All Obituaries

Colten James Jackson, 29, of Sachse, TX, formerly of Beebe, Arkansas will be 2PM, Thursday at Cedar Valley Baptist Church with Donnie Jackson officiating.  Burial will follow at the Cedar Valley Cemetery. Colten died on Sunday, January 5, 2020 in Ennis, TX.  He was born on January 23, 1990 in Nacogdoches, TX to Jimmy and Deanna Jackson. Colten graduated from Beebe High School in 2008.  He attended Watermark Church in Plano and  worked as a plumber in the Dallas...

Services for Clyde Farrel Padgett will be on Thursday, January 9, 11:00 at Broecker Funeral Home Chapel in Salado with Bob Lane, officiating.  Visitation will be Wednesday evening, January 8 from 6:00 to 8:00 at the funeral home.  Burial will be Saturday, January 11, 2:00 at Big Adkins Cemetery in Carrollton, Missouri. Farrel died on Sunday, January 5, 2020.  He was born on March 23, 1951 in Saline County, Marshall, Missouri to Clyde Padgett and Joan Lee Green.  He...

Services are at 3:00 PM  St. Joseph Episcopal CHURCH Maxine McCollum Willingham, 91, of Salado, Texas, passed away Thursday, December 19th, after a brief illness. Maxine was born September 12, 1928, in Childress, Texas, the daughter of Charles “Mac” McCollum and Mary Zelma Bohannon.  Her father was engaged in the construction business and her grandfather was a well-known Texas Panhandle merchant. In the early 1930s her family moved to Lubbock, Texas, partly for the...

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Major Robert Orren Dewhurst (U.S. Air Force retired) was born on October 5th, 1931 in San Diego, California, passed away peacefully on Tuesday December 17th, 2019. After graduating high school, Robert enlisted in the Air Force as a clerk typist.  Upon completion of pilot training and becoming a commissioned officer in May of 1952, Robert spent the next 20 years flying various aircraft from single/multi engine propeller to multi engine jets.  A veteran of Viet Nam and the Cold War,...

Dolores Sladecek passed away at the age of 91 on December 14, 2019. Dolores was born on December 6, 1928 to Rudolph & Elizabeth Klimitchek Schindler in Ezzell, TX. She attended grade school in Ezzell and high school in Hallettsville. After graduation she moved to Houston. While in Houston she worked for Tennessee Gas Company for 8 years in the engineering department. On October 27, 1956 in Koerth, TX she married A.C. (Tony) Sladecek. They made their home in Holland, TX where they raised...

On  November 27, 2019, Wylene Freeman Williams received the ultimate gift… her heavenly home. Because of God’s amazing grace, Wylene is enjoying renewed strength with special friends and family members who have gone before her. Born in Ripley, MS, on August 30, 1937, to S.A. and Zora Freeman, Wylene learned to worship, serve, and give generously to people in need. Being a preacher’s daughter, she learned to be confident and adjust to change, as they moved from one...

 Claudine Crass passed away Nov. 25, 2019. Crass was born in Bell County, Sept. 18, 1945 to Reginald (RG) and Mona (Grant) Crass. She is preceded in death by a sister Janna Parker. She is survived by sister Brenda Booth, cousin Jimmy Wilson, nieces Rhiannon Tracy and Katie Ritch, and nephews Jason Oldham, Keigan and Chris Campbell. Crass was a 1964 graduate of Salado High School. She retired from Atmos Energy in 2008.

Betty Jean Schoepf, 88, of Belton, TX passed away peacefully at the West View Manor Nursing Home in McGregor, TS on Nov. 14, 2019. Private graveside services will be held Nov. 23rd at 11:00 AM at the Salado Cemetery with Minister Andy Davis of the First Baptist Church of Belton officiating.   After the graveside service there will be a Celebration of Life for family and close friends at 12:00 noon at Schoepf’s Old Time Pit Barbeque. Betty Jean Cannon was...

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