Obituary Notices and Memorial Services
Galbreaith Pickard Funeral Chapel
Remembering Loved Ones in Parker County and Surrounding Areas
Birdie Idell Low Cotter
Apr 28, 2011
Birdie Idell Low Cotter was born in Wingate, Runnels County, Texas, to Jim and Lena Hancock Low, on January 20, 1907, and she passed into heaven on April 28, 2011. Birdie married Clifford Victor Cotter in Big Spring, Texas in 1930, and they lived in Texas, Arkansas, and California before moving to Weatherford in 1946. She was a charter...
Jennye Ann Burdick
Apr 28, 2011
Jennye Ann Burdick, 73, of Weatherford, passed away Thursday, April 28, 2011. Jennye was born April 19, 1938, in Anson, Texas, to Margaret Ellen and James Barto Henderson. She was of the Baptist faith.
Jennye was a civil servant and most recently an active member of the Senior Center in Weatherford. She enjoyed bowling, dancing and devotion to her...
Roger Ray King
Apr 26, 2011
Roger Ray King, 63, of Weatherford passed away Tuesday, April 26, 2011, in a Fort Worth hospital. He was born August 2, 1947, in Weatherford, where he was a life long resident. Roger was a technician for Buddy’s Appliance.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Earl and Evelyn Harrison King and a brother, James Bevins.
Roger is...
Connie Wimberley Nichols
Apr 23, 2011
Connie Wimberley Nichols, 50, of Weatherford, died Saturday, April 23, 2011. Connie was born June 23, 1960 in Mineral Wells, Texas. She was a member of North Side Baptist Church where she served as a greeter and a dispatcher for the Parker County Sheriff’s office and Weatherford PD. Connie loved riding motorcycles, spending time with her grandchildren. She was...
Janie Lee Milner
Apr 23, 2011
Janie Lee Milner, 93, of Weatherford, passed away Saturday, April 23, 2011 in a Fort Worth hospital. Mrs. Milner was born on September 21, 1917 in Waxahachie, Texas. She was a member of North Side Baptist Church, a homemaker and former owner of Burton Milner Auto Parts. Survivors: daughter, Janis Massie Shadden and husband, Billy of Weatherford; two grandchildren,...
Sammy William Nash
Apr 22, 2011
Sammy William Nash, 69, of Weatherford, passed away Friday, April 22, 2011, in the local hospital. Sammy was born August 10, 1941, in Weatherford, where he was a life long resident. He was retired from AT&T, a Baptist, an Air Force Veteran, and a member of the Parker County Sheriff’s Posse.
He is survived by his wife, Sharon Nash...
Phyllis Jean Hoy
Apr 19, 2011
Phyllis Jean Hoy, 74, of Hudson Oaks, passed away Tuesday, April 19, 2011. Phyllis was born April 8, 1937, in Washington, Pennsylvania, to John and Hilda Krocker. She was a loving wife of 55 years, mother of four, grandmother of four, aunt to 27 nieces and nephews, and dear friend of many. She was an active member of the...
Juanez Walker
Apr 18, 2011
Juanez Walker, 84, of Weatherford, died Monday, April 18, 2011. Born December 23, 1926, in Slayton, Texas, Mrs. Walker was a retired school teacher teaching in Brock, Millsap, Mineral Wells, and Weatherford ISD where she retired. She was a member of the North Main Church of Christ, past president of Weatherford Classroom Teachers Association, and was a lifetime member...
James Weldon Sampley
Apr 18, 2011
James Weldon Sampley, 79, of Weatherford, passed away Monday, April 18, 2011. Weldon was born October 8, 1931, in Mineral Wells, to Annie Bell and Dru Wesley Sampley.
Mr. Sampley was a retiree of Universal Compressions in Mineral Wells. He was veteran of the Korean War and member of the Baptist faith.
Survivors include his wife, Naomi Grace; children...
Esther Ruth Garner
Apr 17, 2011
Esther “Ruth” Garner, 83, of Brock, died Sunday, April 17, 2011 in a local nursing center. Ruth was born August 28, 1927 in Hillsboro, Texas. She was a beautician and a member of South Main Church of Christ; she loved quilting and traveling with her friends. She would even cheat at dominoes and cards when she could get away...
Mildred Blackstock Lamb Offield
Apr 14, 2011
Mildred Blackstock Lamb Offield, age 91, of Weatherford, died Thursday evening, April 14, 2011, at her residence. Born June 26, 1919 in Peaster, Texas, a resident of Weatherford and Parker County all her life, she was a homemaker, former sales clerk for J.C. Penney and Montgomery Ward. Mildred was a life long member of the Couts Memorial United Methodist...
O. Elfreida Blocker Hinshaw
Apr 14, 2011
Born April 3, 1938, in Jack County, Texas, the second daughter of Tom and Vernon Blocker, she attended schools in Midland, Salesville, and Mineral Wells where she graduated in 1956. She worked for Fort Wolters Army Base, Stephenville ISD, and Campbell Hospital were she retired in 2000.
She married David A. Hinshaw at the home of Rosa and J.C....
Richard Kent VanRite
Apr 13, 2011
Richard Kent VanRite, 67, of Weatherford, passed away unexpectedly Wednesday, April 13, 2011 at his home. Kent was born February 17, 1944, in Shreveport, Louisiana, and had been a resident of Weatherford for most of his life. Kent was a mechanical engineer and created and built things his entire life.
With his creative mind, there was never a problem...
Lois Sanmann Priefert
Apr 12, 2011
Lois Elizabeth Priefert, age 94, of Weatherford, died Tuesday evening, April 12, 2011 at her residence. Born August 2, 1916 in Geronimo, Oklahoma, a resident of Weatherford for several years. She was a retired bank teller and worked for 31 years for the City National Bank in Plainview. Mrs. Priefert was a member of the North Main Church of...
Russell Alver Gill
Apr 6, 2011
Russell A. Gill, 89, passed away Wednesday, April 6, 2011 at his residence. Memorial service: Saturday, April 16, 2011 at 11:00 a.m., in the Chapel at Clark Gardens, Weatherford. Memorials: Honoring Russell's commitment to WCS, memorial gifts may be made to Weatherford Christian School, 111 E. Columbia, Weatherford, Texas 76086.
Russell was born March 27, 1922 in Hugo, Oklahoma,...
Robert Henry Knight
Apr 3, 2011
Robert Henry Knight, 92, of Athens, passed away Sunday afternoon, April 3, 2011, in a nursing facility. Robert was born February 18, 1919, in Fort Worth, and was a long time resident of Aledo before moving to Athens. He was a long haul freight truck driver and a former Fort Worth fireman. Robert was also a faithful member of...
Jannie Mirl Downing
Apr 1, 2011
Jannie Mirl Downing, age 87, of Weatherford, died Friday morning, April 1, 2011 in the local hospital. She was born April 3, 1923 in Erath County, Texas, a resident of Weatherford for several years. She was a homemaker.
Jannie is survived by her husband, Jack Downing of Weatherford; five daughters, Ann Crawford of Fort Worth, Rita Beauchamp of Weatherford,...
Glenda Dalton Royal
Apr 1, 2011
Glenda Dalton Royal given to this world on September 29, 1943 was called home by God on April 1, 2011. She was a homemaker and a loving wife and mother. Known to all as Granny, Glenda joins in heaven her late husband, Wilcey Royal; parents, Fletcher and Mary Dalton; sister and brother in law, Barbara and Jerry Thomas.
Granny...
Terence Wayne Darter
Mar 31, 2011
Terence Wayne Darter, age 53, of Weatherford, died Thursday morning, March 31, 2011 in a local nursing facility. Born October 24, 1957 in Brownfield, Texas, a resident of Weatherford for several years, he was a machine operator.
He is survived by his mother, Elsie Daniel of Weatherford; brothers, Jack Darter and wife, Jean of Graford, Robert Darter of San...
Mae Alice Harrison
Mar 31, 2011
Mae Alice Harrison, 78, of Fort Worth, passed away Thursday, March 31, 2011. Mae was born September 5, 1932, in Rogersville, Tennessee, to Bertha Viola and John Campbell Morrison. She was a resident of Weatherford for forty years.
Mrs. Harrison was preceded in death by her husband, W. J. Harrison, and two sisters, Marietta “Georgie” Allan and Pauline Sweet.
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