Local Obituaries for Fort Worth, Texas & Surrounding Areas.

February 24, 2014

Service will be held on Thursday, March 6, 2014 at 2pm at the Gabriel Funeral Home 2500 Procter St Port Arthur, TX

February 23, 2014

Chad D. Laws fell asleep in the arms of Jesus on Sunday, Feb. 23, 2014, surrounded by his family.    Celebration of life: 2 p.m. Saturday at Golden Gate Church of God in Christ, Elder Johnnie Castleberry, pastor. Wake: 7 to 8 p.m. Friday in the Clarence Jimerson Chapel of Serenity Funerals and Cremations.    Survivors: His children, Acacia Laws of Atlanta,...

February 23, 2014

Service will be held on Tueday, March 4, 2014 at 12pm at Mt. Tabor Church 2513 S Edgewood Terrace. You may vist him Monday, March 3, 2014 fom noon-7pm and the family will receive friends from 7-8pm at the funeral home. Mr. Beverly Jones, fondly called “Butch” was born on April 17, 1946, in Coffeyville, Kansas. He grew up in...

February 20, 2014

Service will be held on Friday, March 7, 2014 at High Noon at the Funeral Home

February 20, 2014

Alex Mercadel Haley passed away Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014. He was a newborn. Service: Noon Friday, March 7, at Serenity Funerals & Cremations

February 19, 2014

Charles Brown fell asleep in the Master's arms on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014. Service: 11 a.m. Saturday in the Clarence Jimerson Chapel of Serenity Funerals and Cremations. Interment: 9:30 a.m. Monday in DFW National Cemetery. Charles  was born June 3, 1932, and raised in Itasca. He served in the United States Army. He was one of the proud   founders of...

February 19, 2014

Sleater Mae Sloan went home to be with the Lord, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014, at home surrounded by her family. Service: 11 a.m. Tuesday at Community Missionary Baptist Church, 1120 E. Jessamine St. On May 16, 1931, in the small town of Montalba, Palestine, TX, a baby girl was born to James and Sallie Sloan, they named her Sleater Mae...

February 17, 2014

Lavonuia Smith Sr. passed away Friday, Feb. 7, 2014. Graveside service: 10 a.m. Friday, Feb. 14, in Cedar Hill Memorial

February 9, 2014

Gilbert Lankford died Sunday, Feb. 9, 2014. Memorial service: Noon Saturday at Valley Baptist Church, 6013 Elliott Reeder Road, Fort Worth. Flowers may be sent to Serenity Funerals & Cremations. He was born March 17, 1958, in Fort Worth.

February 7, 2014

Clarissa Love was blessed to the union of the late Sylvester and Juanita Love on September 11, 1951. She was reared in Fort Worth, Texas where she attended public and trade school when she decided that food was the meat of the soul and became a dietitian. Serving as a dietitian manager for over 40 years. As a young girl...

February 6, 2014

Roy Dell Ashford passed away Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014 Service: 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 15, at First Greater New Hope Baptist Church, 3135 Lomita St., Fort Worth. Wake: 8:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 14, in Clarence Jimerson Chapel of Serenity Funerals & Cremations. Roy was born Sept. 25, 1948, in Fort Worth. Survivors: Wife of 43 years, Elnora Sanders Ashford; son...

February 6, 2014

Thelma Ward Sutton was born on July 24, 1931 in New Orleans, La. She moved to Texas with her daughters after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. She departed from this life on February 6, 2014 in McKinney, TX.  Thelma, the oldest daughter of the late Joseph Ward, Sr. and Mary Anderson, is survived by her brother,  Edward Ward (Carol) and sister,...

February 2, 2014

Service: Noon Saturday, Feb. 15, in the sanctuary of Deliverance Temple Church, 2126 Amanda Ave., the Rev. Larry Reed, pastor. Wake: 7 p.m. Friday in the Clarence Jimerson Chapel of Serenity Funerals & Cremations. “A time to be born”…..Ecclesiastes 3:1 Idella Rose Walton born to the late parents of Agnes Davis and Asbury Rose on December 18, 1927, in Lake...

February 1, 2014

January 25, 2014

Miriam Lynn Ramos passed away Saturday, Jan. 25, 2014.    Miriam was a strong girl from the start who defied the odds set against her at birth. She didn't let her disabilities of hydrocephalus, hydranencephaly, cerebral palsy and other limitations keep her from being a happy, smiling little girl. She was kissed by a dolphin in Jamaica, went on a pirate...

January 24, 2014

Roger Lee, 75, a native of Paris, Texas, fell asleep in the arms of the Lord on Friday, Jan. 24, 2014. Service: Noon Saturday, Feb. 1, in the Clarence J. Jimerson Chapel of Serenity Funerals and Cremations.

January 23, 2014

Dorothy Overstreet Waites passed away Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014. Service: 11 a.m. Wednesday in the Clarence J. Jimerson Chapel of Serenity Funerals and Cremations. Interment: Cedar Hill Memorial Park. Dorothy, was born August 31, 1921 in Ennis, TX to William H and Pearle White Overstreet. She had 8 brothers and     sisters; Elnora, Arthur, James, Ruby, Willie Mae, Mildred, Thomas and...

January 23, 2014

Audrey Johnson, 77, died Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014. Service: 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 30, at The Solid Rock Baptist Church, 14341 Lee Road, Houston, and 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 1, at Christian Unity Baptist Church, 1700 Conti, New Orleans, La. Interment: St. Vincent II Cemetery, New Orleans.

January 19, 2014

Funeral: 11 a.m. Saturday at the Potter's House Dallas Campus, 6777 W. Kiest Blvd., Dallas. Visitation: You may visit Kathryn noon to 5 p.m. Friday in Jimerson Chapel of Serenity Funerals & Cremations. Wake: 7 to 8 p.m. Friday at the Potter's House Fort Worth Campus, 1200 Woodhaven Blvd., Fort Worth. On October 15, 1954, in far west Texas, El...

January 18, 2014

Ruby L. Smith , 88, loving mother, grandmother, great grandmother and aunt, earned her wings & took flight toward Heaven, Saturday, January 18, 2014.Funeral: 2pm, Sat. January 25, 2014. At Strangers Rest Bapt. Church, 5705 Donnelly. Burial Cedar Hill Memorial Park .You may visit her Friday from noon-5pm at Serenity Funeral Home, and the wake will be held at the...