Obituary Notices and Memorial Services
Galbreaith Pickard Funeral Chapel
Remembering Loved Ones in Parker County and Surrounding Areas
Milton Ray Pruett
Jan 13, 2015
Milton “Bubba” Ray Pruett , age 63, of Weatherford, passed away Tuesday, January 13, 2015. Milton was born on August 23, 1951 in Fort Worth, Texas where he was raised. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 pm Saturday, January 17, 2015 at Galbreaith Pickard Funeral Chapel. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in his memory, care...
Vera June Morris
Jan 11, 2015
Vera June Morris was born in Clovis, New Mexico, on December 10, 1921. She entered Heaven’s gates on January 11, 2015, while in hospice care at Willow Park Rehab and Care Center.
A consummate daughter, wife, mother, and grandmother, she reveled in her family. After her loving husband, Billy Lewis Morris, passed on November 24, 1987, she has spent...
Richard Dick Kenneth Keener
Jan 10, 2015
Richard “Dick” Kenneth Keener, 84, of Weatherford, Texas passed away 10 January 2015 in Weatherford, Texas. Dick was born on 16 August 1930 in Los Angeles, CA to Joseph Isaiah Keener and Edna Kathleen Brehm. He worked as a sound mixer in the Motion Picture Industry and ABC Network News in Hollywood, CA. Dick married Marilyn Rita Bierer on 13...
Barbara Nell Stroud
Jan 7, 2015
Barbara Feagin Stroud, 80, of the Dennis community, died Wednesday, January 7th, at 6:00 p.m., at Holland Lake Rehab Center in Weatherford, Texas. At Barbara’s request, a private graveside service for immediate family members only was held at 3:00 p.m., Saturday, at Spring Creek Cemetery.
Mrs. Stroud was born May 10th, 1934, in Dallas. A resident of Parker County...
Melvin Doyle Barnes
Jan 7, 2015
Melvin Doyle Barnes, age 88, passed away Wednesday, January 07, 2015 at his residence in Millsap. Mr. Barnes was born on December 9, 1926 in Kenefic, Oklahoma. He was an army veteran, a retired plant manager for Hydralics Inc. and was a rancher. Melvin was a member of Beulah Baptist Church, he loved his family and supported his children and...
Billy Charles (Pat) Harper
Jan 6, 2015
Billy Charles “Pat” Harper, 89, of Weatherford, passed away on Tuesday, January 6, 2015, at his residence. Pat was born March 1, 1925, in Durant, Oklahoma, to Luther and Hattie Harper. He worked for Tarrant County College in the maintenance department until his retirement. He was an avid fisherman, enjoyed playing dominoes, and in his younger days was a...
Alma Reldon McClendon
Jan 6, 2015
Alma Reldon Smith McClendon, 97, of Weatherford, passed away Tuesday, January 6, 2015. Reldon, a life-long Parker County resident, was born October 25, 1917 to Starks N. and Dovie J. Smith in the Lone Star community. She and her sisters grew up where their grandfather Berry Franklin Smith established their homestead. Reldon attended Weatherford College, and graduated from North Texas...
Billy Shack Shackelford
Jan 6, 2015
On Tuesday, January 06, 2015, Billy Gibbs “Shack” Shackelford, went home! Billy was born June 16, 1932 in Parker County. Billy and Margaret married on December 10, 1954. They were both active, lifelong member of Baker Baptist Church. Billy worked at ACME Brick, Bond Feed Store and GISD as a bus driver while also owning and operating a dairy in...
Terry Lynn Young Sr.
Jan 5, 2015
Terry Lynn “Dirty Bird” Young, Sr., passed away Monday, January 5, 2015 in a Fort Worth hospital. Terry was born August 20, 1949 in Roswell, NM to Kennith and Maurine Young. He was a retired truck driver, a member of Pleasant View Baptist Church, one of Santa’s uniformed helpers, and he was a hard worker, he loved children and was...
Nellie Margaret Turpin
Jan 3, 2015
Margaret Turpin, age 89, of Weatherford, passed away Saturday, January 03, 2015. Margaret was born February 27, 1925 to Jasper Newton and Vada Alice Daniel. Margaret was a naturally beautiful women inside and out. She was a selfless women who if you asked her what her best gift could be, she would simply say it was to see her family...
John J Beaty
Jan 3, 2015
John J Beaty, age 84, of Weatherford, passed away Saturday, January 03, 2015.Mr. Beaty was born on February 21, 1930 in Chandler, OK. He was a restaurant manager and was always known as a very friendly person. John enjoyed collecting antiques, reading, watching old westerns and had a love for animals. Mr. Beaty is preceded in death by his parents,...
Charles Henry Nail
Jan 1, 2015
Charles Henry Nail, 62, answered his Lord and Savior’s call to come home, January 1, 2015, New Year’s Day. Charles was born August 18, 1952, in Fort Worth, Texas, to Louis and Christine Nail. He was the fourth of twelve children. Charles was raised in Lindale, Texas.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Phyllis Jean Nail in...
James Allen Sypert, Sr.
Dec 31, 2014
James Allen Sypert, Sr., age 84, died Wednesday, Dec.31, 2014 in the Weatherford hospital. James was born August 15, 1930 in Dallas, TX. He was a retired auto parts salesman, former service station owner and a member of Victory Baptist Church. James enjoyed gardening and was a volunteer for Campbell Memorial hospital. Survivors: Wife; Virginia, Children, James Sypert Jr., and...
Susie Roberts Trimble
Dec 29, 2014
Susie Roberts Trimble, 78, of Weatherford passed away Monday, Dec. 29. 2014. Susie was born Jan.1, 1936, in Fort Worth to JC and Elizabeth “Betty” Roberts. She was a retired executive from Mattel Toy Company, and later the proprietor of her beloved Susie’s Downtown Cafe in Weatherford for a number of years. Susie was actively involved with Weatherford ISD as...
Rosalie Lois Stines
Dec 28, 2014
Rosalie Lois Stines (Knapp), 89, died Sunday, December 28, 2014 with her family at her bedside at home in Weatherford. Mrs. Stines, "Lois" was born on June 23 1925 in Elizabeth, NJ to Rosalie and Frederick Knapp. She lived in various areas of New Jersey for over 70 years. She attended Montclair State College in Montclair, N.J. She spent many...
Austin Matthew Peyton
Dec 26, 2014
Austin Matthew Peyton, 31, died suddenly on December 26, 2014. Austin was born the “runt” of his triplet litter on January 9, 1983. Though the smallest of the three babies he was the strongest, and was able to come home at the age of 13 months from Cooks Children’s hospital. Austin grew up in Bridgeport and moved to Weatherford in...
James Fred Rutledge
Dec 24, 2014
James Fred Rutledge, 68, of Weatherford passed away Wednesday, December 24, 2014 in a Fort Worth hospital. James was born August 2, 1946 in Rotan, Texas to Fred D and Alda Bernice Rutledge. He had a successful law enforcement career, beginning with Weatherford Police Department and later retiring as a Criminal Investigator for the Parker County District Attorney’s office. During...
Veneda Lou Sosebee-Hayter
Dec 22, 2014
Veneda Lou Sosebee-Hayter, 85, of Weatherford, passed away Monday, December 22, 2014 surrounded by her family. Veneda was born born October 9, 1929, in Weatherford, where she had lived all her life. She was a homemaker, a member of the Telephone Pioneers and the Brock Methodist Church. Veneda worked for Bell Telephone which later became AT&T and retired after 25...
Jeane C Milliken
Dec 22, 2014
Jeane C. Milliken, longtime resident of Weatherford passed away on Monday, December 22, 2014 at the age of 87. Jeane was born in Ranger Texas on December 13, 1927 to A.E. and Ethel Crawley. She attended Ranger schools and Texas Christian University graduating with a degree in Education in 1949. She taught school in Wichita Falls and Fort Worth. Jeane...
Billy L. Morse
Dec 21, 2014
Billy L. Morse, 84, died of respiratory failure on Sunday, December 21, 2014, at his home northwest of Weatherford. Bill was born September 21, 1930, to Lottie Woodley Morse and John G. Morse, Jr., in Gatesville, Coryell Co., Texas. Bill's family moved to Cleburne in 1936 where he graduated from high school in 1949. He participated in track, football...