Obituaries
Darrel Fleming
May 27, 2012
IRVING -- Darrel Keith Fleming, 63, passed away Sunday, May 27, 2012, in Irving. Service: 2 p.m. Saturday at Rehoboth Baptist Church, Arlington. Interment: 2:30 p.m. Monday in Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Blessing Funeral Home, 401 Elm St., Mansfield.
Frances Stinger
May 26, 2012
Mansfield, TX - Frances Stinger passed away, at the age of 71 Saturday the 19th of May at her home. Born September 1, 1940 in St. Louis, Fran moved to Texas in 1980 with her husband Norman Stinger and was a local business owner for 30 years. She retired from Walmart in 2011. Fran was survived by her 2 children...
Leo Martin
May 25, 2012
MANSFIELD -- Leo Wayne Martin, 75, passed away Friday, May 25, 2012, in Mansfield. Graveside service: 2 p.m. Wednesday in Shannon Rose Hill Cemetery, 7301 East Lancaster Ave., Fort Worth. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Blessing Funeral Home, 401 Elm St., Mansfield. Leo was born Jan. 20, 1937, in Clarendon to Cleo D. and Mable Conner Martin. He...
June Heartsill
May 23, 2012
June L. Madden Heartsill, 77, passed away at 8:01 A.M. on Wednesday, May 23, 2012 in her home. June was born in Brunswick, Georgia on June 12, 1934, the daughter of Joseph Swisher Madden and Edith Evelyn Skipper Madden. She lived most of her life in Brunswick and attended Glynn Academy High School. June was a member of The Woods...
Billie Brinkley
May 20, 2012
MANSFIELD -- Billie Ruth Brinkley, 82, passed away Sunday, May 20, 2012. Service: 11:15 a.m. Friday in Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery. Billie was predeceased by her husband, Willie Dean; youngest son, David; and granddaughter, Tracy. Survivors: Children, Melanie, Kay, Sherri, Steve and their spouses; daughter-in-law, Terri Brinkley Kleen; three grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and her dog, Lucy.
Alice Yeatts
May 17, 2012
MANSFIELD -- Alice Terrell Yeatts, 51, passed away Thursday May 17, 2012, with her loving husband by her side. Service: was 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 22 at Genesis United Methodist Church, 7635 S. Hulen St., Fort Worth, TX 76133 . Interment: Private ceremony in Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery at a later date. Memorials: A Wish with Wings and AIDS Outreach...
Bertie Anderson
May 16, 2012
ARLINGTON -- Bertie Lou "Andy" Anderson died Wednesday, May 16, 2012. Service: 11 a.m. Friday, Blessing Funeral Home. Memorials: Contributions may be made in Andy's memory to the American Heart Association. Survivors: Daughter, Kelley Cates, husband, Steve; grandchildren, Brian Harp, Amber and Josh Jowers; great-grandchildren; friend and former husband, Davis Anderson.
Alva Moody
May 16, 2012
MANSFIELD -- Alva A. Moody went to heaven on Wednesday, May 16, 2012. Service: 10 a.m. Saturday at Pleasantview Baptist Church, 4400 Pleasantview Drive, Arlington. Graveside service: and burial will take place at 4 p.m. in Red Hill Cemetery in Powderly. Visitation: 9 a.m. to service time Saturday at the church. He was born March 6, 1929, and was a...
Jack Miles
May 5, 2012
MANSFIELD: Jack Miles, 75, passed away May 5, 2012. Jack was born June 8, 1936 to Elize and Irma Miles of Daville, Ind. He married Dorothy Jean Kemp June 5, 1960 in Holland, Ind. He was preceded in death by his parents and brother, David Miles. Survivors: Wife of 51 years, Dorothy Jean Miles; daughter, Elizabeth Manning and husband, Chris,...
Vaughn Wallace
May 1, 2012
MANSFIELD -- Kyle Wallace, 22, was taken home Tuesday, May 1, 2012, in the company of his loving family. Memorial service and Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, May 3 at Blessing Funeral Home. Memorials: A trust fund for Kyle's son, Noah Wallace, has been established at Mansfield Community Bank, 1700 E. Broad St., Mansfield, Texas 76063, Account #3003212705. At...
Mattie Gray
May 1, 2012
Mattie Bernice Harrison Gray, 88, passed away peacefully Tuesday, May 1, 2012, at her home in Mansfield. Funeral: 2 p.m. Saturday at Blessing Funeral Home, Mansfield. Interment: Mattie will be laid to rest next to her husband in Mount Shepherd United Methodist Church Cemetery near Asheboro, N.C. Mattie was born and grew up in Mansfield. After graduating from Mansfield High...
Robert Livingston
April 30, 2012
Robert (Bob) Livingston March 4, 1953 - April 30, 2012 The family of Bob Livingston is sad to announce that he passed away in Mansfield, Texas at age 59. Bob was born in Eugene, Oregon to James and Elizabeth Livingston, the second of five children. In 1957 the family moved to Southern California and resided for several years in Compton,...
Raymond Spears
April 29, 2012
FORT WORTH -- Raymond E. "Bebe" Spears passed away Sunday, April 29, 2012. Funeral Service: 11 a.m. Thursday at Blessing Funeral Home. Visitation: before the service. Raymond was born November 10, 1922 in Fort Worth and was the fourth son and sixth child of Henry Phillip Spears and Irene Boone Spears. He worked with the C.C.C. during the depression and...
Ruby Ballweg
April 13, 2012
MANSFIELD -- Ruby Irene Ballweg, 92, faithful wife, loving mother, grandmother and great grandmother, died Friday, April 13, 2012. Ruby was the last child of five born to Doc and Belle Carroll Rutland in Roscoe, March 9, 1920. At the age of two, her family moved to the "Francis Place", a farm in the Webb Community, where Ruby grew up....
Emilie Howard
April 6, 2012
KELLER -- Emilie Anna Kieninger Howard passed away Friday, April 6, 2012. Mom, you will be greatly missed. In 1960, Emilie and the children came to the U.S. from Chile to join her husband, Ludwig Kieninger, Sr. She worked at the sewing factory in Muenster and later worked at Goodwill Industries in Gainesville. She also worked for a couple of...
Laurine Kubicki
April 6, 2012
MANSFIELD -- Laurine Kubicki, 85, loving mother and the foundation of our family, passed away Friday, April 6, 2012, peacefully at her home. Memorial service: 12:30 p.m. Friday, April 20, at First United Methodist Church, Mansfield. Interment: 2:30 p.m. at Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery. Memorials: Donations may be made to Vitas Hospice, in lieu of flowers. Laurine was preceded in...
John Bauer
April 4, 2012
MANSFIELD -- John J. "Bud" Bauer passed peacefully in his bed at the age of 86 on Wednesday morning, April 4, 2012. Service: His family will attend a small private service later this week. Bud was born in Muncie, Ind., on March 18, 1926 to Lura and John E. Bauer. He had two sisters, Margaret (who preceded him in death),...
Pastor Steven Leon Brooks
June 30, 2011
Steven Leon Brooks was born on February 11, 1950 to the parentage of Loman and Pauline Brooks. There were twelve children, of which nine survived. Four proceeded him in death; Laurine Howard, Norris and Bernard Brooks and Marie Amann. Steven’s childhood started in Los Angeles California in 1950. While both of his parents worked, his grandparents helped lay a pivotal...
Lenny Ewell Keith Jr.
August 23, 2008
Lenny E. Keith Jr. went to be with the Lord on Saturday, Aug. 23, 2008. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10 a.m. Friday at St. Jude Catholic Church, Mansfield. Skyvue Memorial Gardens, Mansfield. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Blessing Funeral Home, Mansfield. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Neuropathy Association, 60 E....
Service Of Remembrance
December 20, 2000
For those that could join us on the Live Stream of our Service of Remembrance, THANK YOU. We love you all and hope that the service brought you peace during a difficult holiday season. Click here to watch the Recorded Service of Remembrance from 2020: https://video.ibm.com/channel/23847300/video/xd8zi9