Obituary Notices and Memorial Services
Galbreaith Pickard Funeral Chapel
Remembering Loved Ones in Parker County and Surrounding Areas
Larry David Champang
May 5, 2010
Larry David Champang, Sr., 66, died on May 5, 2010, in a local hospital. He was born November 19, 1943 in Hudson Falls, New York. He was a retired truck driver, small business owner, and was fun loving. Larry was the loving husband of Patricia Champang of Weatherford; loving father of Laura and her husband, Scott, Larry Champang, Jr.,...
Raquel Ortiz Castillo
May 4, 2010
Raquel Ortiz Castillo, 63, passed away Tuesday morning, May 4, 2010, in a Fort Worth Hospital. Rachel was born June 25, 1946 in Edroy, Texas, to Saturnino L. Ortiz and Victoria Davila Ortiz. Raquel received her diploma from the Seminary and loved to serve the Lord. She was a very active member of Primera Iglesia Bautista church. Raquel taught...
Ruby Dorothy Howell
May 4, 2010
Gladys Elizabeth Weems, 86, of Weatherford, died Saturday, May 1, 2010, in a Fort Worth Hospice Facility. Gladys was born August 21, 1923 in Schluter, Oklahoma, to Jim and Tennie White. She was a member of Friendship Baptist Church, loved picking up pecans and loved to work with potted plants and hanging baskets. Her brother, Kenneth James White and...
Gladys Elizabeth Weems
May 1, 2010
Gladys Elizabeth Weems, 86, of Weatherford, died Saturday, May 1, 2010 in a Fort Worth Hospice Facility. Gladys was born August 21, 1923 in Schluter, Oklahoma, to Jim and Tennie White. She was a member of Friendship Baptist Church, loved picking up pecans and loved to work with potted plants and hanging baskets. Her brother, Kenneth James White and...
Lee Ada Hunter
Apr 29, 2010
Lee Ada Hunter, 97, of Weatherford, died April 29, 2010, at her residence. She was born October 31, 1912 in Parker County, Texas, to J.T. and Susie Anderson Hunter. She was a homemaker and a member of Central Christian Church. Survivors include long-time family friend, Fritz Larson; home health professionals: Sharon Woody and Louise Bedford; current long-term caregivers: Laura...
Virginia Olds
Apr 28, 2010
Virginia “Ginny” Olds, 86, of Mineral Wells, passed away April 28, 2010, in a Mineral Wells nursing facility. Ginny was born October 9, 1923 in Champaign, Illinois, to Tedd and Martha Rayburn. She was a homemaker.
Ginny was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, James “J.L.” Olds on April 18, 2010; sisters, Thelma Neal and Eunice Munds;...
Annie Pearl Tucker
Apr 25, 2010
Annie Pearl Tucker, native to Parker County, died Sunday morning April 25, 2010. Annie Pearl was born March 30, 1921 in Dicey, Texas, to Walter Boone and Lela Mae (Ragle) Tucker. She has lived in Weatherford most of her life. She attended Dicey School, Weatherford High School and College of Business. She worked and retired from Capitol Savings Bank....
John Daniel Doss
Apr 25, 2010
Dan Doss was born October 23, 1928 in Brock, Texas. Dan was a retired member of the Weatherford Volunteer Fire Department, Olive Branch Masonic Lodge at Brock, Eastern Star #274 at Brock, and North Side Baptist Church where he was ordained a deacon at the age of 75. He was a graduate of Weatherford High School Class of 1947. ...
Richard M. Newman
Apr 23, 2010
Richard M. Newman was born in Paris, Texas, on September 20, 1923. He was the oldest of three brothers. He served in the Army Air Force in England during World War II as a waist gunner. He received four oak leaf clusters. He worked for Convair/General Dynamics and Bell Helicopter for a total of 45 years. He married his...
Clinton Dean Mainard
Apr 23, 2010
Clinton Dean Mainard, age 50, went to be with the Lord Friday, April 23, 2010, in Snellville, Georgia. Clint was born November 10, 1959 in Fort Worth, Texas. He was a member of Eatonton Baptist Church where he served as an associate minister and was a building contractor. Clint enjoyed writing songs, singing and playing guitar.
His father, Herbert...
Wayne Purvis
Apr 21, 2010
Wayne Purvis, 84, passed away peacefully at his daughter's home surrounded by his loving family on Wednesday April 21, 2010. Mr. Purvis was born November 12,1925 in Milton, Kentucky, to Clarence and Elsie Purvis.
Mr. Purvis enlisted in the Navy on August 17, 1942 to proudly serve his country during WWII on the USS Atascosa. Awarded the purple heart...
Manuela Nellie Mejia
Apr 21, 2010
Manuela “Nellie” Mejia, 53, of Weatherford, passed away Wednesday, April 21, 2010, in a Fort Worth hospital. Nellie was born March 6, 1957 in Los Angeles, California, one of nine children to Jose Ernesto and Trinidad Abelarde Muñoz. Nellie loved family, especially grandchildren. She was a retired ESL Teacher Aide for the Weatherford Independent School District and a member...
Noel Alvin Long
Apr 20, 2010
Noel Alvin Long, 82, of Weatherford, died Tuesday, April 20, 2010, at his residence. Mr. Long was born July 15, 1927 in Big Springs, Texas, to Elijah and Maude Long. Noel was an Army Veteran, he was a retired aircraft mechanic, a millwright, and a member of North Main Church of God. Survivors: wife, Bonnie Fay Long; sons, Don...
Patty Jean Myrick Turpin
Apr 19, 2010
Patty Jean Myrick Turpin, 77, of Weatherford, went to be with the Lord on Monday morning April 19, 2010 after a lengthy illness. “Mee maw” as known by all was born on January 12, 1933. Pat was a registered nurse since 1953 in both Weatherford and Fort Worth hospitals until her retirement in 1993.
She was preceded in death...
J. L. Olds, Jr.
Apr 18, 2010
James “J.L.” Olds, Jr., 86, died Sunday, April 18, 2010, at his residence in Mineral Wells. J.L. was born September 2, 1923 in Van Alstyne, Texas, to James Lawrence and Ruby Jewel Olds. In 1946 J.L. married Virginia “Ginny” Louise Rayburn. He was a member of the Assembly of God Church, loved helping others, he was a retired grain...
Terry Scott Koch
Apr 18, 2010
Terrance Scott Koch, 59, of Weatherford, died Sunday, April 18, 2010. Terry was born August 22, 1950, in Chicago, Illinois. He was a member of St. Frances Episcopal Church, was a teacher with Mineral Wells School District for over 30 years, currently teaching 5th grade. Terry coached summer track for the Mach 1 track club.
In lieu of flowers,...
Cheryl Lee Goley
Apr 14, 2010
Cheryl Lee Goley, 52, of Weatherford, passed away Wednesday, April 14, 2010, following a courageous battle with cancer. Cheryl was born June 5, 1957 in Kenmore, New York, to Rev. C. Gilmore and Ruth Elaine Geisthardt Samuelson.
Cheryl was Deputy Treasurer of Parker County. Singing was her passion and she performed in Praise and Worship for many churches in...
Ricky Gene McBee
Apr 13, 2010
Ricky Gene McBee, 55, of Weatherford, passed away April 12, 2010. Ricky was born September 1, 1954 in Weatherford, to Billy Gene and Sylvia Ann McBee. He was a framing contractor and owner of Rick McBee Framing. Rick enjoyed fishing, friends and family. He was a member of North Side Baptist Church. Survivors include sisters, Rita Lang and husband,...
Jacob Meyer Hamm
Apr 12, 2010
Jacob Meyer Hamm, 92, of Weatherford, passed away Monday morning in the local hospital. Jacob was born January 17, 1918 in Lonoke, Arkansas, to Charles Edward and Zilpah Harris Hamm.
Mr. Hamm was a Veteran of WWII and the Korean Conflict serving in the U.S. Navy for 20 years, as a Fireman. He then became a civil servant working...
Lois Wood
Apr 11, 2010
Lois Wood, 88, died April 11, 2010 in a local nursing home. She was born on February 3, 1922, in Anderson County, Texas, to Willie R. and Ethel Brown Holt. She was a retired LVN and a member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church of Weatherford. Survivors include her son and daughter-in-law, Mike and Donna Wood of Weatherford; sisters,...
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