Obituaries

Jan 17, 2018

Traci Calderon Feister past away at 10 PM on Wednesday, January 17, 2018 after suffering a brain aneurysm in the early morning of December 28, 2017. Traci was 48 yrs old and a resident of Kennedale, TX., since she was 5 yrs old. Traci graduated from Kennedale High School in 1988 and attended Tarrant County Junior College. She is survived by her...

Jan 16, 2018

Clifford R. Mathis, 69 of Rendon, passed away January 16, 2018. Cliff was born May 14, 1949 to Archie and Lennie Mathis. He served in Vietnam with the US. Army and received a purple heart and was honorably discharged in 1970. He went to work as a plumber, and owned his own company until he retired in 1999. He...

Jan 15, 2018

Johnnie Ruth Duke Guillory McDearmont was born January 7, 1935 in Long Leaf, LA to John Aleck Duke and Mary Ruth (Lawson) Duke. She went to be with her Lord and Savior on Monday, January 15, 2018.  Johnnie raised three beautiful children with her then husband, L.J. Guillory Jr.  Later in life, she fell in love and married a...

Jan 13, 2018

Kenneth LaDell Walcott was born October 10, 1922 in Valley Mills, TX to Phillip Carney Walcott and Cora Nellie (Burns) Walcott. He passed away on Saturday, January 13, 2018.  Kenneth married Dorothy Earlene Sellers on June 8, 1947.  He was retired as a self-employed excavator and proudly served in the United States Army serving in the Battle of the...

Jan 11, 2018

Buck Earl Spelce was born February 17, 1931 in Lakeview, TX to Bert Earl Spelce and Bessie Ozella (Bell) Spelce. He went to be with his Lord and Savior on Thursday, January 11, 2018.  Buck was married to Ima Nell (Grissom) Spelce for sixty eight years.  He was a member of New York Avenue Church of Christ in Arlington,...

Jan 3, 2018

Betty Jo Wickersham was born June 28, 1939 in San Antonio, TX to Delbert Carl Bruce and Ruby Lou (Luckenbach) Bruce. She went to be with her Lord and Savior on Wednesday, January 3, 2018.  Betty was a retired teacher from the Kennedale School District, where she taught for over 20 years.  During this time, she touched the lives...

Dec 27, 2017

Benjamin Ruiz Villegas was born October 28, 1940 in Mexico to Casimiro Ruiz and Esther Ruiz Villegas. He passed away Wednesday, December 27, 2017. Benjamin worked making ice cream.

Funeral service for Mr. Ruiz Villegas will be held Friday, December 29, 2017 at 1:00P.M. at Emerald Hills Funeral Home and interment will follow at Emerald Hills Memorial...

Dec 21, 2017

Lee Ann Pruitt was born February 5, 1953 in Tucson, Arizona to Harold D and Mary E Norman. She passed away on Thursday, December 21, 2017. Lee Ann was a wonderful woman and loving daughter, wife, mother, grandmother and friend.  She so enjoyed working at the Hallmark store in Dallas.  Lee Ann had a love for birds and she...

Dec 13, 2017

Doris Ellen Ley was born  on January 19, 1930 to parents Howard Kring and Mary Belle Jones Kring Davis.

She graduated from Etna Green High School in 1948 and married Don Yeiter after graduation from high school.

Doris had three children: Randal Dean Yeiter, Sheryl Lynette Yeiter, and Rex Allen Yeiter.  Doris worked at C.T.S....

Dec 12, 2017

Willie Frances Hill was born on January 12,1928 in Athens Tx to Albert Lee Stone and Bessie B Boyd in their home out in the country. She is the youngest of 5 children. She had 2 sisters, Della Gotthardt of Portland Or and Verna B. Ballard of Fort Worth Tx. She had 2 brothers , Herman Stone of Cleburne...

Dec 11, 2017

Judith Anne Carter, age 76, passed away Monday, December 11, 2017 in Arlington, Texas surrounded by her family.  Ms. Carter was born November 25, 1941 in Detroit, Michigan to Joseph A Gietl and Kathleen Gietl. She married John Smith Carter on June 22, 1963.  Judith was originally from Detroit, Michigan.  She worked as a registered nurse for over forty...

Dec 9, 2017

Thomas Dale Bevel was born March 17, 1953 in Pampa, TX to Loran Clifford Bevel and Martha Rose (Armstrong) Bevel. He passed away on Saturday, December 9, 2017. Thomas loved gardening, was a member of North Texas Daylily Society and Fort Worth Iris Society, collecting stamps, and antiquing.  He was also a member and deacon for Arlington Seventh Day...

Dec 8, 2017

Mitch was born in Marietta, Georgia to parents Robert Gordon Smith, Sr. and Mildred Fuller Smith, who were both originally from the Buckhead area of Atlanta, Georgia.  Mitch is survived by an older brother, Robert “Bobby” Gordon Smith, Jr., a younger sister, Kimberly “Kim” Smith Spears, twin sons:  Ross Allen Romilly-Smith and Taylor Brandon Romilly-Smith, and a daughter, Lauren...

Dec 6, 2017

Vance Douglas Benthall, age 83, passed away at his home in Forest Hill, Texas on December 6, 2017.  He was born January 16, 1934 to JW Benthall and Ruth Juanita (McCormick) Benthall.  Vance was married to Odessa Reeve Benthall for 63 years.

Vance was a generous and hardworking man.  He was a retired truck driver and lived...

Nov 29, 2017

Reta Ann Brooks was born December 15, 1945 in Walters, OK to Thomas Wayne Peacock and Mary Jean (Epp) Peacock. She passed away Wednesday, November 29, 2017 at John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth, Texas. Ms. Brooks worked as a receptionist and a nurse in the healthcare field.  There are no formal services scheduled at this time.

Nov 27, 2017

Undrae Deshun Lofton was born August 12, 1969 in Dallas, TX to Jesse Sledge and Margaret Anne Lofton Sledge. He passed away peacefully on Monday, November 27, 2017. Undrae was a truck driver for Pat Salmon Company out of Fort Worth and Dallas.  He was a project manager for Lofton Electronics for seven years installing security systems and was...

Nov 25, 2017

Samantha Michelle Usher was born July 19, 1999 in Cleburne, TX to Jerry Usher and Rhonda (Seay) Usher. She passed away with child on Saturday, November 25, 2017. Funeral Service will be held Friday, December 1, 2017 at Emerald Hills Funeral Home with interment to follow at Emerald Hills Memorial Park.  Visitation will be Thursday, November 30, 2017 from...

Nov 19, 2017

Milbonn Waldo “Mel” Foerster went to be with our Lord & Savior on Sunday, Nov. 19, 2017, surrounded by loving family in Burleson, Texas at the age of 95.

Milbonn W. Foerster was born in Fayette County, Texas on Feb. 27, 1922.  During his early years, he lived on the Lockett family farm where they grew cotton,...

Nov 18, 2017

Edna Marie Garza was born December 20, 1948 in Weslaco, TX to Encarnacion Balderas and Lorenza Deleon Balderas. She passed away on Saturday, November 18, 2017. Rosary will be held Tuesday, November 21, 2017 at 5:00PM at Emerald Hills Funeral Home.  Visitation will be held Tuesday, November 21, 2017 from 6:00-8:00PM at Emerald Hills Funeral Home in Kennedale.

Nov 16, 2017

Lottie M. Bradshaw was born in Fort Worth, TX to Harvey W. King and Ollie B. Kelly. She grew up doing one of the most difficult times in American but, she made the best of it. One day her brother introduced her to a friend of his named Odell Bradshaw and from that a loving relationship developed that would last...