Obituary Notices and Memorial Services
Galbreaith Pickard Funeral Chapel
Remembering Loved Ones in Parker County and Surrounding Areas
Dana Rosa Doss McLaughlin
Jun 30, 2014
Dana Rosa Doss McLaughlin, age 54, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, June 30, 2014. Dana was born July 1, 1959 to Dan and Donnell Walker Doss in Abilene, Texas. She was a longtime resident of Weatherford and a member of North Side Baptist Church. Dana graduated from Weatherford High in 1977. She was a member of...
Dorothy Jo Pearce
Jun 26, 2014
Dorothy Jo Pearce, age 75, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, June 26, 2014. Mrs. Pearce was born on January 6, 1939, in Fort Worth. She was a loving and faithful Christian, a virtuous woman as the Bible speaks of in Proverbs 31. She found joy in being a wife, mother and grandmother who loved the Lord...
Laura Lynn Lucia
Jun 26, 2014
Laura “Lynn” Lucia, 67, of Brock Texas, was called home on Thursday, June 26, 2014 after a nine month battle with Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Lynn was born on January 22, 1947 in Phoenix, Arizona. She moved to Weatherford Texas in 1969, where she raised her family. Lynn was strong in her faith and devoted her entire life to helping and...
Karen Hull Geitner
Jun 24, 2014
Karen Hull Geitner, age 54, passed away Tuesday, June 24, 2014 in Ponder, Texas. Karen was born December 28, 1959 to Harry and Mary Morris Hull in Weatherford, Texas. She was a homemaker and resident of Ponder, Texas Karen leaves behind her husband, Chris Geitner of Ponder; daughters, Mandy Sitzes and husband, Kevin of Del City, OK and Sara Shipman...
Johnny Loyd Cupit
Jun 23, 2014
Johnny Loyd Cupit passed away Monday June 23, 2014. Born February 10, 1943 in Fort Worth to John “Loyd” and Juanita Cupit; Johnny was an only child. Johnny obtained his Masters Degree in Health Science and worked in hospital administration for Sterling Health Care. He was a member of Calvary Baptist Church. Johnny was an avid Dallas Cowboys fan; through...
Jimmy Ray Wooten
Jun 23, 2014
Jimmy Ray “Poppy” Wooten, age 72, of Weatherford, died Monday morning, June 23, 2014 at his residence. Jim was born August 17, 1941 in Seymour, TX. He was owner of Wooten’s Barber & Style, a member of the Master Barbers Association and a member of South Main Church of Christ. Poppy loved to go fishing, spending time with family, especially...
Patricia Ann Berry
Jun 22, 2014
Patricia Ann Berry, mostly known as Pat, left her mortal body on June 22, 2014. While we have suffered a great loss, her sweet soul is rejoicing to be reunited with her husband, Doug, who has been eagerly awaiting her arrival. Pat was also greeted by her father, Bill, who had a mess of fresh fish he had just...
Robert Joseph Poznick
Jun 21, 2014
Robert Joseph Poznick, age 73, died in a local hospital, Saturday, June 21, 2014. He was born in Detroit, Michigan, June 13, 1941, to Robert Jerry Poznick and Joan Martin.
He grew up in Michigan until 1980, when he moved his family to Texas. Bob had a creative and artistic soul. He learned to knit when he was five and how...
Irabelle Nash Graham
Jun 19, 2014
Irabelle “Mimi” Nash Graham, retired elementary school teacher, died Thursday, June 19, 2014. Mrs. Graham was born in the Dennis Community January 24, 1927, in Big Valley, on the Brazos River. She graduated from Dennis High School in 1944. She decided early that she wanted to become an elementary teacher. She began in the fall of 1944 to pursue...
Kay Lynn McNabb Lessig
Jun 19, 2014
Kay Lynn McNabb Lessig, 51, of Weatherford passed away Thursday June 19, 2014 in a Fort Worth hospital. Kay was born February 2, 1963 to Willis and Faye Strain Merrill. She was a caretaker and a loving mother. Kay is preceded in death by her father. She is survived by her husband, Ronnie Lessig; children, Joseph, Bobby and Mandy McNabb;...
Opal Bowden
Jun 19, 2014
Opal Griffith Bowden, 106, passed away June 19, 2014 at home. She was born Mary Opal Dalton on June 19, 1908 in Parker County near the Authon Community; where she lived with her parents and five brothers and three sisters. Opal attended Beauty College in Fort Worth after high school and moved to Weatherford where she owned and operated Opal’s...
Eleonore T. Nelson
Jun 17, 2014
Eleonore T. Nelson went peacefully to her Savior on Tuesday, June 17, 2014. Eleonore was born March 17, 1926 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany to Joseph and Katherine Klaus Eleonore was united in holy matrimony to Richard A Nelson on April 30, 1948. They recently celebrated their 66 wedding anniversary. The Lord blessed this union with five sons and one daughter....
Atojan Melody And James Jacobson Burkhart
Jun 15, 2014
Atojan Pauline Burkhart, died Sunday, June 15, 2014, along with her granddaughter, Melody Jacobson and grandson, James Jacobson. The family was traveling home from visiting family when they were involved in a tragic accident. Atojan, better known as “Red” was born June 15, 1971 in Fort Worth, Texas. She was the owner of Melody’s Hotrod Tattoos and was a member...
Norris G. Watkins
Jun 15, 2014
Norris G. Watkins, age 89, was surrounded by his loving family when he passed to his heavenly home on Father’s Day, June 15, 2014, after being unable to recover from an emergency surgical procedure. Norris was born on October 23, 1924, in the Parker County community of Garner, Texas, to Mattie and Paul Watkins. He lived in Weatherford and the...
Linda Rae Harrison
Jun 13, 2014
Linda Rae Harrison passed away Friday, June 13, 2014, in Weatherford Texas, surrounded by her loving family.
Born February 24, 1947, in South Sioux City, Nebraska, to Oscar and Dana Strong; Linda was the baby of the family. Her father’s work brought Linda and family to Fort Stockton, Texas, and it was there she grew up.
Linda was an educator...
Marion Lee Ward
Jun 10, 2014
Marion “Lee” Ward passed away Tuesday June 10, 2014. Born May 22, 1934 in Delight Arkansas to Sidney and Bessie Ward; Lee was one of four children. Lee served our country in the U.S. Navy before becoming an air traffic controller with the FAA. Lee was one of the country’s top translators of Morse code or the silent code. Lee...
Charles Dean Westbrook
Jun 8, 2014
Charles Dean Westbrook, age 82, of Weatherford, died Sunday afternoon, June 8, 2014 at his residence. Born November 8, 1931, in Paris, Texas, a resident of Parker County for many years. He was a retired heavy equipment operator, truck driver and member of the Baptist Church. Charles loved farming and fishing. He was preceded in death by his wife, Lonna...
Nancy Brantley
Jun 8, 2014
Nancy Brantley passed away Sunday, June 8, 2014 in Weatherford. Born June 23, 1947 in Weatherford to Bill and Johnnie Mae Burns; Nancy was the eldest of two children. Nancy met Paul Brantley at Jacks Café; they married in July of 1967. They built their life together in Weatherford; raising their three children here. Nancy worked as a nurse’s aid...
Willliam Bill Clayton Bundy
Jun 2, 2014
William “Bill” Bundy, also known as The Cookie Man, passed away Monday, June 2, 2014, in Fort Worth. Born January 8, 1930, to Winford and Hazel Bundy, in Hillsdale, Oklahoma, Bill was the second eldest of four children. He served in the U.S. Army and obtained the rank of Sergeant.
Looking for work brought Bill to Texas and it...
Ernest Fred Cox
May 31, 2014
Ernest Fred Cox, 85, of Weatherford, passed away Saturday, May 31, 2014. Ernest, who preferred his middle name, Fred, was born December 9, 1928, in Fall Branch, Tennessee, to Susie Keefauver and William J. Cox.
Fred joined the Tennessee State Guard in high school during World War II. He was drafted into the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict...