Obituaries

Terry Naylor

Terry Naylor

November 7, 2017

Terry Marshall Naylor, 70, passed away on November 7, 2017 in Dallas, Texas. Memorial services will be held on Saturday, November 11, 2017 at 2:00 PM in the Pat Boze Memorial Chapel of Wayne Boze Funeral Home located at 1826 W. Highway 287 Business in Waxahachie. Terry was born on March 14, 1947 to W.M. "Bill"...

Steven Hopgood

Steven Hopgood

November 4, 2017

Steve Hopgood, 62 of Waxahachie, passed away Saturday, November 4, 2017 at his residence, surrounded by his loving family. He was born to Melvin and Gertie Hopgood in Waxahachie on August 12, 1955. Steve graduated from Maypearl High School in 1973. He married the love of his life, Betty Wilburn, on October 11, 1974. He retired...

Don Simpson

Don Simpson

November 4, 2017

Don R. Simpson, 76 of Waxahachie, passed away Saturday, November 4, 2017 in DeSoto surrounded by his loving family. He was born January 1, 1941 in McKinney, Texas. Don graduated from Ennis High School in 1959. He attended Texas A&M University where he graduated on January 18, 1963 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business...

Joyce Harbert

Joyce Harbert

November 2, 2017

Joyce Ellen "Granny" Harbert, 80, passed away on November 2, 2017 in Waxahachie with her loved-ones by her side. "Granny" was born in Clarksville, Arkansas on January 3, 1937, to Euell and Vellow (Chesser) Russell. Joyce Russell married Carl J. Harbert on November 11, 1950 in Clarksville, Arkansas. They were married 67 years and had two...

Leonard Limmer

Leonard Limmer

October 29, 2017

Leonard Lee Limmer of Glenn Heights and Waxahachie, Texas passed away Sunday, October 29. 2017 at his home surrounded by his family members. Leonard was born February 22, 1929 in Hamilton, Texas to the late Hubert and Edna Hoherz Limmer. He was preceded in death by his wife and the mother of his children, Maxine Limmer,...

Lois Boyd

Lois Boyd

October 28, 2017

Lois Lanell Boyd passed away peacefully on October 28, 2017 at her home in Waxahachie. Lois was the daughter of the late Tommie and Winifred McMullen Kelso. Lois was born July 5, 1932 in Chatfield, Texas. Lois was an Executive Secretary for the Grey Hound Bus Lines and retired from this position. She was a faithful...

Volley Jaynes

Volley Jaynes

October 28, 2017

Volley Jeff Jaynes, age 77, of Italy, Texas passed away Saturday, October 28, 2017 at his home Trinity Mission in Italy, a place where he lived and loved since August of this year. He was born November 03, 1939 to Henry Vollie and Sally Myrtis Tinsley Jaynes. Volley has been a barber since 1963 and was...

Tinsley Lewis

Tinsley Lewis

October 28, 2017

Tinsley Anne Lewis, of Maypearl, Texas passed away Saturday, October 28, 2017 in Mansfield, Texas. She is survived by her parents George and Whitney Lewis, two brothers, Easton & Cason Lewis; Grandparents: Michael & Sharon Vinson and Mark and Catherine Lewis; Great Grandparents: Mike and Carol Vinson, Kenneth & Judy Pfaff and Bob and Judy Tinsley;...

Charles Briscoe

Charles Briscoe

October 27, 2017

Charles H. Briscoe, 88, passed away on October 27, 2017 in Waxahachie. Graveside services will be held on Wednesday, November 1, 2017 at Alvord Cemetery in Alvord, Texas. Visitation with the family will be observed on Tuesday, October 31, 2017 from 6-8 PM at the Wayne Boze Funeral Home located at 1826 W. Hwy 287 Business...

Marion Oates

Marion Oates

October 25, 2017

Marion Bradford Oates, 87, lost his life to bladder cancer on Wednesday, October 25th at Legends Oaks HealthCare in Waxahachie, Texas. He was born to Nathan and Bernadine Oates on May 20th, 1930, in Seagrave, Texas. He attended Waxahachie schools and was a pitcher for the American Legion Baseball Team under Coach Hal Curry. He married...

James Linville

James Linville

October 20, 2017

James "Larry" Linville of Waxahachie passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on October 20, 2017 in Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas. He leaves behind his wife of almost 40 years, Judy (Mauldin) Linville. He is also survived by his brother, Joe Linville, Sr. and wife, Dell; his nephews, Joe Linville, Jr. and wife, Katie,...

Marie Heine

Marie Heine

October 19, 2017

Marie Norman Heine went home to be with her Lord and Savior and to unite with her loved ones on Thursday, October 19, 2017, born June 5, 1928 in Forreston, Texas to parents, Robert Lee and Etta Mack Jacobs Norman. She was a 1945 graduate of Forreston High School. She married Billy Lee Heine on December...

William Howard

William Howard

October 19, 2017

William Paul Howard, 80, passed away on October 19, 2017 in Temple, Texas. Visitation with the family will be held on Sunday, October 22, 2017 from 5-7 PM at Wayne Boze Funeral Home in Waxahachie. Graveside services will be held on Monday, October 23, 2017 at 11 AM at the Milford Cemetery located in Milford. Paul...

William Wright

William Wright

October 14, 2017

William Dan Wright passed into the arms of his beloved Lord and Savior on October 14, 2017 in Conway, Arkansas after a short but valiant battle with a respiratory infection. Funeral services will be Saturday, October 21, at 2:00 pm at the Pat Boze Memorial Chapel of the Wayne Boze Funeral Home in Waxahachie, Texas with...

James Taylor

James Taylor

October 14, 2017

James Michael (Mike) Taylor, 54, was born on October 21, 1962 in Dallas, Texas to Bobby & Sherry Taylor. Mike graduated from MacArthur High School in Irving, Texas in 1981. He attended Video Technical Institute in Dallas, Texas from January 1982 to July 1982 majoring in Electronic Engineering. He was Lead Console Operator for Allied Marketing...

Peggy White

Peggy White

October 11, 2017

Beloved wife, mother, and grandmother, Peggy "Diane" White, 67, passed away peacefully in her sleep at her home in Maypearl, Texas, on Wednesday, October 11, 2017. Peggy Diane Boone was born June 27, 1950, to the late Lloyd Maurice Boone and Wilna Sue Wiggins of Maypearl. Upon graduation from Maypearl High School - as valedictorian -...

Mary Petruska

Mary Petruska

October 5, 2017

Mary was born in Youngstown, Ohio, in 1932. She celebrated her 85th birthday on August 3, 2017. Her dad, Milburn Lerue Work, was of Scottish descent. His nickname was "Slim" and when Mary was born, he worked as an assembler for General Fireproofing. Mary's mom, Elizabeth "Bessie" McCauley Work, was a homemaker and of Irish descent....

Claudia Clonts

Claudia Clonts

October 3, 2017

Claudia Clonts was a beautiful woman, both inside and out. She passed away at the young age of 68 on Tuesday, October 3, 2017. Born in Auburn, New York, she was always very proud to be a northerner. So much so that she would happily get into an argument on the proper pronunciation of words (especially...

Michael Alford

Michael Alford

October 3, 2017

Michael "Mike" Jay Alford, 58, passed away on October 3, 2017 in Dallas. A celebration of life service will be held on Monday, October 9, 2017 at 10:00 AM in the Pat Boze Memorial Chapel of Wayne Boze Funeral Home located at 1826 W. Highway 287 Business in Waxahachie. At the age of 16, Mike was...

Richard Pigg

Richard Pigg

October 1, 2017

Lieutenant Colonel Richard Earl Pigg, United States Army Reserve (Retired) 81, of Waxahachie, passed away from complications associated with cancer on Sunday, October 1, at Baylor Scott & White Medical Center in Waxahachie. He was born July 27, 1936, in Dallas, Texas, to the late Calvin Pigg and Virginia Taylor Pigg. Richard is survived by his...

Terry Naylor

Terry Naylor

November 7, 2017

Terry Marshall Naylor, 70, passed away on November 7, 2017 in Dallas, Texas. Memorial services will be held on Saturday, November 11, 2017 at 2:00 PM in the Pat Boze Memorial Chapel of Wayne Boze Funeral Home located at 1826 W. Highway 287 Business in Waxahachie. Terry was born on March 14, 1947 to W.M. "Bill"...

Steven Hopgood

Steven Hopgood

November 4, 2017

Steve Hopgood, 62 of Waxahachie, passed away Saturday, November 4, 2017 at his residence, surrounded by his loving family. He was born to Melvin and Gertie Hopgood in Waxahachie on August 12, 1955. Steve graduated from Maypearl High School in 1973. He married the love of his life, Betty Wilburn, on October 11, 1974. He retired...

Don Simpson

Don Simpson

November 4, 2017

Don R. Simpson, 76 of Waxahachie, passed away Saturday, November 4, 2017 in DeSoto surrounded by his loving family. He was born January 1, 1941 in McKinney, Texas. Don graduated from Ennis High School in 1959. He attended Texas A&M University where he graduated on January 18, 1963 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business...

Joyce Harbert

Joyce Harbert

November 2, 2017

Joyce Ellen "Granny" Harbert, 80, passed away on November 2, 2017 in Waxahachie with her loved-ones by her side. "Granny" was born in Clarksville, Arkansas on January 3, 1937, to Euell and Vellow (Chesser) Russell. Joyce Russell married Carl J. Harbert on November 11, 1950 in Clarksville, Arkansas. They were married 67 years and had two...

Leonard Limmer

Leonard Limmer

October 29, 2017

Leonard Lee Limmer of Glenn Heights and Waxahachie, Texas passed away Sunday, October 29. 2017 at his home surrounded by his family members. Leonard was born February 22, 1929 in Hamilton, Texas to the late Hubert and Edna Hoherz Limmer. He was preceded in death by his wife and the mother of his children, Maxine Limmer,...

Lois Boyd

Lois Boyd

October 28, 2017

Lois Lanell Boyd passed away peacefully on October 28, 2017 at her home in Waxahachie. Lois was the daughter of the late Tommie and Winifred McMullen Kelso. Lois was born July 5, 1932 in Chatfield, Texas. Lois was an Executive Secretary for the Grey Hound Bus Lines and retired from this position. She was a faithful...

Volley Jaynes

Volley Jaynes

October 28, 2017

Volley Jeff Jaynes, age 77, of Italy, Texas passed away Saturday, October 28, 2017 at his home Trinity Mission in Italy, a place where he lived and loved since August of this year. He was born November 03, 1939 to Henry Vollie and Sally Myrtis Tinsley Jaynes. Volley has been a barber since 1963 and was...

Tinsley Lewis

Tinsley Lewis

October 28, 2017

Tinsley Anne Lewis, of Maypearl, Texas passed away Saturday, October 28, 2017 in Mansfield, Texas. She is survived by her parents George and Whitney Lewis, two brothers, Easton & Cason Lewis; Grandparents: Michael & Sharon Vinson and Mark and Catherine Lewis; Great Grandparents: Mike and Carol Vinson, Kenneth & Judy Pfaff and Bob and Judy Tinsley;...

Charles Briscoe

Charles Briscoe

October 27, 2017

Charles H. Briscoe, 88, passed away on October 27, 2017 in Waxahachie. Graveside services will be held on Wednesday, November 1, 2017 at Alvord Cemetery in Alvord, Texas. Visitation with the family will be observed on Tuesday, October 31, 2017 from 6-8 PM at the Wayne Boze Funeral Home located at 1826 W. Hwy 287 Business...

Marion Oates

Marion Oates

October 25, 2017

Marion Bradford Oates, 87, lost his life to bladder cancer on Wednesday, October 25th at Legends Oaks HealthCare in Waxahachie, Texas. He was born to Nathan and Bernadine Oates on May 20th, 1930, in Seagrave, Texas. He attended Waxahachie schools and was a pitcher for the American Legion Baseball Team under Coach Hal Curry. He married...

James Linville

James Linville

October 20, 2017

James "Larry" Linville of Waxahachie passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on October 20, 2017 in Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas. He leaves behind his wife of almost 40 years, Judy (Mauldin) Linville. He is also survived by his brother, Joe Linville, Sr. and wife, Dell; his nephews, Joe Linville, Jr. and wife, Katie,...

Marie Heine

Marie Heine

October 19, 2017

Marie Norman Heine went home to be with her Lord and Savior and to unite with her loved ones on Thursday, October 19, 2017, born June 5, 1928 in Forreston, Texas to parents, Robert Lee and Etta Mack Jacobs Norman. She was a 1945 graduate of Forreston High School. She married Billy Lee Heine on December...

William Howard

William Howard

October 19, 2017

William Paul Howard, 80, passed away on October 19, 2017 in Temple, Texas. Visitation with the family will be held on Sunday, October 22, 2017 from 5-7 PM at Wayne Boze Funeral Home in Waxahachie. Graveside services will be held on Monday, October 23, 2017 at 11 AM at the Milford Cemetery located in Milford. Paul...

William Wright

William Wright

October 14, 2017

William Dan Wright passed into the arms of his beloved Lord and Savior on October 14, 2017 in Conway, Arkansas after a short but valiant battle with a respiratory infection. Funeral services will be Saturday, October 21, at 2:00 pm at the Pat Boze Memorial Chapel of the Wayne Boze Funeral Home in Waxahachie, Texas with...

James Taylor

James Taylor

October 14, 2017

James Michael (Mike) Taylor, 54, was born on October 21, 1962 in Dallas, Texas to Bobby & Sherry Taylor. Mike graduated from MacArthur High School in Irving, Texas in 1981. He attended Video Technical Institute in Dallas, Texas from January 1982 to July 1982 majoring in Electronic Engineering. He was Lead Console Operator for Allied Marketing...

Peggy White

Peggy White

October 11, 2017

Beloved wife, mother, and grandmother, Peggy "Diane" White, 67, passed away peacefully in her sleep at her home in Maypearl, Texas, on Wednesday, October 11, 2017. Peggy Diane Boone was born June 27, 1950, to the late Lloyd Maurice Boone and Wilna Sue Wiggins of Maypearl. Upon graduation from Maypearl High School - as valedictorian -...

Mary Petruska

Mary Petruska

October 5, 2017

Mary was born in Youngstown, Ohio, in 1932. She celebrated her 85th birthday on August 3, 2017. Her dad, Milburn Lerue Work, was of Scottish descent. His nickname was "Slim" and when Mary was born, he worked as an assembler for General Fireproofing. Mary's mom, Elizabeth "Bessie" McCauley Work, was a homemaker and of Irish descent....

Claudia Clonts

Claudia Clonts

October 3, 2017

Claudia Clonts was a beautiful woman, both inside and out. She passed away at the young age of 68 on Tuesday, October 3, 2017. Born in Auburn, New York, she was always very proud to be a northerner. So much so that she would happily get into an argument on the proper pronunciation of words (especially...

Michael Alford

Michael Alford

October 3, 2017

Michael "Mike" Jay Alford, 58, passed away on October 3, 2017 in Dallas. A celebration of life service will be held on Monday, October 9, 2017 at 10:00 AM in the Pat Boze Memorial Chapel of Wayne Boze Funeral Home located at 1826 W. Highway 287 Business in Waxahachie. At the age of 16, Mike was...

Richard Pigg

Richard Pigg

October 1, 2017

Lieutenant Colonel Richard Earl Pigg, United States Army Reserve (Retired) 81, of Waxahachie, passed away from complications associated with cancer on Sunday, October 1, at Baylor Scott & White Medical Center in Waxahachie. He was born July 27, 1936, in Dallas, Texas, to the late Calvin Pigg and Virginia Taylor Pigg. Richard is survived by his...