Local Obituaries at New Hope Funeral Home for Dallas County & Sunnyvale, Texas

George Myers

Dec 4, 2023

George Benjamin Myers, 92, of Rowlett, Texas passed away December 4, 2023.

He is survived by his wife of 67 years, Betty Jo Myers.

George, one of seven siblings, was born to the late James Lawrence and Bertha Cope Myers on August 16, 1931 in Franklin, North Carolina. As a teenager, George overcame a serious illness to graduate from Franklin...

Janice Current

Dec 3, 2023

Janice Lynn Current, age 69, passed away peacefully at her home surrounded by her husband and children on Sunday, December 3, 2023.

She was born August 21, 1954 in Dallas, TX and was a resident of Mesquite, TX her whole life.

Janice was preceded in death by her parents, Horace and Jettie Mae Logan, Brothers James and Larry...

Sosamma Skariah

Dec 3, 2023

Sosamma Skariah was born in Kalluthra House, Vallamkulam, India, as the daughter to the late K.M. and Mariamma Varughese, on September 23, 1944. Throughout her life, she radiated joy and touched the hearts of all who knew her. Sosamma was a woman of grace and resilience, facing life's challenges with a quiet strength that inspired those around her.

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Maria Bertadillo

Dec 1, 2023

Obituary forthcoming

Donald Gunnels

Nov 30, 2023

Donald Ray Gunnels, age 66, passed away on Thursday, November 30, 2023 in Mesquite, Texas. Born on September 11, 1957, in Erin, Tennessee, he was the son of the late Billy and Edith Gunnels.

For over forty years, Donald worked in the construction industry as a roofer and later as a cabinet maker for MEDCO Construction, a company associated with...

Joe Cobb

Nov 30, 2023

Joe was born in Ft Worth, Tx on September 23, 1936. At 87 years old, he went to be with the Lord on November 30, 2023. He was the fourth child of five to John William Cobb and Ruby Susan Wilson Cobb. Most of his young life was spent in Corpus Christi, TX, where his father was a professor at...

Sammy Tanner

Nov 29, 2023

Samuella "Sammy" Tanner was born in Dallas, Texas on August 18, 1961 and passed from this life on November 29, 2023 at the age of 62.

Sammy graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in Dallas, Texas in 1980 where she ran track, enjoyed wood shop, and made many friends for life.

Being naturally athletic, Sammy enjoyed biking, skiing, hiking, and...

Gregory Wiss

Nov 29, 2023

Greg Wiss, 63, passed away on November 29, 2023, in Mesquite, TX.

Greg Wiss was born on January 2, 1960 in Kahoka, MO, to Bernard JR Wiss and Ann Wiss.

Greg graduated from high school and went on to college to earn a Master of Business Administration from Northeast Missouri State College. He moved from Missouri to Texas in...

Maria T. Light

Nov 27, 2023

Maria Teresa Light, was born on November 16, 1947 on the Santa Anita Ranch in San Manuel, Texas to Margarita and Policarpo Gutierrez. Terri grew up on the ranch and spent most of her years in Texas. After graduating high school, she married and moved to Washington and later to Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and finally returned to Texas in 1973...

Dora Eady

Nov 27, 2023

The Eady family has opted for no online obituary.

Marian Themer

Nov 27, 2023

Marian Clara Schroeder Themer, was born in Okarche, Oklahoma, on August 20, 1925, and went to meet her Saviour Jesus Christ on November 27, 2023, at the age of 98 years.

She was baptized and later confirmed on April 2, 1939 in St. John Lutheran Church, with its beautiful stained-glass windows that she always admired when returning to Okarche and...

Barbara Moore

Nov 24, 2023

Barbara Ann Burns Moore, age 89, passed away on November 24, 2023. She was born in her grandparent's home on March 8, 1934 in Bonham, Texas to parents Clyde Aaron Burns and Doris Martin Dulaney Moss.

Barbara graduated from Bonham High School and then attended and graduated from Rutherford Metropolitan Business College. She went on to work as a Legal...

Judy Blackman

Nov 24, 2023

Judy Lynn Simmons Blackman, passed away on November 24, 2023, at the age of 78, in Mesquite, TX. She was born on August 8, 1945, in Dallas, TX, to James Cordell and Verna Lee Simmons. She graduated from Adamson High School in 1963.

Judy married Allen (her soulmate) on February 14, 1964. They have 2 daughters; Christy and Darla.

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Helen Melton

Nov 20, 2023

Helen Melton was born on May 8, 1952, in Santa Maria, California. She raised her family in Dallas, Texas, and spent her final years in Biloxi, Mississippi, near the beach, where she loved to be. The Lord called our mother into Glory on November 20, 2023. She was a loving wife to her husband Tommye Melton, and a devoted mother...

Ruby Woodard

Nov 20, 2023

Our beautiful and beloved Ruby Woodard passed on November 20th, 2023 in Sunnyvale, Tx. With our saddened and heavy hearts we remember all of the amazing qualities of sweet Ruby. Right after high school graduation, she married her husband James. They were happily married for over 68 years. They went on to have their only son, Terry. Ruby was the...

Lois Gilbert

Nov 18, 2023

Your Hug Meant the World

Nobody else held me so tight

Or made me feel so right

No one's eyes shined so bright with love

As my mom, who is now high above.

-Tamsen Butler

The world lost a beloved mother, Lois Jean Gilbert, on November 18, 2023. Jean lived a long, beautiful life of 91 years, but moved...

Elaine Hoffman

Nov 17, 2023

Elaine Meyer Hoffman passed away peacefully of advanced dementia, November 17, 2023, at Long Creek Memory Care. She was born January 12, 1945, in Gainesville, Texas to Earl and Jane Faulkner Meyer. Elaine grew up in Gainesville, Texas and graduated from Gainesville High School in 1963. After graduation, she attended Cooke County Junior College where she met her future husband,...

Jonathan Singleton

Nov 16, 2023

Obituary Forthcoming...

Cathe Ross

Nov 15, 2023

Cathe Mae Ross was born in Seattle (Ballard), Washington, on November 9, 1946. She went to be with the Lord on November 15, 2023, one week after she turned 77. Cathe and her husband, Bob Ross, have served the Lord together for 58 years. Cathe grew up in the bay area of California from third grade on. She met her...

Martha Marshburn

Nov 15, 2023

Martha Marshburn was born in Thornton, Texas on February 28, 1943, to Charlie Sanders and Nellie Castilow Sanders. One of 8 children, one brother and six sisters, she spent her early years living in Groesbeck, Texas. She moved to Mesquite as a teenager and in 1959, married the love of her life, Wayne Marshburn. In 1983, Martha and Wayne opened...