Obituaries

Apr 12, 2021

Gretchen Clift Sammons was born in Waxahachie, Tx on December 24,1927 to Oliver and Nelle Clift.   She attended Waxahachie schools graduating from Waxahachie High School in 1945. She attended Texas Tech in Lubbock where she graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Human Sciences.

On November 6, 1949, Gretchen married Jim Sammons and they...

Apr 8, 2021

Patrick George Kennedy of Waxahachie, TX died on April 8, 2021 after a long battle with cancer.  He was born on March 16, 1949 in Howell, Michigan. Pat lived in Lansing, MI for 30 years and graduated from Everett High (1967) He was passionate about sports and traveling with his family. Pat started his career in Lansing and entered...

Apr 8, 2021

Jeff Dunaway McGregor of Waxahachie, Texas passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, April 8, 2021.   He was born in Dallas on August 12, 1937 to parents Lorenzo Dow and Frances Dunaway McGregor. Jeff graduated from Waxahachie High School and Stephen F. Austin State University with a degree in business and agriculture.  He retired from the Department of Housing and Urban...

Apr 4, 2021

Billie Jeane Burns Styles, 91, of Waxahachie, TX, passed away on Easter Sunday, April 4, 2021.  She was born in New Willard, TX, on July 13, 1929.  She graduated Lufkin High School in 1946 and then moved to Dallas, TX with one of her aunts to start a life in the big city.  It was there she met and...

Apr 3, 2021

Tracy Spear, age 42 of Red Oak, was taken to be with the Lord on April 3, 2021, by heart failure. She was born in Dallas, Texas to the late Phillip Wray Reynolds and Claudia Jean DeWees Reynolds, who survives her. Tracy was raised in Maypearl, TX and shortly after graduating high school, married the love of her life,...

Apr 3, 2021

Ronald Thedford of Waxahachie, Texas born October 28, 1945 passed away April 3, 2021 at 6:34pm. He went to be with Jesus as his wife and children sang his favorite worship songs to him. Ronnie graduated from Maypearl High School.

Married on Sept 25, 1965 to Regina Owens Thedford at the home of Dorothy and Garner Owens....

Mar 27, 2021

Mary Elizabeth “Beth” Freeman Holliday

January 8, 1943, Waco Texas - March 27, 2021, Waxahachie, TX

Funeral services will be held by Livestream through Wayne Boze Funeral Home in Waxahachie Texas  on April 10, 2021 at 10:00 am Central Time.

Beth was born on January 8, 1943,...

Mar 26, 2021

Amando Jaramillo, 81 of Forreston, Texas, was called to be with our Lord, March 26, 2021 at Baylor Scott and White Hospital of Waxahachie, Texas.

Amando is preceded in death by his parents Hortencia and Manuel Jaramillo Sr. and his daughter San Juanita, and three brothers- Heriberto, Manuel and Oscar Jaramillo. He is survived by...

Mar 26, 2021

Haley Kristyne Trevino of Waxahachie, passed away on Friday March 26, 2021.

Haley was born on July 11 1996, to Abel and Misty Trevino in Waxahachie. After graduating from Palmer High School in 2014, She went on to study at The University of Oklahoma. In 2020 Haley and her mother opened the downtown children’s boutique “Harvest Moon”....

Mar 24, 2021

Dolores Ann Ball Travis, age 84, passed away peacefully on March 24. 2021 in her home in Irving, Texas.

She was born to Hobson Ball and Opal Curry Ball on December 1, 1936 in Forreston, Texas. She spent most of her life in Ellis County, Sterrett, Forreston, and Waxahachie. She met the love of her life, Alfred Murray...

Mar 24, 2021

On Wednesday, March 24, 2021, Jessica Roanna Preston, loving wife and mother of two young children, passed away just two days shy of her 34th birthday.

Jessica was born on March 26, 1987 in Irving, Texas to David and Rhonda Robison. She was a member of Oak View Baptist Church’s youth group and was a 2005 graduate...

Mar 24, 2021

Retired realtor, school teacher, dairy farmer and Trailways bus driver, Arthur Francis Haffey departed our world on March 24, 2021 at the age of 73, after an almost 5 year battle with glioblastoma brain cancer.

Arthur "Art or Buck" was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on July 1, 1947 to Arthur Joseph Haffey and Anna Mae Kromme Haffey....

Mar 23, 2021

James “Jim” Harris was born February 24, 1936 in Chicago, IL to Kern and Helen Harris.  The family moved to Kentucky, then to Texas, and spent most of their life in the Dallas area. He and his High School sweetheart, Dorris, were married 64 years.

Jim was a Tool and Die maker, and was Co-owner...

Mar 20, 2021

Ackley C. Browning, Jr.

10/5/1949 - 3/20/2021

Ackley has advanced ahead of us

to be with our Lord and Savior.

He has left behind his younger brothers, children,

grandchildren, many cousins and many friends.

He was born and raised in Waxahachie and

graduated from Waxahachie...

Mar 17, 2021

Larry Wayne Burton, 61, of Waxahachie, Texas passed away suddenly on March 17, 2021, surrounded by his family while on their first family vacation in Orlando, Florida.

Larry was born to parents Bucky and Jerie Burton, on July 6, 1959, in Dallas, Texas. Larry was a self-taught mechanical and chemical engineer who specialized in designing oil refineries....

Mar 17, 2021

Debra Jean Brown was born February 8, 1955 in Maysville, KY and passed away March 17, 2021 in Dallas, TX.

She is preceded in death by her parents, Douglas and Mary Beiland; her son, Christopher Hankins; her daughter, Michele Carter; her grandson, Scott Rucker; and her son-in-law, Darrell Carter.

She is survived by her husband,...

Mar 13, 2021

Van Beverly Giles, 84, passed away at home on Saturday, March 13, 2021 after a courageous battle with cancer.  Van was born in Dallas, TX on January 15, 1937.  She is preceded in death by her husband Clyde Giles, parents Charles and Cinderella Bretel, sister Charlsie Lewis, and grandson Charles Hicks, Jr.  She is survived by her daughter Jerrie...

Mar 10, 2021

Louise Pewitt, age 98, gained her heavenly wings on Wednesday, March 10, 2021.  She was born Louise Elizabeth Koch on October 23, 1922 in Brownwood, Texas.  She married Raymond Odis Pewitt on October 26, 1942 in Oakland, California.

She and Raymond lived all over Texas, moving for Raymond’s job with Texas Power and Light.  Louise always said...

Mar 10, 2021

Jimmy Keith McCurdy was born on August 7, 1953 just outside of Waco Texas. On March 10, 2021 he was called home to be with his Lord and Savior while working in Alabama. He and his wife, Judy resided in Waxahachie for the past 30 years of the 40 years together.

At the age of 16 he...

Mar 9, 2021

Enrique Young Astran, 80, passed away Tuesday, March 9, 2021 at a hospital in Arlington, Texas. Enrique was born January 25, 1941 to Domingo and Delores Young Astran in New Braunfels, Texas. He was preceded in death by his wife, Lydia Gonzales. Enrique served in the United States Army, Company A 307th Engineer Battalion, Camp Randall Dominican Republic. In...