Obituaries

Ronnie Godsey

Ronnie Godsey

Feb 5, 2016

Ronnie Lee Godsey, 66, of Springtown, Texas passed away Friday, February 5, 2016 in Decatur, Texas. A private service will be held. Ronnie was born November 10, 1949 in Sherman, Texas to Oleane (Hazelwood) and Jim Godsey. He was a Viet Nam veteran who served his country in the Army. He was a Baptist. He enjoyed wood burning, horses, operating...

Linda Wakefield

Linda Wakefield

Feb 4, 2016

Linda Kay Wakefield, 62, of Decatur, Texas passed away February 4, 2016 at Wise Regional Hospital. No services will be held. Ms. Wakefield was born October 9, 1953 to Garland Y. and Neta Bobbitt Wakefield in Houston, Texas. She was a respiratory therapist. She also was a member of Eagle Mountain Church. She leaves behind, a sister, Jeannine Tobias of...

John Stockton

John Stockton

Feb 2, 2016

John Wayne Stockton, 69, of Decatur, Texas, passed away on February 2, 2016, in Dallas. A graveside service will be held on Thursday, February 4, at 2:00 PM at Alvord Cemetery. Chancellor and Jones Family Funeral Home is handling the arrangements. Mr. Stockton was born January 24, 1947 to J. C. and Clarice Huggins Stockton in Alvord, Texas. He was...

Mark Noles

Mark Noles

Feb 1, 2016

Mark Austin Noles, 62, of Cottondale, Texas passed away Monday, February 1, 2016 in Decatur. Funeral services will be at 10:00 am Thursday, February 4 at First Baptist Church of Cottondale. Jack Skidmore, pastor at Church of the Living God in Cottondale will officiate. Burial will be at Throckmorton Cemetery in Throckmorton, Texas at 3:00 PM. Mark was born July...

Alvin Hatley

Alvin Hatley

Jan 31, 2016

Alvin Lee Hatley, 67, of Boyd, Texas passed away January 31, 2016 in Boyd. Graveside services will be held on Wednesday, February 3, at 10:00 AM at Boyd Cemetery with the Reverend Darrell Hatley officiating. Chancellor and Jones Family Funeral Home in Decatur is handling arrangements. Mr. Hatley was born, October 15, 1948 to Dillard Lee and Dorothy Dale Vess...

Masako McLean

Masako McLean

Jan 25, 2016

Masako Skeeter McLean, 87, of Decatur, passed away on January 25, 2016 in Decatur. No service is planned at this time. Arrangements were handled by Chancellor and Jones Family Funeral Home.

Bertha Lomas

Bertha Lomas

Jan 19, 2016

Bertha Alicia Lomas, 50, of Decatur, Texas passed away January 19, 2016 at Wise Regional Health Care. Family visitation will be at Chancellor and Jones Family Funeral Home, in Decatur, on Friday, January 22, 2016 from 6-8 PM. Funeral services will be on Saturday, January 23, 2016 at 2:00 PM in the chapel at Chancellor and Jones Family Funeral Home...

Sharon Nichols

Sharon Nichols

Jan 16, 2016

Sharon Kaye Nichols, 73, of New Orleans, Louisiana, a long-time resident of Bridgeport, Texas died Saturday, January 16, 2016 at Ochsner Hospital in New Orleans. A memorial service will be held at 10:00 AM Saturday, January 23, 2016 in the Chapel at Jones Family Funeral Home in Bridgeport. Born in 1943 in Borger, Texas, to Harold and Maxine Evans, Sharon...

Marianne Pike

Marianne Pike

Jan 15, 2016

Marianne Yeatts Pike, 53, of Paradise, Texas passed away Friday, January 15, 2016 at home. A private memorial service will be held to celebrate her life. Marianne was born January 5, 1963 to Marilyn (Givins) and Connie Mack Yeatts. She married Charlie Wayne Pike on March 25, 1983. Shortly after, she started her labor and delivery nursing career of twenty-three...

Frank McCowan

Frank McCowan

Jan 11, 2016

Frank Chuck McCowan Jr., 86, of Gainesville, Texas passed away January 11, 2016 at Presbyterian Hospital in Denton, Texas. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, January 20, at 2:00 PM at Chancellor and Jones Family Funeral Home in Decatur, with the Reverend Claude Chappell officiating. Mr. McCowan was born in LaRue, Texas on April 14, 1929 to Chuck and...

Adalynn Jones

Adalynn Jones

Jan 8, 2016

Adalynn Marie Jones, 6 weeks old, of Decatur, TX was placed back into the arms of Jesus on January 8, 2016 in Fort Worth, TX after battling courageously and gracefully numerous congenital heart defects and other medical conditions. Family visitation will be held on Monday, January 11, 2016 at Chancellor & Jones Family Funeral Home. Funeral services are Tuesday, January...

Truman Scott

Truman Scott

Jan 5, 2016

Truman Scott Jr., 62, of Alvord, passed away January 5, 2016 at home. Funeral services will be Tuesday, January 12 at 10:00, in the chapel of Chancellor and Jones Family Funeral Home with Reverend Bo Johnson officiating. Burial will be in Dallas at Laurel Land at 2:00. Visitation will be at Chancellor and Jones Family Funeral Home from 6-8 on...

Violet Shepard

Violet Shepard

Dec 27, 2015

Memorial services are pending for Violet Shepard, 66, of Bridgeport at Jones Family Funeral Home. Violet passed away Sunday, December 27 in Bridgeport.

Beth Goedecke

Beth Goedecke

Dec 27, 2015

Fredda Beth Goedecke, age 72, passed away on Sunday, December 27, 2015 in Decatur, Texas. Funeral services will be Thursday, December 31 at St. Johns Catholic Church in Bridgeport at 11:00 am. Visitation will be Wednesday, December 30 in the chapel at Jones Family Funeral Home in Bridgeport from 6-8 pm. Beth was born in Meridian, Bosque County, Texas on...

Kendyll Jenkins

Kendyll Jenkins

Dec 25, 2015

Kendyll Lee Jenkins, age 50, of Hagerman, New Mexico, passed away Friday, December 25, 2015, in Lubbock, Texas. Funeral Service will be held at 10:00 AM on Wednesday, December 30, 2015, at Chancellor and Jones Family Funeral Home Chapel. Mr. Jenkins was born in Hobbs, New Mexico on May 12, 1965, to Howard J. Jenkins and Joyce Faye Kendrick Jenkins....

Jerry Hearrell

Jerry Hearrell

Dec 22, 2015

Jerry Wayne Hearrell, born March 27, 1941 near Olney, Oklahoma died Monday, December 21, 2015 in his home after a short illness, with wife Debbie and daughter Kelly by his side. Services will be held Wednesday, December 23 at his home in Bridgeport at 2:00 pm. Visitation will begin there at 1:00 pm. Burial will follow in Willow Point Cemetery....

Trenna Eubanks

Trenna Eubanks

Dec 18, 2015

Trenna Kay Eubanks, 56, of Bridgeport passed away Friday, December 18, 2015 at home. No services are planned. Trenna was born in Bridgeport December 7, 1959 to Marvin and Merle (Lee) Eubanks. She was a homemaker, and a member of Pleasant View Baptist Church in Bridgeport. She is survived by sons Brad and Chris Brite; mother Merle Eubanks; brothers Don...

Betty Lou Morrow

Betty Lou Morrow

Dec 17, 2015

Services for Betty Lou Morrow, 80, of Bridgeport, formerly of Chico will be Sunday, December 20, 2015 at Jones Family Funeral Home in Bridgeport, officiated by Rev. Ronnie Morrow. Visitation will begin at 1:00 pm, and funeral will follow at 2:00 pm. Betty Lou passed away Thursday, December 17 in Decatur. She was born March 1, 1935 in Chico to...

John Ehrler

John Ehrler

Dec 10, 2015

John William “Jack” Ehrler entered the presence of his Lord and Savior December 10, 2015. Born June 1, 1923 in Chicago, Illinois to William and Ella Ehrler, Jack was the youngest of four boys and graduated from St. Rita High School. In 1949, he earned a degree in Chemical Engineering at The University of Missouri at Rolla where he was...

Mary Cowart

Mary Cowart

Dec 10, 2015

Mary Jo Willings Cowart went to be with the Lord on December 10, 2015, at the age of 96. She was born on October 10, 1919, in Waco, Texas to Fred and Hattie Willings. She enjoyed singing in the choir, reading, writing poems, teaching Sunday School, and doing word search puzzles. She was a member of First Baptist Church of...