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Joan Ryan Webb
FORT WORTH -- Joan Ryan Webb, 64, a retired teacher, died Tuesday, June 10, 1997, at a Fort Worth hospital.
Funeral: 11 a.m. Friday at Arlington Heights United Methodist Church. Burial: Greenwood Memorial Park.
Memorials: Arlington Heights United Methodist Church or the American Cancer Society.
Joan Webb was born Feb. 28, 1933, in Texarkana, Ark.
She was a Fort Worth resident more than 40 years. She taught third grade at Mary Louise Phillips Elementary School and pre-kindergarten at Morningside Elementary. She was a member of Arlington Heights United Methodist Church. Mrs. Webb was also a member of several embroidery and quilting guilds.
Survivors: Husband, Victor C. Webb of Fort Worth; sons, David Webb of Mesquite, Brian Webb of Los Colinas and Kenneth Webb of Fort Worth; mother, Loutie Ryan of Texarkana; brother, Cliford Ryan Jr. of Starkville, Miss.; and grandchildren, Brandon Webb and Brooke Webb.
Greenwood Funeral Home
3100 White Settlement Road, 336-0584
James A. Zachary
AZLE -- James A. Zachary, 77, a retired Georgia Pacific employee, died Wednesday, June 11, 1997, at an Azle hospital.
Funeral: 2:30 p.m. Sunday at First Baptist Church of Lakeside. Burial: Azleland Memorial Park. Visitation: 4 to 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday at Biggers Funeral Home.
Memorials: charity of choice.
James A. Zachary was born June 3, 1920, in Wichita Falls. He attended Texas Wesleyan University, where he played football. He worked for Georgia Pacific for 25 years as a wholesale salesman of building materials and retired in 1982. He spent his retirement years on Eagle Mountain lake with his wife, Betty, who preceded him in death Dec. 28, 1995. He served on the Azle school board from 1970 to 1973. He coached PeeWee Football and Baseball for several years and was instrumental in organizing the Azle Youth Association and Stinger Field. He was a loving and dedicated husband, father, grandfather and friend who will be truly missed.
Survivors: Sons and daughter-in-law, Bob Jones of Azle and Chris and Glenda Zachary of Agnes; daughters and sons- in-law, Tanya and E.C. Burnett of Azle, Cherlyn and Doug Alumbaugh of Fort Worth and Betty "Boots" Farrel Knight of Azle; sisters and brothers-in-law, Gladys and Milton Skinner of Bedford and Catherine and Clifford Bruce of Scottsdale, Ariz.; grandchildren, Jody and Krysta Patterson, Crystal and Stormi Knight, Marla Evans, Carla Noah, Darla Stepich, Levi and Skyelar Zachary, Clinton, Aaron and Cheston Carlile and Josh, Austin, Dustin and Brice Alumbaugh; and six great-grandchildren.
Biggers Funeral Home
7139 Jacksboro Highway, 237-3341
Eunice E. Pounds
ARLINGTON -- Eunice E. Pounds, 67, a PBX operator at Vandergriff and Medical Plaza, died Monday, May 26, 1997, in Arlington.
Graveside service: 2 p.m. Wednesday in Emerald Hills Memorial Park. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday.
Eunice Pounds was born Oct. 2, 1929, in Clarendon. She was a member of Oak View Baptist Church.
Survivors: Husband, Tony Pounds of Arlington; brother, Lyndol Henderson of Houston; sister, Rita Rudloff of Seguin; and two grandchildren.
Emerald Hills Funeral Home
500 Sublett Road, 572-1681
Bobbie B. Shell
AZLE -- Bobbie B. Shell, 73, a homemaker, died Monday, May 26, 1997, at a Fort Worth hospital.
Funeral: 11 a.m. Wednesday at Precious Faith Temple in Lake Worth. Burial: Azleland Cemetery. Visitation: 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday at White's Funeral Home in Azle.
Bobbie B. Shell was born June 5, 1923, in Haskell. She was an Azle resident for 42 years and a member of Precious Faith Temple Church.
She was well-loved and was a devoted grandmother.
Survivors: Son, Michael Shell of Azle; stepsons, Gail Shell of Springer, N.M., and Daniel Shell of Azle; daughter-in- law, Wanda Slemmons of Weatherford; sisters, Katheryn Byrd of Rochester, Texas, and Josephine Wimberly of Haskell; seven grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
White's Funeral Home
Azle, 444-3211
Ruth Shepherd
FORT WORTH -- Ruth Shepherd, 80, a homemaker, died Friday, May 23, 1997, at a Fort Worth hospital.
Graveside service: 10 a.m. Thursday in Skyvue Memorial Gardens. Wake: 7 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
Ruth Shepherd was born Aug. 1, 1916, in Azle.
Survivors: Son, Nemroy Howard; daughters, Barbara Bradford (Marvin), Malinda Miller and Gwen Garrison; brother, Marion Jevon Frazier; four grandsons; three granddaughters; and a host of nieces, nephews and cousins.
Gregory W. Spencer Funeral Directors
4000 Miller Ave., 531-8666
Grace Kathleen Snare
TULSA, Okla. -- Grace Kathleen Snare, 79, a retired Monnig's Department Store employee, died Wednesday, May 21, 1997, at a Tulsa hospital.
Funeral: No services were held. Kathleen Snare donated her body to the University of Oklahoma School of Medicine -- Center For Research.
Kathleen Snare was born June 28, 1917, in Comanche County, Okla. She lived in Fort Worth 24 years before moving to live with family in Broken Arrow, Okla.
She was preceded in death by a son, Thomas D. Snare, in February 1993.
Survivors: Daughter and son-in-law, Judy K. and Jim J. Walls of Broken Arrow, Okla.; son, William S. Maupin of Garland; grandchildren, Diane Walls Rahrig and her husband, Don, of Arlington, Alston D. Walls of Tulsa, Deborah Maupin of Garland and Tony Snare and Dirk Snare; and great-grandchildren, Clarke and Carson Rahrig.
R.B. Springfield
AZLE -- R.B. Springfield, 79, a retired automotive assembler, died Sunday, May 25, 1997, at a local nursing home.
Funeral: 2 p.m. Tuesday at Walnut Creek Baptist Church in Reno. Burial: Jaybird Cemetery in Reno. Visitation: 8 to noon Tuesday at White's Funeral Home.
R.B. Springfield was born June 30, 1917, in Reno. He served in the Army during World War II and was a longtime deacon and Sunday school teacher at Walnut Creek Baptist Church. Mr. Springfield was union president for General Motors in Arlington for several years.
Survivors: Wife, Lorene Springfield of Reno; stepdaughters, Barbara Jones of Granbury and Madeline Teague of Arlington; stepson, R.M. Gunn of Azle; stepson, Ellwood Hays of Cedar Hill; stepdaughters, Sharon Winters and Marsha Fredrick, both of Azle; stepson, Jerry Hays of Saginaw; and numerous stepgrandchildren and stepgreat- grandchildren.
White's Funeral Home
Azle, 444-3211
Katheryne O. Swift
GRANBURY -- Katheryne O. Swift, a homemaker, died Sunday, May 25, 1997, in Granbury.
Graveside service: 1 p.m. Wednesday in Mount Olivet Cemetery.
Katheryne Swift was born Aug. 20, 1917, in Mineral Wells.
She worked at Fort Worth National Bank as a bookkeeper in 1941-1946. She was a member of North Fort Worth Baptist Church and a member of Eastern Star.
Survivors: Husband, Laverne G. Swift of Granbury; daughter, Deborah Kelly of Granbury; sons, Gene Kelly of San Antonio and George Swift of Azle; brother, E.A. Addington of Granbury; six grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
Mount Olivet Funeral Home
2301 N. Sylvania Ave., 831-0511
Julia Peeler Taylor
FORT WORTH -- Julia Peeler Taylor, 96, a retired teacher and principal, died Monday, May 26, 1997, at her home.
Funeral: 10 a.m. Wednesday at University Christian Church. Officiating: Dr. R. Scott Colglazer and Dr. Charles H. Sanders. Visitation: afterward in the church foyer. Burial: 3 p.m. Wednesday in Crestview Memorial Park in Wichita Falls.
Memorials: First Christian Church of Wichita Falls, the Granville and Erline Walker Scholarship or the Boar's Head Festival Endowment Fund at University Christian Church in Fort Worth.
Julia Peeler Taylor died at her residence in Trinity Terrace on Monday morning, May 26. She was in her 97th year. Born on July 18, 1900, in Oklahoma Territory, she was the oldest child of Montie and Paul E. Peeler of Elk City. Her father served the city as mayor from 1928 to 1931.
Mrs. Taylor attended Oklahoma University and was a first-grade teacher and principal in Hammond, Tipton and Pawhuska, Okla., before moving to Wichita Falls in 1932. She married local retail merchant Archie Reynolds Taylor, who died in 1977.
In Wichita Falls, Julia busied herself in and out of the home. She loved cooking and made wonderful cutout cookies. Mrs. Taylor was a 50-plus year member of the Maj. Francis Grice Chapter of the D.A.R., belonged to P.E.O. and the Woman's Forum. She was active for 55 years in the First Christian Church, where she was given the honor of life deacon. Listed in the Texas Women of Distinction in 1962, she had resided in Fort Worth since 1987.
Survivors: Daughters, Helen Jo Taylor Hardwick and her husband, James C.T., of Tulsa, Okla., and Mary Ruth Taylor Jones and her husband, James C. Jr., of Fort Worth; grandchildren, Clark Alan Jones and his wife, Debbie, Mark Louis Jones, Julie Kay Jones, Taylor Reynolds Graves, M.D., and his wife, Molly, David Granville Graves, and Megan Elizabeth Hardwick Dorsey and her husband, Kevin; brothers, Paul E. Peeler Jr. of Elk City, Okla., and Edward Everett Peeler; sisters, Mary Peeler Hall, Gordon Peeler Jorden and Montie Ruth Peeler McComas; and several nieces and nephews.
Robertson Mueller Harper
1500 Eighth Ave., 924-4233
Howard C. Tollison
GRAND PRAIRIE -- Howard C. Tollison, 77, a retired Dallas city employee, died Sunday, May 25, 1997, at an Arlington hospital.
Memorial service: 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2010 S. Carrier Parkway, Grand Prairie.
Howard Tollison was born March 4, 1920, in Gober.
Survivors: Wife, Allene Tollison; sons, Fred A. King and Roy M. King; sisters, Bernice Walters and Betty Brown; grandchildren, Mike, Todd, Joe and Brian King; two great-grandchildren, Skylar and Autumn King; and several nieces and nephews.
Bean-Massey-Burge Funeral Home
Grand Prairie, (972) 263-7200
Jamie Sue Wagner
ARLINGTON -- Jamie Sue Wagner, 33, a teacher at Thomas Jefferson High School in Dallas, died Sunday, May 25, 1997, at home.
Funeral: 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Jude Catholic Church in Mansfield. Burial: Calvary Cemetery in Mansfield. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday.
Jamie Sue Wagner was born July 28, 1963, in Hillsboro. She fought a long and courageous battle against colon cancer. She was a member of St. Jude Catholic Church in Mansfield. She married David John Wagner on Aug. 13, 1984, in Mansfield.
Survivors: Husband, David Wagner of Arlington; mother, Wanda Markwardt of Mansfield; brother, Kerry and his wife, Sharon Markwardt, of Mansfield; sister- in-law, Amy and her husband, Mike Dreyer, of North Richland Hills; uncles, Bob Rogers of Arlington and Travis and his wife, Martha Rogers, of Stuttgart, Ark.; and father-in-law and mother-in- law, David E. and Judith Wagner of Hurst.
Blessing Funeral Home
Mansfield, 473-1555
Monnie C. Whisenhunt
FORT WORTH -- Monnie C. Whisenhunt, 65, a retired elementary school teacher, died Monday, May 26, 1997, at home.
Funeral: 3:30 p.m. Wednesday at Greenwood Funeral Home. Burial: Benbrook Cemetery.
Monnie Whisenhunt was born Oct. 10, 1931. She retired from the Fort Worth school district after teaching for over 30 years. She was a longtime member of Las Vegas Trail Church of Christ.
She was preceded in death by her mother, Elsie Pierce.
Survivors: Son, Steve Whisenhunt and his wife, Jo Ann, of Fort Worth; daughter, Elise Gable and her husband, Jeff, of Garland; brothers, Carson Pierce of California and Perry Pierce of Dallas; sister, Virginia Johnson of Fort Worth; and grandchildren, Carrie Whisenhunt, Michael Whisenhunt, Kristi Gable, Laura Gable and Jonathan Gable.
Greenwood Funeral Home
3100 White Settlement Road, 336-0584
Willie Ray Wilson
FORT WORTH -- Willie Ray Wilson, 37, a warehouseman, died Wednesday, May 21, 1997, while working.
Funeral: 1 p.m. Wednesday at Gregory W. Spencer Funeral Directors. Burial: Skyvue Memorial Gardens. Visitation: 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Willie Ray Wilson was born Aug. 10, 1959, in Lewisville, Ark.
Survivors: Son, Willie Wilson Jr. of Fort Worth; parents, Thomas and Rosie Pruitt of Fort Worth; brother, David Patterson of Fort Worth; sisters, Rose Archie of Texarkana, Ark., and Barbara Archie of Fort Worth; grandmother, Rosie Washington of Fort Worth; special friends, Pamela Crawford and Michelle Bedford of Fort Worth; and a host of other family and friends.
Gregory W. Spencer Funeral Directors
4000 Miller Ave., 531-8666
