Obituaries

Norma Walker

Norma Walker

Feb 25, 2017

Norma Walker passed from this earth on February 25, 2017 at the age of 87 in Arlington, TX.  Graveside services will be held in the Duncan Cemetery at 12 p.m., Thursday, March 2. Norma was born in Stonewall, Okla. on Oct. 5, 1929 to M.E and Minnie Barberousse.   She attended school in Hugo, Okla. where she met the love of her...

Essie Parker

Essie Parker

Feb 25, 2017

Essie Parker, 93, of Burleson passed away Saturday, February 25, 2017. Graveside service: 2 p.m. at Emerald Hills Memorial Park. Interment at Emerald Hills Memorial Park. Visitation 6-8 p.m. at Emerald Hills Funeral Home. Preceded in death by her husband, Thomas Lee Parker; her parents, Jess and Myrtle Molton; sons, Jerry Parker and Jimmy Parker. Survived by her daughter, Sandra...

Elmer Bratcher

Elmer Bratcher

Feb 22, 2017

Elmer Morris Bratcher, 87, was born December 6, 1929 to Albert and Mattie Bell Bratcher in Fort Worth Texas . He left this earthly home to enter his eternal heavenly home on February 22, 2017 while in a  Weatherford hospital. Elmer lived in Tate Springs near Arlington, Texas for a big part of his life. There he was a member of...

Vernon Wiggins

Vernon Wiggins

Feb 19, 2017

Vernon Albert Wiggins, 92, who retired from the Department of Highways and Public Transportation as an equipment operator in 1987 after 26 years of service, died peacefully in the early morning hours of Sunday, February 19, at Pecan Manor Nursing Facility of Kennedale. Funeral Service: 10 a.m. Friday, February 24, 2017 at Emerald Hills Funeral Home Chapel in Kennedale. Interment...

Maida Dillard

Maida Dillard

Feb 18, 2017

Maida June Walker Glass Dillard, 88, of Georgetown, Texas died peacefully in her sleep at 11:00 am, Saturday, February 18, 2017. In her last years, Maida was afflicted with dementia and drifted away from us far before we were ready to let go of her. She was a devoted mother and grandmother. She lived most of her life in the...

Pamela Stewart

Pamela Stewart

Feb 14, 2017

Pamela Ann “Wheeler” Stewart , “Pam” was born on December 6, 1943 in Ft. Worth, Texas to Virginia and E.L. Wheeler. Pam passed peacefully on February 14, 2017 surrounded by her loving family. She met the love of her life and married Harold Wade Stewart on December 1, 1962 in Fort Worth Texas. Harold and Pam founded The I.C.E. CO...

Linda Mentzel

Linda Mentzel

Feb 9, 2017

Linda was born on August 12, 1950 in Durant, Oklahoma.  She was the daughter of Dan and Sally Creamer.  She went home to be with the Lord in Heaven on February 9, 2017.  She is survived by her husband of 45 years, Kurt Mentzel; three children Jason, Angela, and Jereme, four grandchildren Tyler, Madison, Pierce, Derek; and her sister Nickie.  She is preceded in...

Tola Beckham

Tola Beckham

Feb 4, 2017

Faye Beckham went to her heavenly home with Jesus on February 4, 2017 in Fort Worth, TX. She was born November 21, 1918 and was the oldest of 5 children. They lived in Sherman, TX, then Frederick, OK where Faye worked in the county courthouse. Later she moved back to TX and worked at Bill McKay Chevrolet in downtown Fort...

Michael Ward

Michael Ward

Feb 1, 2017

Michael (known to many as Mike) Glenn Ward, 66, passed away Wednesday, February 1, 2017. Funeral Service: 2 p.m. Monday at Emerald Hills Funeral Home. Interment at Emerald Hills Memorial Park. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Sunday at Emerald Hills Funeral Home. Mike Ward was born January 13, 1951 in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee.  He was married to Delpha Sloan December 22, 1970, where they...

Peggy Harmon

Peggy Harmon

Jan 27, 2017

Peggy Jane Harmon, 60, of Fort Worth, passed away Friday, January 27, 2017. Funeral Service: 2 p.m. Wednesday at Emerald Hills Funeral Home.  Interment:  Emerald Hills Memorial Park.  Visitation: 6 pm to 8 pm Tuesday at Emerald Hills Funeral Home. Peggy was born October 6, 1956 in Fort Worth to Doyle and Jessie Harmon.  She grew up and lived her life on the East...

William Cromer Jr.

William Cromer Jr.

Jan 19, 2017

William B. Cromer, Jr. passed away peacefully on Thursday, January 19, 2017. Funeral Service: 12pm Friday at Emerald Hills Funeral Home Interment at Emerald Hills Memorial Park. Visitation 6:00 pm to 8:00 p.m.  Thursday at Emerald Hills Funeral Home.  The family invites all friends to join them for a light lunch after the service in the chapel. Bill was born on July...

Ginger Welch

Ginger Welch

Jan 15, 2017

FORT WORTH: Ginger Lee Welch, 39, passed away Sunday, Jan. 15, 2017. Funeral: 11 a.m. Sunday in Emerald Hills Funeral Home Chapel with a visitation an hour prior. Ginger Lee Welch was a very loving mother, daughter, sister, aunt and niece who was very well loved by her friends and family and will be dearly missed. She was loved much...

George Henderson

George Henderson

Jan 14, 2017

Arlington--George E. Henderson, 74, of Arlington passed away, Saturday, January 14, 2017. Memorial service: 1 p.m. Thursday at Pleasant Ridge Church of Christ in Arlington. Memorials: If you would like to donate in George’s memory, please do so to the Pleasant Ridge Church of Christ Hope Chest. George was born April 17, 1942 in Checotah, Okla., and grew up and...

Benjamin Bressert

Benjamin Bressert

Jan 10, 2017

ARLINGTON -- Benjamin Thomas Bressert, 25, passed away Tuesday, January 10, 2017. Funeral Service 2 p.m. Monday at St. Peter and St. Paul Anglican Church. Interment at Emerald Hills Funeral Home. Visitation 2-4 p.m. Sunday at Emerald Hills Funeral Home. Preceded in death by his grandmother, Grace E. Bressert. Survived by his mom and dad, Diann and Thomas Bressert; sisters,...

Bill Wesson

Bill Wesson

Jan 10, 2017

Bill E. Wesson, 60. of Arlington passed away on Tuesday, January 10, 2017. Memorial Service: 11 a.m. Monday at The Vine Fellowship Church in Arlington. Bill was born in Phoenix, AZ in 1956 and attended school there through the fourth grade before moving to Pawhuska, OK.  He graduated high school there in Pawhuska in 1974.  Bill then moved to Dallas to attend...

Carleen Young

Carleen Young

Jan 10, 2017

GRAND PRAIRIE -- Carleen Mae Young, 81, went to be with Jesus Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017. Funeral: 10 a.m. Saturday at Mayfield Road Baptist Church. Interment at Emerald Hills Memorial Park. Carleen was a loving wife, mother and grandmother. Preceded in death by her son, James Young Jr.; and sister, Nancy Graham. Survivors: Husband of 60 years, James Young; daughters,...

Norma Walker

Norma Walker

Feb 25, 2017

Norma Walker passed from this earth on February 25, 2017 at the age of 87 in Arlington, TX.  Graveside services will be held in the Duncan Cemetery at 12 p.m., Thursday, March 2. Norma was born in Stonewall, Okla. on Oct. 5, 1929 to M.E and Minnie Barberousse.   She attended school in Hugo, Okla. where she met the love of her...

Essie Parker

Essie Parker

Feb 25, 2017

Essie Parker, 93, of Burleson passed away Saturday, February 25, 2017. Graveside service: 2 p.m. at Emerald Hills Memorial Park. Interment at Emerald Hills Memorial Park. Visitation 6-8 p.m. at Emerald Hills Funeral Home. Preceded in death by her husband, Thomas Lee Parker; her parents, Jess and Myrtle Molton; sons, Jerry Parker and Jimmy Parker. Survived by her daughter, Sandra...

Elmer Bratcher

Elmer Bratcher

Feb 22, 2017

Elmer Morris Bratcher, 87, was born December 6, 1929 to Albert and Mattie Bell Bratcher in Fort Worth Texas . He left this earthly home to enter his eternal heavenly home on February 22, 2017 while in a  Weatherford hospital. Elmer lived in Tate Springs near Arlington, Texas for a big part of his life. There he was a member of...

Vernon Wiggins

Vernon Wiggins

Feb 19, 2017

Vernon Albert Wiggins, 92, who retired from the Department of Highways and Public Transportation as an equipment operator in 1987 after 26 years of service, died peacefully in the early morning hours of Sunday, February 19, at Pecan Manor Nursing Facility of Kennedale. Funeral Service: 10 a.m. Friday, February 24, 2017 at Emerald Hills Funeral Home Chapel in Kennedale. Interment...

Maida Dillard

Maida Dillard

Feb 18, 2017

Maida June Walker Glass Dillard, 88, of Georgetown, Texas died peacefully in her sleep at 11:00 am, Saturday, February 18, 2017. In her last years, Maida was afflicted with dementia and drifted away from us far before we were ready to let go of her. She was a devoted mother and grandmother. She lived most of her life in the...

Pamela Stewart

Pamela Stewart

Feb 14, 2017

Pamela Ann “Wheeler” Stewart , “Pam” was born on December 6, 1943 in Ft. Worth, Texas to Virginia and E.L. Wheeler. Pam passed peacefully on February 14, 2017 surrounded by her loving family. She met the love of her life and married Harold Wade Stewart on December 1, 1962 in Fort Worth Texas. Harold and Pam founded The I.C.E. CO...

Linda Mentzel

Linda Mentzel

Feb 9, 2017

Linda was born on August 12, 1950 in Durant, Oklahoma.  She was the daughter of Dan and Sally Creamer.  She went home to be with the Lord in Heaven on February 9, 2017.  She is survived by her husband of 45 years, Kurt Mentzel; three children Jason, Angela, and Jereme, four grandchildren Tyler, Madison, Pierce, Derek; and her sister Nickie.  She is preceded in...

Tola Beckham

Tola Beckham

Feb 4, 2017

Faye Beckham went to her heavenly home with Jesus on February 4, 2017 in Fort Worth, TX. She was born November 21, 1918 and was the oldest of 5 children. They lived in Sherman, TX, then Frederick, OK where Faye worked in the county courthouse. Later she moved back to TX and worked at Bill McKay Chevrolet in downtown Fort...

Michael Ward

Michael Ward

Feb 1, 2017

Michael (known to many as Mike) Glenn Ward, 66, passed away Wednesday, February 1, 2017. Funeral Service: 2 p.m. Monday at Emerald Hills Funeral Home. Interment at Emerald Hills Memorial Park. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Sunday at Emerald Hills Funeral Home. Mike Ward was born January 13, 1951 in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee.  He was married to Delpha Sloan December 22, 1970, where they...

Peggy Harmon

Peggy Harmon

Jan 27, 2017

Peggy Jane Harmon, 60, of Fort Worth, passed away Friday, January 27, 2017. Funeral Service: 2 p.m. Wednesday at Emerald Hills Funeral Home.  Interment:  Emerald Hills Memorial Park.  Visitation: 6 pm to 8 pm Tuesday at Emerald Hills Funeral Home. Peggy was born October 6, 1956 in Fort Worth to Doyle and Jessie Harmon.  She grew up and lived her life on the East...

William Cromer Jr.

William Cromer Jr.

Jan 19, 2017

William B. Cromer, Jr. passed away peacefully on Thursday, January 19, 2017. Funeral Service: 12pm Friday at Emerald Hills Funeral Home Interment at Emerald Hills Memorial Park. Visitation 6:00 pm to 8:00 p.m.  Thursday at Emerald Hills Funeral Home.  The family invites all friends to join them for a light lunch after the service in the chapel. Bill was born on July...

Ginger Welch

Ginger Welch

Jan 15, 2017

FORT WORTH: Ginger Lee Welch, 39, passed away Sunday, Jan. 15, 2017. Funeral: 11 a.m. Sunday in Emerald Hills Funeral Home Chapel with a visitation an hour prior. Ginger Lee Welch was a very loving mother, daughter, sister, aunt and niece who was very well loved by her friends and family and will be dearly missed. She was loved much...

George Henderson

George Henderson

Jan 14, 2017

Arlington--George E. Henderson, 74, of Arlington passed away, Saturday, January 14, 2017. Memorial service: 1 p.m. Thursday at Pleasant Ridge Church of Christ in Arlington. Memorials: If you would like to donate in George’s memory, please do so to the Pleasant Ridge Church of Christ Hope Chest. George was born April 17, 1942 in Checotah, Okla., and grew up and...

Benjamin Bressert

Benjamin Bressert

Jan 10, 2017

ARLINGTON -- Benjamin Thomas Bressert, 25, passed away Tuesday, January 10, 2017. Funeral Service 2 p.m. Monday at St. Peter and St. Paul Anglican Church. Interment at Emerald Hills Funeral Home. Visitation 2-4 p.m. Sunday at Emerald Hills Funeral Home. Preceded in death by his grandmother, Grace E. Bressert. Survived by his mom and dad, Diann and Thomas Bressert; sisters,...

Bill Wesson

Bill Wesson

Jan 10, 2017

Bill E. Wesson, 60. of Arlington passed away on Tuesday, January 10, 2017. Memorial Service: 11 a.m. Monday at The Vine Fellowship Church in Arlington. Bill was born in Phoenix, AZ in 1956 and attended school there through the fourth grade before moving to Pawhuska, OK.  He graduated high school there in Pawhuska in 1974.  Bill then moved to Dallas to attend...

Carleen Young

Carleen Young

Jan 10, 2017

GRAND PRAIRIE -- Carleen Mae Young, 81, went to be with Jesus Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017. Funeral: 10 a.m. Saturday at Mayfield Road Baptist Church. Interment at Emerald Hills Memorial Park. Carleen was a loving wife, mother and grandmother. Preceded in death by her son, James Young Jr.; and sister, Nancy Graham. Survivors: Husband of 60 years, James Young; daughters,...

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