Obituaries

Lila Caraway

Lila Caraway

Nov 4, 2015

Lila Woolf Caraway, 96, passed away Wednesday, November 4, 2015. Her services are a visitation, Saturday, November 7, 2 to 5 PM. Edwards Funeral Home, Strawn, Tx and a graveside service, Sunday, November 8, 2:30 PM at New Gordon Cemetery, Gordon, Tx. Memorials can be made to Community Animal Rescue Effort (C.A.R.E.), P. O. Box 12, Strawn, Tx 76475. Lila...

Robert Jerald "Jerry" Neighbors

Robert Jerald "Jerry" Neighbors

Nov 1, 2015

Robert J. (Jerry) Neighbors left this life Sunday November 1, 2015. Services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Saturday, November 7th at the first Methodist church Gordon Texas. Burial will be at Bullard cemetery in Reno, Texas and available to immediate family only. Jerry was born December 4, 1939 to Glen Neighbors and Cora Bell Neighbors of Reno, Texas. Jerry...

Kenneth Lee Roberson

Kenneth Lee Roberson

Oct 28, 2015

Kenneth was born on December 29, 1933 in Caddo, Texas to David Edward and Lena Mae Roberson and spent most of his childhood near Strawn, Texas. In 1952 he met his true love, Marion Genelle Black, where she worked as a car hop at the Porky Pig Drive-in. In 1953 her mother tried to intervene, thinking at 15 she was...

Barbara Wheat

Barbara Wheat

Oct 25, 2015

Barbara Adams Wheat, age 84, went home to be with her Lord and Savior Sunday, October 25, 2015 while in Branson, MO. A celebration of her life will be held at 1:00pm Wednesday, October 28th at the First Baptist Church in Eastland. Family and friends will gather at 4:30 to 7:00 pm, Tuesday, October 27th at Edwards Funeral Home in...

Richard David "Rd" Arnold Sr.

Richard David "Rd" Arnold Sr.

Oct 24, 2015

Richard D. Arnold, Sr. passed from this world to his heavenly home to join his wife OT of 66 years on Saturday, October 24, 2015 at 11:03PM at Valley View Nursing Facility. A visitation will be held from 1:00 to 2:30pm Wednesday, October 28, at Edwards Funeral Home in Eastland with a Graveside service to follow at 3:00pm at the...

Lewis Green Jr

Lewis Green Jr

Oct 22, 2015

Lewis Green of Deleon passed away October 22, 2015 at the DeLeon Nursing Home. He was born August 30, 1922 at Thurber, Texas to Lewis M. Green and Gena Carr Green. He married Gertrude Cook in 1944 after serving honorably in the U.S. Army Air Corps. She preceded him in death in July of 1993. He is survived by his...

Jerry C. Carter

Jerry C. Carter

Oct 17, 2015

Jerry C. Carter, 83, of Eastland left this world to be with family, friends, and his Lord and Savior on October 17, 2015 at Eastland Memorial Hospital. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, October 23rd at First Baptist Church Eastland, 405 S. Seaman, with Dr. Shawn Brewer officiating. A reception will follow in the Family Life...

Jerry Douglas "Doug" Mitchell

Jerry Douglas "Doug" Mitchell

Oct 14, 2015

Doug Mitchell left this life Wednesday October 14, 2015. Services will be 2:00 P.M. Monday, October 19th at Lone Camp Baptist Church Lone Camp Texas and a visitation will be 2:00 to 4:00 P.M. Saturday October 17th at Edwards Funeral Home Strawn, Texas. Burial will be at New Hope Cemetery Lone camp, Texas. Doug was born June 19, 1961 to...

Betty Lou May

Betty Lou May

Oct 14, 2015

Betty Lou May, 72 of Eastland, passed away Wednesday October 14, 2015. Graveside services were held at 3 p.m. Friday, October 16, 2015 at the Eastland City Cemetery with Rev. Eva Vickers officiating and under the direction of Edwards Funeral Home. Mrs. May was born March 31, 1943 in Cisco to Roscoe Abbott and Ola (Green) Abbott. She grew up...

Audra Pat Walton

Audra Pat Walton

Oct 10, 2015

Audra Patt Walton, devoted Wife, Mother, and Mamaw passed away at noon on Saturday, October 10, 2015. She was born on August 29, 1929, in Buffalo Gap, Texas to Edward and Anna Squiers. Patt was a seamstress and owned and operated “Country Crafts” in Olden, Texas. She was a member of the Christoval Eastern Star. On March 5, 1949, she...

Frances "Fran" Laverne Richardson Hall Jasckson

Frances "Fran" Laverne Richardson Hall Jasckson

Oct 7, 2015

Frances “Fran” Laverne Richardson Hall of Eastland, Texas passed away peacefully at home on October 7, 2015 in Pflugerville, Texas at the age of 87. She will be missed dearly by all that knew and loved her. She will be remembered for her unwavering love and devotion to her family, generosity, friendship, and her ability to light up a room...

Billy Earl Wood

Billy Earl Wood

Oct 7, 2015

Billy E. Wood peacefully passed away while in hospice on October 7, 2015 in Abilene, Texas at the age of 76. Billy is survived by his wife, Hannelore Bober Wood, their three daughters and sons-in-law; Jacqueline and Shane Campbell of Enid, OK, Deborah and Eddie Yates of Long Beach, MS and Patricia and Troy Emery of Ranger, TX. His youngest...

Barbara Sue Casey

Barbara Sue Casey

Oct 2, 2015

Barbara Sue Casey, 71 of Ranger, passed away Friday October 2, 2015. Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Merriman Cemetery, directed by Edwards Funeral Home of Eastland. Mrs. Casey was born April 12, 1944 in Shiner, TX to Don & Ruth Youngblood. She married Arlie Casey in 1964. She was a cook for many years...

Dennis Ray Moenning

Dennis Ray Moenning

Sep 30, 2015

Dennis R. Moenning passed from this life September 30, 2015 at his home in Mingus, Texas. A visitation was held 6:00 to 8:00 P.M. Thursday, October 1st at Edwards Funeral Home Strawn. Funeral service was 10:00 A.M. Friday October 2nd at the First Baptist Church in Strawn with burial followed at Mt. Marion Cemetery. Dennis was born November 26, 1959...

Roberta Marie Hughes

Roberta Marie Hughes

Sep 27, 2015

Roberta Marie Hughes, age 93, passed from this life Sunday, September 27, 2015. Services are a visitation at First United Methodist Church Gordon, Texas at 9:00 AM October 10th and a funeral service will follow at 2:00 PM; burial will be in New Gordon Cemetery. Roberta was born October 16, 1921 to Floyd and Marie Gonce Hughes in Gordon, TX....

Sharon Collins Geeo

Sharon Collins Geeo

Sep 25, 2015

Sharon Marie Collins Geeo, 71, passed away Friday, Sept. 25, 2015. Celebration of life: 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 4, at Edwards Funeral Home in Eastland. The family will hold a graveside service on Monday, Oct. 5, in Kimball Cemetery.

Doris Sharp

Doris Sharp

Sep 25, 2015

Doris Sharp passed from this life Friday September 25, 2015 in Ranger. Services will be a Graveside at Evergreen Cemetery 3:00 P.M. Sunday, September 27th. A visitation will be 6:00 to 8:00 P.M. Saturday at Edwards Funeral Home in Ranger, Texas. Doris was born September 20, 1926 to Otis Joe Dugan and Sophronia Revels Dugan in Gorman, Texas She attended...

Minerva Jimenez

Minerva Jimenez

Sep 25, 2015

Minerva Jimenez, age 53, passed away Friday, September 25, 2015. Holy Rosary was held 7:00pm, Monday, September 28 at Edwards Funeral Home in Strawn lead by Deacon Ruben with a graveside service at 2:00pm Tuesday at Mt. Marion Cemetery in Strawn. Minerva was born in Eastland, TX, August 24, 1962 to Frederico Jimenez and Esperanza Nunez. She was a graduate...

Ona Etta "Sally" Davis

Ona Etta "Sally" Davis

Sep 24, 2015

Ona Etta “Sally” Davis, 85 of Cross Plains, passed away Thursday September 24, 2015. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Pioneer Baptist Church with Rev. Dwaine Clower officiating. Burial will follow in the Pioneer Cemetery directed by Edwards Funeral Home of Eastland. Mrs. Davis was born August 10, 1930 in Paducah, TX to Onnie Thomas Owens...

Landon Jordan

Landon Jordan

Sep 23, 2015

Landon Jordan, 79, would like to let you know his work here on earth is done. He received a call, a sort of an offer you can't refuse, for an appointment from which he will not be returning. This assignment comes with a huge sign-on bonus, a reunion with family and friends he has not seen in a long time....