Obituaries

Ronald Huff
Feb 27, 2010
Ronald David Huff of Arlington died Saturday, Feb. 27, 2010, at his home after battling cancer. He was 68. Funeral: 1 p.m. Thursday in Emerald Hills Memorial Chapel. Interment: Emerald Hills Memorial Park. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Memorial: Donations may be made to the American Cancer Society. Ronald was an accomplished electrical engineer and...

Mrs. Donna Hodge
Feb 12, 2010
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BURLESON -- Donna Kay Hodge, 66, a loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister and aunt, passed away Friday, Feb. 12, 2010. Funeral: 11 a.m. Monday in Emerald Hills Memorial Chapel. Burial: Emerald Hills Memorial Park. Survivors: Husband and the love of her life, Gene Ladd; daughter, Kristy Kay Gaconnier and husband Steve; son, Scott D. Hodge, M.D., and wife, Rosana;...
Mary Young
Feb 7, 2010
Mary V. Young, 84, went home to be with her Lord on Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010. Funeral: 2 p.m. Wednesday in Emerald Hills Memorial Chapel. Interment: Emerald Hills Memorial Park. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Emerald Hills Funeral Home. Survivors: Daughters, Cynthia and Lonnie Brown, Evelyn and Gary Carter-Strouhal and Sandra and George Childers-O'Neal; grandchildren, Misty, Cristy, Brian,...
Mary Gill Cash
Feb 1, 2010
Mary Elise Gill Cash, 79, passed away Monday, Feb. 1, 2010. Funeral: 11 a.m. Friday at St. Barnabas United Methodist Church, 5011 W. Pleasant Ridge Road, Arlington. Interment: 1 p.m. Saturday in Friendship Cemetery in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, 71603, 18 miles south of Pine Bluff on U.S. 63 and 1.5 miles east on Friendship Cemetery Road. Visitation: 6 to 8...
William "Tommy" White
Jan 30, 2010
William Thomas "Tommy" White, 45, passed away Saturday, Jan. 30, 2010, at a local nursing home. Graveside service: 1 p.m. Monday in Emerald Hills Memorial Park. Visitation: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday prior to the graveside service. Survivors: Parents, Grady and Donna White of Forest Hill; brother, Daniel White of Fort Worth; sister, Jill Summers and husband, Gary, of...

Infant Thomas Pope
Jan 29, 2010
Infant Pope was born on January 29, 2010 and passed away on Friday, January 29, 2010. Infant Pope was a resident of Mansfield, Texas.

Reba Ward
Jan 24, 2010
Reba Lee Ward, 81, went home to be with her Lord, Sunday, Jan. 24, 2010, quietly in the early morning hours. Graveside service: 10 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 27th in Emerald Hills Memorial Park. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 26th at Emerald Hills Memorial Chapel. She was born Oct. 27, 1928, in Athens, Ala. She married the love of...
Bill O'Steen
Jan 22, 2010
Bill Martin O'Steen, 78, slipped the surly bonds of earth and touched the face of God Friday, Jan. 22, 2010. Graveside service: Saturday, January 24, 2010 in Emerald Hills Memorial Park. Bill loved God and country, wife and children, then when the “grands” came along, his world was even brighter. He was at his best seeing new life through his...

Wilma "Sue" Hatcher
Jan 20, 2010
Wilma Elaine "Sue" Hatcher, 69, passed away on January 20, 2010. Celebration of Life: 2 p.m. on Saturday January 30th at Emerald Hills Memorial Chapel. In lieu of flowers please make donations to: The JADE Ministry C/O Simonton Community Church, P.O. Box 121, Simonton, Texas 77476. Sue was born January 5, 1941 in Temple, Texas. She graduated from Temple High...

Mrs. Virginia Horn
Jan 15, 2010
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ARLINGTON -- Virginia Horn, 86, a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and sister, passed away Friday, Jan. 15, 2010, at a local hospital. Graveside service: 11 a.m. Monday in Emerald Hills Memorial Park. Visitation: 9 to 11 a.m. Monday at the funeral home prior to service. Survivors: Virginia is survived by her brothers, John Allison and his wife of Florida...

Mr. Edward Charles Francis , Sr.
Jan 12, 2010
Sr. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ARLINGTON -- Edward "Eddie" C. Francis Sr., a native of New Orleans, La., at the tender age of 80 years answered heaven's roll call on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010. Funeral: 10 a.m. Saturday in Emerald Hills Memorial Chapel, officiated by Claude Bradshaw of Friendship West Baptist Church. Intermenet: Emerald Hills Memorial Park. Visitation: 9 to 10 a.m. Saturday....

Mrs. Billie Bell
Jan 3, 2010
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FORT WORTH -- Billie Ruth Bell, 84, went home to be with her Lord on Sunday, Jan. 3, 2010. Memorial service: A private service will be held at a later date. Memorials: In lieu of flowers, please make donations in Billie's name to the American Lung Association, Box 26460, Austin, Texas 78755-0460. Miss Billie, as she was fondly called,...

Mrs. Ruthie Lewis
Jan 3, 2010
FORT WORTH -- Ruthie Lewis, 44, went peacefully home to be with Jesus on Sunday, Jan. 3, 2010, at 2:45 p.m. Funeral: 10 a.m. Thursday at First Baptist Church of Everman, 501 W. Barron, Everman, with the Rev. Jim Tucker officiating. Interment: Emerald Hills Memorial Park. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Emerald Hills Funeral Home. She was born...
Mrs. Genevieve Carson
Dec 28, 2009
ARLINGTON -- Genevieve Irene Carson, 91, died peacefully Monday, Dec. 28, 2009, at an Arlington hospital after a short illness. Memorial service: After a private Mass at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church, she will be buried in Michigan. Memorials: In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church, 5819 Pleasant Ridge Rd., Arlington,...
Donna Richardson
Dec 26, 2009
ARLINGTON -- Donna Lee Richardson, 76, passed away Saturday, Dec. 26, 2009, at a local hospital. Memorial service: 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 6, at Arlington Villa, 6801 Poly Webb Rd., Arlington 76016. Donna was born April 30, 1933, in East Alton, Ill., to Frank and Amy Ketchum. She retired from Alcon Laboratories as a credit manager, and later retired from...
Robert Baldwin
Dec 26, 2009
BURLESON -- Robert Duncan Baldwin, 83, passed away Saturday, Dec. 26, 2009. Service: 2 p.m. Tuesday at Emerald Hills Memorial Chapel. Burial to follow in Emerald Hills Memorial Park. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at Emerald Hills Memorial Chapel. Duncan was born May 19, 1926, in Springfield, Tenn. He was a longtime member of Pleasantview Baptist Church in Arlington....
Joseph Sitzman
Dec 23, 2009
ARLINGTON -- Joseph Michael Sitzman, 45, lost his battle with cancer and was united with the Heavenly Father on Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2009, while surrounded by his loving family. Funeral: 11 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 30, at Saint Vincent De Paul Catholic Church, 5819 W. Pleasant Ridge Road, Arlington. Visitation: 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at Emerald Hills Funeral Home. Memorials:...
Ronnie Johnson
Dec 11, 2009
ARLINGTON -- Ronnie Wesley Johnson, 66, passed away Friday, Dec. 11, 2009. Graveside service: 11 a.m. Thursday in D/FW National Cemetery, Dallas. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Emerald Hills Funeral Home. Ronnie "R.J." Johnson was born Oct. 27, 1943, in Ada, Okla., to John and Connie Maurice Johnson. After serving in the U.S. Navy from 1960-1966 he met...
Shirley Swart Blessing
Dec 7, 2009
Shirley Gene Swart Blessing, 70, passed away December 7, 2009 at home following a short battle with cancer. The family requests that memorials be made to the American Heart Association or the American Cancer Society in lieu of flowers. Memorial service: 3:00 p.m. Friday at Everman United Methodist Church in Everman where she had been a member since 1974. Gene...

Marcie Busby
Dec 2, 2009
Marcie Lee Busby, 74, went home to be with her Father in heaven on Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009. Funeral: 3 p.m. Friday in Emerald Hills Memorial Chapel. Interment to follow in Emerald Hills Memorial Park. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Emerald Hills Funeral Home. She will be remembered as treasured and loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She took...
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Ronald Huff
Feb 27, 2010
Ronald David Huff of Arlington died Saturday, Feb. 27, 2010, at his home after battling cancer. He was 68. Funeral: 1 p.m. Thursday in Emerald Hills Memorial Chapel. Interment: Emerald Hills Memorial Park. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Memorial: Donations may be made to the American Cancer Society. Ronald was an accomplished electrical engineer and...

Mrs. Donna Hodge
Feb 12, 2010
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BURLESON -- Donna Kay Hodge, 66, a loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister and aunt, passed away Friday, Feb. 12, 2010. Funeral: 11 a.m. Monday in Emerald Hills Memorial Chapel. Burial: Emerald Hills Memorial Park. Survivors: Husband and the love of her life, Gene Ladd; daughter, Kristy Kay Gaconnier and husband Steve; son, Scott D. Hodge, M.D., and wife, Rosana;...
Mary Young
Feb 7, 2010
Mary V. Young, 84, went home to be with her Lord on Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010. Funeral: 2 p.m. Wednesday in Emerald Hills Memorial Chapel. Interment: Emerald Hills Memorial Park. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Emerald Hills Funeral Home. Survivors: Daughters, Cynthia and Lonnie Brown, Evelyn and Gary Carter-Strouhal and Sandra and George Childers-O'Neal; grandchildren, Misty, Cristy, Brian,...
Mary Gill Cash
Feb 1, 2010
Mary Elise Gill Cash, 79, passed away Monday, Feb. 1, 2010. Funeral: 11 a.m. Friday at St. Barnabas United Methodist Church, 5011 W. Pleasant Ridge Road, Arlington. Interment: 1 p.m. Saturday in Friendship Cemetery in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, 71603, 18 miles south of Pine Bluff on U.S. 63 and 1.5 miles east on Friendship Cemetery Road. Visitation: 6 to 8...
William "Tommy" White
Jan 30, 2010
William Thomas "Tommy" White, 45, passed away Saturday, Jan. 30, 2010, at a local nursing home. Graveside service: 1 p.m. Monday in Emerald Hills Memorial Park. Visitation: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday prior to the graveside service. Survivors: Parents, Grady and Donna White of Forest Hill; brother, Daniel White of Fort Worth; sister, Jill Summers and husband, Gary, of...

Infant Thomas Pope
Jan 29, 2010
Infant Pope was born on January 29, 2010 and passed away on Friday, January 29, 2010. Infant Pope was a resident of Mansfield, Texas.

Reba Ward
Jan 24, 2010
Reba Lee Ward, 81, went home to be with her Lord, Sunday, Jan. 24, 2010, quietly in the early morning hours. Graveside service: 10 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 27th in Emerald Hills Memorial Park. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 26th at Emerald Hills Memorial Chapel. She was born Oct. 27, 1928, in Athens, Ala. She married the love of...
Bill O'Steen
Jan 22, 2010
Bill Martin O'Steen, 78, slipped the surly bonds of earth and touched the face of God Friday, Jan. 22, 2010. Graveside service: Saturday, January 24, 2010 in Emerald Hills Memorial Park. Bill loved God and country, wife and children, then when the “grands” came along, his world was even brighter. He was at his best seeing new life through his...

Wilma "Sue" Hatcher
Jan 20, 2010
Wilma Elaine "Sue" Hatcher, 69, passed away on January 20, 2010. Celebration of Life: 2 p.m. on Saturday January 30th at Emerald Hills Memorial Chapel. In lieu of flowers please make donations to: The JADE Ministry C/O Simonton Community Church, P.O. Box 121, Simonton, Texas 77476. Sue was born January 5, 1941 in Temple, Texas. She graduated from Temple High...

Mrs. Virginia Horn
Jan 15, 2010
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ARLINGTON -- Virginia Horn, 86, a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and sister, passed away Friday, Jan. 15, 2010, at a local hospital. Graveside service: 11 a.m. Monday in Emerald Hills Memorial Park. Visitation: 9 to 11 a.m. Monday at the funeral home prior to service. Survivors: Virginia is survived by her brothers, John Allison and his wife of Florida...

Mr. Edward Charles Francis , Sr.
Jan 12, 2010
Sr. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ARLINGTON -- Edward "Eddie" C. Francis Sr., a native of New Orleans, La., at the tender age of 80 years answered heaven's roll call on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010. Funeral: 10 a.m. Saturday in Emerald Hills Memorial Chapel, officiated by Claude Bradshaw of Friendship West Baptist Church. Intermenet: Emerald Hills Memorial Park. Visitation: 9 to 10 a.m. Saturday....

Mrs. Billie Bell
Jan 3, 2010
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FORT WORTH -- Billie Ruth Bell, 84, went home to be with her Lord on Sunday, Jan. 3, 2010. Memorial service: A private service will be held at a later date. Memorials: In lieu of flowers, please make donations in Billie's name to the American Lung Association, Box 26460, Austin, Texas 78755-0460. Miss Billie, as she was fondly called,...

Mrs. Ruthie Lewis
Jan 3, 2010
FORT WORTH -- Ruthie Lewis, 44, went peacefully home to be with Jesus on Sunday, Jan. 3, 2010, at 2:45 p.m. Funeral: 10 a.m. Thursday at First Baptist Church of Everman, 501 W. Barron, Everman, with the Rev. Jim Tucker officiating. Interment: Emerald Hills Memorial Park. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Emerald Hills Funeral Home. She was born...
Mrs. Genevieve Carson
Dec 28, 2009
ARLINGTON -- Genevieve Irene Carson, 91, died peacefully Monday, Dec. 28, 2009, at an Arlington hospital after a short illness. Memorial service: After a private Mass at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church, she will be buried in Michigan. Memorials: In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church, 5819 Pleasant Ridge Rd., Arlington,...
Donna Richardson
Dec 26, 2009
ARLINGTON -- Donna Lee Richardson, 76, passed away Saturday, Dec. 26, 2009, at a local hospital. Memorial service: 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 6, at Arlington Villa, 6801 Poly Webb Rd., Arlington 76016. Donna was born April 30, 1933, in East Alton, Ill., to Frank and Amy Ketchum. She retired from Alcon Laboratories as a credit manager, and later retired from...
Robert Baldwin
Dec 26, 2009
BURLESON -- Robert Duncan Baldwin, 83, passed away Saturday, Dec. 26, 2009. Service: 2 p.m. Tuesday at Emerald Hills Memorial Chapel. Burial to follow in Emerald Hills Memorial Park. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at Emerald Hills Memorial Chapel. Duncan was born May 19, 1926, in Springfield, Tenn. He was a longtime member of Pleasantview Baptist Church in Arlington....
Joseph Sitzman
Dec 23, 2009
ARLINGTON -- Joseph Michael Sitzman, 45, lost his battle with cancer and was united with the Heavenly Father on Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2009, while surrounded by his loving family. Funeral: 11 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 30, at Saint Vincent De Paul Catholic Church, 5819 W. Pleasant Ridge Road, Arlington. Visitation: 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at Emerald Hills Funeral Home. Memorials:...
Ronnie Johnson
Dec 11, 2009
ARLINGTON -- Ronnie Wesley Johnson, 66, passed away Friday, Dec. 11, 2009. Graveside service: 11 a.m. Thursday in D/FW National Cemetery, Dallas. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Emerald Hills Funeral Home. Ronnie "R.J." Johnson was born Oct. 27, 1943, in Ada, Okla., to John and Connie Maurice Johnson. After serving in the U.S. Navy from 1960-1966 he met...
Shirley Swart Blessing
Dec 7, 2009
Shirley Gene Swart Blessing, 70, passed away December 7, 2009 at home following a short battle with cancer. The family requests that memorials be made to the American Heart Association or the American Cancer Society in lieu of flowers. Memorial service: 3:00 p.m. Friday at Everman United Methodist Church in Everman where she had been a member since 1974. Gene...

Marcie Busby
Dec 2, 2009
Marcie Lee Busby, 74, went home to be with her Father in heaven on Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009. Funeral: 3 p.m. Friday in Emerald Hills Memorial Chapel. Interment to follow in Emerald Hills Memorial Park. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Emerald Hills Funeral Home. She will be remembered as treasured and loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She took...
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