Obituaries

Nov 15, 2013

Mr. James D. "Jimmy" Kernes, Jr., age 53 of Winnsboro, passed away on Friday, November 15, 2013 at his home. Jimmy was born on September 4, 1960 in Tyler to the late James D. Sr., and Betty Ellen Teasley Kernes. He was a self employed auto-mechanic, and a Baptist. He was preceded in death by his parents. He is...

Nov 13, 2013

D’ Arthur Radford was born to Foster and Rosie Strong Radford on July 4, 1926, in Kilgore, Texas. He attended school in Fouke, Texas. At age 11 he joined New Zion Baptist Church. During his journey he was a faithful member, deacon and choir member. He also helped to create the Community Male Chorus.

During...

Nov 12, 2013

Helen Joyce Megason, 87, of Springtown, TX died Tuesday, November 12, 2013 in Plano TX. She was born Tuesday, April 20, 1926 in Wortham, Texas to the late Fayette and Cora Wallace.

Ms. Megason was the Director of Nurses at Wood Memorial Nursing Home, Mineola for many years. She also opened the Colonial Nursing Home in Lindale,...

Nov 11, 2013

Mr. Travis M. Daniels, age 80 of Winnsboro, passed away on Monday, November 11, 2013 in Winnsboro. Travis was born in Delta County on October 7, 1933 to the late Lonnie and Blanche Slakey Daniels. He was a retired Leadperson for Square D Electric, a veteran of the U.S. Army during the Korean War, and a member of the...

Nov 9, 2013

Mrs. JoAnn Boleyn passed away on Saturday, November 9, 2013, at the age of 75. She was born on August 13, 1938 to the late Rowan Young and Floyd Utzman Young. Mrs. Boleyn was a retired LVN, and was preceded in death by her parents and one brother, Dewayne Allen Young.

Nov 9, 2013

Mrs. Lois Juanice Wilson passed away on Saturday, November 9, 2013, at the age of 92. She was born on October 16, 1921 to the late Tillman B. Turner and Myrtle Jones Turner. She was a homemaker and a member of the Hepsibah Baptist Church. Mrs. Wilson married Mr. Bernice Wilson in 1937 and he preceded her in death...

Nov 6, 2013

On November 6, 2013 Bonnie Lucille Bekker Sessions made her journey to her new home. Those who were waiting to welcome her home were here parents, Virgil and Zora Slayton; so Terry Bekker, first husband and father of her children, Raymond Bekker.

Those she left behind to celebrate her life are her husband James Sessions,...

Nov 6, 2013

Emma Lee Jerden, of Mineola, died Wednesday, November 6, 2013 in Mineola at the age of 81. She was born November 5, 1932 in Hawkins, Texas to the late Calvin and Emma Musick.

Mrs. Jerden was preceded in death by her husband John Lewis Jerden.

Survivors include her daughter, Jean Newman and husband Rickey of...

Nov 6, 2013

Linda D. Mason Keener, age 65 of Scroggins, passed away on Wednesday, November 6, 2013 in Mt. Pleasant. Linda was born in Mt. Pleasant on December 1, 1947 to the late Malvern and Faye Milner Brown. She was a homemaker and a Christian. She was preceded in death by her parents, and a sister, Marlene Brown. She is survived...

Nov 3, 2013

Mary Jo Harris, of Mineola, died Sunday, November 3, 2013 in Mineola at the age of 78. She was born November 28, 1934 in Talco, Texas to the late Charlie Alexander and Grace Moten Alexander.

Mrs. Harris was a member of the Church Of Christ.

Survivors include her son, Ricky Lindley of McKinney and his...

Nov 2, 2013

Mr. James D. McKenzie, of Quitman, died Saturday, November 2, 2013 in Tyler at the age of 81. He was born January 18, 1932 in Alba, Texas to the late James and Flosie Evans McKenzie. He as also preceded in death by his stepmother, Mildred Evans McKenzie and by one daughter, Rosemary Sullivan McKenzie.

Mr. McKenzie was...

Oct 30, 2013

John A. Wyze, 68, of Mineola, died October 30 in a Tyler hospital after a long illness. He was born September 1, 1945 in Garden City, Kansas to the late Maynard E. “Buck” and Cleta “Babe” Wyze.

He worked as a Drilling Superintendent-Manager all over the world in East and West Africa, Burma, Indonesia, Oman, Columbia, Trinidad,...

Oct 30, 2013

Corrie Beatrice Jackson, of Mineola, died Wednesday, October 30, 2013 in Mineola at the age of 76. She was born June 23, 1937 in Athens, Texas to the late Pete and Annie Stubblefield.

She is preceded in death by her sisters Annie (Lizzie) Green, Sarah, Ezella, Queen, and brothers, Jack, Robert, Clarence, Charlie.

Mrs. Jackson...

Oct 29, 2013

Rev. Wyatt Dickens Bradberry, age 92 of Bedford, passed away on Tuesday, October 29, 2013 in Bedford. Wyatt was born in Beaumont on August 24, 1921 to the late William Wyatt and Johnnie Strickland Bradberry. Wyatt was a retired Pastor, and member of the Vawndale Baptist Church in Beaumont. He is preceded in death by his parents; his first...

Oct 23, 2013

Gladwin W. Bithell, age 74 of Winnsboro, formerly of Prosper, passed away on Wednesday, October 23, 2013 at his home. Gladwin was born in Blackfoot, Idaho on November 6, 1938 to the late George Washington Bithell and Cora Mackie Bithell. He was a retired Optician, a member of First United Methodist Church of Quitman, and was active in prison...

Oct 21, 2013

After a long-hard fight with lung cancer, Graeme John Calow of Mineola, TX passed away Monday, October 21st, at the Louis & Peaches Owen Heart Hospital in Tyler, TX, at the age of 73 with his loving family by his side. Graeme was born in Melbourne, Australia, on November 11, 1939 to the late Alice and Jack Calow. Graeme...

Oct 21, 2013

Hamlet “Frog” Wayne Sharp, age 75, died Monday, October 21, 2013 in Tyler, TX. He was born on Wednesday, January 19, 1938 in Dallas, Texas to the late Hamlet H. and Laverne Sharp.

He was preceded in death by his son, Raymond Sharp.

He is survived by three sons, Robert Sharp of Mineola, TX, Tommy...

Oct 20, 2013

Clarice Aureen Evans, age 97, died Sunday, October 20, 2013, in Mineola, Texas. She was born on Saturday, January 22, 1916, in Provo, Arkansas, to the late Williams and Sophia Walters.

She was preceded in death by her husband, C.R. Evans, Sr.

She is survived three sons, C.R. Evans, Jr. and wife Sandra of Overton,...

Oct 17, 2013

Jane Tice Johnson, age 70 of Winnsboro, passed away on Thursday, October 17, 2013 in Winnsboro. Jane was born on May 5, 1943 in San Angelo to the late Edwin Thomas Tice and Virginia Ruth Everstine Tice. Jane married Harold Lee "Smiley" Johnson on August 25, 1966 in Sulphur Springs. They were married 42 years before he went home...

Oct 17, 2013

Mrs. Ida Phene Cobel passed away on Thursday, October 17, 2013 at the age of 91. She was born on April 16, 1922 to the late Silas and Annie Pugh. Mrs. Cobel was a homemaker and a member of the Bible Baptist Church in Winnsboro. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Wilburn Dean Cobel; sisters, Daisy...