Obituaries

Lynda Loyce Sawyer Tanner, also known as Lauren, 73, a loving and devoted wife, mother, sister, aunt and friend, passed away Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012, at home.
Funeral: 10 a.m. Saturday at the Cleburne LDS Chapel at 303 S. Nolan River Road in Cleburne, with a viewing at 9 a.m. Interment: Mount Olivet...

Funeral services for William Randall "W.R." Hall, 93, of Cleburne, Texas, will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014, at Faith Temple Church with the Rev. Weldon Coble officiating. Burial will follow at George's Creek Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014, at Rosser Funeral...

Services for Billy Jack "B.J." Thompson, 67, of Cleburne will be conducted at 10 a.m. Monday, October 1, 2012 in the Crosier Pearson Cleburne Chapel.
Pastor Louis Marino will officiate. Burial will be in Rosehill Cemetery. Visitation will be Sunday from 6-8 p.m.
My name is Billy Jack "B.J." Thompson. I was born...

Services for Donald Ray "D.J." Smith Jr., 22, of Cleburne will be conducted at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011, in the Crosier-Pearson Cleburne Chapel. The Rev. Charles E. Payne will officiate. Burial will be in Rosehill Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Cody Smith, Dustin Rubio, Timothy Bowles, Clay Phillips, Steven...

Jimmie Joyce "J.J." Leddy passed away Friday, June 22, 2012. She was born Nov. 28, 1938.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Beatrice and Aaron Grisham, and her sister, Bobbie Thurman.
J.J. is survived by her four children, Sherry Butler of Fort Worth, Keith Irwin of Lindale, Kristie Irwin of Forest Hill and...

Graveside services for Larry Wayne "L.T." Thomas, 61, and Judy Gayle Thomas, 57, of Blum will be conducted at 10 a.m. Wednesday, July 11, 2012, in the Blum Cemetery. The Rev. David Bolden will officiate. 
Pallbearers will be Eddie Thomas, James Kiker, Kenneth Cryer, Darrell Cryer, Derrick Mitchell, Devin Mitchell,...

Graveside services for Perry Don "P.D." Wright, 71, of Cleburne, Texas, will be conducted at 10 a.m. Friday, June 4, 2010, at Baker Lain Cemetery.
There is no visitation.
Mr. Wright passed away Tuesday, June 1, 2010, at his home. A lifelong resident of Cleburne, he was born Nov. 25, 1938, the son of Eva Reeves...

Services for Thomas James "T.J." Bonotto, 69, of Cleburne will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, June 23, 2011, at Alvarado Full Gospel Church. The Rev. Robert Baze and the Rev. Otis Mann will officiate. Burial will be in Rosehill Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6-8  p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
Mr....

Wilma Jean Hendrix (Fuqua), 91, passed away peacefully on January 16, 2026, of natural causes.

Born June 18, 1934, Wilma Jean grew up in Kopperl, Texas, where she married her high school sweetheart and raised three children before later moving to Cleburne. She worked for Stratoflex Industries for many years and...

Linda Kay (Linkenhoger) Stowe of Rockwall, TX, passed from this life on January 17, 2020, at the age of 79. She was born June 21, 1940, in Hamilton, TX, to William Wesley Linkenhoger and Kathryn (Baxter) Linkenhoger.
Linda spent her childhood growing up in Eastland, TX. Her family then moved to Lubbock, TX where...

Peggy Elizabeth (Thigpen) Ricketts entered eternal life on Saturday, Aug. 1, 2020, surrounded by those who loved her most, after a courageous fight against cancer. Born in Beaumont, Texas, on June 7, 1960, to Martha and Martin Thigpen, Peggy moved with her parents and younger brother David to Cleburne, Texas, where...

Elizabeth Ann (Williams) Bakke joined her husband I.M. Bakke, Jr. on December 12, 2024. Liz came into this world on February 15, 1946 in Cleburne, Texas, the second child of William Carl Williams, Sr. and Loutrice Robertson Williams. Liz helped take care of her siblings in their early years. As soon as she was big...