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Funeral Arrangements for John McCarty

M

Monty Cook

I just got off the phone with Matt, and wanted me to pass along the information for arrangements for John McCarty.

The visitation will be Thursday night from 6 to 8 pm at Bluebonnet Hills Funeral Home - located on Hwy 26 (Colleyville Blvd) at Hall Johnson Rd. (northeast corner... sorry... I'm a traffic reporter)

The funeral will be on Friday morning at 11 am at Hurst Christian Church located on Brown Trail, just south of Pipeline Rd... the graveside services will follow at Bluebonnet Hills.

I know he would want you all to be there, and I look forward to seeing as many as can attend.

Matt is holding up much better than I would be in the same situation... but I knew he would... he is a great person... the apple doesn't fall far from the tree!

Thanks,

Monty Cook
 
See, John's still thinking of us even now...timed it between morning and afternoon rush hour, and after the May sweeps. (Of course, he'd give that statement one of his "wow's" along with that infectious laugh.)

It's really starting to sink in today. Yesterday was shock. Today it's becoming a very sad reality. It's really been a rough one. :'(

Thanks to each and all for your condolences. We've gotten many emails at Traffic.com, and I've received about 40 back from folks I emailed that knew John. We'll make sure the family gets to read all of them. The email address at the office is [email protected].

Channel 8 did a nice tribute to John this morning at the end of "News 8 Daybreak," and the Star-Telegram's doing a feature obit, which should come out in Thursday's paper.
 
I realize this is a repeat of some of the info Monty gave and the Startlegram obit gives, but I've got specifics on addresses and such, should you need more info, want to send flowers or send cards. This is the same email I sent out this morning to folks that John worked with over the years:

Funeral information for Dallas-Fort Worth radio vet
John McCarty has been announced. John died suddenly
Monday at age 55 from diabetes complications. He
spent 39 years in broadcasting in Kentucky and North
Texas, including local radio stations KXOL, KFJZ,
KZEE, KRSR-"Star 105," KYNG-"Young Country,"
KSNN-"Sunny 95," KEWS and others, along with the ABC
Radio Networks.

Visitation: Thursday night (tonight,) 6PM-8PM, at
Bluebonnet Hills Funeral Home, 5801 Colleyville Blvd,
Colleyville, TX 76034. This is on the NE corner of
Colleyville and Hall-Johnson Rd.

Funeral services: Friday morning (tomorrow,) 11AM, at
Hurst Christian Church, 745 Brown Trail, Hurst, TX
76053. This is just south of Pipeline Rd. Graveside
services will follow at Bluebonnet Hills in
Colleyville (same location as funeral home, above.)

If you would like to send flowers, please send to
Bluebonnet Hills Funeral Home, 5801 Colleyville Blvd,
Colleyville, TX 76034.

Donations may be made in John's name to Gold Ribbon
Rescue, PO Box 956, Austin, TX 78767.

Cards may be sent to Traffic.com, 1349 Empire Central,
Suite 550, Dallas, TX 75247 and we'll gladly forward
them to the family.

John's obit can be found at
http://www.legacy.com/dfw/Obituaries.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonID=110575202
A guest book can be signed at that link as well. A
'featured obit' is to be published in the Fort Worth
Star-Telegram today or tomorrow.

Thanks to everyone who has emailed, called or
otherwise shared their condolences with his
Traffic.com family. We'll make sure they're all
shared with John's family.

If you have any questions, please contact me by email at
[email protected], or call us at the Traffic.com office at 214/634-1820.
Feel free to forward this information to any others
who would like to know, especially those at WFAA,
WBAP, Metro and ABC Radio Networks, as I don't have
email addresses for everyone John may have worked with
over the years. Thank you.

All the best...Mike Shannon
 
I JUST found out about John. I wish I had checked these boards earlier. John was such a great guy and a great boss. I am going to miss him something awful. :(
 
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