Obituaries
Leona E. 'Noni' Rowe
Jan 3, 2013
LEONA E. NONI ROWE, age 86, a resident of Irving since 1955, died Thursday, January 3, 2013 in a Flower Mound healthcare facility. Born July 21, 1926 in Duncan, Oklahoma, she was the daughter of Elmer Lee Underwood and Kattie Sophronia Brown Underwood. She married Jack J. Rowe January 20, 1946 in Wichita Falls, Texas. He died May 29, 2006....
Birdie Jordan
Jan 3, 2013
BIRDIE JORDAN, a resident of Irving, died Thursday, January 3, 2013. Born November 14, 1928 in Denver, Colorado, the daughter of Alonzo and Grace Welty Wilson. Raised in Leavenworth, Kansas. Graduated Immaculata High School and attended St. Marys college, Leavenworth and St. Theresas College in Kansas City, Missouri. Went to work for the AEC at Los Alamos, New Mexico and...
Ellis Dawson Stafford
Jan 3, 2013
Ellis D. Stafford, age 65, a resident of Irving for 53 years, died January 3, 2013 at his home. Born January 12, 1947 in Ashdown, Arkansas, he was the son of Carl Randolph Stafford and Trelby Erist Cleghorn Stafford. He was employed by the Abbott Laboratory in Irving. A veteran of the Vietnam War, he was a member of the...
Lamont D. White
Jan 2, 2013
LAMONT D. WHITE, age 54, was called home on January 2, 2013. He was born on February 15, 1958 in Long Beach, California to Russell N. White and Jean Harrison White. Lamont traveled extensively as a navy kid. A life scout, he graduated from Mt. Eden High School, of Hayward, California, where he was a top high school wrestler and...
Genevieve 'Jay' Joutras
Jan 1, 2013
Genevieve Jay Joutras, age 82, of Irving, formerly of Joliet, Illinois, died Tuesday, January 1, 2013, at an Irving hospital. Born January 17, 1930 in Joliet, Illinois, she was the daughter of William and Anna Delrose. A retired retail clerk, she moved to Irving seven years ago. Survivors include a son Dan Joutras and his wife Susan of Irving. Memorial...
Margaret 'Peggy' Pinson
Dec 30, 2012
Margaret Peggy Pinson passed from this life on Sunday, December 30, after a progressive illness. She was born October 3, 1921, in New York City, to Ernest A. and Margaret Hutson Powers. Peggy is the wife of Cloyde C. Pinson, Sr. Father of the Dallas-Ft.Worth National Cemetery who preceded her in death in 2006. She is a Sunset High School...
Debra Wayne Greer Pierce Roberds
Dec 28, 2012
DEBRA WAYNE GREER PIERCE ROBERDS, age 60, a life-long resident of Grand Prairie, Texas, died Friday, December 28, 2012 at Ethicus Hospital in Grapevine. Born December 15, 1952 in Dallas, she was the daughter of Wayne Hershel Greer and Juanita Mudd Greer. She graduated from Grand Prairie High School in 1970. She married Luther P. Roberds October 4, 2003 in...
Edward Robert 'Ed' Blanchette
Dec 27, 2012
EDWARD ROBERT ED BLANCHETTE, age 86, a resident of Irving, died Thursday, December 27, 2012 at an Irving care center. Born July 15, 1926 in Fall River, Massachusetts, he was the son of Alex Blanchette and Delvina Lapina Blanchette. Ed was a U.S. Army veteran. He is survived by his son, Bob Blanchette and wife Mary of Moore, Oklahoma; two...
Merle Tilly
Dec 26, 2012
MERLE TILLY, age 87, a resident of Irving since 2004, formerly of Andrews for 32 years and Zephyr for 24 years, died Wednesday, December 26, 2012, at Elmcroft Assisted Living Center in Irving. Born May 17, 1925 in DeLeon, Texas, she was the daughter of Sam and Leila Norton Bond. A homemaker, she married Roland R. Tilly April 19, 1946...
Wylie J. Hawkins
Dec 26, 2012
WYLIE J. HAWKINS, age 77, a resident of Irving since 1968, died Wednesday, December 26, 2012 at a Dallas Hospital. Born July 24, 1935 in Miami, Oklahoma, he was the son of Cecil and Opal Landers Hawkins. He married Dixie Detchemendy May 31, 1957 in Commerce, Oklahoma. A member of MacArthur Blvd. Baptist Church since 1968, he was a retired...
Sione Muhu Vailahi
Dec 22, 2012
SIONE MUHU VAILAHI age 75, of Euless, died Saturday, December 22, 2012 at his home. Born February 9, 1937 in Haapai, Tonga, he was the oldest of eleven siblings. He was an airline fleet serviceman. Survived by his wife Rose of Euless; and his children, Wesley and wife Vika Vailahi of Las Vegas, NV, Sione and wife Sela Vailahi of...
Phyllis Charlette Harrison
Dec 21, 2012
PHYLLIS CHARLETTE HARRISON, age 67, of Irving, Texas, died Friday, December 21, 2012 at Baylor Heart Hospital in Plano. Born July 29, 1945 in Frederick, Oklahoma, she was the daughter of Charlie B. Sell and Edith M. Taylor Sell. She married Thomas Lee Harrison May 23, 1966. She was a receptionist for Boy Scouts of America. A resident of Irving...
Bonnie Jean Nelson
Dec 20, 2012
BONNIE JEAN NELSON, age 80, a resident of Irving since 1959, died Thursday, December 20, 2012. Born March 10, 1932 in Amarillo, Texas, she was the daughter of Kenneth Moore and Helen Stark Moore. Bonnie attended Grace Point Church in Irving. Preceded in death by her parents, and husband, John G. Nelson in 1991, she is survived by her daughter,...
Barbara E. 'Granny' Duke
Dec 16, 2012
BARBARA E. GRANNY DUKE, age 96, of Grand Prairie, and faithful member of Northgate United Methodist Church, went home to be with the Lord Sunday, December 16, 2012 at her home. Born October 23, 1916 in Spencer, North Carolina, she was the daughter of Hubert and Lilly Hill. Preceded in death by her parents, husband, Vernon Leroy Duke; her daughter,...
Barbara Ann Tumey
Dec 15, 2012
Barbara Ann Tumey of Irving passed away Saturday, December 15, 2012, at Ethicus in Grapevine, Texas. Graveside services will be 1:00 p.m., Wednesday, December 19, at Moody Cemetery with Rev. Greg Brumit officiating. Visitation in Irving will be 6:00 - 8:00 p.m., Tuesday, December 18, at Donnelly's Colonial Funeral Home, 606 West Airport Freeway. Visitation in Waco will begin at...
Jeane Elizabeth Suggs
Dec 15, 2012
JEANE ELIZABETH SUGGS What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us. Helen Keller Jeane Elizabeth Suggs was born on March 13, 1954 to Thaylia Jane Brown and Millard Oscar Suggs. She grew up in Dallas and later in Irving, Texas. She and her mother moved to Bedford, Texas in...
Charlie Edwards, Jr.
Dec 12, 2012
CHARLIE EDWARDS, JR., age 56, a resident of Irving for more than 50 years, died Wednesday, December 12, 2012 at home. Born September 1, 1956 in Seymour, Texas he was the son of Charles Robin Edwards, Sr. and Bonnie Baldwin Edwards. Preceded in death by his wife, Linda Edwards in 1999, Charlie is survived by his sons, Rob Edwards of...
Thaylia Jane 'Toots' Brown Suggs
Dec 11, 2012
Thaylia Jane Toots Brown Suggs was born on March 18, 1918 in Bomar, Oklahoma to Robert L. and Sarah Sally Daugherity Brown. Her life began in the countryside of Southern Oklahoma on Oswalt Road in the community of Abner in Love County. She learned the strength that comes from living in a household with one sister, Evelyn (Auntie) and three...
Bill Ott Scarborough
Dec 11, 2012
Bill Ott Scarborough of Irving, Texas died December 11, 2012 at the Northgate Plaza Nursing Facility in Irving, Texas. He was born in Dallas, Texas on July 27, 1926 to Willie Fry Scarborough and Lee Otis Scarborough. He attended Adamson High School and graduated from North Texas State University in Denton. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War...
Dave Abbott
Dec 10, 2012
DAVID D. DAVE ABBOTT, age 67 of Tyler, died Monday, December 10, 2012 at Baylor Medical Center in Irving. Born December 18, 1944, he was the son of Ben Cecil Abbott and Madge Ethelyn Saxon Abbott. He served in the U S Navy during the Vietnam conflict. A machinist with Trane for 26 years, he moved to Irving during his...
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