In Memoriam

This is a running list of rails from all roads in the North Texas Area who have marked up at that Great Depot in the Sky. Most of the information comes from the Obituary Page of the Fort Worth Star - Telegram, but other names are included when the information is sent to us by email, FAX or US Mail.

For suggestion or comments contact Cy Martin via E-Mail

Horacio Barrera Sarabia, 88
Retired Missouri Pacific Coachman
May 29, 1996

Paul Roscoe Williams
Retired T&P-MP-UP Switchman 35 years
June 2, 1996

Joe I. Gutierrez, 83
Retired Texas and Pacific Brakeman
June 12, 1996

David Cole Brooks, 66
Retired Railroad Mail Clerk
June 22, 1996

Don E. Stobaugh Sr, 63
Retired UP Yard Foreman
June 25, 1996

Charles Edward Sides,67
Locomotive Engineer for FW&D Rwy
June 27, 1996

Sidney Emily Bennett, 86
Retired MP Mail Handler
June 30, 1996

Allison E. Wilson, 80
Retired Texas & Pacific Mail Clerk
July 1, 1966

Edgar B. Lassiter, 90
Retired Railway Clerk for T&P Railway
July 2, 1996

Ollie L. Brock Sr, 80
Retired Conductor for T&P Railway
July 7, 1996

Donald Webster Shaffer, 72
Retired Agent for MKT Railroad July 8, 1996

J. W. Cooper, 77
Retired RI Engineer
July 10, 1996

Herman Wesley Boren, 76
Retired UP Carman
July 12, 1996

James C. Waters, 84
Retired Railroad Switchman
July 15, 1996

Loyd M Story, 72
T&P Carman for 42 Years
July 17, 1996

D.A. Pepper
Retired T&P Locomotive Engineer
July 26, 1996

Morris Gibson
T&P Engineer

M.R.Mitchell, 80
Retired T&P Employee
August 14,1995

Raymond Thomas Griffin, 81
Retired Santa Fe Employee
August 15, 1996

Clyde R. Pierce, 83
Retired T&P Employee
August 18, 1996

Dennis John Recktenwald
BNSF Employee
August 21, 1996

H. Dan Livingston, 61
Retired T&P Clerk
August 23, 1996

Dimple B. Neale, 79
Retired SantaFe Teletype Operator
August 31, 1996

Buford H. "Boots" Stewart, 81
Retired Frisco and BN Conductor
September 10, 1996

Buck Gafford Jr, 70
Retired BN Employee
September 17, 1996

Nolan T. Carter, 68
Retired T&P Civil Engineer
September 19, 1996

Elvira A. Perez, 69
Union Pacific Custodian
September 19, 1996

W.B. Howard, 85
Retired Railroad Maintenance Worker
September 20, 1996

Fred D. Kelly, 89
Retired T&P Employee
September 26, 1996

Larry Gene Hill, 49
Retired SantaFe Employee
September 27, 1996

A.E. "Buddy" Stroud, 83
Retired T&P Locomotive Engineer
September 17, 1996

Jim Bob Turberville, 81
Retired T&P Conductor
September 21, 1996

Fred D. Kelly, 89
Retired T&P Switchman and Tower Operator
September 22, 1996

Larry G. Hill, 49
Retired Railroad Employee
September 26, 1996

Edward G. McCoy, 90
Retired MP Electrician
October 6, 1996

Don R. Huffman, 46
UP Manager of Operating Practices
October 8, 1996

Imogene Freeman, 78
Retired Railroad Employee
October 13, 1996

Louis Lee Carmichael Sr, 71
Retired UP Superintendent
October 11, 1996

Howard L. "Red" Finley, 87
Retired T&P Locomotive Engineer
October 11, 1996

Tommie Lee Burleson, 86
Retired Santa Fe and Katy Employee
October 19, 1996

Una Beryl Cavasos, 82
Retired SP Agent and Telegrapher
October 26, 1996

Downing B. Jenks, 81
Former MP Chief Executive
October 26, 1996

Carlie Miles, 86
Retired T&P Machinist Helper
October 31, 1996

Charlie Johnson, 58
Retired ATSF Car Department Foreman
November 2, 1996

Stanley Valdez, 76
Retired T&P and Katy Employee
November 5, 1996

Joe J. McDaniel, 86
Retired SP Dock Foreman
November 5, 1996

D.R. "Doc" Pugh, 89
Retired SF Electrician
November 8, 1996

Eddie Ray Townsend, 58
Former Katy Brakeman
November 10, 1996

Jesse C. Johnson, 81
Retired SF Switchman
November 11, 1996

E.J. Cound, 84
Retired Car Foreman for SP
November 10, 1996

Nathaniel Isom, 80
Retired MP Employee
November 11, 1996

George M. Jones, 88
Retired ATSF Blacksmith
November 18, 1996

J.B. Adams, 75
Retired ATSF Laborer
November 18, 1996

A.C. Braddock, 88
Retired SF Track Maintenance Worker
November 20, 1996

L.M. Roberts, 73
Retired T&P, UP, MP Locomotive Engineer
November 21, 1996

Phil Huddleston
UP Conductor
November 23, 1996

Wayne Key, 54
Retired T&P, MP, UP Welder
December 6, 1996

E.B. "Brum" Little, 85
Retired MV Switchman
December 8, 1996

George Stevens, 90
Retired T&P Locomotive Engineer
December 10, 1996

Houston Eakin, 77
Retired Katy Locomotive Engineer
December 11, 1996

Robert L. Powell, 84
Retired Santa Fe Laborer
December 12, 1996

W. P. "Phillip" Vandewater
Retired UP Conductor
December 13, 1996

John Quincy Robinson Jr, 67
Retired T&P Dining Car Waiter
December 13, 1996

Benjamin Holt Hutcheson, 101
Retired MKT Electrical Foreman
December 14, 1996

Raymond Arlene Kuykendall, 74
Retired SF Carman
December 12, 1996

O.T. Greenlee, 80
Retired T&P and MP Boilermaker
December 23, 1996

Arrel P. Roberts, 75
Retired SF Traveling Agent
December 26, 1996

Vernon F. Mayo, 79
Retired SF Employee
December 29, 1996

Virbie Lankford, 94
Retired SF Secretary and Timekeeper
December 29, 1996

Gerald N. Ozee, 83
Retired SP Chief Freight Agent
December 30, 1996

Charles W. Adams, 89
Retired Railroad Machinist
January 12, 1997

Julian Connor, 86
Retired SF Blacksmith's Helper
January 15, 1997

Johnny W. Payne, 77
Retired Railway Clerk
January 16, 1997

Woodrow Lester Bryce, 81
Retired T&P Locomotive Engineer
January 2, 1997

William Young, 85
Retired Railroad Clerk
January 8, 1997

Charles Adams, 89
Retired Railroad Machinist
January 12, 1997

Obie Odell "Peso" Pearce, 72
Retired T&P-MP-UP Switchman
January 16, 1997

Boyd Howell, 84
Retired MP Truckdriver
January 20, 1997

Stephen Greenwood, 81
Retired FW&D Employee
January 16, 1997

Kenneth R. Wright, 48
Union Pacific Conductor
February 9, 1997

Grady Owen, 77
Retired T&P, MP, UP Railway Clerk
Friday, February 14, 1997

Urban L. Taylor, 78
Retired T&P and MP General Car Inspector
Sunday, February 16, 1997

Julian Longoria, 79
Retired SF Trackman
Tuesday, February 18, 1997

Lois "Gypsy" McDonald Beteg, 72
Retired MP Ticket Agent
Tuesday, February 18, 1997

John Vernon Starnes, 75
Retired SF Engineer
Sunday, February 23, 1997

Morris L. Davidson, 66
Retired Cotton Belt RR Inspector
Tuesday, February 25, 1997

R.L. "Bob" Maddox
Retired T&P-MP-UP Conductor
Wednesday, February 26, 1977

Thomas E. Kirk, 78
Retired T&P Clerk
Thrusday, February, 1997

Wardell Loyd, 88
Retired T&P Employee
Saturday, March 1, 1997

Coy Blagg, 81
Retired SF Conductor
Monday, March 3, 1997

Madison W. Reed, 90
Retired SP Locomotive Engineer
Wednesday, March 5, 1997

Hazel Beene Lawson, 67
Retired RI and MKT Employee
Friday, March 7, 1997

Walter Glenn Lovell Sr, 69
Retired MKT Employee
Friday, March 7, 1997

John H. Jeffery, 85
Retired T&P Pullman Conductor
Monday March 10, 1997

James "Doc" Ferguson, 70
Retired SF Machinist
Tuesday, March 11, 1997

Ben F. Johnson
Retired Railroad Worker
Saturday, March 15, 1997

Truman Lewis Dement
Retired BN Carman
Thrusday, March 20, 1997

Sherley Brock Smith Jr, 60
UP Certified Air Brake man and Welder
Saturday, March 22, 1997

James "Chubby" Price, 68
Retired RI, MKT, UP Locomotive Engineer
Monday, March 25, 1997

Elmer I "Bud" Mullen, 86
Retired Railroad Laborer
Thursday, March 27, 1997

Charlie Rufus Trotter, 94
Retired T&P Employee
Monday, March 31, 1997

Mary J. Teague Floyd Todd, 85
Retired SF Agent
Thursday, April 10, 1997

Larry Tierney, 59
RI-Katy- UP Locomotive Engineer
Monday April 7, 1997

Musker Belfrey Jr, 76
Retired T&P - MP Dining Car Waiter and Mechanic
Sunday, April 13, 1997

Floyd Fuller, 45
Manager of Operator Logistics for BNSF
Friday, April 18, 1997

Freddie Glenn Johnson, 56
Powerhouse Engineer for SF
Sunday, April 20, 1997

Frank Stearn, 83
Retired SF Electrician
Saturday, April 26, 1997

Oscar Ernest Owens Jr, 78
Retired Frisco Yardmaster
Monday, April 28, 1997

Willie T. Washington, 70
Retired Railroad Worker
Monday, April 21, 1997

Epifanio "Pete" Leija, 82
Retired RI Switchman
Tuesday, April 29, 1997

John H. Kaler, 84
Retired WP and UP Locomotive Engineer
Tuesday, April 29, 1997

Roscoe E. Garrett, 89
Retired TP - MP Mail and Baggage Handler
Monday, May 5, 1997

David Shellingburg, 86
Retired SF Shop Steward
Friday, May 2, 1997

Jimmy B. Green, 64
Engineer
Saturday, May 3, 1997

Joe Albert "Blackie" Hall, 72
Retired SF Carman
Saturday, May 3, 1997

Hobart W. Caughron, 80
Retired SF Heavy Equipment Operator
Sunday, May 4, 1997

J.L. "Big Boy" Shults, 66
Retired T&P, MP and UP Signalman
Wednesday, May 7, 1997

John Ernest Ferguson, 84
Retired Switchman- 50 Years service
Saturday, May 10, 1997

Darrell D. Hendon, 55
BNSF Conductor
Sunday, May 18, 1997

Allen Wayne Rozell, 49
Engineer UP and GSWRR
Tuesday, June 10, 1997

Terrell E. "Big Tex" Stokes, 77
Railway Mail Clerk for T&P, MP, MKT
Friday, June 13, 1997

Lewis E. Milburn, 85
Retired MKT Mechanical Superintendent
Saturday, June 28, 1997

Charles W. Mitchell, 55
Union Pacific Conductor
Sunday, June 29, 1997

C.D."Jimmy" Mayfield
Retired UP Conductor
Monday, June 30, 1997

J.R. Thornton
Retired Katy Switchman
Monday, July 7, 1997

Barney "Sam" Holmes Jr, 86
Retired T&P Brakeman
Monday, July 7, 1997

S.D. Audrey, 79
Retired SF Mailhandler
Thursday, July 10, 1997

Robert Edgar "Bud" Brown, 78
Retired Porter for SF
Tuesday, July 15, 1997

Ace Lawrence Head Jr, 75
Retired Union Pacific Switchman
Died July 18, 1997

Charles A. Hardwick, 78
Retired MP General Manager
Friday, July 18, 1997 Willie B. Daniels, 90
Retired Santa Fe Employee
Friday, July 18, 1997

Willie E. Ray, 78
Retired Frisco Foreman
Tuesday, July 22, 1997

Gina Esthey
Union Pacific Dispatcher
July 22, 1997

Horace Ennis Cornelius, 70
Equipment Operator for SF
Tuesday, July 29, 1997
Tommy Knox Kyser, 95
Retired Railway Mail Clerk
Thursday, July 31, 1997

Otis "Dutch" Evans, 78
Retired SF Laborer
Wednesday, July 23, 1997

Kenneth Ray Mace, 62
Retired T&P Clerk
Saturday, August 2, 1997

Robert Nathan Thompson Sr, 85
Retired Railroad Switchman
Friday, August 8, 1997

J.D. Shenkir, 70
Retired SF Chief Clerk
Thursday, August 14, 1997

Roy H. Kendall Sr, 78
Retired Frisco General Yardmaster
Friday, August 15, 1997

Lupe Trujillo Sr, 75
Retired T&P Laborer

Saturday, August 16, 1997

S.C. Griffin, 87
Retired MKT Switchman
Tuesday, August 19, 1997

Roy W. Adams, 54
UP Locomotive Engineer
Thursday, August 20, 1997

Ray V. Jagers, 45
UP Locomotive Engineer
Thursday, August 20, 1997

Sherman Wright, 84
Retired SF Carman
Saturdey, August 23, 1997

Barbara J. Oney, 87
Retired T&P Clerk
Saturday, August 30, 1997

Jose T. Ramirez, 90
Retired T&P Carman
Thursday, September 4, 1997

Joseph Skinner Jr, 70
Retired SF Employee
Saturday, September 6, 1997

Beatrice Lucille Hunter, 87
Retired T&P Telegraph Operator
Wednesday, September 10, 1997

Vernon Eugene Boulware, 91
Retired SF Diesel Supervisor
Wednesday, September 10, 1997

Cy Penning, 58
BN Employee
Monday, September 22, 1997

Martha C. Bovea, 79
Retired SP Telegraph Operator
Sunday, September 28, 1997

Clyde Devoe Williams, 79
Retired T&P Service Technician
Thursday, October 2, 1997

John "J.D." Williams, 74
Retired SF Laborer
Friday, October 17, 1997

David Marshall Clary, 74
Retired SF Clerk
Saturday, October 25, 1997

Harlan T. "Tommy" Kennedy, 79
Retired MP Conductor
Thrusday, October 30, 1997

Johnny Lawrence Brown, 88
Retired SF Section Hand
Sunday, November 2, 1997

Earnest Vernon Ellis, 88
Retired SF Carman
Sunday, Novemver 2, 1997

Danny W. "Bear" Saltsman, 58
SF Sheetmetal Worker
Friday, November 7, 1997

Minnie Christain, 96
Retired SP Secretary
Saturday, November 8, 1997

Enrique "Pa Pa Rique" Hurtado, 101
Retired T&P Supervisor
Sunday, November 16, 1997

Orville Dee Cavin, 87
Retired SF Engineer
Sunday, November 16, 1997

Robert James "R.J." Ford, 85
Retired T&P Conductor
Monday , November 17, 1997

William Avon Short, 73
Retired UP Electrician
Tuesday, November 18, 1997

Claudie Baker, 86
Retired Boilermaker
Wednesday, November 19, 1997

Marvin E. Sunday, 80
Retired BN Car Inspector
Wednesday, November 19, 1997

Harold Womack, 83
Retired UP Engineman
Saturday, November 22, 1997

Earl Edward Rich, 84
Retired SF Switchman
Friday, November 28, 1997

E. E. Murrell, 79
Retired SP Telegrapher
Sunday, November 30, 1997

Herbert Archer, 78
Retired Katy Car Inspector
Monday, December 1, 1997

Eldon R. Edgett, 38
UP Locomotive Engineer
Tuesday, December 2, 1997

Buford E. "Gene" Marshall, 71
Retired Up and MP Transportation Inspector
Wednesday, December 3, 1997

George B. Bankhead, 70
Retired ATSF Agent
Tuesday, December 9, 1997

James Odis Morse, 84
Retired ATSF Conductor
Saturday, December 13, 1997

Robert L Gullick, 68
Retired SP Conductor
Sunday, December 14, 1997

William H. Watson, 92
Retired SP Travelling Auditor
Thursday, December 18, 1997

Kelly E. Banks, 72
Retired UP Trainmaster
Tuesday, December 23, 1997

Irwin "Si" Kouns, 82
Retired SF Yardmaster
Saturday, December 27, 1997

Bill W. Splawn, 85
Retired SP Locomotive Engineer
Thursday, January 1, 1998

Buford C. Finklea, 79
Retired Engineer/Clerk
Monday, January 5, 1998

Jason Stanley, 24
UP Conductor
Tuesday, January 20, 1998

Jessie Harold Prince, 69
Missouri Paciffic Clerk
Friday, January 30, 1998

Ray Kerr, 82
Retired SF Machinist
Wednesday, February 4, 1998

Walter N. Ayers, 80
Locomotive Engineer for T&P, MP and UP
Tuesday, February 3, 1998.

A. J. Bailiff, 85
Retired from the T&P Railroad
Wednesday, February 4, 1998.

Melvin Clifford Wyatt, 88
Retired Frisco Conductor
Monday, February 9, 1998

John Willie Francis, 67
Retired MP Trackman
Monday, February 16, 1998

Warren G. "Buck" Caldwell, 77
Retired Missouri Pacific Switchman
Wednesday, Feb. 18, 1998

John M. Allen, 83
Retired MP Engineer
Thursday, February 19, 1998

Kenneth G. Lawrence, 52
UP Brakeman - Switchman
Monday, March 2, 1998

Ilene Rose Molloy, 92
Retired MKT Secretary
Saturday, March 7, 1998

John Yevak, 48
BN Brakeman/Conductor
Monday, March 16, 1998

Harold Callicott, 71
Retired UP Switchman
Monday, March 16, 1998

Raymond E. Sanders, 67
Retired Chief Clerk for SP
Thursday, March 19, 1998

Kenneth H. Archer, 73
Retired SF Car Inspector
Friday, March 20, 1998

Leland Livingston, 65
Retired UP Carman
Tuesday, March 24, 1998

Johnny R. Little, 50
UP Conductor
Tuesday, March 24, 1998

Robert Lee Chancellor, 80
Retired Inspector for MP
Tuesday, March 24, 1998

Teresa Lynn Patterson, 40
Former UP Clerk
Tuesday, March 24, 1998

Royce H. "Bill" Ezell, 88
Retired T&P Locomotive Engineer
Wednesday, March 25, 1998

Selestino Carrisales, 87
Retired Laborer for the UP
Saturday, March 28, 1998

Michael Tyrone Jackson, 31
UP Employee
Wednesday, April 1, 1998

Ronald "Ronny" Smith, 47
MP Conductor
Sunday, April 5, 1998

Refugio R. "Cuco" Lopez, 91
Retired T&P Laborer
Tuesday, April 14, 1998

Ernest O. Allen, 64
Retired SF Employee
Wednesday April 15, 1998

Lowell W. White, 86
Retired T&P Brakeman
Thursday, April 16, 1998

J. W. Stevenson, 51
Retired T&P - MP - UP Conductor
Monday, April 20, 1998

Akfred C. "Rick" Ricketts, 78
Retired SantaFe Employee
Sunday, May 10, 1998

Thomas Earl Jacobs Sr, 83
Retired from Texas & Pacific Railroad
Sunday, May 10, 1998