Obituaries

Oct 14, 2008

Mr. George E. Westerman, age 76 of Winnsboro, passed away Tuesday, October 14, 2008. He was born on June 24, 1932 to the late Humbert A. and Helen Groenke Westerman. He was retired from the United States Navy, and a member and past post commander of the VFW of Winnsboro Post #8780. He was preceded in death by his...

Oct 14, 2008

Richard Lee Graham, age 25 of Poteau, Ok., passed away Tuesday, Ocotber 14, 2008 in Fort Smith Arkansas. He was born on March 24, 1983 in Mt. Vernon to Darrell and Kay Easley Graham. He graduated from Winnsboro High School in 2002, and was a welding student at Kiamichi Votech in Oklahoma. He attended Calhoun Baptist Church, and was...

Oct 14, 2008

Bonnie Medders Polk, age 91 of Winnsboro, passed away, Wednesday, October 15, 2008. She was born in Brashear on April 30, 1917 to the late Teddy and Dolly Poole Medders. She was a homemaker, and a member of Walnut Street Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband Alva Lonnie Polk. She is survived by her son,...

Oct 13, 2008

Vivian Hammack, age 76 of Winnsboro, formerly of Hext, passed away Monday, October 13, 2008 in Winnsboro. She was born in Junction, Texas on November 24, 1931 to the late James P. and Annie E. Keen Morris. She was preceded in death by her 1st husband, Jesse A. Dunn, Jr., 2nd husband, Sam Hammack, four brothers, three sisters, and...

Oct 13, 2008

Mrs. Pauline Polly Fontanilla passed away on Monday, October 13, 2008 at the age of 83. She was born on January 30, 1925 to the late Henry Frank Brown and Mary Gladys Skinner Brown. She was a homemaker and was a member of the Meadow Brook Baptist Church in Irving, TX. Mrs. Fontanilla was preceded in death by daughter,...

Oct 12, 2008

Mr. Wilbert Lee Coston, age 68 of Winnsboro, passed away Sunday, October 12, 2008. He was born in Pittsburg on November 14, 1939 to the late George and Ruby Bass Coston. He was a self-employed tractor mechanic, a member of Pineview Baptist Church, and a member of the Flora Masonic Lodge in Quitman. He was preceded in death by...

Oct 11, 2008

Mr. Ronald Lee Pool passed away on Saturday, October 11, 2008 at the age of 57. He was born on May 7, 1951 to Clarence Joseph Pool and Connie Jane Boatman Pool. Mr. Pool served as the grounds keeper for the Cypress Springs Country Club, where he made a hole-in-one on the 4th hole, on April 26, 2008. Mr....

Oct 8, 2008

MINEOLA - Services for Toby Douglas Cain, 51, Mineola, are scheduled for 2 p.m. Sunday at Beaty Funeral Home chapel, Mineola, with the Rev. Ray Dillen officiating. Burial will be at 6 p.m. Sunday in Lone Star Cemetery, Poolville.

Mr. Cain died Oct. 8, 2008, in Quitman.

He was born Feb....

Oct 8, 2008

MINEOLA - Services for Robert Homer Bradley, 82, Mineola, are scheduled for 2:30 p.m. Friday at Beaty Funeral Home chapel, Mineola, with Bro. Royce Casey officiating.

Burial will be in Roselawn Memorial Gardens, Mineola.

Mr. Bradley died Oct. 8, 2008, in Mineola.

He was born Oct. 26,...

Oct 7, 2008

Martha Sue Peace died in the presence of her loving family on October 7 at the UT Tyler Heath Center Hospice. She was born Martha Sue DeWees to Ethel and Joseph DeWees on November 28, 1928. She was raised in Rockwall, Texas where she knew her husband, Herman Lee Peace, her entire life. They married on November 26, 1947....

Oct 7, 2008

Mrs. Alexander died Oct. 7, 2008, in Mineola.

She was born Jan. 22, 1939, to the late George and Donna Lee Henderson Hammond. She lived in Mount Pleasant for many years prior to moving to Mineola three years ago. She had worked as a bartender and also sat with the elderly. She was a Baptist...

Oct 6, 2008

Services for Allen Earl Cook, 83, of Tyler are scheduled for Wednesday, October 8, 2008 at 2:00pm at West Erwin Church of Christ with Jack Paul and Mark Edge officiating. Burial will be at Lee Cemetery in Winnsboro, Texas at 4:30pm, under the direction of Beaty Funeral Home.

Mr. Cook died on Monday, October 6, 2008 in...

Oct 5, 2008

MINEOLA - Graveside services for Mary Lois Ellison, 80, Mineola, are scheduled for 10 a.m. Wednesday at Roselawn Memorial Gardens, Mineola, with Bro. Fred Morrow officiating. Arrangements are under direction of Beaty Funeral Home, Mineola.

Mrs. Ellison died Oct. 5, 2008, in Mineola.

She was born Feb. 25, 1928, in Golden...

Oct 4, 2008

HOLLY LAKE RANCH - Services for Bessie Whitney Rackley, 93, Holly Lake Ranch, are scheduled for 10 a.m. Thursday at Holly Brook Baptist Church with the Rev. Larry Taylor officiating.

Burial is scheduled for 2 p.m. Friday at City of Lubbock Cemetery under direction of Beaty Funeral Home, Mineola.

Mrs. Rackley...

Oct 4, 2008

Leon Claude Morse, Jr., age 70 of Winnsboro passed away, Saturday, October 4, 2008 at his home. He was born on May 29, 1938 in Cortland, NY., to the late Leon Sr., and Ora Blanche Norton Morse. He was preceded in death by his parents, sister, Patricia Halstead, and a brother Gerald Morse. He is survived by his wife...

Oct 3, 2008

Ethel L. Wilson Stevens, age 75 of Winnsboro, passed away Friday, October 3, 2008. She was born on June 24, 1933 in Canton to the late James B. and Faye Reeves Wilson. She was a homemaker, seamstress for Wilson Manufacturing and a Baptist. She was preceded in death by her husband, Icem Paul Stevens on October 3, 1983; a...

Sep 26, 2008

WINNSBORO - Graveside services for Eddie Dan Green, 52, Winnsboro, are scheduled for 2 p.m. Sunday at Little Hope Cemetery with the Rev. Pete Dugger officiating under the direction of Beaty Funeral Home, Hawkins.

Mr. Green died Sept. 26, 2008, in a Dallas hospital.

He was born April 2, 1956, in...

Sep 25, 2008

Mrs. Jane A. Steward, age 88 of Tyler, passed away Thursday, September 25, 2008 in Tyler. She was born in Rosebud on January 11, 1920 to the late James A. and Lottie Cornelia Archer Smith. She was married to Roy Steward on August 1, 1940 in Rosebud. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Winnsboro, The Standard...

Sep 21, 2008

Pauline Lynch Harlin, age 89 of Winnsboro, passed away, Sunday, September 21, 2008. She was born on December 8, 1918 in Leesburg to the late Robert, Sr. and Lena Sarah Worth Lynch. She was a member of the Rebekah's Lodge and the Walnut Street Baptist Church of Winnsboro. She was preceded in death by her parents;husband, Leonard Harlin; brothers,...

Sep 14, 2008

Mrs. Joan Claudette Walhof died Sunday, September 14, 2008 at her home in Katy, Texas. Mrs. Walhof was a member of the Kingsland Baptist Church in Katy and was a former resident of Longview.

Survivors include her husband, Pete Walhof of Katy; daughter, Tula Young and her husband Rob of Hot Springs, Arkansas; sons, Reese Walhof and...