Alice LaFerne Ribble, 88, a resident of Irving for over 60 years, died Monday, November 11, 2019 at Vitas Hospice in Carrollton. Born October 22, 1931 in Pittsburg, Texas, she was the daughter of the late Royce Clinton Bailey and Ruby Estelle Comer Bailey. She married David Alton Ribble, Jr. February 20, 1954 in Dallas. He preceded her in death May 3, 2005. She was a retired title clerk for auto dealerships and a member of Plymouth Park Baptist Church in Irving.
Preceded in death by her husband David A. Ribble, Jr.; a daughter, Janet Ribble Waddell; her parents; and all of her siblings, a sister Maryann Nicholson, and six brothers, Joe Bailey, Dean Bailey, Herschel Bailey, Orell Bailey, Royce Bailey, and Donald Bailey, she is survived by three sons, David Alton Ribble, III of Kilgore, Texas, Paul Anthony Ribble of Carrollton, and John Ribble of Irving; six grandchildren; three great grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
The funeral will be 10:00 a.m. Friday, November 15, 2019 at Donnellys Colonial Funeral Home Chapel, 606 West Airport Freeway in Irving with Barry Wood officiating. A reception will follow at the Irving Police Association, 1350 Meyers Road, Irving, Texas. Burial will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday at Laurel Land Memorial Park, 6000 South R. L. Thornton Freeway in Dallas.
SERVICES
Funeral Service
Friday, November 15, 2019
10:00 AM
Donnelly's Colonial Funeral Home
606 West Airport Freeway
Irving, Texas 75062
Reception
Friday, November 15, 2019
11:30 AM
Irving Police Association
1350 Meyers Road
Irving, Texas 75060
Committal Service
Friday, November 15, 2019
1:30 PM
Laurel Land Memorial Park
6000 South R. L. Thornton Freeway
Dallas, TX 75232