Jeanette Lapointe
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,...
Bonnie Polly Richards
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...
Melba G. Sparks
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....
Billie Thayer Miller
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,...
Sarah Margaret Howell
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...
Gary Louis Kirkpatrick
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,...
John W. Day
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...
Wanda W. Secrest
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...
Patia Rhea Howell
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...
Francis Doreen Pugh
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...
Wilma Pearl Davis
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...
Sidney Layne Ballard
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...
Sammie Clara Albright
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...
Garland Ford
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...
Wyley Lee Crone
Aug 30, 2012
Mr. Wyley Lee Crone, age 88 of Winnsboro, passed away on Thursday, August 30, 2012. He was born on Saturday, March 01, 1924 in Wood County, TX to the late Umphrey M. Crone and Mattie M. Ashberry Crone. He was a retired brick mason and farmer, and a member of Winnsboro Kingdom Hall. He was preceded in death by...
Tara Boyd
Aug 25, 2012
Tara (Joey) Boyd was born on July 20, 1960 in Alexandria VA to Joe Dan and Barbara Evers Boyd. She passed away August 25, 2012 in Palm Springs CA at the age of 52. She is survived by daughter Sunshine Prior of Wellington, New Zealand, mother Barbara Boyd of Plano TX, father Joe Dan Boyd of Winnsboro TX, and...
Billy Charles Terry
Aug 23, 2012
Billy Charles Terry, age 78, of Allen, Texas, died Thursday, August 23, 2012 in McKinney, Texas. He was born on Wednesday, March 21, 1934 in Vivian, Louisiana to the late William and Mattie Terry. He was an Accountant for the Comptroller's Office and a member of Holly Brook Baptist Church. He will be remembered as a loving Father and...
Aquilla Lewis Baker
Aug 22, 2012
Aquilla Lewis Baker, age 91 of Winnsboro, passed away on Wednesday, August 22, 2012. She was born May 9,1921 to Ed & Lily Byrd Lewis in Como Texas. Husband James C. Baker (Red) married Nov.24,1939.
Retired school Dietician from Aldine ISD in Houston.
Preceded in death by her parents, husband, 1 brother, and 2 sisters....
Valerie Blackburn
Aug 21, 2012
Valerie Myers Blackburn
Jan 25, 1910 - Aug 21, 2012
Valerie Myers Blackburn a long time resident of Crow, Texas passed away on August 21, 2012 at the Community Care Center in Mineola . Valerie was born on January 25, 1910 in Crow, Wood County , Texas to the late William Wesley Myers and Beulah...
Jessie Elaine Collins
Aug 19, 2012
Mrs. Jessie Elaine Collins, age 88 of Winnsboro, passed away on Sunday, August 19, 2012 in Winnsboro. She was born on August 9, 1924 in Denison, Texas to the late William and Clara Hasten Miller. She was a seamstress, home health aid, attended First Baptist Church of Winnsboro, and was a former member of the Order of the Eastern...
