Obituaries

Kodi Lynn Whitlock

Kodi Lynn Whitlock

Jan 31, 2016

Kodi Lynn Whitlock also known as Sweetheart, Mommy, and Aunt KoKo went to be with the Lord on Sunday, January 31, 2016 at the Harris Methodist Hospital in Fort Worth, TX. The funeral service will be held at First Baptist Church in Eastland starting at 1:30 PM Wednesday, February 3rd. Burial will follow in the Oaklawn Cemetery in Gorman. A...

John Karl Cervini

John Karl Cervini

Jan 27, 2016

John Karl Cervini, 67 of Eastland, passed away Wednesday January 27, 2016 in Eastland. A visitation will be held Friday Feb. 5th from 3 until 7:00 p.m. at Edwards Funeral Home, 411 S. Mulberry St, Eastland, TX. Mr. Cervini was born June 30, 1948 in Manchester, CT. He served in the U.S. Air Force. He married Sharon Ann Heflin on...

Steven Duane Wells

Steven Duane Wells

Jan 27, 2016

Steven Duane Wells, age 43 went to be with the Lord on January 27, 2016. Funeral services were held Monday, Feb.1 2016 at the First Baptist Church in Ranger. Visitation was held Sunday, January 31, 2016, from 5-7pm at Edwards funeral home in Ranger. Steven was born July 7, 1972 in Ranger Tx to Walter Wells and Barbara Caraway. Steven...

Christene Kitchens

Christene Kitchens

Jan 24, 2016

Christene McKinney Kitchens, 51 of Eastland, passed away Sunday, January 24, 2016 in Eastland. A memorial service will be 2 PM Saturday, February 6th at Country Cowboy Church at 701 N. Seamen Eastland, TX. Arrangements were under the direction of Edwards Funeral Home in Eastland. Christene was born May 31, 1964 in Brown County to Donald Howell McKinney and Nancy...

Linda Maxine Zarate

Linda Maxine Zarate

Jan 24, 2016

Linda Maxine Zarate, 63 of Ranger, passed away January 24, 2016. Her visitation is Tuesday, January 26th from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm at Edwards Funeral Home in Ranger. A 2:00 pm graveside will be at Evergreen Cemetery in Ranger Texas.

Billy Del Edens

Billy Del Edens

Jan 24, 2016

Billy Del Edens, 77, passed away Sunday, January 24, 2016. His Memorial Service will be 1:00 PM Monday, February 1st at Trinity Baptist Church in Strawn officiating will be Mike Orsini. Arrangements are under the direction of Edwards Funeral Home Strawn. Billy was born September 14, 1938 to Virginia Del & Henry Bell Edens in Antelope Flats, Texas. He lived...

Lora Faye O'Dell

Lora Faye O'Dell

Jan 23, 2016

Lora Faye O’Dell, 95 of Eastland, passed away Saturday January 23, 2016 in Eastland. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Bethel Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the Eastland City Cemetery directed by Edwards Funeral Home. Mrs. O’Dell was born November 4, 1920 in Eastland County to Martin Edward McCullough and Lena Pearl Fisher. She was...

Robert Andrew Johnson

Robert Andrew Johnson

Jan 22, 2016

Robert A. Johnson, 79, went home to be with the Lord on Friday January 22, 2016. Robert was born on April 20, 1936 at Cross Pains to Noah A. & Johnnie Johnson. He had a career of 33 yrs. With the US Post office and 10 yrs. Working for the State Prison in Breckenridge. He served in the U.S. Army...

George Earl Mcdaniel

George Earl Mcdaniel

Jan 21, 2016

George “Earl” McDaniel died January 21, 2016 in Eastland, Texas. Born on September 5, 1942 in Atlanta, Texas to Marian Landers McDaniel and Colure M. McDaniel. He was the youngest and the first of six children to be born in a hospital. Earl joins, in death his mother, father and siblings Hartwell, Eugene, and Dorothy Jo. Earl’s surviving siblings are...

Richard Glen Harr

Richard Glen Harr

Jan 21, 2016

Richard Glen Harr, 59 of Eastland, passed away Thursday January 21, 2016 in Abilene. Memorial service will be held 6-8 PM Thursday, January 28th at the Ranger City Library Community Room (718 Pine St. Ranger, TX 76470). Richard was born January 17, 1957 in Tulsa, OK to Cecil Scott Harr and Georgia Pearl (Graham) Harr. He served in the U.S....

Dorothy Anderson Hoffmann

Dorothy Anderson Hoffmann

Jan 20, 2016

Dorothy Anderson Hoffmann, 90, of Eastland Texas, was welcomed into the arms of her Savior on January 20, 2016. Services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Monday, January 25, 2016, at the First United Methodist Church in Eastland. Graveside services will be held immediately thereafter at the Eastland Cemetery. The family will receive friends at Edwards Funeral Home on Sunday,...

Clemie Jean Strong

Clemie Jean Strong

Jan 17, 2016

Clemie Jean Strong passed away January 17, 2016 in Eastland, Texas. A graveside service will be held at 1:00 P.M. on Wednesday, January 20, 2016 at Evergeen Cemetery in Ranger, Texas. Clemie was born October 27, 1928 in Olden, Texas to Brownie and Ila Jean (Rayford) King. She was a lifelong resident of Eastland County. She was a homemaker, and...

Homer Virgil "H.V." Elmore

Homer Virgil "H.V." Elmore

Jan 17, 2016

Homer Virgil “H.V.” Elmore, 78 of Eastland, passed away Sunday January 17, 2016 in Abilene. Services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Edwards Funeral Home Chapel, 411 S. Mulberry, Eastland, TX. The family will receive friends at the funeral home beginning at 11 a.m. Wednesday. H.V. Elmore, born June 26 1937 in Gorman, Texas, went to join...

Clifton Dale Beck

Clifton Dale Beck

Jan 13, 2016

Clifton Dale Beck, 90, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Wednesday January 13, 2016. A family visitation will be held at Edwards Funeral Home, 411 S. Mulberry St. in Eastland, TX on Friday evening from 6 to 8 p.m. Memorial service will be held on Saturday at the Daugherty St. Church of Christ at 2 p.m. with...

Imogene Newton Haun

Imogene Newton Haun

Jan 10, 2016

Imogene Newton Haun, 86 of Eastland passed away Sunday in Brownwood. Services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at the First United Methodist Church. Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. at the Cross Cut Cemetery in Brown County. The family will receive friends at Edwards Funeral Home Thursday, 5~7:00 p.m. Mrs. Haun was born on March 14,...

Loran Elzy Black

Loran Elzy Black

Jan 9, 2016

Loran Elzy Black, 85, passed from this life Saturday, January 9, 2016. Loran was born October 29, 1930 to John L. and Callie Black in Abilene, Texas. He attended school in Ranger, Texas. Loran married Anita June Griffin July 19, 1952 in Abilene, Texas. He was a master builder and spent most of his life working in construction, most recently...

Rita Ann Munoz

Rita Ann Munoz

Jan 3, 2016

Rita Ann Munoz, 71 of Eastland, passed away Sunday January 3, 2015 in Abilene. Graveside services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday at the Merriman Cemetery directed by Edwards Funeral Home of Eastland. Rita was born October 19, 1944 in Ranger to James William and Stella (Kitchens) Vinson. After high school she obtained her LVN degree. She married Robert...

Lillian Burliene Shafer

Lillian Burliene Shafer

Jan 2, 2016

Lillian Burliene Shafer, age 89, passed from this life Saturday, January 2, 2016 in Eastland. A graveside service for Lillian will be 2 pm Thursday, January 7th at the Nimrod Cemetery in Eastland County. Arrangements are under the direction of Edwards Funeral Home of Eastland. Lillian Burliene was born March 15, 1926 in Nimrod, TX to Oscar and Lillian (Ashabranner)...

Wanda Marie Billington "Granny"

Wanda Marie Billington "Granny"

Dec 30, 2015

Wanda Marie Hawthorne Billington (Granny), 86, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on Wednesday, December 30, 2015 at Abilene Regional after a brief illness. Wanda was born August 15, 1929 to Floyd and Maudie Hawthorne in Altus, Oklahoma. She was one of four children, Bobby and Vicky Hawthorne and Trulon Shields whom were all there to greet her upon...