Obituaries
Billy Joe Watson
February 11, 2017
Joe Watson was born July 11, 1929 in Leo and went to be with his Lord on Saturday, Feb. 11, 2017 at his home. Service: 10 am Wednesday at First Baptist Church Mansfield, where he was a member. Don Miller is officiating. Burial: At the historic Cogburn Cemetery, Cooke County. Visitation: 9 a.m., Wednesday at the church. He and his...
Nellie Jo Robinson
February 6, 2017
Nellie Jo Robinson, 86, of Arlington, Texas, passed away at 1:05 P.M. on Monday, February 6, 2017. Nellie was born in Oenaville, Texas on September 25, 1930, the daughter of Joe Martin Allman and Addie Vera Watson Allman. She married James Eskell Robinson Jr. in Austin, Texas on June 29, 1950. Mrs. Robinson was a stenographer for Southwestern Bell Telephone...
Geraldine "Jerry" Huggins
February 5, 2017
Geraldine "Jerry" Huggins passed away Sunday, February 5, 2017. Visitation: 12 noon on Wednesday, February 8, 2017 in the Blessing Colonial Chapel. Service will be 1 p.m., Wednesday following visitation.
Elzie Maurice Holman
February 3, 2017
Elzie Maurice Holman, 82, passed away Friday, Feb. 3, 2017. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m., Wednesday at Blessing Funeral Home in Mansfield. Elzie Maurice Holman was born May 1, 1934 in Seymour Texas to Elzie Holman and Mattie Lerlean Lewis. He attended school in Amarillo and begin working at the Amarillo Globe Newspaper in 1948. He married Betty Cogdill on...
Susan Gibson Livingston Mclean
January 27, 2017
Susan Gibson Livingston McLean, 65, passed away January 27, 2017. Susan was born to Lunsford Phillip Livingston and Mary (Gibson) Livingston on October 26, 1951 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Susan attended J.J. Persing Elementary and The Hockaday Preparatory School for her elementary education and graduated high school from Hillcrest High School in Dallas in 1969. Susan attended the Randolph Macon's...
Billie Pope Mcclung
January 24, 2017
Billie Jean Pope McClung, loving wife, mother, grandmother and sister passed away January 24, 2017. Billie was born February 21, 1949 in Fort Worth, Texas to Robert and Louise Pope. She was raised in Watsonville, Texas with her sister Linda Huckabee and brother’s Tony and Lynn Pope. In 1965, Billie met and married Leon McClung. Billie and Leon raised 3...
Jeremy (Elijah) Glenn Brazzel
January 22, 2017
Jeremy (Elijah) Glenn Brazzel, 40, passed away Sunday, January 22, 2017 in Southlake, Texas. While most of Jeremy's elementary,Jr. high, and high school years consisted of moving to many homes and schools, he spent the majority of his childhood in the Plano, Texas area. Jeremy worked for Nexius as a field technician and was "a jack of all trades and...
Rebecca Hanna
January 18, 2017
Dorcas Rebecca Hanna, 84, went to be with the Lord on January 18, 2017. Born in China Springs, Texas on May 29, 1932, Rebecca was married to Marvel Dene (Bud) Hanna for 67 years before he went to be with the Lord on August 10, 2014. Rebecca was a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, homemaker, decorator, musician, piano teacher, and...
Raymond A. Morris
January 17, 2017
Raymond A. Morris, 90, of Kennedale, Texas, passed away Tuesday, January 17, 2017 in Pilot Point, Texas. Raymond was born in Tarrant County, Texas on December 25, 1926. He married Melba Maedell Stewart on May 13, 1949. Raymond was a veteran of the United States Army serving during World War I.I He was retired from TXU and an avid golfer....
Eunice Louise Lowe
January 16, 2017
Eunice Louise Lowe, 81, went home to her Lord January 16, 2017. Eunice was born to Oscar Vondo and Etta Mae (Borden) Gideon on November 2, 1935 in Clayton, Oklahoma. Eunice attended a one room schoolhouse, which she rode a horse to, until she moved to Grand Prairie, Texas at the age of 16. She attended Grand Prairie High School...
Kathleen Richey
January 14, 2017
Arlington--Kathleen Richey passed away Saturday, Jan. 14, 2017. Service: 2 p.m.,Tuesday at Blessing Funeral Home, Mansfield. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m., Monday at the funeral home. Survivors: Siblings, Nancy Smith and husband, Wayne, Henry “Bubba” Morgan Jr.; sons, Larry Richey and wife, Kylee, and Chad Richey and wife, Summer; numerous grandchildren; and significant other, Terry Yott.
Alice Wetona Rawdon
January 14, 2017
Mansfield: Alice Wetona Rawdon, 89, a retired secretary for Mansfield School District, passed away January 14, 2017. Graveside: 10 a.m., Friday at Britton Cemetery in Britton. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m., Thursday at Blessing Funeral Home, Mansfield. Memorials: In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial donations be made to First Methodist Mansfield or a charity of choice. Wetona...
Johnnie Lou England
January 9, 2017
On May 4, 1930, Johnnie Lou made her appearance into this world to Howard and Sylvia Rayburn. On January 9, 2017, Johnnie Lou went to her Savior. She followed one brother and two sisters and proceded a younger brother and sister. As per stories when she started school she hated it so bad, and she cried so much that Ms....
Robert Allen Berry Jr.
January 9, 2017
Robert Allen Berry, Jr., 57, passed away January 9, 2017. Robert was born to Robert Allen Berry, Sr. and Barbara Carolyn (Jackson) Berry October 29, 1959 in Littlefield, Texas. Robert grew up with a loving family surrounding him. As a child, he was a lover of animals. He had quite the menagerie, raising a pet crow name Hackberry, training it...
Carrie A. Hogan
January 8, 2017
Carrie A. Hogan, 59, of Mansfield, Texas, passed away Sunday, January 8, 2017 at Methodist Mansfield Medical Center. Carrie was born in Houston, Texas on September 2, 1957. Cassie was her nickname given to her when she was a child. She had a hard time saying her “r”s, so it was easier for her to say Cassie, so she was...
Claud W. Allen Jr.
January 8, 2017
Claud W. Allen, 90, of Mansfield, Texas, passed away Sunday, January 8, 2017 at Isle of Watercrest in Mansfield. Claud was born in Midlothian, Texas on November 17, 1926, the son of Claud Wesley Allen, Sr. and Stella Massey Allen. He was a veteran of the United States Army and retired from Southwestern Bell after over 40 years of service....
Sylvia C. Hamaker
January 7, 2017
Sylvia Chestine Howard Hamaker was born on February 20, 1940 and died on January 7, 2017. She was born in Houston, Texas to William Chester Howard and Mary Adeline Heermans Howard. Sylvia loved her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. She enjoyed embroidering and quilt making. She shared many of her quilts with family, friends, and numerous organizations. She was a member...
Todd Matthew Faulkner
January 7, 2017
ARLINGTON -- Todd Matthew Faulkner went to be with his Lord and Savior on Jan. 7, 2017. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 10 at Blessing Funeral Home, Mansfield. Service: 2:30 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 11 at First Baptist Church, Mansfield. Todd lived for his family and his Lord Jesus Christ. He joins his father, Terry Faulkner and his grandparents...
Rodney Pfahning
January 3, 2017
Rodney “Poppy” Pfahning, 59, went to be with his Lord and Savior on January 3, 2017 in Mansfield Methodist Hospital in Mansfield, Texas. Rodney was a resident of Mansfield since 1988. Family and friends will gather to celebrate his life at 2 p.m. Saturday at Walnut Ridge Baptist Church in Mansfield. He will be laid to rest at Britton Cemetery...
Robert Paul Mcmillen
December 28, 2016
Paul McMillen passed away peacefully on December 28, 2016 after a long battle with cancer. He was born November 20, 1952 in Fort Worth, Texas, the fifth of six children, to Charles William and Janie Lee Elizabeth McMillen. Paul graduated from Mansfield Texas High School in 1971 and was a graduate of the Texas Tech University Class of 1978 with...