Obituaries
Lawanna Hamilton
April 23, 2013
MANSFIELD -- Lawanna Jean Hamilton went home to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Tuesday, April 23, 2013, after a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. Funeral: 1 p.m. Saturday at Blessing Funeral Home, Mansfield. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Blessing, Brother Walter Sanders of Rehoboth Baptist Church, Arlington, officiating. Lawanna was predeceased by her father,...
Robert Ogletree,
April 13, 2013
GODLEY -- Robert James Ogletree Sr., formerly of Fort Worth, passed on Saturday, April. 13, 2013. Service: 11 a.m. Tuesday at Blessing Funeral Home, Mansfield. Graveside service to follow in Hawkins Cemetery. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Robert served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1948-52. He was a member of the Chosin Few, the...
Sandra Ratliff
April 11, 2013
ALVARADO -- Sandra P. Ratliff passed away April 11, 2013. Service: 9 a.m., Wednesday at Blessing Funeral Home, Mansfield. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m., Tuesday at the funeral home. Survivors: Husband, Joe Ratliff; three children; grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Peggy Phillips
April 10, 2013
GRANBURY -- Peggy Phillips, 81, passed away peacefully from this world, Wednesday, April 10, to join her Lord and Savior. Services: The viewing will be held at Blessing Funeral Home in Mansfield on Sunday from 4 to 6 p.m. The funeral will be at the same location on Monday at 2 p.m. Interment: Mansfield Cemetery. Memorial: In lieu of flowers...
Barbara Maxwell
April 6, 2013
RENDON -- Barbara Lunday Maxwell, 81, passed away Saturday, April 6, 2013. Barbara was born in Dallas on March 13, 1932, the daughter of Al and Myrtle Lunday. She graduated from Mansfield High School in 1950 and Texas State College for Women in 1955. She was a volunteer choir director at Retta Baptist Church for several years and also dispatched...
James Stowe
April 4, 2013
MANSFIELD -- James Hodges Stowe passed away peacefully in his sleep Thursday, April 4, 2013, at the age of 85. James was born Oct. 4, 1927. He was preceded in death by his son, Daryl Stowe, and sister, Ruth McGuire. Survivors: Wife, Davie; daughter, Rita; grandsons, Cass, Cade and wife, Jewelleene; great-grandsons, Garrett, Tanner and Tyler.
Stephen Yetter
March 24, 2013
Stephen Paul Yetter, 57, of Mansfield, Texas, passed away Sunday, March 24, 2013 in his home. Stephen was born in Houston, Texas on December 2, 1955, the son of Russell Harlan Yetter and Joyce Fay Bradford Yetter. He married Kimberly Lynn Martindale on March 1, 1980 in Houston, Texas. Mr. Yetter was a contractor and a member of Walnut Ridge...
Joseph Hudson,
March 23, 2013
MANSFIELD -- Joseph "Joe" H. Hudson, Jr., 88, a loving husband, father and grandfather, passed away Saturday, March 23, 2013. Service: 2 p.m. Monday at Blessing Funeral Home. Interment: Mansfield Cemetery. Visitation: 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Joe farmed all his life until he went to work for Rhodes Supply. Joe and Nancy bought the company...
Michael Foster,
March 20, 2013
MANSFIELD -- Mike Foster Sr. passed away Wednesday, March 20, 2013. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Blessing Funeral Home, Mansfield. Mike was born Aug. 5, 1953, in San Antonio and moved to Mansfield in 1995. He retired from Alberton's in 2001, after 25 years. Mike was an avid hunter and fisherman and loved being outdoors. He was preceded...
Donna Elmore
March 18, 2013
HILLSBORO -- Donna Elmore, 53, passed peacefully into the arms of Jesus, Monday March 18, 2013. Donna was born November 20, 1959 in Arlington, Texas to Kenneth Elmore and Dorothy Ballew Elmore. The family would like to thank her caregivers at Homestead Nursing Home for the love and care they gave to Donna over the years. She was preceded in...
Louis Hudson
March 17, 2013
MANSFIELD -- Louis Harlan Hudson went home to be with our Lord on March 17, 2013. Service: 1:00 PM Thursday at Blessing Colonial Chapel, Mansfield. Visitation: 6-8 PM Wednesday at the funeral Home. Harlan was born June 8th, 1927 in the Ovilla Community of Ellis County to Mildred Erby and Lonnie Hudson. Harlan was preceeded in death by his parents,...
Suzanne Fabian
March 10, 2013
ARLINGTON -- Suzanne May Fabian passed peacefully in her sleep on March 10, 2013. Celebration of Life: 2 p.m., Thursday at Blessing Funeral Home, Mansfield. Suzanne was born on May 11, 1934 in Lawrenceville, IL, to Helen and Harry May. She married Herbert Fabian in 1950. Sue and JR enjoyed time spent at their farm in Godley raising cattle. Her...
Evelyn Hart
March 5, 2013
MANSFIELD -- Evelyn Faye Hart a loving mother, grandmother and sister, passed away peacefully Tuesday, March 5, 2013 at the age of 90. Service: 10:30 a.m., Saturday at Blessing Funeral Home, Mansfield. Visitation: 6:30 to 8 p.m., Friday at the funeral home. Memorials: In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to any charity of your choice. Evelyn was born...
Pratt Phillips
March 3, 2013
MANSFIELD -- R. Pratt Phillips, 81, passed away Sunday, March 3, 2013. Service: 2 p.m. Wednesday in Blessing Colonial Chapel, Mansfield. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Blessing Funeral Home. Pratt was born June 1, 1931, in Iredell, the youngest son of Arthur Adam Phillips and Bettie Mae Pratt Phillips. He was the last surviving of seven siblings. In...
Peggy Cope
March 2, 2013
WHITNEY -- Peggy Lu Cope, 77, passed away Saturday, March 2, 2013. Memorials: If desired, memorial donations may be made in Peggy's name to a charity dear to her heart, a resuce and no kill animal shelter, Paw Pals, P.O. Box 1533, Hillsboro, 76645 or to Alzheimer's Assc., 2630 West Freeway, Ste. 100, Ft Worth, 76102. Peggy was born in...
Jill D. Millett
February 28, 2013
MANSFIELD -- Jill "Kelly" (Ponsonby) Millett, 51, loving wife and mother, passed away on Thursday, February 28, 2013. Kelly was born in Chicago on February 26, 1962. She grew up in suburban Chicago and suburban Detroit, graduated from Marian High School in Bloomfield Hills, MI, and attended Marquette University and the University of Florida. She married Francis N. “Ty" Millett....
Donald Minnis
February 27, 2013
MANSFIELD -- Donald Clark Minnis, 83, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013. Don graduated from Sunset High School in Dallas and continued his education, receiving an Associates Degree from Hillsboro Jr. College in Hillsboro. He served 23 years in the Marine Corp, retiring as a Master Sargent. He was deployed to Korea, Vietnam and a tour in Japan. Don was...
Sharon Jandrew
February 27, 2013
MANSFIELD -- Sharon Ann Jandrew, 64, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013. Service: 3 p.m. Monday in Skyvue Memorial Gardens, Mansfield. Visitation: 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. at Blessing Funeral Home, Mansfield. Survivors: Children, Tracy Kramer (Mike), Scott Border (Debbie), Allen Border (Kathi) and Kimberley Naumann (Dan); 13 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; sister, Mary King; and many other loving family and friends.
Paul Winters
February 26, 2013
KENNEDALE -- Paul Winters, 89, a loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013. Memorials: In lieu of flowers, donations may be given to the Building Fund, First Baptist Church of Kennedale, or American Hospice, 6421 Camp Bowie Blvd., Fort Worth, Texas 76116. Paul was born in Wheeler County and moved to Tarrant County in 1940....
Juanita Woods
February 23, 2013
ARLINGTON -- Juanita Lilley Woods, 86, our beloved mother, went to her heavenly home Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013. Service: 10 a.m. Wednesday at The First Church of the Nazarene, 1301 W. Green Oaks Blvd., Arlington. Interment: Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the church. She was born in Durant, Okla., on July 26, 1926, to...