John Robert Burnett, Sr.
Feb 9, 2021
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John Robert Burnett, Sr. 74 of Denton passed away February 9, 2021 at Texas Health Presbyterian-Denton. He was born August 2, 1946 in Nashville, Tennessee to Robert Charlton and Margaret Ann Freedman Burnett.
He married Carmelita Alicia Cruz on January 13, 1967, she preceded him in death on...
Charles E. Grandell
Feb 9, 2021
Charles Eugene Grandell, 90 of Denton, Texas passed away Tuesday, February 9, 2021 at Medical City-Denton. He was born January 22, 1931 in Muncie, Indiana to Harold James Grandell and Mildred E. (Pierce) Grandell. He graduated from Hughes High School in Cincinnati in 1949. Charles enlisted in the United States Marine Corps on February 26, 1951 and was a veteran...
Lana Ruth Miles
Feb 8, 2021
My mother, Lana Ruth Smalley Miles joined her parents Olena Crawford Smalley & Richard Gordon Smalley of Clyde Tx; her sister Sandra Smalley Terrell of Buffalo Gap Tx; her beloved Standard Dauchund Boomer and my Dox Red in heaven on Feb 8th, 2021 while in a hospital in Denton, Texas. Prior to being in the hospital Mom had lived...
Virginia Nell Pursley
Feb 8, 2021
Virginia Nell Pursley, 91, of Gordonville, formerly of Denton, passed away Monday, February 8, 2021 at her residence. She was born September 22, 1929 in Littlefield, Texas to William and Vivian Walker Cooper. She married Noah Pursley, who preceded her in death in 2004. Virginia was a Medication Aid at the Beaumont Nursing Home in Denton before retirement. The family...
Natalie Michelle Cryer
Feb 8, 2021
Natalie Michelle Cryer, 37, of Denton, Texas passed away 02/08/2021. She was born on July 23, 1983 to parents Peggy Mayfield Khan and Darrell Lee Cryer in Denton, Texas. Natalie graduated high school from Denton, Texas in 2002 and received her LVN certification shortly thereafter. She is survived by her mother (Peggy Mayfield Khan),...
Robert "Bob" Shelton, Jr.
Feb 7, 2021
Robert "Bob" Shelton, Jr., 80, of Denton, Texas went to be with his Lord on February 7, 2021. He was born to Robert Bonner Shelton, Sr. and Jewel Allen Shelton in Texarkana, Arkansas on June 2, 1940.
Bob and his siblings Shirley Shelton Butler, Kenny Shelton and Beverly Patton Ruff started life in San Diego at the...
Bill Hinkle
Feb 7, 2021
Bill Hinkle passed away Sunday, February 7, 2021 in Austin, Texas. He was born in Denton, Texas to Dr. George and Kenneth Hinkle. Bill was an entrepreneur developing financial processing systems, an avid fly fisherman, and tennis player. Bill grew up in Denton, attended college at the University of Texas where he was a Texas Cowboy and a member...
Gloria Sue Masters
Feb 7, 2021
Gloria Sue Masters, 84 passed away at Baylor Scott and White hospital on Sunday, February 7th. She was born on January 13, 1937, to Robert Guffey and Jackie Guffey in Munday, Texas. She spent many years in the Munday area before moving to Abilene, where she was a hairdresser for many years, and then on to Little Elm after...
Jolinda Sue Tidwell
Feb 6, 2021
Jolinda Sue Tidwell went to see her Lord and Savior Saturday, February 6, 2021 at her home peacefully in her sleep. She was born in Dallas, Texas to Donald and Freda Epps on October 30, 1961. She is preceded in death by her husband, John Tidwell, and her parents Donald and Freda.
She lived a full life,...
Steven Robert Wittau
Feb 5, 2021
Steven R, Wittau, 61, entered into rest on Friday, February 5, 2021 in Dallas TX after a long illness.
He was born in Menominee MI on December 1, 1959 to Eugene and Rita Wittau, the 8 th of 9 children. Steven grew up in Spokane WA; he graduated from Central Valley High School in 1977. He graduated...
George Porter Godfrey Ii
Feb 5, 2021
George Porter Godfrey, II, of Denton, Texas passed away on February 5, 2021 in Denton. He was born in St. Joseph, Michigan on March 3, 1941 to George Porter Godfrey and Estella Jane Lynch, but was raised in Dallas, TX where he graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School. George attended University of North Texas, where he was a member...
Estela Juana Loya
Feb 4, 2021
Estela Juana Loya passed away Thursday, February 4th, 2021 in Denton, Texas. Estela was born June 24, 1949 in Chihuahua, Mexico, to Cosme and Elena Reyes. Her early years were spent playing with her siblings in the river and tending to their livestock on their ranch. Some of her fondest memories were spent on the ranch milking cows and...
John Thompson
Feb 2, 2021
John W. Thompson, 77, passed away on February 2, 2021, at his home in Denton surrounded by his family. He was born in Denton to Hazel and Blake Thompson on April 22, 1943, and grew up with 8 siblings in the area.
"Little John" served as a Denton firefighter for 28 years before retiring in 2001. He...
Lawrence Charles Kelly
Feb 1, 2021
Lawrence C. Kelly 88, died February 1, 2021, after a five-day stay in Presbyterian Hospital, Denton, TX, with family members in attendance. He was born in Oklahoma City, OK, on December 3, 1932, the oldest child of Esther Beavin Kelly and Charles L. Kelly. He attended high school at St. Gregory's in Shawnee, OK, and college at Marquette University...
Robert "R.E." Edward Harris
Jan 31, 2021
Robert Edward, "R.E.", Harris, 95, of Roanoke passed away on January 31, 2021. He was born on October 31, 1925 in Roanoke, Texas to Henry and Parrette (Blakley) Harris.
R.E. was a member of the Greatest Generation and men like him are why it's called that. As a little boy during the Great Depression, he helped support...
Bess Miller
Jan 31, 2021
Mary Bess Miller was celebrated into Heaven on 01/31/2021 and reunited with her husband Allie, just after her 90 th birthday. Her passing was not COVID 19 related. She was born in Corsicana TX to L.G. "Pop" and Jeanette "Janie" Stevenson. She married Allie I. Miller in 1956, when she began serving as his bookkeeper in the insurance and...
John Villanueva
Jan 30, 2021
John Villanueva, 71, of Sanger, Texas passed away after a long battle with cancer on January 30, 2021 at his home. He was born San Juan Villanueva in Corpus Christi, Texas to Carlos and Maria (Sanchez) Villanueva on August 7, 1949.
John attended Molina High School in Corpus Christi, Texas. On July 6, 1968 John and Lucia...
Olen Lonnie Allen, Jr.
Jan 30, 2021
Olen Lonnie Allen Jr. exchanged his earthly home for a Heavenly address on January 30, 2021 in Denton, Texas. He was born in Bainbridge, Georgia to Olen and Pansy Allen on August 2, 1957.
Olen enjoyed what he called "gallivanting" with his nephews or nieces, going to yard and estate sales, hanging out with family and visiting...
Christie Ann Vinson
Jan 30, 2021
Christie Ann Vinson, 39, passed away Saturday, January 30, 2021 at home following a tremendous fight against cancer. Christie, also known to her family as Little Red, was the oldest of 3 children born to David Vinson and Carrie Armstrong. She was preceded in death by her grandfather, Leslie "Mokie" Vinson, and great grandparents, Lillard Armstrong, Pearl White, and...
Joyce Armstrong Nix
Jan 30, 2021
Joyce Armstrong Nix, 85, of Lake Kiowa passed away Saturday, January 30, 2021 at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital-Denton. Joyce was born February 28, 1935 in Loraine, Texas, to Virtus David and Mary Virginia (Smith) Armstrong. She married Franklin Delaine (Cotton) Nix in 1956.
Joyce met her future husband, Cotton, while both attended the former North Texas State...
