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....
Carol Ann Puddy Keathly
Nov 25, 2014
Carol Ann Puddy Keathly, 75, of Krum Texas passed away on Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2014 at approximately 10:25 pm at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Denton, TX. A memorial service will be held at the DeBerry Funeral Home in Denton, TX on Wednesday, Dec 3 at 4:00 pm. A graveside service and burial will follow on Friday, Dec 5 at...
Perman Albert Smith
Nov 24, 2014
Perman Albert Smith, 87, of Krugerville passed away Monday, November 24, 2014 in Pilot Point. He was born August 11, 1927 in Aubrey to Ernest A. and Bertha Mae Byrom Smith. He served in the U.S. Navy during WW II. He married Geneva Hampton on September 25, 1948 in Waxahachie, Texas. He served as a Deacon for 20 years at...
Mary Janet "Jan" Mcgee
Nov 23, 2014
Mary Janet "Jan" McGee, 83, passed away peacefully at the family home in the morning hours of Sunday, November 23, 2014 after suffering bravely with multiple chronic illnesses for the last several years. Jan was born Mary Janet Sheehan in Buffalo, New York on April 14, 1931, the youngest of two children, to William Francis and Cecilia Kennedy Sheehan. She...
Charldean Newell
Nov 22, 2014
Charldean Newell, 75, Regents Professor Emerita of Public Administration at UNT, passed away unexpectedly Saturday, November 22, 2014, at Presbyterian Hospital in Denton surrounded by long-time friends. The only child of Charles T. Newell and Mildred Dean Looney Newell (hence her name), Charldean was born October 14, 1939 in Fort Worth where she was raised. After graduating from Carter Riverside...
Percy Perry Woodard, Jr.
Nov 20, 2014
Percy Perry Woodard, Jr., 81, of Denton, passed away Thursday, November 20, 2014, in Denton. He was born on March 28, 1933, in Marshall, Texas to Percy Perry Woodard, Sr. and Corinne Pattillo Woodard. He served as a Marine Infantryman during the Korean War and went on to earn his commission as a Marine Artillery officer. He was a graduate...
George Taylor Boyd
Nov 18, 2014
George Taylor Boyd, age 77 of Denton, Texas, passed away at his home on November 18, 2014, after a courageous and hard-fought battle with cancer. A memorial service will be held on Sunday, November 23, 2014 at 4:30pm at DeBerry Funeral Directors, 2025 W. University Drive in Denton, TX, with Rev. Ed Gatlin of New Life First Baptist Church of...
