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Robert Arthur
Nov 19, 2013
Robert Arthur 11-11-1954 to 11-19-2013 Robert Began life in San Diego, CA. He was born to Mary Rigley Arthur and Lewis Lee Arthur. He grew up Surfing at the beaches in San Diego and LA. His mother and step father brought him to Texas as a teen. He made a surfboard while here in "shop," but had to put surfing...
Dean David (Dd) Brittian
Nov 18, 2013
Dean David (DD) Brittian passed away in Denton on November 18, 2013. DD was born in Ponder, Texas on February 23, 1932 to Dean and Kattie Lane Brittian. He graduated from Ponder High School in 1951 in a class of six girls with him being the only boy. He graduated from North Texas State College in 1959. He was an...
Opal Inez Mcdaniel Merchant
Nov 17, 2013
Opal Inez McDaniel Merchant, 88 of Lubbock passed away on November 17, 2013 in Lubbock. Inez was born on July 31, 1925 to Carl and Mary Scoggin in Cooke County. She married John Merchant on March 3, 2006 in Haskell, TX. She was married to James J. McDaniel from 1946 until his death in 2005. She worked for over 30...
Joe W. Sherrill
Nov 17, 2013
Joe W. Sherrill lost his battle with complications due to pneumonia on Sunday, November 17, 2013. He was just short by two months of reaching his 86th birthday and 68 years of marriage to his wife, Mary La Jean Davis Sherrill. He owned Denton Marble and Tile Co. with his son Joe Davis Sherrill. Joe is survived by his wife,...
Joe W. Sherrill
Nov 17, 2013
A memorial service for Joe W. Sherrill will be held on Monday, December 2, 2013 at 1:00 pm in Cole Chapel at the First United Methodist Church in Denton.
Joe Weldon Waggoner
Nov 16, 2013
Joe Weldon Waggoner, 71 of Denton died at his home on November 16, 2013. He was born on February 22, 1942 in Green Valley, Texas to Weldon and Susie Waggoner. He married Ann Smith in Denton, Texas on December 23, 1960. Mr. Waggoner attended Denton High School in Denton, Texas and was a Project Manager for Fischback and Moore International...
Richard Burton Hale
Nov 15, 2013
Richard Burton Hale 77 of Sanger passed away Friday afternoon, November 15th, 2013 at his residence. He was born September 24, 1936 in Dayton, TN to Alec and Laura Swafford Hale. He graduated from Rhea County High School. He married Sandra Lee Douglas here in Denton. He was retired from the Ranger Boat Company in Flippin, Ark. He was a...
Val Harold Smith
Nov 14, 2013
After a 5 month illness, Val Harold Smith passed peacefully from this life on November 14, 2013 to be with our Lord and Savior. Val was born on February 19, 1942 in Denton, TX. His life long love for weather and music began when he was a young child growing up in Pilot Point, TX. During his lifetime there, he...
Hazel Marie Milliron Holden
Nov 14, 2013
Hazel Marie Milliron Holden, 80 of Denton, passed away on Thursday, November 14, 2013. She was born on April 9, 1933 in Colorado Springs, Colorado to Floyd John Milliron and Hazel Mirth Franklin Milliron. She married Francis Leo Holden in Raton, New Mexico on September 11, 1951. Visitation will be held on Friday, November 15, 2013 from 5-7 pm at...
Mary Katherine Grissom Gray
Nov 12, 2013
Mary Katherine Grissom Gray, 88 of Denton, passed away on Tuesday, November 12, 2013. She was born on September 9, 1925 in Denton to George Henry "Splawn" Grissom and Bessie Briggs Grissom. She married Glenn Wayne Gray in Denton on October 31, 1944. Visitation will be held on Thursday, November 14, 2013 from 6-8 pm at DeBerry Funeral Directors. A...
Gene G. Cowles
Nov 12, 2013
Gene G. Cowles, another member of "The Greatest Generation", was welcomed into Heaven on November 12, 2013. He was born in Gosper County, Nebraska, during a blizzard on January 2, 1923, to S.C. and Ada J. Cowles. He led an honorable life for 90 years and served as a pilot in 3 wars: WWII, Korea & Vietnam, flying C130's &...
Margie Faye Thomas
Nov 11, 2013
Margie Faye Thomas, 91, passed away on November 11, 2013 in Corinth, Texas. She was born in Byers, Texas on July 21, 1922 to Betty Zane Davis and Joseph Aaron Warren. On October 15, 1939 she married James Dean Thomas in Fort Worth, Texas where they raised four children. In 1963 they moved to Midwest City, Oklahoma where Margie lived...
Jackie Dewey Potter
Nov 10, 2013
Jackie Dewey Potter, 74 of Decatur, passed away on Sunday, November 10, 2013. He was born on February 12, 1939 in Wise County, Texas to H.M. "Doog" Potter and Nellie Pitts Potter. He married Patricia Berry in Marietta, OK on November 29, 1957 and served in the Army National Guard. Visitation will be held from 10:30 to 11:30 with the...
Johnie Leon Howell
Nov 7, 2013
Johnie Leon Howell, 93, of Cleburne, passed away on Thursday, November 7, 2013. He was born on June 19, 1920, in Parker County, Texas, to Joseph Luther Howell and Cynthia Elizabeth Hill Howell. He married Hazel Pearl Howell in Fort Worth on October 5, 1955. Mr. Howell was a driver for Marigold Milk at retirement. Leon is survived by his...
Ann Eskew Murphy
Nov 6, 2013
Barbara Ann Eskew Murphy was born June 8, 1933 to Robert Pryor and Sybil McJunkin Eskew in Greenville South Carolina. Ann attended the Greenville public schools throughout her education and graduated from Greenville High School. She then attended Furman University in Greenville. On June 20, 1952 Ann married Raymond Murphy who was stationed at Donaldson Air Force Base, South Carolina....
Jeannie Callis
Nov 3, 2013
Jeannie Callis, 81 of Argyle, passed away on Sunday, November 3, 2013. She was born on August 27, 1932 in Avery, Texas to Era Ray Smith and Loreteen French Smith. She married Reverend Gail Dwain Callis on September 21, 1950. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, November 23, 2013 at 1:00 pm in the Chapel of DeBerry Funeral...
Carolyn Wood-Kelpe Kern Phd
Nov 2, 2013
Carolyn Wood Kelpe Kern PhD February 20, 1952 – November 2, 2013 Carolyn Wood Kelpe Kern left her home and family in Denton, Texas to be with Jesus on Saturday, November 2, 2013. She was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on February 20, 1952 to Robert Frederick and Doris Jean Wood Kelpe. She attended Northwest Elementary School in Dodge City,...
Fay Beatrice Reynolds
Nov 2, 2013
Fay Beatrice Reynolds, 97, of Denton passed away Saturday, November 2, 2013 in Denton. She was born July 8, 1916 in Corinth to Rupert T. and Lena Taylor Oliver. She married Truman Levi Reynolds on August 21, 1948 in Gainesville. She retired from Moore Business Forms and was a member of Gateway United Baptist Church. A graveside service will be...
Robert D Windle
Nov 1, 2013
Robert D. Windle, Jr. age 80 of Valley View, Texas died Friday, November 1, 2013 at Corinth Rehabilitation Suites. He was born in Sanger, Texas March 24, 1933 to Robert Dennis Windle, Sr. and Julia Faye (Brooks) Windle. Mr. Windle married Nina Faye Calvert December 15, 1956 in Ardmore, Oklahoma. He attended The University of North Texas and served in...
Hazel Pauline Housden
Oct 30, 2013
Hazel Pauline Housden was born January 7, 1923 in Aubrey Texas and went to her permanent home in heaven on October 30, 2013 in Sanger Texas. She was the daughter of William McKinley Housden and Lela Margaret Copeland Housden. Hazel was the second of 12 children and the first daughter. She has 4 children; Michael Eugene Bowling of Weatherford, Brenda...
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