Obituaries

Billy Levon Lee

Billy Levon Lee

Feb 20, 2010

BILLY LEVON LEE, age 73, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on Saturday, February 20, 2010. He was born January 15, 1937 in BILLY LEVON LEE, age 73, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on Saturday, February 20, 2010. He was born January 15, 1937 in Avery, Texas to Clarence William and Detta Hutchinson Lee. Billy spent most of his...

Billy H. Jeffus, Jr.

Billy H. Jeffus, Jr.

Feb 18, 2010

BILLY H. JEFFUS, JR., age 58, a resident of Bedford, Texas for 5 years, formerly of Irving, Texas for 45 years, died Thursday, February 18, 2010 at home. He was born November 12, 1951 in Texarkana, Arkansas. Billy married Donna Brumley on July 16, 1988 in Irving. Preceded in death by his father, Billy H. Jeffus, Sr. in 1966, he...

Charles Olen Lee Shaver

Charles Olen Lee Shaver

Feb 18, 2010

Charles Olen Lee Shaver Born March 21, 1922 Wheaton, MD Died February 18, 2010 Irving, TX Son of Olen Burr Shaver and Anna Mollohan Shaver of Wheaton, MD and Flatwoods, WV. Married Barbara Lee Nance and Roberta Sue Stegner, both deceased. Survived by son Robert Lee Shaver and his wife Lynn Pastor-Shaver of Irving, TX and Wayne Alden Shaver of...

Dorothy Conway

Dorothy Conway

Feb 17, 2010

DOROTHY CONWAY, age 84, a resident of Irving, Texas for 6 months, formerly of Baker, Louisiana for 12 years, died Wednesday, February 17, 2010 in Irving. She was born January 6, 1926 in Deridder, Louisiana to the late Robert L. and Helen Canaday Glasscock. Dorothy was a member of the United Methodist Church in Baker, LA. Preceded in death by...

Chuck Kennedy

Chuck Kennedy

Feb 16, 2010

CHUCK KENNEDY, age 56, of Irving, died Tuesday, February 16, 2010 at a Plano hospital. Born September 18, 1953 in Springfield, Missouri, he was the son of Charles and Alice Kennedy. He received a Master's Degree from Southern Methodist University in Dallas. He married Cathy Robertson Johnson February 28, 2004 in Irving. A resident of Irving for the past 10...

Shirley J. Fengler

Shirley J. Fengler

Feb 9, 2010

SHIRLEY J. FENGLER, age 69, a resident of Irving, Texas for 41 years, died Tuesday, February 9, 2010 in Irving. She was born May 3, 1940 in Selma, North Carolina, graduating from Selma High School. On October 18, 1969 in Irving, she married James R. Fengler. Shirley was a member of Pioneer Drive Baptist Church in Irving. For 30 years,...

Douglass Bales

Douglass Bales

Feb 8, 2010

DOUGLASS BALES, age 75, a resident of Irving, Texas since 1967 formerly of Coahoma, Texas, died Monday, February 8, 2010, at home. He was born October 13, 1934 in Fort Worth, Texas. The son of J.R. Bo and Dorothy Bales, he married Loveta Bryant on December 25, 1965, in Gainesville, Texas. Douglass graduated from Coahoma High School in 1953 and...

Eva Edic

Eva Edic

Feb 5, 2010

EVA EDIC, age 73, a resident of Dallas, Texas since 1967, died Friday, February 5, 2010 in Mansfield, Texas. She was born June 14, 1936 in El Paso, Texas to the late Fred and Lois Bailey Bass. Eva was a Baptist. She was preceded in death by her husband, Dorrell Edic in 2002 and son, Roy Ginn in 2007. Survivors...

Phyllis A. Penry

Phyllis A. Penry

Feb 5, 2010

PHYLLIS A. PENRY, age 69, a 44 year resident of Irving, TX died Friday, February 5, 2010 at her daughter's home in Euless, TX. Born July 29, 1940 in Chandler, OK, she was the daughter of Forest and Mary Tapp Jacob. She married Donlad L. Penry September 14, 1957 in Gainesville, TX. A homemaker, she was a member of the...

Alnova V. Schwarzkopf

Alnova V. Schwarzkopf

Feb 1, 2010

ALNOVA V. SCHWARZKOPF, age 87, a resident of Amarillo, Texas for four years, formerly of Irving, Texas, died Monday, February 1, 2010 at her home. Alnova was born November 19, 1922 in Hartford City, Indiana to the late Orpha and Mary Beymer Bell. Preceded in death by her husband, Cecil Schwarzkopf in 1990, she is survived by her children, Rosalie...

Betty L. Gay

Betty L. Gay

Jan 31, 2010

age 83, a resident of Irving, Texas since 1963, died Sunday, January 31, 2010 in Irving. She was born September 14, 1926 in Cherokee County, Texas. The daughter of Hershel and Edna Stockton Walker, Betty married Eldridge Gay May 11, 1946 in Jacksonville, Texas. She was a member of Oak View Baptist Church in Irving. Survivors include her husband, of...

Jo Meme Fortenberry

Jo Meme Fortenberry

Jan 31, 2010

age 87, a resident of Irving, Texas since 1957, died Sunday, January 31, 2010 in Irving. She was born August 16, 1922 in Forkville, Mississippi to John H. and Emma Jane Thweatt Harvey. Jo was a member of The Baptist Church. Preceded in death by her husband, Howard R. Fortenberry, son, Paul Fortenberry and son-in-law, Bobby J. Grabeel, she is...

James E. Rider

James E. Rider

Jan 30, 2010

JAMES E. "JIM" RIDER age 86, a resident of Irving since 1952, died Saturday, January 30, 2010 in Irving. Born August 18, 1923 in Waco, Texas, he was a graduate of Waco High School, attended Baylor University, and later graduated from Texas Tech in 1950. A US Navy veteran of WW II, he married Jane Durant February 14, 1952 in...

Teodoro R. Zuniga

Teodoro R. Zuniga

Jan 28, 2010

TEODORO R. ZUNIGA, age 91, of Mesquite, died Thursday, January 28, 2010 in a Sunnyvale hospital. Born November 7, 1918 in Hidalgo County, Texas, he was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Candelario Zuniga. He was a member of the Iglesia de Oracion y Alabanza in Mesquite. Preceded in death by his wife, Francisca Zuniga, he is survived by sons,...

Julia A. Wilson

Julia A. Wilson

Jan 25, 2010

age 88, a resident of the Dallas, Texas area since 1940, died Monday, January 25, 2010 at her residence in Irving, Texas. She was born January 16, 1922 in Wheeler County, Texas. The daughter of George and Maud McCubbins Admire, she married Marshall Paige Wilson, Sr. on August 10, 1940 in Dallas. He preceded her in death on March 22,...

Robert Edd Arnold

Robert Edd Arnold

Jan 20, 2010

age 86, a resident of Irving, Texas, met his Lord on January 20, 2010. A Celebration of his life will be 11:00 a.m., Monday, January 25, 2010 at Valley Ranch Baptist Church in Coppell, Texas. Visitation is Sunday from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. at Donnelly's Colonial Funeral Home in Irving. Interment on Wednesday at Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery. Preceded in...

Mary Joanna Richardson Kincer

Mary Joanna Richardson Kincer

Jan 20, 2010

MARY JOANNA RICHARDSON KINCER, was born on August 11, 1937 to Mr. and Mrs. John Theodore Richardson at 8:02 p.m. She was born at the Central Texas Baptist Sanitarium in Waco, Texas. Joanna received her schooling in the Waco School System. She was very active in church, teaching Sunday School and playing the piano for all occasions. She was married...

Mary Lou Hamill Rodgers

Mary Lou Hamill Rodgers

Jan 19, 2010

MARY LOU HAMILL RODGERS, age 83, of Cedar Hill, formerly of Dallas, died Tuesday, January 19, 2010 in Cedar Hill. Born September 15, 1926 in Bennington, Oklahoma, she was the daughter of Robert Benjamin Jackson and Anne May Beaty Jackson. A lunchroom manager for the Dallas Independent School District for many years, she was a member of Heartland Church. Preceded...

Larry Thomas Lawrence

Larry Thomas Lawrence

Jan 17, 2010

Larry Thomas Lawrence was born July 24 1928, in Borger, Texas, to Ray and Dorothy Lawrence and was raised in Texas and Oklahoma. He passed from this earth in Irving on January 17, 2010. After graduating from High School in Ardmore, Oklahoma Larry went directly into the Army and served with the occupational forces in Japan. While at OU, he...

Peggy M. Buford

Peggy M. Buford

Jan 16, 2010

Peggy M. Buford, age 78, a resident of Farmers Branch, Texas for 35 years, formerly of Pleasant Grove, Texas, died Saturday, January 16, 2010 in Farmers Branch. Peggy was born June 20, 1931 in Dallas, Texas to the late Serial Sylvester and Maude A. Rousseau Cook. She was a member of Grace Bible Church in Dallas. Preceded in death by...