Obituaries
Virginia Belle Gunter
February 17, 2019
Virginia Belle Gunter, 92, went home to her Lord on February 17, 2019, surrounded by her family, in Mansfield. Virginia was born to Benjamin Ray and Virgie Katherine (Cooper) Damron on August 6, 1926 in Wichita Falls, Texas. Virginia grew up knowing farm life and her family’s jewelry business, Damron’s Jewelry. So, because of the two facets of her life,...
Lori Ann Chambers
February 3, 2019
Lori Ann Chambers, 55, passed away February 3, 2019 in Arlington. Lori is a graduate of Arlington High School and a 20 year labor and delivery nurse at John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth. Lori greatly affected everyone she worked with and passed on her skills to nurses and doctors. She enjoyed extreme holiday decorating, working, shopping and, most...
Kimberly Jo Hays
February 2, 2019
Kimberly Jo Hays, 58, of Arlington, Texas, passed away Saturday, February 2, 2019 in Mansfield, Texas. Kimberly was born in Arlington, Texas on December 15, 1960. She married Matthew Hays on May 12, 1984 in Arlington. She was a stay at home mom and housewife and loved spending time with her family, mostly her grandchildren. Kimberly was happy to spend...
Lisa Dee Gonsalez
January 28, 2019
Lisa Dee Gonsalez, 58, beloved mother, grandmother, sister and daughter passed away peacefully with family by her side on Monday, January 28th, 2019. A Memorial service will be held Thursday, January 31st, 2019 at 10 am at Blessing Funeral Home Chapel, 401 Elm Street, Mansfield, TX. Pastor Steve Smith will be presiding. Visitation will be Wednesday, January 30th, 2019 from...
Barbara Aulds Tonore
January 27, 2019
Barbara Aulds Tonore, beloved mother, grandmother and great-grand mother passed away peacefully, with her family by her side, on Sunday, January 27th, 2019. Service: Memorial service will be held Tuesday, January 29th, 2019 at Blessing Funeral Home, 401 Elm Street, Mansfield, TX, Rev. Randy Weeaks presiding. A memorial service will be held the following day in Barbara’s home town of...
Mavis Lynn Smiley
January 27, 2019
Mavis Lynn Smiley, 64, passed away in Fort Worth. Mavis is survived by her husband of 37 years, James, daughters Jennifer Smiley and Anita Tillis, grandchildren Jacoby, Mikayla, Marissa, Jasmine, Dominick, Jaden, James and Ashley Freeman, Jr., 3 great grandchildren, brothers Frank (wife Diane), Mark (wife Carolyn) and Milton (wife Linda) Reed, many nieces and nephews and close friends Bobby...
Glenice Jo Perdue
January 25, 2019
Mom was born July 4, 1936 in Oletha Texas, the eleventh of twelve children, to James Jackson and Gertrude Alford - yes, she was a firecracker all her life. She was raised in Fairfield and Thornton Texas. Mom moved to Grand Prairie Texas and lived with her sister, our Aunt Bonnie, where she met the love of her life, our...
Skip Nuss
January 14, 2019
Skip Nuss, 76, of Mansfield, Texas, passed away Monday, January 14, 2019 in Ennis, Texas. Skip was born October 13, 1942 in Danville, Pennsylvania, the son of H. M. Nuss and Lois Irene Dyer Nuss. He was married to his wife, Margie, for 56 years, had three children and six grandchildren. He was the manager of Southwest Railroad Car parts...
Miranda Lynn Mixon
January 12, 2019
Miranda Mixon, 47, passed away January 12, 2019 in Mansfield. Miranda was born to James Pope Mixon, Jr. and Lucy Marie Banks on November 15, 1971 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Miranda is a member of Crossroads Christian Church in Grand Prairie and Calvary Chapel Southwest Metro, in Burleson. Miranda was a Biomedical Engineer for Abbott. Miranda is preceded in death by...
Hazel Marie Evans
January 12, 2019
Hazel Marie Evans, 92, widow of Alfred B. Evans, Sr., passed away Saturday, January 12, 2019. Hazel was born in Scipio, Oklahoma on June 24, 1926, the daughter of James Phillip Martin and Arby Teen Goodman Martin. Survivors include her son, Brad Evans and wife Sharon; granddaughter, Alisa Simpson and husband, Joey; and brother, Joe Phillip Martin.
Karen Jhoana Medrano Marquez
January 9, 2019
Karen Jhoana Medrano-Marquez, 32, went to be with her Lord on January 9, 2019 in Fort Worth. Karen was born to Ana Babel Medrano Martinez on March 25, 1986 in San Miguel, El Salvador. Karen completed primary and secondary schooling in El Salvador and then furthered her education at the Instituto Nacional Isidro Menendez. Karen was from Willow Park, Texas....
James Mack Tate
January 7, 2019
James “Jim” Mack Tate, 77, passed away January 7, 2019 in Bedford, Texas. Jim was born November 7, 1941 in Wichita, Kansas to Mack James and Alice (Tate) Tate. Jim attended Pascal High School with fond memories of his time playing football and basketball. After high school, he enlisted in the United States Army and then furthered his education attending...
Nelda Doris Goodson
January 5, 2019
Nelda "Doris" Goodson, 93, of Mansfield, Texas passed away January 5, 2019 at 11:04 a.m. in Arlington, Texas. She was married to the late Robert "Glenn" Goodson in 1943, when she was 18 years old, in Wellington, Texas, where Glenn was from. They moved to Mansfield, Texas in 1951. They owned and operated the first dry cleaners in Mansfield. Doris...
Perry Lee Blevins
January 2, 2019
Perry Lee Blevins, 53, went to be with the Lord on January 2, 2019. Perry is survived by his two children, Madison and Mitchell and his former wife, Kathleen, his mother Donna Mae Blevins, brother Brad Blevins and his wife Cynthia and their two children, Carissa and Karsten, brother Scott Blevins and his wife Leah and their children Zachary, Abigail...
Bettye Jo Fritzsching
January 1, 2019
Bettye Jo (Biddle) Fritzsching, 89, of Mansfield, Texas, passed away Tuesday, January 1, 2019 at the Mansfield Methodist Hospital, in Mansfield, Texas. Bettye Jo, born on December 3, 1929, in Houston, Texas and was the daughter of Walter Clyde and Winnie Australia D’ Olive Biddle. She was united in marriage to Paul Edward Fritzsching on January 20, 1951 who preceded...
Eleanor Bernice Severs
December 28, 2018
Mansfield, Texas - Eleanor B. Severs, 95, passed away December 28, 2018. Services: Visitation, January 4, 2018, Funeral, January 5, 2018 at O'Bryant-O'Keefe Funeral Home, Pascagoula, Mississippi. Following the funeral service, burial will be at Machpelah Cemetery, 5112 Machpelah Road, Pascagoula, Mississippi. Son-in-law, Jackie Bryant, will officiate the services. Eleanor Bernice Severs was born July 10, 1923 in Linden, Texas...
Joe David Kissel
December 22, 2018
Joe David Kissel "Papa Joe", 62, was surrounded by family as he made his journey to the promise land on December 22, 2018. Joe was retired from Triumph Aerostructures, formerly Vought Aircraft. Joe is survived by his loving wife of 41 years Lillie, his daughter Courtney Cornwell and her husband Kenneth and their children Dylan Priester and his daughter Journey,...
Stephen Douglas Cook
December 18, 2018
Stephen Douglas Cook, 63, died suddenly on December 18, 2018 in Mansfield. Stephen was born to Ray and Barbara Cook on February 13, 1955 in Fort Benning, Georgia. Stephen was a man of character who deeply loved his family, God, and the Church and found joy and humor in everything. This is a legacy he leaves to his wife of...
Raymond Lee Nelson, Jr.
December 17, 2018
Raymond Lee Nelson, Jr., 68, of Mansfield, Texas, passed away Monday, December 17, 2018 in Mansfield. Raymond was born in Fort Worth, Texas on October 14, 1950, the son of Raymond Lee Nelson, Sr and Bobbie Merle Nelson. He graduated from McLain Senior High School. Raymond was an honorably discharge veteran of the United States Marine Corp after serving four...
Boyd Poindexter
December 15, 2018
John Boyd Poindexter, 72, passed away December 15, 2018 in Mansfield. Boyd was born to Carl Richard and Janell (Boyd) Poindexter on November 5, 1946 in Dallas. Boyd attended Sam Houston High School and was involved in Stock Shows in which he had many Grand Champions across the state of Texas. Another monumental moment in high school was when he...