Obituaries
Geneva Jewel Tharp
Aug 9, 2020
Geneva was born in Nashville, Arkansas, on February 7, 1935, to Edith Tarno and Berlin Evans, who both preceded her in death. She was the eldest of eight children and is survived by four brothers, Ray, Edmond, Charles and William Annis and three sisters, Margaret Junkert, Jean Braswell and Monica Howell. Geneva passed away on Sunday, August 9, 2020, after...
Helen F. Speights
Aug 4, 2020
Helen F. Speights,80, of Forney, Texas passed away at her home surrounded by her loving family on August 4, 2020. She was born on February 12, 1940 in Dallas, Texas to Hugh and Velma McKethan. Helen married Weldon Speights on June 6, 1970 in Rockwall, Texas. Helen was a loving and caring mother, wife, and grandmother. She was a hardworking...
James Richard Coker
Aug 1, 2020
James Richard Coker, 66, of Denton, TX passed away on August 1, 2020. James was born on February 2, 1954 to A. T. and Mary Evelyne Tarpley Coker in Kaufman, TX. Jim graduated from Kaufman High School in 1972. He worked for Otis engineering for 25 years and most recently for Andrew’s Corporation for numerous years until he retired. Jim...
Lois Lucille Neustupa
Jul 29, 2020
Lois Lucille Neustupa, 93, of Kaufman, TX went to be with the Lord on July 29, 2020. Lois was born on July 20, 1927 to Fred and Ethel Reed in Kaufman. She was raised in Kaufman and moved to San Francisco to get married in 1946. On March 25, 1946, Lois married Henry Neustupa and they were together for a...
Amanda Joyce Simmons
Jul 28, 2020
Amanda Joyce Simmons, 28, passed away on July 28, 2020. Amanda was born on September 23, 1991 to Scott and Christine Curtis in Dallas, TX. Raised in Kaufman, Amanda developed a love for soccer and competed in youth leagues and for Kaufman High School. Upon graduation in 2011, Amanda continued soccer while earning her bachelor’s in business with an art...
Lydia Rivera
Jul 18, 2020
Lydia Rivera went to her Lord and Savior on Saturday, July 18, 2020, in Kaufman, Texas. Lydia was born in Mexico on August 3, 1963 to Telesforo and Vicenta (Noyola) Rivera. Lydia was a loving wife to Jose Chavez Guillen. They met in 1993 and married on July 5, 1996. Lydia always shared her company and her coffee with everyone....
Pearl Marie McCollom
Jul 14, 2020
Pearl Marie Renfro McCollom passed away at the age of 99 on July 14, 2020. She was surrounded by loved ones at her home in Scurry, Texas.
Pearl was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on April 17, 1921 to George William Renfro and Eunice Annie Thomas. She was married to Tonie Lee McCollom by her Father Reverend George Renfro on...
Vera Darlene Jasper
Jul 10, 2020
Vera Darlene Jasper, 73, of Kaufman, TX passed away peacefully on July 10, 2020 at home. Vera was born on October 28, 1946 in Dallas, TX. She grew up and went to school in Dallas and worked as a clerk in the Rockwall County Sherrif's office for 17 years. During the time at the sherrif's office she also worked for...
JW Batchelor
Jul 9, 2020
JW Batchelor, 79, of Scurry, TX passed away on July 9, 2020 at home. JW was born on April 25, 1941 to James Wilmer and Susie Bell in Athens, TX. JW went to school in Cayuga and graduated in 1959 from Cayuga High School. He was a truck driver all his life and worked for Coca-Cola USA for 30 years...
Mark Louis Quinlan
Jul 6, 2020
Mark Louis Quinlan, 62, of Kaufman, TX passed away on July 6, 2020. Mark was born on August 6, 1957 to Bill and Maxine Quinlan in Dallas, TX. Mark married Dana Rae Mangham Quinlan on March 10, 1984 in Garland, TX. He was a plant operator for Medical City for 20 years. Mark spent time bowling, fishing and watching sports....
Jimmy Eugene Beavers
Jul 5, 2020
Jimmy Eugene Beavers 77, of Kemp passed away July 5, 2020. He was born in Terrell Texas on October 1, 1942 to Mildred Brockway Beavers Graham and Earl L. Beavers. He attended Terrell ISD until his senior year when his family moved to Dallas and he graduated from South Oak Cliff High School in 1962. There Jimmy met his future...
Eva Lee Baldwin
Jul 2, 2020
Eva Lee Baldwin, 86, of Scurry, TX went to be with the Lord on July 2, 2020. Eve was born in Bangor, ME on March 16, 1934, where she lived with her grandparents on a small farm until the age of 10. At age 10, she and her mother moved to Connecticut to join her step-father who was in the...
James Robert Dugan
Jun 29, 2020
James Robert Dugan, 68, of Mineola, TX passed away on June 29, 2020 at home. James was born on July 2, 1951 to David and Doris Dugan in Forney, TX. He went to school for the most part in Dallas ISD. After high school, he went to the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and received training to be an electrician....
Silvia Soto
Jun 26, 2020
Silvia Soto of Kaufman, Texas went home to her Lord and Savior on June 26, 2020 in Kaufman, Texas. She was born on June 24,1960 to Eluterio and Enedina Martinez in Mexico. Silvia was a wonderful woman to her family and loved and took care of all of them at one time or another in her life. Silvia was well...
Lisa Elizabeth Aulds
Jun 24, 2020
Lisa Elizabeth Wilson Aulds was born on June 22, 1968 in Kaufman, TX to Kay Myatt Wilson and Marshall Don Wilson. As a four year old, Lisa attended private playschool under the teaching of Mrs. Rush Fox and later started kindergarten where she met and made many life-long friends. Lisa attended Kaufman public schools throughout her education journey, where she...
Guinn Ferrell Godwin
Jun 21, 2020
Guinn Ferrell Godwin, 96, of Kaufman, TX went to be with the Lord on June 21, 2020. Guinn was born on March 31, 1924 to W.E. and Olga Godwin in Kemp, TX. He grew up in Kemp and graduated from Stubbs Community School in Stubbs, TX. Guinn married Charlie Jack Miller Godwin on July 26, 1946, and they spent a...
Jimmy Carroll Lane
Jun 19, 2020
Jimmy Carroll Lane, 77, passed away at his home in Caddo Mills, Texas on June 19, 2020. Jimmy was born August 18, 1942, to Virgil and Leotis Lane in Kaufman, Texas. He grew up in Kaufman and graduated from Kaufman High School in 1960. Jimmy worked at Braniff Airlines before becoming a patrol officer for the City of Kaufman then...
Susan Roberta Thomas
Jun 12, 2020
Susan Roberta Thomas was born January 17, 1945 in Racine, Wisconsin to Dorothy Mae Sanders and Carl Robert Harmel. Growing up, she was a passionate barrel racer and advocate for animals, often adopting and bathing stray pets. She graduated Troy High School in 1963 where she was voted Prom Queen by her classmates.
She became pen pals with a young...
Susie Brush
Jun 11, 2020
Susie Brush was born on December 1, 1949 in Dallas, Texas to Clifford and Ima Jean Meek. Susie passed away at her home in Kaufman on June 11, 2020. Susie was survived by a host of family and loved ones.
Gracetta Layl
Jun 1, 2020
Real name Grace Etta Layl was born on October 26, 1946. When family got her birth certificate, her name on it was Gracetta no middle name. She Traveled with her mom, Earline, and her dad, Harry. Harry worked for AT&T when he left the army after war. Yes she was a Victory baby. Grace often visited her Grandparents in Louisiana...
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