Alvarado–Funeral services for Donald Ray “Donnie” Thedford, 52, of Alvarado, will be held at 11:00 AM, Wednesday, August 11, 2004 at Crosier-Pearson-Mayfield Funeral Home Chapel, of Fort Worth / Burleson. Visitation will be held from 6-8 PM Tuesday at Crosier-Pearson-Mayfield Funeral Home Fort Worth/Burleson Donald Ray Thedford, a truck driver, passed away on Saturday, August 7, 2004, in Cleburne. He was born May 25, 1952 in Fort Worth, the son of Thomas and Mary (Davis) Thedford. He is survived by his wife, Sherry (Cother) Thedford, of Alvarado; daughter, Tammy Burkett; granddaughters, Kaitlyn and Kelsey Burkett, all of Alvarado; mother-in-law, Mildred Cother; sister, Mary Jo White and nieces, Vivian Grammer and Vanessa Eagle all of Fort Worth.
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Bubba I love you and will miss you dearly,you will always be in my prayers. May God watch over you. I will see you again when I’m called to join my Lord and Savior. I love you Bubba. I’m just saying bye for now we will meet again but at a very peaceful and painless place known as The Lords Home and Heaven.
Daddy, I miss you so much.
Bubba I love you and will miss you dearly,you will always be in my prayers. May God watch over you. I will see you again when I’m called to join my Lord and Savior. I love you Bubba. I’m just saying bye for now we will meet again but at a very peaceful and painless place known as The Lords Home and Heaven.
Bubba I love you and will miss you dearly,you will always be in my prayers. May God watch over you. I will see you again when I’m called to join my Lord and Savior. I love you Bubba. I’m just saying bye for now we will meet again but at a very peaceful and painless place known as The Lords Home and Heaven.
papa, i have just discovered your obituary/ie. im now fortheen and it has been eight years scince your death. as you know each year for your birthday we send you ballons and i know you get them in our prayers.as you have watched over me and kelsey we know that you know we love you and miss you with all of our hearts and the same with mom. mom is constantly talking about you and what you used to do and how you and james ( step dad) are so much alike.me and kelsey are doing very well in school and in all of are academic electives. im in spirit squad and go to winterguade compotions and have one many trofes and kelsey is in soccer and is doing very well. it may seen as if we dont pay very much attention to you beeing gone but thats the only way we know how to control the pain in our hearts. we will never forget what a loving caring and the most greatest man weve ever known and i can promise you that frome the bottom of my heart. i love you and miss you and cant wait untill i have lives my life the fullest and get to see you once again. and to finally be in your arms once more. i know that in reality that is decades away but in my mind its just days and hopefully i get to see touch and say i love you to you while holding you in my arms as well as you holding me. so for right now im going to love up on nana and live as long as i can with her with me. soon she will be with you and you and her can continue your love and devotion to one another. she is in pain down here and wishes to be with you. it hurts me to think that you used to be in the same amont of pain and i can see that now. being so little i didnt under stand, but do now. now dont get my word mixed up im not saying i want you to take her away from me right now but in the future if she is truly in pain and you need her to as you told me once ” to clime the latter that god has let dowm for you” than take her with you but i want to be with her alittle longer. papa i miss you and never will stop, i love you and good bye for NOW……..
hey papa,its kelsey im 11 now and in soccer, i won my last game. it was 5 to 3 i played goaly for the second half!i wish i could see you so much. i remember the day it happened. i crawld under your wheel chair to get to you just to ask you if you could make talking balonie. you said”yes nuckle head im getting up” and of course i thought it would be another normal day. but i wish i was. when you got up in your wheel chair and unlocked it you said”i love you baby” and thats when you fell back and hit the ground so hard. and to top that you hit you head on your air tanks. i freacked out and ran to nana. who was in the bathroom. i told her what happend and she jumpped up as fast as she could and ran to you she yelld at moma to get
in there and to wake her up. moma called 911 and told me and kaity to go out side and yell FIRE.finaly the fire fighters got there and was doing all this stuff to you to try to save you. before they got there moma was giving mouth to mouth to you but it wasnt working. they rushed you out and that was the last i saw you except a the funral were i went back and forth giving you kisses. me and kaity are doing good we still fight but we love each other more than ever. nana misses you and is very strong for getting through all it. moma is doing good to she somethimes has to just let it all out and cry. shes married and her husbans name is james m vanover. momas name is now tammy sue vanover (thedford)at work they call her TSVT. james is nice and me and him are alot alike. his the best. we have a new dog and her name is lacy. shes a sheltie. shes 3 and about to turn 4 on june 3. iwish you could come down for a little while but i know your allready down her but i want to see you phisicaly but i cant. i love and will never ever forget about you,i love you and good-bye for KNOW.<3 :-*