Obituaries
Donald Ray Stembers
Feb 23, 2012
Donald Ray Stembers, age 67, was born on March 21, 1944 in Dallas. He passed away on February 23, 2012, after losing a courageous battle with cancer. He was a home builder for about 45 years. He started out as a framer and built his own business. He later became a building Superintendent for many Dallas area builders. He was...
Jeffrey Don Galloway
Feb 22, 2012
Galloway, Jeffrey Don Age 47, passed away on February 22, 2012 in Mesquite, Texas. Jeff was born on August 15, 1964 in Greenville, Texas. He graduated from Bryan Adams High School in 1982. He was the son of Gene Galloway and Frances Galloway. He is preceded in death by both of his parents; his grandparents, Chester andMattie Lou Galloway and...
Virginia Ann Drain
Feb 22, 2012
73, Born January 23, 1939 in Wylie, Texas and passed away February 22, 2012 in Garland, Texas.Virginia was a life-time member of the North Cities United Pentecostal Church in Garland, Texas.She is preceded in death by her parents, J.D. and Myrtle Drain.Virginia is survived by her brother, Rayford Drain and his wife, Earlene; sister in-law, Faye Drain; two nieces, Judy...
Meda Marianne Dart McQuay
Feb 20, 2012
Beloved Mother, Grandmother and Great-Grandmother, passed away Monday, February 20, 2012. Meda was born in Dallas, TX., April 9, 1930 to Clifford N. Dart and Marion Gable Dart. She was preceeded in death by her parents, son Jeffrey McQuay, husband Leroy McQuay and Great-Grandson Clint Demoville. Meda loved gardening, sewing, quilting, and all animals. She is survived by her son...
Joe Clifford Burkett
Feb 19, 2012
Joe C. Burkett, Sr., passed away February 19, 2012. He was a veteran Pearl Harbor survivor of World War II. He is survived by his wife, Evelyn; daughters- Kathy, Nancy and Jan; sons- Joe,Jr. and Mark; six grandchildren and one great grandson.Services on Wednesday, February 22, at 2:00 p.m.at Eastgate Funeral Home, 1910 Eastgate Dr.,Garland, TX. In Lieu of flowers,...
Laurie Gordon Johnson
Feb 18, 2012
Laurie Gordon Johnson, 67, passed away on February 18, 2012 in Plano, Texas. He was born March 20, 1944 in Tampa, Florida to Raymond Gordon and Lanelle Henderson Johnson. He was retired as a computer operator from The Cullum Company. He married Bettie Monk on September 1, 1967 in Lubbock, Texas.He is survived by:Wife Bettie Johnson of McKinney, TexasDaughter: Tracey...
Robert John Yehnert
Feb 18, 2012
Robert J. YehnertJanuary 30, 1929 " February 18, 2012Born in Akron, OH to Hilda and Robert H. Yehert , Bob joined the United States Army and served as a member of the Honor Guard for General Douglas MacArthur in Tokyo, Japan. Upon returning from the service and starting a family, Bob moved to Illinois to pursue a degree in education...
Nicole Anne Reynes
Feb 17, 2012
After a brief fight with brain cancer, Nicole Anne Reynes, age 29, passed away quietly on Feb. 17, 2012 in Dallas, Texas. For 29 years she brought joy, laughter, and love to every life that she touched. Nicole truly danced as if no one was watching. She was born and raised in Austin, Texas. She attended Sunset Valley Elementary and...
Jerry Robert Aaron
Feb 16, 2012
Jerry Robert Aaron, 73, died on February 16, 2012. A visitation will be held at Charles W. Smith & Sons Funeral Home in McKinney on Saturday, February 18, 2012 from 6:00-8:00 pm. A graveside service will be held on Sunday, February 19, 2012, at Ridgeview Memorial Park in Allen, Texas at 2:00 pm.
Carolyn Lee Lehan
Feb 14, 2012
Carolyn Lee Lehan, of Farmersville, passed from this life on Tuesday, February 14 in Mesquite, Texas. She was born September 27, 1946 in Moline, Illinois to Marvin Lee and Julia Margaret Pauwels Nicholson. Carolyn married John Edward Lehan in 1966. They were blessed with two daughters and a son. She leaves behind to cherish her memories her husband of 45...
Jimmy Michael Hays
Feb 14, 2012
Jimmy Michael"Mike" Hays, 55, passed away on February 14, 2012 as the result of a car accident. Mike was born on October 9, 1956 at the Madigan Army Hospital in Tacoma, Washington. He attended the University of Texas in Austin, after which he worked for the Texas School for the Deaf in Austin, then Varel International, Inc., in Dallas, Texas....
Danene T. Booze
Feb 13, 2012
Danene Todd Booze , of Wylie, was born January 31, 1960 in Garland, Texas to Thomas and Patsy Pelrkins Todd. She passed from this life on February 13, 2012 in Dallas.She is survived by her husband, Ronnie, children: Angela Gaddis and husband Bobby, Cody White and wife Crystal, Ronnie Booze, Jr. and wife Danya, and Kinberly Booze, and eight grandchildren:...
Eleanor Marie Goolsby
Feb 12, 2012
Eleanor Marie Reese Goolsby, of Mesquite, Texas, passed away on February 12, 2012 after a long, hard fought, seventeen year battle with Parkinson’s disease.Ellie was born on February 28, 1938 in Brownsville, Texas. She was adopted by Steve J. and Eleanor R. Reese. A graduate of W. H. Adamson High School, Dallas, Texas (1957), she was an active supporter of...
Patrick Allen Romero
Feb 12, 2012
55, Born June 22, 1956 in Omaha, Nebraska and passed away February 12, 2012 in Richardson, Texas. Patrick retired from the United States Air Force.He is preceded in death by his parents, Allen and Jeraldine Romero.Patrick is survived by his wife, Tok Sim Romero; daughter, Theresa Stephenson and her husband, Ross; son, Brian Romero and his fiancee, Jenn; two grandsons,...
Donna Kaye Parrish
Feb 12, 2012
Donna Kaye Parrish, age 64 born June 11,1947 in Dallas,Tx. died peacefully February 12,2012 in Dallas,Tx. She is preceded in death by her father Dannie G. Ballard. She is survived by her mother Lynne R. Kepner, son Wesley Parrish & wife Shannon, son Dwayne Parrish, sister Susan Hawkins & husband Doug, grandchildren Clayton Parrish, Drake Parrish and Rayce Milligan, niece...
Luther Lemley McEuen
Feb 11, 2012
74, born September 22, 1937 in Ivanhoe, Texas and passed away February 11, 2012 in Sachse, Texas. Luke served in the United States Navy and retired from GTE after 34 years. He is preceded in death by his parents, Luther and Opal McEuen; and two sisters, Earlene Lazelle and Juanita Seale.Luke is survived by his wife, Paula McEuen; son, Wilbur...
Randall Ervin Berry
Feb 9, 2012
Randy, 59 of Mesquite, passed from this life February 9, 2012 in Plano, Texas with his sons at his side. He was born March 3, 1952 to C. E. & Virginia Brawner Berry in Dallas. His loved ones find comfort in knowing that Randy no longer suffers from the physical pain he has dealt with for many years. He leaves...
Rita G. Edds
Feb 5, 2012
Rita G. Edds, 54, of Sachse passed from this life on February 5, 2012 at her home in Sachse with her family at her side. She was born on August 1, 1957 in Fremont, Michigan to Harry and Brigitte Steigman Braafhart. Rita was a title specialist at the Collin County Tax Office in Plano. An avid gardener, she also enjoyed...
Homer Schmidt
Feb 5, 2012
Homer C. Schmidt passed away on Sunday, Feb. 5, in the presence of his wife and daughter.Born in Schertz, TX on Jan. 3, 1931, he attended small high schools around the Houston area, graduated from SMU, and worked for Dallas Power and Light (later Texas Utilities) for 37 years, rising the level of Project Manager for the Comanche Peak Nuclear...
Paulette Kennedy
Feb 4, 2012
63, Born September 22, 1948 in Water Valley, Mississippi and passed away February 4, 2012 in Denton, Texas.Paulette is preceded in death by her parents, S.T. Cooper and Alice Champion; and three brothers, Aubrey Frank Cooper, Billie Joe Cooper and her twin brother, Paul Cooper.She is survived by her husband, Brian Kennedy; her son, Scott Wooddell and his wife, Kelly;...
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