Obituaries

Sep 26, 2012

Dorris Stuart Maggret, age 88, died Wednesday, September 26, 2012 in Mineola, Texas. She was born on Tuesday, April 1, 1924 in Ft. Worth, Texas to the late Charles and Allie Stuart. She was a member of China-Burma-India and various bridge groups.

She is preceded in death by her husband, Bernard Marion Maggret; a son, Bernard Marion...

Sep 25, 2012

Naomi Ruth Sparkman was born Monday, September 30, 1935 in Mineola, Texas to Maudie Lillie and Homer Sparkman.

She was a resident of Community Care Center in Mineola and passed away at Medical Center Hospital in Tyler, Texas on September 25, 2012.

As a girl, Naomi had attended Mineola Schools and both Central and First...

Sep 23, 2012

Shirley Thornton Blount Paulk, 76, of Lindale, died Sunday, Sept. 23, 2012 in Tyler. She was born Sept. 14, 1936 in Hermitage, Arkansas to the late Luke and Marie Thornton.

She attended the University of Arkansas at Monticello. She was employed by Pepsi Cola Co. in Memphis TN before moving to Dallas in the late 1950s'. She...

Sep 20, 2012

Joyce Robertson, age 77, died Thursday, September 20, 2012 in Mineola, Texas. She was born on Friday, October 19, 1934 in Dallas, Texas to the late William and Hazel Houston. She was a member of the Mineola VFW.

She is preceded in death by her husband, Gerald Dean Robertson; a son, Bradley Dean Robertson; and two sisters,...

Sep 19, 2012

Donnie Ray Green, age 69 of Mineola, Texas, died Wednesday, September 19, 2012 in Tyler, Texas. He was born on Monday, August 9, 1943 in Sullivan Island, South Carolina to the late Raymond and Lavetta Green. He was retired from the United States Air Force. He owned a photography studio and for the last 11 years he and his...

Sep 18, 2012

Willie Delma Drennan, age 91 of Winnsboro, passed away on Tuesday, September 18, 2012 in Winnsboro. She was born on February 4, 1921 in Franklin County to the late William M. and Maudie Bell Rhoades Ayers. She served in U.S. Navy during World War II as a Aviation Machinists Mate. She was a homemaker and a Baptist. She was...

Sep 15, 2012

Jeanette Marie LaPointe, age 74, died Saturday, September 15, 2012 in Tyler, Texas. She was born on Thursday, April 7, 1938 in Honolulu, Hawaii to the late George and Alice DeMotta. A repair tech for a telephone company, Mrs. LaPointe lived in Mineola, Texas with her husband John LaPointe.

She is preceded in death by a son,...

Sep 14, 2012

Mrs. Bonnie "Polly" Richards passed away on Friday, September 14, 2012 at the age of 88. She was born on July 26, 1924, to the late John Lester and Myrtle McCowan Baber. On March 1, 1941, she married Jerome Kirby(JK) Richards. She was a homemaker and a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother. She was preceded in death...

Sep 13, 2012

Mrs. Melba G. Sparks, age 94 of Pickton, passed away on Thursday, September 13, 2012 in Tyler. She was born on October 26, 1917 in Haynesville, Louisiana to the late Floyd and Lela Garrett. She was a homemaker and a member of the First Baptist Church in Pickton. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Valton H....

Sep 12, 2012

Billie Thayer Miller, age 87 of Winnsboro, passed away on Wednesday, September 12, 2012 at her home. She was born on December 20, 1924 in Iola, Kansas to the late William Thomas and Edna May Curtis Thayer. She graduated Summa Cum Laude in high school, graduated with a Bachelors degree in library science. She lived in Kansas, Kilgore, Houston,...

Sep 8, 2012

Sarah Brown Howell of Quitman died on Saturday, September 8, 2012. Her funeral service is scheduled for 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 11, 2012, at Beaty Funeral Home in Mineola, Texas. Reverend Fred Morrow will officiate, and burial at Rock Hill Cemetery will follow.

Sarah Margaret Ferguson was born in New Gulf, Texas, to Hugh...

Sep 8, 2012

Gary Louis Kirkpatrick , loving husband, adoring father and grandfather,

precious brother, son and friend found peace after a courageous 2-1/2 year

battle with unrelenting brain cancer on Saturday September 8, 2012 in the

comfort and serenity of his peaceful home in Mineola, Texas. Born April 15,

1953 in Dallas, Texas,...

Sep 7, 2012

John W. Day, age 86, died Friday, September 7, 2012 in Edmond, Oklahoma. He was born on Friday, April 16, 1926 in Palestine, Texas to the late Oscar and Etta Mae Day. He was a member of the Mineola VFW and the recipient of 4 purple hearts. He was a POW during the Korean War for 33 months and...

Sep 6, 2012

Wanda W. Birdsong Secrest, age of Winnsboro, passed away on Thursday, September 6, 2012 in Mc Kinney. She was born a triplet on May 14, 1926 in Dike, Texas to the late Chester and Callie Connelly Birdsong. She was a child care worker, a graduate of Mt. Vernon High School, and a Baptist. She was preceded in death by...

Sep 6, 2012

Patia Rhea Howell, age 72, of Lindale, died Thursday, September 6, 2012 in Tyler, Texas. She was born on Wednesday, July 31, 1940 to Henry and Era Rhea. She owned her own Real Estate Brokerage and was named "Business Women of the Year" for two years in a row. She also was an active member in the Kiwanis Club...

Sep 5, 2012

Francis Doreen "Dodie" Pugh, of Mineola TX, died in the early hours of Wednesday, September 5th, 2012, peacefully as she slept. She was 80 years old, born Sept. 15th, 1931 in Troy, IL, to Everette and Pearl Dorson. As a young girl, her maternal grandparents, Albert and Lucille Starr took over her rearing up through her teens and high...

Sep 5, 2012

Wilma Pearl Davis, age 74, of Winnsboro, died Wednesday, September 5, 2012 in Quitman. She was born in Kemp, TX., on November 14, 1937 to the late Vernon Harp and Ila Tyler Harp. She was a homemaker, and a Baptist. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, DeWard D. Davis; sisters, Madge Hartsell, Gloria Minges; brother, Raymond...

Sep 2, 2012

Sidney Layne Ballard, age 37, died Sunday, September 2, 2012 in Mineola, Texas. He was born on Thursday, September 5, 1974 to Charles and Linda Ballard. He was a writer with a Bachelors Degree from Western Kentucky University. He loved to travel.

He is survived by his parents; a special friend, Amanda Russell of Quitman, Texas; a...

Sep 1, 2012

Sammie (Smith) Albright, 88 of Shreveport, Louisiana, formerly of Magnolia, Arkansas died Saturday, September 1, 2012 at the Willis Knighton Pierremont Medical Center in Shreveport, Louisiana.

Sammie was born June 18, 1924 in Mineola, Texas to the late Samuel Morgan Smith, Sr. and Clara Mae (Wagoner) Smith. She and her husband A.O. Albright were the owners of...

Aug 30, 2012

Garland Ford, age 74, died Thursday, August 30, 2012 in Holly Lake Ranch, Texas. He was born on Wednesday, September 29, 1937 in San Saba County, Texas to the late Walter and Stella Burk Ford. He was a service manager for a telecommunications company and a Scout Master for the Boy Scouts of America. He attended Holly Tree Chapel...