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

Preston Patterson

Aug 14, 2024

Preston Patterson, age 58, passed away on August 14, 2024, in Sunnyvale, Texas. He was born September 21, 1965 in Dallas, Texas.

Preston married the love of his life, Melinda, in June of 1993 after they reunited in Walmart. Preston worked in furniture sales and was an avid salesman who later owned his own furniture store. In 2005, he...

Mildred Collier

Aug 13, 2024

Mildred Louise Ferguson Collier peacefully left this world and was reunited with her beloved husband and noted artist, Carroll, on Tuesday, August 13, 2024. Her sons and their families were by her side during her final days.

Our family mourns the loss of a strong and beautiful woman who loved exceptionally well. Mildred was born in Dallas, Texas on...

Richard Porter

Aug 12, 2024

Richard Porter was born on April 10, 1946, in a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital in Naples, Italy, to Richard W. Porter and Anna Porter. As a baby, he traveled with his mother on a ship from Italy before arriving at Ellis Island. Eventually, they reunited with his father in Detroit, MI.

He graduated from Lincoln Park High School in 1964,...

Douglas Barton

Aug 11, 2024

Douglas Barton, 65, passed away on August 11, 2024, in Dallas, TX.

Douglas Barton was born on May 19, 1959 in Memphis, TN, to Jesse Barton, Jr and Doris Barton.

Doug married his beautiful wife Nancy on June 12, 1993 in Garland, TX. The couple had 3 children, Joshua Barton, Jenny Crowe, and Justin Barton.

Doug was best known for...

Rayburn Edwards

Aug 11, 2024

Rayburn "Fred" Edwards, a beloved husband, father, and grandfather, passed away peacefully at home on August 11, 2024, at the age of 84. Born in Sulphur Springs on March 9, 1940, and raised on a farm in Saltillo, Fred lived a life marked by dedication to his family, faith, and work.

Fred was the son of Welcome and Clara Lee Edwards....

Dewey Middleton

Aug 9, 2024

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DEWEY LEE MIDDLETON, age 80, passed away peacefully at home on the afternoon of August 9, 2024, in Terrell, Texas. He was born on January 15, 1944 in Beebe, Arkansas, to Harley Middleton and Naomi Fulks.

Dewey attended Florence Black Elementary, Agnew Middle...

David Dry

Aug 6, 2024

David Lee Dry passed away at the age of 76 in his home after a long struggle with respiratory illness. He was born and raised in the Apollo, Pennsylvania area and moved his family to Texas in 1971. He leaves behind his wife Donna after 54 years of marriage, his eldest son Shawn (married to Stacy), his granddaughters Kira (married...

Dolores Marie McKnight

Aug 5, 2024

Dolores Marie McKnight

May 27, 1938 - August 5, 2024

Dolores "Dee" McKnight (Blackburn) was born May 27, 1938, near Evansville, IN. In the early 1950's her family moved to Dayton, Ohio. It was here she would meet her husband, Marion "Mac" McKnight. They were married in Dayton on November 15, 1958. It was in Ohio Dee and Mac raised their three...

Donna Rutledge

Aug 2, 2024

Donna Jo Livingston Rutledge, 88, of Rockwall, Texas, passed away August 2, 2024.

Donna was born to the late Leon Livingston and Arlene Martin Livingston on December 4, 1935, in Hurley, Missouri. Soon after her birth, the family left Missouri for Modesto, California, where Donna graduated from Modesto High School and attended Modesto Junior College.

She was a...

Oscar Rodriguez Olvera

Aug 2, 2024

Obituary forthcoming

Carolyn Naile

Aug 2, 2024

Carolyn Scott Naile passed away on August 2, 2024 in Sunnyvale, TX, surrounded by family. Born to Florea and Garvin Scott on May 24,1955 Carolyn lived 69 years of love, ambition, generosity, and service to everyone that she came in contact with.

Carolyn was born in San Diego, California. She grew up the oldest of her 3...

Robert Chandler

Aug 1, 2024

On August 1, 2024 at 8:50pm, Robert "Bob" Russell Chandler, age 79, left this mortal world while in his sleep to join his beautiful wife, Jo Lynn Chandler, in Heaven and to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

In his time here with us, Bob was many things. Among them, he...

* served in the U.S. Army as a Military...

Rosa Mathew

Jul 31, 2024

Rosamma Mathew was born on May 28, 1956 in Vettikattu Thaddathil (Paippadu, Chanagancherry). She was youngest of 6 children born to the late Mathew Scariah and Sosamma Mathew.

Rosamma received her pre-degree college education from the Assumption College in Changanacherry, Kerala. She then pursued her nursing degree at Kurji Holy Family in Bihar with the encouragement of her older sisters who...

George Kurien

Jul 28, 2024

George Kurien

August 23, 1941 - July 28, 2024

Funeral Service

Saturday August 3, 2024 - 10:00 am

New Hope Funeral Home & Memorial Gardens - Sunnyvale, Texas

Rev Rejeev Sugu - Officiating

George Kurien was born in Edayaranmula, Kerala, India on August 23, 1941 to George Eipe and Saramma George. He passed away...

Brenda Louise Schubert

Jul 28, 2024

Brenda Louise Knight Schubert was born on November 12, 1952 in Saint Jo, Texas to Bobby Ray Knight and Norma Faye (Jones) Knight. She graduated from Permian High School in Odessa, Texas in 1971, and later attended the University of North Texas. She had several careers, but retired from working life from GuideStone Financial Resources in July of 2021, after...

Steven Carlisle

Jul 25, 2024

Steven Carlisle, loving husband of Lorraine, proud father of Nate and Tyler, and friend to numerous people around the globe, suddenly and unexpectedly left this earthly plane behind for a better place with God on July 25, 2024. Steve was preceded in death by his parents, Robert and Jo-Ann Carlisle.

Steve was born June 16, 1964, in Cincinnati, Ohio....

Arthur Capps

Jul 25, 2024

Arthur Wayne Capps, known as "Art" to his work colleagues, was a dedicated husband, father, grandfather, brother, educator, law enforcement officer, criminal investigator, mentor, and friend. He passed away on July 25, 2024, at the age of 83, in the care of Community Hospice of Texas in Burleson, Texas, after fighting a valiant battle against lung disease and other health...

Richard "Ricky" Willard

Jul 23, 2024

Richard "Ricky" Wayne Willard, age 67, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, July 23, 2024 to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. He was born on September 27, 1956 in Tishomingo, Oklahoma, to parents Richard and Dotti.

Ricky worked in concrete service; most recently with the Bee Line Concrete Service in Lavon, Texas as a mixer and driver.

Happily married for...

Kristin Ewing

Jul 22, 2024

In Loving Memory of Kristin Ewing

With deep sadness and profound gratitude, we announce the passing of our beloved wife, mother, and friend, Kristin Ewing, who entered the arms of our Lord Jesus Christ on July 22nd at the age of 42.

Kristin was born on July 31, 1981, in Dallas, TX and lived a life marked by unwavering faith, boundless love,...

Peggy Rhea

Jul 20, 2024

After a courageous battle with lung cancer, Peggy Ingram Rhea went to meet her Lord and Savior on Saturday morning, July 20, 2024. She was born January 22, 1939, in Waco, Texas. She was preceded in death by her parents William Haskell Ingram and Oledith Smotherman Snipes, her sisters, Pat Ditto and Laurita Giles, and her brother, Kenneth Ingram, and...