Obituaries

Oct 4, 2012

Mr. Lloyd O'Neill Jaynes passed away on Thursday, October 4, 2012, at the age of 80. He was born on March 20, 1932 to the late Thomas Stalcup Jaynes and Mary John Duncan Jaynes. He was an electric motor repair-man and served in the U.S. Navy. Mr. Jaynes was preceded in death by his parents; son, Lloyd Gayland Jaynes;...

Oct 4, 2012

Troy Lee Hollingsworth, age 63 of Winnsboro, passed away on Thursday, October 4, 2012. He was born in Winnsboro on October 19, 1948 to Felton Ray and Bobbie Ruth Cater Hollingsworth. He was a retired surveyor, a member of Tinney Chapel United Methodist Church, the Winnsboro Odd Fellow Lodge, and was a longtime youth baseball coach in Winnsboro. He...

Oct 1, 2012

Robert Greer Richbourg, age 70, died Monday, October 1, 2012 in Tyler, Texas. He was born on Tuesday, April 21, 1942 in New Orleans, Louisiana to the late Robert Paul and Beatrice Crain Richbourg.

Robert attended school in Shreveport, Louisiana and Mineola, Texas. At age 17 he joined the United States Navy and was assigned to Carrier...

Oct 1, 2012

Mr. Joe Dan Robinson age 85 of the Coke Community, passed away on Monday, October 1, 2012 in Tyler, He was born on November 3, 1926 in the Coke/Pleasant Grove Community to the late Idas E. and Zelma Deas Robinson. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II. Upon his release from the military, he began his...

Sep 30, 2012

William Andrew "Bill" Humphrey, age 77, died Sunday, September 30, 2012 in Tyler, Texas. He was born on Thursday, November 15, 1934 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to the late Vernon and Gertrude Humphrey. He was a veteran of the Korean War and a retired Command Sergeant Major with the United States Army. He was an Educator for over 30...

Sep 29, 2012

Mr. Christopher Adyn Bennett passed away on Saturday, September 29, 2012 in Dallas, Texas. Adyn was born on September 24, 2012 to Christopher Blake and Raven Weems Bennett. Adyn was preceded in death by his great grandparents, Gail Bennett and Freda and Frank Weems. Survivors include his parents, Blake and Raven Bennett of Winnsboro; grandparents, Rodney and LaDonna Weems...

Sep 28, 2012

Mr. Max Weldon Cooper passed away on Friday, September 28, 2012 at the age of 73. He was born on December 12, 1938 to the late John Ernest Cooper and Dovie Glover Cooper. Mr. Cooper was an artist and was preceded in death by his brothers, Glen Cooper, Paul Cooper and sister, Ernestine Barfield. Mr. Cooper is survived by...

Sep 26, 2012

Mrs. Annie L. Chapman, age 82 of Winnsboro, passed away on Wednesday, September 26, 2012. She was born on Tuesday, July 29, 1930 in Winnsboro, TX to the late Mac Cecil Russell and Georgia B. Harrison Russell. She was a homemaker, and a member of Smyrna Baptist Church.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband,...

Sep 26, 2012

Oneta Faye Murphy, age 89 of Winnsboro, passed away on Wednesday, September 26, 2012 in Winnsboro. She was born on July 17, 1923 in Wood County to the late Everett and Belle Holland Bennett. She was a homemaker and member of Hepsibah Assembly of God. She was preceded in death by her husband, Bernice Murphy; daughters, Joy Walker, Linda...

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...