Obituaries

David Ralph Douglass

David Ralph Douglass

Feb 13, 2011

David Ralph Douglass, age 93, died peacefully in his home in Bedford, Texas on February 13, 2011. He is survived by his son David, daughters Cathy and Debby, grandsons Daryl, Darin and Brian and great-grandsons Daycen, Dobson, Devin and Stephan. David grew up one of ten children in Fairmont, West Virginia. In his early twenties he traveled across country to...

Linda 'Dee' Eccher

Linda 'Dee' Eccher

Feb 10, 2011

LINDA DEE ECCHER, age 47, of Krum, TX, a lifelong resident of the Dallas/Fort Worth area, died Thursday, February 10, 2011 at her home. Born November 14, 1963 in Bay City, Texas, she is the daughter of James C. Mund and Retha King Mund. She married Steven Eccher October 24, 1992 in Irving. She was a member of Plymouth Park...

Roma N. Womble

Roma N. Womble

Feb 9, 2011

ROMA WOMBLE, age 77, a resident of Irving since 1957, died Wednesday, February 9, 2011 at home. Born October 26, 1933 in Lingo, New Mexico, she was the daughter of Artie and Jessie Mae Wilks. Roma was a member of Plymouth Park Baptist Church in Irving. Survivors include her husband, E.V. Don Womble; children, Steve Womble and wife Tracy of...

Kenneth 'Keno' E. Hilliard

Kenneth 'Keno' E. Hilliard

Feb 8, 2011

KENNETH KENO E. HILLIARD, age 55, a resident of Wilmer, Texas for six years, formerly of Irving, Texas for 27 years died Tuesday, February 8, 2011 at home. He was born February 2, 1956 in Texarkana, Arkansas to Jodie and Flossie Lee Lewis Hilliard. A truck driver for Southwest Freight, Keno enjoyed fishing and barbecuing. Preceded in death by his...

Cliff A. Clayton, Iii

Cliff A. Clayton, Iii

Feb 7, 2011

Cliff A. Clayton, III, 59, of Granbury, died February 7, 2011, after battling colon cancer for more than 18 months. Cliff was a master electrician, lifelong golfer and avid fisherman, but more than anything else he was an ever-present, loving husband, father, son and brother. A native of Fort Worth who also made his home in Burleson, Rio Vista and...

Jack Webb

Jack Webb

Feb 7, 2011

JACK WEBB, age 81, a resident of Irving, Texas for 31 years, died Monday, February 7, 2011 at a local hospice. Born July 8, 1929 in San Angelo, Texas, he was the son of Oval Dee Webb and Clyde Othelle Lee Webb. He grew up in San Angelo and later graduated from The University of Corpus Christi. A United States...

Dixie J. Eberhart

Dixie J. Eberhart

Feb 5, 2011

DIXIE J. EBERHART, age 89, a resident of Irving since 2002, formerly of Harvest Hill-Dallas, died Saturday, February 5, 2011 at a local hospital. Born July 18, 1921 at Saint Joseph, Missouri, she was the daughter of Russell and Fern Cassidy Hawken. She married Charles E. Eberhart in 1942 at Nashville, TN. He preceded her in death February 22, 2007....

Thomas M. Jackson

Thomas M. Jackson

Feb 4, 2011

JACKSON, THOMAS M, age 65, died peacefully on February 4, 2011. He was born in Fort Worth, Texas to Walter and Kitty Jackson and was a devoted husband to his wife Sherri Jackson of 45 years. He attended Irving High School and later retired as a Safety Representative after a 40-year career with Oncor (formerly Texas Power & Light). During...

Jerry E. Collins

Jerry E. Collins

Feb 1, 2011

JERRY E. COLLINS, age 70, a resident of Irving, Texas since 1972, died Tuesday, February 1, 2011 at his home surrounded by his family. Born August 13, 1940 in Rockwall, Texas, he was the son of William Thomas Collins and Iva Jean Frazier Collins. He married Freddie Nelson April 28, 1972 in Rockwall. He retired from Motion Industries in Dallas...

Larry H. Wilson

Larry H. Wilson

Jan 31, 2011

LARRY H. WILSON, age 60, a resident of Irving, Texas, died Monday, January 31, 2011 at a local hospital. Larry was born August 17, 1950 in Indianapolis, Indiana to Walter Hugh Wilson and Betty Louise McClelland Wilson. Preceded in death by his wife, Cynthia Barrow Wilson, survivors include daughter, Tiffany Marie Williams; three grandchildren, Avery Wilson, Glen Williams II and...

Sybil Bernice Holder Grisham

Sybil Bernice Holder Grisham

Jan 30, 2011

Sybil Bernice Holder Grisham went home to the Lord, peacefully January 30, 2011. Sybil was born January 22, 1918, in Cross Plains, Eastland County, Texas, to the late John Jackson Holder and Vernie Ann Wood Holder. Preceding her in death were her husband, Nathan Everett (Mike) Grisham and her five siblings. A loving and enthusiastic mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend...

W. Lloyd Dosterschill, Jr.

W. Lloyd Dosterschill, Jr.

Jan 27, 2011

W. LLOYD DOSTERSCHILL, JR., age 76, a resident of Dallas, Texas, died Thursday, January 27, 2011 at a Dallas hospital. Born September 14, 1934 in Dallas, he was the son of Walter Dosterschill, Sr. and Johnetta Frick Dosterschill. Lloyd graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School and North Texas State, where he was a KA. On May 25, 1973, he married...

Micaela 'Mickie' Puentes

Micaela 'Mickie' Puentes

Jan 26, 2011

MICAELA MICKIE PUENTES, age 89, died Wednesday, January 26, 2011 at an Irving hospital. Born March 1, 1921, she was the daughter of Segundo Galvez and Josefa Puentes. Preceded in death by her husband, Joe R. Puentes, they married April 19, 1937; and by a grandson, Ray Ramos, she is survived by her daughter, Mary; son, John and his wife,...

Loni Dollahite

Loni Dollahite

Jan 22, 2011

LONI DOLLAHITE, age 56, a resident of Grand Prairie, Texas for 15 years, died Saturday, January 22, 2011 at an Irving hospice center. Born November 17, 1954 in San Rafael, California, she was the daughter of William C. E. and Zell Maree Maehler Dill. She married D. G. Dollahite on June 19, 1976 in Corte Madera, California. Loni was a...

Pat Drennan

Pat Drennan

Jan 20, 2011

PAT STEPHEN DRENNAN, age 89, died January 20, 2011 at Silverado Senior Living in Irving, Texas from a stroke. Born October 30, 1921 in Lone Willow, Johnson County, Texas to John Stephens Drennan and Louna Jane Smith, he was raised on farms in Johnson and Floyd Counties in Texas. Pat graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 1945...

Robert A. Sweeney

Robert A. Sweeney

Jan 17, 2011

ROBERT A. SWEENEY, age 37, of Flower Mound, Texas, died Monday, January 17, 2011 in Bedford, Texas. Born June 1, 1973 in Buffalo, New York, he is the son of Ralph F. Sweeney, Sr. and Charlene Buth Sweeney. A computer software programmer, he had a Bachelors degree in computer science. Survivors include his parents of West Seneca, New York; his...

Gary M. 'Mike' Morgan

Gary M. 'Mike' Morgan

Jan 16, 2011

GARY M. MIKE MORGAN, age 56, a resident of Irving, Texas, for more than 10 years, died Sunday, January 16, 2011 at a Dallas hospital. Born April 10, 1954 in Osceola, Arkansas, he was the son of Paul William Morgan and Beatrice Whitaker Morgan. Survivors include his brothers, Tommy P. (Wan) Morgan of Bellevue, Nebraska, Terry W. Morgan of Irving...

C. Henry 'Hank' Denning

C. Henry 'Hank' Denning

Jan 14, 2011

C. Henry Hank Denning, age 86, of The Colony, formerly of Irving, Texas, died Friday, January 14, 2011 at Baylor Medical Center in Carrollton. Born April 22, 1924 in Graham, Texas, he was the son of Charlie and Jessie Bilby Denning. A US Army veteran of WW II, he retired in 1987 from Blue Cross/Blue Shield Insurance after 28 years...

Mildred L. Rogers

Mildred L. Rogers

Jan 14, 2011

Mildred L. Rogers, age 76, a resident of Irving for fifty years, died Friday, January 14, 2011 at Baylor Medical Center in Irving. Born August 1, 1934 in Texarkana, Arkansas, she was the daughter of Fred Rogers and Gracie Pearl Tefteller Rogers. She married John Rogers, Jr. November 19, 1955 in Dallas. He preceded her in death October 14, 1995....

Joe A. Vardeman

Joe A. Vardeman

Jan 13, 2011

Joe Allen Vardeman, age 83, passed away, Thursday, January 13, 2011 in Duncanville. Born on January 18, 1927 in Mart, Texas, he was a veteran of WW II and the Korean War, and a graduate of Baylor University. He began his business career as Chamber of Commerce Manager in Kerrville and later in Irving. He was Vice President of Irving...