Jessie D. Redfearn

Jessie D. Redfearn, 89, of Aubrey, passed away Monday, January 28, 2008 in Pilot Point. He was born August 25, 1918 in Mount Pleasant to Clyde and Effie Browning Redfearn. He married Agnes Gertrude Griffith on February 15, 1942 in Rockwall. She preceded him in death. He served in the U.S. Army during WWII. He was a member of Friendship Church in Denton and the Masonic Lodge. He had retired from Glidden Paint Co.

Visitation will be Friday, February 1, 2008 from 6 - 8 p.m. at DeBerry Funeral Directors. Funeral service will be Saturday, February 2, 2008 at 10 a.m. in the chapel of DeBerry Funeral Directors with Rev. John Stout officiating.  Burial will follow at Restland Memorial Park in Dallas.

He is survived by sons, Leroy Redfearn and wife, Diane of The Colony and John Redfearn and wife, Robbie of Krugerville; three grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.

John Thomas Wright

John Thomas Wright, 67, of Sanger, passed away Monday, January 28, 2008 at Presbyterian Hospital of Denton. He was born August 12, 1940 in Hawaii to John Thomas Wright, Sr. and Pearl Hernandez Wright. He married Catalina Garcia in September 1993 in Lewisville. He had retired from Lewisville Manor where he had served many years as an Administrator.

A memorial service will be held Friday, February 1, 2008 at 3 p.m. in the chapel of DeBerry Funeral Directors with Father James Flynn officiating.

He is survived by his wife, Catalina Wright of Sanger; daughters, Diana Moore of Teague and Tina Wright of Bruceville; sons, Tom Wright and Tim Wright of CA and Charles Wright of Teague; sister, Judy Diaz of Long Beach CA; brother, Douglas Wright of Las Vegas NV; and numerous grandchildren.

Gerald Henry Metzler

Gerald Henry Metzler, 82, of Lindsay, passed away Tuesday, January 29, 2008, at North Texas Medical Center. He was bon July 9, 1925, the third son of Phillip and Frances Schmitz Metzler. After graduating from Lindsay Public School in 1943, he enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1944 and served three years in the Philippines and Japan during WWII. After his discharge in 1947, he founded Metzler Bros. Drive Inn in Oklahoma with his brothers, Bill and Lee. In 1960, they moved the barbeque restaurant to Highway 82 in Lindsay, where it expanded and employed their families for years.

On October 28, 1952, Gerald married Verena Anna Henscheid, daughter of Henry and Anna Flusche Henscheid of Muenster in Sacred Heart Church. They lived in Gainesville until 1963, when they built their current home on a farm three miles northeast of Lindsay.  Gerald and Verena continued to operate Metzler Bros. Drive Inn until they retired in December 1996. Gerald was a member of St. Peter’s Catholic Church. 

Gerald is survived by his wife, Verena Metzler of Lindsay; daughter and son-in-law, Debbie and Tim Voth; sons and daughters-in-law, Mark and Susan Metzler, Roy and Sandy Metzler of Denton and Jerry and Glenna Metzler; grandchildren, Scott, Stephanie, Allison, Samantha, Jill, Kevin and Jason Metzler and Christina Fisher and husband, Craig; brothers, Clarence, William, Julius and Raymond Metzler; and sisters, Annabelle Dieter and Virginia Noggler. His parents; and brother, Leroy Metzler, precede him in death.

Services will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, February 1, 2008, at St. Peter’s Catholic Church and conducted by Rev. Ron Scheible, O.S.A.  Burial will be at St. Peter’s Cemetery. The family will receive friends at 6:30 p.m., Thursday, January 31, 2008 at St. Peter’s Catholic Church, to be followed by the Rosary recitation at 7 p.m.  Arrangements are under the direction of Geo J. Carroll & Son Funeral Home.

Pallbearers will be Scott, Jim, Don and John Metzler; Pat Dieter, Kenney Noggler, Jeff Kelly and Curtis Henscheid.

Memorial contributions may be made to the charity of one’s choice.

You may sign the online registry by visiting www.geojcarroll.com .

Guadalupe Agado

Guadalupe Agado, 97, of Denton, passed away Tuesday, January 29, 2008 at her home.  She was born December 3, 1910 in Mexico to Eugenio and Maria De La Luz (Torres) Benavidez. She was married to Ignacio Agado on January 20, 1933 in Matamoros, Mexico. He passed away on September 22, 1969. She was a Homemaker and a member of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church.

A Memorial Mass will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, February 1, 2008 in the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, with Father James Flynn and Deacon Emelio “Po Po” Gonzales, officiating.  Burial will follow in the Roselawn Memorial Park.

The family will be at the Mulkey-Mason, Jack Schmitz and Son Funeral Home, 705 N. Locust, Denton for visitation from 7 - 9 p.m., with a Rosary at 8 p.m.

Mrs. Agado is survived by daughters, Josefina Nunez of Immokalee, FL, Margarita Rosales of Denton, Ana Posada of Immokalee, FL and Guadalupe Reyna of Edinburg; sons, Ignacio Agado of Immokalee, FL and Juan Jose Agado of Dallas; thirty-four grandchildren; sixty-seven great-grandchildren; and twenty-seven great great-grandchildren.

On line condolences at www.mulkeymason.com .

Guadalupe Agado

Guadalupe Agado, 97, of Denton, passed away Tuesday, January 29, 2008 at her home.  She was born December 3, 1910 in Mexico to Eugenio and Maria De La Luz (Torres) Benavidez. She was married to Ignacio Agado on January 20, 1933 in Matamoros, Mexico. He passed away on September 22, 1969. She was a Homemaker and a member of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church.

A Memorial Mass will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, February 1, 2008 in the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, with Father James Flynn and Deacon Emelio “Po Po” Gonzales, officiating.  Burial will follow in the Roselawn Memorial Park.

The family will be at the Mulkey-Mason, Jack Schmitz and Son Funeral Home, 705 N. Locust, Denton for visitation from 7 - 9 p.m., with a Rosary at 8 p.m.

Mrs. Agado is survived by daughters, Josefina Nunez of Immokalee, FL, Margarita Rosales of Denton, Ana Posada of Immokalee, FL and Guadalupe Reyna of Edinburg; sons, Ignacio Agado of Immokalee, FL and Juan Jose Agado of Dallas; thirty-four grandchildren; sixty-seven great-grandchildren; and twenty-seven great great-grandchildren.

On line condolences at www.mulkeymason.com .

Mary June Impson

Mary June Impson was born November 28, 1930 in Oklahoma. Her physical life ended January 27, 2008.

She took her Doctor of Education degree in Educational Curriculum at the University of Kansas in 1975, and moved to Denton in 1976 to join the faculty in the Department of Home Economics and Consumer Sciences, later to become the Department of Family Sciences, at Texas Woman’s University. After twenty-two years she retired, as Professor Emeritus, and began devoting her time to her passion for art and painting. She was a longtime and active member of VAST, the Visual Arts Society of Texas, and considered herself a constructionist, both as a person and as a painter. Her watercolor, collage, and pastel paintings, according to June, emerged from a synthesis of self, water, paint, paper, and time. Many of her emotion–filled paintings began as sketches and color studies from her travels and were later completed in her studio at home. Sharing art with others brought her much joy.

June is survived by her precious sons, Loren Cail Impson and Keiller Boytt Impson; her beloved husband, Billy Roy Switzer; her dear grandchildren, Joshua Impson, David Impson, Davina Valiente, Sarah Jane and Daniel Impson; and sixteen great-grandchildren.

A memorial service will be held February 16, 2008 at 10 a.m. in the Cole Chapel of First United Methodist Church, 201 S. Locust St. in Denton, Texas.

Memorial contributions, in lieu of flowers, may be made to Heifer International, P.O. Box 8058, Little Rock, Arkansas 72203-8058 or to The Visual Arts Society of Texas (VAST), Box 1281, Denton, Texas 76202.

Audrey Jane (Young) Garner

Audrey Jane (Young) Garner, 74, of Sanger, passed away Tuesday, January 29, 2008, in Sanger. 

Coker Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Billy D. ‘Bill’ McCarty

Billy D. “Bill” McCarty, 70, of Denton, passed away Monday, January 28, 2008 at Presbyterian Hospital of Denton. He was born June 25, 1937, in Ravenna, Texas, to Thomas Kelly McCarty and Gladys Louise (Henry) McCarty. He was a graduate of Krum High School and attended North Texas State University. He served in the Air National Guard for many years. He loved God with all his heart.  As a member of Hillcrest Baptist Church, he served as a Deacon, as well as many other positions of responsibility. 

As owner of McCarty Construction and Crane Service for over 40 years, he was General Contractor on the construction of the Denton Outlet Mall, the Camping World facility and many other building projects in the Denton area.

He was an active member of, and currently president of, the Denton Independence Lions Club. He proudly served as a Lion for over 30 years. He served as District Governor of Lions District 2-E2, Texas, for the Lions year 2002-2003. Bill was currently serving as District Director for Lions World Services for the Blind, Texas State Co-Chair for Texas MD2 Women’s Membership Development and was on the Texas Lions Camp Improvement Committee. He held Life Memberships in the Texas Lions Camp, Lions Organ and Eye Bank, District 2-E2 Drug Awareness Council and Texas Lions Foundation.

Bill married Ann Thomason on October 11, 1958, in Denton. He is survived by his wife, Ann of Denton; daughter and son-in-law, Sheryl and Rick Mulkey; son and daughter-in-law, Robbie and Lisa McCarty, all of Denton; eight precious grandchildren: Samantha and Tyler Mulkey, of Denton, Adam Mulkey of Palestine, Brittany, Cole, Jordan and Ross McCarty and Crystal and Jorge Trejo, all of Denton.  Bill also had two great-grandchildren that he loved very much, Tanner and Neely Trejo of Denton. He was preceded in death by his parents, T.K. McCarty, and Gladys and Boyd Isbell. 

Visitation will be Wednesday, January 30, 2008, from 6 - 8 p.m. at Bill DeBerry Funeral Directors.  Funeral services will be Thursday, January 31, 2008 at 2 p.m. at the First Baptist Church of Denton, with Dr. Jeff Williams, the Rev. John Lindsay and the Rev. Eddie Schafer officiating. Burial will follow at Roselawn Memorial Park.

Bill McCarty loved God, his family and his fellow man with a heart that was bigger than life. He welcomed everyone with a smile, a warm handshake or a big hug. He will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved him.

Memorials may be made to the Texas Lions Camp, a camp for special needs children, PO Box 290247, Kerrville, TX  78029-0247; Lions World Services for the Blind, 2811 Fair Park Blvd, Little Rock, AR  72204, or the charity of your choice.

We love you, Pappy, and will hold you in our hearts forever.

Ethelyn Clark McGowen

 Ethelyn Clark McGowen, of Denton, formerly of Baird, TX, passed from this life peacefully in her sleep on Tuesday, January 29, 2008. Ethelyn was born in Dudley, TX on June 22, 1909 to Daniel Smith Clark and Elsie Hayhurst Clark.  She grew up on the family ranch, and moved with the family into Abilene to attend high school, graduating from Abilene High in 1927. She attended McMurry College a year and a summer, and started teaching at Oaklawn (a one-teacher school south of Baird). The next year, she moved to Baird and taught First Grade for four years. Her summers were spent in the University of Texas at Austin, North Texas State University (now the University of North Texas) and the University of Southern California in San Diego, CA, as a speech major.

She married Dr. Marvin Carroll McGowen on November 1, 1935, and they were married for 56 years until his death in 1991. During World War II while Carroll was with the Marines serving two years in the South Pacific commanding a clinic of 17 dentists for Carlson’s Raiders, Ethelyn was employed at General Dynamics in Industrial Engineering as a Methods Analyst. She served as Carroll’s receptionist in his Dental Office in Baird for a number of years.

Ethelyn was a great “collector of people.” She was an avid Bridge player and gardener, and enjoyed being a part of a variety of groups including the Parva Investment Club of Abilene, the 17th District Dental Society Auxiliary, and the Delphian Club of Baird. She was a Girl Scout Leader, was nominated by the Junior Wednesday Club of Baird as Federation Mother of the Year, and the McGowen’s yard was chosen “Yard of the Month” on several occasions. She wrote poetry and gave book reviews. Ethelyn & Carroll enjoyed traveling throughout the years to state, national and international Dental Conventions as well as visiting family and friends. Ethelyn was a member of First United Methodist Church of Baird until she moved to Denton in 1997, joining First United Methodist Church in Denton and the FUMC Bungalow Class.

A Service of Celebration of the life of Ethelyn McGowen will be held at First United Methodist Church of Denton on Saturday, February 2, 2008 at 1:30 p.m. in the Sanctuary. Visitation will follow the service in Miller Center. A Graveside Service will be held at Ross Cemetery in Baird at 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, February 3, 2008, with visitation following in the Fellowship Hall of First United Methodist Church of Baird. Pallbearers will be Eth’s nephews. Honorary Pallbearers will be members of the Bungalow Class of FUMC-Denton.

Ethelyn is survived by daughter, Carol Lynn Mizell and son-in-law, Robert G. Mizell of Denton; granddaughter, Michelle Mizell Corazao and grandson-in-law, Marc Corazao of Wichita Falls and granddaughter, Jennifer Mizell of Arlington; sisters, Esther Lee Lankford of Abilene and Elsie Julian of Paris, TX; a host of nieces and nephews; and a lifetime of great friends.  Five additional sisters preceded her in death, Mildred Crowe of Corpus Christi, Amelia Hay Alexy and Ona Mae Poukkoula of San Diego, CA, Edna Bourland of Abilene, and Elyn Patterson of Marshall and Arlington.

Memorials may be made to First United Methodist Church of Baird, Baird, TX 79504 or First United Methodist Church of Denton, 201 South Locust, Denton, TX 76209.