Obituaries

FORT WORTH — Emma Ruth Pullen Holt passed away Saturday, May 4, 2013, at the age of 69. Memorial service: 1 p.m. Monday, May 13, at Handley Meadowbrook Community Center, 6201 Beaty St., Fort Worth, 76112. Memorials: In lieu of flowers, the family requests a donation be made in Emma’s memory to Universal Health Resources, P.O. Box 8795, Fort Worth,...

FORT WORTH — Richard D. “Dick” Albrecht, a retired major, took his last flight Thursday, May 2, 2013, at 4:35 p.m. after a long illness. Graveside service: 1:30 p.m. Thursday, May 9, in Dallas Fort Worth National Cemetery. Memorials: In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the Wounded Warriors Project, Box 758517, Topeka, Kan. 66675....

Gwendolyn Tandy Upchurch, born on Aug. 8, 1989, passed away on Tuesday, April 30, 2013. Visitation: The family will receive friends 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday at Brown, Owens & Brumley Funeral Home. Gwendolyn was a remarkable young woman who lit up a room and deeply touched those she met. Words will never express how much we love and...

Daisy Mae “Gran” Jackson, 73, passed away Friday, April 26, 2013. Celebration of life: 10 a.m. Monday in Brown, Owens & Brumley Funeral Directors’ Joe B. Brown Memorial Chapel. Visitation: 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.

Memorials: In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Texas Peace Officers Memorial Fund, Fort Worth; Arlington Safe Haven; or...

William “Bill” Joseph Walton passed away Saturday, April 13, 2013, at the age of 56. Memorial service: 3 p.m. Friday, April 26, in Brown, Owens & Brumley Funeral Directors’ Joe B. Brown Memorial Chapel. Bill was born Oct. 2, 1956, in Savannah, Ga. He was an avid tennis player as a teenager in Florida and an enthusiastic outdoorsman his entire...

FORT WORTH — Joseph Eugene Martin Sr., 75, passed away peacefully Thursday, March 14, 2013. Joseph was born April 4, 1937, to the late Coy and Ester Martin in Lufkin. He proudly served our country by enlisting in the U.S. Marine Corps and served a tour of duty in Vietnam as a helicopter pilot. Joseph retired after many dedicated years...

David “Dave” Martin Ward, 72, a very loving husband, father and grandfather, left this world peacefully on Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012, with his loving family by his side as he always wanted them to be, after a long battle with cancer. Graveside service: 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 10, in Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct....

FORT WORTH — Alma Lillian Brown passed away peacefully surrounded by her family Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012, at the age of 79. Celebration of life: 11 a.m. Saturday in Brown, Owens & Brumley’s Joe B. Brown Memorial Chapel with Dr. Bill Ramsey officiating. Interment: Alma will be laid to rest in a private service next to her beloved husband of...

Kathleen Foley Truss peacefully returned to the Lord on Tuesday, July 27, 2010, at the age of 49. Memorial service: 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church, 5819 W. Pleasant Ridge, Arlington. Arrangements are under the direction of Brown, Owens & Brumley Funeral Home. Kathleen was the loving wife of George H. Truss Jr. of Arlington and...

George Hoyte Warren Jr., 36, a retired RCA for Cleburne Postal Service and former Texas Tech University student, died Friday, Dec. 22, 2006, in Glen Rose. Funeral: 1 p.m. Wednesday at Brown, Owens & Brumley Funeral Directors. Visitation: 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Memorials: In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to American Diabetes Association;...

Hallie Grace Walker Trotter, 96, died Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2006, in Fort Worth, following a short illness with pneumonia. Graveside service: 10 a.m. Saturday in Rose Hill Cemetery. She was born Sept. 3, 1909, in Seborn Community. She was one of two surviving daughters of Virginia Elizabeth Worley Walker and George Washington Walker. Hallie moved to Fort Worth with her...

Ralph A. Whitaker, 65, passed away Thursday, Jan. 30, 2003.

Memorial service: 2 p.m. Friday in Brown, Owens & Brumley’s Joe B. Brown Memorial Chapel.

Ralph Whitaker was born Nov. 11, 1937, in Decatur, Ala. Ralph was a graduate of Mississippi State University with honors and co-founder of Derby Day for Sigma chi Fraternity. He was a avid golfer, sports...