Oma Lee Fonville Obituary

In Loving Memory:

Oma Lee Parish Fonville, 72 years of age, went home to be with the Lord, in the early morning hours of Friday, September 9, 2016,

after a short, but arduous battle with cancer, in Fort Worth Texas. 

Funeral services will be held Tuesday, September 13, 2016, at 10:00 a.m. at the First Baptist Church of Ranger Texas with

Minister John Branch officiating. Graveside services will follow at Howard Cemetery, Desdemona Texas.

The Fonville family will receive friends from 5-7:00 p.m. Monday at Edwards Funeral Home, Ranger Texas.

Oma was born July 30 1944 in Roanoke Texas to the late Joe & Rosella Parish. She was the second oldest of

eight children, proceeded in death by one brother, Bill Parish. 

Oma married the love of her life the late Earl T. Fonville & gained a daughter on June 12, 1965, in Roanoke Texas.

This joyous union blessed them with three children. 

The family moved to Ranger Texas in 1978 where Oma became a member of the First Baptist Church of Ranger.

She worked as a secretary there for over 25 years. She relished working in the church & gave thanks to the Lord,

serving on several committees. In her spare time she eagerly volunteered with Meals on Wheels & the Baptist Student Ministry.

Oma was an avid reader & enjoyed walking with her EBB sisters. To know her was to love her & she will be sorely missed. 

Oma leaves to cherish her loving memory her children, James Fonville & wife Lyndie, Scott Fonville & wife Rosie,

Joanna Zarate & husband Ruben, and Shiela Hamilton & husband Mark; nine grandchildren (sweetie pies) whom

she doted on, Maddie, Jacob, Eli, William, Ava, Emma, Anastyn, Allison, & Zach; five brothers, Wayne, Larry, John,

Randy, & Troy; one sister, Belinda; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, & friends.