Forney Messenger

Services for Barbara Kuykendall Rodgers, 81, of Forney, are scheduled for 2 p.m., Wednesday, May 25, 2022, at Bartley Funeral Home with Rev. Jerry Griffin officiating. Interment will be in Creagleville Cemetery. Ms. Rodgers passed away May 18, 2022, in Sunnyvale. She was born June 27, 1940, in Grand Saline, to Roland McCoy & Melissa Elnora Butler Kuykendall. Barbara was raised in Grand Saline, where she graduated from GSHS, Class of 1958. She had lived in the Dallas area before moving to Forney in 1992. She was a commercial casualty underwriter and was a 50-year member of the Roy Stanley Chapter of the Eastern Star. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Charles...

Philip "Sonny" Gasper Saragusa, beloved father, brother, and mentor to many, passed away on February 17, 2022 in Dallas, Texas. He was born on September 1, 1950 in Independence, Louisiana. Sonny was raised on the family farm in the Sweetwater community surrounded by relatives. Sonny attended grade school at Mater Delorosa Catholic School, then Southeastern Louisiana Prep. Upon graduation, he enrolled in college at Northeast Louisiana University (University of Louisiana Monroe) and received a B.S. degree in pharmacy, a major in chemistry, and a minor in biology in 1973. He was a fraternity member of the Phi Delta Chi professional fraternity. He received his real estate license from Eastfield...

Leslee Anne (Stewart) Lenamond, of Frisco, Texas, passed away on Tuesday, February 7, 2022. She was born February 7, 1945, in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, to Corinne Agnes Stewart. Leslee met Gerald "Gerry" Dean Lenamond in Washington DC and they were married in 1966. Leslee and Gerry spent 6 years in Panama, with Gerry's job, and while in Panama they joined the Sports Car Club of America and raced cars. Leslee worked for the Federal Trade Commission as an AOA and retired with them in 2007. After retirement, Leslee bought a summer home in Michigan at Sandy Pines Recreational Community and spent March through October there for 15 years. Leslee always looked forward to her time in Michigan...

It is with heartbreaking sadness that I send the announcement of the passing of my beloved Momma Lynda Ruth Puckett. Lynda was born in Kerens, Texas on November 16th 1948 to Ellis Ellon Dickson and Mary Fannie Lassiter Dickson. She passed on February 4th 2022 with her daughter by her side. She left behind a daughter, Stacy Michelle Odell, and son Michael Swindle,. Lynda was a devoted & loving mother and it showed! We had a great family and did lots of things together. Mostly on weekends. Our family would go to the lake to go boating and swimming, go for a drive of sightseeing, family vacations every summer. Lynda Ruth Puckett was retired from banking after 40 years of great care and...

Services for Lewis Clifton Pierce, Jr. of Forney, TX, will be held 2 pm Wednesday, October 20, 2021, at Eubank Funeral Home in Canton with Pastor Jeff Garrett officiating. Interment will be in Haven of Memories. Visitation will be one at 1 pm. Lewis passed away October 17, 2021. He was preceded in death by his parents, Lewis Clifton Pierce, Sr. and Lucy Viola Wells Pierce; sisters, Emma Edwina Pierce Elliott, Eunice Pierce Roig (Rodney), Sue Carol Pierce Gunn; brother, Ernest Calvin Pierce, Sr. (Jane). He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Carol Gammill Pierce and children, Jennifer Pierce and Frank Pierce and a host of nieces and nephews. Lewis was born in Kreole, MS, on October...

Norman Gene Preskitt Sr., a 34-year resident of Forney, Texas, passed from this life on February 4, 2021, after a five-week battle with COVID-19. Norman was born to James Franklin Preskitt Sr. and Sarah Julia (Laney) Preskitt in Rome, Georgia, on August 10, 1939. Norman is survived by his loving wife of 63 years, Patricia Mae (Sikes) Preskitt; children: Debbie Silver (Steve), Dawn Husk (Bill), Gene Preskitt (Sarita), and Jud Preskitt (Lori); grandchildren: Carly Bragg (Clint), Clay Silver (Kaylee), Melanie Strong (Brandon), Jessie Partain (James), Luke Silver (Hannah), Troy Silver (Fantasia), Travis Husk, Ryan Husk, Zach Husk (Stephanie), Erin Preskitt, Makayla Preskitt (Kahlil), Geno...

Randall Lloyd Martin, 83, of Mesquite, TX 75150, died December 12, 2020 at 9:07 a.m. while hospitalized in Mesquite with Covid complications. Randall was born October 18, 1937 in Wills Point, TX to William Carrol Martin and Fairy Eldis Kemp. Randall married Peggy Joyce Tillis Martin on July 12, 1957. She passed June 24, 1990 after 30+ years of marriage. Randall served his country in the Army from 1960 until 1962 and left the U S Army with a rank of Sergeant. Following his military service he joined Dallas Power and Light that ultimately became TXU- Texas Electric Utilities and he quickly became the Dallas Downtown Building Manager. Some years following his late wife's death, Randall chose...