RIP
“I appreciate you.” That simple, heartfelt phrase was uttered countless times each day by Joan Trew, always delivered in her warm, never-failing Alabamian accent. She said it to fellow agents, buyers, sellers, and anyone lucky enough to cross her path. And the great thing about Joan was that she meant it. Joan Trew passed away…
From Staff Reports Stephen Puckett, treasurer of the Dallas Builder’s Association and a beloved, well-known leader in the North Texas building community, passed away unexpectedly in his Lake Highlands home on Dec. 20. Puckett was a mortgage loan officer with Prosperity Bank in the Park Cities. Raised in Dallas, he earned a bachelor’s degree in…
The Fort Worth community lost a pillar of Real Estate before the books were closed on 2024. Joan Trew, iconic Fort Worth Realtor, philanthropist, and community leader, passed away on Dec. 31, surrounded by her beloved family in the city she so loved. With a real estate career spanning more than 44 years, Joan was…
Jimmy Carter, the longest-living U.S. president and a Nobel Peace Prize-winning humanitarian, died Sunday. He was 100 years old. When the former president entered hospice care almost two years ago, CandysDirt.com reached out to Dallas Area Habitat for Humanity. We were connected with Blaine Cowart, who recalled volunteering with the former president in 2014. Cowart’s…
I had the honor and pleasure of getting to know Virginia Cook — co-founder of Virginia Cook Realtors, who died July 13 at the age of 84 — on one of the greatest excursions of my life: an overnight trip to Costa Rica on a private jet to check out an enclave under development by…
