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Ida Mae Ensign

Ida Mae Ensign

Aug 28, 2018

Ida Mae Ensign, 99, of Denton, died August 28, 2018 at Denton Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. Mrs. Ensign was born on March 26, 1919 in Harrodsburg, KY to Henry Alfred and Effie (Brown) Hendron. She was married to Harold J. Ensign; he died on January 20, 1965. She was a member of Gateway United Baptist Church. She is survived...

Billy J. Morgan

Billy J. Morgan

Aug 25, 2018

Billy J. ("Bill") Morgan was born on January 1, 1933 to Felix and Jonnie Morgan in Rotan, Fisher County, TX.  He passed away on August 25, 2018 from complications of heart disease, kidney disease and myeloma cancer. Bill was raised on his family's three section farm and ranch located on the Clear Fork of the Brazos River, near Rotan. ...

Francis Jeanell Pettigrew

Francis Jeanell Pettigrew

Aug 24, 2018

Francis Jeanell Pettigrew, 90, of Denton, died Friday, August 24, 2018 at Denton Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. Mrs. Pettigrew was born on December 8, 1927 in Pampa, TX to Robia and Mary (Justice) Putman. She was married to Marlon Sutton Pettigrew on December 20, 1944 in Horatio, AR. Francis is survived by her daughter, Sue Palencia of Denton; sons,...

Johnnie Lois Yount

Johnnie Lois Yount

Aug 21, 2018

Johnnie Lois Yount

June 26, 1931-August 21, 2018

Johnnie Lois Yount, 87, of Denton, TX, died peacefully on August 21, 2018. She was born in Clarendon, TX and grew up in Pilot Point, TX. She married Bill Yount on February 5, 1948. Johnnie was an optimist and had an open-minded flexibility. She had...

John Thurmond George

John Thurmond George

Aug 16, 2018

George, John Thurmond, II, 72, U.S. Army Retired, born August 22-1945 in Hobart, Oklahoma. Passed away on August 16, 2018. No services planned. all arrangements are under the direction of the Denton Funeral Home and Cremation Service, 120 South Carroll Blvd., Denton, Texas, 76201. Phone: 940-382-2214.

Edward Krauz

Edward Krauz

Aug 14, 2018

March 5, 1924 – August 14, 2018

Edward Krauz passed away peacefully on August 14, 2018 at age 94.

Edward was preceded in death by his wife Genevieve. Edward and Genevieve lived in Jackson, Michigan for seventy-six years before moving to Dallas, TX in 2000. Edward and Genevieve were married for sixty-two years. During this...

Donna Lynn Rich

Donna Lynn Rich

Aug 11, 2018

Donna Lynn Rich, 74, of Justin, died Saturday, August 11, 2018 at Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital at Alliance. Mrs. Rich was born on December 19, 1943 in Ellenville, NY to Orie and Eula (Krum) Hinckley. She was married to George Theodore Rich; he died on March 5, 2009. She attended Texas Woman's University. She was an owner and...

Lura Lea Pyeatt

Lura Lea Pyeatt

Aug 10, 2018

Lura Lee Pyeatt, 93, entered heaven on August 10, 2018. Services will be held Sunday, August 12th at Denton Funeral Home, 120 S. Carroll Blvd., Denton, Tx. at 2:00pm. Burial will follow at Trickham Cemetery in Brown County on Thursday, August 16th at 2:00pm. Lura was born July 11, 1925 in Uvalde, Tx to Robert C Farris and Reba (Carder)...

Jennie Marie Walsh

Jennie Marie Walsh

Aug 9, 2018

Dr. Jennie Marie Russell Walsh, 84 wrote the last chapter in the screenplay of her life early in the Morning on August 9. During the previous day, she looked up at the corner of her room and announced, "That's my Mother and I'm going home with her". Dr. Walsh had been a resident of Selah Ridge, Denton and had been...

Evan Sornvong, Jr.

Evan Sornvong, Jr.

Aug 6, 2018

Evan Sornvong Jr. was born in Mesquite, Texas on November 20, 1992. Evan was baptized into Christ in 2009. He loves Jesus and wanted to be with God one day!  He graduated from Liberty High School in 2011. He graduated from El Centro College in Dallas, TX in 2017 with a degree in computer science which led to an...

Jordan Thomas Thoele

Jordan Thomas Thoele

Aug 5, 2018

Jordan Thoele, 26, of Denton Texas, passed away on August 5th at 4:50 am at Medical City in Denton following an effort to overcome injuries suffered in an accident. Jordan was born on January 30th, 1992 in Mattoon Illinois to Scott and Cindy (Embry) Thoele. He attended school in Fayetteville Arkansas and Lake County Illinois and attended high school in...

Thomas Marlin "Tj" Mcwhorter Jr.

Thomas Marlin "Tj" Mcwhorter Jr.

Aug 4, 2018

Thomas Marlin "TJ" McWhorter, Jr., 42, of Denton, died Saturday, August 4, 2018 at Medical City Hospital in Denton.

TJ was born on December 3, 1975 in Sherman to Thomas Marlin and Darlene (Proffer) McWhorter, Sr. He started, owned and operated McWhorter Excavation. Not much made TJ happier than dirt working except his children and longtime buddy,...

Donald Leroy Miller

Donald Leroy Miller

Aug 2, 2018

In loving memory, Capt. Donald L. Miller, Sr (89) of Justin, Texas passed peacefully in his sleep at the hospital on August 2nd 2018 at 3:30 am. He served honorably in the United States Army from 1946 to 1949, receiving the World War II Victory Medal and the Army of Occupation Medal. He retired as a commercial airline pilot an...

Margaret Sylvia Alberti

Margaret Sylvia Alberti

Jul 31, 2018

Margaret Sylvia Seddon Alberti, 91, was born in Manchester, England on November 28, 1926. She met and married Harry Charles Alberti on October 30th 1954. They lived in Warrington England while Harry was in the US Airforce then migrated to the US in 1956 to start her new life. She was an award winning Sales Associate in the retail...

Mary Helen Simbeck

Mary Helen Simbeck

Jul 31, 2018

Mary Helen Simbeck, age 80, of Denton, Texas, died on July 31st 2018 at her home in Denton, Texas surrounded by her family. Mary was born January 24, 1938, in Selma, California. She was a beautician, and she later became an educator. She retired from Denton ISD in 2003, after 20 years of service. She...

Ella Mae "Phoebe" Bean

Ella Mae "Phoebe" Bean

Jul 30, 2018

Ella Mae "Phoebe" Bean, 85, of Denton, died Monday, July 30, 2018 at The Village on Valley Creek in Denton. Mrs. Bean was born on May 19, 1933 in Farmersville to Claude M. and Etta (Smith) Wallace. She was married to Paul Richard Bean on July 15, 1955 in Farmersville. She retired from Moore Business Forms and was a...

Zulah Lawrence Coleman

Zulah Lawrence Coleman

Jul 30, 2018

Zulah Lawrence Coleman, Age 100, of Denton, TX, died on July 30,2018 at Rambling Oaks Courtyard Skilled Nursing Facility in Highland Village, TX. Zulah was born September 15, 1917 in El Dorado, Union County, Arkansas.  She retired in the 1970's after working approximately 20 years for the U.S. Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service (ASCS) which later became in 1994...

Lois Hopkins Ratliff

Lois Hopkins Ratliff

Jul 29, 2018

Lois (Hopkins) Ratliff, 90, of Denton, passed away at her residence on Sunday, July 29, 2018. She was born December 6, 1927 in Galveston County, Texas to Onie and Clara Hopkins. Lois is survived by her sister Mary Short, of Houston, Texas and Joel (Sonny) Hopkins of Dayton, Texas; her daughter, Linda Bonesio of Carrollton, Texas; her beloved grandson Ryan...

Frank Miller

Frank Miller

Jul 29, 2018

Frank Miller, 87, of Denton, went to be with his Lord and Savior Sunday, July 29, 2018 at his home in Denton. Mr. Miller was born on June 14, 1931 in Millington, TN to James and Ethel (Woodward) Miller. He graduated from Memphis State University with a Bachelor's of Science degree he then graduated from Trinity University in San...

Sidney Scott Lenoir

Sidney Scott Lenoir

Jul 28, 2018

Sidney Scott Lenoir, 76, of Denton, TX passed away at home surrounded by loved ones on July 28, 2018. He was born on March 25, 1942 in Paris, TX to Sidney J. and Janice Crawford Lenoir. He served 8 years in the U.S. Air Force. Sid retired from GTE (Verizon) in Denton where he worked as a COE Installer. He...

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