Obituaries

Linda Reason

Linda Reason

Aug 5, 2010

KELLER -- Linda Sue McCrary Reason, 66, a loving mother and nana, passed away Thursday, Aug. 4, 2010, at home.        Funeral: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Ark of Faith Church, 7012 Baker Blvd., North Richland Hills. Interment: Aurora Cemetery in Aurora. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Lucas Funeral Home, 137 E. Hill St., Keller.        Linda was born...

Betty Culberhouse

Betty Culberhouse

Aug 5, 2010

BURLESON -- Betty Lou Culberhouse, passed away Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010, at her home in Burleson. Funeral: 11 a.m. Monday at Lucas & Blessing Funeral Home, 518 SW Johnson Ave., Burleson. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Lucas and Blessing Funeral Home. Betty was born July 21, 1929 in Knox City. She was married to Robert Culberhouse in the...

Elsie Botvidson

Elsie Botvidson

Aug 5, 2010

KELLER -- Elsie Marie Botvidson, 79, passed away Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010, in a local senior living facility.        Memorial service: 5 p.m. Sunday in Hurst Christian Church, 745 Brown Trail Drive, Hurst, with the Rev. James Bische officiating.        Elsie was born Nov. 2, 1930, in Killeen to Carl Lee and Mary Matilda Medart Patterson. After graduating from Killeen...

Velma Hickman

Velma Hickman

Aug 3, 2010

KELLER -- Velma Hickman, 95, passed away Tuesday, August 3, 2010, in a local health care facility.        Graveside Service: The service was 1 p.m. Friday, August 6, in Bourland Cemetery, Keller, where she was laid to rest with her husband, Hurshel Hickman. Her grandson, Steve Guess officiated.        Visitation: The family received friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday...

John Trigg,

John Trigg,

Aug 3, 2010

Memorials: In lieu of flowers, please send memorial to the John Walker Trigg Memorial Fund at the Louisiana Tech Foundation, Box 3183, Ruston, La. 71272 Donations may also be made at starturl.com/JohnWalkerTrigg.        He was born in 1931 in Shreveport, La., but was proud to be from Cedar Grove. He thrived at C.E. Byrd High School, where he was an...

Donna Doerr

Donna Doerr

Aug 3, 2010

GRANDVIEW -- Donna Marie Doerr joined her mother, Billie, and sister, Cindy, in eternal life Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Blessing Funeral Home in Mansfield. She was born Feb. 16, 1945, to Marshall E. and Billie Jean Gorman. She married the love of her life, Charles "Yank" Doerr, on Sept. 16, 1961. Donna retired...

Carole Goade

Carole Goade

Aug 2, 2010

BEDFORD -- Carole Kay Goade ended her battle with cancer at a care facility in Bedford on Monday, Aug. 2, 2010.        Funeral: 10:30 a.m. Thursday at First United Methodist Church, 5601 Pleasant Run Road at Church Street in Colleyville. Interment: 2 p.m. Friday in Bellwood Annex Cemetery in Pine Bluff, Ark.        Memorials: Contributions may also be sent to...

Darlene Lewis

Darlene Lewis

Aug 2, 2010

MANSFIELD -- Darlene F. Lewis went to her Lord on Monday, Aug. 2, 2010.        Service: 4:30 p.m. Saturday at Blessing Funeral Home in Mansfield.        Darlene was born in Fort Worth on June 24, 1943, to Shorty and Katheryn Newsom, and was the youngest of three children. She married Doyle Lewis on April 14, 1995.        Darlene was a...

Linda Blake

Linda Blake

Aug 1, 2010

AUSTIN -- Linda Blake of Austin passed away Sunday, Aug. 1, 2010, as a result of complications from heart surgery.        Funeral: A celebration of her life shall be at 3 p.m. Saturday at Lucas Funeral Home in Hurst. Viewing: 6 to 8 p.m. Friday.        Memorials: In lieu of flowers, a donation may be made to the National Kidney...

Nita Cunningham

Nita Cunningham

Aug 1, 2010

NORTH RICHLAND HILLS -- Nita Kathryn Cunningham, 66, passed away Sunday, Aug. 1, 2010, after a short battle with cancer.        Funeral: 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Keller Church of Christ with senior minister Kyle Bolton officiating.        Nita was born in Pocahontas, Ark., on Dec. 20, 1943. She grew up in St. Louis, Mo., and married Philip on June 13,...

Raymond Wright

Raymond Wright

Aug 1, 2010

ALVARADO -- Raymond T. Wright, a beloved father, brother and husband, died at a Mansfield hospital shortly after midnight on Sunday, Aug. 1, 2010, after a prolonged and valiant fight with heart disease. Mr. Wright was born in Newby, Okla., on July 1, 1923. He served in the United States Army from 1941-1945 in the European theater of operations. He...

Leland Sparks

Leland Sparks

Aug 1, 2010

NORTH RICHLAND HILLS -- Leland Herbert Sparks, 78, passed away Sunday, Aug. 1, 2010.        Funeral: 10 a.m. Wednesday in Lucas Funeral Chapel in Hurst. Interment: Bluebonnet Hills Memorial Park. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.        Memorials: American Cancer Society in Leland's memory.        Leland, the son of the late Ernest Gould Sparks and Clara...

Naomi Woods

Naomi Woods

Jul 31, 2010

KENNEDALE -- Naomi Woods passed away Saturday, July 31, 2010. Graveside service:  2:30 p.m., Friday inn Oakwood Cemetery, Waco. Visitation: 9 to 11 a.m., Friday at Blessing Funeral Home, Mansfield. Survivors: Sons, Shane, Eric; mother, Mary; stepfather, Loyd; brother, Johnnie, and wife Shirley; five grandchildren; and numerous nieces, nephews and friends. To send flowers or a memorial gift to the family of...

Nancy Disher

Nancy Disher

Jul 31, 2010

CHANNELVIEW -- Nancy Louise Disher, 75, passed away Saturday, July 31, 2010, at her residence.        Funeral: 2 p.m. Tuesday in Lucas Funeral Home Chapel, 137 E. Hill St., Keller, Pastor Joe Timms of Tabernacle Baptist Church in Roanoke officiating. Interment: Following the service, a private burial will be held for the family in Bourland Cemetery, Keller. Visitation: The family...

Ressie Bowles

Ressie Bowles

Jul 31, 2010

Ressie Lee Bowles, 88, of Grapevine went home to be with her loving Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Saturday July 31, 2010 in Grapevine.  She was born on May 20, 1922 to Robert Daniel and Sarah Jane Roberts Huddleston in Eustace,TX.  Ressie married Deamous Odell Bowles on Aug. 7, 1943.   Ressie is survived by her husband Odell of Grapevine. ...

Tony Cash

Tony Cash

Jul 30, 2010

HURST -- Tony B. Cash passed away Friday, July 30, 2010.        Funeral: 11 a.m. Tuesday in the chapel of Lucas Funeral Home in Hurst.        Survivors: Wife, Debbie; children, Todd and Kristy; stepchildren, Brandon and Nicole; four grandchildren; brother, Charles. To send flowers or a memorial gift to the family of Tony Cash please visit our Sympathy Store.

May Patterson

May Patterson

Jul 30, 2010

May Nadine Patterson, 88, of Cleburne, Texas, passed away at 4:55 PM on Friday, July 30, 2010, in Texas Health Harris Medical Center, Cleburne. Nadine was born in Salt Creek, Wyoming on May 1, 1922, the daughter of Francis Phillip Lankford and Lucille May Carpenter Lankford. She was a longtime resident of Mansfield, Texas where she owned Nadine's Country Antiques....

Viola Blackstone

Viola Blackstone

Jul 28, 2010

BEDFORD -- Viola Blackstone passed away Wednesday, July 28, 2010. Funeral: 1 p.m. Saturday in the chapel of Lucas Funeral Home, 1321 Precinct Line Rd., Hurst. Interment: Oak Grove Cemetery. Visitation: The family will receive friends 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Viola was a member of Brown Trail Church of Christ and the widow of J.T....

Nadene Matlock

Nadene Matlock

Jul 28, 2010

FORT WORTH -- Nadene Marie Matlock, 70, went to dance with her loving Savior and beloved husband, Lee, on Thursday, July 28, 2010. Graveside service: 9:30 a.m. Monday in Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery, Dallas. Visitation: 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday at Calvario Funeral Chapel (formerly Shannon North Funeral Chapel). She was preceded in death by her husband, Elvert Matlock; parents,...

Kathleen Cogdill

Kathleen Cogdill

Jul 28, 2010

BEDFORD -- Kathleen Ann Cogdill, 66, a loving wife, mother and "mimi," passed away Wednesday, July 28, 2010.        Funeral: 10 a.m. Monday at Shady Grove Baptist Church. Interment will follow in Bluebonnet Hills Memorial Park. Visitation: 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.        Kathy, the daughter of the late David Dennis Kelly and Evelyn Mae Hasting...