Obituaries
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Billie Stanbery
Mar 15, 2010
Billie Jean Stanbery, 70, of Terrell, passed away on March 15, 2010 at her home. She was born on December 25, 1939 in Van Zandt County the daughter of Allen H. and Willie K. (Baker) Britt. Billie worked for Mead Products for many years, Terrell State Hospital for 16 years and at Calverts for many years. She enjoyed cooking for...
Harold Ussery
Mar 8, 2010
Harold Carson Ussery, resident of Garland, passed away March 8, 2010 in his home. He was born on January 3, 1946 in Dallas, the son of Cecil Finis and Pearl (Lichtenberg) Ussery. He was owner and operator of Ussery Printing Company in the metropolex area. Harolds family that is cherishing his life and dear memories are as follows: his daughter...
Letha Kinsey
Feb 23, 2010
Letha (Raines) Kinsey, 84, resident of Terrell, passed away on Tuesday, February 23, 2010 at her home. Letha was born on October 10, 1925 in Bennington, Oklahoma the daughter of Willard and Bertha (Stowe) Raines. She was married to Winfred Amon Kinsey on August 25, 1943 in Atoka, Oklahoma. Letha and Winford moved to the Terrell community in 1972. She...
Jeffery Samples
Feb 22, 2010
Jeffrey Clyde Samples, Sr., 51, resident of Elmo, passed away February 22, 2010 in his home. He was born on November 5, 1958 in Terrell, the son of Jessie Cleveland and Virginia Ruth (Mays) Samples. Jeff married Karen Boyd in Kaufman, on October 31, 1980. He was a mechanic and owner of Samples Auto Repair in Elmo. Jeffs family that...
Allie Harvey
Feb 17, 2010
Allie Marie Kilgore Harvey of Terrell passed away peacefully on February 17, 2010 at the age of 89. Marie as she was known to everyone was born on May 14, 1920 in the Stubbs community of Kaufman County to Birdie Elizabeth (Nevill) Kilgore and Jonathan David (JD) Kilgore, both of whom preceded her in death. She was married to Horace...
Fred Holland
Feb 10, 2010
Fred Holland, 82, resident of Terrell, passed away February 10, 2010 in a Dallas hospital. He was born on June 9, 1927 in Beach, North Dakota, the son of John F. and Anna Mary (Billman) Holland. Fred married Mildred Lois Denton in Las Vegas, Nevada on March 5, 1971. He was a commercial truck driver for various companies during his...
Anthony Grizzaffi
Feb 7, 2010
Anthony Joseph Grizzaffi, age 69, of Kaufman, passed away in the early afternoon hours of Sunday, February 7, 2010 at the Renaissance Hospital in Terrell. He was born on January 12, 1941 in Houston to Pete and Rosie Weido Grizzaffi, they preceded him in death. Mr. Grizzaffi retired from the banking industry. He loved collecting antiques and spending time with...
Henry Chitty
Feb 7, 2010
Curtis Chitty passed away February 7, 2010. He was born on May 17, 1918 in Kaufman County, the son of L. C. Lum Chitty and Inez Strait Chitty. He attended Terrell Public Schools, served in the US Army during World War II, and worked for Ford Motor Company until his retirement. He married Estelle Harvey on May 13, 1944, and...
Kathy Russell
Jan 25, 2010
Kathy Russell, 49, resident of Wills Point, passed away on Monday, January 25, 2010 at her home. Kathy was born on August 9, 1960 in Dallas, the daughter of William Hayden and Brenda Faye (Buss) Selzer. Kathy graduated from WW Samuel High School in Dallas. She was married to Roger Learned. She worked for Power Lab, Inc. as an Administrative...
Bobby Taylor
Jan 25, 2010
Bobby Gene Lumpy Taylor, age 56, of Kaufman, passed away in the late evening hours of Monday, January 25, 2010 at Presbyterian Hospital of Kaufman. He was born in Kaufman on April 15, 1953 to James Marion and Grace Cunningham Taylor, they preceded him in death. He worked his life as an electrical contractor but loved spending his time playing...
Marguerite Maloney
Jan 23, 2010
Marguerite M. Maloney, 93, resident of Terrell, passed away on Saturday, January 23, 2010. Marguerite was born on August 28, 1916 in Purcell, Oklahoma, the daughter of Frank and Annie (Cardinal) Dumas. She married Jerry Maloney on May 1, 1954 in Dallas. He preceded her in death on February 12, 2000. She had been a long time member of St....
Natasha Funk
Jan 18, 2010
Natasha Leche Funk, 32, resident of Terrell, passed away on January 18, 2010 at her home with her loving family. Natasha was born on December 24, 1977 in Dallas, the daughter of Velton Troy and Rene Genene (Wiley) Funk. She graduated from Terrell High School. The Family expresses their gratitude to everyone that has helped Natasha throughout her whole life....
Ronald Haynes
Jan 11, 2010
Ronald Haynes, 42, of Garland, passed away Monday night, January 11, 2010 at a Kaufman hospital. Ronald was born on November 23, 1967 in East St. Louis, Illinois, the son of Ronald Watson and Lyndora Haynes. Ronald was a forklift operator for Home Depot. Family members who are cherishing the memories of Ronalds life are his mother; and three sisters,...
Kathrine Wooldridge
Jan 1, 2010
Kathrine Lucille Wooldridge, 88, resident of Rockwall, passed away on January 1, 2010 in the early morning hours. Kathrine was born on February 8, 1921 in Rockwall, the daughter of Albert Lee and Iva Drusilla (Maynard) Boren. She was a telephone operator for Southwestern Bell before her retiring. She is survived by two brothers, Durwood Boren of Fate and Austin...
Alice Zajic
Dec 30, 2009
Margaret Zajic, 76, resident of Terrell, passed away on December 30, 2009 in the morning hours. Margaret was born December 16, 1933 in Ables Springs, the daughter of Lonnie Lee Lightfoot, Sr. and Lora Dee (Richardson) Lightfoot. She married Joseph Adolph Zajic on May 19, 1951 in Terrell. Margaret had worked for Terrell State Hospital for 34 years in various...
Sammy Mize
Dec 29, 2009
Sammy Allen Mize, 58, of Terrell, passed away Tuesday morning, December 29, 2009, surrounded by his loving family. Sammy was born on July 1, 1951 in Cisco, the son of Sam B. Mize, Jr. and Margaret Aleene (Marsh) Mize. He married Cherie Marsh on August 19, 1994 in Terrell. Sammy was a millwright welder. Family members who are cherishing the...
Gayle Trent
Dec 26, 2009
Gayle Trent, 62, of Garland, passed away Saturday morning, December 26, 2009 in a Rockwall hospital. Gayle was born on May 7, 1947 in Norman, Oklahoma, the son of Chester Grant and Helen Inez (Holcomb) Trent. He married Linda Kay Mc Ferrin in November of 1983 in Plano. Gayle was a self employed master plumber and a member of Grace...
Virginia Gann
Dec 26, 2009
Virginia Fay Gann, 90, of Terrell, passed away Saturday Morning, December 26, 2009 at Country View Health and Rehabilitation. Virginia was born on November 25, 1919 in Annona, the daughter of Eldridge Foster and Dora Lillian (Mc Gill) Fleming. She married Herbert Dillard Gann who precedes her in death. Virginia had worked many years for Country View Health and Rehabilitation...
Bill Jones
Dec 23, 2009
Bill Earl Jones, 82, of Lindale, passed away Wednesday night, December 23, 2009 in Tyler. Bill was born on November 21, 1927 in Oklahoma, the son of Lucian Jones. He married Mary Jo Patton on June 23, 1973 in Terrell. Bill had worked many years managing Giant Food Stores in Houston and he was a member of the Terrell First...
Bobby Laster
Dec 14, 2009
Bobby Joe Laster, 56, of Terrell, passed away Monday afternoon, December 14, 2009 in a Mesquite hospital. Bobby was born on September 29, 1953 in Bourne, Mass., the son of Bobby Gene and Mary Jo (Caldwell) Laster. He married Rhonda Faye Jenkins on September 19, 1975 in Mesquite. Bobby had worked many years for Texas Instruments and he was a...
