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Terry Joe Hedrick
Jan 8, 2022
Terry Joe Hedrick, 70, passed away on January 8, 2022 in Dallas, TX. He was born in Terrell on March 9, 1951 to Merrill and Mattie Hermoline (LaRue) Hedrick.
Terry Joe’s father was superintendent at the Kaufman County Poor Farm and he spent part of his youth growing up there. In later years, Terry Joe would be instrumental in providing...
Emory Elmer Heard
Jan 6, 2022
Emory Elmer Heard, age 89 made the peaceful transition to heaven on January 06, 2022 at home surrounded by his loving family. He was born on December 29, 1932 to Emory Ester and Lena Erwin Heard on the family cotton and dairy farm in Crisp, Texas. He married Faye Griffin on December 17, 1954 at her family home on the...
Jeffery "Bo" Holden Gray
Jan 5, 2022
Jeffery Holden Gray, 58, passed away on January 5, 2022. “Bo”, as everybody knew him, was born on August 2, 1963 to Edward Lee Gray and Mary Alice Houchins in Dallas, TX. Bo went to school in Dallas County as a child. He enjoyed being outdoors and fishing. He was a craftsman and a woodworker. He owned several resale shops...
Ruth Ann Averitt Griffin
Jan 4, 2022
RUTH ANN AVERITT GRIFFIN’s “Celebration Of Life” Memorial Service is at First Presbyterian Church in Midland, TX on July 13TH at 4:00PM with a reception to follow.
After a short battle with cancer, Ruth Ann Averitt Griffin, 81 years old of Midland, TX went home to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Tuesday, January 4, 2022, in...
Norma Jean Bodine
Jan 4, 2022
Norma Jean Lane Bodine, 85, of Kaufman, TX passed away on January 4, 2022, in Kemp, TX. Norma was born on November 19, 1936, to William Robert and Minnie Mae Lane in Kaufman County (Jiba), TX. Norma married James Melvin Bodine on November 3, 1953, and they have spent a loving 68 years together before his passing in December. She took care...
Guillermo Escobedo
Jan 4, 2022
Guillermo passed peacefully from his earthly life on the morning of January 4th after a battle with lung cancer. He was surrounded and supported by his loving family and caregivers during his last days of his life. Guillermo was born on June 25, 1956 in Tejamen Durango , Mexico but has lived his life as a proudful Texan since 1973....
Landun Wayne Charles
Dec 31, 2021
Landun Wayne Charles, 31, of Crandall, TX passed away on December 31, 2021. Landun was born on November 23, 1990 to Mike and Lynda Gayle Charles in Dallas, TX. He was raised and went to school in Scurry, and graduated in 2009. Landun previously worked for College Station Fire Department as a firefighter/paramedic, College Station Medical Center as a paramedic,...
Anthony (Tony) Cecil Mitchell
Dec 27, 2021
Anthony (Tony) Cecil Mitchell was born in San Diego, CA in 1973, and was adopted by Helen R. and Billy J Mitchell. Tony passed away at the age of 48. Tony had Downs Syndrome but it never got in his way. Tony was a social Butterfly, he loved everyone and everybody he met loved him. Tony graduated Kaufman HS in...
Jimmie Fields McGee
Dec 24, 2021
Jimmie Fields McGee, 92, of Kaufman, TX passed away peacefully on December 24 in Forney, TX. Jimmie was born on August 28, 1929 to Loise Mitchell and Emmie Lois McGee in McMahan, TX. From an early age, Jimmie worked in construction with his father and the family moved several times to accommodate that work. He met his wife Margie in...
Edna White
Dec 18, 2021
Edna White, 93, passed away on December 18, 2021. She was born in Fate, TX on March 11, 1928 to Richard Claude and Martha Etta Watts. She lived in the Pleasant Grove area and moved around for years. Edna was known for being a Firecracker and Blunt; she was a very independent woman. Edna loved music and also loved Elvis...
Roby Marie Johnson
Dec 15, 2021
Roby Marie Lester Johnson, 94, was born July 24, 1927 in Wills Point, TX, the daughter of Sam and Lida Coleman Lester. Roby passed away on December 15, 2021 in Dallas, TX. She attended her grade school years at Cedar Grove and graduated from Wills Point High School in 1944. Roby worked many jobs over the years, Eubanks Hardware and...
James Ryan Bearbow
Dec 14, 2021
James Ryan Bearbow passed away on December 14, 2021 at the young age of 40. He was born on November 18, 1981 in Lawton, Oklahoma to his parents James F. Bearbow and Lorraine Garza Peek. He is preceded in death by his paternal grandparents Paul and Rita Gaddy and his maternal grandparents Rodolfo Garza and Maria Garza von Trotha. He...
James Melvin Bodine
Dec 13, 2021
James Melvin Bodine, 88, of Kaufman, TX passed away on December 13, 2021, in Kemp, TX. James was born on May 25, 1933, to Herbert and Essie Bell Bodine in Shelbyville, TX. He moved to the Kaufman area in 1947. He joined the US Navy in 1951 until he was honorably discharged in 1955. James married Norma Jean Bodine on November 3, 1953,...
Gerald Timothy Howell
Dec 12, 2021
Gerald Timothy Howell, 53, of Canton, TX passed away on December 12, 2021 at his home. Tim was born on April 15, 1968, to Gerald and Lynn Howell in Kaufman, TX. Raised in Kaufman, he worked side by side with his best friend, his father, for over 25 years, running the roads, buyin' and sellin' trucks or whatever piece of...
Horace (Hoss) Olen Mayfield, Jr.
Dec 11, 2021
Horace (Hoss) Olen Mayfield, Jr., 64, of Kaufman, TX passed away peacefully on December 11, 2021, while surrounded by a loving family. Hoss was born on March 9, 1957, to Horace, Sr. and Altha Lee Mayfield. He was raised in Kaufman Texas and graduated from Kaufman high school in 1976. After graduation, Hoss worked in several professions, to include working...
William Howard Newcomb
Dec 10, 2021
William Howard Newcomb, 99 of Kaufman, TX passed away peacefully on December 10, 2021. Bill was born on June 18, 1922, in Guymon, Oklahoma to Gus and Grace Newcomb. He was the third of six children (Charles, Marcella, William, Gene, Beth and LaNell). He grew up on the family's ranch in the Panhandle of Texas. He was a veteran of...
Harold "Hanky" Allen Handke
Dec 7, 2021
Harold Allen "Hanky" Handke was born in Tuttle, Oklahoma on October 7, 1946 and entered his eternal rest on December 7, 2021 in Kaufman, Texas.
He was welcomed to his heavenly home by his parents Frank and Ortha Handke, sister Teresa Handke, late wife Paula Handke, along with his grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, in-laws and many friends that he deemed...
Dolores Elaine Black
Nov 29, 2021
Dolores Elaine Hodges Black, 79, of Kaufman, TX passed away in Plano Texas Health on November 29, 2021 after a battle with cancer. Dolores, known as D by her loved ones, was born in Paris on October 20, 1942. D was preceded in death by her parents Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hodges, children: Barby, Greg and Laura Black; 2 brothers...
Vivian Lee Moore
Nov 28, 2021
Vivian Lee Moore, 71, of Kaufman, TX passed away in her home on Sunday, November 28, 2021. Vivian was born on October 24, 1950 in Kansas City, KS to Jerald J. and Ella Mae Kieffaber. Vivian married Terry Ray Moore in Santa Ana, CA on June 18, 1968 and just celebrated 53 years of marriage. Vivian was a genuine, beautiful,...
Mary Alice Henson
Nov 26, 2021
Mary Alice Henson, 86, of Kaufman, Tx passed away in Kaufman on November 26, 2021. Mary was born on September 15, 1935 in Benton, Louisiana to Archie and Jessie Lorene (Wilkins) Crawford. She married William Earl Henson July 3, 1954. Mary was a devout Christian and always kept her faith. She was a Godly woman that loved all of her...
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