Jonni Rhea (Lightsey) Jones
A memorial service will be held for Jonni Rhea (Lightsey) Jones on Sunday, Sept. 23, 2007 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Cleburne Civic Center. Burial will be in Derden Cemetery in Blum, Texas.
Mrs. Jones was born March 16, 1943, to Archie and Claudia (Howell) Lightsey and died May 5, 2007.
She is survived by her husband, Gary Jones of Seattle, Wash.; son, Clinton Jones; daughters Casia Jones and Stephanie Druxel; three grandchildren, Seria Baker, Cody Baker and Daniel Langer; sisters, Maydell Bukowski and husband, Joe, Juanita Lee and husband, Raymond, and Ruth Lightsey; and numerous other family members and friends.
Mrs. Jones was a Jehovah’s Witness and was dedicated to the end.
Herbert Melvin Westphal, M.D.
CLEBURNE — Services for Dr. Herbert Melvin Westphal, 102, of Cleburne, are pending with Rosser Funeral Home.
Dr. Westphal passed away on Sunday, Sept. 16, 2007, at his home. He was born in Argentina on July 21, 1905, the son of Jennie (Peckover) and Joseph William Westphal.
Condolences may be e-mailed to the family at condolences@rosserfuneralhome.net.
Rosser Funeral Home
1664 W. Henderson St.
Cleburne, TX 76033
817-641-4800
www.rosserfuneralhome.net
Velma D. Dansby
KEENE — Velma D. Dansby, 85, of Keene, Texas, passed away Monday, Sept. 17, 2007, in Keene. No services are planned at this time; however, a memorial service will be held at a later date.
Mrs. Dansby was born in Mt. Pleasant, Texas, on June 29, 1922, the daughter of Ettie (Jones) and James Wilkerson. She was a retired nurse and was a member of the Keene Seventh-day Adventist Church.
Velma D. Dansby is survived by her husband, Warren Dansby, of Florida; sons, Al Lake of Wylie, Leland Lake and wife, Maureen, of Mt. Pleasant and Louis Mortellaro of Winnsboro; daughters, Yvonne Blewett and husband, Larry, of Keene and Linda Jackson of Virginia; brother, Wilmet Wilkerson and wife, Pat, of Big Spring; sister, Ann Williams of Granbury; eight grandchildren; and 18 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her first and second husbands, Alton Parker Lake and Louis Mortellaro.
Condolences may be e-mailed to the family at condolences@rosserfuneralhome.net.
Rosser Funeral Home
1664 W. Henderson St.
Cleburne, TX 76033
817-641-4800
www.rosserfuneralhome.net
Opinion
9/19/2007 Obituaries
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Don Newbury: Hail on Earth can be a real beatdown sometimes
Jesus assures in St. Matthew that the gates of hell will never prevail against the church, but the Good Book is silent on protection from hail damage.
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Don Newbury: Finding the attitude of the ‘can ’til can’t’ people
Most communities — all of ’em, except a few so small that their coming in/going out city limit signs are nailed to the same post — are blessed by folks whose productive engines continue to chug.
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Deeds of a ‘Best Samaritan’ remembered at funeral
His smile said much and his words said even more, but good deeds during his “three score and 10” life trumped them both.
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Don Newbury: Varsity unlettered? Reflecting on the old theater
By any measure, it is a relic, and if walls could talk, moans and groans would dominate. If “kin” were called in to witness last rites, there’d be few. Most single-screen movie houses — with names like “Queen, Plaza, Bijou, Tivoli and Palace” — are long since gone.
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Don Newbury: How much is the $26 hot dog really worth?
Statisticians whose business it is to know such things insist there are three parking spaces for every automobile in America. Willingness to “die in a minute” is assured if their calculations are wrong.
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Don Newbury: Hitch in Uncle Mort’s git-along
Uncle Mort, my beloved kin, urges family and friends to avoid “putting big pots in little ones” as his 100th birthday on July 4 approaches. He’d rather do it himself. (Keep in mind his notice several months ago to “save the date.”)
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Don Newbury: Uncle Mort ‘unsaintly, unbountiful’ in Naw’lins
Feel free to plant your tongue in “cheekish” concrete, remembering this account comes straight from the lips of my Uncle Mort down in the thicket. My 99-year-old kin heard it from the general store owner who was happy to pass it along from the bread delivery man who heard it on the CB radio.
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Don Newbury: ‘Yellow dog’ tales from old band trip days
It was a dream-like state with tales retold around 10,000 campfires, all of them — save one — meeting Smokey the Bear’s rigid standards. It was “come and go” for the afterglow as long-ago stories unrolled — many stretched — on recollections of biggest fish, deepest snow and ages of first bike rides, except for that one fire. Its flames licked skyward, lighting a thousand acres.
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Don Newbury: What do you do for the least of these?
I have a strong notion that most Americans have deep-down desires to fulfill the Biblical admonition to voluntarily take care of the poor. It’s a conviction painted with a broad brush, with no attempt to define “poor,” which requires an even broader brush.
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Don Newbury: Unflagging patriotism
Old Glory has survived much. But, despite destruction, derision and distrust by those who would make it less, it waves on as a blessed symbol of who we are, what we stand for, and what we pray always to be.
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