Harlan Willey
Funeral service for Harlan Willey, age 90, of Sulphur Springs, will be held at 2 P.M. on Wednesday, January 23, 2019 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Chapel with Bro. Michael Coker and Bobby Carey officiating. Interment will follow at Gafford Chapel Cemetery with Danny Wilburn, Colton Morrow, Bryan Kellar, Morgan McCoy, Billy Phillips and Bobby Carey serving as pallbearers and Men’s Sunday School Class at Greenpond Baptist Church serving as honorary pallbearers. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. Harlan “Pap” Willey passed...
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Funeral services for Eileen Darrow, age 75, of Birthright will be conducted at 11:00 a.m., on Wednesday, January 23, 2019 at West Oaks Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Edgar Clements officiating. Interment will follow at Miller Grove Cemetery with Keith Darrow, Brandon Darrow, Ryan Darrow, Kason Anderson, David Joslin and Shawn Martin serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be Anson Anderson, Stevie Ferrell and Jason Smith. Visitation will be from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., Tuesday, January 22, 2019 at West Oaks Funeral Home. Eileen passed...
read moreEthel Mae “Peggy” Williams
Funeral service for Ethel Mae “Peggy” Williams, age 86, of Dike, will be held at 10:30 A.M. on Tuesday, January 22, 2019 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Chapel with Clifford Hathaway officiating. Private interment will follow at Graham Point Cemetery, Southern Hunt County. Ms. Williams passed away on January 17, 2019 in Sulphur Springs, Texas. Peggy Williams was born on December 17, 1932, in Union Valley, Hunt County, Texas. She was the eighth and last child of James and Avie Monk Bostick Williams. She attended schools in...
read moreShirley Ann Brown
Shirley Ann Brown, 81, of Commerce, passed away on Tuesday, January 15, 2019 in Greenville, Tx. She was born in Commerce, Tx. on October 27, 1937, the daughter of Lee Arthur Sands and Nannie Pearl Shirley Sands. Shirley was a beautician in Commerce for more than twenty years and also served as a motel manager and bookkeeper for some time. She was an active member of the Cross Trails Church in Fairlie and was part of the Round Pen Women’s group with which she took a major role in putting together their cookbook. “Granny...
read moreDaisy Alene (Reeves) Patterson
Daisy Alene (Reeves) Patterson, the daughter of John F. Reeves and May (Pate) Reeves was born August 28, 1923, in Titus County, Texas. She left this world January 14, 2019, to be with her Lord Jesus Christ. Daisy was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Geoffry (Pat) Patterson with whom she had enjoyed 68 years of blissful marriage. Daisy was a member of the Church of Christ in Winnsboro, and enjoyed regular attendance for almost 47 years. She was an honor student while attending Winnsboro High School, and graduated in 1940 at the age of...
read moreHelen Lavonne Wells
Helen Lavonne Wells, 89, of Commerce, passed away on Tuesday, January 15, 2019 in Sulphur Springs, TX. She was born in Commerce on June 13, 1929, the daughter of Rev. E.W. “Buck” Verner and Jewell Quinn Verner. Lavonne taught P.E., English, history, drill team, and cheerleading at Mesquite high school. She started the pacesetters drill team at North Mesquite high school as well. Upon retirement from teaching, she formed her business “The Place” through which she provided props and uniforms for drill teams to numerous...
read moreJames Ray Blakeney
James Ray Blakeney, 88, passed away on Saturday, January 12, 2019, in Mineola, Texas. A memorial service is scheduled for Friday, January 18, 2019 at the First Baptist Church, Mineola, with Dr. Phillip Casper and Dr. Mark Neeley officiating. A family visitation/ reception will follow immediately in the youth building. Ray Blakeney’s colorful life began in Palo Pinto County where he was born on August 18, 1930, and was reared near Mineral Wells, Texas. During World War 2, he sold newspapers and souvenir pillows to servicemen stationed at Camp...
read moreWillie Lee Jeffery
Willie Lee Jeffery, 64, of Reno, TX, passed away on January 8, 2019, at his residence. Willie was born on April 4, 1954, in Gilmer, TX, to Horace D. and Alene White Jeffery. He was an avid fisherman and loved his Dallas Cowboys. Willie will forever be cherished by his wife, Jamie Jeffery; his daughter, Kenisha Carroll of Houston; his sons: Gabriel Payne and Tristan Biggers both of Houston; his step-children: Jon Soto of Powderly, Kaled Soto of Paris, I’Leah Reynolds of Reno, Michael Johnson and Terrance Johnson of Cooper, Dontrail...
read morePhyllis Ann Lovell Giguere
Funeral Service for Phyllis Ann Lovell Giguere, age 66, of Sulphur Springs, Texas, formerly of Paris, Texas and Blandburg, Pennsylvania will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Thursday, January 17, 2019 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Chapel, in Sulphur Springs, Texas. Interment will follow at Restlawn Memorial Park following the services with Charlie Usry, Taylor Usry, Caiden Usry, Juan Ortiz, Donnie Jones and David Cherry serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. Phyllis earned her heavenly wings and dancing...
read moreAmber Michelle Stevenson
Amber Michelle Stevenson, age 31, of Mineola, Texas, passed away Thursday, January 10, 2019, in Quitman, Texas. Amber was born on April 24, 1987, in Sulphur Springs, Texas, to her loving parents, David and Tami Stevenson. Amber worked as a waitress and an Assistant Manager for Red Dome Smokehouse in Quitman, Texas. She was a loving mother to her son Wyatt. She was his dug-out mom and he was her miracle baby, the joy of her life. Amber also loved the outdoors and nature. She had a natural affinity with animals. She was our Snow...
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