Obituaries
Bill Bob Beard
Jun 12, 2024
Bill Bob Beard was called home on June 12, 2024. He was born in Mansfield in 1930. He grew up here and attended Mansfield High School from 1936 until he graduated in 1947. In August 1947 when he turned seventeen his mother signed permission for him to enlist in the United States Navy.
He served as a radio repair technician and...
Doris Jean Maxwell
Jun 9, 2024
Doris Jean (Nettle) Maxwell, 89 years of age, of Mansfield, Texas, passed away Sunday, June 9, 2024, in Burleson, Texas. She was born in Spiro, Oklahoma on November 9. 1934, to William “Bill” Jackson Nettle, Sr. and Ethel Eva Wagner. Doris graduated from Mansfield High School in 1953. During high school she was on the basketball team (district champs in...
Ruth Ann Fahey
Jun 9, 2024
Ruth Ann Delaney Fahey, 79, a resident of Mansfield, Texas, passed away on Sunday, June 9, 2024. She was born in Angelina County, Texas, on July 4, 1944, and as she liked to say, "one hot firecracker". She grew up in Lufkin, Texas and moved to Fort Worth in 1963, where she met the love of her life, LeRoy Fahey,...
Robert Donald Schaffner Jr.
Jun 5, 2024
Robert Donald "Don" Schaffner Jr., aged 71, of Mansfield, Tx passed away June 5, 2024. He was born June 25, 1952 in French Camp, California to Robert Schaffner Sr. and Violet Schaffner. He married Vicki Eaton December 3, 2020. Don loved to collect and fly helicopters he built or decorated. His love for them started when he was a helicopter...
Alyene Gibson Jordan
May 26, 2024
Alyene Gibson Jordan was 89 years old when she passed away peacefully in Allen, Texas on May 26, 2024. Alyene was born September 7, 1934 to Alma (Jones) and Lonnie Gibson in Brady, Texas. Her early years were spent living on the family farm in San Angelo, Texas with her brother, Lonnie Gibson Jr, and sister, Annie (Gibson) Garner. Alyene...
Matthew Ray Arevalo
May 25, 2024
In loving memory of Matthew Ray Arevalo July 10, 2001 - May 25, 2024 Matthew Arevalo was born in Arlington, Texas on July 10, 2001. He spent his whole life in Texas. Our Heavenly Father called him home for eternal rest on May 25, 2024. He will be joining his paternal grandparents Raul and Estella Arevalo. He is survived by...
Susan Neeley Koenig
May 24, 2024
Neeley Koenig, who left this world on May 24, 2024, at the age of 60. Susan was born on March 28, 1964, and her departure has left a hole that words cannot fill. She was proceeded in death by her father, Thomas Wayne Neeley. Susan leaves behind to forever be cherish and remembered by her mother Janice Neeley; daughter and...
Kenneth Layne Batson
May 16, 2024
Kenneth Layne Batson, aged 80, went home to be with the Lord May 16, 2024. He was born August 11, 1943, to Alwyn and Lucy Batson in Houston, Texas. Kenneth graduated Milby High School and went on to receive a business degree from the University of Houston. He worked in industrial sales for ENGY Southwest Container Products until his retirement....
Peggy Lynn Hanna
May 15, 2024
Peggy Lynn Hanna, 75 years old, from Mansfield, TX, passed away on May 15, 2024. She was born on April 8, 1949, in Waco, Texas. Peggy loved spending time with her family and church friends. She was a devoted Christian and was very involved with the deaf ministry at her church. Some of her favorite things were being outdoors, birdwatching...
Lavonne Carlat
May 9, 2024
Lavonne Carlat, 85, of Pittsburg, KS, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Friday, May 9, 2024. She was born in the small rural town of Wilsey, KS on November 9, 1938, to Samuel “Curtis” Tompkins and Thelma Burton. She graduated from Wilsey High School in 1956 and then attended Kansas State University to pursue a degree in secondary education....
Kevin Warren Bassett
May 9, 2024
Kevin Warren (Kip) Bassett, age 68, Frisco, Texas, died May 9, 2024 He was born in Miami, Florida on August 18, 1955, and grew up in Florida, on Key Largo. He was appointed to the United States Air Force Academy in 1973. After he graduated from the Academy in 1977, he served as a B52 pilot in the Strategic Air...
James Cody Groom
May 5, 2024
James Cody Groom of Midlothian, Texas, passed away on May 5, 2024, at the young age of 38. Surviving him is his wife Hannah and children Shooter James, Oliver Milo, Nova Pearl, Elijah Chase, and James Forrest Groom and mother Lynda Groom, sisters Erica Jones, Mindy Groom, Amanda Trotter and aunts, uncles, nephew, cousins, and many close friends. Cody was...
Sandra Lee Stolley
May 4, 2024
Sandy Stolley Obituary Sandra Lee Powers Stolley of Mansfield transcended to her Maker on May 4, 2024. Born on December 28, 1933, she lived to the ripe age of 90. Sandy was born in Davenport, Iowa to Phillip Daniel Powers, Sr. and Verna Eleanor Brady Powers, both of whom predeceased her. In 1951, she graduated from high school at the...
Susan Griffin Woods
Apr 27, 2024
Susan Griffin Woods of Mansfield, Texas, passed away on Saturday, April 27, 2024, at the age of 69. Susan Michelle Griffin was born on November 20, 1954, to parents John Howard Griffin and Elizabeth Ann Griffin. Susan grew up in the small, farm town of Mansfield, Texas. She was the apple of her father’s eye, and the eldest of four...
John Paul Watson
Apr 25, 2024
John Paul “Doodle” Watson joined the family of Paul “Roxie” Watson and Lillie Pressley Watson in Mansfield Texas on Jan. 21st of 1932. He joined his brother Burl, sisters Dorothy and Mary (Tootsie). All of them preceded him in death. Doodle spent all of his life growing up in Mansfield. The family home was where the Wal-Mart stands today. He...
Margaret A. Comer
Apr 24, 2024
Margaret A. Comer, age 88, of Mansfield, TX, passed away April 24, 2024. She was born in Shippensburg, PA, on November 29, 1935. Margaret graduated from Shippensburg Area High School. She was married to Jimmie Don Comer on May 28, 1955. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Mansfield and had a passion for quilting and other...
Carrie Mae Mccaleb
Apr 19, 2024
Sunrise July 23, 1941, Sunset, April 19, 2024 Carrie Mae Harris was born to the late Yang Harris and Queen Dorsey Harris on July 23, 1941, in Dodgeville, MS. After her parents' passing, Carrie went to live with her aunt, Roberta Owens, in Memphis, TN where she graduated from Booker T. Washington High School. After graduation, she moved to Elkhart,...
Doris Lurlene Morse
Apr 17, 2024
Our beloved Doris Lurlene Morse passed away peacefully April 17, 2024, in Mansfield, TX at the age of 87. Doris, better known to those around her as Lurlene was born October 20, 1936, in Rayville, Louisiana to James and Doris Gates. The eldest of five siblings. She grew up in Louisiana and later moved to Irving, TX. She worked for...
Martha Lynn Harper
Apr 16, 2024
Martha Lynn was born in Dallas, Texas to proud parents Billy and Jo Frances Morris. The family lived in Dallas, Waxahachie, and Lufkin before settling down in Houston. Martha married John Henry Harper Jr. March 2nd, 1962. They had three children, Lisa, John, and Bill. Martha took great care of a special needs son for 32 years. Her children gave...
Don Garland Scott
Apr 15, 2024
Don Garland Scott, 79, of Mansfield, Texas, surrounded by loved ones, went to be with his Lord and Savior on April 15, 2024. Don was born on July 28, 1944, in Vernon, Texas, to parents Jewel Maurine Jones Scott and A.D. Scott. He is preceded in death by his first wife, Margie Morris Scott. They were wed on May 24,...
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