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Edwin Dabbs
FORT WORTH -- Edwin Dabbs, 80, an order puller for S&H Green Stamp Store who retired after 26 years, died Wednesday, July 23, 1997, in Fort Worth.
Funeral: 4 p.m. Monday at Laurel Land of Fort Worth Chapel of Chimes. Graveside service: 2 p.m. Tuesday at Rose Hill in Corpus Christi.
Memorials: charity of choice or Travis Avenue Baptist Church.
Edwin Dabbs was born Sept. 12, 1916, in Bartlett.
Survivors: Wife, Florence Dabbs of Fort Worth; daughter, Carol Ruth Kimsey and her husband, Bryon, of Portland, Ore.; step-children, Betty Harris of Carrollton, Bill Harris of Fort Worth and Harlan Harris of Madisonville; brother, J.B. Dabbs and his wife, Elizabeth, of Taylor; five grandchildren; and three step- grandchildren.
Laurel Land Funeral Home of Fort Worth
7100 Crowley Road, (817) 293-1350
Michael "Roy" Daniel Sr.
FORT WORTH -- Michael Joseph "Roy" Daniel Sr., 55, a production worker for Ben Hogan Manufacturing, died Saturday, July 26, 1997, at home.
Funeral: 2 p.m. Monday at Southwood Baptist Church. Burial: Greenwood Memorial Park. Visitation: noon to 8 p.m. Sunday.
Michael Joseph "Roy" Daniel Sr. was born Nov. 11, 1941, in Fort Worth.
He was an Army veteran and worked for Ben Hogan Manufacturing for 17 years.
Survivors: Wife, Eleanor Daniel of Fort Worth; sons, Mike Daniel Jr. and his wife, Fara, Jody Mac Daniel, and George Blair and his wife, Yolanda; daughters, Colleen Threlkeld and her husband, James, Angela Blair and her husband, Melvin Carter, Cynthia Mar and her husband, Victor, Melisia Duvall, and Deborah Jane Babish; biological mother, Dorothy Plowman; adopted mother, Mary Helen Mitchell; brothers, Pat Daniel and Allen Trammell and his wife, Mary; sisters, Vanoy Vaughn and her husband, Eugene, Carolyn McVers and her husband, Bill, and Leslie Kenyou; and 15 grandchildren.
Guardian Funeral Home
5704 James Ave., 293-8477
Willard Lerey Davis
FORT WORTH -- Willard Lerey Davis, 67, retired owner of Davis Trucking Company, died Friday, July 25, 1997, at home.
Funeral: private. The family will receive phone calls from friends at their residence.
Memorials: American Cancer Society.
Mr. Davis was born May 26, 1930, in Russell Springs, Kan.
Survivors: Wife, Mary Davis of Fort Worth; sons, Bill Davis of San Francisco, Calif., Robert Davis of Des Moines, Iowa, Russell Davis of Independence, Kan., Dan Michaelis of Fort Worth., and D.R. Michaelis of El Dorado, Kan.; daughters, Marla Jo Larmon of Grand Junction, Colo., Beverly Jean O'Rourke of San Francisco, Calif., Carole Ann Sack of Neodesha, Kan., and Connie Jo Stewart of Chicago, Ill.; brother, Richard Davis of Scottsdale, Ariz., sisters, Iris Shull of Woodland Park, Colo., Shirley Schmied of Dighton, Kan.; 18 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
Forest Ridge Funeral Home
Hurst, (817) 285-7777
T. Raymond Ditto
BOWIE -- T. Raymond Ditto, 85, a retired welder, died Saturday, July 26, 1997, in Wichita Falls.
Graveside services: 1 p.m. Monday in Brushy Cemetery in Bowie.
Mr. Ditto was born May 17, 1912, in Pleasant Ridge.
Burgess-Fry-Owens-Brumley
Bowie, (940) 872-1144
Raymond Carl Duff
FORT WORTH -- Raymond Carl Duff, 60, a retired Air Force master sergeant, died Friday at a local medical center.
Funeral: Private.
Mr. Duff was born Nov. 4, 1936, in Canton, Ohio.
He had been a Fort Worth resident since 1980. He served in the Air Force from 1953 to 1980, and was a Vietnam veteran.
Survivors: Wife, Toshiko Matsushita Duff; son, Randall Duff.
Thompson's Harveson & Cole
702 Eighth Ave., 336-0345
Nathan Hoyt Eudaly Sr.
FORT WORTH -- Nathan Hoyt Eudaly Sr., 84, a retired missionary with the Southern Baptist Convention's Foreign Mission Board, died Friday, July 25, 1997, at a local hospital.
Funeral: 3 p.m. Sunday at First Baptist Church in Crowley and at 1 p.m. Tuesday at First Baptist Church in Grandfalls. Burial: Tamarisk Cemetery in Grandfalls.
Memorials: Hoyt and Marie Eudaly Hispanic Scholarship Fund at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2001 Seminary Dr., Fort Worth, Texas 76115.
Dr. Eudaly was born in 1913 in Pecos and had lived in Fort Worth since 1988. He was the fifth and youngest child of Milton and Katherine Eudaly, West Texas pioneer settlers, who founded the First Baptist Church of Grandfalls. He graduated from high school in Fort Stockton and went to Schreiner Institute in Kerrville on a football scholarship. He graduated from Texas Tech in Lubbock in 1938.
He served in the Coast Guard during World War II and saw action in the Pacific Theater. Following the war, he graduated from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary with a master's degree in 1948 and a doctorate in 1958. He pastored Good Will Baptist Church (Buena Voluntad), a Spanish-speaking congregation, while in seminary.
He and Marie, his wife of 47 years, served the Spanish-speaking world in Latin America, Central America and El Paso, side-by-side as missionaries 34 years. For 25 years, he was the Director of Worldwide Sales and Distribution at the Baptist Spanish Publishing House in El Paso. During that time, he established a series of warehouses throughout the Spanish-speaking world in order to assure adequate supplies of Christian materials for the congregation of Latin America and Spain.
Subsequently, he and Marie served as Texas area representatives for the Texas Baptist Children's home. Their work led to the establishment of Hearthstone, a short-term foster group home in Midland. He was appointed by the mayor of Midland to serve on the Public Housing Authority there.
Hoyt was predeceased by his beloved wife, Marie; daughter, Kay; brothers, Harold and Arthur; and his sister, Louise.
Survivors: Son, Richard Milton and his wife, Olivia; son, Nathan Hoyt Eudaly Jr. and his wife, Jean, all of Fort Worth; sister, Eleanor of Grandfalls; and eight grandchildren, Autumn Dawn Eudaly Galbreath, MD, Daryn Eudaly, Dustyn Eudaly, Debra Eudaly, Dominique Eudaly, Paul Hart, Tim Hart and Daniel Eudaly.
The family wishes to thank Huguley Health Care System for their kindness and extraordinary care of their father and grandfather for the past seven years.
Thompson's Harveson & Cole
702 Eighth Ave., 336-0345
Raymond D. Gilliland
SPRINGTOWN -- Raymond D. "Ray" Gilliland, 92, a retired independent trucker, died Saturday, July 26, 1997, at home.
Funeral: 2 p.m. Monday at White's Funeral Home. The Revs. Darren Walker and Larry VanZile will officiate. Burial: Springtown Cemetery. Visitation: 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday with family present from 4 to 6 p.m. and 8 a.m. until service time Monday at the funeral home.
Memorials: First United Methodist Church in Springtown or charity of choice.
Raymond D. "Ray" Gilliland was born March 13, 1905, in Gibtown.
He moved to Springtown in the 1920s and was a member of First United Methodist Church in Springtown.
Mr. Gilliland was preceded in death by his wife of 64 years, Beulah Gilliland, on Jan. 14, 1996.
Survivors: Son, Don and Peggy Lou Gilliland of Azle; daughter, Peggy and Dudley Simmons of Springtown; grandsons, Gary and Mike Gilliland; granddaughters, Sharon Simmons and Dianne Peterson; and great-grandchildren, Spenser, Colton, Ryan, Stephen, Zachary and Jennifer.
White's Funeral Home
Springtown, (817) 220-7111
Dorothy Ann Green
NORTH RICHLAND HILLS -- Dorothy Ann Green, 84, a homemaker, died Friday, July 25, 1997, in North Richland Hills.
Funeral: 10 a.m. Monday at Shannon Rufe Snow Chapel. Burial: Bluebonnet Hills Memorial Park. Family will receive friends 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at the funeral chapel.
Mrs. Dorothy Ann Green was born April 8, 1923, in Fort Worth. She was a longtime member of Smithfield United Methodist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Johnny Green.
Survivors: Sons, Mike Green and Larry Green, both of North Richland Hills; brother, Albert Amundson of Keller; grandchildren, Bret Green, Bryan Green and Angel Ward; great- grandchildren, Jade Green, Chase Green, Whitney Ward, Kaitlyn Ward and Ryan Ward.
Shannon Rufe Snow Funeral Chapel
6001 Rufe Snow Dr., 514-9100
Jere Curtis Grubbs
HURST -- Jere Curtis Grubbs, 58, business manager at St. Stephens Presbyterian Church in Fort Worth, died Thursday, July 24, 1997, in North Richland Hills.
Funeral: 10 a.m. Monday at St. Michaels Catholic Church in Bedford. Burial: Bluebonnet Hills Memorial Park. Rosary: 7 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
Memorials: in lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to the American Heart Association.
Jere Grubbs was born April 13, 1939, in St. Louis, Mo.
He retired from Union Pacific Resources. He received a bachelors degree from St. Louis University and a masters degree from the University of Tulsa. He was a member of St. Michaels Catholic Church in Bedford.
Jere was a loving husband and father and a loyal and trusted friend. Those who really knew him will miss his wonderful sense of humor. He was devoted to his family and was ever faithful to his God. He was a shepherd, a servant and source of strength and goodness and love. He will be missed, but his love and his goodness will abide in our hearts always.
Survivors: Wife, Betty Grubbs of Hurst; stepson, Jeff Harrison of Hurst; daughters, Lisa Mais and husband, Shane, of Fort Worth and Lori Grubbs of Oklahoma City, Okla.; stepdaughter, Julie Harrison of Euless; granddaughter, Michaela Mais of Fort Worth; and aunt, Virginia Golden of St. Louis, Mo.
Bluebonnet Hills Funeral Home
Colleyville, 281-8751
Barbara Ann Hamilton
EULESS -- Barbara Ann Hamilton, 59, a homemaker, died Thursday, July 24, 1997, in Bedford.
Funeral: was Saturday at Bluebonnet Hills Funeral Home. Burial: Bluebonnet Hills Memorial Park.
Barbara Ann Hamilton was born March 27, 1938, in Dallas to Jack and Helen Besherse. She had lived in Euless since 1963.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Ray Leon Hamilton.
Survivors: Son, Michael Ray Hamilton of Euless; daughters, Theresa Ann Lacy of Euless and Mary Kay Hamilton- Surita and her husband, Robert, of Euless; brother, Donald Besherse of Dallas; sister, Billie Ruth Work of Mesquite; grandchildren, Crystal Renee Walden, Guadalupe Ann Soto, Briana Leigh Soto, Ray Ambrosio Soto and Mindy Nicole Surita; great-grandchild, Chase Ryan Walden; and other loving friends and family.
Bluebonnet Hills Funeral Home
Colleyville, 281-8751
Richard "Dick" Hatcher
FORT WORTH -- Richard "Dick" Hatcher, 71, a retired sales manager, died Thursday, July 24, 1997, at an Irving hospital.
Funeral: 7 p.m. Sunday at Lucas Funeral Home in Hurst. Burial: private. Visitation: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
Mr. Hatcher was born May 23, 1926, in Tulsa, Okla.
Lucas Funeral Home
Hurst, 284-7271
Nell Hawkins
ALVARADO -- Nell Hawkins, 83, a draftsman, died Friday, July 25, 1997, in Cleburne.
Funeral: 11 a.m. Tuesday at First Assembly of God in Alvarado. Burial: Mount Olivet Funeral Home.
Nell Hawkins was born Aug. 28, 1913, in Alvarado. She worked for General Dynamics 26 years. She was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas Hawkins.
Survivors: Brother, Jack "Red" Fannon of Alvarado; sisters, Margie Hogan of Corpus Christi and Ruth Fannon Moon of Alvarado; niece, Ida Nell Holland of Rosenburg; nephew, Gary Stephen Moon of Blum; and many friends and family.
Mount Olivet Funeral Home
2301 N. Sylvania Ave., 831-0511
