Local obituaries for Hawkins Funeral Homes

May 11, 2006

Charles Preston Newsome Date Died: May 11, 2006 PARADISE -- Charles Preston Newsome, 69, a retired aircraft assembler for LTV,died Thursday, May 11, 2006 in Ft. Worth. Funeral: 11 a.m. Tuesday at Hawkins Funeral Chapel. Burial: Cottondale Cemetery. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Mr. Newsome was a U.S. Airforce Veteran and had worked 30 years...

May 10, 2006

DECATUR -- Kyle Lloyd Norton, 38, a heavy equipment operator, died Wednesday, May 10, 2006 in Decatur. Funeral: 2 p.m. Saturday, May 13, 2006 at Hawkins Funeral Chapel. Burial: Oaklawn Cemetery. Visitation: 6-8 p.m. Friday. Officiating: Rev. Gary Demmitt. Pallbearers: Tony Jackson, Jimmy Warden, Keith Dawson, Chase Lasiter, Barry Chapman, Justin Wood, Josh Wood, and Will Gage.

Kyle was...

May 9, 2006

Patsy Sue Brown Date Died: May 09, 2006 BRIDGEPORT -- Patsy Sue Brown, 69, a retired secretary, died Tuesday, May 9, 2006, in Bridgeport. Graveside service: 2 p.m. Friday in East Bridgeport Cemetery. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday. Patsy was born in Holdenville, Oklahoma. She was preceded in death by her parents, V.E. and Beatrice Stickler. Survivors: Husband of...

May 1, 2006

Kenneth Frank Griffin Date Died: May 01, 2006 RHOME -- Kenneth Frank Griffin, 73, a retired Postal Service employee, died Monday, May 1, 2006, in Rhome. Funeral: 2 p.m. Thursday in Christian-Hawkins Chapel. Burial: Boyd Cemetery. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Survivors: Wife of 48 years, Mary Jo Griffin; daughter, Mary Ann Pepper and husband,...

May 1, 2006

Michael Anthony Lacaze, Sr. Date Died: May 01, 2006 AURORA -- Michael Anthony Lacaze Sr., 47, a network engineer for Texas Health Resources, died Monday, May 1, 2006, in Aurora. Funeral: 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Aurora Baptist Church. Burial: Aurora Cemetery. Visitation: 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Survivors: Wife, Trina Lacaze of Aurora; son, Michael Anthony...

Apr 29, 2006

Helen Jo Halman Date Died: April 29, 2006 MIDLAND -- Helen Jo Halman, 79, a homemaker, died Saturday, April 29, 2006 in Midland. Funeral: 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Morris Memorial United Methodist Church in Chico. Burial: Chico Cemetery. Mrs. Halman was preceded in death by her husband of 33 years, Haskel A. Halman in Jan. 1978, her parents, John and...

Apr 27, 2006

PARADISE -- Terry Edwin Lewis, 54, worked for the family business, Lewis Water Well Drilling, died Thursday, April 27, 2006 in Decatur. Graveside service: 10 a.m. Monday at East Bridgeport Cemetery. Survivors: Wife, Susi Lewis of Paradise; daughters, Stephanie Espinoza and husband Rich of Paradise and Terrae Liesen and husband Frank of Berling, Germany; grandchildren, Parker, Luke, Landen and Colby;...

Apr 25, 2006

Rena Duncan Date Died: April 25, 2006 Rena "Bo" Duncan, 94, a homemaker, died Tuesday, April 25, 2006 in Decatur. Graveside service: 11 a.m. Friday at Wimberly Cemetery in Shelby County. Visitation: 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at Mangum Funeral Home in Center, TX. Survivors: Grandchildren, P. Jack Duncan, Jr. of Carrollton, Karen Robertson of Princeton, Sharon Talley of Midland,...

Apr 19, 2006

BRIDGEPORT -- Mary Lee High, 93, a homemaker, died Wednesday, April 19, 2006 in Lake Worth. Graveside service: 2 p.m. Saturday, April 22, 2006 at West Bridgeport Cemetery. Visitation: 6-8 p.m. Friday at Hawkins Funeral Home. Officiator will be Bro. Shelby Calkins. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ellis Henry High, her son, Lee Earl Matheson, and eight...

Apr 14, 2006

Ruth Ann Hogue Date Died: April 14, 2006 RUNAWAY BAY -- Ruth Ann Hogue, 78, died on Good Friday, April 14, 2006 in Weatherford after a courageous battle with cancer. To know Ruth was to love her and she loved everyone. Funeral: 10 a.m. Saturday at Runaway Bay Community Church. Burial: Eternal Oaks Cemetery. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Friday...

Apr 14, 2006

Maria Carmen Garcia Date Died: April 14, 2006 BRIDGEPORT -- Maria Carmen Garcia, 75, a homemaker, died Friday, April 14, 2006, at home. Graveside service: 1:30 p.m. Tuesday in East Bridgeport Cemetery. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at Hawkins Funeral Home. Survivors: Daughter, Maria De Jesus; sons, Jose Mireles and wife, Adelaida, Henry Mireles and wife, Mary; seven grandchildren;...

Apr 11, 2006

Dorothy Duane Brandenberg Date Died: April 11, 2006 RUNAWAY BAY -- Dorothy Duane Brandenberg, 88, entered immortality at 5:35 p.m. Tuesday, April 11, 2006, in Decatur. Mass of Christian Burial: 10 a.m. Friday, April 21, at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Galesburg, Ill. Burial: St. Joseph's Cemetery. Visitation: 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday at Hawkins Funeral Home in Bridgeport...

Apr 6, 2006

Bioletta Garcia Date Died: April 06, 2006 DECATUR -- Bioleta Garcia, 19, a medical receptionist, died Thursday, April 6, 2006 in Decatur. Mass of Christian Burial: 10:30 a.m. Monday at St. John's Catholic Church in Bridgeport. Burial: East Bridgeport Cemetery. Visitation: 6 to 7 p.m. and Rosary 7 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Survivors: Parents, Severiano and...

Apr 2, 2006

Dollie Mae Willett Date Died: April 02, 2006 DALLAS -- Dollie Mae Willett, 84, a homemaker, died Sunday, April 2, 2006 in Dallas. Graveside service: 2 p.m. Wednesday at Sunset Cemetery in Sunset, TX. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Survivors: Her 3 sons, Marvin Benson Willett and wife, Sharon of DeSoto, Stoney Willett and wife,...

Apr 1, 2006

Myrna Joyce Coffee Date Died: April 01, 2006 BRIDGEPORT -- Myrna Joyce Coffee, 70, a housewife, died Saturday, April 1, 2006, in Denton. Funeral: 2 p.m. Tuesday at Bible Baptist Church in Bridgeport. Burial: West Bridgeport Cemetery. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Survivors: Daughter, Myrna Perkins and husband, Paul; son, Gary Whitsitt, all of Paradise;...

Mar 31, 2006

Marshall Ray Buckner Date Died: March 31, 2006 BRIDGEPORT -- Marshall Ray Buckner, 74, owner of Buckner Heating and Air, died Friday, March 31, 2006, in Bridgeport. Funeral: 2 p.m. Monday at Hawkins Funeral Home. Burial: East Bridgeport Cemetery. Visitation: 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday. Memorials: Meals on Wheels Program in care of the Wise County Committee on Aging, P.O....

Mar 31, 2006

Ed W. Roberds Date Died: March 31, 2006 BRIDGEPORT -- Ed W. Roberds, 70, a heavy equipment operator for Wise County Precinct 4, died Friday, March 31, 2006 in Bridgeport. Graveside service: 2 p.m. Sunday at West Bridgeport Cemetery. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Mr. Roberds was a U.S. Navy Veteran. He married Linda Rohrer...

Mar 28, 2006

Antonina P. Thompson Date Died: March 28, 2006 BRIDGEPORT -- Antonina P. Thompson, 79, a homemaker, died Tuesday, March 28, 2006 in Bridgeport. Funeral: 2 p.m. Friday at St. John's Catholic Church in Bridgeport. Burial: Thomas Cemetery. Rosary: 7 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Mrs. Thompson was preceded in death by her husband of 40 years, Verlon R. Thompson...

Mar 27, 2006

Wayne L. Slimp Date Died: March 27, 2006 DECATUR -- Wayne L. Slimp, 75, a retired aircraft assembler for Bell Helicopter and Lockheed Martin, died Tuesday, March 28, 2006. Funeral: 2 p.m. Thursday at Aurora Baptist Church. Burial: Aurora Cemetery. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday. Officiator: Rev. Doyle R. Slimp and Rev. Raymond Henson. Pallbearers: Charles Ray Slimp, Ronnie...

Mar 27, 2006

Don Reed Date Died: March 27, 2006 CHICO -- Don Reed, 70, a retired transport driver for Permian Corporation, died Monday, March 27, 2006 in Chico. Memorial service: 1 p.m. Thursday, March 30, 2006 at Hawkins Funeral Chapel. Visitation: 12-1 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Survivors: wife of 50 years, Sue Reed; sons: Charlie Reed and wife Tammy, Glenn...