Local obituaries for Hawkins Funeral Homes

Oct 6, 2006

Florencio Martinez Date Died: October 06, 2006 BRIDGEPORT -- Shorty Martinez, 37, died Friday, Oct. 6, 2006 in Decatur. Funeral: 3 p.m. Monday at Hawkins Funeral Chapel. Burial: Mexican Cemetery. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Survivors: Mother, Francis Martinez; brothers, Darrell Lopez and wife, Dreama and Oscar Martinez and wife, Amanda; sister, Yolanda Gachuzo all...

Oct 3, 2006

Zelma Mae Howard Simmons Date Died: October 03, 2006 ARLINGTON -- Zelma Mae Simmons, 87, of Arlington formerly of Boyd, died Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2006, in Fort Worth. Funeral: 2 p.m. Friday in Christian-Hawkins Funeral Chapel. Burial: Boyd Cemetery. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday.

Memorials: Universal Health Services Hospice or American Diabetes Association.

Zelma was preceded...

Oct 2, 2006

A.M. Johnson, Jr. Date Died: October 02, 2006 CHICO -- A.M. Johnson, Jr., 67, a retired farmer, died Monday, October 2, 2006 in Chico. Graveside service: 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Chico Cemetery. Visitation: 6-8 p.m. Wednesday.

Survivors: wife of 48 years: Betty Johnson of Chico; sons: Bobby Johnson and wife Becky of Chico, Jerry Johnson and wife Cameo of...

Sep 29, 2006

Bertie Dean Gilliland Murphy Date Died: September 29, 2006 BRIDGEPORT -- Bertie Dean Gilliland Murphy, 72, a homemaker, died Friday, Sept. 29, 2006 in Decatur. Funeral: 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 8, 2006 in Hawkins Funeral Chapel. Visitation: 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Memorials: American Cancer Society. Bertie was born July 5, 1934 in Wise County to...

Sep 28, 2006

Lynn Thomas Henry Date Died: September 28, 2006 CHICO -- Lynn Thomas Henry, 61, owner of Lynn Henry Custom Homes, died Thursday, Sept. 28, 2006 in Decatur. Graveside service: 11:30 a.m. Monday at Moore Memorial Gardens in Arlington. Visitation: 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Mr. Henry was born Sept. 11, 1945 in Dallas to Ralph and...

Sep 23, 2006

Wilma J. White Date Died: September 23, 2006 BRIDGEPORT -- Wilma J. White, 70, a retired customer service representative for Wal-Mart, died Saturday, Sept. 23, 2006, in Bridgeport. Wilma was born Jan. 29, 1936 in Decatur. She was preceded in death by her grandson, Brandon Cox; parents, Jay and Inez Stone Saling; and sisters, Sandra Stone and Virginia Patterson. Wilma...

Sep 22, 2006

Elizabeth (Betty) Smith Date Died: September 22, 2006 DECATUR -- Elizabeth "Betty" Smith, 76, a homemaker, died Friday, Sept. 22, 2006, in Decatur. Memorial service: 4 p.m. Wednesday at Decatur Senior Center.

Survivors: Daughters, LaDonna McDaniel and husband, Wally of Decatur, Laurie Johnson of Decatur and LaVan Smith of Azle; son, David Johnson and wife, Grace of...

Sep 21, 2006

Clayton F. Wood Date Died: September 21, 2006 CHICO -- Clayton F. Wood, 93, a retired school teacher, died Thursday, Sept. 21, 2006 in Bridgeport. Funeral: 1 p.m. Saturday at First Baptist Church, Chico. Burial: Sadler Cemetery. Survivors: Children, Mike Wood and wife, DeeAnn, Peggy Hylton and husband, Floyd and David Wood; grandchildren, Melinda, Amy, Camaron, Hunter, Daniel, Crystal; great-granchildren,...

Sep 20, 2006

David Richard Casillas Date Died: September 20, 2006 BRIDGEPORT -- David Richard Casillas, 44, a cook at Casillas Restaurant, died Wednesday, September 20, 2006 in Decatur.

Funeral: 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Johns Catholic Church. Burial: Mexican Cemetery. Rosary: 7 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.

David was a cook at the Casillas Mexican Restaurant. He hasd...

Sep 19, 2006

Betty Joyce Holley Date Died: September 19, 2006 BRIDGEPORT -- Betty Joyce Holley, 68, a homemaker and co-founder of Bridgeport Tank Trucks, died Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2006 in Decatur. Funeral: 2 p.m. Thursday at First Baptist Church, Cottondale. Burial: Boonsville Cemetery. Mrs. Holley was born Nov. 1, 1937 in Abilene to Claude and Ruby Pike Niblett. She married Lawrence Holley...

Sep 19, 2006

Alice Linda Coleman Date Died: September 19, 2006 DECATUR -- Alice Linda Coleman, 52, a homemaker, died Tuesday, Sept.19, 2006 in Denton. Funeral: 10 a.m. Friday at Hawkins Funeral Chapel. Burial: East Bridgeport Cemetery. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Alice was born Dec. 22, 1953 in Bridgeport, She married Michael "Whitey" Coleman April 1, 1974...

Sep 16, 2006

Harlow Hunn Date Died: September 16, 2006 BRIDGEPORT -- Harlow Hunn, 105, a retired farmer, died Saturday, Sept. 16, 2006 in Bridgeport. Funeral: 2 p.m. Tuesday at Hawkins Funeral Chapel. Burial: Wilson Prairie Cemetery. Mr. Hunn married Bessie Lee Shawn July 2, 1926 in Bridgeport. They were united 59 years until her passing on Oct. 21, 1985. He was also...

Sep 15, 2006

Roy Cecil Hutto Date Died: September 15, 2006 ALVORD -- Roy Cecil Hutto, 61, a TXI maintenance man, died Friday, Sept. 15, 2006, in Chico. Funeral: 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Assembly of God in Alvord. Burial: Duncan Cemetery, Duncan, Okla. Survivors: Wife of 43 years, Diana of Alvord; sons, Clay Howard and Jerry Lee Hutto and wife Alyssa both of...

Sep 13, 2006

LaVera Moxon Date Died: September 13, 2006 BRIDGEPORT -- LaVera Moxon, 85, a retired licensed vocational nurse and foster home helper, died Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2006. Graveside service: 2 p.m. Friday in East Bridgeport Cemetery.

Lavera was born in Cleburne, Texas. She married S.D. Moxon on September 14, 1940 in Cleburne. They were united in marriage until his death....

Sep 8, 2006

Jean Caraway O'Dell Date Died: September 08, 2006 BRIDGEPORT -- Jean Caraway O'Dell, 78, a homemaker, died Friday, Sept. 8, 2006, at her home. Funeral: 2 p.m. Monday at Hawkins Funeral Chapel. Burial: Thomas Cemetery. Jean was born Oct. 19, 1927 in Electra to Willie E. and Kate Warren Caraway. She married Melvin Eugene "Boykin" O'Dell on Sept. 18, 1943...

Sep 4, 2006

Don Austin, Sr. Date Died: September 04, 2006 BRIDGPORT -- Don Austin, Sr., 71, a retired gunner's mate for the Navy, died Monday, September 4, 2006 in Bridgeport. Funeral: 10 A.M. Thursday at Hawkins Funeral Chapel. Burial: 2 P.M. Thursday at D/FW National Cemetery. Visitation: 6-8 P.M. Wednesday.

Officiators: Rev. James Arrington and Pastor Joey Vick.

Don...

Sep 1, 2006

Audrey Dean Bouchillon Date Died: September 01, 2006 PARADISE -- Audrey Dean Bouchillon, 62, a cafeteria supervisor for Paradise ISD, died Friday, Sept. 1, 2006 at home in Paradise. Graveside service: 2 p.m. Sunday at Paradise Cemetery. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Memorials: Paradise Cemetery Assn. C/O Roberta Campbell, 4170 FM 2123, Paradise, TX 76073....

Aug 28, 2006

MCKINNEY -- Ruth Aileen Dunn Ray, 67, an educator for over 30 years, died Monday, August 28, 2006 in McKinney. Graveside service: 2 p.m. Friday, September 1, 2006 at Perrin Memorial Gardens. Ruth was born on May 11, 1939 in Fort Worth, the daughter of Edgar and Hazel Dunn. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Frank...

Aug 27, 2006

Edith Fay Coffman Date Died: August 27, 2006 BRIDGEPORT -- Edith Fay Coffman, 90, a homemaker, died Sunday, Aug. 27, 2006 in Bridgeport. Graveside service: 10 a.m. Wednesday at East Bridgeport Cemetery. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Fay was a member of Cates St. Church of Christ and loved to play Skip Bo. She was...

Aug 24, 2006

Marie Lowrey Date Died: August 24, 2006 CHICO -- Marie Lowrey, 92, a homemaker, died Thursday, Aug. 24, 2006 in Decatur. Funeral: 3 p.m. Sunday at Morris Memorial United Methodist Church in Chico. Burial: Pleasant Grove Cemetery #3. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Mrs. Lowrey was born Oct. 11, 1913 in Horatio, Arkansas to R.A....