A woman who graduated at the top of her class has passed away. She was born to Martin and Bessie and had two younger brothers. After completing her education, she taught second grade and later took classes in education.
She married Keith and they had two sons, Marty and David. Her early life involved growing up near a bayou and attending a high school where she excelled. She went on to earn a degree in sociology and later resumed her education.
Further details about her life are available from the source, including her accomplishments and personal history.
Fort Worth ISD’s state-appointed board of managers has spent months asking residents what they want from the district. With the listening tour nearly over, managers say they still aren’t hearing enough from some of the families they most want to reach. At a Sept. 1 session at Com...
Jack "Tony" Anthony King, 73, passed away on Monday, Sept. 7, 2026. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, Sept. 14, 2026, at Mount Olivet in the Breyley Suite. Funeral Service: 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026, in Mount Olivet Chapel. Interment: To follow at Mount Olivet Cemetery. Jac...
Angel R. Saldivar, 87, passed away on Monday, Sept. 7, 2026. Visitation: 1:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 14, 2026, in Mount Olivet Chapel. Funeral Service: 2:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 14, 2026, in Mount Olivet Chapel. Angel was born on Oct. 1, 1938, to Jose Saldivar Olmos and Juana Rubalcava...
Vicki Lynn Santa Cruz Chapman, 73, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026, in Fort Worth. Memorial Service: 12 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026, in Mount Olivet Chapel. In honor of Vicki's deep love for her pets, in lieu of flowers, the family suggests making a donation to ...
Winky Hix was 37 and a newly promoted detective with the Fort Worth Police Department when he watched on television two planes crash into the World Trade Center twin towers in New York City on Sept. 11, 2001. The now retired 62-year-old Fort Worth native recalled the department s...
Fort Worth Stockyards visitors taking in a nostalgic cattle drive this week can look up in the sky and see the future. The Stockyards will be one of several locations included as part of a major advanced air mobility testing project by the state. Some of those air taxis took to t...
FORT WORTH, Texas — The Fort Worth Botanic Garden will honor Hispanic Heritage Month with ¡Celebramos! presented by Charles Schwab Bank, a celebration of Latino culture, art, food, music and community spread across two weekends — Sept. 19–20 and Oct. 18, 2026. The festival brings...
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The Fort Worth-based U.S. arm of Israeli defense technology and weapons manufacturer Elbit Systems has rebranded itself as Twenty-Six Defense, the company announced Wednesday. The company began U.S. operations in 1993 and employs 3,300 people across 10 states. The focus at the Fo...
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