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Joe L. Covington Sr.
CROWLEY -- Joe L. Covington Sr., 56, a supervisor with Dalton's Best Made, died Sunday, July 20, 1997, in Fort Worth
Funeral: 3 p.m. Thursday at Gregory W. Spencer Funeral Directors. Burial: Crowley Cemetery. Family Hour: 7 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
Rev. Joe L. Covington Sr. was born Feb. 28, 1943, in Bruce, Miss.
Survivors: Wife of 36 years, Arrilla Covington; sons, Jarvis Holman, Kenneth Covington and Joe Covington, Jr.; daughters, Donna Covington, Pamela Pannel of Godley and Deborah Covington; two brothers; six sisters; seven grandchildren; and the members of the Metroplex Community Church.
Gregory W. Spencer Funeral Directors
4000 Miller Ave., 531-8666
Earl E. Crane
MINERAL WELLS -- Earl E. Crane, 97, retired from appliance sales, died Monday, July 21, 1997, at a Mineral Wells hospital.
Funeral: 10 a.m. Wednesday at White's Funeral Home. Burial: Sturdivant Cemetery.
Earl Crane was born April 6, 1900, in Clare, Iowa.
White's Funeral Home
Mineral Wells, (940) 325-3311
Maria M. Davila
ARLINGTON -- Maria M. Davila, 61, a homemaker, died Monday, July 21, 1997, in Arlington.
Funeral: 10 a.m. Thursday at Arlington Funeral Home in Arlington. Burial: Johnson Station in Arlington. Visitation: 7 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
Maria Davila was born May 29, 1936, in Rodriguez, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. She was a resident of Arlington since 1984 and was a former resident of Laredo.
Arlington Funeral Home
1221 E. Division, 548-1791
Margaret Davis
ARLINGTON -- Margaret Davis, 78, a food service waitress, died Saturday, July 19, 1997, in Arlington.
Funeral was at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Arlington Funeral Home. Burial: Moore Memorial Gardens.
Margaret Davis was born Feb. 22, 1919, in Arlington.
Survivors: Son, Kenneth Davis of Kentucky; daughters, Dorothy Elson of Grand Prairie and Beverly York of Pasadena, Texas; six grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.
Arlington Funeral Home
1221 E. Division, 548-1791
Ernest E. Driskill
RICHLAND HILLS -- Ernest E. Driskill, 82, a retired Fort Worth Transit Co. driver, died Monday, July 21, 1997, in Bedford.
Funeral: 11:30 a.m. Thursday at Moore Funeral Home. Burial: Parker Memorial Cemetery in Grapevine. Open visitation: noon to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
Memorials: Christ Haven in Keller.
Ernest E. Driskill was born Sept. 6, 1914, in Grapevine. He was a member of Bridgewood Church of Christ. He retired after 33 years with the Fort Worth Transit Co.
As a World War II veteran, Mr. Driskill received a citation for the Bronze Star Medal and also received six Bronze Battle Star Awards for battle campaigns.
Survivors: Wife, Edith "Dee" Driskill of Richland Hills; brother, Ross Driskill; sister, Lamoyne Bradford; and several grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
Moore Funeral Home
1219 N. Davis Drive, 275-2711
U.C. Frost
FORT WORTH -- U.C. Frost, 82, a retired heavy equipment operator, died Monday, July 21, 1997, in Fort Worth.
Masonic graveside service: 2 p.m. Wednesday in Laurel Land Memorial Park of Fort Worth.
Memorials: Vitas Hospice Care or the American Cancer Society. Urban Castleberry Frost was born March 4, 1915, in Henderson County to W.E. Frost and Callie Cook Frost. He served as a Merchant Marine during World War II and worked as a heavy equipment operator for many years. He was a longtime member of the Masonic Lodge.
He was preceded in death by his parents, four brothers and one sister.
Urby took great pleasure in his family.
Survivors: Loving wife of 58 years, Ausilee Swilling Frost of Fort Worth; sons and daughters-in-law, Truman G. and Kathy Sawyer of Houston and Norman E. and Tina Frost of Fort Worth; daughters and son-in-law, Linda Little, Edna Lacey and Elaine and Junior Hopkins, all of Fort Worth; brother, Thurman Frost of Hillsboro; sister, Nellie Jo Armstrong of Fort Worth; brother-in-law, Joe Mitchell of Fort Worth; grandchildren, Lynn Walker, Cheril Thomas, Keith Walker, Wendy Lacey, Ben Little and Dierdre Langworthy, all of the Metroplex, and Lt. Jake Jelich of Schweinfurt, Germany; four great grandchildren; and many nieces, nephews and friends.
Laurel Land Funeral Home of Fort Worth
7100 Crowley Road, (817) 293-1350
John Couch Garrison
HALTOM CITY -- John Couch Garrison, 81, a retired banker and rancher, died Sunday, July 20, 1997 at home.
Funeral: was 2 p.m. Tuesday at St. David Episcopal Church in Denton. Father James DeWolfe officiated. Burial: Bolivar Cemetery.
John Couch Garrison was born April 14, 1916, in Bolivar.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Bailey Garrison and Maude Couch Garrison.
Survivors: Wife, Edith Cleveland Garrison of Haltom City; daughter, Mrs. Jane Bratcher of Iredell; son-in-law, Clayton Bratcher of Iredell; and sisters, Sue Enlow of Fort Worth and Ann Coggins of Arlington
Coker Funeral Home
Sanger, (940) 458-3311
Harold Ray Goode
FORT WORTH -- Harold Ray Goode, 78, a retired Montgomery Ward employee, died at his home Monday, July 14, 1997.
Graveside service: 2 p.m. Thursday in Hillcrest Memorial Park in Dallas. The Rev. Bill Stephenson will officiate.
Harold Ray Goode was born June 10, 1919, in Greenville. He grew up in Dallas and graduated from Highland Park High School in 1937 and graduated from Southern Methodist University in 1941 with a bachelor of science degree in commerce.
During World War II he trained at the Naval Midshipmen's schools at Notre Dame and Harvard Graduate School. He served from 1943 to 1946 in the Navy with the rank of lieutenant in NACTU Fleet Air Wing Five, Key West, Fla.
He worked as merchandising manager at Montgomery Ward in Fort Worth, retired in 1983 after 36 years.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Glenn E. and Gwendolyn M. Goode, and older brother, Glenn E. Goode Jr.
Survivors: His sister, Marjorie G. Cardwell and brother-in-law, Clarence E. Cardwell Jr. of Midland; nephews, William E. Cardwell of Newport Beach, Calif., Robert G. Cardwell of Austin, Buddy Goode and his wife, Cathy, of Dallas and Gary Goode; nieces, Glenda May and Libby Hall of Dallas; and an aunt, Mrs. J. Harold Goode of Burr Ridge, Ill.
Sparkman/Hillcrest Funeral Home
Dallas, (214) 363-5401
Angel Shamesha Harris
FORT WORTH -- Angel Shamesha Harris, a newborn, died Wednesday, July 16, 1997, at a Fort Worth hospital.
Graveside service was at 3 p.m. Monday in Cedar Hill Memorial Park.
Survivors: Parents, Terrance and Tamesha Harris; brother, Terrance Harris Jr.; grandparents, Robert Langston Jr., Elizabeth Harris and Doris Coleman; and great-grandparents, Marcie and Edward Jones, Roberta Langston and Robert Langston Sr.; and uncles and aunts.
Gregory W. Spencer Funeral Directors
4000 Miller Ave., 531-8666
Mildred Clayton Hays
SAN ANTONIO -- Mildred Clayton Hays, 85, a homemaker, died Sunday, July 20, 1997, at a San Antonio medical center after a brief illness.
Funeral: 10 a.m. Thursday at Saint Andrews Episcopal Church. Burial: Shannon Rose Hill Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Shannon-TCU Funeral Chapel.
Memorials: in lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Boysville, P.O. Box 369, Converse, Texas 78109, where her son is a development director.
Mildred Hays was born in Hartford, Ark., to Garrett and Belle Stewart Clayton. Mildred married Cloyd Austin Hays on June 11, 1930. He passed away on Dec. 24, 1970. Cloyd was retired from the Air Force as a colonel. They moved to Fort Worth in 1942 and remained there after Cloyd was medically retired. She was a member of St. Andrews Episcopal Church in Fort Worth for 47 years. She was the directress of the Altar Guild, Women of St. Andrews, St. Hilda's Guild, and was president of the Penelope Club, a division of the Woman's Club of Fort Worth.
She was also a member of the Order of the Eastern Star and Daughters of the Nile. She worked for the federal government in HUD, Corps of Engineers and the FHA. She retired from the civil service in 1981. She moved to San Antonio in 1995 to be closer with her family.
Survivors: Son, Colonel (USAF retired) Allen Hays and his wife, Nancy, of San Antonio; sister, Edythe Crapson of Topeka, Kan.; grandchildren, Patricia of Jonesboro, Ark., Karen and Tom Owens of Syracuse, N.Y., Craig and Debi Hays of San Antonio and Kevin Hays of Dallas; and great-grandchildren, Amber and Brandi Hays, and Thomas and Riley Owens.
Shannon-TCU Funeral Chapel
3015 Merida, 926-3314
Martha Dewella Holland
MINERAL WELLS -- Martha Dewella Holland, 78, a homemaker, died Monday, July 21, 1997, at a Mineral Wells hospital.
Graveside service: 4 p.m. Wednesday in Sturdivant Cemetery in Palo Pinto County.
Martha Holland was born Sept. 22, 1918, in Byars, Okla.
Survivors: Daughter, Dorene Griffin of Mineral Wells; stepson, Bill Holland of Austin; brother, Delbert Casey of Bethany, Okla.; sisters, Doris Reynolds of Hermleigh, Elida Burris of Yukon, Okla., and Beverly Rains of Commerce; four granddaughters; five great- grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Baum-Carlock-Bumgardner
Mineral Wells, (940) 325-4422
Bennie L. Horn
FORT WORTH -- Bennie L. Horn, 85, who retired from Fort Worth's Riverside Recreation Center, died Sunday, July 20, 1997, in Fort Worth.
Funeral: 2 p.m. Wednesday at Marshall & Marshall Funeral Directors. Burial: Smith Bend-Coon Creek Cemetery in Bosque County.
Memorials: American Cancer Society.
Bennie L. Horn was born Sept. 6, 1911, in the Smith Bend community in Bosque County.
Marshall & Marshall Funeral Directors
Whitney, (254) 694-2206
