Obituaries

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

Aug 18, 2012

Mrs. Dorothy Helen Cash passed away on Saturday, August 18 2012 at the age 83. She was born on February 25, 1929 to the late Elmer Davis Morgan and Essie Octavia Newsom Morgan. Mrs. Cash was a homemaker and a member of the Central Christian Church in Winnsboro. She was preceded in death by her parents and two grandchildren....

Aug 18, 2012

Durward Lamar Jones, age 81, of Mineola, Texas, died Saturday, August 18, 2012 in Tyler, Texas. He was born on Wednesday, July 29, 1931 in Choudrant, Louisiana to the late Andrew and Ida Mae Jones.

He was retired from Rockwell International and served in the United States Army during the Korean War. He was a member of...

Aug 18, 2012

Mr. Casey Matthew Jones passed away on Saturday, August 18, 2012 at the age of 29. He was born on November 25, 1982 to Dennis Milton Jones and Lesa Ellison Nichols. Casey was a supervisor for the World Series of Poker and is survived by his wife, Latrisha Jones; twin daughters, Kennedy and Sadie Jones; parents, Dennis and Sherrie...

Aug 17, 2012

James Monroe Garner, age 81 of Dallas, passed away on Friday, August 17, 2012 in Dallas. He was born on February 7, 1931 in Webb, Mississippi to the late Ben and Mary Garner. He was retired from Sheed Foods, and a veteran of the United States Air Force. He was preceded in death by his parents, two sisters, and...

Aug 17, 2012

Howard Eugene Winchester, age 69 of DeKalb, passed away on Friday, August 17, 2012 in DeKalb. He was born on July 29, 1943 in Wood County to the late Thomas Howard and Dora May Hilburn Winchester. He was preceded in death by his parents and two sisters. He is survived by a son, Clay Winchester of Garland; daughter, Darla...

Aug 17, 2012

Maggie Sue Russom, age 61 of Winnsboro, passed away on Friday, August 17, 2012. She was born in Wood County on October 12, 1950 to the late A.L. "Shorty" and Margaret Gore Russom. She was a homemaker and attended Little Hope Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents, and husband, Tommy Russom. She is survived by...

Aug 17, 2012

Kevin Dale Worsham, age 35, of Quitman, Texas, died Friday, August 17, 2012 in Mineola, Texas. He was born on Monday, May 30, 1977 in Gladewater, Texas.

He is preceded in death by his mother, Mary Worsham; and a brother, Steven Worsham.

He is survived by a step-father, Danny Reynolds; three daughters, Brittany Ann Worsham,...