March 2023

March, Women’s History Month, continues. The women below were not first doing anything like last week’s subjects, but these did more than their share. I chose alphabetical order to avoid playing favorites starting and ending.

April Ann (Conner) Zachary – loving mother, grandmother, sister and friend; 69 years of Madisonville, TX; passed away on Monday; March 6, 2023, in Carrollton, TX. April’s life will be celebrated on Saturday; March 25, 2023, at 2PM at The Midway Church of Christ in Midway, TX. Bro. Ben Stevens will officiate.

Edith Irene (Goff ) Springer Denman, 74, of Trinity, Texas passed away on March 15, 2023 in Trinity, Texas. She was born on November 9, 1948 in Dallas, Texas to Joe Bailey Goff and Eddie Irene (Carroll) Goff.

Terry Shiflet; 66 years, 9 months, 8 days; a long-time resident of Iola, TX; passed away on Sunday; March 12, 2023 in Bryan, TX. The funeral services are scheduled for 4PM on Saturday; March 18, 2023 at Enon Missionary Baptist Church in Iola, TX with Bro. Larry Andrews officiating.

Barbara Jean (Boren) Gregory was born on February 10, 1934 in Denison, Texas to William Frank and Ruth Vera (Babcock) Boren. Barbara lived in Denison as a little girl and later settled in McKinney, Texas where she attended school until graduating in 1951.

Joyce Marie (Andrus) Nevill; 81 years, 5 months, 26 days; passed away at her home in North Zulch, TX on Sunday; March 19, 2023 with her family by her side. Funeral services are scheduled for 11AM on March 22, 2023 at Cross Baptist Church in North Zulch, TX with Bro. Munroe Rice officiating. The burial will follow at Cross Cemetery in Iola, TX and there will be a visitation prior to the service beginning at 10AM.Joyce was born on September 23, 1941 in North Zulch, TX to Mack Leonard and Della Rea (McCreery) Andrus and was preceded in death by her parents and her brothers, Don Andrus and Leonard Andrus.

Nelda Ruth Murphy, mostly known as Ruth, died peacefully after a brief illness at her home with her only surviving son by her side. She will be greatly missed but she’s no longer in pain and she’s celebrating her new life with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.