Obituaries

Earl Sims

Earl Sims

Feb 22, 2017

Earl A. "Toby" Sims, 86, passed away February 22, 2017 in Mineral Wells. He was born April 29, 1930 in Knox City the son of Earl A. Sims Sr. and Jessie Henderson Sims. He married Joyce Price on September 5, 1953 in Perrin. He was a longtime resident of Mineral Wells and was a Baptist. He worked at Acme Brick...

Ruth Ryan

Ruth Ryan

Feb 20, 2017

Ruth Ryan passed away on February 20, 2017 in Mineral Wells. A graveside service will be held on Thursday February 23, 10am at Union Hill Cemetery. Ruth was born in Mineral Wells. She went to college and obtained her LVN license and worked in the healthcare industry until retiring. Ruth was preceded by husband, Raymond Ryan. She is survived by...

Juanita Farmer

Juanita Farmer

Feb 9, 2017

Juanita Boyle Farmer, 91, passed away February 9, 2017 in Mineral Wells. She was born February 1, 1926 in Olney the daughter of Adam and Zula Davis Boyle. She was the 5th of 13 children. She married Bobby Morse at the age of 18 and had two sons. She married Bill Farmer on December 22, 1963 and they have been...

Clyde Strain

Clyde Strain

Feb 1, 2017

Clyde Ward Strain, 58, passed away February 1, 2017 at his home in Mineral Wells. He was born September 18, 1958 in Mineral Wells, son of Estes Dale and Margaret Nell Wiggins Strain. He married LaNell Windham in 1999 at Holders Chapel in Cool. He was a lifetime resident of Mineral Wells and a member of the Central United Methodist...

Patrick Gonzales

Patrick Gonzales

Jan 30, 2017

Patrick Gonzales, 59, of Houston, Texas passed away January 30, 2017 and is now in his Lord's arms. Funeral Mass will be 10 AM Monday, February 6, 2017 at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church. Interment will follow in Memory Gardens Cemetery. The Rosary is 6 PM Sunday, February 5, 2017 in the Baum-Carlock-Bumgardner Chapel with visitation following. Patrick was...

William Bennett

William Bennett

Jan 23, 2017

William "Bill" Jacob Bennett, 86, of Mineral Wells, Texas, was ushered into heaven by his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Monday, January 23, 2017 in Ft. Worth, Texas due to complications following surgery. Bill was born August 15, 1930 in Aledo, Texas, the last of nine children born to T.C. and May Bennett. After graduation from Aledo High School,...

Robert Nowak

Robert Nowak

Jan 20, 2017

Robert C. Nowak passed into his Lord's arms on January 20, 2017. He was born to the late Joe F. Nowak and Effie Holub Nowak. Robert enjoyed the lake, dancing, and had an outstanding personality. A visitation will be held on Sunday, January 22, 2017 at Baum-Carlock-Bumgardner Funeral Home Chapel from 3-5pm. A funeral will be held on Monday, January...

Melvin Baldree

Melvin Baldree

Jan 16, 2017

Melvin Glenn Baldree passed into his Lord's arms on January 16, 2017. He was born in Dallas, Texas; the son of Melvin Thomas Baldree and Dorothy Faye Saunders. Melvin loved his family and friends and had a big heart. He loved motor cycles and wrestling. He married his wife Mary Walker on June 24, 2005 in Mineral Wells, Texas. A...

Bobby McKee

Bobby McKee

Jan 12, 2017

Bobby Ray McKee, 83, passed away January 12, 2017 in Mineral Wells. He was born June 15, 1933 in Moran the son of Boss and Eddie Lowell Snipes McKee. He married Rosie Stout on November 22, 1961 in Jacksboro. He was a veteran of the US Army having served from 1951-1955. He loved his church family at the Fellowship of...

Morris Gresham

Morris Gresham

Jan 10, 2017

Morris Gresham passed into his Lord's arms on January 10, 2017. He was born in Bennett, TX; the son of Joseph Henry William Gresham and Imogene Emberlin Gresham. Morris loved to write books, read, tell jokes, hunt, and fish. He wrote for Outdoor Life, Bass Masters, Desoto Gun Club, and Dallas Gun club. He married his wife Bettie Nevil on...

Betty Hartnagel

Betty Hartnagel

Jan 9, 2017

Betty Viola Hartnagel 81 passed away in Weatherford on January 9, 2017. She was born in Mineral Wells; the daughter of Homer Allen Walker and Jewel (Skaggs) Walker. Funeral service will be held on Friday, January 13th 2pm in the funeral home chapel. She is survived by stepsons, Terry and David Hartnagel of Millsap, and a niece and nephew. She...

Jimmie Jenkins

Jimmie Jenkins

Jan 2, 2017

Jimmie Royce Jenkins, 82, passed away January 2, 2017 at his home in Mineral Wells. He was born April 18, 1934 in Stephenville the son of Joe C. and Pauline Tucker Jenkins. He married Marcine Glover in 1964 in Mineral Wells. He was a veteran of the US Army, and a member of the Mineral Wells Masonic Lodge. He retired...

Dorothy Moore

Dorothy Moore

Jan 1, 2017

Dorothy Faye Moore, 80, passed away January 1, 2017 in a Mineral Wells hospital. She was born July 13, 1936 in Parker County the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charley Moore. Graveside services will be 2 PM Thursday, January 5, 2017 at Willow Pond Cemetery. She is survived by her friend: Donna Newman of Mineral Wells; her church family at...

Jesse Sutton

Jesse Sutton

Dec 28, 2016

Jesse Leroy Sutton Sr., 72, passed away December 28, 2016 in McKinney. He was born June 30, 1944 in Detroit, Michigan. He married Sharon Bannerman in 1967 in Highland, Michigan and she preceded him in death on September 18, 2011. He had lived in Mineral Wells since 1984. He was a member of Country Road Fellowship Church. Graveside services will...

Ron Yandell

Ron Yandell

Dec 27, 2016

Ron L. Yandell passed from this life on December 27, 2016. He was born in Waldron, Arkansas on October 31, 1949 to Chester and Jessie Yandell. He grew up in Olton, Texas and graduated from Olton High in 1968, then attended West Texas State University. Ron was a veteran of the United States Army. He graduated Texas Tech Law School...

Ethylda Lee

Ethylda Lee

Dec 22, 2016

Ethylda Pendergrass Lee passed away in Ohio on December 22, 2016. A graveside service will be held on Saturday December 31, 2016 at Perrin Memorial Cemetery

Brenda Wallace

Brenda Wallace

Dec 19, 2016

Brenda Dale Wallace, 65, passed away December 19, 2016 in Mineral Wells. She was born March 25, 1951 in Sulphur Springs the daughter of James and Audry Canaday Wallace. Services will be 2 PM Thursday, December 22, 2016 in the Baum-Carlock-Bumgardner Chapel. Burial will follow in McAdams Cemetery. Visitation is Wednesday from 6-8 PM at the funeral home. She is...

Roy McClendon

Roy McClendon

Dec 18, 2016

Roy McClendon, 85, passed away December 18, 2016 in Fort Worth. He was born July 3, 1931 in Carter, Oklahoma the son of John and Lorene Threadwell McClendon. He married Loneita Francis on August 3, 1958 in Durant, Oklahoma. He was a 33rd Degree Mason, and Past Master of the Whitt and Perrin Masonic Lodges. He was a past Chief...

Michael Childs

Michael Childs

Dec 16, 2016

Johnson County - Michael Brooks Childs, 75, passed away Friday, December 16, 2016 at the Huguley Hospital in Fort Worth following a brief illness. He leaves behind his wife, Mary Jean Childs; his three daughters, Gina Childs Zartman, Holly Childs, and Sharon Childs; his six grandchildren, Trey Childs, Colby Childs, Bailey Parker, Shelby Tidmore, Jimmy Pearson and Haley Heaton; and...

James Smith

James Smith

Dec 7, 2016

James "H." Smith III, 61, passed away December 7, 2016 in Mineral Wells. He was born January 10, 1955 in Santa Rosa, New Mexico the son of James Henry Smith Jr. and Lillian Howard Smith. Services will be 2 PM Saturday, December 10, 2016 in the Baum-Carlock-Bumgardner Chapel. Visitation is Friday from 6-8 PM at the funeral home. He is...