Obituaries
Margie Hertel Lackey
Jan 11, 2016
Margie passed away on Monday, January 11, 2016. She was 81 years old. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Faith Lutheran Church in Sagerton with Revs. Al Martin and Greg Goza officiating. Burial will follow at the Old Glory Cemetery under the direction of Tankersley Funeral Home of Stamford. The family will receive friends at...
Barbara Jo Fought
Jan 6, 2016
Barbara Jo Hill Fought 81, left this earthly life to be with her Lord and Savior and her family waiting for her in heaven on Wednesday, January 6, 2016 in Stamford, Texas. Funeral services will be 3:00 p.m. Friday, January 8, 2016 at the Tankersley Funeral Home at 807 S. Columbia, Stamford, Texas. Burial will follow at the Fairview...
Julian Escobedo
Dec 30, 2015
Julian Escobedo, 87, of Stamford passed away on Wednesday, December 30, 2015. Rosary services will be at 6 p.m. Friday, January 1, 2016 at the Tankersley Funeral Home Chapel at 807 S. Columbia, Stamford, TX. Funeral Mass will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the St. Ann’s Catholic Church in Stamford with Father Angelo Consemino officiating. Burial will follow...
Dwain Allen Nauert
Dec 18, 2015
Dwain Allen Nauert, 66, passed from this life into the arms of his Lord and Savior on Friday, December 18, 2015. Dwain was born December 6, 1949, to Richard and Emma (Pearson) Nauert in Stamford,Texas. Dwain spent his first few years on a farm in the Ericksdahl Community before moving to Stamford following the death of his father in...
J C Swofford
Dec 12, 2015
Joe Swofford was born in Waxahachie, Texas on October 29, 1924 to Jacie and Sadie (Walton) Swofford. He passed away on December 12, 2015 at Burleson, Texas. Funeral Services will be Monday, December 14, 2015 at 3:00 p.m. at the Tankersley Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Jesse Morton officiating. The services will be under the direction of Tankersley...
Clements Okey Richards
Nov 20, 2015
Clements Okey Richards was born in Stamford, Texas to Okey F. Richards and Myrtle Olson Richards at the beginning of the Great Depression and a time of great drought. He grew up on a farm where his parents taught their children to work hard and save. In 1944, Clements graduated from Lueders High School at age 15. Needless to...
Vicki Diane Daniels
Nov 19, 2015
Vicki Diane Daniels, 59, of Stamford, passed away on Thursday, 11/19/2105 in Stamford. Cremation services have been selected with Tankersley Funeral Home.
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...
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