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Janell Kilman Nix
Janell Kilman Nix, 83 of Fort Worth, formerly of Lubbock, passed away on November 28, 2013 at the Texas Health Hospital in Fort Worth. Funeral services will be at 2:30 PM, Monday, at the chapel of Coker-Mathews Funeral Home with Dr. Jack Cummings officiating. Visitation will be Sunday from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM at the funeral home.
Janell was born in Jacobia, Texas on May 29, 1930 to Gordon N. and Oma M. O'Neal Kilman. She married Hoyt C. Nix of Celeste in Jacobia on August 5, 1949. She graduated from Greenville high School in 1949. She was a homemaker and loving wife, mother and grandmother. Janell was a very faithful member of the Kingsridge Church of Christ in Lubbock where she and Hoyt lived for over 50 years before moving to Fort Worth in 2012. The are currently members of Western Hills Church of Christ in Fort Worth.
Survivors include her hsuband of 64 years, Hoyt C. Nix of Fort Worth; son Mike Nix and wife, Shelley of Lubbock; daughter Pam DuLaney and husband, Bob of Fort Worth; twin sister Janett Long of Cleveland, Tennessee; grandchildren Russell Nix and wife, Bethany, Natalie Nix, Travis DuLaney and wife, Leslie, and Trey DuLaney; and great-grandsons Cohen and Crue Nix. Her parents, sisters Frankie Jaycon and Colleen Booth and brother Gary Kilman preceded in death.
Russell Nix, Natalie Nix, Travis DuLaney and Trey DuLaney will serve as honorary pallbearers.