Obituaries
Betty Sue Cooper
Oct 21, 2015
Betty Sue Cooper found peace in heaven on Wednesday, October 21, 2015. She was 59 years old. Miss Pryor was born May 8, 1956 to Manual and Stella (Cochran) Pryor in Tulia, Texas. Betty Sue graduated from Stamford High School in 1974. She enlisted in the U.S. Navy in August of 1974. Betty Sue worked at the Cliff House...
Mary Belle Pearson
Sep 20, 2015
On Sunday, September 20, 2015, four days shy of her 95th birthday Mary Pearson, passed away leaving her family to cherish memories of her kind spirit and sweet smile. Mary Belle Wheeler was born on September 24, 1920, on a farm in Montague County, Texas. She was the second of three children born to John and Faye (Brower) Wheeler....
Billie Jo Vaughn
Sep 17, 2015
Billie Vaughn went to her heavenly home Thursday, September 17, 2015 in Llano, Texas. She was born November 30, 1925 in Vera, Texas to Joe and Jewel Cheek. A visitation was held from 10 to 11 a.m. on Saturday, September 19, 2015 at the Tankersley Funeral Home in Stamford, Texas . Graveside services were at 1 p.m. Saturday at...
Retha Josephine Vinson
Sep 3, 2015
Retha Josephine Vinson was born January 12, 1932 in Jones County Texas to Callie and Willie (Fulgham) Vinson. She passed from this life to her eternal home on Thursday, September 3, 2015. She was 83 years old. Jo was a lifetime resident of the area. She attended school at Sunnyside in Corinth and Stamford schools. Jo worked for local...
Lawrence V. Ekdahl
Aug 25, 2015
Lawrence Ekdahl received the ultimate blessing Tuesday, August 25, 2015 when he went home to his Lord and Savior. He was 98 years old. Lawrence V. Ekdahl was born April 18, 1917 in the Ericksdahl community to John and Delma (Shuquist) Ekdahl. He was a graduate of Lueders High School. Following graduation he attended a welding and diesel engine...
Ruby Lee Smith
Aug 20, 2015
Ruby Lee Smith was born November 28, 1923 in Meridian, Texas to Robert Isaac and Mary Elizabeth (Trammell) Judkins. She went home to her Lord and Savior Thursday, August 20, 2015. She was 91 years old. Ruby worked for Sears in Cleburne, Texas as the shipping and receiving clerk. She loved her job and getting to meet and assist...
Stella Jean Franklin
Aug 2, 2015
Stella Franklin, 85 of Stamford was born into this world on April 6, 1930 to Riley Dean and Stella Jean (Wade) Cochran. Surrounded by her family she passed to her eternal home on Sunday, August 2, 2015. Some 50 plus years ago, she moved to the Jones County area. She attended school in Anson, Texas. Stella and Jodie Edward...
J. C. Wendeborn
Jul 26, 2015
After a battle with cancer, JC Wendeborn has gone to his eternal home. JC died July 26, 2015, at his home on the farm in Sagerton, just as when he was brought into this world on April 5, 1929. JC grew up on the farm through the Great Depression, losing a brother, LA, at Salerno Beach, a call to...
Sarah Ann Carlan
Jul 9, 2015
Sarah Ann Johnson was one of 8 children blessing the union of C.W. and Ottie Dobbs Johnson. She was welcomed into the family on August 24, 1933 in the little community of Swediona close to Hamlin, Texas. Her great grandfather came from Sweden and helped establish the little school, church and other buildings there. She passed to her eternal...
Ethel Maxine Wyatt
Jun 14, 2015
Maxine McAlister was born August 24, 1928 at her home in Lueders, Texas to Ted and Thelma (Overfelt) McAlister. She grew up in the Lueders area and attended the Post Oak and Lueders Schools. Maxine married Marshall Wyatt on July 9, 1945, her Jr. Year in high school. They worked several years doing different jobs until 1962, when they...
Emil Rudolph Pearson
Jun 13, 2015
Emil Pearson Emil Pearson, 89, of Stamford passed away on Saturday, June 13, 2015 taking with him his shy smile and witty sense of humor. Emil Rudolph Pearson was born August 17, 1925 in the Ericksdahl Community. He was the youngest of seven children born to Anna (Segerstrom) and Theodore Pearson. He attended Swenson School in the Ericksdahl Community...
Lavada Thomas
Jun 11, 2015
Lavada Thomas, 93, of Hamlin and formerly of Stamford, passed away on June 11, 2015 in Hamlin. Funeral services will be at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, June 18, 2015 at the Solomon Temple Baptist Church in Stamford with Rev. Donny Massey officiating. Burial will follow at the Highland Memorial Cemetery in Stamford under the direction of Tankersley Funeral Home. Lavada...
Donald Ray Daniel
Jun 10, 2015
Aledo- On June 10, 2015, a wonderful husband, brother, father, grandfather, and friend was taken too soon due to a tragic automobile accident at the age of 70. His last day was spent doing what he loved the most, spending time with his grandson, Hunter, playing golf. A 1964 graduate of C.F. Brewer High School, Donald Ray Daniel utilized...
Hunter Chase Corzine
Jun 10, 2015
Hunter Corzine, 14, of Aledo was embraced in the loving arms of his Lord and Savior, as a result of an automobile accident. Hunter Chase Corzine was born on January 30, 2001 in Fort Worth, Texas to Wes and Wendy Corzine. He just completed eighth grade at Aledo Middle School. He was a handsome young man, inside and out,...
Willie Lee Fowler
Jun 4, 2015
Willie Lee Fowler, a resident of Baytown, Texas for 87 years, died June 4, 2015 in Stamford, Texas. He was born in Malvern, Arkansas on October 4, 1918 and moved with his family to Baytown in 1925. Mr. Fowler attended Anson Jones, Horace Mann and Robert E. Lee in Baytown. During his junior year at Lee his family moved...
Kevin Lynn Lusk
May 10, 2015
Kevin Lusk, 37, entered into eternal rest on Sunday, May 10, 2015. The relatives and friends of Kevin are invited to attend the memorial service at Tankersley Funeral Home Chapel Friday, May 15, 2015 at 10:30 a.m. with the Rev. Jerry Stewart officiating. The family will receive friends at Tankersley Funeral Home, 807 S. Columbia St., Stamford, Texas Thursday,...
Oleta Sioux Terry
May 3, 2015
Oleta Sioux Terry, 70, of Lueders, passed away on Sunday, May 3, 2015 in Abilene. Cremation services have been chosen with Tankersley Funeral Home.
Martin Cruz
Apr 29, 2015
Martin Cruz was born in Puebla, Mexico, December 2, 1920 to Juan and Remedios Cortez. He came to the United States in 1947 and stayed for several years before returning to Mexico. Martin married Maria De Jesus Gonzales on October 1, 1951. He returned to Texas in 1978, where he remained until his death. Mr. Cruz worked as a...
Betty Jean Brueggeman
Apr 28, 2015
Betty Brueggeman entered eternal life on Tuesday, April 28, 2015. Her spirit is carried on by her daughter, grandchildren, great grandchildren and an extended family of relations and friends. Those who knew Betty were blessed to learn many valuable life lessons during her 85 years. She was diversified with many talents; as a homemaker with wonderful cooking skills, working...
Hilda Emma Kieke
Apr 25, 2015
Hilda Emma Nauert Kieke was born May 13, 1922 in Stamford, Texas, the youngest of nine children born to Herman William Nauert and Linnie Mueller Nauert. Hilda was raised in the Haskell County area and attended school in the Plainview community school. She married Leonard John Kieke on June 22, 1940. She and Leonard farmed at Rule and then...
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