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Joe Ann Andrews
Sep 24, 2020
Joe Ann (Lovett) Andrews, 83, passed away peacefully on September 24, 2020 after a brief illness. She was born on November 15, 1936 in Claremore, Oklahoma to Clinton L. (Ooly) and Faye Lovett and was  joined in marriage to Weldon L. Andrews on January 6, 1957. Weldon preceded her in death in 2003.
Joe Ann was employed...
Roland Dwayne Jones
Sep 23, 2020
Roland Dwayne Jones passed away Wednesday, September 23, 2020 in Denton, TX from complications after cardiac arrest following recent surgery and several years of ill health.
Roland was born in Wichita Falls, TX on November 22, 1952 to Nolan and Fleta Jones. Following graduation from Denton High in 1971, Roland enlisted in the USAF and served 20...
Fred Ervin Kennedy
Sep 22, 2020
Mr. Fred Ervin Kennedy,82, of Ponder, Texas passed away on Tuesday, September 22, 2020 in Denton, Texas. He was born in Thoreau, New Mexico on February 16, 1938 to Jewel Hinds and Virgil Kennedy.
Fred Kennedy joined the Marine Corps. In 1956 where he served six years, four as active and two in the reserves, before finishing...
Roy Evans Balentine
Sep 20, 2020
Roy Evans Balentine 90, of Denison, Texas passed away on Sunday, September 20, 2020, in Denison, TX. He was born in Denton on January 8, 1930, to Ina Marchbanks and John Balentine. Roy married Rosemary Crooks Balentine in Oklahoma City, OK on March 26, 1967. They went on to have one child David Balentine.
Roy attended Krum...
Steven Tyler Lenington
Sep 18, 2020
(Steven) Tyler Lenington, 28, of Denton passed away on September 18, 2020. He was born in North Richland Hills, Texas on February 27, 1992 to David and Lori (Cain) Lenington.
He accepted Christ as his Savior at age seven and was baptized at First Baptist Church in Sanger.
Tyler was employed by Wal-Mart Distribution Center...
Lavell Mizer, Md.
Sep 18, 2020
G. Lavell Mizer, MD., 75, of Denton passed away on September 18, 2020 in Denton TX. He was born in Missouri on January 27, 1945.
After medical school, he joined the United States Army where he was a Lieutenant Colonel medical core. He joined Surgery Associates Of North Texas upon moving to Denton, TX and later He...
Russell Thomas Brown
Sep 17, 2020
Russell Thomas Brown passed away Thursday, September 17, 2020 in Krum. He was born on October 12, 1963 in Denton, Texas to Jack and Leta Brown. Russell (Radical Russell) enjoyed racing motocross. He is preceded in death by his father Jack T Brown and mother Leta N Brown.
Russell is survived by daughter Shelby Cardwell of Ponder;...
Robert Dwayne Cudd
Sep 17, 2020
Robert Dwayne Cudd passed away Thursday, September 17, 2020 in Denton, Texas. He was born in Aubrey, Texas to Jim and Jewel Cudd on July 17, 1934. Robert married the late Elaine Cole Ashby on May 12, 1961. He was an avid Texas Ranger and Dallas Maverick fan, but above all, he enjoyed playing golf and spending time with...
Janis Beth Weiss
Sep 17, 2020
Janis Beth White was born on September 13, 1941, in Muenster, Texas, to Anna Louse Shaw White and Henry Milton White. She joined her parents, older brother James Donald White - known as Jim - and her grandfather, Jefferson Davis White, at home in Hood. The family moved to Denton in the middle of World War II, where Henry...
Kenneth "Ken" Ray Riley
Sep 16, 2020
Kenneth "Ken" Ray Riley, 74, passed away on September 16, 2020 in Denison, Texas. He was born on October 15, 1945, in Sherman, Texas to William Thomas Riley, Jr. and Oleta Frances Riley. He was one of four children growing up in Tioga, Texas.
He graduated from Pilot Point High School in 1964. He retired from IBM...
Arthur Hernandez Cardenas
Sep 16, 2020
Arthur (Artie) Cardenas was 51 years old when he passed away on Wednesday, September 16, 2020 at 10:00 p.m.
He was born in Brownwood, TX to Arthur P. Cardenas and Gloria B. Cardenas. He had a good life. He loved to go fishing, cross stitching and enjoyed watching wrestling. He also loved to play with his nephews....
Leo D. Hogan
Sep 12, 2020
HOGAN, LEO D. – Leo Hogan, a 98 year old WWII Veteran of Denton, Texas, passed on to The "Big Skipper Topside" on  September 12, 2020 at Golden Meadows Assisted Living in Denton, Texas. All arrangements are under the direction of DeBerry Funeral Home and family members; with internment in Oakwood Cemetery at Higgins Lake, MI and...
Nadine Perkins Baker
Sep 12, 2020
Francis "Nadine" Baker, 75, of Justin, went to be with her Lord and Savior on September 12, 2020 in Carrollton, Texas. She was the 1 st of 5 children in the family of Francis and Essie (Roy) Perkins. Nadine was born January 24, 1945, in Clarendon, Texas. She attended Northwest High School. She worked at Goody (hair accessories).
...Betty Jo Cross
Sep 12, 2020
Betty Jo Henderson Cross
(August 2, 1931 – September 12, 2020)
Betty Jo Cross, 89 of Denton, TX passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her three sons and family on September 12, 2020. She was born August 2, 1931 in Bradley, Arkansas to John Hollie and Betty Wooldridge Henderson.
She was preceded...
Wanda Lee Welch
Sep 11, 2020
Wanda Lee Welch, 80 of Denton passed peacefully in her sleep on September 11, 2020 at Eagle Ridge Alzheimer's Center. She was born on December 3, 1939 to Bonnie & Lloyd Strother in Ft. Worth Texas.
She attended the University of North Texas. She married the love of her life Vernon Welch and was married for 51...
Allen Wade Yeager
Sep 11, 2020
Allen Wade Yeager passed away Friday, September 11, 2020 in Denton, Texas. He was born on March 20, 1996 to Cory Yeager and Teresa Gaddy. Allen worked as a plumber and enjoyed spending time with his children and variety of animals.
He is proceeded in death by grandparents Ray and Nadine Yeager, great-grandfather Chadwick Raines, great-grandparents Charles...
James Orton Whitmer Jr.
Sep 8, 2020
Dr. James O. Whitmer, Jr., 75 of Denton passed away at his residence Tuesday, September 8, 2020. He was born January 12, 1945 in Childress, Texas to James Orton Whitmer, Sr. and Mina Thaten Whitmer. He served in the US Army during the Vietnam War from 1967-1969. Jim married Carol Ann Neff on July 18,1970 in Imlay City, Michigan....
Thomas Joe Sanders
Sep 5, 2020
Thomas Joe Sanders, 68, of Providence Village, Texas passed away on Saturday, September 5, at his home surrounded by his family.
Tom was born on April 26, 1952 in Weimar, Texas to McCall and Tommie Clay Sanders. He graduated from Weimar High School and attended The University of St Thomas, The University of Houston and Odessa College....
Margaret Ellen Pickrel
Sep 4, 2020
Margaret (Meg) Ellen Powers Pickrel, 81, of Pilot Point, Texas passed away on September 4, 2020.
Meg was born October 5, 1938 in Chicago, Illinois to Burt and Myrtle Coyte Powers. She married James (Jim) Pickrel on March 5, 1955. Meg spent the first 11 years of marriage as a military wife living and traveling both domestically...
Lillian Rose Soucy
Sep 4, 2020
On September 4, 2020, Lillian Rose (Desjardins) Soucy, 97, passed away peacefully at home in Denton, Texas. She joins her loving and beloved husband Nelson, who died in 2008 after 61 years of marriage. She is survived by her daughter, Linette Soucy-Mercado and her grandchildren, Hector Mercado and Lisa Mercado of San Juan, Puerto Rico. She is also survived...
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