until she retired in 1986. She then went to work for the Ft. Worth Star Telegram for...
Mae Smallwood Biggs
Nov 5, 2008
Mae Smallwood Biggs, 92, of Weatherford, passed away Wednesday, November 5, 2008, at Weatherford Regional Medical Center. Born February 22, 1916, in Rogersville, Alabama, to John and Oma Smallwood. She attended school in Alabama and later finished in Senath, Missouri.
She owned a beauty salon there for a few years and met and married her life’s partner, Albert M....
Gerald Wayne Birdwell
Nov 5, 2008
Gerald Wayne Birdwell, 78, of Weatherford died Wednesday, November 5, 2008 at his residence. Born December 28, 1929 in Canadian, Texas, he was a long time resident of Parker County. Gerald grew up in Harper Grove Community south of Henderson in East Texas he attended Minden schools, The Old Rock Hill Institute, graduating in 1945. His first job was at...
William Alexander Long
Oct 30, 2008
William Alexander Long, 80, of Weatherford died Thursday, October 30, 2008in a Weatherford nursing facility. Born October 7, 1928 in Holden, Missouri, he was a resident of Parker County for many years. William was a union iron worker and in the National Guard. He is survived by his wife, Billye Long of Weatherford; daughters, Nancy Hinsch and husband Jerry of...
Jim Miles Cosby
Oct 24, 2008
Jim Miles Cosby, 62, of Weatherford passed away peacefully Friday October 24, 2008 in a local nursing facility. Born December 3, 1944 in Cresson, Texas he was a lifelong resident of Parker County. Jim was a retired truck driver and a veteran of the U.S. Army. He was preceded in death by his wife Nelda Cosby, two daughters Jerry Lynn...
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