Doris Ann Syler
Dec 13, 2014
Doris Ann Syler The sweet spirit of Doris Ann (Dot) Syler left us, from her home in Denton, Texas, on December 13, 2014. Dot, 79 years old, was born in Vernon, Texas on May 11, 1935, to Howard Simmonds and Ruth Ramsey Simmonds. Dot married John Thomas Syler on February 4, 1956, in Bryan, Texas. At the conclusion of her...
Robert Allen Chenault
Dec 13, 2014
Robert Allen Chenault, 71 of Krum, Texas passed away on December 13, 2014. He was born on March 11, 1943 in Fort Worth, Texas to Allen and Julia Naylor Chenault. Robert served in the US Army during the Vietnam War and attended The University of Texas at Arlington. He married Naomi Callicoat on May 28, 1971 in Colleyville, Texas. He...
Ruby Fay Henderson
Dec 12, 2014
Ruby Fay Henderson, 104, of Denton, Texas passed away on Friday, December 12, 2014 in Denton, Texas. She was born in Roaring Springs, Texas to William and Nanny Taylor on December 24, 1909. She married Ernest Roy Henderson in Roaring Springs, Texas in 1927. Rubylead a full and active life where she enjoyed working in her beautiful garden and worked...
Mary Louise Layne
Dec 10, 2014
Mary Louise Layne, 87, of Savannah, Texas passed away on December 10, 2014. Mary Lou moved to Denton, Texas at the age of 86 after more than thirty years in West Frankfurt, Illinois where she was one of the Swimmin' Women and a member of the Red Hat Society. Once in Savannah, Mary Lou learned to navigate a major thoroughfare...
David Ray Cross
Dec 9, 2014
David Ray Cross, 77 of Sanger, Texas passed away in Denton, Texas on December 9, 2014. Mr. Cross was born on August 30, 1937 in Hood Texas to Ted and Laura Cross. Mr. Cross married Patricia Forester in Gainesville, Texas on April 15, 1960. He was a Salesman for the Dr. Pepper Bottling Company and a member of the National...
David Ray Cross
Dec 9, 2014
David Ray Cross, 77 of Sanger, Texas passed away in Denton, Texas on December 9, 2014. Mr. Cross was born on August 30, 1937 in Hood Texas to Ted and Laura Cross. Mr. Cross married Patricia Forester in Gainesville, Texas on April 15, 1960. He was a Salesman for the Dr. Pepper Bottling Company and a member of the National...
Alvin Doyle Smith
Dec 7, 2014
Alvin Doyle Smith, 79, of Denton passed away Sunday, December 7, 2014 at his residence. He was born August 31, 1935 in Denton to Glenn and Ruby Bishop Smith. He served in the Korean War. He married Ruth Corbell on December 17, 1988 in Las Vegas, NV. He was a member of Willowwood Church of the Nazarene. Visitation will be...
Claudia Marie Hutson
Dec 6, 2014
Claudia Marie (Nikii) Jones Hutson was born May 24, 1925 to Edith and Charley Jones and passed away on December 6, 2014 in Sun City, Georgetown, Texas. She married Bill Hutson on November 29, 1945. Together they embarked upon a career in the Military Service and retired after twenty years. They spent the next fifteen years in the private sector...
Charles Milton Lee Clark
Dec 5, 2014
Charles Milton Lee Clark, 64, of Denton passed away on Friday, December 5, 2014 in the comfort of his home. Charles was born on May 26, 1950 in Lawton, Oklahoma to Daniel and Luther Clark. He married Geneva Faye Brazell on October 9, 1971 in Lawton, Oklahoma. There will be a visitation held on Monday, December 8 from 6-8 pm...
Jane Trimble
Dec 4, 2014
Jane Trimble, 70, a veteran journalist and a former news editor of the Denton Record-Chronicle, died Thursday in a Dallas hospital. Although she won numerous state and regional prizes for her news articles, feature stories and editorials, the journalists who worked with her and for her were more apt to remember her wise counsel and tough-but gentle mentoring that launched...
Maria Magdalena Vargas
Dec 4, 2014
Maria Magdelena Vargas, 86, of Denton, Texas passed away in Denton on December 4, 2014. She was born in Hatillo, Puerto Rico on August 22, 1928 to Juan and Maria Perez. She was a member of Lifeline Church in Denton, Texas and a homemaker. She married Carmelo Vargas in Arecibo, Puerto Rico on November 28, 1949)). Maria is survived by...
Thurman Ralph Lantrip
Dec 3, 2014
Thurman (Ralph) Lantrip, 91, of Pilot Point passed away Wednesday, December 3, 2014. He was born September 27, 1923 to Walt and Nellie Jeffcoat Lantrip. He married the love of his life, Mary Ruth Meinen on January 26, 1942, spending 71 years making many lasting memories along the way. Ralph served his country from 1944 to 1946 in the U.S....
Thomas Craig Henderson
Dec 3, 2014
Thomas Craig Henderson, age 56 of Denton, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, December 3. He was born to the late Doyle Wayne Henderson, Sr. and Ola Faye Henderson on October 31, 1958. Craig graduated from Denton High School and The University of North Texas before going on to live a life of service in the field of...
Richard Thomas Haughton
Dec 1, 2014
Richard Thomas Haughton, 77, of Denton passed away Monday, December 1, 2014 at Corinth Rehab Suites. He was born May 16, 1937 in Overton, Texas to Otha and Annie Skaggs Haughton. He married Sandra Brock on October 26, 1979. A memorial service will be held Saturday, December 6, 2014 at 1:00 pm in the chapel of DeBerry Funeral Directors. He...
Joe Ratliff
Nov 30, 2014
Jerry Joe Ratliff was born on March 24, 1930 in Lawrence County, Arkansas to James Howard Ratliff and Willye Elsie Robins (Billye). He spent his youth in Arkansas and graduated from DeWitt High School in DeWitt, Arkansas. While he was in high school, he held jobs at The Coker-Hampton Drug Store, the Coca-Cola Bottling Plant, and as a newspaper carrier....
Elizabeth "Betty" Bell
Nov 28, 2014
Elizabeth "Betty" Ruth Boles Bell, of Denton, passed away Friday, November 28th at her residence with her family at her side. She was born February 12, 1933 in Tulia, TX to J. Hoytt Boles and Irma Ruth Walker Boles. She was a graduate of Denton High School and a member of the St. Andrew Presbyterian Church. She married William "Bill"...
Edward Whiting Mather, Jr.
Nov 27, 2014
Edward Whiting Mather, Jr. passed away Thanksgiving evening, November 27, 2014 in Denton, Texas at the age of eighty-nine. Ed was born in Winston Salem, North Carolina and moved with his family to Knoxville, Tennessee when he was very young. There he attended school and participated in varsity athletics. At the age of seventeen, he enlisted and served as a...
Norma Mae Hunt
Nov 26, 2014
Norma Mae Hunt, 84 of Krum, Texas passed away on Wednesday, November 26, 2014 in Sanger, Texas. Norma was born in Davenport, Oklahoma on February 27, 1930 to Roy Lee and Opal Mae Curtis Brown. Mrs. Hunt graduated Stroud High School in Stroud, Oklahoma and married C.L. (Bud) Hunt in Stroud, Oklahoma in 1949 and was employed with Denton ISD....
Elsa Faye Sims Davis
Nov 26, 2014
Elsa Faye Sims Davis, 86, of Denton passed away Wednesday, November 26, 2014 in Denton. She was born June 9, 1928 in Cash, AR to Elijah Miller and Vella Mae Foster Blansett. She married Kenith Douglas Sims on November 30, 1946 in the Shoe Department of the local department store in Lepanto, AR. He preceded her in death. She later...
William Patrick Beaton
Nov 25, 2014
William Patrick Beaton, 82, of Denton, TX passed away Tuesday, November 25, 2014. He was born September 16, 1932 in Boston, MA to Albert and Annie MacEachen Beaton, the fifth of six children. Bill, as he was called, attended Boston Latin High School, served in the Merchant Marines and the U.S. Marine Corps as 1st Lieutenant during the Korean War....
