Obituaries
Arthur D'Angelo
Mar 26, 2017
Arturo Edward D’Angelo, 66 , of Grand Prairie, Texas, died on March 26, 2017, following a battle with cancer. Graveside Service 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 28, 2017 at Emerald Hills Memorial Park. Arthur, or Art, as he was known, was born in Sharon, Pennsylvania on March 30, 1950, the son of Frank and Mary (Rossi) D’Angelo. He graduated from Hubbard, Ohio High...
Frederick Winters
Mar 26, 2017
Frederick Wiley Winters, 63, passed away Sunday, March 26, 2017. Funeral Service 11 a.m. Saturday, April 1, 2017 at First Baptist Church located at 309 Kenney St., Kennedale, Tx 76060. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Friday at Emerald Hills Funeral Home. Fred was a loving son, brother, father, uncle, and grandfather. He dedicated his time volunteering for his church, youth camps, Keep Kennedale...
Bennie Fox
Mar 25, 2017
Bennie Mae Fox, 93, of Arlington passed away on Saturday, March 25, 2017. Funeral Mass: 1 p.m. Wednesday at St. Jude Catholic Church in Mansfield. Interment: 4 p.m. Wednesday at Calvary Cemetery in Denison. Memorials: In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the Fort Worth Humane Society or the American Heart Association. Bennie was a farm...
Arthur Blackwood
Mar 17, 2017
Arthur Lee Blackwood, 85, of Mansfield passed away Friday, March 17, 2017. Funeral Service: 1 p.m. Monday at Emerald Hills Funeral Home. Interment at Emerald Hills Memorial Park. Visitation 6-8 p.m. tonight at Emerald Hills Funeral Home. Arthur was a loving husband, father, grandfather, and great grandfather who always had a great sense of humor. He was hardworking and dedicated to his...
Karen Zenteno-Olalde
Mar 11, 2017
Karen Zenteno-Olalde, 57, of Fort Worth departed this life to be with her Lord in Heaven on Saturday, March 11, 2017. Graveside Service: 10 a.m. Tuesday at Emerald Hills Memorial Park. Visitation: 6 pm to 8 pm Monday at Emerald Hills Funeral Home. Karen had an inner strength and faith in the Lord that served as an inspiration to everyone. She was...
Jo Ann Sikes
Mar 10, 2017
Jo Ann Sikes, 81, of Arlington passed away Friday, March 10, 2017. Graveside Service: 10:15 a.m. Wednesday at DFW National Cemetery (Lane B). Visitation: 6 pm to 8 pm Tuesday at Emerald Hills Funeral Home. She was preceded in death by her husband, Joe Sikes and brother, Steve Kocian. Survivors: Daughter, Cindy Connor and husband, Michael; son, Joe Sikes II and...
Christopher Tibbs
Mar 9, 2017
Christopher Ray Tibbs, 51, of Hurst passed away Thursday, March 9, 2017. Funeral Service: 1 p.m. Wednesday, March 15, 2017 at Emerald Hills Funeral Home. Interment at Emerald Hills Memorial Park. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Tuesday at Emerald Hills Funeral Home. Memorials: In lieu of flowers, contributions in Christopher's memory to the American Heart Association. He was preceded in death by...
Johnny Dalton
Mar 5, 2017
Johnny Mack Dalton, was united with his heavenly family on Sunday, March 5, 2017 at the age of 72 while at home surrounded by his wife, children and grandchildren. Services: As per Johnny’s wishes, his cremated remains will be interred atop his mothers burial site at Clifton Memorial Park in Clifton, Texas. The graveside service will be held on Saturday, April 1,...

Joan Thibideau
Mar 5, 2017
Joan Shirley Thibideau, 78, passed away Sunday, March 5, 2017. Memorial Service 2p.m. Friday at Grace Presbyterian Church. Joan was a very talented artist. She loved to paint many things, and she also enjoyed sewing. She was an animal lover and loved all her pets. She was a shopper, and her husband always referred to her many shopping trips as...
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...
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...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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...
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Arthur D'Angelo
Mar 26, 2017
Arturo Edward D’Angelo, 66 , of Grand Prairie, Texas, died on March 26, 2017, following a battle with cancer. Graveside Service 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 28, 2017 at Emerald Hills Memorial Park. Arthur, or Art, as he was known, was born in Sharon, Pennsylvania on March 30, 1950, the son of Frank and Mary (Rossi) D’Angelo. He graduated from Hubbard, Ohio High...
Frederick Winters
Mar 26, 2017
Frederick Wiley Winters, 63, passed away Sunday, March 26, 2017. Funeral Service 11 a.m. Saturday, April 1, 2017 at First Baptist Church located at 309 Kenney St., Kennedale, Tx 76060. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Friday at Emerald Hills Funeral Home. Fred was a loving son, brother, father, uncle, and grandfather. He dedicated his time volunteering for his church, youth camps, Keep Kennedale...
Bennie Fox
Mar 25, 2017
Bennie Mae Fox, 93, of Arlington passed away on Saturday, March 25, 2017. Funeral Mass: 1 p.m. Wednesday at St. Jude Catholic Church in Mansfield. Interment: 4 p.m. Wednesday at Calvary Cemetery in Denison. Memorials: In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the Fort Worth Humane Society or the American Heart Association. Bennie was a farm...
Arthur Blackwood
Mar 17, 2017
Arthur Lee Blackwood, 85, of Mansfield passed away Friday, March 17, 2017. Funeral Service: 1 p.m. Monday at Emerald Hills Funeral Home. Interment at Emerald Hills Memorial Park. Visitation 6-8 p.m. tonight at Emerald Hills Funeral Home. Arthur was a loving husband, father, grandfather, and great grandfather who always had a great sense of humor. He was hardworking and dedicated to his...
Karen Zenteno-Olalde
Mar 11, 2017
Karen Zenteno-Olalde, 57, of Fort Worth departed this life to be with her Lord in Heaven on Saturday, March 11, 2017. Graveside Service: 10 a.m. Tuesday at Emerald Hills Memorial Park. Visitation: 6 pm to 8 pm Monday at Emerald Hills Funeral Home. Karen had an inner strength and faith in the Lord that served as an inspiration to everyone. She was...
Jo Ann Sikes
Mar 10, 2017
Jo Ann Sikes, 81, of Arlington passed away Friday, March 10, 2017. Graveside Service: 10:15 a.m. Wednesday at DFW National Cemetery (Lane B). Visitation: 6 pm to 8 pm Tuesday at Emerald Hills Funeral Home. She was preceded in death by her husband, Joe Sikes and brother, Steve Kocian. Survivors: Daughter, Cindy Connor and husband, Michael; son, Joe Sikes II and...
Christopher Tibbs
Mar 9, 2017
Christopher Ray Tibbs, 51, of Hurst passed away Thursday, March 9, 2017. Funeral Service: 1 p.m. Wednesday, March 15, 2017 at Emerald Hills Funeral Home. Interment at Emerald Hills Memorial Park. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Tuesday at Emerald Hills Funeral Home. Memorials: In lieu of flowers, contributions in Christopher's memory to the American Heart Association. He was preceded in death by...
Johnny Dalton
Mar 5, 2017
Johnny Mack Dalton, was united with his heavenly family on Sunday, March 5, 2017 at the age of 72 while at home surrounded by his wife, children and grandchildren. Services: As per Johnny’s wishes, his cremated remains will be interred atop his mothers burial site at Clifton Memorial Park in Clifton, Texas. The graveside service will be held on Saturday, April 1,...

Joan Thibideau
Mar 5, 2017
Joan Shirley Thibideau, 78, passed away Sunday, March 5, 2017. Memorial Service 2p.m. Friday at Grace Presbyterian Church. Joan was a very talented artist. She loved to paint many things, and she also enjoyed sewing. She was an animal lover and loved all her pets. She was a shopper, and her husband always referred to her many shopping trips as...
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...
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...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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...
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