Obituaries

Mar 24, 2010

Kenneth Lee Wilson, avid fisherman, businessman and former Wood County commissioner, died March 24, 2010, of complications from pneumonia and brain cancer.

He was 80.

Kenneth was a no-nonsense entrepreneur. His strong work ethic, his desire to help others succeed and his sense of justice were hallmarks of his life. He...

Mar 11, 2010

Mr. Cunningham died March 11, 2010 in Tyler. He was born September 23, 1933 in Ada, Oklahoma to the late Louis Wyborn and Audrey Lois Wyatt Cunningham. He had been a resident of Mineola since 1971 and was a member of two motor home clubs, the Rambling Rose Travelers and the Heart of Texas Winnies. He married Eloise Scott...

Mar 10, 2010

Mr. Adams died Wednesday, March 10, 2010 in Quitman. He was born September 29, 1932 in Madison, Indiana to the late Ray and Katherine Hall Adams. He is a retired Chief Petty Officer from the United States Navy. Mr. Adams lived in Wood County for five years after moving from Branson, Missouri. He was a Baptist and a life...

Mar 7, 2010

Mr. John D. McElyea, age 69 of Winnsboro, passed away on Sunday, March 07, 2010. He was born on Friday, October 25, 1940 in Winnsboro to the late DeWitt McElyea and Gladys Clark McElyea. He was a retired United States Post Master; a member of the Gus Garrison Masonic Lodge, and the National Association of Post Masters

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Mar 7, 2010

Mr. Braden died Sunday, March 7, 2010 in Quitman. He was born December 1, 1946 in Hillsboro to the late Lonnie Clint and Mable Qualls Braden. He moved to Mineola from Dallas 21 years ago. Mr. Braden served in the United States Army. He is preceded in death by his loving parents and one son, Michael Allan Braden. He...

Mar 6, 2010

Mrs. Esther Mae Shirley passed away on Saturday, March 6, 2010 at the age of 74. She was born on February 29, 1936 to the late Frank E. Orcutt and Augusta Leona Gafke Orcutt. Mrs. Shirley was a homemaker and a member of the Perryville Baptist Church. Survivors include her husband, Mr. George Shirley, Jr. of Winnsboro; son, George...

Mar 5, 2010

Mrs. Dorothy Louise Copeland passed away on Friday, March 5, 2010 at the age of 84. She was born on March 19, 1925 to the late Jasper Hugh Corbitt and Mamie Rose Duffey Corbitt. Mrs. Copeland was a homemaker and a member of the Perryville Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Mr. G.T. Copeland on...

Mar 3, 2010

Mrs. Betty Jean Yelverton, age 79 of Mesquite, passed away on Wednesday, March 03, 2010. She was born on Thursday, April 03, 1930 in Levelland, TX to the late Thomas Dee Calvert, Sr. and Gladys Jane Griffis Calvert. She was retired, and Baptist. She was preceded in death by a son; Charles D. Price; husband, Ralph Yelverton; sisters, Wanda...

Mar 3, 2010

Mrs. Homer A. Smith (Dale Dickey Smith)

Dale Dickey Smith passed away on March 3, 2010, at her residence in Austin, Texas. She was 88. She was in good health until a few months prior to her death due to complications related to cancer. Her husband, Homer Alexander Smith, preceded her in death in 2007 after 66...

Mar 3, 2010

Services for Novis N. Underwood, 85, Tyler, longtime Golden resident, are scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Beaty Funeral Home chapel, Mineola, with the Rev. Edwin L. Lewis officiating.

Burial will be in Roselawn Memorial Gardens in Mineola.

Mrs. Underwood died March 3, 2010, in Tyler. She was born June 2,...

Mar 1, 2010

Memorial Mass will be celebrated for Charles "Weymon" Lestage, 73, Winnsboro, at noon Wednesday, March 3, 2010, at St. Ann Catholic Church. Interment will follow at later date at Creola Cemetery, Montgomery, La.

Mr. Lestage died Monday, March 1. He was born March 22,1936, in St. Maurice, La., to Joseph Gilmer Lestage and the former Mary Nora...

Feb 26, 2010

Mr. Kitchens died Friday, February 26, 2010, in Mineola, at the age of 56. He was born November 6, 1953 in Oklahoma City, OK to Lester and Iris Kitchens. He lived in Mineola for nine years, was a Baptist, and President of Unmanned Systems of Texas. He is preceded in death by his father. Survivors include his mother, Iris...

Feb 21, 2010

Mrs. Louise Cox passed away on Sunday, February 21, 2010 at the age of 83. She was born on October 3, 1926 to the late Harvey Screws and Gertrude Summerville Screws. Mrs. Cox married Mr. Andrew Cox on January 29, 1943. She was a member of the Little Hope Baptist Church and the Quitman Eastern Star. Mrs. Cox was...

Feb 18, 2010

Mr. Paul W. Sides, age 85 of Winnsboro, passed away on Thursday, February 18, 2010. Paul was born on April 6, 1924 in De Leon, Texas to the late James Finis and Esther Ruth Powell Sides. He was a retired plant engineer for Amoco Production, a veteran of the Army Air Corps having served during World War II, and...

Feb 17, 2010

Mr. Morris Lansford Turner, age 87 of Winnsboro, passed away on Wednesday, February 17, 2010. He was born on Friday, March 17, 1922 in Quitman, TX to the late Claude Bradley and Ruby Jackson Turner. Mr. Turner served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, he later married Helen Doris Kirby on February 10, 1944. He was a...

Feb 16, 2010

Lila Lee McKenzie Gaumer, age 77 of Dallas passed away on Tuesday, February 16, 2010. Lee was born in Quitman on January 15, 1933 to the late James F. and Zora "Trixie" Hutchins McKenzie. She worked as a Petroleum Landman for numerous oil producers, was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Quitman. Lee is survived by...

Feb 11, 2010

Mr. Thomas Charles Wyatt passed away on Thursday, February 11, 2010 at the age of 97. He was born on October 16, 1912 to the late William Allen Wyatt and Nancy M. Couch Wyatt, in Marysville, TX. His early years were spent farming and he was drafted by the Army on February 5, 1942. After thirty-eight months in the...

Feb 5, 2010

Mr. Carl Preston Holmes passed away on Friday, February 5, 2010, at the age of 74. He was born on December 1, 1935 in Wood County, Texas to the late Clyde Woodrow Holmes and Rebecca Marie Barber Holmes. Carl worked with the Winnsboro News as a deliveryman of the papers. He also was the custodian for White's Family Hair...

Feb 1, 2010

Mr. Jerry "Hippie" Davis passed away on Monday, February 1, 2010 at the age of 61. He was born on August 26, 1948 to the late Thomas E. Davis and Ruby Hazel Romack. Mr. Davis served in the U.S. Army during Vietnam and worked at the Stroh's Brewery in Longview. He was an avid fisherman and was preceded in...

Jan 31, 2010

Graveside services for Peggy Elouise Hanna, 73, Tyler, are scheduled for 1 p.m. Tuesday at Cypress Memorial Gardens, with Dr. Leroy Collum officiating. Arrangements under direction of Beaty Funeral Home, Mineola.

Mrs. Hanna died Jan. 31, 2010, in a Tyler hospital. She was born April 26, 1936, in Mineola. She was a homemaker and member...