Christene Furtick, 89, of Granbury, joined her loved ones in Heaven on Friday, August 3, 2018. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 AM, Saturday, August 18, 2018 at Bethel Baptist Church in Celina, TX. Interment will be in the fall of 2019 at the Cottage Hill Cemetery in Celina, Texas.
Christene was born on November 22, 1928 in Caddo, Oklahoma to Shelby and Wilma Gladys Vest.
Christene is survived by her children: Donna Thompson and husband Jim, Chris Furtick and wife Donna Marie, and Benny Furtick and wife Martie, grandchildren: Preston Furtick, Kathrin Basham, Parker Furtick, Megan Gibbon, Lydia Speck, Christy McDonald, Kevin Furtick, Brad Thompson, and Rebecca Van Buren, great-grandchildren: Nathan, Dylan, Trinity, Hazel, Mackenzie, Christopher, Christian, Hannah, Lincoln, Case, Jake, Jennifer and Jessica, siblings; Wanda Moore and husband Tom, Juanita Suits, and Jimmy Vest and wife Joan, and numerous cousins, nieces and nephews.
The family would like to express their appreciation to the U.T. Southwest Medical School Willed Body Program and to St. Gabriel’s Hospice.