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Obituaries

Dewitt Howard

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Dewitt Howard, 92, died May 9, 2019.

Visitation with the family will be Thursday, May 16, from noon to 1 p.m. at Griffin-Roughton Funeral Home in Corsicana. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m., followed by graveside services with military honors and Masonic rites in Dresden Cemetery.

Mr. Howard was born Jan. 16, 1927, in Richland.

He was preceded in death by his parents, John O. “Bill” Howard and Cleo Cates Howard; brother Bill Howard; and wives Delma Carroll Howard and Ernestine Brown Howard.

Howard Paschal

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Howard Wayne Paschal, 81, died Sunday, May 12, in Hamilton.

Visitation was Tuesday evening in Hamilton at Riley Funeral Home. Services will be Wednesday in Greenwood Cemetery, Division Street, Arlington, at 1 p.m., and afterward at Moore Memorial Gardens on Randol Mill Road.

Mr. Paschal was born Jan. 2, 1938, in Dallas.

He served in the Navy and retired from General Motors before moving to Hamilton.

He was a good man and loved his family.

Alan Kirkland

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Kenneth “Alan” Kirkland, 59 passed away April 29, 2019, at home surrounded by family. A memorial service will be held Wednesday, May 8, at Barn Church in Hamilton, followed by

Gary Spring

Gary Porter Spring, 73, of Hamilton passed away Monday May 6, 2019. Services are pending at Riley Funeral Home.

Myrtle Davis

Myrtle Estella Massingill Davis, 95, a resident of Hamilton Healthcare Center, went to her heavenly home on April 24, 2019. Graveside services were April 26 in Oakwood Cemetery under the

Illa Bubert

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Illa Vivian Bubert, 90, of Hamilton, passed away Thursday, April 25, 2019, in Hamilton.

Funeral services were held Sunday, April 28, at the St. Paul Lutheran Church in Shive with burial in the St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery under the direction of Riley Funeral Home.

Mrs. Bubert was born Dec. 9, 1928, to Ira E. and Bertha E. Vick Baker. She grew up in the Hamilton County area and on Nov. 29, 1948, married Arthur Bubert in Hamilton. She was a very devoted wife and mother.

She will be greatly missed by everyone who knew her.

Dan Massingill

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Dan Massingill, 86, passed away on Friday, April 26, 2019, in Waxahachie.

Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, May 1, in Comanche at Oakwood Cemetery with Tim Mangrum officiating. Comanche Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

He was born on Mother’s Day, May 8, 1932, in Comanche to Richard “Dick” and Bessie (Shafer) Massingill. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather, brother-in-law and uncle.

Christina Fischer

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Christina “Tina” Grace Fischer, 80, of San Antonio passed away Wednesday, April 10, 2019, in Cartagena, Colombia, while vacationing on a Panama Canal cruise.

She was born March 12, 1939, in Topsy to Mary Lee Pierce and Oscar Lewis Balzen.

She met her best friend and beloved husband Roberts while he was stationed at the army base in Mineral Wells. She left Texas and moved to North Dakota to marry him on Sept. 21, 1956. They moved to Childress in 1961, where they lived until 2004.

J.W. Sellers

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FORT WORTH- Dr. J. W. Sellers, “Doodah” to his beloved grandchildren, passed away peacefully Monday morning, April 8, 2019. He was 87. Services were held Thursday in the sanctuary of

Sue Davidson

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Sue Jane Baucom Davidson, 89, died April 6, 2019. Services were Tuesday, April 9, at Riley Funeral Home with burial in Oakwood Cemetery. Mrs. Davidson was born to Don and