Obituaries

Local obituaries for Cleburne, Texas


Dorothy Smith

Dorothy Smith

Nov 22, 2007

Services for Dorothy "Dot" Smith, 74, will be conducted at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, November 27, 2007 at Crosier-Pearson Cleburne Chapel. Mr. John Glover and Mr. Brad Cox will officiate. Burial will be in D/FW National Cemetery at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday. Mrs. Smith passed away on Thursday, November 22, 2007 in Fort Worth. She was born September 25, 1933, in Lookeba,...

Nellie Andreas

Nellie Andreas

Nov 21, 2007

On Wednesday, November 21, 2007, Our Heavenly Father opened His arms and called home our beloved Nellie "Honey Nell" Andreas. Services for Nellie "Honey Nell" Andreas, 70, of Sherman, will be conducted at 2:00 P.M. Sunday, November 25, 2007 at Crosier-Pearson Cleburne Chapel. Rev. George Townley will officiate. Burial will be in Midway Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Timothy Wigley, Keith...

J Thompson

J Thompson

Nov 17, 2007

J.W. Thompson passed away Saturday, November 17, 2007 in Cleburne. Mr. Thompson was born April 11, 1929 in Leon County, Texas to Willie Lee and Julia Mildred Gage Thompson. He married Lillie Anderson Morgan on January 21, 2005 in Cleburne. Mr. Thompson retired from the State of Texas with over 30 years of service in the Department of Transportation and...

Elaine Lanman

Elaine Lanman

Nov 17, 2007

Services for Elaine Lanman, 76, of Cleburne will be conducted at 10:00 A.M., Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2007 in the Crosier-Pearson Cleburne Chapel. The Reverend Robert Graham will officiate. Burial will be in the Bono Cemetery. Mrs. Lanman passed away Saturday, Nov. 17, 2007 in Cleburne. She was born Feb. 11, 1931 in Johnson County, to J.D. and Margaret Bell Decker...

Jeannette Smith

Jeannette Smith

Nov 17, 2007

The family wishes to announce the passing away of Jeannette Marie (Sadler) Smith, a loving sister, wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. Jeannette, also known as Jan, died Saturday, November 17, 2007, at Huguley Memorial Medical Center in Fort Worth, Texas. Jeannette was born in Independence, Missouri, on October 12, 1934, graduated from Cut Bank High School in May 1952. She...

Douglas Wilbanks

Douglas Wilbanks

Nov 17, 2007

Services for Douglas Wilbanks, 92, of Cleburne will be conducted at 1:00 P.M., Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2007 in the Crosier-Pearson Cleburne Chapel. Mr. Tony Wilbanks will officiate. Burial will be in the Rosehill Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Don Turner, Walter Harris, Dale Harris, Gene Joslin, Blaine Wilbanks and Charles Gillespie. Honorary pallbareres will be Carl Glenn, Billy Southerland, James Hackler...

James Harrison

James Harrison

Nov 15, 2007

Services for James E. Harrison, 69, of Cleburne, will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. Monday, November 18, 2007 in the Crosier-Pearson Cleburne Chapel. Pastor Mike Mizell will officiate. James E. Harrison passed away Thursday, November 15, 2007 in Fort Worth. He was born February 18, 1938 in Hondo, TX to Almer Augustus and Alyne Doris Haass Harrison. He married Rita...

Joy Yadon

Joy Yadon

Nov 13, 2007

Joy Yadon, 79, preceded in death by Norm, husband and constant companion. Joy is survived by her sons, Norman Martin Yadon and wife Dottie of Fenton, MO, Courtland Cromwell Yadon of Godley and Clayton Forrest Yadon of Whitney; daughter Debye Humphrey and husband Ed of Dallas; grandmother to Christopher, Michael, Clayton, Amanda, Dustin, Chad and two great-grandchildren. Norm and Joy...

Ira Walker

Ira Walker

Nov 12, 2007

Ira Hicks Walker was born in Alvarado on December 7, 1929, the sixth child of Ira J. Walker and Gladys Caldwell Walker. Gone to be with his passed loved ones and his Heavenly Father on November 12th 2007 in Cleburne, Texas. He served in the Screaming Eagles 82nd Airborne Division in the 40's. He made his home in Ft. Worth...

Mildred Morrow

Mildred Morrow

Nov 11, 2007

Services for Mildred Marie Morrow, 76, of Cleburne, will be conducted at 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, November 12, 2007 in the Crosier-Pearson Cleburne Chapel. Reverend John Glover and Reverend John Hall will officiate. Burial will be in George's Creek Cemetery. On Sunday, November 11, 2007, Mildred Marie Baxter Morrow passed peacefully from this world into the arms of her Lord and...

Ruth Prater

Ruth Prater

Nov 7, 2007

Ruth Helen Prater passed away on Wednesday November 7, 2007 in Fort Worth. She was born January 2, 1925. She married Otis Ray Prater, March 22, 1941 in Johnson County. He preceded her in death August, 2000. Mrs. Prater was a homemaker and was of the Baptist Faith. She is survived by sons, Charles Ray Prater and wife, Sarah Gaye,...

Estelene Hestilow

Estelene Hestilow

Nov 7, 2007

Graveside services for Estelene Bryant Hestilow, 79, of Grandview, will be conducted at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, November 10, 2007 at Rosehill Cemetery. Reverend Ed Evans will officiate. Honorary pallbearers will be Chad Bryant, Jacob Bryant, Robert Shelton, Terry McCoy and Hershel Lance. Estelene Bryant Hestilow passed away Wednesday, November 7, 2007 in Grandview. She was born May 2, 1928 in...

Robert Lightfoot

Robert Lightfoot

Nov 6, 2007

Services will be held under the tabernacle at Union Hill Church in Joshua, on Friday at 11:00, with burial in Union Hill Cemetery. Brother Wayne Shuffield will officiate. Robert died at his home in Joshua Tuesday morning after a long illness.A 1963 graduate of Joshua High School, he became a barber and worked at Cleburne Shopping Center. Wheelchair-bound from an...

Billy Robertson

Billy Robertson

Nov 6, 2007

Services for Billy Ray Robertson, 52, of Cleburne, will be conducted at 1:00 p.m. Friday, in the Crosier-Pearson Cleburne Chapel. Reverend Jerry Lee and Reverend Jerry Melson will officiate. Burial will be in Rosehill Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Kevin Crecelius, Ron Beasley, Don Young, Phil Gonzales, Leonard Dixon and Aley Oritz. Billy Ray Robertson passed away Tuesday, November 6, 2007...

John Monschke

John Monschke

Nov 4, 2007

Graveside services for John Fleming Monschke, 80, of Ft. Worth, will be conducted at 3:00 p.m. Saturday, November 10, 2007 in the Roselawn Memorial Park. Reverend Bob Graham will officiate. John Fleming Monschke passed away Sunday, November 4, 2007 in Ft. Worth. He was born May 16, 1927 in Krum, Texas to Gustav Adolphus and Josephine Pauline Lards Monschke. He...

Delbert Claus

Delbert Claus

Nov 3, 2007

Services for Delbert Lee Claus, 77, of Joshua will be conducted at 2:30 P.M., Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2007 in the Westminster Presbyterian Church in Ft. Worth. Dr. Donald R. Hogg will officiate. Burial will be in the Laurel Land Cemetery in Ft. Worth. Mr. Claus passed away Saturday, Nov. 3, 2007 in Joshua. He was born Oct. 28, 1930 in...

Leon McDearmon

Leon McDearmon

Nov 3, 2007

Leon R. McDearmon, 83, of Cleburne, passed away Saturday, November 3, 2007 in Fort Worth. Graveside Services will be at 1:00 P.M. Tuesday at Rosehill Cemetery. Mr. B.B. Stevens will officiate. Arrangements by Crosier-Pearson Cleburne Funeral Home. He was born May 24, 1924 in Grandview to Ed Leroy and Mary Florence Satterfield McDearmon. He was a retired welder for the...

Melba Wheeler

Melba Wheeler

Nov 3, 2007

Services for Melba Erlaine Wheeler, 75, of Cleburne will be conducted Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2007 in the Crosier-Pearson Cleburne Chapel. Burial will be in the Greenacres Memorial Park. Mrs. Wheeler passed away Satrurday, Nov. 3, 2007 in Fort Worth. She was born Aug. 23, 1932 in Cleburne to Jefferson LeRoy and Ida Pearl Hedrick Wheeler. She married Charles Raymond Wheeler...

Thomas Boruff

Thomas Boruff

Nov 1, 2007

Thomas H. "Jack" Boruff, Jr., 89, of Evant, Tx, passed away Thursday, November 1, 2007 in Hamilton, Texas. He was born April 22, 1918 in Fort Worth, TX. He married Katherine Naomi Calvert in Cailifornia. Mr. Boruff served in WWII as a Captain in the US Air Force. He was a geologist and worked for the Texas Railroad Commission as...

Junior Todd

Junior Todd

Oct 30, 2007

Junior Hardin Todd, 80, passed away Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2007, in Cleburne. Funeral: 2 p.m. Friday in Crosier-Pearson Cleburne Chapel. Private burial at a later date. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday. Memorials: May be made to National Kidney Foundation of North Texas,5429 LBJ Freeway, Suite 630, Dallas, Texas 75240. Junior Todd was born July 11, 1927, in Fort Worth...