Betty Smith
Nov 30, 2020
Betty Gail Smith, born 4-30-1926, 94 years old. Passed away on November 30, 2020 peacefully at home with family.
Born in Muleshoe,Texas. Lived a long, happy and fruitful life. Married Dewey L. Smith Jr shortly after WW II ended.
Betty had a lifelong career in bookkeeping and accounting. Her last business being Elgin B. Robertson,...
Patricia Gosa
Nov 28, 2020
Patricia Louise Gosa was peacefully summoned to the presence of her Lord and Savior on November 28, 2020 after a long battle with ovarian cancer, with her family by her side At the age of 76 she has been reunited with her husband and loving family.
She was born to...
Matthew Law
Nov 28, 2020
Matthew Lloyd Law was born in Dallas TX. Matthew was a devoted Christian, husband, father, son, brother, and friend.
Matthew grew up in and around Ellis County. He graduated from Ovilla Christian School in 2004 where he excelled in track and cross country. Matthew’s love of music also started at an early age. With a natural grace...
William Spivey
Nov 25, 2020
William Spivey 63, of Waxahachie, TX gained his angel wings in the early morning of November 25th, 2020.
William was born in Nuremberg, Germany on December 14th, 1956 to Rosemarie Hofmann. At the age of 5, his mother married his adopted father Jerry Spivey and they resided together in Duncan, Ok. where he grew up,...
David Davis
Nov 23, 2020
David was born in Dallas, Texas on November 28th, 1962 and raised with his siblings by two loving parents John and Patricia. David attended South Grand Prairie High School in Grand Prairie, Texas and thereafter held many management roles in the restaurant and health service industry. David worked for Metrocare Services for twenty-five years where he...
Patsy Birmingham
Nov 21, 2020
Patsy Ruth Steed Birmingham was born May 30, 1946 to Ocie and Cyra Steed in Alba, Texas. She was the youngest child and only daughter with three older brothers, Ray, A.W. and J.W. Steed.
Patsy spent her adolescent years in Alba, Texas where she graduated from Alba High School in 1964. In...
Grady Lloyd
Nov 20, 2020
Grady Chandler Lloyd passed away November 20, 2020. Grady was born October 29, 1950 in Dallas. He was preceded in death by his parents, Dorothy and Chandler Lloyd and his wife Frances Lloyd. Grady had a kind heart, loving spirit and loved a good joke. He will be missed by his loved ones and friends.
Shirley Crowell
Nov 18, 2020
Shirley Crowell, 90 of Waxahachie, Texas passed away Wednesday, November 18, 2020 following a long struggle with dementia. She was born December 25, 1929 in Fort Worth, Texas to Victor and Dorothy Cox. The family soon moved to Oak Cliff where she graduated from WH Adamson High School in 1947. Shirley went to work at Southwestern Bell Telephone in...
Jan Burleson
Nov 17, 2020
Beverly Jan Freeman Burleson, age 70, passed away on November 17, 2020, after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease. She was born October 3, 1950 in Waxahachie, Texas to Jeanne (Scott) and Joe C Freeman.
Jan’s passion for life included many physical activities like tennis, teaching aerobic dancing, and horseback riding. She wasn’t afraid...
Dennis Fuller
Nov 12, 2020
Dennis A. Fuller, age 65 of Dallas, Texas died on Thursday, November 12, 2020. He was born February 22, 1955. Dennis grew up in Waxahachie, Texas and was a 1977 graduate of Baylor University and a 1980 graduate of Baylor University School of Law. Dennis began his career representing the State of Texas as a Dallas County Assistant District...
Helen West
Nov 10, 2020
Helen Diane West, age 76, passed away November 10, 2020 at her home in Waxahachie, Texas.
Diane was born March 3, 1944 in Dallas, Texas. Survived by husband Jerry Doyle West of Waxahachie, Texas; daughter Debbie Renee West of Arlington, Texas; son John William West, daughter-in-law Angie West, granddaughter Caroline Elizabeth West, grandson Jonathan...
Eugenia (Granny) Rodriguez
Nov 9, 2020
Eugenia Luna ”Granny” Rodriguez
Eugenia was born November 15,1929 to the late Lucio and Andrea Luna in Forreston, Texas. She attended Forreston public school but spent a lot of time working in the cotton fields with the rest of her family. She worked as a seamstress, in an ice cream factory, a straw factory, and in a clothing...
Nelda Deleshaw
Nov 7, 2020
Nelda Jean Deleshaw, 81, graduated peacefully from her home in Waxahachie
to her heavenly home, to be with her Lord and Savior on November 7, 2020.
She was born in a log cabin outside Longdale, Oklahoma on March 16, 1939.
She loved her family, friends and churches, Refiners Fire and
...
Charlotte Mellos
Nov 5, 2020
Charlotte Sue Fleeman Mellos
March 13, 1948 ~ November 5, 2020
Sue has gone on the journey we each must take alone. She suffers no more and at long last is holding her son Donald Jean who went before her. Also, before her is Brother Chester Ray Sonny Fleeman Jr., Mother...
Don Tapp
Nov 3, 2020
Don “Donnie” Tapp age 71, passed away in Medical City Hospital Ft. Worth, Texas on November 3, 2020. Donnie was born on April 1, 1949 to Paul and Gwen Tapp of Waxahachie, Texas. He graduated Waxahachie High School and entered the dairy business as route sales and delivery. He worked his way up to become an...
David South
Nov 3, 2020
David Barney South, 1939-2020
We are sad to announce the passing of David Barney South Sr. — husband, father, entrepreneur, and inventor. David was married to the late Judy Lynne South (née Bates), and they raised nine children together. He co-invented the Monolithic Dome with his brothers, and they built a new construction industry.
...
Lorne Mcmillan
Nov 3, 2020
Lorne McMillan was born July 20, 1930 to George Robert and Ethel Pearl Gill McMillan in Kellwood, Manitoba Canada. As the fifth child out of six, Lorne spent his formative years developing a strong work ethic the old-fashioned way - on the family farm.
Mr. McMillan...
Lula Edwards
Nov 2, 2020
Lula Cook Edwards was born on December 1, 1938 near Maypearl Texas to Oscar W. and Inetha Tosh Cook. Mrs. Edwards was a Baptist and attended The Avenue Church. She was a medical transcriptionist for thirty years in Abilene, Dallas, and Waxahachie Texas. She was also an amateur genealogist for more than forty years.
Mrs. Edwards was...
James Clark
Oct 31, 2020
James David Clark of Holly Lake Ranch passed away Saturday, October 31st, 2020. He was born April 28th, 1952 in Waxahachie, Texas. He was loved by many and will be greatly missed after losing his short but hard fought battle with cancer.
David was employed by Tyler Refrigeration in Waxahachie before moving to Ennis, Texas to work...
Oma Shaw
Oct 31, 2020
On January 19, 1970, I went crazy and let Virginia Sampley (Grier) talk me into buying a hamburger place on College Street. This hole in the wall was the busiest place in Waxahachie, with people waiting in long lines outside for a 20 cent hamburger and 5 cent drink. The first year, during the fall, the Optimist Club...
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Betty Smith
Nov 30, 2020
Betty Gail Smith, born 4-30-1926, 94 years old. Passed away on November 30, 2020 peacefully at home with family.
Born in Muleshoe,Texas. Lived a long, happy and fruitful life. Married Dewey L. Smith Jr shortly after WW II ended.
Betty had a lifelong career in bookkeeping and accounting. Her last business being Elgin B. Robertson,...
Patricia Gosa
Nov 28, 2020
Patricia Louise Gosa was peacefully summoned to the presence of her Lord and Savior on November 28, 2020 after a long battle with ovarian cancer, with her family by her side At the age of 76 she has been reunited with her husband and loving family.
She was born to...
Matthew Law
Nov 28, 2020
Matthew Lloyd Law was born in Dallas TX. Matthew was a devoted Christian, husband, father, son, brother, and friend.
Matthew grew up in and around Ellis County. He graduated from Ovilla Christian School in 2004 where he excelled in track and cross country. Matthew’s love of music also started at an early age. With a natural grace...
William Spivey
Nov 25, 2020
William Spivey 63, of Waxahachie, TX gained his angel wings in the early morning of November 25th, 2020.
William was born in Nuremberg, Germany on December 14th, 1956 to Rosemarie Hofmann. At the age of 5, his mother married his adopted father Jerry Spivey and they resided together in Duncan, Ok. where he grew up,...
David Davis
Nov 23, 2020
David was born in Dallas, Texas on November 28th, 1962 and raised with his siblings by two loving parents John and Patricia. David attended South Grand Prairie High School in Grand Prairie, Texas and thereafter held many management roles in the restaurant and health service industry. David worked for Metrocare Services for twenty-five years where he...
Patsy Birmingham
Nov 21, 2020
Patsy Ruth Steed Birmingham was born May 30, 1946 to Ocie and Cyra Steed in Alba, Texas. She was the youngest child and only daughter with three older brothers, Ray, A.W. and J.W. Steed.
Patsy spent her adolescent years in Alba, Texas where she graduated from Alba High School in 1964. In...
Grady Lloyd
Nov 20, 2020
Grady Chandler Lloyd passed away November 20, 2020. Grady was born October 29, 1950 in Dallas. He was preceded in death by his parents, Dorothy and Chandler Lloyd and his wife Frances Lloyd. Grady had a kind heart, loving spirit and loved a good joke. He will be missed by his loved ones and friends.
Shirley Crowell
Nov 18, 2020
Shirley Crowell, 90 of Waxahachie, Texas passed away Wednesday, November 18, 2020 following a long struggle with dementia. She was born December 25, 1929 in Fort Worth, Texas to Victor and Dorothy Cox. The family soon moved to Oak Cliff where she graduated from WH Adamson High School in 1947. Shirley went to work at Southwestern Bell Telephone in...
Jan Burleson
Nov 17, 2020
Beverly Jan Freeman Burleson, age 70, passed away on November 17, 2020, after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease. She was born October 3, 1950 in Waxahachie, Texas to Jeanne (Scott) and Joe C Freeman.
Jan’s passion for life included many physical activities like tennis, teaching aerobic dancing, and horseback riding. She wasn’t afraid...
Dennis Fuller
Nov 12, 2020
Dennis A. Fuller, age 65 of Dallas, Texas died on Thursday, November 12, 2020. He was born February 22, 1955. Dennis grew up in Waxahachie, Texas and was a 1977 graduate of Baylor University and a 1980 graduate of Baylor University School of Law. Dennis began his career representing the State of Texas as a Dallas County Assistant District...
Helen West
Nov 10, 2020
Helen Diane West, age 76, passed away November 10, 2020 at her home in Waxahachie, Texas.
Diane was born March 3, 1944 in Dallas, Texas. Survived by husband Jerry Doyle West of Waxahachie, Texas; daughter Debbie Renee West of Arlington, Texas; son John William West, daughter-in-law Angie West, granddaughter Caroline Elizabeth West, grandson Jonathan...
Eugenia (Granny) Rodriguez
Nov 9, 2020
Eugenia Luna ”Granny” Rodriguez
Eugenia was born November 15,1929 to the late Lucio and Andrea Luna in Forreston, Texas. She attended Forreston public school but spent a lot of time working in the cotton fields with the rest of her family. She worked as a seamstress, in an ice cream factory, a straw factory, and in a clothing...
Nelda Deleshaw
Nov 7, 2020
Nelda Jean Deleshaw, 81, graduated peacefully from her home in Waxahachie
to her heavenly home, to be with her Lord and Savior on November 7, 2020.
She was born in a log cabin outside Longdale, Oklahoma on March 16, 1939.
She loved her family, friends and churches, Refiners Fire and
...
Charlotte Mellos
Nov 5, 2020
Charlotte Sue Fleeman Mellos
March 13, 1948 ~ November 5, 2020
Sue has gone on the journey we each must take alone. She suffers no more and at long last is holding her son Donald Jean who went before her. Also, before her is Brother Chester Ray Sonny Fleeman Jr., Mother...
Don Tapp
Nov 3, 2020
Don “Donnie” Tapp age 71, passed away in Medical City Hospital Ft. Worth, Texas on November 3, 2020. Donnie was born on April 1, 1949 to Paul and Gwen Tapp of Waxahachie, Texas. He graduated Waxahachie High School and entered the dairy business as route sales and delivery. He worked his way up to become an...
David South
Nov 3, 2020
David Barney South, 1939-2020
We are sad to announce the passing of David Barney South Sr. — husband, father, entrepreneur, and inventor. David was married to the late Judy Lynne South (née Bates), and they raised nine children together. He co-invented the Monolithic Dome with his brothers, and they built a new construction industry.
...
Lorne Mcmillan
Nov 3, 2020
Lorne McMillan was born July 20, 1930 to George Robert and Ethel Pearl Gill McMillan in Kellwood, Manitoba Canada. As the fifth child out of six, Lorne spent his formative years developing a strong work ethic the old-fashioned way - on the family farm.
Mr. McMillan...
Lula Edwards
Nov 2, 2020
Lula Cook Edwards was born on December 1, 1938 near Maypearl Texas to Oscar W. and Inetha Tosh Cook. Mrs. Edwards was a Baptist and attended The Avenue Church. She was a medical transcriptionist for thirty years in Abilene, Dallas, and Waxahachie Texas. She was also an amateur genealogist for more than forty years.
Mrs. Edwards was...
James Clark
Oct 31, 2020
James David Clark of Holly Lake Ranch passed away Saturday, October 31st, 2020. He was born April 28th, 1952 in Waxahachie, Texas. He was loved by many and will be greatly missed after losing his short but hard fought battle with cancer.
David was employed by Tyler Refrigeration in Waxahachie before moving to Ennis, Texas to work...
Oma Shaw
Oct 31, 2020
On January 19, 1970, I went crazy and let Virginia Sampley (Grier) talk me into buying a hamburger place on College Street. This hole in the wall was the busiest place in Waxahachie, with people waiting in long lines outside for a 20 cent hamburger and 5 cent drink. The first year, during the fall, the Optimist Club...
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