Obituaries

Louise 'Lou' Talia

Louise 'Lou' Talia

Nov 29, 2013

LOUISE "LOU" TALIA, age 75, a resident of Irving for 24 years, formerly of Euless, died Friday, November 29, 2013 at Baylor Medical Center at Irving. Born May 9, 1938 in Brooklyn, New York, she was the daughter of Edward Pecikonis and Evelyn Cavala Pecikonis. Lou was a homemaker and a member of a non-denominational church. She was preceded in...

Roger L. Moulton

Roger L. Moulton

Nov 27, 2013

ROGER L. MOULTON, age 61, of Grand Prairie, died Wednesday, November 27, 2013 at Baylor Medical Center in Dallas. Born August 12, 1952 in Salt Lake City, Utah, he is the son of Wayne L. Moulton and Helen Faddis Moulton. A graduate of the University of Texas at Arlington, he married Vicky L. Smith April 10, 1976 in Irving. A...

Virgil M. Villegas

Virgil M. Villegas

Nov 25, 2013

VIRGIL M. VILLEGAS, age 48, of Irving, died Monday, November 25, 2013 at Baylor Medical Center in Irving. Born April 15, 1965 in Alice, Texas, he is the son of Manuel H. Villegas and Dolores Blanco Villegas. He has lived in Irving for 30 years. He married Jamie Boggs in 2009. Preceded in death by his daughter Serena Villegas in...

Charles E. 'Charlie' Horton

Charles E. 'Charlie' Horton

Nov 21, 2013

Charles E. Horton, 76, a devout Christian and long-time member of First Baptist Church of Irving and resident since 1962, died Thursday, November 21, 2013, in Irving. Born November 30, 1936 in Waco, Texas, he was the son of Horace B. Horton and Jennie Bernice Brite Horton. He graduated from Waco High where he lettered in track and field and...

Laverne Weilert

Laverne Weilert

Nov 21, 2013

LaVerne Weilert, 86, of Dallas, a former long-time resident of Irving, died Thursday, November 21, 2013, in Dallas. Born July 31, 1927 in Waco, Texas, she married Gordon H. Weilert June 1, 1946 in Rochester, New York. He preceded her in death April 4, 1992. They moved to Irving in 1950. She was active in the Irving community, serving as...

Sylvia Medrano Ortiz

Sylvia Medrano Ortiz

Nov 20, 2013

SYLVIA MEDRANO ORTIZ, age 61, a resident of Irving for 20 years, formerly of El Paso, Texas for 41 years, died Wednesday, November 20, 2013 at an Irving care center. Born April 23, 1952 in El Paso, she was the daughter of Jose Silviero Medrano and Consuelo Salas Medrano. Sylvia graduated from Jefferson High School in El Paso, attended the...

Faye Wright

Faye Wright

Nov 20, 2013

FAYE WRIGHT, age 74, a resident of Irving for 46 years, died Wednesday, November 20, 2013 at Baylor Medical Center at Irving. Born November 5, 1939 in Fayetteville, Arkansas, she was the daughter of Thurman Andrew Ross and Lula Mae Whizenant Ross. She was a 1957 graduate of W.H. Adamson High School in Dallas. On October 14, 1957, she married...

Thomas Brown 'Tom' Heath

Thomas Brown 'Tom' Heath

Nov 17, 2013

Thomas Brown Heath, 87, a resident of Irving, TX for more than 40 years and formerly of Waco, died Sunday, November 17, 2013 in Dallas. Born July 23, 1926 in Hazard, Kentucky, he was the son of Thomas Virgil Heath and Grace Brown Heath. A Merchant Marine in World War II, he was Director of Economic Development with Texas Utilities...

Dorothy M. Banks

Dorothy M. Banks

Nov 14, 2013

DOROTHY M. BANKS, age 91, a resident of Irving since 1963, went home to be with the Lord, Thursday, November 14, 2013, at Baylor Medical Center in Irving. Born February 16, 1922 in Denton County, she was the daughter of Arthur and Katherine Bishop Smith. She attended Texas Normal College and Teacher Training Institute (now the University of North Texas...

Royce Carl Wilcox

Royce Carl Wilcox

Nov 14, 2013

ROYCE CARL WILCOX, age 90, a resident of Irving since 1950, died Thursday, November 14, 2013 at the VA Medical Center in Dallas. Born July 26, 1923 in Pickton, Texas, he was the son of Forney Clayborne Wilcox and Mae Hitt Wilcox. On February 16, 1943, he married Bea Carter. She preceded him in death on February 24, 2012. He...

Charles M. Little

Charles M. Little

Nov 14, 2013

CHARLES M. LITTLE, age 72, a resident of Irving for more than 30 years formerly of New York City, died Thursday, November 14, 2013 in Irving. Born May 8, 1941 in Wadesboro, North Carolina, he was the son of Mahlon and Eula Mae Baucom Little. Charles retired from American Airlines after 35 years as a manager in Facility Services. He...

Robert 'Bob' Ross

Robert 'Bob' Ross

Nov 13, 2013

ROBERT BOB ROSS, age 74, a resident of Irving for 15 years, died Wednesday, November 13, 2013 at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas. He was born February 13, 1939 in Tyler, Texas to John Olen Ross and Marie C. Spellman Ross. On February 27, 1999, Bob married Betty Shirley Newberry in Dallas. He was a Past Grand Knight of...

Frances Kimberlin

Frances Kimberlin

Nov 11, 2013

FRANCES KIMBERLIN, age 83, a lifelong resident of Dallas, died Monday, November 11, 2013 at home. Born June 18, 1930 in Dallas, she was the daughter of Roy B. and Ruth Naomi Baker Smith. On November 3, 1951, she married Charles Kimberlin in Dallas. Frances was a member of the Assembly of God. She was preceded in death by her...

Alvin Neal Gregory

Alvin Neal Gregory

Nov 5, 2013

ALVIN N. GREGORY, age 89, a resident of Irving for 66 years, passed peacefully after a long battle with Alzheimers Disease on Tuesday, November 5, 2013. Born October 25, 1924 in Bailey, Texas, he was the son of Shellie P. Gregory, Sr. and Roxie Eldridge Gregory. A World War II veteran, he retired from General Motors after 32 years of...

Gene Calvin Wheeldon

Gene Calvin Wheeldon

Nov 4, 2013

GENE CALVIN WHEELDON, age 85, resident of Irving, Texas for 49 years, went to be with the Lord on Monday, November 4, 2013.Born November 19, 1927 to Delbert Glen and Bessie Merle Kesterson Wheeldon in Brownville, Nebraska. Gene married Shirley Ann Jensen on June 1, 1954 in Viborg, South Dakota.Gene served in the U.S. Navy during WWII and worked for...

Clarence S. Acton

Clarence S. Acton

Nov 4, 2013

Clarence S. Acton went to meet our heavenly Father on November 4, 2013. He was born October 14, 1927 in Providence, Missouri to parents, Edgar Franklin Acton and Anna Lee Toomes. Clarence was married to Regina Rose Seely for 65 years. As a prominent business man in Irving, Texas, he worked for Forenta, Marvel, and Dry Cleaning Equipment Company. Clarence...

Oscar L. Alexander

Oscar L. Alexander

Nov 3, 2013

OSCAR LEE ALEXANDER, JR., age 73, a resident of Decatur, formerly of Garland and Irving, died suddenly Sunday, November 3, 2013 at the Wise Regional Medical Center in Decatur. Born September 6, 1940 in Grayson County, Texas, he was the son of Oscar Lee Alexander, Sr. and Bonnie Hill Alexander. He was a sheet metal technician for Regal Research for...

Pauline Pebworth Guyer

Pauline Pebworth Guyer

Nov 2, 2013

PAULINE PEBWORTH GUYER, age 92, a resident of Grand Prairie for 61 years, formerly of Los Angeles, California, died Saturday, November 2, 2013 at Kindred Hospital in Arlington. Born February 12, 1921 in Kinta, Oklahoma, she was the daughter of Hugh V. Pebworth and Cora McCurtain Pebworth. She was the granddaughter of Green McCurtain, a Choctaw Indian Chief. She worked...

Thomas Lynn Pressly

Thomas Lynn Pressly

Nov 1, 2013

Thomas (Tom) Lynn Pressly, of Highland Village, Texas passed away peacefully at his home on Friday, November 1, 2013 after a courageous battle with Renal Cell Carcinoma Cancer. Tom was born in Houston, Texas on March 20, 1953. He was preceded in death by his father, Thompson Pressly. Tom is survived by his loving wife of 27 years, Jan Nicholas...

Janet Hale Brewster

Janet Hale Brewster

Nov 1, 2013

Janet Hale Brewster, 68, of Irving, died Friday, November 1, 2013 in an Arlington hospital. She was born November 13, 1944 in Beaumont, Texas the daughter of T. J. and Evelyn Hale. She graduated from South Park High School. Jan was employed by Southwestern Bell and Verizon as an operator and plant assignment clerk. She married Chuck Smith on January...