Obituaries

On April 4, 2022, Mary Deane Jackson went to live with Jesus in Heaven. Mary Deane was called “Deanie” by family, friends, and her five grandchildren who she absolutely adored.

Kevin Charles Franklin, Sr., 64, passed away on March 29, 2022.

Michael D. Meadows, 53, passed away on March 27, 2022.

Ramona Joan Langley, 88 passed away March 17, 2022. She was born May 27, 1933, in Big Spring, Howard County, Texas to William Jefferson Sneed and Frances Marie Skalicky. She attended Big Spring High School, Howard County College, and El Centro College.

Mary Xavier Tucek Preston, 99, passed away, surrounded by her family on Sunday, March 20, 2022, in Carencro, Louisiana. She was born November 3, 1922, in Dallas, Texas, to Charles Joseph Tucek, Sr. and Daisy Marie Ruff Tucek and twin sister to former pastor of St. John Nepomucene Catholic Church in Ennis, Texas, Rev. Msgr. James I. Tucek.

On March 2, 2022, Jimmy Carpenter, Jr., age 56, of Corsicana, Texas left his earthly home to spend eternity with his Lord and Savior in heaven. Funeral services honoring his life were held 2 P.M., Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at Bethel Baptist Church, Buffalo, Texas with pastor, Ray Grissett, officiating. Interment followed in Buffalo Cemetery, Buffalo, Texas.

Memorial services are scheduled as follows: Saturday, March 19, 2022, at J.E. Keevers Mortuary in Ennis. Visitation will be held at noon, a rosary at 1 p.m. and the Memorial Service at 2 p.m.

Billie Jean Duckworth, 91, passed away on March 10, 2022.

James Henry Pustejovsky passed away peacefully at his home in Ennis, Texas, on March 7, 2022.

Maria Louisa Diaz Coronado, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Wednesday morning, February 16, 2022, in Ennis, Texas, at the age of 73. Maria was born in Sinton, Texas, on October 22, 1948, to Eliseo and Amelia Coronado.