Obituaries

Sharon Gail Montgomery

Sharon Gail Montgomery

Dec 6, 2015

Sharon Gail Montgomery, beloved mother and grandmother, passed peacefully from this life on December 6, 2015, in Abilene, Texas. Sharon was born September 21, 1957, in Brady, Texas, to L.C. and Dolores James. She grew up mostly in Eastland County, always keeping her family close. She attended Eastland High School and completed her education efforts by graduating from Texas State...

Larry Wayne Armstrong

Larry Wayne Armstrong

Dec 6, 2015

Larry Wayne Armstrong, 72 of Eastland, passed away Sunday December 6, 2015 in Fort Worth. Services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at the First Baptist Church with Dr. Shawn Brewer officiating. Burial will follow in the Elm Cemetery. The family will receive friends at Edwards Funeral Home on Wednesday from 5 until 7 p.m. Larry was born September...

Roger Dail Boone

Roger Dail Boone

Dec 3, 2015

Roger Dail Boone, 71, went home to be with the Lord on December 3, 2015 after a courageous battle with bone marrow cancer. Service will be Sunday, December 6th at 1 p.m. at Edwards Funeral Home Chapel in Eastland. Burial will be in the Vera Cemetery in Vera, TX. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Saturday, December...

Ima Ruth Taylor

Ima Ruth Taylor

Nov 28, 2015

On September 15, 1918, Ima Ruth Taylor was born in Stephenville, Texas to Fred D. and Leona May Oxford Hale. 97 years later she passed away on November 28, 2015, at her home in Mansfield, Texas, where she had lived since 1995. During most of those almost 100 years, she shared her smile, her love for people, and many talents...

William Homer Kimbrough

William Homer Kimbrough

Nov 26, 2015

William H. Kimbrough, 91 of Ranger, passed away Thursday November 26, 2015 in Ranger. Memorial graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 12th at the Alameda Cemetery under the direction of Edwards Funeral Home. Mr. Kimbrough was born August 2, 1924 in Eastland to Thomas Andrew and Jennie (Weeks) Kimbrough. After high school he served in the...

Thomas Daniel "Tom" Kelleher

Thomas Daniel "Tom" Kelleher

Nov 22, 2015

On November 22, 2015, Thomas Daniel Kelleher, 74 of Gordon, Texas was called to be with the Lord in the comfort of his home with his family by his side. Tom was born on June 6, 1941 in St. Paul, MN to Charlie and Marjorie Kelleher. Tom was 1 of 15 children. Tom joined the Army at the young age...

Sara Elizabeth Williams

Sara Elizabeth Williams

Nov 20, 2015

Sara Elizabeth Williams, 92 of Olden, passed away Friday November 20, 2015 in Abilene. Sara was born April 25, 1923 in Thurber, TX to Jesse Pitt Crawford and Mildred Roberts Crawford. She graduated from Olden High School. She married Charles K. Williams on August 6, 1942 in Olden. They lived in Granbury for over 30 years before returning to Olden...

Monte Ray Tucker

Monte Ray Tucker

Nov 19, 2015

Monte R. Tucker, 69 of Eastland, passed away Thursday November 19, 2015. Funeral services will be held 2:00 P.M. Wednesday, November 25th at the Edwards Funeral Home Chapel, 411 S. Mulberry St, Eastland, TX. Mr. Tucker was born on July 29, 1946 in Gorman to Jack H. Tucker and Enid B. (Middleton) Tucker. He married his wife of 49 years,...

Vincent Clark Sancillo

Vincent Clark Sancillo

Nov 17, 2015

Vincent Clark Sancillo, 57 of Fort Worth, Texas, went to be with the Lord on November 17, 2015 in Fort Worth. Visitation will be 5:00 to 7:00p.m. on Friday, November 20, 2015 at Edwards Funeral Home. Rosary will follow at 7:00 p.m. Mass will be held at St Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Eastland at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, November 21st....

Mary Lou Blakney

Mary Lou Blakney

Nov 16, 2015

Mary Lou Blakney, 81 of Ranger, Texas Passed away on November 16, 2015. Church service honoring Mary will be held at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, November 22, 2015 at Gunsight Baptist Church in Gunsight Texas with Rex Boggs officiating. Mary Lou Blakney passed away Monday, November 16, 2015. She was born March 27, 1934 in the Alameda Area to Carl and...

Eugene M. Johnson

Eugene M. Johnson

Nov 10, 2015

Eugene M. Johnson age 87 went home to be with his Lord and Savior November 10, 2015 surrounded by his loving family. Services for Eugene will be at 11 a.m. Tues, Nov. 17th at Edwards Funeral Home, 411 S. Mulberry St, Eastland, TX. Burial will follow in the Eastland City Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home...

Lila Caraway

Lila Caraway

Nov 4, 2015

Lila Woolf Caraway, 96, passed away Wednesday, November 4, 2015. Her services are a visitation, Saturday, November 7, 2 to 5 PM. Edwards Funeral Home, Strawn, Tx and a graveside service, Sunday, November 8, 2:30 PM at New Gordon Cemetery, Gordon, Tx. Memorials can be made to Community Animal Rescue Effort (C.A.R.E.), P. O. Box 12, Strawn, Tx 76475. Lila...

Robert Jerald "Jerry" Neighbors

Robert Jerald "Jerry" Neighbors

Nov 1, 2015

Robert J. (Jerry) Neighbors left this life Sunday November 1, 2015. Services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Saturday, November 7th at the first Methodist church Gordon Texas. Burial will be at Bullard cemetery in Reno, Texas and available to immediate family only. Jerry was born December 4, 1939 to Glen Neighbors and Cora Bell Neighbors of Reno, Texas. Jerry...

Kenneth Lee Roberson

Kenneth Lee Roberson

Oct 28, 2015

Kenneth was born on December 29, 1933 in Caddo, Texas to David Edward and Lena Mae Roberson and spent most of his childhood near Strawn, Texas. In 1952 he met his true love, Marion Genelle Black, where she worked as a car hop at the Porky Pig Drive-in. In 1953 her mother tried to intervene, thinking at 15 she was...

Barbara Wheat

Barbara Wheat

Oct 25, 2015

Barbara Adams Wheat, age 84, went home to be with her Lord and Savior Sunday, October 25, 2015 while in Branson, MO. A celebration of her life will be held at 1:00pm Wednesday, October 28th at the First Baptist Church in Eastland. Family and friends will gather at 4:30 to 7:00 pm, Tuesday, October 27th at Edwards Funeral Home in...

Richard David "Rd" Arnold Sr.

Richard David "Rd" Arnold Sr.

Oct 24, 2015

Richard D. Arnold, Sr. passed from this world to his heavenly home to join his wife OT of 66 years on Saturday, October 24, 2015 at 11:03PM at Valley View Nursing Facility. A visitation will be held from 1:00 to 2:30pm Wednesday, October 28, at Edwards Funeral Home in Eastland with a Graveside service to follow at 3:00pm at the...

Lewis Green Jr

Lewis Green Jr

Oct 22, 2015

Lewis Green of Deleon passed away October 22, 2015 at the DeLeon Nursing Home. He was born August 30, 1922 at Thurber, Texas to Lewis M. Green and Gena Carr Green. He married Gertrude Cook in 1944 after serving honorably in the U.S. Army Air Corps. She preceded him in death in July of 1993. He is survived by his...

Jerry C. Carter

Jerry C. Carter

Oct 17, 2015

Jerry C. Carter, 83, of Eastland left this world to be with family, friends, and his Lord and Savior on October 17, 2015 at Eastland Memorial Hospital. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, October 23rd at First Baptist Church Eastland, 405 S. Seaman, with Dr. Shawn Brewer officiating. A reception will follow in the Family Life...

Jerry Douglas "Doug" Mitchell

Jerry Douglas "Doug" Mitchell

Oct 14, 2015

Doug Mitchell left this life Wednesday October 14, 2015. Services will be 2:00 P.M. Monday, October 19th at Lone Camp Baptist Church Lone Camp Texas and a visitation will be 2:00 to 4:00 P.M. Saturday October 17th at Edwards Funeral Home Strawn, Texas. Burial will be at New Hope Cemetery Lone camp, Texas. Doug was born June 19, 1961 to...

Betty Lou May

Betty Lou May

Oct 14, 2015

Betty Lou May, 72 of Eastland, passed away Wednesday October 14, 2015. Graveside services were held at 3 p.m. Friday, October 16, 2015 at the Eastland City Cemetery with Rev. Eva Vickers officiating and under the direction of Edwards Funeral Home. Mrs. May was born March 31, 1943 in Cisco to Roscoe Abbott and Ola (Green) Abbott. She grew up...

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