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Jessie William Durkee

Jessie William Durkee

May 21, 2020

Jessie William Durkee was born February 17, 1926 to Lewis and Fanny Shelby in Plain, New Mexico.  She attended School at Forrest, NM.  Jessie chose to follow Christ at a Convention in Happy, TX when she was 14 and was baptized there as a teenager in a cattle tank.  She graduated High School in 1943.

One weekend...

Mildred Joyce Davis

Mildred Joyce Davis

May 19, 2020

Mildred Joyce Davis, 79, of Denton, Texas passed away on Tuesday, May 19, 2020. She was born June 21, 1940 in Aubrey, Texas to Andrew Thomas and Ethel Mae (Roe) Copeland.

Mildred attended school in Aubrey, Texas and later, was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother. She loved the company of her family and friends. She enjoyed...

Betha Lee Nance

Betha Lee Nance

May 19, 2020

Betha Lee Miller Nance

On May 19, 2020, Betha "Beth" Lee Miller Nance, age 81, left to spend eternity with her Lord and Savior and to be reunited with her beloved husband who passed away just a short 8 weeks ago. Although the family is deeply saddened by these losses, they are comforted in knowing Beth and...

Carolyn Lorraine Rivers

Carolyn Lorraine Rivers

May 15, 2020

Carolyn Lorraine Rivers, 66, of Argyle went on to her heavenly home on May 15, 2020. She was born in Galveston, Texas, to Alex and Corie Legate.

She was a member of Eagle Mountain International Church and worked as an administrative assistant at First Baptist Church of Argyle. Carolyn loved serving at the First Baptist in Argyle...

Donna Mae Vasey

Donna Mae Vasey

May 14, 2020

Donna Mae Vasey passed away Thursday, May 14, 2020 in Denton, Texas.

She was born in Libertyville, IL on April 8, 1944 to Donald and Lillian Griffin. Donna married Kenneth Vasey and together they raised two sons, William and Michael.

Donna had a passion for beauty and operated two beauty salons in Mundelein IL for...

Mona Williams Claytor

Mona Williams Claytor

May 12, 2020

Mona Williams Claytor was born on April 6, 1953 to Ramona A. and Willie Francis Williams in Denton, Texas. She passed away in Ft.Worth, Texas on May 12, 2020 at the age of 66 years.

Mona's family was well known in the Denton Community and she enjoyed a wonderful childhood filled with friends and family.

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Virgle Leon Arrington

Virgle Leon Arrington

May 12, 2020

Virgle Leon Arrington born November 12, 1939 in Aubrey, Texas to Tommy and Effie Steward Arrington.

He owned Camp Cleaners for many years. He married Joanne Eckstein Arrington in 1964. They had 2 daughters Tracy Elizabeth (Jeff Weed) and Patricia Harwell. After years of playing golf he finally got a hole in one before retiring his clubs....

Christine Simpson

Christine Simpson

May 10, 2020

Heaven gained another Angel this morning, Christine Simpson, after a long battle with Kidney/Heart Disease, Strokes and then getting Covid 19, She passed away Sunday, May 10, 2020 at Regional Medical Center-VITAS Hospice in Carrollton, Texas. She was born in Kaufman, Texas on August 21,1942 to Eldon and Ruby Gentry.

She was not only a mother, sister,...

Douglas Kenneth Layne

Douglas Kenneth Layne

May 9, 2020

Douglas Kenneth Layne was born to Tom and Lissie Layne on July 25, 1928, at home near Forreston, about 10 miles from Waxahachie, Texas where he grew up with his brothers Paul and Murice and graduated from Waxahachie High School.

The first of his family to attend college, he was encouraged by his science teacher, Mary Williams,...

Ronald Frances Pulaski

Ronald Frances Pulaski

May 9, 2020

Ronald Frances Pulaski, 79, of Ponder, Texas passed away Saturday, May 9, 2020 at his home. He was born April 07, 1941 in Kankakee, Illinois to Martin and Julia Pulaski.

Ronald married Karen Sieh on April 7, 1961. Ron and Karen were high school sweethearts who met in Manteno, IL. He was a Texas police officer and...

James Donald White

James Donald White

May 9, 2020

James D. White (Jim) was born in western Cooke County near Hood on March 8, 1936, to Anna Louise Shaw White and Henry Milton White. Living in the country with few kids nearby, Jim and his grandpa, J.D. White, went fishing nearly every day. His sister, Jan, was born shortly before Jim started school at Ross Point, and the...

Deborah Kay Pittsinger

Deborah Kay Pittsinger

May 7, 2020

​Deborah Kay (Polk) Pittsinger- 53, of Sanger passed away peacefully in her home on Thursday May 7, 2020.  She was born in Dallas on March 19, 1967.  She graduated from Denton High School in 1985 and attended college in California . She married the love of her life, Terry Pittsinger on July 23, 1995 in Fort Worth, Texas. Deborah is...

Bennie Gabe Snider

Bennie Gabe Snider

May 7, 2020

Bennie Gabe Snider,  son, brother, husband, father, Pop and WWII Navy veteran , passed away on Thursday, May 7 having left his own words for the wonderful life he lived in the country that he loved.

I dropped anchor in McKinney, Texas on May 23, 1926 to T.G. Snider, Sr. and Lena Nelson Snider. My parents provided...

John W. Marlow, Jr.

John W. Marlow, Jr.

May 3, 2020

John W. Marlow Jr., 82, of Denton passed away on May 3, 2020. He was born on June 17, 1937 in San Antonio, TX to John and Mary (Milversted) Marlow.

He enjoyed wood working, fishing, target shooting, writing, and photography.

He is Survived by his wife Barbara Marlow of Denton, TX, daughter, Laura Bradbury (Tommy)...

Clifton Davis Howard

Clifton Davis Howard

May 3, 2020

Clifton David Howard 85 of Benbrook, formerly of Ponder , passed away Sunday May 3, 2020 at the Renaissance Park Multi Care Center in Fort Worth.  He was born in Slidell, Texas on October 29, 1934 to C.D. Howard and Olet a Thacker Howard.

Graveside Services will be held on Tuesday, May 5, 2020 at...

Geraldine Dorris Moore

Geraldine Dorris Moore

May 2, 2020

Geraldine Dorris (Denman) Moore, 83 of Krum passed away May 2, 2020 at Presbyterian Hospital of Denton.  She was born in Santa Barbara, California to William Denman and Nellie E. (Kisskising) Denman she graduated from Ventura High School in Ventura, CA.

She married Austin Buck Moore in 1958 in Lompoc, CA, to Austin (Buck) Moore, he preceded...

Lourinda Matthews

Lourinda Matthews

May 1, 2020

Lourinda Marvourene Harvey Matthews

1936-2020

With heavy hearts of loss, but joy for her, we share that our sweet mother passed to be with the Lord in Heaven on May 1, 2020.  Born in Dallas, Texas, she married William Andrew Matthews, her Forest Avenue High School sweetheart.  She began her early career in data management...

Georgia Mae Whittern

Georgia Mae Whittern

May 1, 2020

Georgia Mae (Green) Whittern, 82 of Denton, passed away peacefully at home on May 1, 2020 surrounded by her four daughters. She was born on December 11, 1937 to James Columbus Green and Juanita Lorene (Scargall) Green of Maud, Oklahoma.

Georgia graduated from Maud High School in Oklahoma and attended Christian College for Women in Columbia, Missouri...

Carol Ann Bostic

Carol Ann Bostic

Apr 29, 2020

Carol Ann Bostic passed away Wednesday, April 29, 2020 at her home in Denton, Texas. She was born in Lyndhurst, NJ to Carl and Adaline Schweikert on February 24, 1939. Carol married Claude Bostic in 1959. Carol was a loving mother of 3, grandmother of 12, and 17 great grandchildren and enjoyed spending time with her family. She is...

Joe Howard

Joe Howard

Apr 28, 2020

Joe Howard, 83, of Denton passed away on April 28, 2020. He was born on June 19, 1936 in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan to Walter and Opal (Hepler) Howard.

Joe attended Linden-McKinley High School in Columbus, Ohio. In 1958 he received his Bachelor of Science degree from The Ohio State University and his M.S from Southern Connecticut...

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