All Obituaries

Reba B. Johnson, 84, passed away March 2, 2023, after an extended illness. Memorial Service: Has been postponed at First Christian Church, Granbury, 2109 W. US Hwy 377, Granbury, Texas 76048.   Please check back for service update. Memorials:  In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in her name to First Christian Church, or a charity of your choice. Reba was born February 19, 1939, in Coryell County, Texas. She attended school in Hamilton, Texas.  On December 30,...

Thomas David Pickett, 54, passed away on Monday, March 6, 2023, at 5:27 p.m. at a local hospital. David no longer has any pain that he suffered from Leukemia, Diabetes, and his heart condition. Rather, David died as the result of a stroke.  He is now in the loving arms of his Lord and Savior, Jesus! Memorial Service: 11:00 a.m., Friday, March 17, 2023 at Antioch Community Church, 5023 Trail Lake Drive, Fort Worth, Texas 76133.  Please join us for a Celebration of his life. Those...

Claudette B. White, 86, passed away Saturday, March 4, 2023, in Fort Worth, Texas. Graveside Services: 11:00 a.m., Saturday, March 11, 2023, at Laurel Land Memorial Park in Fort Worth, Texas.  Visitation: 5-7:00 p.m., Friday, March 10th at Winscott Road Funeral Home in Benbrook. Claudette was born May 11, 1936 in Chillicothe, Texas, and moved to Wichita Falls where she worked in the Wichita General Hospital before moving to Fort Worth.  There she married her husband, William A....

Elmer Ray Sommers, 58, passed away Friday, March 3, 2023, in Fort Worth, Texas. Elmer was born May 14, 1964, in Tampa, Florida to Lawrence Sommers and Zola Miner Sommers. He was an HVAC graduate of Lincoln Tech and pursued an occupation in commercial refrigeration. He is preceded in death by his mother, Zola Herb; and sister, Sheila Fannon. Survivors: Loving wife of 27 years, Treva Sommers; daughter, Nicki Sommers; brother, Charles Hawkins; aunt, Jettie Gibart; uncle, Bob Miner; and...

Alvarene Swearingin Beckner died peacefully in her sleep in the early morning hours of March, 2, 2023. Alva was born on January 11, 1941 in Fort Worth, Texas.  She graduated from Polytechnic High School of Fort Worth in 1959. That same year, while working at the historic Worth Theatre in downtown Fort Worth, she met and married Donald Wayne Beckner on June 16th.  Together they had three daughters, Lee Anne Gierisch, Lisa Lynne Maloney, and Leslie Pauline Beckner. As a mother she...

Kimberly Ann Shevak Roby, 62, passed from this life on January 27, 2023, at 2:51 p.m., after a long illness. Celebration of Life: 6:00 p.m., Saturday, February 25, 2023, at Restore Church, 10201 Jerry Dunn Parkway, Benbrook, Texas 76126. Pastor Seth Wigington will officiate. Memorials: In lieu of flowers, please donate to The Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders: Fort Worth, Texas. Kimberly was born July 3, 1960, in Holy Oak, Pennsylvania, USA, to Carolyn and Andrew Shevak. Being from a...

Billie Marie Sealy Massingill, age 95 of Fort Worth, Texas died peacefully on February 19, 2023, after a long happy life.  She was born on October 28, 1927. Billie's story begins with parents William Moore Sealy and Berna Estelle Rhodes Sealy. They had two children and were expecting another when he was killed in a car accident. That child was Billie, born on her grandmother's farm outside Lexington, Texas. Berna Sealy married again, to William Whatley Longmire, and had two...

Michael Alan Holt age 78, of Benbrook, went to be with the Lord on February 16, 2023 in Fort Worth, Texas.  He was born on July 31, 1944, to Clyde and Katherine (Mutalipassi) Holt in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Michael grew up in Tulsa and after high school he joined and proudly served in the United States Airforce earning the rank of Airmen First Class.  After four years of service in the Air Force he returned home to Tulsa and enrolled at the University of Tulsa earning a degree in...

Mae Dell Smith, 95, passed away February 14, 2023, in Fort Worth, Texas. Graveside Service: 1:00 p.m., Friday, February 24, 2023,Oakwood Cemetery in Whitesboro, Texas. Dell was born March 14, 1927, in Electra, Texas.  She moved to Snyder, Texas in 1951, then to Gainesville, and then to Whitesboro in the 1970’s.  In 2012, she moved to Fort Worth and remained there until her passing. In Snyder she worked at Furr’s Supermarket, then managed the Frontier Stamp Store....