www.star-telegram.com WK1415 17AS 1 IN MEMORY In Memory Day Tributes On Sunday, May 10, 2015, the Star-Telegram Classified Ad Department will publish a Day Tributes section. Celebrate a new mom or another mother or or honor the memory of a departed mother with a special paid tribute. Submissions must be received by NOON Monday, May 4, and can be accepted in person or in writing from immediate family only. Call 817-390-7780 for rates or additional information Monday Friday 8 a.m. 4 p.m.
Cemetery Lots BLUEBONNET HILLS Colleyville, 2 plots side by side $4500 for both. 817-475-7030 GREENWOOD CEMETARY Garden of Love, 2 plots near fountain. $4000 each (817) 229-0288 GREENWOOD MAUSOLEUM 1 crypt 45B Faith Sanctuary, desirable location. $11,500. which is below market.
Family moved. Call 281- 650-6939 or gus.noble@gmail.com LAUREL LAND Ascension Garden Graves 1 2 Lot 26 Section 31 $2500 each (817) 441-3281 OAKWOOD CEMETERY FortWorth Block 92NA Row 1 space 34 $1500 817-909-2074 Find your "Home on the Range" in our Farm Ranch Land FIND YOUR PET A HOME FOR $24.99 FURNISH THE office in Office Equip. Section! ADVERTISE YOUR Garage Sale $14.99 817-332-3333 GET A good deal in Garage Sales Get Childcare in our service directory NEED A boat? Make waves to Recreational Vehicles! NEED A Handyman? See our service directory! NEED AN Iguana? Check out Exotic Pets Section NEED NEW Jet See water sports equipment. Obituaries Kenneth Cypert FORT WORTH Kenneth Weldon Cypert joined his pre- cious Lord and Savior Wednes- day, April 1, 2015. SERVICE: 10 a.m.
Monday at Sagamore Baptist Church. Visitation: 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday at Shannon Rose Hill Funeral Chapel, 7301 E. Lancaster. MEMORIALS: In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Sagamore Baptist Church.
Kenneth was born Nov. 6, 1928, to William Carroll and Mary Annie Cypert in Hillsboro, Texas. Kenneth was preceded in death by his parents; son, Ken David Cypert; two brothers; and three sisters. SURVIVORS: Kenneth is survived by loved ones, wife, Joyce; daughter, Carol Ferni- hough; son, James Cypert; sis- ter, Doris Mash (Glenn); grand- children, Michael Fernihough (Mandy), Daniel Fernihough (Summer), Lisa Herbin (Rick), Emily Cypert, Austin Cypert; and nine great-grandchildren. Shannon Rose Hill Funeral Chapel 7301 E.
Lancaster, 817-451-3333 View and sign guestbook at www.star-telegram.com/obituaries Earlene Rene Eades EULESS Earlene Rene Eades, 58, passed away on Thursday, April 2, 2015. SERVICE: A private service will be held at Azleland Ceme- tery under the direction of Ro- berts Family Funeral Home. SURVIVORS: Son, Merritt Green; daughters, Lacey Bates and Kristin Green; and six grandchildren. Roberts Family Affordable Funeral Home 5025 Jacksboro 817-528-1880 Phil Gilbreath JACKSBORO Phil Gil- breath died Friday, April 3, 2015. MEMORIAL SERVICE: 10 a.m.
Monday, First Baptist Church. SURVIVORS: Wife, Fleda Gilbreath; children, John and Samantha Gilbreath, Mary Evelyn and Mike Haskell, Tracy and David Lowther; grandchil- dren, Kendyll, Tyler and Austin. co*ker Funeral Home Jacksboro, 940-567-3778 Steve W. Hensley FORT WORTH Steve W. Hensley, 63, passed away Tuesday, March 31, 2015.
GRAVESIDE p.m. Monday in Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery. Steve was a longtime resi- dent of Fort Worth. He retired from Miller Coors in February 2015. He enjoyed cooking, cook- ing shows on TV and working in his organic garden.
He had ma- ny friends and will be dearly missed. He was a member of the Teamsters for many years. Steve was preceded in death by his parents, his broth- er and his nephew. SURVIVORS: Wife, Rebecca Hensley; daughters, Heather Culver, Jennifer Richmond and her husband, T. Jay; sons, James Hensley, Michael Hen- derson, Christopher Henderson and his wife, Blanca; 10 grand- children; one great-grandchild; and best friend, William Go- forth and his wife, Janet.
Eddie Ray Berkley WEATHERFORD Eddie Berkley, 59, died Wednesday, April 1, 2015. GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 2 p.m. Tuesday, Memory Gardens Cemetery. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, Galbreaith-Pick- ard.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Kelly; children, Amy, Kevin (wife, Amber); grandchildren; moth- er, Frances; siblings. Galbreaith-Pickard Funeral Chapel Weatherford, 817-594-2747 Richard Guinn Brown FORT WORTH Richard Guinn Brown, 76, passed away Wednesday, April 1, 2015, in Azle. SERVICE: 10 a.m. Monday, Biggers Funeral Chapel. Com- mittal: 3 p.m., Brad Cemetery.
Visitation: 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. MEMORIALS: Community Link Mission or Meals on Wheels of Tarrant County. Biggers Funeral Home 6100 Azle 817-237-3341 Don Cheek JOSHUA Willie Don Cheek of Joshua, a wonderful Christian man, passed from this world Wednesday, April 1, 2015. CELEBRATION OF LIFE: 3 p.m.
Saturday at Laurel Land Funeral Home. MEMORIALS: The family suggests, in lieu of flowers, do- nations be made to the Leuke- mia Lymphoma Society, or your favorite charity, in his ho- nor. Born Feb. 23, 1942, in Lev- elland to Ralph and Anetter Cheek, he spent his younger days in the South Plains of Tex- as, where he graduated from Whitharral High School. He was a hair dresser for 30 years, before entering construction.
He served his country in the Ar- my National Guard. He was an avid sports fan. Having been a lifelong Bap- tist, he was also a deacon. Don lived and walked his faith. A loving husband and father, he touched many lives and was loved by many.
He married Jackie Stafford July 22, 2011. Having grown up together and sharing many interests, they had much happiness together. He was preceded in death by his mother, Anetter; father, Ralph; brother, Ronnie; and grandson, Tony King. SURVIVORS: He is survived by his wife, Jackie; sister and brother-in-law, LaJuan and Harvey Snider; brother and sis- ter-in-law, R.C. and Dana Cheek; brother and sister-in- law; Don and Bettye Stafford; sister-in-law, Barbara Grant; children, Tina Cheek, Trina and husband, Randy Freeman, Har- lan King and wife, Cheryl; step- children, Brian and Lynn Wood- ley, and Jennifer and Jeffrey Doyle; grandchildren, Jennifer King, Jeff King, Mark Freeman, Daniel Freeman, Rustin Wilker- son, Mindyn Wilkerson, Hayley Cheek, Jacqueline Wadley and Bryce Woodley; nephews; niec- es; and a host of friends.
Laurel Land Funeral Home 7100 Crowley Road, 817-293-1350 View and sign guestbook at www.star-telegram.com/obituaries Olen Click GRANBURY Olen Click a Ma- rine Corps veteran, died peacefully at his home Wednesday, March 25, 2015, surrounded by family. MEMORIAL SERVICE: 11 a.m. Monday, April 6, at Wiley Funeral Home. Wiley Funeral Home Granbury, 817-573-3000 GREENWOOD CHAPEL Greenwood Funerals-Cremation 3100 White Settlement 817-336-0584 View and sign guestbook at www.star-telegram.com/obituaries Joyce Ann Parsons Kemp BRIDGEPORT Joyce Kemp, 77, died Thursday, April 2, 2015. FUNERAL: 4 p.m.
Sunday at Hawkins Funeral Chapel. BURI- AL: East Bridgeport Cemetery. Visitation: 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday. SURVIVORS: Husband, Jer- ry; sons, Rayford Story, Buddy Story, Jerry Russell; daughter, Elisa Van Hoose.
Hawkins Funeral Home Bridgeport, 940-683-2211 Rebecca Krieg GRAND PRAIRIE Rebecca Wilhite Krieg, 91, of Grand Prai- rie passed away at home, with family on Saturday, March 28, 2015. CELEBRATION OF LIFE: 2 p.m. Saturday, April 4, at Grand Prairie Bible Church, 1217 S. Carrier Parkway. MEMORIALS: The family asks that donations be made to the Grand Prairie Bible Church Building Fund, in lieu of flow- ers.
She was born in Garden City, on Dec. 30, 1923. Becky graduated from Belton High School, Stephens College, and received a bachelor of sci- ence degree from the Universi- ty of Missouri. She married Tom E. Krieg (deceased) on Sept.
6, 1946. They were mar- ried for 49 years. Becky worked as a book- keeper for many years. She had a passion for sewing, the sym- phony, traveling and playing bridge. SURVIVORS: Sons, George Krieg and Paul Krieg; daughter, Fran Krieg Todd and her hus- band, Chris; granddaughters, Faith Todd, Kristen Todd and her fiance, Dustin Cox, and Katherine Todd Houghton and her husband, Preston; great- grandchildren, Tye, Stryder, Wyatt and Kyson Houghton; and brother, Lee Wilhite and his wife, Debby, of Gladstone, Mo.
Moore Funeral Home-1219 N. Davis Drive Arlington, 817-275-2711 View and sign guestbook at www.star-telegram.com/obituaries Jess H. Livesay ARLINGTON Jess H. Livesay, 86, passed away Wednesday, April 1, 2015. MEMORIAL SERVICE: 10 a.m.
Monday at Lamar Baptist Church, 1000 W. Lamar Arlington. MEMORIALS: In lieu of flowers, the family asks for do- nations to the Lamar Baptist Senior Adult Ministry Fund or a favorite charity. Jess was born April 27, 1928, in Fort Worth, where he spent much of his life. He moved to Albuquerque, N.M., in 1966, and then to Arlington in 1980.
Jess received a B.S. in in- dustrial engineering and an MBA in marketing from TCU. On July 1, 1955, Jess married the love of his life, Nadine, in Fort Worth. Jess loved the Lord, his family, his church and his work. He had a passion for flying air- planes from a young age and served his country in the Air Force.
Jess founded his own company, ATEK, in 1972 and managed it for 43 years. He never retired. Jess was actively involved in his and grandchil- lives and was passionate about their interests. He was a listener and formed deep rela- tionships with many people be- cause he asked questions and learned about their lives. Jess would want to be re- membered as a man who did what God called him to do.
When he entered heaven God said, done, my good and faithful He was preceded in death by parents, Sena Mae and Mar- vin Livesay, and sisters, Doris and Julia. SURVIVORS: His wife of 59 years, Nadine; children, Su- zanne Merritt and husband, Ed, Jay Livesay and his wife, Kathy, Laurie Sheehy and her hus- band, Jack; grandchildren, Jes- sica and Alex LaRue, Jacob Merritt, Jesselynn, Hannah, Ja- son and Micah Livesay, Joshua and Jonathan Sheehy; broth- ers, Eugene, Bill and Jim. Wiley Funeral Home Granbury, 817-573-3000 View and sign guestbook at www.star-telegram.com/obituaries Patricia Ann Means-Brooks FORT WORTH Patricia Ann Means-Brooks transi- tioned into the gates of heaven before dawn on Saturday, March 28, 2015. SERVICE: 11 a.m. Monday, April 6, at First St.
John Cathe- dral, 2401 East Berry Fort Worth 76105. Wake: 7 p.m. Sunday, April 5, at First St. John Cathedral. She was a Christian soldier who never met a stranger.
Her laughter, joyfulness, wisdom and kindness were truly gifts from our Father. Golden Gate Funeral Home 5701 E. Loop 820 South, 817-478-9555 View and sign guestbook at www.star-telegram.com/obituaries Norma Sue Powell BLUE MOUND Norma Sue Powell, 68, passed away Thurs- day, April 2, 2015. FUNERAL: 3:30 p.m. Mon- day in Greenwood Chapel.
In- terment: Greenwood Memorial Park. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Greenwood. Norma was born April 16, 1946, in Terrell. SURVIVORS: Husband, Ray Powell; sons, Keith E.
Taylor and wife, Becky, and Danny R. Taylor; daughters, Lisa Strine and husband, Billy, Julie Mi- chele Sheeley and husband, Tim, Brandy Joyner and hus- band, Lee; 21 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; sib- lings, Jimmy Couch, Joy Askey, Patty Ramirez, Linda Merck and Rhonda Turner; and step- sisters, Kimberly Strain and husband, Arnold, Kandys Mer- cer and husband, Max. GREENWOOD CHAPEL Greenwood Funerals-Cremation 3100 White Settlement 817-336-0584 View and sign guestbook at www.star-telegram.com/obituaries Sue Vaughn ALVORD Sue Peterson Vaughn, 69, died Wednesday, March 25, 2015. MEMORIAL SERVICE: 10:30 a.m. Monday, April 6, at First United Methodist Church of Al- vord.
SURVIVORS: Daughters, Terri Ivie and Stacy Rae Ander- son; grandchildren, Josh Oak- ley, Rachel Anderson and Au- bree Pittman. co*ker-Hawkins Funeral Home Decatur, 940-627-5959 Pamela K. Walker ARLINGTON Pamela K. Walker, 65, of Arlington passed away peacefully after a long battle with cancer Wednesday evening, March 25, 2015. She will be dearly missed and fond- ly remembered by those who loved and cared for her.
As were her wishes, she will be cremated Saturday, April 4, at Moore Funeral Home in Arlington. She was preceded in death by her mother, Mary Ellen Beil Walker, and father, Ward Walk- er Sr. SURVIVORS: Brothers, Ward Walker Jr. and Richard Walker; and sister, Gretchen Wolford. Rest in peace, You finally have your an- gel wings now.
Moore Funeral Home-1219 N. Davis Drive Arlington, 817-275-2711 View and sign guestbook at www.star-telegram.com/obituaries Onita Wigington JACKSBORO Onita Wi- gington died Thursday, April 2, 2015. SERVICE: 2 p.m. Saturday, co*ker Funeral Home Chapel. Visitation: 1 p.m.
Saturday, pri- or to the service. SURVIVORS: Children, Ma- ry Ann Wigington, Ima Jean Lu- na, Kenneth Wigington; a host of extended family members and friends. co*ker Funeral Home Jacksboro, 940-567-3778 Berkley, Eddie Ray, 59, Weatherford Brown, Richard, 76, Fort Worth Cheek, Don, 73, Joshua Click, Olen, Granbury Cypert, Kenneth, 86, Fort Worth Eades, Earlene, 58, Euless Gilbreath, Phil, 76, Jacksboro Hensley, Steve, 63, Fort Worth Kemp, Joyce Parsons, 77, Bridgeport Krieg, Rebecca, 91, Grand Prairie Livesay, Jess, 86, Arlington Means-Brooks, Patricia, 56, Fort Worth Powell, Norma Sue, 68, Blue Mound Vaughn, Sue, 69, Alvord Walker, Pamela, 65, Arling- ton Wigington, Onita, 83, Jacks- boro obituaries Over beers in a San Francisco Bay-area bar, Gary drinking buddies talked about incontinent dogs, de- structive cats, overly fecund gerbils and vacations foiled because no one could babysit the bird. Everyone had problems with a pet except for Mr. Dahl, who said his was hassle-free.
own a pet he quipped. His friends cracked up and turned it into a running joke. But Mr. Dahl laughed his way to the bank. Mr.
Dahl, who was 78 at the time of his death last week in Jacksonville, was the creator of the Pet Rock, one of the most suc- cessful gag gifts of all time. Although it was sold only during the three-month holiday buying season in 1975, it endures in pop cul- ture history. Inspired by the riffs in the Los Gatos bar, Mr. Dahl, then an underemployed advertis- ing copywriter, began writ- ing a booklet modeled on dog training manuals. Soon he had pages full of such pearls of prudence and perception as what to do if a pet rock seems anxious: Place it on old newspapers, he wrote, and the rock know what the paper is for and will require no further instruc- Teaming up with a de- signer, Mr.
Dahl produced a cardboard carrying case with 14 air holes. On the outside was printed box contains one genuine pedigreed PET In- side was the instruction manual and a smooth Mexican beach stone on a bed of straw. Mr. quirky brain- child became a phenom- enon, selling more than 1 million at $4 apiece. Time magazine called the cle- verly packaged novelty percent product and 99 percent marketing Gary Dahl, creator of 1975 Pet Rock fad 7 It was sold only for three months but endures in pop culture history.
By Elaine Woo Los Angeles Times On a late eve- ning in 1985, she phoned the National Rifle Associ- ation headquarters and left a blunt message: name is Sarah Brady, and never heard of me, but I am going to make it my ambition to try to put you all out of With that call, Brady started down a road that would make her the pub- lic face of gun-control activism for a generation. Her hus- band, James Brady, was Ronald press sec- retary and was left paralyz- ed during an assassination attempt on the president in 1981. She was left to care for her husband through his long, at times excru- ciating, convalescence. He died Aug. 4, 2014, at age 73.
Brady grew into a deter- mined foe of the NRA, one of most powerful lobbying or- ganizations in the country. She died April 3 at a retire- ment community in Alexan- dria, Va. She had pneumo- nia, family spokeswoman Gail Hoffman said. A lifelong Republican, Brady reached out to a small organization, Handgun Con- trol, now the Brady Cam- paign to Prevent Gun Vio- lence, and joined its efforts by writing letters to mem- bers of Congress as well as lobbying them in person on Capitol Hill. She was the driving force behind the gun-control legislation known as the Brady Bill, signed into law by President Bill Clinton in 1993, and her pointed language and GOP background lent greater credibility to the cause.
The NRA tried to dis- credit her by saying the gun-control lobby was us- ing her to create an emo- tional campaign. think she told The Washington Post in 1986, they talk about me being emo- tional and their members around the country use scare tactics saying, liberals are taking our guns away. Do With the continued strength of the NRA and the failure to advance gun- control legislation in the past 20 years, it is some- what difficult to assess lasting impact. But it is clear that her efforts helped galvanize support for the Brady Bill, the first gun control measure passed in a generation. She was also effective in bringing new support into the battle for handgun control, including from several leading law en- forcement organizations throughout the country.
To that degree, she was a se- rious threat to the NRA and its rigid hands-off policy on gun legislation. In a 1990 New York Times profile of Brady, NRA chief lobbyist James Jay Baker conceded that she been very effec- But he also said her influence in the gun-con- trol debate was on Sarah Brady, driving force for gun control law 7 She became an NRA foe after her husband was paralyzed by a gunshot. By Jon Thurber Special to The Washington Post Brady.
