Obituaries

Obituaries

James Galbraith

James Galbraith

Nov 27, 2015

James (Jim) Nelson Galbraith Jr of Plano, Texas passed away on Friday, November 27 with his wife and daughters in attendance. Jim was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to James Nelson Galbraith Sr. and Esther Huston Galbraith who preceded him in death as did his sister, Sara Jane Mitchell. Jim attended the Germantown Friends School in Philadelphia through high school...

Ea Frieden

Ea Frieden

Nov 25, 2015

E.A. Frieden slipped peacefully into the arms of Jesus on Wednesday, November 25, 2015 following a courageous battle with cancer. He was born July 12, 1948 in West Bend, Iowa, to parents Leo and Estalene Frieden. After graduating high school in 1966, he enlisted in the U.S. Army and served in Viet Nam. After ending his service at Ft....

Mary Luella Payton

Mary Luella Payton

Nov 25, 2015

Mary Luella Payton was born April 14, 1948 in Monett, Missouri. She passed away November 25, 2015 in Plano, Texas after a brief illness. Mary Luella was raised in Lubbock, Texas as an only child and she attended Texas Tech University. She married David Wayne Payton and they had one child. Mary Luella loved and collected Barbie's over the...

Raymond H Garland

Raymond H Garland

Nov 19, 2015

Raymond H. Garland of Plano, Texas passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on the evening of Thursday, November 19, 2015. He suffered a heart attack on July 4th and died of complications from open heart surgery. Ray was born in New York City on March, 26, 1934 to Raymond and Grace Garland. During most of his childhood in...

Alex Robert Kelly

Alex Robert Kelly

Nov 12, 2015

Alex Robert Kelly was born April 17, 1989 in Plano, Texas to parents John and Pamela Kelly and he passed away November 12, 2015 in Dallas, Texas. Alex is a graduate of Plano Senior High School and attended Austin Community College. His entrepreneurial spirit led him to partner with Daniel Hwang to form HK Innovations. Alex loved his family,...

Joshua Rieff Boyd Jr

Joshua Rieff Boyd Jr

Nov 11, 2015

Joshua Rieff Boyd, Jr., 81, of Plano, died Wednesday, November 11, 2015, in Plano, Texas. He was born August 1, 1934 in Bruceton, Tennessee, the son of Joshua Rieff Boyd and Annie Louise Devault Boyd. Mr. Boyd grew up in the "Atomic City" of Oak Ridge, Tennessee. He was offered college scholarships for cello but decided to major in...

"Sam" Joneece Abbie

"Sam" Joneece Abbie

Nov 6, 2015

Sam was born and raised in Waxahachie, Texas where she loved to climb trees and play with her sister and friends. She graduated from Waxahachie High School in 1964. She carried a wide and varied career, starting as an office receptionist. After a short stint as a professional model, she discovered her talent for numbers and pursued a career...

Jalen Larenz Moore

Jalen Larenz Moore

Nov 6, 2015

Jalen Larenz Moore was granted his angel wings on Friday, November 6, 2015. He was born on August 16, 2003 in Dallas, TX to his parents Jeffrey L. Moore and Angela L. Ferguson. He was preceded in death by his maternal grandmother, Yvonne Ferguson and paternal grandmother, Shirley Moore. Jalen accepted Christ early in his life. He was a...

Eldon M Sonnenburg

Eldon M Sonnenburg

Nov 5, 2015

On November 5, 2015 Eldon Malcome Sonnenburg died in McKinney, Texas and was laid to rest at Pecan Grove Cemetery in McKinney at a family graveside service. Eldon was born to Nina Olivia Butchee Sonnenburg and Theodore Henry Sonnenburg on September 6, 1920 in Rochester, Texas. He graduated from Shamrock High School in 1937 and North Texas State University...

Derrick Mee

Derrick Mee

Nov 4, 2015

Derrick Newton Mee died November 4, 2015. A Memorial Service is planned on November 14, 2015 at the Allen Christian Church on St Mary Drive, Allen, Texas at 11:00 AM. Scott Lowrey, Chaplain for Compassionate Care Hospice, will conduct the service. Derrick was born in Rockwood, Tennessee on February 17, 1937. He was the second of four children born...

Lloyd E Gargus

Lloyd E Gargus

Nov 3, 2015

Christian: Lloyd (Pops/Skeeter), as a beloved and obedient child of God, tried his best to live a righteous life and spread God's word found in his Bibles' worn pages. He read the Bible daily and shared what he had learned with those he loved. He was always asked to say grace which he could compose and recite like a...

David Scott Speer

David Scott Speer

Oct 29, 2015

David Scott Speer was born July 6, 1951 in Midland, Texas to parents Robert Lee and Corey Katherine Speer. His father worked as an accountant for an oil Company in Midland and in 1953 the Speer family moved to Dallas. Scotty, as he was known to many, spent his entire boyhood in Dallas. He attended James B. Bonham Elementary...

Paula Pendergraft

Paula Pendergraft

Oct 29, 2015

Pauline "Paula" Elizabeth Pendergraft, age 82, departed this earthly existence on October 29, 2015, following a courageous 18-month battle with lymphoma. She was born in Coal Hill, Arkansas on August 22, 1933, to Louis "Jack" Peila and Theresa Gilles Peila. She lived in Plano, Texas since August 2014 to be near family, after previously residing in Oklahoma City for...

Peter H Frank

Peter H Frank

Oct 27, 2015

On Dec 28, 1940 at precisely 10:36 PM at Children's Hospital in Buffalo, New York a sweet little boy with blond hair and blue eyes was born. His parents named him Peter. He had an older brother, Billy, who was keen to play with him. Peter was a curious little kid investigating about everything at 8 months and then...

Billy Joe Deweese

Billy Joe Deweese

Oct 25, 2015

Billy Joe DeWeese was born in Central Texas in 1929 to Ora and Susie. We're pretty sure he came out telling jokes and never really stopped. Good jokes, bad jokes, jokes he told over and over againsome of them real stinkers, but they all became a part of our family history. Our dad loved to laugh. And he loved...

Mitchell (Mitch) Mohanna

Mitchell (Mitch) Mohanna

Oct 25, 2015

Mitch Mohanna, 63, died October 25, 2015, at his home in Plano, Texas. Mitch was born to Dick and Jean Mohanna in Bassett, Nebraska, on March 2, 1952. He spent most of his childhood in Cairo, Nebraska, where he graduated from high school in 1970. Mitch earned his bachelor's degree in advertising/journalism at the University of Nebraska where he...

Jeanne Gilchrist

Jeanne Gilchrist

Oct 25, 2015

Jeanne was born in Seminole, Oklahoma on July 22, 1923. Her birth name was Delores Imogene Poe. In her first few months, family called her Cotton-Top because she was so blonde; she was almost white headed. Then she became "Jeanne". As a child, she loved dance class and the performances and recitals. Her picture was in the local paper...

Robert Thomas Jr

Robert Thomas Jr

Oct 22, 2015

Robert "B.T." Edward Thomas, Jr. passed away peacefully on Thursday, October 22, 2015 in Dallas, Texas. B.T. was born in Baltimore, Maryland where he graduated from Catonsville High School in 1966. His passion for golf started at an early age when he worked as a golf caddy in Maryland. He later enjoyed a 25-year career as a PGA Golf...

Frances Caroline Carroll

Frances Caroline Carroll

Oct 19, 2015

Frances Caroline Johnson Carroll was born on July 10, 1932 in Cheyenne, Wyoming to parents Archie and Katherine Johnson. Her family moved to Laramie, Wyoming when she was 12 years old. There, she graduated high school and was in her fourth year at college when her life took a change. While at a square dance, she met Charles Carroll,...

Roberta F Ehmer

Roberta F Ehmer

Oct 19, 2015

Roberta F Ehmer was born September 20, 1933 in Cleveland, Ohio to parents Franklin and Arlene Patmore. She passed from this earth into a life eternal with her Lord on October 19, 2015 in Plano, Texas. Our mother was a great mother! Even the other children in our neighborhoods loved to come to our house for playing with us,...