Obituaries

April 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...

April 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,...

April 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....

March 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,...

March 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...

March 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”....

March 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....

March 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...

March 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...

March 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...

March 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...

March 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....

March 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,...

March 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...

March 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...

March 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...

March 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...

March 8, 2021

Richard Charles Harris of Waxahachie, Texas passed away on Monday, March 8, 2021 at the age of 89.  He died peacefully with his loving wife, Mary Anne, his son, Steve, and daughter, Nancy by his side.

Richard (known to all as R.C.) was born on October 25, 1932 in Athens, Texas.  As a young man he learned...

March 7, 2021

Jerry L. Allen, a long-time resident of Red Oak, passed away Sunday March 7,2021 in Red Oak.

Mr. Allen was born November 22, 1933 in Calhoun County, Arkansas to Eugene Allen and Ester

(Nallen) Allen. He was a union carpenter for 60 -plus years.

Mr. Allen, is preceded in death by...

March 4, 2021

Mary “Sue” Kelso Wright passed away peacefully on March 4, 2021 at her home in Mesquite, Texas with her son and caregiver Randy by her side after a long battle with cancer.  She was born on November 1, 1940 in Palmer, Texas.

She is preceded in death by her father, Albert Kelso and mother, Willie B. Brown...