Local obituaries for Hawkins Funeral Homes

Edward L. Jeffries
Jun 11, 2005
RUNAWAY BAY -- Edward L. Jeffries, 79, a retired maintenance and safety supervisor for Phelps Dodge, died Saturday, June 11, 2005 in Decatur. Graveside service: 2 p.m. Wednesday at East Bridgeport Cemetery. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Mr. Jeffries was a U.S. Navy Veteran serving in WWII, a 50 year member of the Masonic Lodge...
Scott Thomas
Jun 10, 2005
Scott Thomas Date Died: June 10, 2005 CHICO -- Scott Thomas, 21, a rig operator for Williams Water Well Service, died Monday, June 6, 2005, in Fort Worth. Funeral: 10:30 a.m. Friday at Hawkins Funeral Chapel. Burial: East Bridgeport Cemetery. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Survivors: Parents, Richard Thomas and Shelly Pearcy; sisters, Linsey Thomas...
Pauline Chamblee
Jun 8, 2005
Pauline Chamblee Date Died: June 08, 2005 Newark---Pauline Chamblee, 79, a homemaker, died Sunday, June 5, 2005, in Fort Worth. Funeral: 2 p.m. Wednesday at Christian-Hawkins Funeral Chapel. Burial: Dido Cemetery. She was preceded in death by her husband, Victor Chamblee. Survivors: Son, Windell Chamblee and wife, Joyce; daughter, Vickie Bruce; grandchildren, Don, David, Janine, Michelle and Melissa; 10 great-grandchildren;...
Richard Motley
Jun 7, 2005
Richard Motley Date Died: June 07, 2005 BRIDGEPORT -- Richard Motley, 64, a retired truck driver for Imperial Fabricating, died Saturday, June 4, 2005, in Fort Worth. Funeral: 2 p.m. Tuesday in Hawkins Funeral Chapel. Burial: Chico Cemetery. Survivors: Wife of 39 years, Linda Motley of Bridgeport; sons, Raymond Motley and wife, Susan, of Benbrook and Ricky Motley and wife,...
Leroy Hand
Jun 7, 2005
Leroy Hand Date Died: June 07, 2005 CHICO -- Leroy Hand, 82, a retired welder, died Saturday, June 4, 2005, in Decatur. Funeral: 10 a.m. Tuesday at First Baptist Church in Chico. Burial: Chico Cemetery. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at Hawkins Funeral Home. Mr. Hand was a U.S. Army Veteran proudly serving his country in WWII. He was...
Luis Inocente Gonzalez
Jun 1, 2005
Luis Inocente Gonzalez Date Died: June 01, 2005 BRIDGEPORT -- Luis Inocente Gonzalez, 13, a 7th grade student at Bridgeport Middle School, died Sunday, May 29, 2005 in Ft. Worth. Burial: Panteon Municipal de Zaragoza in Zaragoza Coahuila, Mexico. Rosary: 6 p.m. Wednesday at Hawkins Funeral Chapel. Survivors: Parents, Inocente and Maria Gonzalez; brother, Eduardo Gonzalez, sisters, Nayely and Evelyn...
Clara M. Hicks
May 31, 2005
Clara M. Hicks Date Died: May 31, 2005 BRIDGEPORT -- Clara M. Hicks, 92, a homemaker, died Sunday, May 29, 2005, at home. Funeral: 2 p.m. Tuesday at Hawkins Chapel. Burial: East Bridgeport Cemetery. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Monday. Clara was born to Lee and America Kimbrell Barrett in Sulphur Springs. She married E.E. "Pappy" Hicks Dec. 24, 1932,...

Ronald Wayne Deloach
May 30, 2005
Boyd---Ron DeLoach, 55, a machinist for General Dynamics, died on Monday, May 30, 2005 in Boyd. Memorial Service will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, June 11, 2005. He is survived by his wife Carolyn Umphrey DeLoach of Boyd; his daughter Katherine Umphrey of Boyd; his brother Edwin DeLoach of Fort Worth; his mother Evelyn Juery of Fort Worth; his cousin Barry...

Kenneth Wayne Richey
May 29, 2005
Kenneth Wayne Richey CHICO -- Kenneth Wayne Richey, 68, a self-employed oilfield consultant, died Sunday, May 29, 2005, in Decatur. Funeral: 2 p.m. Wednesday at Crafton Baptist Church. Burial: Crafton Cemetery. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Kenneth was born May 5, 1937, in Chico to Abb and Cleta Setser Richey. He married Vicki Zahn Richey...
Kenneth R. Galloway
May 28, 2005
Kenneth R. Galloway Date Died: May 28, 2005 BOYD -- Kenneth R. Galloway, 49, an owner of KAP'S Donut Shop, died Wednesday, May 25, 2005, in Dallas. Funeral: 10 a.m. Saturday at First United Methodist Church in Boyd. Burial: Keeter Cemetery. Kenneth was born in Fort Worth to Leon and Geneva Wilson Galloway. He married Pam Jackson on June 20,...
Lou Briscoe
May 27, 2005
Lou Briscoe Date Died: May 27, 2005 BRIDGEPORT -- Lou Briscoe, 91, a homemaker, died Monday, May 23, 2005, in Decatur. Funeral: 10 a.m. Friday in Hawkins Funeral Chapel. Burial: East Bridgeport Cemetery. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday. Mrs. Briscoe was born in Beaver County, Okla., to Abraham and Julia Neufeld. Lou was baptized in January 1954. Survivors: Husband...
Richard L. Cunningham, Jr
May 27, 2005
Richard L. Cunningham, Jr. Date Died: May 27, 2005 LAKE BRIDGEPORT -- Richard L Cunningham Jr., 82, a retired switchboard technician, died Thursday, May 19, 2005, in Nocona. Memorial service: 2:45 p.m. Friday, May 27, in Nocona Cemetery. Visitation: 1 to 2:30 p.m. Friday at Jerry Woods Funeral Chapel, Nocona. Survivors: Wife, Jo Nell; daughters, Janice Crosland and Judy Cunningham;...

Ralph Howard Smith
May 24, 2005
BRIDGEPORT -- Ralph Howard Smith, 79, a retired heavy equipment operator, died Tuesday, May 24, 2005. Graveside Service: 2 p.m. Sunday. Burial: West Bridgeport Cemetery. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Survivors: Sons, Daniel, Edward, Floyd and Joe Don Smith; daughters, Mary Smith Burdette and Sandra Stump; 10 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; brothers, Leroy, Walter and Arthur...
Mason Blaine Hendrix
May 14, 2005
Mason Blaine Hendrix Date Died: May 14, 2005 DECATUR -- Mason Blaine Hendrix, three months old, died Tuesday, May 10, 2005, in Decatur. Funeral: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Grace Baptist Church, Decatur. Burial: East Bridgeport Cemetery. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Survivors: Parents, Clayton and Kyndra Hendrix; grandparents, David and Lisa Strait, Randy Hotz and...
Ronnie Paul Linville
May 12, 2005
Ronnie Paul Linville Date Died: May 12, 2005 Decatur---Ronnie Paul Linville, 44, an HVAC technician for Mann Refrigeration, died Sunday, May 8, 2005. Graveside service: 10:30 a.m. Friday in Hog Branch Cemetery. Survivors: His wife, Mary Linville of Decatur; daughters, Crystle Linville of Decatur, Amy Linville of Wichita falls, Leslie Linville of Cottondale; brothers, Frank, Tommy, Sammy and Gary Traylor;...
Velma Roberta Newton
May 11, 2005
Velma Roberta Newton Date Died: May 11, 2005 Boyd---Velma Roberta Newton, 71, a retired certified nurse's aide, died Sunday, May 8, 2005, in Decatur. Funeral: 2 p.m. Wednesday at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church #2. Burial: Lone Star Cemetery. She was preceded in death by her husband Jackie Gerald Newton. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the Pleasant...

Billy James Myers
Apr 28, 2005
Bridgeport- Billy James Myers, 27, a resident of August Healthcare Center, passed away Thursday, April 28, 2005 in Bridgeport. Suvivors: Mother, Sharon Myers of Durant, Ok; sister, Shawna Myers; brother, David Bozarth; and special friend, Naoma Van Schuyver of Newark.
Tomas Martinez
Apr 28, 2005
Tomas Martinez Date Died: April 28, 2005 DECATUR -- Tomas Martinez, 80, a retired engineer, died Friday, April 22, 2005, in Decatur. Funeral: 10:30 a.m. Thursday at St. Johns Catholic Church in Bridgeport. Burial: private. Survivors: Sons, Tomas, Charles, Jesus, Jeronimo, Julio and Jamie Martinez; daughters, Anita Martinez, Rosa Estrada, Jo Anne Palomeras, Josephina Hernandez and Juanita Schumacher; sisters, Frances...
Sammy E. Baker
Apr 27, 2005
Sammy E. Baker Date Died: April 27, 2005 Paradise- Sammy E. Baker, 70, a retired mechanic for Allied Aviation Fueling at DFW Airport, passed away Monday, April 25, 2005 in Decatur. Survivors: Wife of 45 years, Jean Baker; daughters, Tammy Sanford and husband Pat and Teresa Miller and husband, Doug; grandchildren, Jacqueline and Joshua Sanford and Meagan and Miranda Miller;...
Melanie S. Buford-Maldonado
Apr 27, 2005
Melanie S. Buford-Maldonado Date Died: April 27, 2005 Newark---Melanie Buford-Maldonado, 44, a beloved mother, grandmother, and wife went home to Jesus Thursday, April 21, 2005 in Fort Worth. Funeral: 2:00 P.M. Wednesday, April 27, at the Aurora Baptist Church. Burial: Aurora Cemetery. Survivors: husband Gilbert Maldonado of Newark; daughter Amy Buford of Mississippi; son Chase Buford of Newark; granddaughter Tristen...