Wichita County, TX Obituaries

Kenneth Ray Berry Newspaper: The Carthage Press Submitted By: Jody Eggensperger CARTHAGE, Mo. - Kenneth Ray Berry, 61, passed away Friday, March 28, 2008, in Wichita Falls, Texas.  Services will be held 2 p.m. Tuesday, April 1, 2008, at Grace Church with Tom Rodgers officiating.  Burial will be in Restland Cemetery in Olney, Texas, under the direction of  Lunn's Colonial Funeral Home. Kenneth was born July 16, 1946, in Jericho Springs, Mo., to Emma Mae Asbell Berry and Armond Lewis Berry. He served his country in the U.S. Air Force.  On Nov. 16, 1980, he married Debra Sue Bryant in Wichita Falls, Texas. Kenneth  worked as a conductor for Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad, retiring after  working for over 20 years. Kenneth was a hard working man who always found time to help anyone who needed it. He was always lending a helping hand in his  neighborhood. Kenneth loved dogs and horses. But most of all, Kenneth was a dedicated husband, father, and grandfather, who loved his family very much. He was preceded in death by his parents, one brother, Clifford Berry, and one granddaughter, Emily Grace Pierce. Survivors include his wife Debbie Berry of Wichita Falls, daughter, Kendra Pierce and her husband Jeff of Vernon, daughter, Alicia Rae Berry of Vernon, son, Coyt Ray Berry of Wichita Falls, and daughter, Kloe Hope Berry of Wichita  Falls, four grandchildren, Garrett and Gavin Pierce, Keyton Berry and Kayli  Gates, six brothers and sisters, Wilma Schaal of Cripple Creek, Colo., Carolyn  Snodgrass and her husband Jim of San Antonio, Texas, Charles Berry and his wife Nancy of Carthage, Mo., Gordon Berry and his wife Mary also of Carthage, Dale Berry of Dayton, Ohio, and Vicky Arafiles of Hauki, Maui, Hawaii, one step-sister, Betty Jo Craft and her husband Roy of Willard, Mo., and one stepbrother, Larry Crouch and his wife Rowena of Ashgrove, Mo. The family will be at the funeral home today from 6-7 p.m. for visitation. Jesse Jerome Deal Newspaper: The Record News Submitters Name: Margaret Deal J. J. Deal Dies At Burkburnett BURKBURNETT, Texas, Nov. 6 (1945)--Jesse Jerome Deal, 37, resident of  Burkburnett since 1923, died suddenly at his residence here Tuesday about 6:30  a.m.  Services will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. from the Owens & Brumley Chapel.  Rev. J. T. Strange, Baptist Minister, will be officiate in the rites and  interment will be at the Burkburnett Cemetery. Pallbearers are to be Waler Bradley, Cecil Bradley, Doyle Stoker, Buy Bedford, Bennie Bedford and Jim Germany. Deal has been employed in the oil fields near here. Survivors include his father, Tom Deal of Farmington, N. M., and an aunt, Mrs. Willie Pribble of Burkburnett.   Mrs. Walter Grant WOMAN DIES IN TRAIN-TRUCK ACCIDENT AT GAINESVILLE Sept. 18 -- Mrs. Walter Grant was killed and her husband probably fatally injured when their truck was struck by a passenger train at Wharton station, near Henrietta today. Their home is in Wichita Falls. [Abilene Reporter News, September 19, 1926, transcribed by, Amanda Jowers] Mrs. H. W. Blount Wichita Daily Times (Wichita Falls, Texas) Thursday, September 21, 1911 Mrs. H. W. Blount, after an illness of several weeks, died at the family residence in this city at 9:30 o’clock this morning. She leaves surviving her husband and five children. The remains were taken charge of and prepared by Jesse Dolman, the undertaker, and interment will take place at Riverside Cemetery tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock . {Submitted by Marla Zwakman} Mrs. W. C. Sherrod James M. McGrath Dallas Morning News – 25 Jan. 1921 Two of the oldest and best known residents of Wichita Falls died in their home here Sunday, Mrs. W. C. Sherrod, wife of the late Colonel W. C. Sherrod, passing away at the age of 87 years, followed a few hours later by James M. McGrath, 72 years old, who for the past twenty-seven years has been a prominent farmer and stockman of Northern Texas. Mrs. Sherrod was the wife of W. C. Sherrod, a former Congressman from Alabama , and who was a prominent figure throughout the Civil War and during the reconstruction period. She was a first cousin of General John H. Morgan and also of Senator John T. Morgan. Mr. McGrath was one of the oldest settlers in the city. He was known to scores of people in Wichita County and throughout Northern Texas . He moved to this district in 1893 from his birthplace in Southern Illinois . {Submitted by Marla Zwakman}