Obituaries
Lynn Braxton Steelman Jr
December 26, 2014
Lynn Braxton Steelman, Jr., 42, of Mansfield, Texas, received his heavenly wings on December 26, 2014 at his home surrounded by family and friends. He was born on November 8, 1972 to Lynn and Janet Steelman in Ft. Worth, Texas. Lynn was a 1991 graduate of Burleson High School. He attended Tarleton State University while working for the family business,...
Eunice Yuvonne Muehr
December 26, 2014
Eunice Yuvonne Muehr, 66, passed away December 26, 2014. She is survived by her two sons, Donald and Michael Muehr, step-daughter Michelle A. Case, grand-daughters Karissa Muehr and Channel Case and sister Jeri Shoults.
David Eric Fry
December 24, 2014
David Eric Fry, 50, of Mansfield, passed away Wednesday, December 24, 2014 in Arlington Memorial Hospital after a valiant battle against cancer. David was born March 27, 1964 in Fort Worth, Texas to C. Jack Fry and Linda Fry. As a young lad, David was an inquisitive, curious boy; taking apart anything he could find to discover how “it” worked....
Eva Spriggs
December 21, 2014
Eva Mouret Spriggs, 94, of Mansfield, Texas, passed away 21 December 2014. Eva Spriggs was born in 1920 in Morgan, PA, to Mary Volle and Jerome Mouret. She was the daughter and granddaughter of the Mouret and Volle coal mining families that emigrated from France in the early 1900s. She had one sister, Helen Young, who preceded her in death....
Wesley T. Filson
December 18, 2014
Wesley T. Filson, 41, of St. Petersburg, passed away Thursday, December 18, 2014. Born in Anoka, Minnesota, He graduated from Anoka Senior High School, Minnesota and Columbia College, Texas. He was a veteran of the United States Army and United States Navy with 3 tours in Iraq and 1 tour in Afghanistan. Wesley was an officer for the Grand Prairie...
Resa Michelle Mcmullen
December 15, 2014
MANSFIELD -- Resa Michelle McMullen, 43, wife of Eric Stavano, passed away Monday, Dec. 15, 2014. She was preceded in death by a brother, Joseph Benavidez. Survivors: Husband, Eric Stavano; children, Chelsea Benavidez, Paige, Chloe and Mitchell McMullen, Melissa and Joshua Stavano; all the grandchildren; parents, Amado and Sharon Benvidez; and siblings, Teresa Garza, Amado Jr. and Jada Benavidez.
Douglas Grady Cooper
December 12, 2014
Douglas Grady Cooper, 93, of Kennedale, Texas, passed away Friday, December 12, 2014. Memorials: In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to Heart to Heart Hospice or the First Baptist Church Kennedale Youth Building Fund. Doug was born in Fort Worth on Feb. 28, 1921, the son of Samuel Sanford Cooper and Cleo Patra Brown Cooper. He...
Adam Geoffrey Schutz
December 12, 2014
Adam Geoffrey Schutz, 23, of Mansfield, Texas passed away Friday, December 12, 2014. Adam was born on August 17, 1991 in Ft. Worth, Texas to Charles and Ellen Schutz where he grew up with younger brothers, Chad, Zachary and Garrett. Adam was an avid soccer player with Mansfield Soccer Association and Mansfield High School, whose team advanced well into the...
Billie Seeton Dollar
December 12, 2014
MANSFIELD -- Billie Seeton Dollar went to be with the Lord on Friday, Dec. 12, 2014. Service: 2 p.m. Monday at Blessing Funeral Home, Mansfield. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday. She was preceded in death by her parents, Albert and Adell Seeton, and by brothers A.J. Seeton and Joe Seeton. Survivors: Husband of 68 years, George Dollar; daughters, Joyce...
Randall Patrick Philpot
December 10, 2014
BURLESON -- Randall P. Philpot, 67, dearly loved and a devoted family man, passed Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2014. Service: 10 a.m. Tuesday at Blessing Funeral Home. Interment: DFW National Cemetery. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at Blessing Funeral Home. Memorials: In lieu of flowers, the family suggests a donation to The Wounded Warrior Project, P.O. Box 758517, Topeka, Kan....
S Betty Joe Owens
December 7, 2014
ALVARADO -- Betty Joe Owens died Sunday, Dec. 7, 2014. Service: 10 a.m. Saturday in Moore Memorial Gardens, Arlington. Survivors: Children, Randy Owens, Susie Mayes; grandchildren, Steven, Christina, Jennifer, Randy, Danielle Nicole and Patrick; and numerous great-grandchildren.
Dorothy Krantz Buendia
December 6, 2014
Dorothy Krantz Buendia, 87, passed away Saturday, Dec. 6, 2014. Memorials: In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to Faith in Practice, 7500 Beechnut St., Suite 208, Houston, Texas 77074, faithinpractice.org. Survivors: Husband, George Campell; daughters, Denise Webb and husband, Mark, and Debbie Woolf and husband, Mark; grandchildren, Amber Broyles, Autumn Burkett, Valerie Webb, Ross Webb, Jordan...
John Wayne King
December 6, 2014
John Wayne King, 63, went home to be with the Lord Dec. 6th, 2014 in Dallas. John Wayne was born on April 27, 1951 in Beaufort, South Carolina. He served in the US Marine Corp from 1971 to 1976 where he reached the rank of Sergeant. He worked at the US Postal Service for over 25 years. Survivors include his...
Lois Meeks
December 5, 2014
MANSFIELD -- Lois Meeks passed away Friday, Dec. 5, 2014. Service: 10 a.m., Wednesday at Walnut Ridge Baptist Church, Mansfield. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m., Tuesday at Blessing Funeral Home, Mansfield. Lois was born July 9, 1920 in Webb, the daughter of M.C. and Birdie Ann Scribner Sprinkle. She graduated from Mansfield High School in 1937. She was active in...
Roberta Lee Grissom
December 5, 2014
Roberta Lee Grissom, 64, formerly of Allen, Texas, passed away unexpectedly Friday Dec. 5, 2014 in Mansfield, Texas, after a brief illness. Roberta was born in El Paso, Texas on November 26, 1950, the daughter of Lewis Liske and Shirley Martin Liske. She married Mike Grissom on November 17, 1984 in Garland, Texas. Roberta was a retired NCMA certified nurse....
Alice Winnell Powell
December 4, 2014
Alice Winnell Powell was born and raised in Dallas, TX. Although her mother was harsh and strict, she adored her US Navy father, who had a successful career as a grocery man and toy shop owner after leaving the service. She loved visiting him in San Francisco, CA and came to love the place deeply. Alice attended Spence High School,...
Lana Kay Sewell Davidson
December 3, 2014
Lana Kay Sewell Davidson, 66, passed away Wednesday, December 3, 2014, at Kindred Hospital, Mansfield, Texas. Lana was born April 4, 1948 in Tulia, Texas. She graduated in 1966 from Sweetwater High school. Survivors include her Husband of 41 years, Gary Davidson; Children Matthew Davidson, Amy Davidson Williams, Angela Davidson, and Christian Davidson; 4 grandchildren, 2 great-grandchildren; two brothers, Douglas...
Karl David Cole
December 2, 2014
Mr. Karl David Cole passed away December 2, 2014 in Dallas. Service: 4 p.m., Monday at Blessing Funeral Home, Mansfield. Visitation: 3 to 4 p.m. Monday before service. Survivors: Wife of 32 years, Linda M. Cole; son, Mark Cole; grandchildren, Chase Hill, Austin Cole, Anthony Cole and Sawyer Cole; mother, Eleanor Werner Cole, father, Ronald E. Cole; siblings, Wendy Tufts,...
Forrest "Fordy" A. Anderson
December 1, 2014
Forrest “Fordy” A. Anderson was born August 7th, 1922 in Gary, Indiana to Forrest and Anna Anderson. He had seven sisters and two younger brothers. Fordy began working at the tender age of ten at the neighborhood hardware store after school and was driving by age twelve so he could make customer deliveries. His family needed his income for life’s...
Charles Ronald Bowman
December 1, 2014
ALVARADO -- Charles Ronald Bowman, 73, passed away Monday, December 1, 2014, in Keene, Texas. Charles was born in Chilhowie, Virginia on September 16, 1941. He was an honorably discharged veteran of the United States Army serving during the Vietnam Era. Mr. Bowman was a retired supervisor for N.C.R. in Arlington, Texas. Survivors include his Wife, Diane Bowman; stepsons, Anthony...







