Obituaries

Austin Wade Elbert

Austin Wade Elbert passed away Tuesday, September 22, 2020 at 12:28 p.m. at the age of 17 with his family at bedside at Methodist Dallas Medical Center.

Jim Collins, 79, passed away on September 12, 2020, in Dallas, Texas, from suspected cardiac arrest. He was born on June 10, 1941, in Dallas, Texas, to James C. Collins, Sr. and Katie Porter Blakey Collins.

Paul Claxton, 45, passed away on Sept. 12, 2020.

Visitation was held on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020, from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m., at Superior Care Funeral Services, 1905 W. Ennis Ave., Ennis TX 75119.

Paula Castillo Gonzalez, 60, passed away in Waxahachie, Texas on September 11, 2020. Paula was born in Puerta Del Rio, Mexico on March 10, 1960 to Nicolas and Andrea (Cazares) Castillo.

Shirley Lou (Walker) Minter, 83, passed away in Waxahachie, Texas on Tuesday, September 15, 2020.

Bessie Hetmer Johnson, 92, passed away early on Friday, September 4, 2020 in Mesquite, Texas.

Bessie was born in Ennis, Texas on July 24, 1928 to Joe J. and Annie V. (Palka) Jaska. She grew up in Ennis and attended Ennis High School.

John Lee Sparks, Jr, son of John Lee Sparks, Sr. and Ella Fern (Colvin) Sparks was born in Ennis, TX, on March 22, 1933, and passed away in Wichita, KS, September 2, 2020, at the age of 87.

Jordy Gutierrez, 19, passed away on Aug. 20, 2020.

Funeral service was held on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020, at 10 a.m., at St. John Nepomucene Church, Ennis.

Margarita Hernandez, 89, passed away on Aug. 31, 2020.

Visitation was held on Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020, from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m., at Eternal Rest Funeral Home Chapel Ennis.

After a life long battle with complications from the genetic disorder muscular dystrophy, Justin Wayne Meadows, 36, passed away on Wednesday, September 2, 2020.