Velma Rawson
Velma Rawson Funeral services for Velma (Short) Rawson, 95, of Sulphur Springs will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, January 27, 2022, at West Oaks Funeral Home Chapel with Jerry Savage officiating. Graveside services will be at Restlawn Memorial Park with Bryan Heaps, Mason Rawson, Chad Rawson, Leslee Rawson, Troy Tutle and Caleb Denton serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be at West Oaks Funeral Home on Wednesday, January 26, 2022, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Velma (Short) passed away January 24, 2022, quietly at her home. She was born September 2,...
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Born 10/12/1926 in Colfax, LA, to Nat and Eula Fletcher. She married W.L. Newton and they raised 2 sons (Ron and Travis). She and W.L. traveled the Lower 48, Alaska and Canada. She lived 40+ years in Louisiana; 50 years in Texas; and three years in Baton Rouge, LA. Margie was a member of First Baptist Church in Sulphur Springs. Before dawn, Saturday, 1/22/2022, Margie died peacefully on her couch at home. She was preceded in death by parents, husband, and their son Travis. Survived by son Ron (Susie); daughters-in-law Marcella and Susan...
read moreJerry Wilhite
Funeral services for Jerry Wilhite, age 74, of Sulphur Springs, will be held on Sunday, January 23, 2022 at 3:00 P.M. at Murray Orwosky Chapel with Jerry Savage and Buster Sides officiating. Interment will follow at Restlawn Memorial Park with military honors. Hopkins County Marine Corps League members Garry Hall, Derb Goodman, Larry Vickers, Mike Thompson, Bobby Ulman and Bob Kerr will serve as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers are George TenBerge, Larry Fite, Matt Yosten, Randy Clark, Brian Sanders, and Mason Sanders. Jerry passed away on...
read moreMary Jo Williams
Mary Jo Williams Mary Jo Williams, age 91, formerly of Sulphur Springs, passed away on a winter day January 20, 2022. After several years of failing health, she died peacefully in her sleep in Destrehan, Louisiana. Bright-Holland Funeral Home has scheduled graveside services for 1 p.m. Thursday, January 27, 2022, at Laurel Land Funeral Home and Memorial Park in Dallas, Texas. Mary Jo was born July 11, 1930, in Peerless, Texas, to Bessie Evans Arnold and her husband. She was one of five Arnold siblings known in the Peerless community as the...
read moreMarsha Hinkle Womack
Marsha Hinkle Womack Funeral services for Marsha Hinkle Womack, age 45, of Ridgeway, will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, January 23, 2022, at West Oaks Funeral Home with Bro. Mike Eason officiating and Amber Hatcher Weaver assisting. Interment will follow at Oakland Cemetery with Larry George, Dustin Womack, Rick McCann, Chris Pope, Stan Tatum, and Kyle Seale serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be Brandon Baldridge and her co-workers of the Texas Department of Child Protective Services. Visitation will be held at 1 p.m., prior to...
read moreJoan Byers Barnes
Joan Byers Barnes A Celebration of Life for Joan Byers Barnes, age 71, will be held at a later date. Ms. Barnes passed away on Monday, January 17, 2022, at her home in Wills Point, Texas. She was born the daughter of Bennie Dean Byers and Elvira Margie Moynier Byers in Santa Monica, CA, on October 28, 1950. Joan worked as a cosmetologist before she retired. Survivors include her son, Todd Barnes and wife, Toni, of Wills Point, Texas; mother, Margie Byers of Athens, Texas; and sisters, Carol West of Farris, Texas, and Judy Miller of Eustace,...
read moreDavid Rex Kelly
David Rex Kelly David Rex Kelly was born on February 15, 1961, in Sulphur Springs, Texas to John and Norris “Susie” Kelly. David entered into eternal rest on Monday, January 17, 2022. His mother, father, and eight siblings preceded him in death. In his early years David attended Mitchell Chapel God in Christ, at the young age of six, David started cooking and cl eaning. He attended Sulphur Springs Public Schools and graduated from Sulphur Springs High School on May 22, 1980. David worked as a Student Teacher for Hopkins County Opportunity...
read moreObituary – Crystal Rogers
Crystal Rogers Visitation for Crystal Rogers, age 60, of Sulphur Springs, Texas, will be held from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, January 21, 2022, at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home. Mrs. Rogers passed away on Tuesday, January 18, 2022, at her residence. Crystal was born on July 31, 1961, in Garland, Texas, to Jimmie Lee Spears and Shirley Ann Farmer. She married Royce Rogers. Crystal worked as a cook. She is survived by her husband, Royce; daughter, Brandi Nicole Rogers; sons, Christopher Michael Rogers and Rodrick Wayne Rogers; grandchildren,...
read moreEric Posey
Eric Posey, age 55, of Sulphur Springs passed away on Tuesday, January 18, 2021 in Tyler, TX. No services are planned. Eric was born on January 29, 1966 in Sulphur Springs to Daniel and Lillian Jane (Williams) Posey. He worked a a manager of Dollar General. He was a member League Street Church of Christ. He is survived by his parents, Daniel and Jane Posey of Sulphur Springs; sister, Michelle Ingram and husband, Jeff of Tyler. He was preceded in death by his brother, Michael Ray Posey. Arrangements under the direction of Murray-Orwosky...
read moreJames Hinton Paden
James Hinton Paden Memorial services for James Hinton Paden, age 85, of Sulphur Springs will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday, January 29, 2022. at West Oaks Funeral Home Chapel with Shawn Paden officiating. Visitation will begin at 10 a.m., prior to service time. James passed away on Friday, January 14, 2022, at Christus Mother Francis Hospital in Sulphur Springs. James was born on September 8, 1936, in Charleston, Texas, the son of John David Paden and Melissa Viola Cosper Paden. He married Mary Louise Seeton, and she preceded him in death....
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