Obituaries

Edwin David "Dave" Warren

Edwin David "Dave" Warren

Sep 9, 2022

Born in Paris Texas. Traveled as a Air Force brat all over due to Dad's deployments. After high school, Dave enlisted in the U.S. Navy and was assigned to the USS Holmes County & then the USS Manitowoc and served for 6 years and did 2 tours in Vietnam and visited ports of call all over the world. After being...

Howard Edwin "Ed" Violet

Howard Edwin "Ed" Violet

Sep 8, 2022

On September 8, 2022, Howard Edwin “Ed” Violet, 78 of Ranger, passed away after experiencing cardiac arrest. As their only son, Ed was born on December 21, 1943 in Dallas, Texas to Glen Howard Violet and Nancy Jane Ware. He was the “big” brother to his three sisters even though two of them were older than he. Ed was known...

Mary Delores Starr

Mary Delores Starr

Sep 5, 2022

CISCO – Mary Delores Starr, 85 of Cisco, passed away Monday September 5, 2022 in Cisco. Visitation will be Thursday Sept. 8th, 4~7 p.m, at Edwards Funeral Home, 411 S. Mulberry St, Eastland, Tx. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at First Baptist Church in Cisco. Burial will follow in the Scranton Cemetery directed by Chambers Funeral Home...

Jane Ellen Finley

Jane Ellen Finley

Sep 1, 2022

EASTLAND – Jane Ellen Finley, 78 of Eastland, passed away Thursday September 1, 2022 in Eastland. Visitation will be at 1 p.m. Sunday at Edwards Funeral Home, 411 S. Mulberry St, Eastland, TX. Graveside services will follow at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Eastland City Cemetery. Jane was born on February 15, 1944 in Albany, TX to Arthur Mayers and...

Carolyn Martin

Carolyn Martin

Aug 25, 2022

Carolyn Sue Martin, 74 of Abilene and formerly of Eastland, after a short, yet courageous battle with brain cancer, peacefully entered the gates of heaven on Thursday August 25, 2022 surrounded by her loving family. Visitation will be Sunday, Aug. 28th at Edwards Funeral Home, 411 S. Mulberry St. Eastland, Tx from 5~7 p.m. Services will be at 1 p.m....

Eddie Joe Janes

Eddie Joe Janes

Aug 21, 2022

Eddie Joe Janes went to the Lord on August 21, 2022. He was 86 and was born in Ranger, Texas on June 17, 1936. Eddie graduated from Ranger High School in 1955. He also attended three years at Hardin Simmons University in Abilene, Texas where he met his future wife, Brenda Carolyn Brooks, whom later passed in February 2019. Eddie...

Cindy Raye Kappel

Cindy Raye Kappel

Aug 16, 2022

Will follow.

Olga Faye Merritt

Olga Faye Merritt

Aug 14, 2022

Olga Faye Merritt, 84, beloved Mother, Grandmother, and Sister, was called to her Heavenly Home on August 14, 2022 at her home in Ranger. A visitation will be held Wednesday, August 17th from 6-8:00 PM at Edwards Funeral Home Ranger. Services will be Thursday, August 18th at 11:00 AM at Edwards Funeral Home Ranger; burial will follow at Evergreen Cemetery...

Dyanthia Gwenn Branton

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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