Obituaries
Dyanthia Gwenn Branton
Aug 13, 2022
Dyanthia Gwenn Moody Branton, 71, went to be with her Lord Saturday, August 13, 2022 surrounded by her loved ones at home. Local arrangements are under the direction of Edwards Funeral Home Ranger. Dyanthia was born September 7, 1950 to Jessie Audine Barron and Billy Lynn Moody in Erath County, Texas. She was a Truck Driver who loved taking care...
Alpha Laverne Tedford
Aug 11, 2022
Alpha Laverne Tedford, 80 of Weatherford, passed away Thursday August 11, 2022 in Gatesville. Graveside services will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 16th at Evergreen Cemetery in Ranger under the direction of Edwards Funeral Home of Eastland. Mrs. Tedford was born September 8, 1941 in Cisco, Tx to Roy and Ruby Jones. She married Lonnie Tedford, Jr. on...
Loyd Alvin Howell
Aug 9, 2022
RANGER – Loyd Alvin Howell, age 87, pass from this life to the next Tuesday, August 9, 2022 in Eastland, Texas. Local arrangements are with Edwards Funeral Home Ranger at 211 Pine Street Ranger, Texas 76470. A visitation will be held Thursday, August 11, 2022 from 6-8:00 PM at Edwards Funeral Home Ranger. Services will be held at 1:00 PM...
Houston Lou Cozart
Aug 4, 2022
Services for Houston Cozart will be held at Daugherty Street Church of Christ in Eastland on August 8th, 2022, visitation will be at 1:00 pm and the funeral will follow at 2:00 pm. Houston Cozart, age 96, of Carbon passed from this life peacefully on the evening of August 4, 2022 at his home surrounded by his family. Houston was...
Michael Duane Knight
Jul 30, 2022
Michael Duane Knight was born July 4 1947 to A.L. “Red” Knight and Wynelle Salmon Knight in Breckenridge Texas. Michael was a talented young boy on into his adulthood. As a child he loved sports; baseball and football, these were two he excelled in. He also participated in Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts and Eagle Scouts, earning many awards! At 17...
Rebecca "Becky" Suzanne Long
Jul 25, 2022
Rebecca "Becky" Green Long was born June 1, 1954 in Fort Worth Texas to Bill and Colleen Green. She was raised in Eastland Texas and graduated from Eastland High School in 1972. She worked as a medical transcriptionist for most of her life. After retiring, she worked as a substitute teacher, teacher's aide, and school bus driver. She loved all...
Jimmie Don Burnett
Jul 22, 2022
On Friday, July 22, 2022, Jimmie Don Burnett, age 81, passed away in McKinney, TX. Graveside services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, July 26th at Alameda Cemetery, Ranger, TX. Jimmie was born November 23, 1940 in Ranger to Luther James Burnett and Lorena Lingle Burnett. On July 28, 1962 he married Gay Nell Blackwell. They raised two children,...
Frederic Earl Mitchell
Jul 20, 2022
Frederic Earl Mitchell was called home on July 18, 2022, Fred was born on June 27,1944 to Walter Thomas Mitchell & Jeane Elizabeth Hatter Fred was drafted & proudly served in the United States Navy as a SeaBee and a Boatswain during the Vietnam War. Fred was honorably discharged on June 4,1965. Fred was a very good cook and enjoyed...
Vickie Sharp
Jul 16, 2022
Vickie Ann Sharp passed away July 16, 2022 in Dallas, Texas surrounded by loved ones at the age of 69. She was born February 26, 1953 in Ranger, Texas daughter of Florence Wildadeane (Nichols) and M.D. Sharp. She was a lively hairdresser for many years, she could make a trash can glamorous with her beautician magic touches. No matter what...
Ronald Wayne Cotton
Jul 16, 2022
Ronald Wayne Cotton, 72, passed due to complication with dementia on July 16, 2022, surrounded by family and friends in Eastland, TX. The family will receive friends at Edwards Funeral Home in Eastland on Tuesday, 5~7 p.m. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Edwards Funeral Home. The question that we all ask is, “Will we...
Ruth Guy
Jul 15, 2022
Ruth Guy went to meet her Lord on July 11, 2022, a few weeks short of her 96th birthday. She was born to Elmer Claude Bethany and Bessie Lee Bethany in Carbon, Texas. She graduated from Carbon High School. She met a young man named A.E. (Cotton) Guy and they were married August 18, 1943 in Carbon, Texas, and began...
Zoanne Felts
Jul 14, 2022
Mary Zoanne Felts, 85, of Eastland, TX, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, July 14, 2022. Zoanne was born to Barron and Lillian Lindsey in 1937 in New Hope,Texas. She attended elementary school at New Hope and Avoca, and graduated from high school at Stamford,Texas in1954. Zoanne met the love of her life, Carol Felts, while at...
Maxcine Opal Rowch
Jul 13, 2022
Eastland -Maxcine Rowch 8/30/1923 - 7/13/2022 Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Eastland Cemetery in Eastland. Born in Desdemona, Eastland County, Texas the 7th of 8 children of parents Jesse L. and Georgia Staley Hughes. Maxcine became a Christian at age 13. She graduated from Desdemona High School in 1940. She married Paul Eugene (Gene) Rowch...
Jacqueline "Jackie" (Layne) Parsons
Jul 12, 2022
Jacqueline “Jackie” (Layne) Parsons, 86, of Hurst went to her heavenly home Tuesday, July 12, 2022. Jackie was born May 2, 1936 in Strawn, Texas to the late Susan Eleanor (Roberson) Layne and Benjamin Harrison Layne. She was a graduate of Strawn High School. She married Thomas Dale Parsons on September 6, 1952 at the Mingus Baptist Church and they...
Robert James "Bob" Walker
Jul 6, 2022
Robert was born in Oplin Tx on May 23,1937 to William Oscar Walker and Alice Belle Walker. Services will be under the direction of Edwards Funeral Home in Ranger. A visitation will be held from 6-8:00 PM Friday, July 8th at Edwards Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM at Merriman Baptist Church Saturday, July 9th, burial...
Michael Gene Mike Gibson
Jul 5, 2022
Michael Gene Gibson was born May 7, 1944 in Seminole, Texas to parents Howard and Imogene Gibson and big brother Ron Gibson. He was raised in west Texas and graduated from Odessa High School. After high school he married Myron “Nubbin” Gibson in 1965 and shortly after enlisted in the United States Army. Stationed primarily in Lawton, Oklahoma, Mike served...
Patrick Henry Collins
Jul 1, 2022
EASTLAND - Patrick Henry Collins passed from this life to the next on Friday, July 1, 2022. He was born in Olden, Texas on November 14, 1934 to William Henry Collins and Velma Collins. He was a high school graduate of Carbon High School and married his high school sweetheart, Patsy Norris. Earlier in his life, Pat was a newspaper...
Marvin Lee Sipes
Jun 30, 2022
Marvin Lee Sipes passed from this life into his forever home in Heaven on June 30, 2022. He was born in Bakersfield, California to Willie Lee and Jessie Lou Sipes October 3, 1947. Marvin was raised and went to school in Bishop, California then joined the U.S. Marines in 1966. He served during the Vietnam War in Da Nang, Vietnam....
Charles Donald "Don" Bradford
Jun 30, 2022
Charles Donald “Don” Bradford, age 94, was called to his heavenly home on Thursday, June 30, 2022 at 1:10 A.M. Don’s service will by Sunday, July 3rd at 2:00 P.M. at Mt. Zion Cemetery (graveside only) with Joel Sanders officiating. Pallbearers will be grandsons and great-grandsons. He was a lifelong resident of the LaCasa Community and had resided at the...
Betsy Wilson
Jun 29, 2022
Betsy was born Mallie Elizabeth Johnson in Coleman Texas to Maurice and Maxine Johnson. She graduated from Merkel high school in 1972. She graduated from Tarleton State University with a Bachelors of Science in Nursing, RN in 1981. She married Jerry Wilson in Oplin Texas on March 12, 1982. They lived on a farm and ranch in Ranger Texas for...
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