September 11, 1928 ~ May 19, 2025 (age 96)
Wayne Ross Mohundro, 96, passed away on May 19, 2025, in Clermont, Florida. Services will be held on Tuesday, May 27, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. in the Chapel at Prestonwood Baptist Church, located at 6801 W Park Blvd, Plano, Texas. Visitation will take place at 10:00 a.m. before the service in the Fireside Room of the church. A private burial will follow for the family at 3:00 p.m. at Edgwood Cemetery, Lancaster, Texas.
Wayne Ross Mohundro was born in Ferris, Texas, on September 11, 1928, to his father, Arthur Young Mohundro, and his mother, Essie (Ross) Mohundro. In 1950, Wayne married Essie Lou Lemmon in Ferris, Texas. She passed away in 2003. They were married for 53 years. Wayne wed Jimmie Britt in 2005 in Collinsville, Texas. She passed away in 2016. They were married for 11 years. Wayne was also preceded in death by his parents, and siblings, sister Robbie Nell, and brothers A.Y., Jr., and Charles, and one granddaughter, Stephanie Michael Mohundro.
Wayne is survived by his children: David Mohundro and his wife, Wendy, of Dublin, Texas; Ross Mohundro and his wife, Debra, of Fort Worth, Texas; Randy Mohundro and his wife, Penni, of Clermont, Florida; and Cheri Hawley and her husband, Kenneth, of Red Oak, Texas. He is also survived by stepchildren Don Britt, Debra Britt Clark, and Melinda Britt Williams, along with their spouses; six grandchildren: Ben Mohundro, Kaitlyn Mohundro, Ember Deibler, Kenneth F. Hawley, Alicia Mohundro, and Jon-David Mohundro; as well as eight great-grandchildren and many step-grandchildren and step-great-grandchildren. Sister-in-law Kay Mohundro and many nieces and nephews.
After graduating from Ferris High School, he worked on the family farm. In the early 1950s, he took on contract harvesting across West Texas while also managing the family farm in Ferris. He attended Jacksonville College before transferring to Stephen F. Austin University to complete his undergraduate degree.. He graduated from Southwestern Seminary before accepting his first teaching position with the Morton Independent School District.
The family returned to the Dallas area in the mid-1960s, and he and Lou settled in Lancaster in 1965, where they lived for thirty years. He took a teaching position at the Dallas County Boys Home before joining the Dallas Independent School District, where he was assigned to David W. Carter High School, serving there for 27 years and teaching social studies, general business, and accounting. He earned his Master’s of Education in Counseling from Texas Wesleyan College. Wayne retired from teaching in 1992 after 32 years, and he and Lou began to enjoy his favorite pastime, traveling as Airstreamers in their RV. They traveled all over the country and were active members of the WBCCI. In 1997, they settled in Collinsville, Texas, and Wayne returned to the classroom as a special education teacher, working with students in the alternative education program.
After Lou’s death in 2003, Wayne fulfilled his dream of ordering and purchasing a motorcoach. He traveled throughout Texas and Oklahoma before embarking on his first trip to Alaska in 2004, which included Penni and his two youngest grandchildren. He was also known to occasionally visit Disney World with his youngest grandchildren, Ben and Kaitlyn. While in Collinsville, a new chapter in his life began when he met Jimmie Britt. They married in 2005. He and Jimmie traveled to California, Tennessee, and Florida. He returned to his farming roots and started driving the tractor again on Jimmie’s farm until her death in 2016.
He returned to his motorcoach, traveling across the state and then making one more journey to Alaska with his son Ross before settling in Dublin, Texas. In 2023, a new adventure began as he and the motorcoach ventured to Florida, where he lived until his death.
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