Obituaries

Nancy Gresham

Nancy Gresham

Nov 22, 2018

Nancy Elizabeth Gresham, 73, an Irving resident since 1970, died on November 22, 2018 in Coppell, Texas. She was born on September 14, 1945 in Dallas to the late John Henry and Ina May (Holt) Norman. Her brother Randy Norman also precedes her in death. Nancy is survived by two daughters: Heather Dahlke of Coppell, and Brooke Heide and husband...

Peggy Light

Peggy Light

Nov 18, 2018

Peggy Light, 65, of Bedford, died on Sunday, November 18, 2018 in Irving, Texas. She was born in St. Louis, Missouri on January 21, 1953 to Terrance and Elizabeth Joan (Kessen) Davlin. Peggy is preceded in death by her parents and one sister, Mary. She is survived by her husband of 45 years, Bruce Light; children: David Light and wife...

Vonnie 'Sissy' D. Pool

Vonnie 'Sissy' D. Pool

Nov 17, 2018

Vonnie D. (Williams) Pool, 54 of Irving, TX lost her courageous battle with pancreatic cancer on November 17, 2018 in Carrollton, Texas. She was born on July 31, 1964 in Waco, TX to Joe and Vonnie Williams. She was the eldest sister out of her eight siblings and known as 'Sissy' by her family. Vonnie graduated from Lamar High School...

Audenia M. Valdez

Audenia M. Valdez

Nov 16, 2018

Audenia "Bennie" Valdez who had a sweet and gentle spirit came to this earth on July 9, 1943 to the late Pablo Mireles and Victoria Hernandez Mireles. Her journey here on earth ended to begin her eternal life with our Lord the evening of Friday November 16, 2018. She was a loving, supportive, and God-fearing wife and mom to five...

Gary Pittmon

Gary Pittmon

Nov 16, 2018

William "Gary" Pittmon, age 75, a resident of Irving for 41 years, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, November 16, 2018 at Baylor, Scott and White Medical Center after a sudden illness. Born September 2, 1943 in Kaufman, Texas, he was the only son of the late William Walter Pittmon and Maxine Jordan Pittmon. He received his...

Bonnie Jordan

Bonnie Jordan

Nov 14, 2018

Bonnie Jordan, 93, previously of Irving, passed away on Wednesday, November 14, 2018 in Carrollton, Texas. Bonnie was born in Violet Hill, Arkansas on January 17, 1925 to John Wesley and Eunia (Jacob) Brown. She is preceded in death by her parents; husband James Ernest Jordan; siblings: Xeneadee Smith, John Wesley Brown and Jacob Aaron Brown; sons, James Ernest Jordan,...

Barbara Kay Bell

Barbara Kay Bell

Nov 11, 2018

Barbara Kay Bell, 79, a resident of Irving, Texas, died Sunday, November 11, 2018 at a local care center. Born April 15, 1939 in Lamesa, Texas, she was the daughter of the late J. R. Eastham and Mary Kathleen Sandel Eastham. She was a retired bookkeeper and was Baptist. Preceded in death by her parents and a brother Bobby Eastham,...

Rachel Perkins Paty

Rachel Perkins Paty

Nov 8, 2018

Rachel Perkins Paty, 88, of Irving, died on November 8, 2018 in Duncanville, TX. She was born on November 26, 1929 in Winnsboro, Texas to William Wright and Floye Mae (Green) Perkins. Rachel is preceded in death by her husband Charles Kerwin Paty; son, Robert Paul Paty and daughter Martha Ann Paty. She is survived by her sister-in-law Bobbie Paty...

Maxine Graves

Maxine Graves

Nov 4, 2018

Maxine Graves, 67 of Waxahachie, formerly of Irving, died Sunday, November 4, 2018 at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas. Born February 2, 1951 in Grand Prairie, she was the daughter of the late Don Byars Newman and Bobbie Lee Snowden Newman. She grew up in Irving. A retired dental office receptionist, she moved to Waxahachie in 1996. She was...

Gilda Nogueria Walton

Gilda Nogueria Walton

Nov 4, 2018

Gilda Nogueira Walton shuffled off this mortal coil November 4, 2018 surrounded by her three children, Robert Olivieri, Claudia Day and Daylon Patrick Walton. She is survived by her brother, Paulo Goulart and her sister, Henriqueta Heilborn as well as 7 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren. She joins her beloved husband, Daylon Lynn Walton who proceeded her in death in 2005....

Shirley Ann 'Scooter' Conner

Shirley Ann 'Scooter' Conner

Oct 27, 2018

Shirley Ann "Scooter" Conner, 72, a life-time resident of Irving, died Saturday, October 27, 2018 suddenly at her home. Born August 6, 1946 in Atlanta, Texas, she is the daughter of Willie Lummis McCandless and the late John Thomas McCandless. She was a retired floral designer for Michaels Stores. She married Doyle R. "Pete" Conner April 2, 2005 in Irving....

Blanca Arras

Blanca Arras

Oct 25, 2018

Blanca Estela Arras, 60, of El Paso, passed away on Thursday, October 25, 2018 in a Dallas hospital. She was born on April 22, 1958 in San Diego, California to Ausencio and Maria Socorro Cardenas Amparan. She married Benigno Arras August 8, 1980 in El Paso. An accounting manager for Care Free Home Builders in El Paso, she came to...

Randy Stipes

Randy Stipes

Oct 21, 2018

John Randal "Randy" Stipes of Irving, TX passed away at his home on Sunday, October 21, 2018. Randy was born on May 11, 1954 to John W. and Margie Stipes in Dallas, TX. Randy graduated from Nimitz High School in 1972, where he was a student trainer all four years. Upon graduating from Nimitz, he accepted an athletic scholarship to...

Margie Meador Mullins

Margie Meador Mullins

Oct 20, 2018

On Saturday October 20th, 2018. Margie Meador Mullins, loving mother, grandmother and great grandmother went home to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ at the age of 83. Born to Joe and Grace Meador from Grayson County on December 6th, 1934. She was one of ten children. Margie is preceded in death by her husband of 45 years,...

James G. Shelton

James G. Shelton

Oct 13, 2018

The journey of this life is remarkable. " Jim", "Jimmy", "Uncle Jim" never wasted a minute of it. Jim was born in Columbus, OH and raised in Phoenix, AZ. He traveled the states in work and hobbies spending the last few decades in Irving, TX. Jim proudly followed his father and best friend, David "Dave" Shelton into the glass and...

Peggy Jean Duvall

Peggy Jean Duvall

Oct 9, 2018

Peggy Jean Wylie Duvall was born November 11, 1928. She was given up for adoption and raised by Louis Wylie and Frances Erma Brooks Wylie. She lived in Poolville, TX during her school days where she graduated as her class Valedictorian. Under her picture in the school annual was written "Dynamite comes in Small Packages". She attended secretarial school after...

Virginia Frances Hornburg

Virginia Frances Hornburg

Oct 8, 2018

Virginia (Ginger) Frances Carpenter Hornburg, 82, of Irving Texas, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on October 8, 2018. Ginger was born at home in rural East Texas, on December 5, 1935. As a child, she loved spending time with her grandfather, affectionately known as Daddy-Man. If she wasn't seen around town sitting high on his shoulder,...

Henry Earl Seidmeyer-West, Jr.

Henry Earl Seidmeyer-West, Jr.

Oct 7, 2018

Henry Earl Seidmeyer-West, 72, of Fort Worth, Texas, passed away October 7, 2018. He was born in June of 1946 to Henry Earl and Frances Adell (Nunnelley) Seidmeyer. Henry loved collecting old trains and cars, especially Ford Model T's, visiting casinos, he was a champion of chili cook-offs and was a loyal neighbor, always willing to help. He is preceded...

Martha Elizabeth Lane

Martha Elizabeth Lane

Oct 5, 2018

Martha Elizabeth Lane, age 81, passed away at her home in Irving, Texas on October 5, 2018. The only child of Mary Elizabeth (Yates) and Briggs William Hopson, Martha was born March 25, 1937 in Plainview, TX. A longtime resident of Amarillo, she was a social worker for over thirty years with the Texas State Commission for the Blind where...

John Michael Streck

John Michael Streck

Sep 28, 2018

John Michael Streck, 69, of Irving, Texas passed away September 28, 2018. He was born in October of 1948 to the late Joseph Albert and Mary Maxine (Wright) Streck in Independence, Kansas. He grew up in Cherryvale, Kansas and attended Emporia State Teachers College. In the Spring of 1973, he married the love of his life, Gayla Jean Hamman. John...