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Evelyn Ella Amason

Evelyn Ella Amason

Dec 27, 2015

Evelyn Ella Amason, 85, of Denton, passed away Sunday, December 27, 2015. She was born July 8, 1930 in Denton to Oscar David Spraybary and Phoebe May McGar Spraybary. She married Tommie Amason. He preceded her in death. She was a member of Full Gospel Church and a retired nurse. A graveside service will be Wednesday, December 30, 2015 at...

Roy Lee Goetz

Roy Lee Goetz

Dec 26, 2015

Roy Lee Goetz, 73, of Ponder, passed away Saturday, December 26, 2015 in Denton. He was born October 2, 1942 in San Angelo to LeRoy and Minnie Bowman Goetz. He married Faye Barton in 1994. He was a General Contractor. Visitation will be Saturday, January 2, 2016 from 2:00 – 3:00 P.M. prior to the service at 3:00 P.M. in...

Robert Dale Bartts

Robert Dale Bartts

Dec 25, 2015

Robert Dale Bartts, 78, of Lake Dallas passed away at his home on December 25, 2015. He was born in Kempner, TX, to Johnie and Susie Taylor Bartts. He was a graduate of Lampasas High School, played football at Howard Payne University and graduated from North Texas State University. He went on to become a Teacher and Coach at Lenora...

Garry Dow Clampitt

Garry Dow Clampitt

Dec 15, 2015

Garry Dow Clampitt, 62, of Sanger, departed to his eternal home on Tuesday, December 15, 2015 in Denton. He was born August 15, 1953 in Denton to J.D. and Mary E. Fuller Clampitt. He graduated from Denton High School and Cooke County Jr. College. He served in the U.S. Air Force. He married Wendy Wells on March 17, 1980 in...

Darrell Powell

Darrell Powell

Dec 15, 2015

Darrell Powell of Denton, Texas went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, December 15, 2015. He was born in Graham, Texas on October 20, 1935. He graduated from Graham High School in 1953 and attended Texas Tech University and The University of North Texas. He served for several years in the army on active duty as well as...

Linda Louise Bowles

Linda Louise Bowles

Dec 14, 2015

Linda Louise Bowles, 70, triumphed over death by the Grace of God on Monday, December 14, 2015. She loved the outdoors, loved animals and lived life with passion. She was born in Indiana, Pennsylvania on June 6, 1945 to parents Donald Edward and Helen Louise Lorenz, who preceded her in death, along with one son, Michael Ray Smith. Funeral service...

Joe L. Mitchell

Joe L. Mitchell

Dec 12, 2015

Joseph L. (Joe) Mitchell, known as Chief to many, passed away on December 12, 2015 at his home in Denton. He was born in the old Denton Hospital on August 13, 1935 to Joe Lewis and Bernice Boyd Mitchell. He has gone on to be with his beloved son, grandson and other dearly loved family and friends. He was devoted...

Shirley Jo Turner

Shirley Jo Turner

Dec 11, 2015

Shirley Jo Turner, 73, of Lewisville passed away on December 11, 2015 in Lewisville, Texas. She was born on July 15, 1942 in Sanger, Texas to Benjamin and Annie (Grundy) Lynch. She married James Turner in Plano, Texas on July 13, 1962. She was an inspector for Raytheon. She is survived by her husband, James Turner, sons, Rocky Turner and...

Mary Ellen Zangerl

Mary Ellen Zangerl

Dec 11, 2015

Mary Ellen Zangerl, 96, of Denton passed away on December 11, 2015 in Denton, Texas. Mary was born to Mr. and Mrs. C.A. Maynor in Memphis, TN on December 16, 1918. She graduated from Tech High School & attended Bethel Woman's College where she was a member of Alpha Iota Sorority. She married Francis Zangerl in Memphis, Tennessee in 1942....

Paul Herbert "Herb" Ellis

Paul Herbert "Herb" Ellis

Dec 10, 2015

Paul Herbert "Herb" Ellis, Jr. passed away peacefully at home surrounded by family on December 10, 2015. Herb was born in Iola, Kansas on January 19, 1941 to Mabel Fackler Ellis and Paul Herbert Ellis, Sr. He married Ruth Ottman McGuffin in Denton, TX in July, 1993. He graduated from Iola High School in Kansas in 1959. During his youth,...

Rebecca Brown Slack Stanly

Rebecca Brown Slack Stanly

Dec 10, 2015

Rebecca Brown Slack Stanly of Denton, TX, passed away on December 10, 2015 at the age of 88. Born Feb. 20, 1927, in Lake Charles, Louisiana, to Torbert Slack and Rebecca Austin Brown, she graduated from Louisiana State University. In 1948 she began a devoted marriage of 61 years to Thomas Jackson Stanly of Leesville, LA. As exemplary parents, they...

Dale Hunt

Dale Hunt

Dec 8, 2015

Dale Hunt, 60, of Krum passed away Tuesday, December 8, 2015 at his home surrounded by his loving family. He was born on August 2, 1955 in Stroud, OK to Bud and Norma Brown Hunt. He graduated from Denton High School in 1973. He married LaFonda McLain on December 19, 1975 in Denton. He worked at Peterbilt Motors for 28...

Rev. William E. Summers

Rev. William E. Summers

Dec 8, 2015

Reverend William E. Summers of Denton, Texas went to meet his Heavenly Father whom he served so faithfully on Tuesday, December 8, 2015. William was born in Hebron, Texas on June 12, 1925 to George P. Summers and Myrtle Glidewell Summers. He grew up in a large family of four sisters and two brothers. William's father died when he was...

Edna Gibson Kimbrough

Edna Gibson Kimbrough

Dec 8, 2015

Edna Gibson Kimbrough, 89, of Fort Worth, passed away Tuesday, December 08, 2015 in Fort Worth. She was born October 5, 1926 in Crandall to James Madison and Violette Mae Mason Gibson. She married Robert Cooke Kimbrough III on January 26, 1947 in Denton. She graduated from NTSTC, now UNT. She was a member of University Methodist Church. Visitation will...

Dorothy Alta Swick

Dorothy Alta Swick

Dec 8, 2015

Dorothy Alta Swick, 92, of Denton, passed away peacefully Tuesday, December 8, 2015. She was born June 6, 1923 in Denton to E.J. and Daisy Jones Headlee. She graduated from Denton High School and TSCW (now TWU). She married Wayne E. Swick on April 18, 1942 at the Little Chapel in the Woods. She was a member of the First...

Marvin Clifford Mcfarland

Marvin Clifford Mcfarland

Dec 8, 2015

Marvin Clifford McFarland, 80, of Ponder, passed away Tuesday, December 8, 2015 in Denton. He was born August 7, 1935 in Cameron, Texas to George Henry McFarland and Susie Elizabeth Pratt McFarland. He graduated from Irving High School and attended UTA. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. He married Kathleen Ann Dixon on September 2, 1954...

Max Loye Mills

Max Loye Mills

Dec 7, 2015

Max Loye Mills, 38, of Lewisville, TX passed away Monday, December 7, 2015 in Dallas. He was born April 29, 1977 in Tulsa, OK to Jim and Susan Chaddick Mills. He graduated from Liberty Christian, attended Cedar Valley College, and was a member of Southmont Baptist Church in Denton. Visitation will be Sunday, December 13, 2015 from 1:00 - 2:00...

James Richard Sims

James Richard Sims

Dec 6, 2015

James Richard Sims, 62, of Sanger, passed away Sunday, December 6, 2015 at the Presbyterian Hospital of Denton. He was born August15, 1953 in Denton to J.M. Sims and Mary Belle Waide Sims. He attended Sanger public schools and was a member of First Baptist Church of Sanger. Graveside memorial services will be Monday, December 14, 2015 at 11:00 A.M....

Fronie Ann Sanders

Fronie Ann Sanders

Dec 5, 2015

Fronie Ann Sanders 74 of Fort Worth, formerly of Ponder, passed away Saturday morning at a health care facility in Fort Worth. She was born in Hugo, Oklahoma to Garvin L. and Mary Jewell Barton Milton. Prior to Fronie's retirement she was a nurse. She married Arlon E. Sanders on November 30, 1973, he preceded her in death. She was...

Jon Michael "Mike" Smith

Jon Michael "Mike" Smith

Dec 4, 2015

Jon Michael "Mike" Smith, 76, of Denton passed away Friday, December 04, 2015 in Denton. He was born September 26, 1939 in Bowie to James Gordon "John" Smith and Margaret Elnora Crawford Smith. He married Linda Anne Yeatts on October 25, 1958 in Gainesville. He served in the U.S. Army; member of the 589th Signal Corps and graduated from Denton...

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