Bobby Martin
April 18, 2021
Bobby Jack Martin, 73, passed away Sunday April 18, 2021 in Ennis. Bobby was born October 5, 1947 in Waxahachie, Texas to Jack Walker and Mildred Branam Martin. He graduated from Waxahachie High School in 1965. He married Brenda Stacy in 1973 and eventually made their home in Ennis. He worked for Dallas Freightliner for 30 years, retiring...
Andrew Lopez Jr.
April 17, 2021
Andrew Lopez Jr, age 19, born on September 17, 2001 in Edinburg, Tx to parents Lydia Peralta and Andrew Lopez.
Andrew is the oldest of 4 brothers, Anthony Lopez 16, CJ Treviño 13, and Adrian Isaiah Solis 8.
Lived in Red Oak, Tx and attended Red Oak High School, Senior graduate 2021. Andrew, had amazing...
Joe Ellis
April 16, 2021
Joe York Ellis
August 30, 1931 * April 16, 2021
Burial resting place: Mountain Peak Cemetery
Father: Clarence Jefferson Ellis
Mother: Lois Evelyn York Ellis
Adopted Parents/Reared by Uncle & Aunt: Samuel Gaston York & Orvel V....
Dorothy Jacobs
April 13, 2021
Dorothy Louise Shinpaugh Jacobs, age 93, passed away peacefully on April 13, 2021 after a brief illness in the Legend Oaks Nursing Home in Ennis, Texas.
She was born July 11, 1927 at home on Highland Street, Waxahachie, Texas, the second of eight children, born to Cecil Sephus Shinpaugh Sr. and Lois Lavara Moffett Shinpaugh. Dorothy's dad...
Gretchen Lewis
April 12, 2021
Gretchen Clift Sammons was born in Waxahachie, Tx on December 24,1927 to Oliver and Nelle Clift. She attended Waxahachie schools graduating from Waxahachie High School in 1945. She attended Texas Tech in Lubbock where she graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Human Sciences.
On November 6, 1949, Gretchen married Jim Sammons and they...
Patrick Kennedy
April 8, 2021
Patrick George Kennedy of Waxahachie, TX died on April 8, 2021 after a long battle with cancer. He was born on March 16, 1949 in Howell, Michigan. Pat lived in Lansing, MI for 30 years and graduated from Everett High (1967) He was passionate about sports and traveling with his family. Pat started his career in Lansing and entered...
Jeff Mcgregor
April 8, 2021
Jeff Dunaway McGregor of Waxahachie, Texas passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, April 8, 2021. He was born in Dallas on August 12, 1937 to parents Lorenzo Dow and Frances Dunaway McGregor. Jeff graduated from Waxahachie High School and Stephen F. Austin State University with a degree in business and agriculture. He retired from the Department of Housing and Urban...
Billie Styles
April 4, 2021
Billie Jeane Burns Styles, 91, of Waxahachie, TX, passed away on Easter Sunday, April 4, 2021. She was born in New Willard, TX, on July 13, 1929. She graduated Lufkin High School in 1946 and then moved to Dallas, TX with one of her aunts to start a life in the big city. It was there she met and...
Tracy Spear
April 3, 2021
Tracy Spear, age 42 of Red Oak, was taken to be with the Lord on April 3, 2021, by heart failure. She was born in Dallas, Texas to the late Phillip Wray Reynolds and Claudia Jean DeWees Reynolds, who survives her. Tracy was raised in Maypearl, TX and shortly after graduating high school, married the love of her life,...
Ronald Thedford
April 3, 2021
Ronald Thedford of Waxahachie, Texas born October 28, 1945 passed away April 3, 2021 at 6:34pm. He went to be with Jesus as his wife and children sang his favorite worship songs to him. Ronnie graduated from Maypearl High School.
Married on Sept 25, 1965 to Regina Owens Thedford at the home of Dorothy and Garner Owens....
Mary Holliday
March 27, 2021
Mary Elizabeth “Beth” Freeman Holliday
January 8, 1943, Waco Texas - March 27, 2021, Waxahachie, TX
Funeral services will be held by Livestream through Wayne Boze Funeral Home in Waxahachie Texas on April 10, 2021 at 10:00 am Central Time.
Beth was born on January 8, 1943,...
Amando Jaramillo
March 26, 2021
Amando Jaramillo, 81 of Forreston, Texas, was called to be with our Lord, March 26, 2021 at Baylor Scott and White Hospital of Waxahachie, Texas.
Amando is preceded in death by his parents Hortencia and Manuel Jaramillo Sr. and his daughter San Juanita, and three brothers- Heriberto, Manuel and Oscar Jaramillo. He is survived by...
Haley Trevino
March 26, 2021
Haley Kristyne Trevino of Waxahachie, passed away on Friday March 26, 2021.
Haley was born on July 11 1996, to Abel and Misty Trevino in Waxahachie. After graduating from Palmer High School in 2014, She went on to study at The University of Oklahoma. In 2020 Haley and her mother opened the downtown children’s boutique “Harvest Moon”....
Arthur Haffey
March 24, 2021
Retired realtor, school teacher, dairy farmer and Trailways bus driver, Arthur Francis Haffey departed our world on March 24, 2021 at the age of 73, after an almost 5 year battle with glioblastoma brain cancer.
Arthur "Art or Buck" was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on July 1, 1947 to Arthur Joseph Haffey and Anna Mae Kromme Haffey....
Dolores Travis
March 24, 2021
Dolores Ann Ball Travis, age 84, passed away peacefully on March 24. 2021 in her home in Irving, Texas.
She was born to Hobson Ball and Opal Curry Ball on December 1, 1936 in Forreston, Texas. She spent most of her life in Ellis County, Sterrett, Forreston, and Waxahachie. She met the love of her life, Alfred Murray...
Jessica Preston
March 24, 2021
On Wednesday, March 24, 2021, Jessica Roanna Preston, loving wife and mother of two young children, passed away just two days shy of her 34th birthday.
Jessica was born on March 26, 1987 in Irving, Texas to David and Rhonda Robison. She was a member of Oak View Baptist Church’s youth group and was a 2005 graduate...
James (Jim) Harris
March 23, 2021
James “Jim” Harris was born February 24, 1936 in Chicago, IL to Kern and Helen Harris. The family moved to Kentucky, then to Texas, and spent most of their life in the Dallas area. He and his High School sweetheart, Dorris, were married 64 years.
Jim was a Tool and Die maker, and was Co-owner...
Ackley Browning, Jr.
March 20, 2021
Ackley C. Browning, Jr.
10/5/1949 - 3/20/2021
Ackley has advanced ahead of us
to be with our Lord and Savior.
He has left behind his younger brothers, children,
grandchildren, many cousins and many friends.
He was born and raised in Waxahachie and
graduated from Waxahachie...
Larry Burton
March 17, 2021
Larry Wayne Burton, 61, of Waxahachie, Texas passed away suddenly on March 17, 2021, surrounded by his family while on their first family vacation in Orlando, Florida.
Larry was born to parents Bucky and Jerie Burton, on July 6, 1959, in Dallas, Texas. Larry was a self-taught mechanical and chemical engineer who specialized in designing oil refineries....
Debra Brown
March 17, 2021
Debra Jean Brown was born February 8, 1955 in Maysville, KY and passed away March 17, 2021 in Dallas, TX.
She is preceded in death by her parents, Douglas and Mary Beiland; her son, Christopher Hankins; her daughter, Michele Carter; her grandson, Scott Rucker; and her son-in-law, Darrell Carter.
She is survived by her husband,...
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Bobby Martin
April 18, 2021
Bobby Jack Martin, 73, passed away Sunday April 18, 2021 in Ennis. Bobby was born October 5, 1947 in Waxahachie, Texas to Jack Walker and Mildred Branam Martin. He graduated from Waxahachie High School in 1965. He married Brenda Stacy in 1973 and eventually made their home in Ennis. He worked for Dallas Freightliner for 30 years, retiring...
Andrew Lopez Jr.
April 17, 2021
Andrew Lopez Jr, age 19, born on September 17, 2001 in Edinburg, Tx to parents Lydia Peralta and Andrew Lopez.
Andrew is the oldest of 4 brothers, Anthony Lopez 16, CJ Treviño 13, and Adrian Isaiah Solis 8.
Lived in Red Oak, Tx and attended Red Oak High School, Senior graduate 2021. Andrew, had amazing...
Joe Ellis
April 16, 2021
Joe York Ellis
August 30, 1931 * April 16, 2021
Burial resting place: Mountain Peak Cemetery
Father: Clarence Jefferson Ellis
Mother: Lois Evelyn York Ellis
Adopted Parents/Reared by Uncle & Aunt: Samuel Gaston York & Orvel V....
Dorothy Jacobs
April 13, 2021
Dorothy Louise Shinpaugh Jacobs, age 93, passed away peacefully on April 13, 2021 after a brief illness in the Legend Oaks Nursing Home in Ennis, Texas.
She was born July 11, 1927 at home on Highland Street, Waxahachie, Texas, the second of eight children, born to Cecil Sephus Shinpaugh Sr. and Lois Lavara Moffett Shinpaugh. Dorothy's dad...
Gretchen Lewis
April 12, 2021
Gretchen Clift Sammons was born in Waxahachie, Tx on December 24,1927 to Oliver and Nelle Clift. She attended Waxahachie schools graduating from Waxahachie High School in 1945. She attended Texas Tech in Lubbock where she graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Human Sciences.
On November 6, 1949, Gretchen married Jim Sammons and they...
Patrick Kennedy
April 8, 2021
Patrick George Kennedy of Waxahachie, TX died on April 8, 2021 after a long battle with cancer. He was born on March 16, 1949 in Howell, Michigan. Pat lived in Lansing, MI for 30 years and graduated from Everett High (1967) He was passionate about sports and traveling with his family. Pat started his career in Lansing and entered...
Jeff Mcgregor
April 8, 2021
Jeff Dunaway McGregor of Waxahachie, Texas passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, April 8, 2021. He was born in Dallas on August 12, 1937 to parents Lorenzo Dow and Frances Dunaway McGregor. Jeff graduated from Waxahachie High School and Stephen F. Austin State University with a degree in business and agriculture. He retired from the Department of Housing and Urban...
Billie Styles
April 4, 2021
Billie Jeane Burns Styles, 91, of Waxahachie, TX, passed away on Easter Sunday, April 4, 2021. She was born in New Willard, TX, on July 13, 1929. She graduated Lufkin High School in 1946 and then moved to Dallas, TX with one of her aunts to start a life in the big city. It was there she met and...
Tracy Spear
April 3, 2021
Tracy Spear, age 42 of Red Oak, was taken to be with the Lord on April 3, 2021, by heart failure. She was born in Dallas, Texas to the late Phillip Wray Reynolds and Claudia Jean DeWees Reynolds, who survives her. Tracy was raised in Maypearl, TX and shortly after graduating high school, married the love of her life,...
Ronald Thedford
April 3, 2021
Ronald Thedford of Waxahachie, Texas born October 28, 1945 passed away April 3, 2021 at 6:34pm. He went to be with Jesus as his wife and children sang his favorite worship songs to him. Ronnie graduated from Maypearl High School.
Married on Sept 25, 1965 to Regina Owens Thedford at the home of Dorothy and Garner Owens....
Mary Holliday
March 27, 2021
Mary Elizabeth “Beth” Freeman Holliday
January 8, 1943, Waco Texas - March 27, 2021, Waxahachie, TX
Funeral services will be held by Livestream through Wayne Boze Funeral Home in Waxahachie Texas on April 10, 2021 at 10:00 am Central Time.
Beth was born on January 8, 1943,...
Amando Jaramillo
March 26, 2021
Amando Jaramillo, 81 of Forreston, Texas, was called to be with our Lord, March 26, 2021 at Baylor Scott and White Hospital of Waxahachie, Texas.
Amando is preceded in death by his parents Hortencia and Manuel Jaramillo Sr. and his daughter San Juanita, and three brothers- Heriberto, Manuel and Oscar Jaramillo. He is survived by...
Haley Trevino
March 26, 2021
Haley Kristyne Trevino of Waxahachie, passed away on Friday March 26, 2021.
Haley was born on July 11 1996, to Abel and Misty Trevino in Waxahachie. After graduating from Palmer High School in 2014, She went on to study at The University of Oklahoma. In 2020 Haley and her mother opened the downtown children’s boutique “Harvest Moon”....
Arthur Haffey
March 24, 2021
Retired realtor, school teacher, dairy farmer and Trailways bus driver, Arthur Francis Haffey departed our world on March 24, 2021 at the age of 73, after an almost 5 year battle with glioblastoma brain cancer.
Arthur "Art or Buck" was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on July 1, 1947 to Arthur Joseph Haffey and Anna Mae Kromme Haffey....
Dolores Travis
March 24, 2021
Dolores Ann Ball Travis, age 84, passed away peacefully on March 24. 2021 in her home in Irving, Texas.
She was born to Hobson Ball and Opal Curry Ball on December 1, 1936 in Forreston, Texas. She spent most of her life in Ellis County, Sterrett, Forreston, and Waxahachie. She met the love of her life, Alfred Murray...
Jessica Preston
March 24, 2021
On Wednesday, March 24, 2021, Jessica Roanna Preston, loving wife and mother of two young children, passed away just two days shy of her 34th birthday.
Jessica was born on March 26, 1987 in Irving, Texas to David and Rhonda Robison. She was a member of Oak View Baptist Church’s youth group and was a 2005 graduate...
James (Jim) Harris
March 23, 2021
James “Jim” Harris was born February 24, 1936 in Chicago, IL to Kern and Helen Harris. The family moved to Kentucky, then to Texas, and spent most of their life in the Dallas area. He and his High School sweetheart, Dorris, were married 64 years.
Jim was a Tool and Die maker, and was Co-owner...
Ackley Browning, Jr.
March 20, 2021
Ackley C. Browning, Jr.
10/5/1949 - 3/20/2021
Ackley has advanced ahead of us
to be with our Lord and Savior.
He has left behind his younger brothers, children,
grandchildren, many cousins and many friends.
He was born and raised in Waxahachie and
graduated from Waxahachie...
Larry Burton
March 17, 2021
Larry Wayne Burton, 61, of Waxahachie, Texas passed away suddenly on March 17, 2021, surrounded by his family while on their first family vacation in Orlando, Florida.
Larry was born to parents Bucky and Jerie Burton, on July 6, 1959, in Dallas, Texas. Larry was a self-taught mechanical and chemical engineer who specialized in designing oil refineries....
Debra Brown
March 17, 2021
Debra Jean Brown was born February 8, 1955 in Maysville, KY and passed away March 17, 2021 in Dallas, TX.
She is preceded in death by her parents, Douglas and Mary Beiland; her son, Christopher Hankins; her daughter, Michele Carter; her grandson, Scott Rucker; and her son-in-law, Darrell Carter.
She is survived by her husband,...
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