Genia Elouise Denton
Jan 6, 2024
Genia Elouise (Sansom) Denton was born December 26, 1926 in Sweetwater, Texas. She is preceded in death by her father, James Word Sansom, her mother, Genia Jones Sansom, and her brother, James Word Sansom, Jr. Elouise died peacefully at home January 6, 2024.
Elouise attended the University of Texas at Austin, graduating with a Bachelor’s Degree in...
Robert Lee Morgan, Jr.
Jan 4, 2024
Robert Lee Morgan Jr, 63, passed away at Mansfield Methodist Hospital on Thursday, January 4, 2024 at 7:16 am. He was scheduled for valve replacement and a triple bypass the next morning, unfortunately his heart couldn’t hold on.
Robert was a devoted father and husband, a family man in every sense. He married Christina Goodman on February 16,...
Richard W. Cantrell
Jan 4, 2024
Richard W. Cantrell, of Red Oak, TX, passed away peacefully, with his son and daughter-in-law by his side, on January 4, 2024 after an unexpected illness.
Richard was born on August 12, 1940 to Mertaugh and Ida Evelyn Cantrell, of Trenton, Tennessee. Richard was the eldest child of four brothers and two sisters.
Richard graduated from Peabody High School in...
Beverly Ann Duckett
Jan 3, 2024
Beverly Ann (Miller) Duckett was born August 15, 1956, and passed away at age 67 on January 3, 2024, in Waxahachie, Texas surrounded by her family.
Beverly attended Waxahachie Schools and did clerical work for most of her working years. In her early years she loved going out dancing and spending time with her family. Throughout her...
Sandra Sue Brown
Dec 31, 2023
Sandra was a loving wife for 63 years. Devoted housewife, mother, sister, grandmother and great-grandmother. She went to Dallas Baptist College for 2 years, and was also a youth director, sang in the church choir and worked from home for a while. She was kind, gentle and would help anyone that needed help. She loved her family with all...
Willie Johnston
Dec 29, 2023
Willie Johnston, of Waxahachie, passed away December 29, 2023, at the age of 93. She was born to Wade David and Celie Nora (Key) Coulson on October 18, 1930. She grew up with her three brothers and two sisters working on the family farm together hoeing and picking cotton. Graduated from Waxahachie High School (class of 1949) and the...
Gloria Jean Tyl
Dec 26, 2023
Gloria Jean Kyle-Tyl entered the gates of Heaven on December 26, 2023. Born to Fonzo and Geraldine Kyle June 8, 1948. She was born and raised in Madison, Wisconsin but fell in love with the state of Texas where she then, Married her husband and raised her children. She was a woman of great faith, loved God, and was...
Brandon Louis Wolfe
Dec 21, 2023
Brandon Louis Wolfe aged 36 passed away peacefully on December 21st, 2023, at home surrounded by family and friends. He was born to Brete and Peggy Wolfe on June 29th, 1987, in Dallas Texas. He was an avid Chicago Cubs fan and enjoyed assisting the Maypearl coaches with the little league baseball teams. He was so proud of all...
Barbara Tamayo Barron Tijerina
Dec 21, 2023
Barbara, a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, passed away on December 21, 2023. Barbara was born on December 4, 1937, in Talco, Texas to Locadio and Lucianna Tamayo. She was preceded in death by her parents and several family members. She is survived by her husband Reynaldo Tijerina and daughter Christine Salinas and husband Felix, daughter Belinda Pruett...
Randy Melton
Dec 18, 2023
Randy Melton was born in Livingston, TN on December 8, 1965 to JR Melton and Wilma Jeweldean Daniels. Randy grew up with his siblings Sherry, Sheila and Rick also in Livingston, TN until he moved to Dallas, TX to attend Criswell Bible College. Randy majored in counseling and biblical studies and graduated in 1993.
Randy married Janie Hernandez in...
Cynthia Gail Wachtendorf
Dec 18, 2023
It is with broken hearts, and we are saddened to announce the death of Cynthia Gail Wachtendorf. She died Monday morning 12/18/23 at the age of 68 after a courageous battle with cancer at her home in Red Oak. She attended Cedar Hill schools and completed her GED in 1973.
Gail is survived by her sisters June Moon (1961)...
Freda Frances Blackford
Dec 17, 2023
Freda Dunn Blackford passed away at her ranch home near Waxahachie, Texas at the age of 96. She was born to Nelson L. Dunn M.D. and Freda Knight Dunn on May 6, 1927, in Fort Worth, Texas. Freda graduated from Paschal High School, attended Stephens College for two years, and graduated from Southwestern University. She married Kenneth C....
Burton Allen Bullock Jr.
Dec 16, 2023
Burton Allen Bullock Jr., also known as B, peacefully departed the world on December 16, 2023, at the age of 70 in Waxahachie, Texas.
B was born on October 29, 1953, in Portsmouth, Virginia, to his loving parents, Burton Allen Bullock Sr. and Bobbie Joe Bullock.
B was a man of unwavering strength, genuine kindness, and a...
Joshua Paxton Mills
Dec 15, 2023
Joshua Paxton Mills sadly passed away unexpectedly on December 15 2023, at the age of 43.
Joshua was born on October 16, 1980, to parents Karen Jan Bayless, and Harry Paxton Mills in Euclid, Ohio.
Josh, as he was lovingly known, was a very musical, comical and gregarious man that filled a room with his presence when he...
Nina Fairchild Alfaro
Dec 15, 2023
Nina May Alfaro (Fairchild), age 77, of San Angelo, Texas, passed away on Friday, December 15, 2023 at Shannon Medical Center in San Angelo.
Nina Alfaro was born on May 29, 1946, in Fortier Twp, near Canby, Minnesota to parents Mark and Annie (Christensen) Fairchild. She was raised on the Canby farm with her brothers and sisters...
Don Hayes
Dec 13, 2023
Don Harmon Hayes, of Waxahachie passed away at home on Wednesday December 13, 2023. Don succumbed to heart failure and other medical problems after being placed on hospice. His family was at his side daily throughout his illness.
Don was born to the late Elmer and Lottie Hayes in Midlothian, on June 6, 1934. Don married Ruby June Stroope...
Lee Olen Sechrist
Dec 8, 2023
Lee Olen Sechrist
Born to John Albert Sechrist and Minnie Belle McKnight Sechrist on December 22, 1939, in Stephenville (Erath County), Texas, and passed away on December 8, 2023, at the age of 83.
The funeral service will be Wednesday December 13th, 2pm, at Wayne Boze Funeral Home and interment will be at Waxahachie City Cemetery in Waxahachie, Texas.
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Paul F. Conant
Nov 25, 2023
Rev. Paul Francis Conant passed away at Baylor Scott & White Medical Center in Waxahachie, Texas, and was promoted to Heaven on Saturday, November 25, 2023. He was born on October 3, 1934, in Fairfield County, Lancaster, Ohio, to David Edward Conant and Mabel Viola Hook Conant. He was preceded in death by his beloved wife of 63 years,...
James Fuller Chandler Jr.
Nov 22, 2023
James (Jim) Fuller Chandler Jr. was born on September 14, 1938, at his Grandfather Staley’s home on a farm near Winters, Texas. He died Wednesday November 22, 2023, at the age of 85.
At the age of 8, he and his sister Linda were accepted into the Hendrick Home for Children in Abilene, TX, where he lived for the...
Jeffery Glenn Taylor
Nov 22, 2023
Jeffery (Jeff) Glenn Taylor was born January 7, 1956 in Waxahachie, TX and passed away peacefully at the age of 67 in the comfort of his wife’s presence on November 22, 2023.
Jeff graduated Waxahachie High School in 1974, where he also lived the majority of his life. He had a love for his family, friends, all things sports...
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Genia Elouise Denton
Jan 6, 2024
Genia Elouise (Sansom) Denton was born December 26, 1926 in Sweetwater, Texas. She is preceded in death by her father, James Word Sansom, her mother, Genia Jones Sansom, and her brother, James Word Sansom, Jr. Elouise died peacefully at home January 6, 2024.
Elouise attended the University of Texas at Austin, graduating with a Bachelor’s Degree in...
Robert Lee Morgan, Jr.
Jan 4, 2024
Robert Lee Morgan Jr, 63, passed away at Mansfield Methodist Hospital on Thursday, January 4, 2024 at 7:16 am. He was scheduled for valve replacement and a triple bypass the next morning, unfortunately his heart couldn’t hold on.
Robert was a devoted father and husband, a family man in every sense. He married Christina Goodman on February 16,...
Richard W. Cantrell
Jan 4, 2024
Richard W. Cantrell, of Red Oak, TX, passed away peacefully, with his son and daughter-in-law by his side, on January 4, 2024 after an unexpected illness.
Richard was born on August 12, 1940 to Mertaugh and Ida Evelyn Cantrell, of Trenton, Tennessee. Richard was the eldest child of four brothers and two sisters.
Richard graduated from Peabody High School in...
Beverly Ann Duckett
Jan 3, 2024
Beverly Ann (Miller) Duckett was born August 15, 1956, and passed away at age 67 on January 3, 2024, in Waxahachie, Texas surrounded by her family.
Beverly attended Waxahachie Schools and did clerical work for most of her working years. In her early years she loved going out dancing and spending time with her family. Throughout her...
Sandra Sue Brown
Dec 31, 2023
Sandra was a loving wife for 63 years. Devoted housewife, mother, sister, grandmother and great-grandmother. She went to Dallas Baptist College for 2 years, and was also a youth director, sang in the church choir and worked from home for a while. She was kind, gentle and would help anyone that needed help. She loved her family with all...
Willie Johnston
Dec 29, 2023
Willie Johnston, of Waxahachie, passed away December 29, 2023, at the age of 93. She was born to Wade David and Celie Nora (Key) Coulson on October 18, 1930. She grew up with her three brothers and two sisters working on the family farm together hoeing and picking cotton. Graduated from Waxahachie High School (class of 1949) and the...
Gloria Jean Tyl
Dec 26, 2023
Gloria Jean Kyle-Tyl entered the gates of Heaven on December 26, 2023. Born to Fonzo and Geraldine Kyle June 8, 1948. She was born and raised in Madison, Wisconsin but fell in love with the state of Texas where she then, Married her husband and raised her children. She was a woman of great faith, loved God, and was...
Brandon Louis Wolfe
Dec 21, 2023
Brandon Louis Wolfe aged 36 passed away peacefully on December 21st, 2023, at home surrounded by family and friends. He was born to Brete and Peggy Wolfe on June 29th, 1987, in Dallas Texas. He was an avid Chicago Cubs fan and enjoyed assisting the Maypearl coaches with the little league baseball teams. He was so proud of all...
Barbara Tamayo Barron Tijerina
Dec 21, 2023
Barbara, a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, passed away on December 21, 2023. Barbara was born on December 4, 1937, in Talco, Texas to Locadio and Lucianna Tamayo. She was preceded in death by her parents and several family members. She is survived by her husband Reynaldo Tijerina and daughter Christine Salinas and husband Felix, daughter Belinda Pruett...
Randy Melton
Dec 18, 2023
Randy Melton was born in Livingston, TN on December 8, 1965 to JR Melton and Wilma Jeweldean Daniels. Randy grew up with his siblings Sherry, Sheila and Rick also in Livingston, TN until he moved to Dallas, TX to attend Criswell Bible College. Randy majored in counseling and biblical studies and graduated in 1993.
Randy married Janie Hernandez in...
Cynthia Gail Wachtendorf
Dec 18, 2023
It is with broken hearts, and we are saddened to announce the death of Cynthia Gail Wachtendorf. She died Monday morning 12/18/23 at the age of 68 after a courageous battle with cancer at her home in Red Oak. She attended Cedar Hill schools and completed her GED in 1973.
Gail is survived by her sisters June Moon (1961)...
Freda Frances Blackford
Dec 17, 2023
Freda Dunn Blackford passed away at her ranch home near Waxahachie, Texas at the age of 96. She was born to Nelson L. Dunn M.D. and Freda Knight Dunn on May 6, 1927, in Fort Worth, Texas. Freda graduated from Paschal High School, attended Stephens College for two years, and graduated from Southwestern University. She married Kenneth C....
Burton Allen Bullock Jr.
Dec 16, 2023
Burton Allen Bullock Jr., also known as B, peacefully departed the world on December 16, 2023, at the age of 70 in Waxahachie, Texas.
B was born on October 29, 1953, in Portsmouth, Virginia, to his loving parents, Burton Allen Bullock Sr. and Bobbie Joe Bullock.
B was a man of unwavering strength, genuine kindness, and a...
Joshua Paxton Mills
Dec 15, 2023
Joshua Paxton Mills sadly passed away unexpectedly on December 15 2023, at the age of 43.
Joshua was born on October 16, 1980, to parents Karen Jan Bayless, and Harry Paxton Mills in Euclid, Ohio.
Josh, as he was lovingly known, was a very musical, comical and gregarious man that filled a room with his presence when he...
Nina Fairchild Alfaro
Dec 15, 2023
Nina May Alfaro (Fairchild), age 77, of San Angelo, Texas, passed away on Friday, December 15, 2023 at Shannon Medical Center in San Angelo.
Nina Alfaro was born on May 29, 1946, in Fortier Twp, near Canby, Minnesota to parents Mark and Annie (Christensen) Fairchild. She was raised on the Canby farm with her brothers and sisters...
Don Hayes
Dec 13, 2023
Don Harmon Hayes, of Waxahachie passed away at home on Wednesday December 13, 2023. Don succumbed to heart failure and other medical problems after being placed on hospice. His family was at his side daily throughout his illness.
Don was born to the late Elmer and Lottie Hayes in Midlothian, on June 6, 1934. Don married Ruby June Stroope...
Lee Olen Sechrist
Dec 8, 2023
Lee Olen Sechrist
Born to John Albert Sechrist and Minnie Belle McKnight Sechrist on December 22, 1939, in Stephenville (Erath County), Texas, and passed away on December 8, 2023, at the age of 83.
The funeral service will be Wednesday December 13th, 2pm, at Wayne Boze Funeral Home and interment will be at Waxahachie City Cemetery in Waxahachie, Texas.
...
Paul F. Conant
Nov 25, 2023
Rev. Paul Francis Conant passed away at Baylor Scott & White Medical Center in Waxahachie, Texas, and was promoted to Heaven on Saturday, November 25, 2023. He was born on October 3, 1934, in Fairfield County, Lancaster, Ohio, to David Edward Conant and Mabel Viola Hook Conant. He was preceded in death by his beloved wife of 63 years,...
James Fuller Chandler Jr.
Nov 22, 2023
James (Jim) Fuller Chandler Jr. was born on September 14, 1938, at his Grandfather Staley’s home on a farm near Winters, Texas. He died Wednesday November 22, 2023, at the age of 85.
At the age of 8, he and his sister Linda were accepted into the Hendrick Home for Children in Abilene, TX, where he lived for the...
Jeffery Glenn Taylor
Nov 22, 2023
Jeffery (Jeff) Glenn Taylor was born January 7, 1956 in Waxahachie, TX and passed away peacefully at the age of 67 in the comfort of his wife’s presence on November 22, 2023.
Jeff graduated Waxahachie High School in 1974, where he also lived the majority of his life. He had a love for his family, friends, all things sports...
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