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William Verdell Carrell
MANSFIELD -- William Verdell Carrell, 81, a retired business owner, died Wednesday, July 23, 1997, at a local hospital.
Funeral: 10 a.m. Monday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Mansfield. Burial: Mansfield Cemetery. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Blessing Funeral Home.
William Verdell Carrell was born Jan. 24, 1916, in Fort Payne, Ala.
He was a member of Mansfield Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Survivors: Daughter, Linda Ruth Johnson; brothers, Alfred Carrell and Charles Carrell; sisters, Doris Taylor and Francis Albright; grandchildren, Richard Johnson, Grant Johnson, Cody Johnson and Sarah Smith; 22 step-grandchildren; three step great-grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; stepsons, Joel Bailey, Bill Bailey, Thomas Bailey and David Bailey; and stepdaughters, Linda Baldwin, Tamara Hunt, Lora Barrow and Sheila Schnauber.
Blessing Funeral Home
Mansfield, 473-1555
Robert Medard Cousin
FORT WORTH -- Robert Medard Cousin, 65, a retired Air Force technical sergeant, was found dead Tuesday, July 22, 1997, at home.
Funeral: 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Rita's Catholic Church. Burial: Cedar Hill Memorial Park. Rosary: 9:30 a.m. at the church.
Robert Cousin was born Oct. 2, 1931, in Slidell, La.
He was a veteran of the Korean and Vietnam Wars and a member of St. Rita's Catholic Church.
Survivors: Sons, Michael P. Cousin and Robert J. Cousin; daughters, Janice Peace and Mary Blair; six brothers, four sisters and five grandchildren.
Williams Funeral Chapel
5224 Ramey Ave., 534-5781
Ray Edward DeShazo
ARLINGTON -- Ray Edward DeShazo, 66, an accountant, died Tuesday, July 22, 1997, at home.
Graveside service: 1 p.m. Saturday in Greenwood Memorial Park.
Ray DeShazo was born Aug. 10, 1930, in Bradford, Tenn.
Survivors: Son, Drue DeShazo and wife, Chom Mi, of Honolulu, Hawaii; and sister, Rheba Pope of Denver, Colo.
Greenwood Funeral Home
3100 White Settlement Road, 336-0584
Nathan Hoyt Eudaly Sr.
FORT WORTH -- Nathan Hoyt Eudaly Sr., 84, a retired missionary with the Southern Baptist Convention's Foreign Mission Board, died Friday, July 25, 1997, at a local hospital.
Funeral: 3 p.m. Sunday at First Baptist Church in Crowley and at 1 p.m. Tuesday at First Baptist Church in Grandfalls. Burial: Grandfalls Cemetery. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday at Thompson's Harveson & Cole.
Memorials: Hoyt and Marie Eudaly Hispanic Scholarship Fund at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2001 Seminary Dr., Fort Worth, Texas 76115.
Dr. Eudaly was born in 1913 in Pecos and had lived in Fort Worth since 1988. He was the fifth and youngest child of Milton and Katherine Eudaly, West Texas pioneer settlers, who founded the First Baptist Church of Grandfalls. He graduated from high school in Fort Stockton and went to Schreiner Institute in Kerrville on a football scholarship. He graduated from Texas Tech in Lubbock in 1938.
He served in the Coast Guard during World War II and saw action in the Pacific Theater. Following the war, he graduated from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary with a master's degree in 1948 and a doctorate in 1958. He pastored Good Will Baptist Church (Buena Voluntad), a Spanish-speaking congregation, while in seminary.
He and Marie, his wife of 47 years, served the Spanish-speaking world in Latin America, Central America and El Paso, side-by-side as missionaries 34 years. For 25 years, he was the Director of Worldwide Sales and Distribution at the Baptist Spanish Publishing House in El Paso. During that time, he established a series of warehouses throughout the Spanish-speaking world in order to assure adequate supplies of Christian materials for the congregation of Latin America and Spain.
Subsequently, he and Marie served as Texas area representatives for the Texas Baptist Children's home. Their work led to the establishment of Hearthstone, a short-term foster group home in Midland. He was appointed by the mayor of Midland to serve on the Public Housing Authority there.
Hoyt was predeceased by his beloved wife, Marie; daughter, Kay; brothers, Harold and Arthur; and his sister, Louise.
Survivors: Son, Richard Milton and his wife, Olivia; son, Nathan Hoyt Eudaly Jr. and his wife, Jean, all of Fort Worth; sister, Eleanor of Grandfalls; and eight grandchildren, Autumn Dawn Eudaly Galbreath, MD, Daryn Eudaly, Dustyn Eudaly, Debra Eudaly, Dominique Eudaly, Paul Hart, Tim Hart and Daniel Eudaly.
The family wishes to thank Huguley Health Care System for their kindness and extraordinary care of their father and grandfather for the past seven years.
Thompson's Harveson & Cole
702 Eighth Ave., 336-0345
Russell "Rusty" Fowler
BRIDGEPORT -- Russell "Rusty" Fowler, 25, a disc jockey, died Wednesday, July 23, 1997, at home.
Funeral: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Hawkins Funeral Home. Burial: East Bridgeport Cemetery.
Russell Fowler was born April 6, 1972, in Decatur.
Survivors: Son, Jon Travis Coursey; mother and stepfather, Brenda and Bobby Thomas of Boyd; stepbrother, Craig Thomas of Fort Worth; stepsister, Kay Thurman of Fort Worth; grandmother, Obreta Findley of Bridgeport.
Hawkins Funeral Home
Bridgeport, (940) 683-2211
Ernest Edward Foy Sr.
LIPAN -- Ernest Edward Foy Sr., 68, a retired business owner, died Friday, July 18, 1997, at a Fort Worth hospital.
Funeral: 2 p.m. Saturday at Worth Baptist Church. Burial: private. Visitation: noon to 2 p.m. Saturday at the church.
Ernest Edward Foy Sr. was born April 18, 1929, in Wichita Falls.
Survivors: Daughter, Sharon Cofer of Crowley; sons, Ernest Foy Jr. of North Richland Hills, Danny Foy of Quinlan and Clifford Foy of Lipan; seven grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
Blessing Funeral Home
Mansfield, 473-1555
Frances Fritts
COMANCHE -- Frances Fritts, 72, a retired chief program assistant for the U.S. Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service in Comanche, died Wednesday, July 23, 1997, in Idaho Falls, Idaho.
Funeral: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at First Baptist Church in Comanche. Burial: Oakwood Cemetery in Comanche.
Memorials: Alzheimers Association or First Baptist Church of Comanche.
Frances Fritts was born Feb. 6, 1925, in Comanche. She retired in 1983.
Hall & Sons Funeral Home
Comanche, (915) 356-5214
Raymond M. Gary
MINERAL WELLS -- Raymond Maxwell Gary, 90, a retired farmer, died Friday, July 25, 1997, at a Mineral Wells nursing home.
Graveside service: 11 a.m. Tuesday at Sparkman-Hillcrest Cemetery in Dallas.
Raymond Maxwell Gary was born May 4, 1907, in Loraine. He was a farmer around Stamford, Texas, for many years until the late 1950s.
Survivors: Son, Charles Gary of Graham; five grandchildren; and six great- grandchildren.
Baum-Carlock-Bumgardner
Mineral Wells, (940) 325-4422
Ray Houston Glover
MINERAL WELLS -- Ray Houston Glover, 87, an auto repairman, died Friday, July 25, 1997, at a Mineral Wells nursing facility.
Funeral: 3 p.m. Sunday at Baum- Carlock-Bumgardner Funeral Home in Mineral Wells. Burial: Willow Pond Cemetery in Palo Pinto County.
Ray Glover was born Dec. 12, 1909, in Mineral Wells.
He was a member of the Methodist church.
Survivors: Wife, Mary Della Glover of Mineral Wells; sons, Ray D. Glover and Billy H. Glover; daughters, Tommie Jean Reasoner, Josephine Sigman, Sharron Eckert and Mary Lee; brother, Guy Wesley Glover; sisters, Marcine Jenkins and Janice Sain; 16 grandchildren; 28 great- grandchildren; and one great-great- grandchild.
Baum-Carlock-Bumgardner
Mineral Wells, (940) 325-4422
Jere Curtis Grubbs
HURST -- Jere Curtis Grubbs, 58, business manager at St. Stephens Presbyterian Church in Fort Worth, died Thursday, July 24, 1997, in North Richland Hills.
Funeral:10 a.m. Monday at St. Michaels Catholic Church in Bedford. Burial: Bluebonnet Hills Memorial Park. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday. Rosary: 7 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
Jere Grubbs was born April 13, 1939, in St. Louis, Mo.
He retired from Union Pacific Resources. He received a bachelors degree from St. Louis University and a masters degree from the University of Tulsa. He was a member of St. Michaels Catholic Church in Bedford.
Jere was a loving husband and father and a loyal and trusted friend. Those who really knew him will miss his wonderful sense of humor. He was devoted to his family and was ever faithful to his God. He was a shepherd, a servant and source of strength and goodness and love. He will be missed, but his love and his goodness will abide in our hearts always.
Survivors: Wife, Betty Grubbs of Hurst; stepson, Jeff Harrison of Hurst; daughters, Lisa Mais and husband, Shane, of Fort Worth and Lori Grubbs of Oklahoma City, Okla.; stepdaughter, Julie Harrison of Euless; granddaughter, Michaela Mais of Fort Worth; and aunt, Virginia Golden of St. Louis, Mo.
Bluebonnet Hills Funeral Home
Colleyville, 281-8751
Barbara Ann Hamilton
EULESS -- Barbara Ann Hamilton, 59, a homemaker, died Thursday, July 24, 1997, in Bedford.
Funeral: 10 a.m. Saturday at Bluebonnet Hills Funeral Home. Burial: Bluebonnet Hills Memorial Park.
Barbara Ann Hamilton was born March 27, 1938, in Dallas to Jack and Helen Besherse. She had lived in Euless since 1963.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Ray Leon Hamilton.
Survivors: Son, Michael Ray Hamilton of Euless; daughters, Theresa Ann Lacy of Euless and Mary Kay Hamilton- Surita and her husband, Robert, of Euless; brother, Donald Besherse of Dallas; sister, Billie Ruth Work of Mesquite; grandchildren, Crystal Renee Walden, Guadalupe Ann Soto, Briana Leight Soto, Ray Ambrosio Soto and Mindy Nicole Surita; great-grandchild, Chase Ryan Walden; and other loving friends and family.
Bluebonnet Hills Funeral Home
Colleyville, 281-8751
Angelo Shamon Harris
FORT WORTH -- Angelo Shamon Harris, a newborn, died Tuesday, July 22, 1997, at a local hospital.
Graveside service: 3 p.m. Saturday in Cedar Hill Memorial Park.
Angelo Shamon Harris was born July 22, 1997, in Fort Worth.
His twin sister, Angela, died on July 16, 1997.
Survivors: Parents, Terrance and Tamesha Harris; brother, Terrance Harris Jr.; grandparents, Robert Langston Jr., Elizabeth Harris and Doris Coleman; great-grandparents, Marcie and Edward Jones, Roberta Langston and Robert Langston Sr.; and uncles and aunts.
Gregory W. Spencer Funeral Directors
4000 Miller Ave., 531-8666
