Cynthia Haddox Lambert, 51, passed away in Dallas, Texas, on Thursday, July 2, 2015.
Visitation will be on Thursday, July 9, 2015, from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. in the J.E. Keever Mortuary of Ennis. A Celebration of her life will take place on Friday, July 10, 2015, at 2 p.m. in the J.E. Keever Mortuary of Ennis with Rev. Chet Hensley officiating.
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Houston Timms, 94, passed away in Ennis, Texas on Tuesday, July 7, 2015.
Services are pending with J.E. Keever Mortuary, Inc.
Alice Faye Hoover, 76, passed away on Sunday, July 5, 2015, in Ennis, Texas.
Alice was born in Falls County, Texas, on July 10, 1938, to William F. and Lillie Mae (Finney) Matheson. She grew up in Waco and attended school there. On July 4, 1987, she married Buddy C. Hoover and they made their home in Ennis.
She worked for Storey Manufacturing as a seamstress for many years and retired from Atlas Sound Company. She was a member of St. John Nepomucene Catholic Church and the American Legion Ladies Auxiliary. She enjoyed reading, traveling, and classical music. Her family was the joy of her life and her grandchildren filled her heart with such joy.
Alice will be remembered by all who knew her and her memory will be cherished most by her family including sons: Fred McClellan, David Navarro and wife Kim, Kelly Navarro and wife Dawn; daughters: Ellen McClellan, Teresa May and husband Mike, and Tamara Robb; sixteen grandchildren: ten great-grandchildren; two sisters: Barbara Brown and Betty Bounds; along with other family and special friends. She is preceded in death by her parents; one brother, Kenneth Matheson, Sr.; and her husband, Buddy Hoover, on June 13, 1998.
Visitation will be on Wednesday, July 8, 2015, from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. in the J.E. Keever Mortuary Chapel of Ennis with Rosary at 7 p.m.
Mass of the Christian Burial will be on Thursday, July 9, 2015, at 10 a.m. at St. John Nepomucene Catholic Church of Ennis with Father Antonio Ormaza as celebrant. Pallbearers will be Alex May, Kevin Bounds, Mark Navarro, Ken Matheson, Jr., James Navarro, Devin Bundy, Mike Fuentes and Michael Ross. Interment will follow in St. Joseph Cemetery under the direction of J.E. Keever Mortuary, Inc.
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Michael Wayne Matlock, 45, passed away in Duncanville, Texas, on Tuesday, July 7, 2015.
Visitation will be held on Friday, July 10, 2015, from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. in the J.E. Keever Mortuary of Ennis.
A Celebration of his life will be held on Saturday, July 11, 2015, at 2 p.m. in the J.E. Keever Mortuary of Ennis with Rev. Pete Miller officiating. Interment will follow at 4 p.m. on Saturday, July 11, 2015, in the Little Bethel Memorial Park Cemetery under the direction of J.E. Keever Mortuary, Inc.
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Armando Lopez, of Corsicana, 51 died July 12, 2015. He was born Aug. 7, 1964.
Public viewing will be held today from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. Mass will be held from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Both services will be held in the chapel at the Eternal Rest Funeral Home in Ennis.
Arrangements are under the Eternal Rest Funeral Home of Ennis, 215 N. Dallas St., Ennis, 972-875-2393.
A.J. Gideon, of Palmer, Texas, passed away in his home Tuesday, July 14, 2015.
A.J. was born on November 2, 1936, and was raised in Palmer, Texas, by his parents, Arthur Gideon and Vera Adair Gideon. A.J. married his wife of 55 years, Martha Adams, on March 25, 1960.
He was a member of the U.S. Navy before working for Flintkote in their shipping and receiving department for over thirty years. A.J. always enjoyed working in his vegetable garden and being around his family and friends.
A.J. will be remembered by all who knew him and his memory will be cherished most by his family including his wife Martha Gideon; daughter and son-in-law, Elayne and Ronny Blakley of Red Oak; sister, Quessie Harvey of McAllen, Texas; and two grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren. He is preceded in death by his parents, son, and one brother.
Visitation will be held on Friday, July 17, on the Keever Chapel in Palmer, Texas from 6 to 8 p.m.
A Celebration of life will be held on Saturday, July 18, at New Beginnings Bible Church in Ferris, Texas, at 11 a.m. Interment will follow at the Palmer Cemetery under the direction of J.E. Keever Mortuary Inc.
Gladys Margaret Sills, 95, passed away on Wednesday, July 15, 2015, at Medical City Dallas Hospital.
Gladys was born on March 28, 1920, to Charles and Willie Anne (Stark) Winkler. She was raised in Ennis, Texas, and attended Ennis High School. She was married in April of 1938 to Aubrey Lee Sills and they made their home in Ennis.
Gladys had many different jobs during her life. She was the owner of Minnow Beauty Shop; she worked at Rodger Shoe Store, was the secretary at the First Baptist Church, and retired after 30 years of service to the Southwestern Bell Telephone Company as a telephone instructor. She was also a member of the First United Methodist Church of Ennis, was a member of the Ennis Art Club, Ellis County Art Club, and also Telephone Pioneers.
During her free time Gladys enjoyed giving art lessons out of her home, and she wrote many short stories. She also enjoyed Ennis Lion’s Football. Gladys was also the person responsible for creating the first banner the Ennis Lions football team ran through at the start of the football games. Gladys was also a member of the Ennis Lionbackers.
Gladys loved her family and is survived by her son Garry D. Sills of Midlothian and her daughter Connie Horne of Ennis. She is also survived by her seven grandchildren; Leslie King, Jason Horne, Dhanald Horne, Steffany Newsome, Mike Sills, Kevin Sills, Steven Sills, and nine great grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews.
Visitation will be held Sunday, July 19, 2015, from 3 to 5 p.m. at JE Keever Mortuary of Ennis.
Celebration of life for Gladys will be held Monday, July, 20, 2015 at 11 a.m. at JE Keever Mortuary of Ennis with interment to follow at Myrtle Cemetery.
This week, our beloved Billie Joyce (Priddy) Baran soft-shoe shuffled her way to a celestial seaside paradise in the sky. At the tender age of 85, Joyce, or Gammer, as many of us preferred to call her, was enveloped by loved ones at her Hill Country home as she tranquilly said adieu and departed this world.
On February 7, 1930, as the nation buckled up for the onset of The Great Depression, a glorious light shone down on Ferris, Texas: “The City that Bricked the World,” as Rayburn Worth “Jack” Priddy and Elizabeth Lea (Kopec) Priddy first welcomed their baby girl. Billie Joyce, or “Baby,” as her mother so lovingly called her, was raised as an only child, but a typical only child she was not. Influenced by two determined and devoted parents, she was instilled with an unbelievably strong work ethic.
As a small child, Joyce had aspirations of one day becoming a commercial airline pilot or “the only doctor on the planet who could cure a mysterious disease in deepest Africa.” Her professional journey began at age fourteen, when her father believed she was too young to begin working. Not wanting to disappoint him, yet yearning for the independence and joy she saw her parents derive from a hard day’s work, Joyce covertly found an employment agency that landed her a job as a typist for John L. Tompkins Construction in Corpus Christi. Each morning she would tell her parents she was headed to the beach with friends, but would instead catch the downtown bus with her beach bag stuffed with work clothes, changing in the ladies room once she arrived.
In high school, Joyce became a reporter for La Gaviata, her school newspaper. Writing came naturally for her and her editorials, op-eds, and sports stories began to appear weekly. Her senior year she was made Sports Editor and her sports page went on to win first place in a UIL competition. She also served as Secretary of Quill and Scroll, an international high school journalism honor society. These accolades gave Joyce the confidence to determine her college major of journalism.
Joyce attended Texas A&I College in Kingsville, Texas. During her first semester, as she was leaving French class one afternoon, a friend of hers introduced her to Ed LeBoeuf, who “had the most beautiful eyes and was the most handsome man I’d seen in my entire life.” That very night they went on a double date to a drive-in movie. Though Ed was “quiet with a calm sense of humor,” the two quickly became acquainted and realized they had many of the same aims in life. By Christmas they had vowed to finish their education and made plans to marry as soon as they had graduated.
Joyce and Ed married and soon after, in January of 1950, gave birth to their first child, Edward David LeBoeuf, Jr. Ed, a petroleum engineer for Collins Construction Company based in Port Lavaca, Texas, traveled around the globe with his family, as he developed and implemented new methods in his field. Following the birth of their first daughter, Joy Charisse, the family moved to Calcutta, India. After several months of living in this exotic locale, the family was struck with tragedy when Ed was suddenly killed in a helicopter crash while surveying an underwater pipeline site. Joyce, then pregnant with her second daughter Jacqueline Suzette, began the two week journey home from India with her two small children.
At age 27, Joyce was widowed with three kids. With the support of her parents, she was able to put her best foot forward and care for her babies. This type of resilience became a marked character trait of Joyce throughout her life. No amount of adversity could conquer her spirit.
She soon met a pilot for Lebanon’s all-cargo Trans Mediterranean Airlines, Clyde Huddleston. Clyde had one son, Patrick Huddleston, who quickly became a member of the family, joining three other siblings when their parents married. Joyce and Clyde then had Herman Clyde “Trey” Huddleston. Together the family lived near Fort Worth, as Clyde flew around the world for work. As life would have it, the couple would then divorce.
Joyce again devoted herself to her children as well as her varied interests. Her sense of humor, direct nature, and gregarious spirit often made her the life-of-the-party. She never met a stranger. Though she could hang with the best of the goodtime gals, her commitment to work and provide never wavered.
Whether it was working for a Houston record company, owning her own imports shop in Bryan/College Station, event planning for a dude ranch hosting events such as the Cattle Baron’s Ball near Dallas, working for a leading commercial and industrial real estate brokerage firm, or acting as director and manager of her community’s Texas Historical Commission’s Main Street Program, Joyce was never short of work or adventure. Her most passionate years of work included her long stint as a journalist and staff photographer for the Ellis County Press, where she also had her own column.
In 1970, she met Robert Baran, a physics professor. The couple married and ultimately settled in Bristol, Texas, living on the adjoining property of Joyce’s parents. Around fifteen years ago, the pair moved to Briarcliff, Texas, to be near most of her children and grandchildren in Austin, Texas.
Gammer spent the last decade and a half of her life surrounded by her nearest and dearest, yet still went to work each day. Never quite grasping the concept of retirement, she worked as the office manager for her youngest son’s homebuilding company up until two months prior to her death. Each day she’d drive herself to work – always dressed smartly in her petite fashions and a pair of kitten heels, jet-black bun pulled tightly with gold hoop earrings, and a spray or two of her signature Estée Lauder Youth Dew fragrance.
Gammer loved cooking big Sunday lunches for her family, watching Turner Classic Movies, listening to her favorites on the radio (Sarah Vaughan, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Ray Charles, Country & Western, and more), playing with and spoiling her Yorkshire Terriers (first Bybe and then Baby), gardening in her backyard “Eden,” or working through a Crossword puzzle, to name a few . . . but most of all, Gammer so dearly loved her family.
Those already missing our one-of-a-kind Gammer terribly include: her husband, Robert Baran (Briarcliff, TX); son, Edward David LeBoeuf, Jr. (Austin, TX); daughter, Joy Charisse LeBoeuf (Corpus Christi, TX); daughter, Jacqueline Suzette LeBoeuf (Austin, TX); son, Patrick Huddleston and wife, Liliane (Austin, TX); son, Herman Clyde Huddleston, and wife, Karen (Austin, TX); grandchildren: Brandi Cheri (LeBoeuf) Garvish (Austin, TX), Ashley Nicole (Casanova) Loyd (Austin, TX), Christopher Brandon Leach (San Francisco, CA), Beau Champanelle LeBoeuf (Brooklyn, NY), Britni Cene LeBoeuf (Austin, TX), Alexandra Huddleston (Brooklyn, NY), Sarah (Prehn) Bohuslav (Austin, TX), Haley Linnea Leach (Austin, TX), Michelle Huddleston (Austin, TX), Audrey Huddleston (Austin, TX), Kyle Martin Huddleston (Austin, TX); and great-grandchildren: Ajay Loyd (Austin, TX), Anistyn Loyd (Austin, TX), John Carson Garvish (Austin, TX), Vivienne Grace Garvish (Austin, TX), Ace Loyd (Austin, TX), Acelynn Loyd.
Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, July 17, 2015 at Weed-Corley-Fish Chapel, 3125 N. Lamar Blvd. Interment will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, July 18, 2015 at Bristol Community Cemetery in Bristol, Texas.
Arrangements by Weed-Corley-Fish Funeral Home – (512) 452-8811. Obituary and memorial guestbook available online at www.wcfish.com.
Emels Bradford, 91, died on July 17, 2015.
Funeral service are pending with Eternal Rest Funeral Home of Ennis, 215 N. Dallas, Ennis, 972-875-2393.
Lawrence “Larry” Gerich, age 65 of Ennis, passed away peacefully on July 19, 2015, in Corsicana with family and close friends by his side. Larry was born on July 8, 1950, in Ennis, Texas, to Frank Antone and Mary Christine Gerich. He graduated from Ennis High School in 1969. In 1971, he married his first wife, Linda Joyce Adams of Ore City. He started work at Owens Corning in Waxahachie where he worked for 34 years. At Owens he worked in the lab and in the maintenance department for most of his employment. He remarried in 2000 to Debbie Cunningham Loggins of Waxahachie. Larry was a very kind and gentle, hard-working man, who never met a stranger. L G loved to exercise and took pride in the way he was perceived. He enjoyed singing and playing his guitars for family and friends and will be missed by many.
Larry is survived by his wife Debbie; stepson, Brett Cunningham; daughter, Melanie Glenn and her husband Jerry Glenn of Denton; son, Chris Gerich and his wife Robin from Pensacola, Florida; sister, Annie Wartsbaugh and her husband George of Ennis; brother, Ernest Gerich of Seagoville; and a well cherished grandson, Chandler Ryan Glenn, also from Denton; several nieces and nephews.
He is preceded in death by his father, Frank Antone; mother, Mary Christine; brother, Frank Richard; and sister, Mary Frances.
The family will receive friends from 9 to 10:30 a.m. with a Rosary at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, July 22, at Boze-Mitchell-McKibbin Funeral Home in Ennis.
A service will be held at 10:45 a.m. on Wednesday, July 22, with Father John Dick officiating at Boze-Mitchell-McKibbin Funeral Home in Ennis. Pallbearers will be Danny Slovacek, Charles Wartsbaugh, Brian Wartsbaugh, Kevin Wartsbaugh, Jared Cunningham and Bruce Cunningham. Interment will follow at Saint Joseph Cemetery in Ennis.
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Arrangements are under the direction of Boze-Mitchell-McKibbin Funeral Home, 800 South Kaufman Street, Ennis, Texas. 972-878-2211
Edith Ray Shue, 97, passed away in Ennis, Texas, on Tuesday, July 21, 2015.
Visitation will be on Wednesday, July 22, from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. in the J.E. Keever Mortuary of Ennis.
A Celebration of her life will take place on Thursday, July 23, at 2 p.m. in the J.E. Keever Mortuary Chapel in Ennis.
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Leslie Ann Dawson, 68, passed away on Wednesday, July 15, 2015, in Ennis, Texas.
Leslie was born on Nov. 16, 1946, to Marvin and Clarice (Wyatt) Smith in Fort Worth, Texas. She grew up in Fort Worth and Wichita Falls, Texas. She went on to graduate from Wichita Falls High School. In 1975 she married Frank Dawson.
She worked as a claims adjuster for U.S. Life Insurance for over eighteen years. She enjoyed making jewelry, cooking and traveling around the United States.
She will be remembered by all who knew her, but her memory will be cherished most by her family including son, Rob Parker; step-son, Don Dawson; grandson, Robert Parker, Jr.; and brother, Steve Smith.
She is preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Frank Dawson; and one brother, Mike Smith.
Memorial services will be held on Saturday, July 25, at 2 p.m. in the J.E. Keever Mortuary Chapel of Ennis.
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Jeff Estein, 39 years old, left this world and went into the arms of Jesus Christ on July 19, 2015, as a result of a motorcycle accident in Waxahachie, Texas.
Jeff attended Ennis High School and worked as a machinist. Jeff lived with his mother in Las Vegas, Nevada, and recently returned to Ellis County.
He is survived by his mother, Mary Estein of Los Angeles, California; uncle, George Galetka of Ennis, Texas; a son, Dakota Estein, and daughter, Savanna Estein of Palmer, Texas; and ex-spouse, Cathy Collier of Palmer, Texas.
He is welcomed into heaven by his deceased father, Jack Estein; grandparents, Charlie and Lillie Galetka; and uncle, Charles Galetka.
Jeff had a lot of friends in Ellis County and was very happy to move back to the area. The family wishes to thank all of his friends for helping the family get through the terrible accident, especially Joe Gentry and wife Haley.
There will be a memorial service at a later date.
Emels Bradford, 91, died July 17, 2015.
Wake service will be held today, July 23, from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the chapel at the Eternal Rest Furneral Home. Funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, July 24 at St. Paul Baptist Church, 909 W. Brown St., Ennis.
Arrangements are under the Eternal Rest Funeral Home of Ennis, 215 N. Dallas St., Ennis, 972-875-2393.
Edith Ray Shue, 97, passed away on Tuesday, July 21, in Ennis, Texas.
Edith was born in Palestine, Texas, on August 14, 1917, to John Ellis and Nannie Ella (Poole) Taylor. She grew up in Kerens, Texas, and graduated from Kerens High School in 1935. On August 29, 1936, she married Charlie Lewis Shue and they made their home in Ellis County, moving to Ennis in June of 1956.
She is survived by her daughter, Dorothy Woodard; grandchildren: Elizabeth Haden, Glynda Cooke, Roger Woodard and wife, Blanca; twelve great-grandchildren; eighteen great-great grandchildren along with numerous nieces and nephews.
She is preceded in death by her parents; her husband of 71 years in 2007, Charlie Lewis Shue; and one son, Charlie Leon Shue in 1997.
Visitation was be held on Wednesday, July 22, from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. in the J.E. Keever Mortuary of Ennis.
A Celebration of her life will take place on Thursday, July 23, at 2 p.m. in the J.E. Keever Mortuary Chapel of Ennis with interment to follow in the Myrtle Cemetery of Ennis under the direction of J.E. Keever Mortuary, Inc.
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Narvell Kinermon, 66, died on July 22, 2015.
Funeral services are pending with Eternal Rest Funeral Home of Ennis, 215 N. Dallas, Ennis, 972-875-2393.
John A. Massey, 82, died on July 24, 2015.
Funeral services are pending with Eternal Rest Funeral Home of Ennis, 215 N. Dallas, Ennis, 972-875-2393.
Crecy E. Jackson Alford, 102, passed from this life on Monday, July 27, 2015, surrounded by her family.
Services are pending with J.E. Keever Mortuary, Inc.
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Rose Barkley, 94, went home to her Heavenly Father on Monday, July 27, 2015, from Dallas, Texas.
Services are pending with J. E. Keever Mortuary, Inc.
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Clarence Thompson, 62, died on July 26, 2015.
Funeral services are pending with Eternal Rest Funeral Home of Ennis, 215 N. Dallas, Ennis, 972-875-2393.