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Dorothy Knipstein
STEPHENVILLE -- Dorothy Knipstein, 72, a housekeeper at Tarleton State University, died Sunday, July 13, 1997, at an Erath County hospital.
Funeral: 10 a.m. Tuesday at Lacy Funeral Home. Burial: West End Cemetery. Rev. Frank H. Horak Jr. will officiate.
Memorials: American Cancer Society.
Dorothy Knipstein was born May 18, 1925, in Eden.
She married Edwin Knipstein Jan. 4, 1947, in Priddy. She was a member of First Presbyterian Church.
Survivors: Husband, Edwin Knipstein of Stephenville; son, Garland Knipstein of Stephenville; daughter, Sharon Lesley of DeLeon; and grandchildren, Alan Lesley, Nathan Lesley and Lance Knipstein, all of Stephenville.
Lacy Funeral Home
Stephenville, (254) 968-2102
Lucille M. Learn
HALTOM CITY -- Lucille M. Learn, 73, a bookkeeper, died Saturday, July 12, 1997, in Fort Worth.
Funeral: 2 p.m. Tuesday at Bluebonnet Hills Funeral Home. Burial: Bluebonnet Hills Memorial Park.
Lucille M. Learn was born Feb. 27, 1924, in Jamestown, N.Y.
Survivors: Husband, John Learn of Haltom City; daughters, Sherrie Sheppard and her husband, James, of Granbury and Sheila Tucker and her husband, Charles Jr., of St. Louis, Mo.; four grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Bluebonnet Hills Funeral Home
Colleyville, 281-8751
Laura Bennett McCracken
FORT WORTH -- Laura Bennett McCracken, 88, a retired teacher, died Monday, July 14, 1997, at a nursing home.
Funeral: 1 p.m. Wednesday at Greenwood Funeral Home. Inurnment: Greenwood Columnbarium.
Laura Bennett McCracken was born May 1, 1909, in Madison, Miss. She was preceded in death by her husband, E.B. McCracken, in 1987.
Survivors: Her daughters and their husbands, Lucille Dewees and Marvin R. Keith of Fort Worth and Laura Catherine and Bill Butler of Houston; sister, Mary Ella Miller of Hazelhurst, Miss.; grandchildren, Noel Keith of Arlington, Bill Butler III of Richardson and Laura Butler-Springborn of Houston; great- grandchildren, Theodore Springborn and Gwendolyn Springborn, both of Houston; and several nieces and nephews.
Greenwood Funeral Home
3100 White Settlement Road, 336-0584
Gladys Marie Meek
TERRELL -- Gladys Marie Meek, 81, a homemaker, died Sunday, July 13, 1997, in Terrell.
Graveside service: was 3 p.m. Monday in North Santo Cemetery.
Gladys Marie Meek was born May 27, 1916, in Santo.
Survivors: Sons, James Endlich and Kenneth Endlich, both of El Paso; sister, Maxine Sylva of El Paso; eight grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.
Baum-Carlock-Bumgardner
Mineral Wells, (940) 325-4422
Laura Mae Mueller
FORT WORTH -- Laura Mae Mueller, 90, died Saturday, July 12, 1997. She passed away peacefully at the home of her family in Carrollton.
Funeral: 10 a.m. Tuesday at Thompson's Harveson & Cole Funeral Home. Burial: Greenwood Memorial Park. Visitation: 9:30 a.m. Tuesday until service time.
Laura Mae Mueller was born Oct. 18, 1906, in Bowie.
She will remain in our hearts, and we will forever remember her gentle kindness, and personal inner strength.
Laura Mae Mueller, the widow of Louis Mueller, was preceded in death by brothers, Henry, Burton, Ray and Dee Brooks; and sister, Hettie Steffen.
Survivors: Son, Bill Mueller and his wife, Victoria, of Carrollton; granddaughters, Julie Perejda and her husband, Drew, of Atlanta and Karen Mueller of Dallas; grandson, Jon Mueller and his wife, Sherri; great-grandchildren, Ashley, Christopher and Andrew of Moorepark, Calif; and brother, Gene Brooks and his wife, Eleanor, of Arlington.
Thompson's Harveson & Cole
702 Eighth Ave., 336-0345
Avo Simmons Myers
BURLESON -- Avo Simmons Myers, 86, a homemaker, died Sunday, July 13, 1997, in Weatherford.
Funeral: 10 a.m. Wednesday at Laurel Land Funeral Home in Fort Worth. Burial: Laurel Land Memorial Park. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Avo Myers was born March 10, 1911, in Olustee, Okla. Mrs. Myers was formerly of Casa Grande, Ariz.
Survivors: Husband, Carl Myers of Burleson; son, Ed Myers of Mabank; daughter, Barbara Mceuen Wang of Burleson; sisters, Delma Freudiger of Arlington and Leota Ogles of Altus, Okla.; grandchildren, Mark Mceuen and Carlene Mceuen Palacios of Burleson, Rex Myers of Tucson, Ariz., and Darlene Sims of Hutchins; great-grandchildren, Mark II, Justin, Courtney and Ali; four nieces; and one nephew.
Laurel Land Funeral Home of Fort Worth
7100 Crowley Road, (817) 293-1350
Helen Elizabeth Ogden
HURST -- Helen Elizabeth Ogden, 74, a homemaker, died Sunday, July 13, 1997, at a hospital.
Graveside service: 2 p.m. Wednesday in Laurel Land Memorial Park. Visitation: 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at Brown, Owens & Brumley Funeral Home.
Helen Ogden was born Sept. 2, 1922, in Tolar.
She was a member of Hurst Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Herman Paul Ogden, in 1986.
Survivors: Sons, Jerry Ogden and Charles Ogden, both of Hurst; brothers, Harry Lee Mosier of Baytown and Melvin L. Mosier of Keller; and sister, Mary Louise Champlin of Fort Worth.
Brown, Owens & Brumley
425 S. Henderson St., 335-4557
Carol Miriam Powers
CLEBURNE -- Carol Miriam Powers, 90, a retired placement officer with Arkansas State Employment in Little Rock and Fort Smith, Ark., died Sunday, July 13, 1997, in Cleburne.
Funeral: 2 p.m. Wednesday at Crosier-Pearson-Mayfield Funeral Home. Burial: Rose Hill Cemetery in Cleburne. Visitation: 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Carol Powers was born April 10, 1907, in Coffeyville, Kan.
Survivors: Daughters, Nancy Powers Ridgeway and Patricia Powers Seahorn, both of Cleburne; sister, Thelma Dubois of Great Bend, Kan.; eight grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.
Crosier-Pearson-Mayfield
Cleburne, (817) 558-2322
Joseph Smith
FORT WORTH -- Joseph Smith, 62, pastor of New Beginnings Holiness Church and Sunrise Holiness in Bonham, died Friday, July 11, 1997, at a Fort Worth hospital.
Funeral: 1 p.m. Wednesday at First St. John Missionary Baptist Church, 2401 E. Berry St., Fort Worth, Texas 76105, (817) 534-0581. Burial: Skyue Memorial Gardens. Visitation: 1 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at Baker Funeral Home. Wake: 7 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Elder Smith was born Nov. 2, 1934, in Paris, Texas, the son of Ownsby and Emma Doughty Smith. He grew up in and attended public schools in Paris. He lived several years in Leonard. His early religious training was in the Baptist church. In 1969, he was filled with the Holy Ghost, baptized and added to the church, and in 1971, he was called to the gospel ministry. Elder Smith founded Sunrise Holiness in Bonham in 1979, and later founded and pastored New Beginnings Holiness Church until his death.
He married Joyce Milton on July 8, 1962, and they shared 35 years of life together, as well as a shared Christian ministry until his death.
Elder Smith was a truck driver for Kimbell Foods for several years, and later worked for Green Bay Packaging. He formed his own business, Smith Pallet Manufacturing Co., several years ago.
Survivors: Wife, Joyce Smith of Fort Worth; sons, Joseph Smith Jr. and Ronnie Eugene Smith, both of Fort Worth, Melvin Smith of Sherman, Lonnell Phea of Houston, Joe Ownsby Smith and Larry Smith, both of Bonham, and David Lee Smith of Euless; daughters, Rosie Adams of Sherman, Ira Mae Johnson and Elisabeth Lashan Smith, both of Fort Worth; brothers, James Smith and Willie Lee Smith, both of Fort Worth, Jim Smith of Big Spring; sisters, Gertrude Nettles of Big Spring, Katherine Wetherspoon of Midland, and Rosie Matthews of Fort Worth; 19 grandchildren; three great- grandchildren; and many other family members and friends.
Baker Funeral Home
301 E. Rosedale St., 332-4468
Verna L. Spearman
HALTOM CITY -- Verna L. Spearman, 86, a homemaker, died Saturday, July 12, 1997, at a hospital.
Funeral: 3:30 p.m. Tuesday at Mount Olivet Funeral Home. Burial: Mount Olivet Cemetery.
Verna Spearman was born Oct. 6, 1910. She was a devoted member of Metroplex Baptist Church for 20 years. She was an active member of the Haltom City Senior Citizens Center.
Mrs. Spearman was preceded in death by her first husband, Thurston Kirby.
Survivors: Husband, Henry Spearman of Haltom City; daughter and son- in-law, Joan W. and U.S. Branscum of Fort Worth; grandsons and granddaughters-in-law, Russell and Donna Weatherly of Plano and Derrick and Carolyn Weatherly of Fort Worth; and five great-grandchildren.
Mount Olivet Funeral Home
2301 N. Sylvania Ave., 831-0511
Zelma Tanner
FORT WORTH -- Zelma Tanner, 90, a homemaker, died Saturday, July 12, 1997, in Arlington.
Private graveside service was at 4 p.m. Monday in Emerald Hills Memorial Park in Kennedale.
Memorials: Feed the Children, in lieu of flowers.
Zelma Tanner was born Feb. 12, 1907, in Chickasha, Okla., and had lived in Handley since 1941. She loved gardening, quiltmaking and crocheting.
Survivors: Sons and daughters-in- law, Ron and Lou Tanner of Fort Worth and Charles and Margaret Tanner of Windfield, Kan.; two brothers and five sisters; grandson and granddaughter- in-law, Donovan and Elizabeth Tanner; and great-granddaughter, Catherine Tanner.
Arlington Funeral Home
1221 E. Division, 548-1791
Catharine Mary Twyford
GRAFORD -- Catharine Mary Twyford, 71, a retired cashier, died Saturday, July 12, 1997, in Graford.
Graveside service: 2 p.m. Friday in McAdams Cemetery.
Catharine Twyford was born Sept. 16, 1925, in El Paso. She was a member of Santo Baptist Church.
Survivors: Niece, Mrs. Gladys J. Cowley of Mineral Wells.
Baum-Carlock-Bumgardner
Mineral Wells, (940) 325-4422
Edith Weems
BEDFORD -- Edith Lois Hooker Weems, 88, a homemaker and retired retail sales clerk, died Sunday, July 13, 1997, in Bedford.
Funeral: 10 a.m. Wednesday at Latimer's Funeral Home in Nashville, Ark. Burial: Antioch Cemetery in Nashville.
Memorials: Mission Arlington, 210 West South St., Arlington, Texas 76014 or a charity of choice.
Edith Weems was born July 14, 1908, in Nashville, Ark.
Her parents were Harvey Lonzo Hooker and Lillie Belle Oakley Hooker. She graduated from Nashville High School in 1927. She taught school in southwest Arkansas for three years.
She married Joseph Dewey Weems of Idabel, Okla., in 1930. Mrs. Weems was a member of Hampton Road Baptist Church in DeSoto at the time of her death. Prior to her move to Texas in 1991, she had lived in Nashville and was a member of Antioch Baptist Church.
Mrs. Weems was preceded in death by her husband, Dewey Weems, in 1989.
Survivors: Son, Burt Weems and his wife, Linda, of North Richland Hills; two daughters, Mary Raines and her husband, Harold, of Niceville, Fla., and Linda Cantwell and her husband, Sam, of Fort Worth; eight grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; brother, Wattie Donald Hooker and his wife, Willa Mae, of El Dorado; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Latimer's Funeral Home
Nashville, Ark., (501) 845-2233
