Obituaries

Feb 20, 2023

On February 20, 2023 Teresa Jeanne Patton went to her heavenly home. She was 74 years old. Teresa, also known as Terri, Doobie, Mama T and Maw Maw was born in Houston Texas on June 6, 1948. She grew up in Bedford, Texas and was part of the first graduating class from L.D. Bell High School. She married Harvey...

Feb 12, 2023

George Randall Jones was born on February 28, 1956 in Waxahachie, Texas to George Oscar Jones and Eddie Marie Walton. He passed away at the age of 66 in Meridian, Texas. He is preceded in death by his father, George Oscar Jones and mother, Eddie Marie Jones; brother, Pleasent Casey Jones. Left to cherish his memories are his wife,...

Feb 10, 2023

Jim Vance age 78, of Iredell, passed away on February 10, 2023 in Meridian, Texas.

Memorial services will be held on Monday, February 13, 2023 at 1 P.M. at Lawson Funeral Home in Meridian. Pastor Chris Irwin will officiate.

Jim was born on February 7, 1945 in San Antonio, Texas to Jean and Gladys Nachlinger...

Feb 3, 2023

Fern James, 99, beloved mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, of Baytown passed away peacefully on February 3, 2023. The daughter of Fern and Sterling Benson, she was born July 4, 1923 and raised in Walnut Springs, Texas. After moving to Baytown in 1941 to attend Lee College, Fern met the love of her life, Walter Bryan James, Jr., to whom...

Jan 30, 2023

Roy Wesley Gosdin passed away at his home in Meridian, Texas on January 30, 2023, at the age of 92, surrounded by his loving family. Wesley was born June 15, 1930 to Roy and Grace Gosdin, at the family home outside Iredell, Texas. He attended Iredell schools graduating in 1947, after which he worked as a surveyor’s assistant preparing...

Jan 17, 2023

Joyce Mitchell age 80, of Arlington, passed away on January 17, 2023 in Arlington, Texas.

Funeral services will be held on Friday, January 20, 2023 at 11 A.M., Lawson Funeral Home in Meridian. Bro. Richard Creech will officiate. She will be laid to rest in the Meridian Cemetery next to her parents, Claude and Lucy Iley Mitchell....

Jan 17, 2023

Johnnie Ellen McDowell age 79, of Clifton, went to her heavenly home on January 17, 2023 at Providence Place in Waco, Texas surrounded by the love of her family.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M., Saturday, January 21, 2023 at Lawson Funeral Home in Meridian. Bro. Richard Creech will officiate. Burial will be in the...

Jan 13, 2023

Virginia Lee Allen age 87, of Meridian, passed away on January 13, 2023 in Lutheran Sunset Home in Clifton, Texas.

Graveside funeral services will take place at 3:30 P.M., Saturday, January 14, 2023 at the Meridian Memorial Cemetery located on SH 144 outside of Meridian. Rev. Richard Creech will officiate.

Full obituary is forthcoming.

Jan 11, 2023

Paula Mae Wollum age 92, of Clifton, passed away on January 11, 2023 in Clifton, Texas.

Memorial services are going to be held at 5:00 P.M., Monday, January 16, 2023 at Lawson Funeral Home in Meridian. Bro. Richard Creech will officiate.

Paula Braswell was born on August 19, 1931 in Morgan, Texas to Wendall Paul...

Jan 10, 2023

Thomas Lemuel Hord age 91, of Fort Worth and formerly of Meridian, passed away on January 10, 2023 in Crowley, Texas.

Graveside services will be held at 10 A.M., Saturday, January 14, 2023 at the Meridian Cemetery. Bro. Richard Creech will officiate.

Thomas Hord was born on December 30, 1931 in Portales, New Mexico to...

Jan 9, 2023

Dr. Elmer L. Kelso, a retired anesthesiologist, died on January 9 in Clifton, Texas.

He was born on July 12, 1932, on a small farm in Northeast Missouri, the fourth son of Leslie Enoch and Olive Arbuckle Kelso. He had a wonderful childhood playing with hand-me-down toys under a large maple tree and romping with...

Jan 6, 2023

Anna Marie Radde age 48, of Meridian, passed away suddenly on January 6, 2023 at her residence in Meridian.

Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, January 11, 2023 at the First United Methodist Church in Meridian, Texas at 2:00 P.M.. Rev. San-ky Kim and Marc Minnies will officiate. Burial will be in the Meridian Cemetery. Visitation...

Jan 2, 2023

Loretta Maxine Owen age 83, of Clifton, Texas passed away on January 2, 2023 in Clifton, Texas.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 A.M., Thursday, January 5, 2023 at Lawson Funeral Home in Meridian. Rev. Dr. Drew Dabbs will officiate. Burial will be in the Mitchell Cemetery in Iredell. Visitation will take place at Lawson Funeral...

Jan 1, 2023

Patricia Ann Ford age 75, of Kopperl, passed away on January 1, 2023 in Fort Worth, Texas.

Graveside funeral services will take place on Friday, January 6, 2023 in the Kopperl Cemetery at 1 P.M.

Patricia Ann Pogue was born on January 29, 1947 in Dallas, Texas to Weldon and Eddith Pogue Mattox. She married...

Dec 18, 2022

Mary Rochelle Claunch, 24, Stephenville, Tx, passed away on December 18, 2022 in Ft. Worth, Tx with her family by her side.

Mary Claunch was born on February 5, 1998 in Cleburne, Texas to Jamie Jo White. Mary was a 2016 graduate of Glen Rose High School where she found a deep love for theater, choir and...

Dec 16, 2022

Ruth was born Ima Ruth Nichols on May 25, 1937 in Bosque County, Meridian, Texas.  She was the first child of the late Jack and Nellie Paulson Nichols of Meridian, Texas.  “Ruthie” graduated from Meridian High School in 1956.  She then graduated “Isbell’s University of Beauty Culture” in Fort Worth.  She married Robert Earl Ermis on April 14, 1957. ...

Dec 15, 2022

Travis Wayne Griffith age 69, of Morgan, passed away December 15, 2022 in Clifton, Texas.

Graveside services will be held at 10 A.M., Tuesday, December 20, 2022 at the Morgan Cemetery. Bro. Phil Murphy will officiate.

Travis Wayne Griffith was born on Clifton, Texas on June 5, 1953 to Travis and Freddie Griffith. He lived...

Dec 15, 2022

Charles (Wayne) Beeman, devoted and loving husband, father, brother, uncle and friend, of Meridian, Texas passed away at Providence Village surrounded by his loving family on December 15, 2022 at age 69. Wayne was born in Garland, Texas on November 29, 1953 to Earl and Margie Beeman. The family spent his first few years in Germany where they were...

Dec 14, 2022

Edgar Emerson Hobdy age 83, of Benbrook, Texas passed away in Fort Worth, Texas on December 14, 2022.

Funeral services will be held at 1 P.M., Monday, December 19, 2022 at Lawson Funeral Home in Meridian. Pastor Donovan Burkett will officiate. Burial will be in the Fulton Cemetery near Walnut Springs, Texas. Visitation will take place one...

Dec 12, 2022

Olivia Perez Guererro, age 48, of Meridian passed away on Monday December 12, 2022 at 6:48 A.M. at the Nursing Home in Meridian, Texas.

Funeral services will be held 2 P.M., Thursday, December 15, 2022 at Lawson Funeral Home in Meridian, Texas and viewing will be on Wednesday December 14, 2022 from 6 P.M. to 8 P.M....