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

Patsy Beard

Dec 14, 2023

Patsy Beard, 85, passed away on Thursday December 14, 2023 after a long battle with Cancer. She was born December 6, 1938 in Calhoun Georgia. She spent most of her adult life raising her children in Mesquite Texas. She will be remembered and missed by son Johnny Moody,daughter Dolly Smith, 7 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. She will be joining her...

Khin Tang

Dec 14, 2023

Khin Ou Tang died peacefully at the age of 60 on December 14th, 2023, at her home in Forney, Texas after a courageous battle with cancer.

Khin was born on January 11th, 1963 in Pailin, Cambodia and raised by Ying Ong Thoun (née Van) and Ta Thoun. She immigrated to Midland, Texas in 1979 where she met her...

Joe Pesina

Dec 13, 2023

Joe Pesina, age 59, passed away on December 13, 2023, in Dallas, Texas after a long battle fighting cancer. He was born on December 6, 1964 in Dallas, Texas, to John Pesina and Anita Ortega Pesina.

Joe graduated from Mesquite High School and started his career at Kraft Foods and worked there for a total of 36 years.

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Tommy Duckworth

Dec 13, 2023

Tommy Earl Duckworth, 82 - a lifelong resident of Sunnyvale, TX, was born in Dallas County on June 20th, 1941 to parents Ruth Mozelle and Lawrence Dee Duckworth. He was peacefully called home to the Lord on December 13th, 2023.

Tommy had a successful almost 40-year career in all facets of real estate, making many friends along the way....

Doris Crabtree

Dec 11, 2023

Funeral services for Doris Evelyn Crabtree will be held at New Hope Funeral Home in Sunnyvale, on December 15, 2023; Visitation will be held from 12pm prior to the service starting 1pm. Private immediate family only burial will be held at Grove Hill Cemetery in Dallas.

Pallbearers will be CJ Peabody, Matthew Gallagher, Douglas Zepeda, Joseph Payne, Jacob Payne,...

Robert Monk

Dec 11, 2023

Robert Dellis Monk, 79, loving husband, father, and grandfather, passed into the arms of Jesus on Monday, December 11. He was born in 1944 to Lester (P-John) and Dalsie Monk, and given that his birthday was July 3, he liked to joke that he was one day older than the United States. Known as Dellis through high school, Robert during...

Martha Norvell

Dec 11, 2023

Martha Jean Norvell went home to The Lord on December 11th, 2023. Born on February 22, 1941, in Dallas, Texas, she lived 82 years on this earth. Martha was a Christian, a loving wife, a supportive mother, and a proud grandmother. She enjoyed her relationships and time spent with family and friends. She loved to travel and play games, especially...

Zelma Tate

Dec 8, 2023

Zelma Dean Tate was born on May 1, 1935 to the late Marguerite Ann Lewis & Bynum D. Perry and passed away at her home on December 8, 2023. She had 2 siblings, Jerry Perry and the late, Buddy Perry.

Zelma was a retired school teacher, wife, mother, granny, and a longtime resident of Mesquite, Texas. She and her...

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...