Con profundo pesar comunicamos el fallecimiento de Mario Domingo Vázquez, quien nos dejó el pasado 19 de abril de 2024. Nacido el 16 de enero de 2000, Mario fue el amado hijo de Mario Vázquez y Maricruz, quienes lo vieron crecer con amor y dedicación en la ciudad de Dallas. Desde su infancia, su hogar estuvo lleno de risas, amor y valores familiares que lo moldearon en la persona excepcional que fue. Mario pasó sus años formativos en Dallas y...

  Don Chism Husband. Father. Grandfather. Toy maker. Woodworker. And of course, Santa Claus. In his 84 years, Don Chism played all these roles and more. The seventh child of Arthur Herbert Chism and Jewel Elizabeth Horner, Don was the only child born within a hospital. He almost died before his mother realized she was producing no milk for him. He lived only by guzzling goat’s milk the first few months of his life.  The end of the Great Depression meant hard times for the...

Patti Lynne Hooten, beloved wife, mother, mimi, educator, and community advocate, passed away on April 16th, 2024, leaving behind a legacy of love, kindness, and service. She was born on February 7th, 1949, in Kermit, Texas, to Jennings and Ruth Gilbert. Raised by her parents and grandparents in Russellville, Arkansas, Patti's early years were shaped by the values of family and community. She graduated from Russellville High School in 1967 and pursued higher education at Arkansas Tech...

Betty Bell was an artist and an innovator. Her designs ranged from award winning private homes in Texas, California & Nevada; Villas in Mexico; and Ranches and Lake estates in Texas. She designed a lake home over water with the bedroom being a house boat.  She designed heating and air ducts that ran under brick floors to heat and cool the bricks.  She helped develop Sherwood Forest, a residential development in Irving, insisting that the sidewalks curve around the beautiful...