Obituaries
Cora Mccoy Franklin
Aug 15, 2021
Cora McCoy Hensley Franklin, 93, passed away at Ranger Care Center in Ranger, Texas Sunday August 15, 2021. Visitation will be Saturday, August 21, 2021 from 1-3:00 PM at Edwards Funeral Home in Eastland, Texas with a graveside service following at Eastland City Cemetery around 3:15 PM. Cora was born September 24, 1927 in Pleasant Grove, Eastland County, Texas. She...
Dale Griffin
Aug 14, 2021
Dale Griffin, 62 of Carbon, Tx, passed from this life on Saturday, August 14, 2021. He was a loving husband, father, papa, uncle, and friend with a big heart and a kind soul. He never knew a stranger and would help anyone with anything and ask for nothing in return. He enjoyed hunting/fishing, his cows, and spending time with his...
Elmore Jackson "Jackie" Arrington
Aug 11, 2021
Elmore Jackson “Jackie” Arrington, III, 63 of Eastland, passed away Wednesday August 11, 2021 in Eastland. A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 21st at the First United Methodist Church in Eastland with Pastor Chris Downer officiating. Jackie was born March 7, 1958 in Midland to Elmore Jackson (Jack) Arrington, Jr and Eula Lee Davis Arrington....
Porfioro V. Lopez
Aug 11, 2021
Porfioro Valentine Lopez was born in Mineral Wells, Texas on September 5, 1984 and called home on August 11, 2021 in Ranger Texas. A visitation will be Friday, August 20th at Edwards Funeral Home Strawn. Funeral service will be Saturday, August 21st at the First Baptist Church in Strawn, followed by burial at Mt Marion Cemetery. He is survived by...
Wynelle Maston
Aug 6, 2021
EASTLAND – Wynelle Maston, 85 of Eastland, TX, passed away Friday, August 6, 2021 at her residence. Visitation will be Sunday, Aug. 8th from 6 until 8 p.m. at Edwards Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, Aug. 9th in the pavilion at Eastland City Cemetery. Wynelle was born April 29, 1936 at Chalk Mountain, TX...
Kathlyeen Joann Jones Sublett
Aug 4, 2021
Kathlyeen Joann Jones Sublett, 80, wife of Pat Mahlon Sublett, died peacefully at home in the arms of her family on August 4, 2021. Born on May 12, 1941 in Mineral Wells, Texas, Joann was the only child of Ralph Lee and Sallie Orpah Catherine Slimp Jones. Joann was the precocious and only child of her beloved parents, Ralph and...
William Edwin Lummus
Aug 4, 2021
William Edwin Lummus, 90, passed away on August 4, 2021. Edwin was born August 20, l930 in Moran, Texas, to William Carl and Auda Mae Marshall Lummus. A memorial service will be held at at later date at the Moran Cemetery. He married Geneva Ruth Montgomery on August 15, 1950 at the First Christian Church in Moran. He attended school...
Jimmie Mae Kinard
Aug 2, 2021
Jimmie Mae Hogan Nicholas Kinard, age 96, went to be with her Lord Monday, August 2, 2021. Services will be held Thursday August 5th at Murray Cemetery. Local arrangements are under the direction of Edwards Funeral Home Eastland. Jimmie was born on June 11, 1925 to Jim and Ella Mae (Petree) Hogan. She married Tommy Nicholas in 1943, he proceeded...
James "Jim" Shelton Nicholson
Jul 25, 2021
Jim, age 79, passed away peacefully on Sunday, July 25, 2021, at the Ranger Care Center in Ranger Texas. He was born September 16, 1941 in Orange, California to Tom and Irene Nicholson. Jim married his beloved wife Linda on May 24, 1969. They continued to live in Southern California and together raised five children, Sammy, Joey, Sheri, Steven, and...
Alice Jane Davidson
Jul 23, 2021
The Lord opened his ever-merciful arms to our loving mother, Alice Jane Munn Davidson, on July 23, 2021, at the age of 91. Known to everyone as Jane, she slipped away peacefully in her home in Olden, Texas, surrounded by loved ones who will continue to honor her legacy by living their lives to the fullest Jane was born in...
Leta Nell Hogan
Jul 23, 2021
Leta Nell Hogan, age 82, went to her Heavenly Home Friday, July 23. 2021. Services will be held Monday, July 26th; a visitation will begin at 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM at Edwards Funeral Home Eastland. Her graveside service will be held at 1:00 PM at Murray Cemetery in Carbon, Texas officiated by Jody Forbus. Pallbearers will be Jacob Schkade,...
Tinnia Louise Bass
Jul 22, 2021
Tinnia Louise Bass, age 64, of Merkel, Texas went running into the arms of the Love of her life Jesus Christ on the evening of July 22, 2021 at Presbyterian Hospital in Plano, Texas surrounded by family. Tinnia was born on July 28, 1956 in Midland, Texas to Jannie Louise Curtis Sanders. She was a born caregiver through and through....
Gayland Bryan Wilcoxon
Jul 21, 2021
Gayland Bryan Wilcoxon, 83, passed from this life to the next on Wednesday, July 21, 2021. A funeral service will be held on Saturday, July 24, 2021 at Eastland City Cemetery, Eastland, TX at 3:00 PM. Arrangements are under the direction of Edwards Funeral Home of Eastland. Gayland Bryan Wilcoxon was born on April 17, 1938 in Lingleville, Texas to...
Sammie Maxine Libby
Jul 21, 2021
Sammie Maxine Smallwood Libby Sammie Maxine Smallwood Libby was born June 29, 1935, in Winters, Texas to Millard and Rosa Lea Smallwood. She fell asleep in death on July 21, 2021, in Eastland, Texas. She is survived by her husband, Rodney Neil Libby of 41 years, 9 children: Harold Lowery, Lola Lowery Gann, Tony Daniel, Vivian Saldana, Gale Wilson, Lee...
Darryl Ray Fullerton
Jul 17, 2021
Darryl Ray Fullerton was born on August 23, 1948 at Portales, NM to Ray & Annell Whitaker Fullerton. After High School, he served in the Army during the Viet Nam War. Afterwards he married and raised a family living in California and New Mexico before moving to Eastland County in 1998. Here he worked as a farmer and truck driver....
Darwin L Miller
Jul 16, 2021
Darwin L Miller, born August 10, 1924, passed from this life, to everlasting life at the age of 96, on July 16, 2021. Darwin, a lifelong resident of Eastland, Texas, was brought into this life by a widowed mother Zettye Lake Parrack. He had a brother AG Parrack, and sister Myra Evans, that he loved with a love that knew...
Maria Carmen Mendoza
Jul 15, 2021
Maria Carmen Mendoza, 80 of Eastland, passed away Thursday July 15, 2021 at her residence surrounded by her loving family. Rosary will be said Friday at 7 p.m. at Edwards Funeral Home in Eastland. Mass will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church followed by burial in the Eastland City Cemetery. She was born July 16,...
James New
Jul 15, 2021
James New, 88,of Rising Star passed away Thursday, July 15, 2021 in Fort Worth. Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, July 19, 2021 at Sipe Springs Cemetery with Pastor Terry Simmons officiating. James was born November 29, 1932 in Sipe Springs to Rufus and Ruby New. He graduated from Rising Star High School in 1951. He was...
Naomi Horton
Jun 30, 2021
Naomi Faye Horton, 96, passed away Wednesday, June 30, 2021 in Ranger, Tx. Visitation will be Tuesday, July 6th beginning at 9 a.m. at Edwards Funeral Home in Eastland, Tx. Graveside services will follow at 10 a.m. at the Eastland City Cemetery. Mrs. Horton was born January 26, 1925 in Tuscola, Tx to Bob Herrington and Annie Traylor Herrington. She...
Gordon Neil Woolam
Jun 27, 2021
Gordon Neil Woolam, 68, of Eastland passed away on Sunday, June 27, 2021, in Eastland, Texas. Visitation will be on Wednesday, June 30, 2021, from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at Edwards Funeral Home, Eastland, Texas. Services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, July 1, 2021, at the First Baptist Church in Eastland, Texas followed by a firefighters’...