Obituary Listing

Dec 30, 2020

Freddie Bryan Merrell, 84, passed away at Medical City , Denton , December 30, 2020 . He was born Saturday, December 12, 1936 , in a three room shack in Floyd County, Texas, belonging to his granddad, Roscoe Lackey. Also living in the home were his mother, Dorothy Belle Lackey Merrell, his father Walter Merrell, grandmother Edna...

Dec 29, 2020

Dakota Manning passed away Tuesday, December 29, 2020. He was born in Dallas, Texas to Johnny and Grace Manning on April 30, 1989. Dakota married Stephanie Johnson on May 4, 2019. They had their first son November 23, 2019 and found out on December 25, 2020 they are expecting another baby. He enjoyed riding his bike, providing for his...

Dec 27, 2020

Karen Lynda Warwick, 72, was born in El Paso, Texas to parents George and Charlene Warwick.  She is survived by her sister Sharon Warwick and nephew Clark Warwick and very close cousin Dee Cramer. She leaves behind many longtime and loyal friends and family, both Warwicks and Walkers. Karen Warwick married Lewis Abernathy in 1974 and they were married...

Dec 26, 2020

JoAnne Kay Rogers passed away on December 26, 2020 in Lewisville, Texas at the age of 79.

JoAnne was born on December 19, 1941 in Jackson, Michigan. She was the daughter of the late Everett and Dorrice Ogle. She is proceeded in death by her husband Jon M Rogers, her parents, and her sister, Patricia Helen Gines....

Dec 26, 2020

Buford Tom Self, age 81 and a resident of Pilot Point, Texas passed away December 26, 2020.  He is survived by wife Suzy Rush Self, son Tom F Self and daughter in law Annesa of Valley View, Texas and one grandson TJ Self also of Valley View. "Big Tom", as he was fondly known, was born April...

Dec 24, 2020

Ricky Lowe Slimp, 65 of Denton passed away December 24, 2020 at his home.  He was born July 24, 1955 to Edwin Lowe Slimp and Shirley Ray (Williams) Slimp in Fort Worth, Texas.  He attended the TWU Demonstration School and the Denton State School. Graveside Services will be held Monday, December 28, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. at the Eakins Cemetery...

Dec 23, 2020

Paula Louise Chapman, 73, of Denton passed away peacefully on December 23, 2020 in Carrollton, Texas. Born on November 2, 1947 in Duncan, Oklahoma, she was the daughter of LV Akins and Bervena (Taff) Woodson.

Paula graduated from Denton High School in 1969. She married the love of her life, Sonny, in 1983 and they celebrated 37...

Dec 23, 2020

Dorothy Jo (Mason) Bivins, 89, of Greenbrier, Arkansas (formerly of Possum Kingdom Lake, Texas) went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, December 23, 2020.  She was born on March 14, 1931 in Denton, Texas to Joe Thomas Mason and Dorothy Louise (Kemp) Mason.  She married her husband of sixty-six years, the late Cecil Loren Bivins, in Fort...

Dec 23, 2020

William (Bill) L. Pace, Sr. passed away peacefully at the Presbyterian Hospital in Denton Texas following a battle with the Covid-19 virus.  He was born and raised in McAlester, Oklahoma to Melvin David Pace and Ethel Mae (Driver).  Bill met and married Irma Jean Emerson in 1954.  They lived their humble beginnings in a boxcar on the family property....

Dec 22, 2020

Dr. Ron "Doc" Tolbert, beloved husband, dad, and friend to many, was born on October 23, 1950 in Bayton, Texas. He passed away on December 22, 2020 in Denton, Texas.

After graduating from Academy Texas High School in 1969, where he earned the Bausch & Lomb Honorary Science Award, he went on to earn an Associate of...

Dec 21, 2020

Brelon Lee May, 60, passed peacefully into the arms of his Lord and Savior on December 21, 2020 in Lake Dallas, Texas. His final wish was to pass in the house that he, his father, and brothers built on the very soil he played on as a child.

Born in Port Arthur, Texas, October 14, 1960, he...

Dec 18, 2020

Maria Victoria "Vicky" Negrete, devoted wife, loving mother, caring friend, went on to be with our Lord and Savior on December 18, 2020. Vicky will join her parents, Elias Mendoza and Natividad Castañeda and rejoice in the glory of our Lord.

Vicky was born in Muzquiz, Coahuila, Mexico. She was an alumna of Academia Amado Nervo. She...

Dec 15, 2020

Donald "Donnie" Mark Putman, 65, of Sanger passed away on December 15, 2020 in Denton Texas. He was born on September 6, 1955 in Clarendon, Texas to L.M. Jr. and Norma Putman.

As a teen Donnie earned his Eagle Scout, which is the highest achievement in the Boy Scouts of America.  He graduated from Clarendon...

Dec 15, 2020

Sylvia Cumby Stevens died on December 15, 2020 just as she lived- quiet, beautiful, serene. She was born on August 28, 1932 in Oklahoma City to Earl and Mary Louise Cumby. She married Bob Stevens in 1958, and they moved to Denton in 1963. Sylvia worked for many years at the Denton Baptist Association, first as a secretary and...

Dec 14, 2020

Pistol Rawdon Jr. passed away Monday, December 14, 2020 in Denton, Texas. He was born in Dallas, Texas to Thomas Rawdon Sr. and Norrie Rawdon on March 25, 1963.

Pistol was first and foremost a salesman, starting his career early with Dalworth, later AltaMere, then moving on to Event Coordinator for the Carl Parker Seminar Group, Recruiter...

Dec 14, 2020

Marshall Ben Haughton, 68, of Little Elm, Texas passed away in Lewisville, Texas on December 14, 2020. He was born in Kansas City, Missouri on June 15, 1952 to Richard S. Houghton and Margaret L. (Hof) Houghton.

Marshall is preceded in death by his parents, brother, Timothy Long and nephew, Robert Long. He is survived...

Dec 13, 2020

Fabio Ernesto Borda Jr., 48, of Argyle passed into the hands of his Heavenly Father Sunday, December 13, 2020, at Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital in Fort Worth  He was born April 6, 1972, in Bogota, Colombia to Fabio and Aviva Borda.

His childhood in The Colony began his obsessive devotion to friends who would become family....

Dec 13, 2020

Our faithful Lord and Savior called Richard A. Molter Jr. home on December 13, 2020 at the age of 86. He was born July 14, 1934, in Pasadena, California, to Richard A. and Ethel L. Molter but with both parents from Texas, Richard Jr considered himself a "Native" Texan.

Growing up in San Antonio, as an Eagle...

Dec 12, 2020

John Foley Beasley was born on March 11, 1945 in Oceanside, California to Charles Joseph Beasley and Marie Ann Beasley (Foley).

He grew up in Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey and is a 1963 graduate of Delbarton School in Morristown, New Jersey. He attended the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana and graduated with a BS in...

Dec 11, 2020

Norma J. Antus of Ponder, Texas went to meet her maker on December 11, 2020 after a long hard-fought battle with aggressive brain cancer. She is survived by her husband Richard of fifty-eight years, their three children and their families who reside in Texas and seven siblings and their families that reside in Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio.

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