Local Obituaries for Fort Worth, Texas & Surrounding Areas.

October 20, 2020

Ronnie Wendell Banks was born September 23rd, 1956 in Fort Worth, Texas to Marilyn Higgins and Charles Banks. He was a part of a blended family. He was the eldest of eleven children and let them all know that he was in charge. He was a stellar athlete and basketball star. He was known to all as “Hollywood”. He was...

October 16, 2020

A legacy of Life, Love and Service On the 18th of February 1938 Charles Calvin Bullard was born in New Orleans Louisiana. Affectionately revered as Pops, Uncle Charles and Mr. B, Charles was the seventh child of Hazel Jordan Bullard and Cleo Bullard. •Alcee Bullard (deceased) •Cleonia Bullard-Floyd (deceased) •Rupert Bullard •JoAnn Bullard-Williams •François Bullard (deceased) •Cleo Bullard •Pops •Randolph...

September 18, 2020

DAVID EARL JONES was born October 14, 1958 to William Walter Jones and Fannie Rose Taylor in a hospital in Hillsboro, TX. They lived in Itasca, TX. David graduated from O.D. Wyatt High School on May 30, 1976, in Fort Worth, TX, where he lived since early childhood with his mother and stepfather, Fannie Rose Scott and Ray Scott. David...

August 31, 2020

Carolyn Anderson was born September 19, 1956 in Lake Charles, Louisiana as one of the eight children born to Joe Nathan and Hivana Anderson. She graduated from the historic Marion High School in Lake Charles in May of 1977. She went on to attend college at Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, LA. After a year in college, Carolyn decided to...

August 28, 2020

Anne Marie Jefferson was born November 21, 1966 and as an infant she was welcomed into Jefferson family. She lived most of her life in Lake Charles, Louisiana and was a graduate of Lagrange High School. She was a stranger to none, and her personality would fill any room with happiness. She touched so many lives and was loved by...

August 19, 2020

Mrs. Vera Davis was born to proud parents Ester Sr. and Lillie Mae Bailey in Tallulah, Louisiana in Madison Parish. Vera accepted Christ at an early age and attended First Saint John Cathedral. She also attended Thomastown School in Tallulah, LA and later relocated to Fort Worth, TX. She worked in the medical field as a CNA for many years...

August 18, 2020

Horace Brewer, Jr. was born August 31, 1942 in Hope, Arkansas to the parentage of Horace Brewer, Sr. and Charlene L. (Pearson) Brewer. Horace received his formal education in Hope, Arkansas, attending Lincoln High School. He accepted Christ into his life and was baptized in 1967. He attended church at Santa Monica Church of Christ, Stop 6 Church of Christ...

August 15, 2020

A Loving wife, mother, grandmother, daughter, sister, aunt, cousin, niece and friend. Our Father in Heaven, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit and the Angels in Heaven.. Having been blessed to live 71 glorious years, Linda first entered this world on March 27, 1949 to the late Paul & Emma Soders. As a child Linda received her...

August 12, 2020

August 12, 2020

Jettie Mae Steels was born on December 17, 1941 in Caddo Parish, Louisiana. She was the only child of Johnny Starks and Arlener Washington Beverly. Jettie grew up in Shreveport Louisiana attending grade school and middle school there. She moved to Fort Worth with her mother in 1957 and attended IM Terrell high school. She met and married the love...

August 2, 2020

Dexter Waddleton was an amazing soul who left a substantial impression on everyone he met. Through his kindness and compassion to others, Dexter allowed us to see the wonder of God’s grace and mercy at work within him. The birth of Dexter on August 13th, 1961 in Big Sandy, Texas to Dester Waddleton and Lillie Taylor-Waddleton, was a day of...

July 25, 2020

Henry’s life began September 25, 1943 in Mart, Texas, born to the proud parents, Mr. Jimmie Hollins and Mrs. Johnnie Slaughter. Henry accepted Christ and was baptized at an early age. Henry was a member of New Mt. Carmel Baptist Church under the leadership of Reverend R.A. Toliver until his passing. Henry completed high school in Mart Public Schools in...

July 25, 2020

On Saturday, July 25, 2020 our beloved Joe Earl Harkless departed his earthly life at Estates Rehabilitation Center. He was the son of Mrs. Thelma Hill and the late Mr. Osia Van Hill of Shreveport, Louisiana. He received his diploma from Booker T. Washington High School in Shreveport, Louisiana. He continued his education at Grambling State University where he received...

July 9, 2020

Earnestine Taylor-Johnson departed this life on July 9, 2020 in the comfort of her home, surrounded by family. She was the second child and eldest daughter of ten children born to the union of the late Deacon Welmon Taylor, Sr. and Cornelia Dickerson-Taylor on Wednesday, May 18, 1938, in Magnolia, Mississippi, Pike County. Earnestine Taylor-Johnson was preceded in death by...

July 6, 2020

One of God’s finest miracles was given to the late Robert Lee. Simpson and Mae Simpson on January 7, 1969 in Huntsville, Texas. He is one of seven children out of eight siblings. He moved to Port Arthur Texas (raised by the late Daniel Keys Sr. and Annie Mae Keys) at an early age and attended elementary, intermediate school and...

June 30, 2020

Mother Allean Isaac was born January 29, 1928 to the parentage of Lewis & Arie Washington. She attended Booker T. Washington High School. She was a domestic worker by trade. In 1952 she met and married the love of her life Mr. Emmitt Lee Isaac, Sr. This union brought a total of 17 children. Surviving her are: Alton Isaac (Linda),...

June 30, 2020

Mae Catherine Bacy was born August 5th, 1954 in Fort Worth, Texas to parents E.J. Bacy Sr. and Mary Bacy. She attended Fort Worth ISD and graduated from Dunbar High School in 1972. Mae accepted Christ at an early age at the Church of Living God P.G.J., and she later joined Highland Hills Baptist Church. In 1989, she united with...

June 28, 2020

Tyrone was born 35years ago with a learning disability, autism, cleft lip, cleft palate, and end stage renal disease. He was placed in our home as a foster child at 9 months of age. We immediately began working with him as he had corrective surgeries, as well as two kidney transplants over the next 13 years. He never gave up...

June 22, 2020

June 20, 2020

Rodney Lance Franklin Sr. was born to LeRoy and JoAnn Franklin on April 4th, 1966. He was a beautiful bouncing baby boy with bow legs - which straightened out after a few years. His Aunt Evelyn began calling him Rodney Boo and Boo was his nickname throughout the rest of his adult life. Rodney confessed to know God at an...