Obituaries
Richard Dale Waters
Dec 8, 2016
Richard Dale Waters, 82 of Flower Mound and formerly of Ranger passed away Thursday December 8, 2016. Services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the Lake Leon Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the Evergreen Cemetery in Ranger under the direction of Edwards Funeral Home of Ranger. He was born February 2, 1934 in Sayre, OK to C.E....
Ruth Rosenquest Smith
Dec 8, 2016
Ruth Rosenquest Smith, 98 of Eastland, went to her Heavenly Home, Thursday December 8, 2016 at Eastland Memorial Hospital. Visitation will be from 12 Noon until 2pm Monday, December 12 at the Edwards Funeral Home Chapel, with funeral services immediately following at 2 pm Mrs. Smith was born May 28, 1918 in Eastland, the middle of five girls, to Nels...
Jessie Carl Barker
Dec 7, 2016
Jessie Carl Barker, 69 of Lake Leon, passed away Wednesday December 7, 2016 at his residence. Services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Daugherty St. Church of Christ with Larry Roberts officiating. Burial will follow in the Macedonia Cemetery in Stephens County. The family will receive friends at Edwards Funeral Home Friday, 5~7 p.m. Mr. Barker was...
John Wayne Caraway
Dec 6, 2016
John Wayne Caraway 66 passed away at his home Tuesday, December 6, 2016 in Ranger, Texas. Services were held in memory of John at the First Baptist in Ranger on December 9, 2016. Visitation was also held on Thursday the 8th at Edwards Funeral home in Ranger. John was born in Ranger, Texas on March 3, 1950 to Ofer and...
Arthur Smith
Dec 3, 2016
Odis Arthur “Art” Smith was born on May 5, 1957 in Weatherford, Texas. Art went to be with Lord on December 3, 2016 in Fort Worth, Texas. Art grew up in Carbon. He worked hard as a carpenter most of his life. He loved animals, his family, building things and he hardly ever met a stranger. He was preceded in...
Bennie J. O'Brien
Dec 1, 2016
Bennie J O’Brien, 73, of Graham, Texas formerly of Eastland, Texas passed away Thursday, December 1, 2016 at his home with his loving wife and children at his side. Graveside service will be Sunday, December 4, 2016 at 2:00pm at Scranton Cemetery, located at the intersection of CR 147 and FM road 1864, in Eastland County, Texas, directed by Edwards...
Ronald Boy Vaughn
Nov 28, 2016
EASTLAND – Ronald Boy Vaughn, 90 of Lake Leon, passed away Monday, November 28, 2016 at his residence. Services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Thursday at Edwards Funeral Home with Rev. Jim Wright and David Hullum officiating. Burial will follow in Green Leaf Cemetery in Brownwood. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Wed, 5~7:00 p.m. Ron...
Mamie Lee Whitenton
Nov 27, 2016
Mamie Lee Cole Whitenton left this world on angel wings November 27, 2016 surrounded by family and friends at the Glen Rose Nursing and Rehab Center. Services will be Friday, December 2nd at 11:00 am at Trinity Baptist Church in Strawn, Texas with interment to follow at Doty Cemetery in Gordon, Texas. Mamie was born to Bessie Lee Gist Cole...
Alice Louise Henry Crawley Powell
Nov 25, 2016
Alice Louise Henry Crawley Powell age 93 passed away peacefully on November 25, 2016. She was born on July 4, 1923 to Gertrude Jacobs Henry and Harry Lemuel Henry in Ranger Texas. She married Howard Deane Crawley on March 7, 1942 , who preceded her in death in 1977. She married Bobby Powell 1979, who preceded her in death in...
Oral Andrew Fox
Nov 23, 2016
Oral Andrew Fox, 87 of Ranger, passed away Wednesday November 23, 2016 in Plano. A visitation will be 4-5:30 p.m. Friday, November 25th at Edwards Funeral Home in Ranger. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, November 26th at the Mesquite & Rusk Church of Christ in Ranger. Burial will follow in the Merriman Cemetery directed by Edwards Funeral...
Patricia Venable
Nov 21, 2016
Patricia Venable, 70 of Gordon, passed away Monday November 21, 2016 in Fort Worth. Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, December 3rd at the Trinity Baptist Church in Strawn with Reverend Mike Orsini officiating and under the direction of Edwards Funeral Home of Strawn. Patricia was born December 28, 1945 in Anson, TX to Shelton and Lena...
Elizabeth Beck
Nov 20, 2016
Elizabeth Anne Beck; born July 4, 137 in Monahans, TX went to be with her Lord & Savior; Sunday, November 20, 2016. Services will be 3 PM Wednesday, November 23rd at the 1st Assembly of God in Cisco, Texas. A visitation will begin at 1 PM Wednesday before the service. Local arrangements are under the direction of Edwards Funeral Home...
Nancy Vasquez Mayo
Nov 20, 2016
Nancy Vasquez Mayo was born in Ranger, Texas on February 1, 1941 and went to her heavenly home on November 20, 2016. Family will receive friends on Friday night November 25th from 6-8 pm, at Edwards Funeral Home in Ranger, followed with a rosary at 7 pm. Funeral Services will be Saturday, November 26, 2016, 11am at St. Rita Catholic...
Kenneth Dale Killingsworth
Nov 19, 2016
Kenneth Dale Killingsworth, 89 of Eastland, passed away Saturday November 19, 2016 in Eastland. Masonic services will be held at 1 p.m. Monday at the Edwards Funeral Home Chapel in Eastland. Entombment will be in the Chapelwood Memorial Gardens in Texarkana, TX.
Marjorie Faye Lamb
Nov 15, 2016
Marjorie (Marj) Faye Lamb was born at home in the Texas community of Alameda on February 12, 1926. She left her earthly home on the morning of November 15, 2016, to be with her Jesus. Marj called Eastland County her home for 90 years. She graduated from the Alameda High School. She married the love of her life Fred E....
Joyce Ann Owens
Nov 15, 2016
CISCO – Joyce Ann Owens was born December 2, 1947 in Crawfordsville, Indiana. She was called home to be with the Lord November 15, 2016 at Cisco Nursing and Rehab Center. Her body will be cremated and a memorial service will be held at a later date. She was preceded in death by her parents, Denzil and Mary (Addler) McFadden;...
Richard "R.D." Dee Threet
Nov 11, 2016
Richard Dee “R.D.” Threet, 87 of Eastland, passed away Friday November 11, 2016 in Eastland. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at Edwards Funeral Home in Eastland with Rev. Jimmy Lively officiating. Burial will follow in the Hart Cemetery in Stephens County. The family will receive friends at Edwards Funeral Home Sunday, 2~4 p.m. Mr. Threet was born...
Betty Dianne Stidham Nee Finch
Nov 5, 2016
Betty Dianne Finch Stidham, 60 of Gordon, passed away Saturday November 5, 2016. A visitation will begin Tuesday, Nov. 8th from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Edwards Funeral Home in Eastland, and then the family will accept visitors Wednesday, Nov. 9th at the First Baptist Church in Gordon from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Funeral services will be...
Jessie Lynn Bushong Nee Rash
Nov 3, 2016
Jessie Lynn Bushong, 88 of Gordon, passed away Thursday November 3, 2016 at home. Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 9th at the New Gordon Cemetery with Rev. Mike Orsini officiating and under the direction of Edwards Funeral Home of Strawn. Mrs. Bushong was born May 27, 1928 in Brownsboro, TX to William Thomas Rash and...