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This page is dedicated to those Eagles who have already passed on before us. Any names and obituaries posted here are those that have been noted from a quick scan of the Star Telegram Obituaries Column and/or by word of mouth. If you know of any Eagles who have passed away recently, let us know so we can post their name here. The Sonnet, "High Flight" has been inserted because it carries a message for those of us who have yet to follow.

Editors Note: If anybody knows of some Eagles that have passed on, we would appreciate it if you would pass the info on to us so that we can post it to the page. Please include the class if you know it.  Send any info you might have via the  Sign In sheet comments. Thanks

Robert M. Patrick '41

Robert M. "Pat" Patrick, 85, passed away Monday, Jan. 5, 2009, at his home with his loving family.
Funeral: 10 a.m. Wednesday in Lucas Sylvania Funeral Home Chapel. Robert Dodson of Birdville Church of Christ will officiate. Burial: Following a committal service Robert will be laid to rest in Mount Olivet Cemetery. Visitation: Robert will lie in state from noon to 8 p.m. Tuesday with family receiving friends 6 to 8 p.m. at Lucas Funeral Home.

Robert was a longtime resident of the Riverside area. He was presently a member of the Birdville Church of Christ. Robert was a former member of Riverside and Midtown Church of Christ, where he served as a deacon. He was a 1941 graduate of Carter Riverside High School. He proudly and honorably served his country during World War II in the U.S. Air Force.

His family remembers him as a loving husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather and brother.

Survivors: Wife of 63 years, Sarah; son, Paul Patrick and wife, Theresa, of Haltom City; daughters, Karen Wilson and husband, Charles, of Arlington, Susan Alcorn of North Richland Hills, Linda Lopez of Haltom City and Judy McGee of Midlothian; brother, Jack Patrick and wife, Macy, of Fort Worth; sister, Janet Webb and husband, Don, of Fort Worth, sister-in-law, Opal Carter of Fredericksburg; 11 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces, nephews and friends.
Published in the Star-Telegram on 1/6/2009

Margaret Ann Terry Gist '58

Margaret A. Terry Gist, 69, passed away Thursday, Dec. 25, 2008, after a short illness.

Graveside service: 2 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 6, in Mount Olivet Cemetery. Visitation: Noon to 2 p.m. Tuesday at Mount Olivet Funeral Home.

Margaret was a lifetime resident of Fort Worth and a 1958 graduate of Carter-Riverside High School. She retired from the Tarrant County court system, then worked at the Fort Worth Public Library. Margaret was a member of Riverside Methodist, and later St. Lukes Episcopal Church. She will be missed by all who knew her.

Survivors: Sons, Jim and Terry Gist; grandson, Eric and wife, Jennifer; great-granddaughter, Makenzie.
Published in the Star-Telegram on 1/4/2009

Karan Elaine Kirk Pittillo '57

Karan Elaine Pittillo, 69, died Friday, Jan. 2, 2009.
 
Karan was born Nov. 1, 1939, in Midland and was a graduate of Amon Carter-Riverside High School, Class of 1957. She was a loving daughter, sister and mother.

Survivors: Daughter, Candice M. Young; sons, Kevin and Kirk Pleasants; and sister, Charla K. Hall.
Published in the Star-Telegram on 1/4/2009

Billie Gerline "Jerry" Neace Hall '44

Billie Gerline "Jerry" Hall, 81, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2008, in Mission Viejo, Calif., due to complications following heart surgery.

Graveside service: 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 3, in Mount Olivet Cemetery. A memorial service was held Sunday, Dec. 28, in Laguna Niguel, Calif.

Jerry was born Aug. 30, 1927, in Hopkins County to Reed and Nancy Neace. She graduated from Amon Carter-Riverside High School in 1944. On Feb. 23, 1946, she married J.W. "Jay" Hall, who served in the U.S. Marine Corps. Following a career as a secretary, Jerry pursued her passion for travel. She will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved her.
She was preceded in death by her husband; sister, Doris; and brother, Donald.

Survivors: Sons, Dan Hall and wife, Kerry, Dave Hall and wife, Donna; nephew, Mark Neace; eight grandchildren.
Published in the Star-Telegram on 1/2/2009

Helen M Campbell Magnusson '38

Helen M. Magnusson died Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2008.
Funeral: 11 a.m. Friday, Jan. 2, at Holy Apostles Episcopal Church. Interment: Greenwood Memorial Park. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Greenwood Funeral Home.

Memorials: In lieu of flowers, memorials in Helen's name may be made to Holy Apostles Episcopal Church, 3900 Longvue, Fort Worth, 76116; or Ridglea Chapter 999 of Eastern Star, c/o Elsie Wright, Secretary, 207 Vernon Castle Ave., Benbrook, 76126; or to any charity of the giver's choice.

Born Helen M. Campbell on June 27, 1920, in Fort Worth, she was the daughter of the late Cecile Maude Croxdale Campbell and Otto Virgil Campbell Sr. Her father served as advertising manager for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

Helen was a member of the first graduating class of Carter-Riverside High School in 1938. Upon graduation, Helen worked as a secretary for radio station KGKO. She married Oliver Magnusson on March 20, 1943. Their daughter, Sandra Cecile, was born later that same year.

A lifelong resident of Fort Worth, Helen was a true Texan, with a heart as big as the Lone Star State. She devoted herself to charitable, civic and church activities. She was a generous and caring woman who would reach out to help anyone in need. Her positive and fun-loving personality was infectious; all who met her instantly fell in love with her.

She joined Eastern Star in 1963 and remained involved for most of the following 45 years. She served as mother advisor to the Rainbow Girls Arlington Heights Chapter 138. She was a long-serving member of Arlington Heights Chapter 702, progressing through many stations and holding the offices of treasurer, marshal and secretary. Later, she joined Ridglea Chapter 999.

Helen was an active member of Westside Republican Women for many years. She served that organization as secretary and as president.

Helen was a faithful and committed member of the congregation of Holy Apostles Episcopal Church in Fort Worth over many years. Her devotion to her church prompted her to embrace a host of responsibilities, including flower guild directress, senior warden, vestry member and vestry secretary.

Helen's entire life has been one of faithful service to God, her family, her friends and her community. She was filled with optimism, boundless energy and can-do spirit. She tackled every activity with vigor and cheerfulness, with the full conviction that if a solution to a problem could be found, she was the one to do it.
Helen was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Oliver; her siblings, Otto Virgil Campbell Jr., Frances Lucia Campbell and William J. Campbell; and several nieces and nephews. Helen will be greatly missed by all the family she leaves behind.

Survivors: Daughter, Sandra Cecile Magnusson; nieces, Susan Johnson Doss, Nancy Johnson, Carol Campbell Huntley and Susan Campbell McCormick; nephews, Michael and Terry Campbell and Robert Johnson; cousin, Virginia Haas; and great-nephew, Raymond Huntley.
Published in the Star-Telegram on 12/30/2008

IN MEMORIAM CLASS OF 1934

Wanda Lehew Cole
Effie Juanita Carter Davis
Robert E. "Bob" Lawson

IN MEMORIAM CLASS OF 1936

Vera Taylor Townsend

IN MEMORIAM CLASS OF 1937

E.L. Boone
Carl Almon Noah

IN MEMORIAM CLASS OF 1938

Marion Brooks Bone Geraldine Jones Wallace
Effie Corinne Bogart Jackson John D. Wilborn
Homer L. Mahaffey, Jr. Ruth Priest Dixon
William E. "Bill" Albrecht  

IN MEMORIAM CLASS OF 1939

Frank Doyle Walter Browning
Carlene(Connie) Rodgers Hancock Floyd D. Berry
Jack P. Smith Emma Jo Brown Harris
Ruby Harrison Bryant Elva Tesseneer Tinsley
Dorothy Mae Bell Thomason Jack Pool
Mary Grace Hollis Pool L. J. Box
Elizabeth Jacqueline Bost Tubb Artha Steen Tucker

IN MEMORIAM CLASS OF 1940

John R. "J.R." Andrews John Paul Brown
Cliff Magers Jr. Jack R. Murray
Ben C. Reeves

Mildred Schieman McClain
John R. Finegan Jr. La Rue Clifton Smith
Wil Allan "Bill" Cofer Betty Mulkey Rushing
Al Hollis Dorothy Park Ratlif
Lee Sparto  

IN MEMORIAM CLASS OF 1941

Catherine A. Roberts Cross

   Dale Pliler
Milton A. Griggers   James Warren Grantham
David Laurence "Larry" Lamkin   Charles R. "CR" Kennedy
Richard Earl Johnson   Dorothy Knifong Littleton
Naomi Ruth Jones Cummings   Ernest L. Gillingham
Donald Bennett Wiley   Arbon Karr
Elwyn Lawson  

Luther R "Bob" Himes Jr.
Jack Bryant   Roy Fleming
James Pat Benson   George A. Seaman Jr.
Dorothy Louise Williams Quattrochi   Robert M. Patrick

IN MEMORIAM CLASS OF 1942

Dorothy Greener Lester David Thomas Miller, Jr.
Aquilla Miles Blaydes Jack R. Murray
Cecil Brewer Bobby Scott
Loyd Adams Bobby Doyle
Raymond Doyle Billy Mac Housewright
Henry Meagan Billy Mac Turnage
Franz Schubert Chet Wells
Charles Waller

Herbert Charles Slaughter
Mildred Autrey Burton Ancel E. Simmons
Martin Jarrell Lawrence Wesley Culver
David Fowler Robert Andrew Priest
Rozella Chandler Betty Jean Childs Hughes
Betty Jean Tyson Wayne Franklin
Catherine Weeks McCoy Dorothy Jane Ward Pool
Mack Edward Bailey Jr. Burl S. Burton

IN MEMORIAM CLASS OF 1943

Raymond E. Brothers William T. Carroll, Jr.
Dan Nolte Lawrence D. White
Vesta Regan Smith Douglas Clifford Evans
Burl Bayless Bob Pirkle
John Dollins Mary Louise Eagle
Dorothy Jernigan Curtis Sparkman
Howard Selby Harold Lamkin
Charles Clardy Billye Reese Burtner
Margaret Hukill Nowell Charles White
Gilbert Hunter Joe Miniard
Donald H. Powell Bill Boyce
Clarence Richard Webb Thomas M. Skipper
Ruth Bacon Ward  

IN MEMORIAM CLASS OF 1944

Bryan Flippo Gordon Smith
Henry L. Watkins Robert H. Truax
Fred W. Bird  Peggy Simms Gibson
Marian Meggs Arnold Nell Browne
Jo Dean Carroll Raymond Carter
Carl Heather Carolyn Hinds
Billy Hogue Esther Kern
Barbara Lancaster Landon Lindsay
Joan Nelson Milton Prine
Billie Regan Cathryne Terrell
Luther Todd
 Robert Toten
Otis Twitty
Billy White
Paul Yates
Bobby McVean
Bob Milligan Noel Smith Jr.
Everett  Wasser Rebecca Garrison Sakert
Kathryn Richardson Richard Webb
Bill Tillery Frank Hardesty
May Jean Autrey Hamilton David "Pat" Erwin
Jenell Wiseman Tatarevich Mary Frances Nance Collum
Don Fleming Dorothy West Martin
Daniel Wayne Watts Billie Gerline Neace Hall

This list was sent to us by Wanda Pearson Penix '45

IN MEMORIAM CLASS OF 1945

Mary Sue Beasley Griffin   King Bell
James Bond   Sue Bogart Carter
Mary Helen Boustead LaForce   Harold Caroway
H.W. Carter   Jack Conn
Sarah Ellis   Mary Jo Galbreath
James W. "Bill" Grabein Jr.   Mary Graves
Barvon Hamilton   Leo Holiday
Edward Kelly   Joe Looney
Linda Lockerd   Ernest Jack
John Louis Jones   Mary Beth Jones Gray
Gloria McCarty Turner   Robert McJilton
Billie Ruth Miller   Velma Neece Ivie
Bernetta Nesbitt Coulter   Martella Sanford Bishop
Wanda Shubert   Joanne Sonricker Mayfield
Geraldine Weeks Criswell   John Whiteside
Lois Leoffler Law   Sentell Bullard
Jeannine Bedell Griffin   Bernice Hanke Crum
Cantrell Autrey   Lillian Fisher Neece
Betty Sue Ward Myers   Harry Worth Phillips Jr.
Andrew Terry Tackett   Johnnie Pierce Tye
Jack A. Harris   Ethel Underwood Gunter
Mary Helen Callaway Hightower   Wanda Jean Brown Ball
Bobby Payne   Jean Payne White
Wanda Pearson Penix    

This list was sent to us by Jean Schieman Ludiker '46

IN MEMORIAM CLASS OF 1946

R. L. Anderson Suzanne Brown
Ray Cash Jim  Corder
Lawrence Coursey Maxine Crittenden Fouts
Donald Culps Rosemary Cunningham Babb
Bobby Dixon M. B. Easter
Bobby Fuller Joyce Hinds Lauritzon
Phil Holley Willis Jackson
Briley Jones Clifford Moreland
Patsy Myrick Bill Parkman
Sam Reasoner Charles Smith
Jay Van Smith Tommy Toulous
Bill Weatherred Suzanne Williams Benson
James Ronald Price Patsy Thomas Glover
Marjorie Bremer White Edward "Toby" Daley
Billie Wayne McLeod Dorothy Sue Goddard Boyce
Wanda Margaret Wilkins Murphy Dixie Huffman Pate
Wanda Jean Brown Ball Rosemary Daniel Nye
Barbara Dunlap Hubbard Eileen Buckmaster Schubert
Betty Lou Wyatt Hudgins Nellie N. Grey Reeves

This list was sent to us by Jean Schieman Ludiker '46

IN MEMORIAM CLASS OF 1947

Elwin Aston Mary Helen Autrey Koonce
Juanita Barney Bob Bates
Paula Beck Jim Bewley
Bill Camfield Frances Carlton
Harry Christensen Gilbert Cox
Joe Dooling Sam Dougherty
Betty Fisher Thomas Fouts
Jack Glasgow Kenneth Goughnour
Bill Jackson Kenneth Johnson
John Ann Mayberry Bill Mistrot
Patricia Aliene King Smith Carroll Morrow
Arthur Murrell Jean Richardson
Edwin Taylor Patsy Toney Greer
Roland Van Norman Ronald Walker
Bill Watts George Kenneth Winn
Homer A. Ashcraft, Jr. Patsy Thrasher Slaughter
Louis Robert Eddins, Jr. Luella Powell Bogart
William Robert Baley Norman Peel
Donald Blankenship Charla Mae Epperson
George Jack Winn James Richard Hamilton
Marvin Russell Dorothy Owens Adams
Jim Ballard Geraldine Berry Hall
Laverne Bennett Walker Francis Carlton
James Johnston June Maxwell Delling
Thomas Pierce Jack H. Darwin

This list was sent to us by Betty Nell Freeman Benson '49

IN MEMORIAM CLASS OF 1948

Billy Don Baker

Arthur Merrell
Barbara Boyle Putnam Aaron Nichols
James Burley Dorothy Joe Reese Hayes
Mickey Carten Don Rhode
Betty Coburn Vivian Shahan
Bobby Dodson Royce Smith
Fred Gardenhire James Walthall
Jimmie Hudson Appel Betty Worsham Snider
Patsy Kirk Morrow Harlon Wright
Margaret McClain Weldon Bassinger
Iva Lee Bird Bryant Harry Carrigan
Hugh Dempsey John Ellis
Neil Housewright Noel Marchbanks
Nancy McDaniel Browne Charlie Nesbitt
E.W. "Dub" Pawley Bob Rich
Richard Shergold Dorothy Truax Baker
Kenny Winn Lou Ann Wright Dodson
Dorothy Shelton Rhodes Maurice Donald Blankinship
Johnnie Whitten Doyce Dees
Colleen McBrayer Richard E. Neace
Don Knoll Robert J. "Bobby" Lee
R. E. Windham Joyce Ann Cummins Dingmore
Robert L. "Bob" Elliott  

This list was sent to us by Betty Nell Freeman Benson '49

IN MEMORIAM CLASS OF 1949

James Ashcraft Lawrence Autrey
Oren Autrey Bret E. "Pete" Bagby
Eugene Bailey Melvin Bird
Pete Brock Maxine Buchanan
Ann Cadwallader Kay Chipman
Tom Cloyd Tommy Cox
Martha Fry Patsy Gossett
Richard Hammack Bobby Harriss
Carolyn Hicks Tommy Hightower
Rosemary Holden Betty Lou Jenkins
Bety McMillian Richard Melbourne
Sam Neilsen Bill Reasoner
Lawrence Riddle Annette Ritchey
Wanda Sartain Ben Shirley
Dick Sitton Russell Slaughter
Arthurene Smith Marcus Stewart
Mason Stewart Billy Jack Tyson
Bob Wayne Robert Webb
Robert West Garland Wayne Griffitt
Freddy Joe Cooke Baker Blaydes
R.C. Hammock Billie Jo Sanders Hubbard
Robert Plummer Billy Jack Rippy
Ernest John Dunham, Jr. Henry Jackson McCarty Jr.
Richard Wright David Jack Mayfield

IN MEMORIAM CLASS OF 1950

R. J. Blackwell Tommy Bradshaw
Mason Chancellor Joe Daniels
Billie Dean J. R. Duke
John David Ferguson Billy Gregson
Bob Hardie Bill Hargrove
Billie Jean Huggs Ruth Roach Crites
Truett Rutledge Lena Mary Scully Brown
Wendell Stafford Bonnie Tatum Arter
Ollie Taylor Johnnie Trammell
Earline Tyson Fred Withers
Billy Berry Clara Lee Browning
Wanda Keaton Clarence Owen
Wanda Smith Queen Patsy Rohlfing Jackson
Shirley Mason Buckelew Joyce Yvonne Kennedy-Bryant
J.H. "Jim" Weatherby Johnny Russell Jahn
Verlyn Joiner Carlton Bird
Cecilia Locke Smith Lauretta Fowler Tindle
Jay Bennett Howard Weldon Wayne Gilliland
James Norman McMahon David H. Cline
Carla Davidson Hightower Melvin O. Hansen
David Y. Mulkey Barbara Ridgeway Kinney
Fred Spencer Hughes Jo Ann Olsen Culver
Fleming Jones Myra McCollum Meine Davidson
James A. McEndree Jr. Jack Burnett "Gunny" McAlister
Alfred M. Woolf Peggy Elaine Martin Shirley

IN MEMORIAM CLASS OF 1951

Nancy Bennett Krupka Peggy Bewley
Sue Bushnell Clyde V. Butler
Bill Corzort Francis Dawson
Thomas Grammer Tommy Floyd Hackney
Robert Hale Carroll Hall
Bill Hilliard Ray Holden
Marcella Johnson Christnight Barbara Jean Knox
Bobby Jo Looney Atkins Jo Anne Prince
J.C. Richardson Charlotte Rogers Walters
Hal Stephenson Robert Totten
Beverly Walker Patrica Ward
Steve West Charles Rainey
David Anderton Carl Christnight
Truett Rutledge Jack Scott
Peggy Leddy Griffin Fred "Freddie" Sanders
Eddie Kuykendall Wayland Kaye Cox
John Chapman Kennith Whitten
Melma Lois Paul Bili Joan White Wisdom
Roland Douglas Maclin Bobby Bird
Robert Thomas Sample Roland T. Marcee

This list was sent to us by Evyonne Andrews Eddins, '52

IN MEMORIAM CLASS OF 1952

Ray Lewis Boyd Melvin Bradford
Frances Laverne Burns John Carroll Gabbert
Patsy Ruth Harris Jean Harrison Halyard
Patsy Jack Glenn Perry T. Llewellen
Joyce Maier Curbo David R. Mayberry
Billie McCaffity Brown Edward Walters
Bill Medley Bobby Ray Mitchell
Era Belle Morgan Cribbs Thomas Primm
Bill Sharp Charletta Taylor Moulder
Ernestline Bivin Reaves Herman Richardson
Nanette Keaton Savage Rhuenelle Stephens
David "Pete" Russell Sutton Joan Walker
William Duncan Watkins Doris Jeanne Wilson
Madeline Whiteside John David Woodall
Frank Young Joy Newton
Walker Lee Trimble Lloyd Harold Hackney
Nancy Speed-Story Charles Edward Gross
Norma Jean Rowland Jean Smith
Glen Thomas Williams Zelda Margaret Walthall Clark
Jon Duncan Harmon Shirley Bennett Bradshaw Bonds
Albert Neil Payne Doris Earleyne Heater Williams
Billy Don Phifer James "Jim" Lyle McDowell
Paul Edward "Eddie" Brickell James B. Fenimore
Matilda Fritts King Lewis Lee York
Patricia G. Seaton Ingersol Cherry Maddux Jones
Grover Cecil Steward Jo Ann Dinger Streiff
Verree  Elizabeth Hawkins Pearson Phillip Lewis Withers
Charles Dickerson Shirley Jean Taylor

This list was sent to us by Herman Brunner '53 and Dick Richards '53

IN MEMORIAM CLASS OF 1953

Darrell Barney West Melton Bentle
John Bratton Melvin Cole
Jean Gross Cecil Henderson
William Hunnicutt Jess Huston
Bob Leak Theda Littrell
Patricia Jean O'neal Martin James Sprinkle
Charlene Stodghill Ugarkovich Dora Vinson Dunbar
Shirley Sue White Wright Gail Willis Laverty
Robert J. Bremer Shirley Thompson Carter
Roy Hubert Fritts Ernest Allen
Betty Berry Vernon Braswell
James Brennan Shirley Buckner McKinney
Joe Campbell James Clements
Walter Eason Jeanette Hardisty
Janette Holder Sink Bill May
Jackey Ray Holbrook Bill Payne
David Shutter Ray Simmons
Gary Smith Weldon Snodgrass
Patsy Winn Garner Noel Yeary
Carolyn Sue Webb Blum Terry Leland Morrow
Joe Murphy Russell Dee Nickerson
Rodney Michael Crow Temple Ruth Hall
Stephen L. Cayton Noel Allen Morrow
Gary Smith Frances Ann Carr

This list was sent to us by Herman Brunner '53

IN MEMORIAM CLASS OF 1954

J.B. Bird Pat Callaway Neff
Gwendolyn Cates Thomas J. Hickman, Jr.
Bobby Jo Danford <