J.L. Puyear
Jun 27, 2008
Mr. J.L. Puyear, age 78 of Quitman, passed away Friday, June 27, 2008 in Tyler. He was born in Yantis on July 22, 1929 to the late Edgar Eugene and Lola T. White Puyear. He was a retired Frito-Lay driver, and dairyman, and attended Black Oak Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers, Lonnie...
Billy Ray Hairgrove
Jun 25, 2008
Billy Ray Hairgrove, age 68, of Mineola, Texas, died Wednesday, June 25, 2008, at ETMC in Tyler, Texas. He was the son of the late Elmer Hairgrove and the late Dorothy (Mayer) Hairgrove. He served in the United States Coast Guard for 20 years and then worked for Chevron for 20 years. Mr. Hairgrove was a member of Lake...
Bennie Ruth Peckham
Jun 24, 2008
Mrs. Bennie R. Peckham, age 80 of Winnsboro, passed away, Tuesday, June 24 in Mt. Pleasant. She was born in Franklin County on October 4, 1927 to the late Felix Monroe and Mary E. Davis Sparks. She worked as a aide at the Winnsboro Nursing Home for thirty years, and was a member of Grace Baptist Church in Mt....
Lillian Nash
Jun 23, 2008
Mrs. Beda Lillian Nash, age 81 of Winnsboro, passed away Monday, June 23, 2008. She was born in Franklin County on July 25, 1926 to the late Robert W. and Eva Cook McCown. She was a homemaker, and member of Clearwater Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents, and husband, Ray Nash. She is survived by...
Dolly Dimple Cowser
Jun 22, 2008
Mrs. Dolly Dimple Cowser went to be with the Lord on Sunday, June 22, 2008 at the age of 88. She was born on December 16, 1919 to the late Whit and Fannie (Corley) Horton. Mrs Cowser was a homemaker and volunteered as a "Pink Lady" at the Winnsboro Hospital for several years. Mrs. Cowser was also a member...
William Henry Whitley
Jun 20, 2008
Mr. William Henry Whitley went to be with the Lord on Friday, June 20, 2008 at the age of 83. He was born on December 27, 1924 to the late Stephen B. Whitley and Willie Marie Majors Whitley. Mr. Whitley served in the U.S. Naval Air Corps during WWII and retired from the Pilgrim Industries after twenty-seven years as...
Arthur H Wright
Jun 18, 2008
Arthur H. Wright
Arthur H. Wright, age 72, of Mineola, Texas, died Wednesday, June 18, 2008, in Quitman. He was preceded in death by his parents, Wilbur and Edith Wright; two sisters, Hazel Shapley, Doris Perry; three brothers, William Wright, Charles Wright, and David Wright.
He is survived by his wife, Dixie Wright;...
Lila Louise Johnson
Jun 18, 2008
Mrs. Louise Glasco Johnson of Winnsboro passed away on Wednesday, June 18, 2008 at the age of 80. She was born on August 7, 1927 in Hopkins County to the late Basil and Lucille Chitsey Glasco. Mrs. Johnson was a homemaker, a charter member of Pine Street Baptist Church, and a member of the Pine Street Baptist Church Fidelis...
Edith Curtis
Jun 18, 2008
Edith Curtis, age 75, of Tyler, Texas, died Wednesday, June 18, 2008, at Reunion Plaza Senior Care Center in Tyler. A Tyler citizen since 1980, Curtis was a homemaker and was a member of Grace Fellowship Church in Flint. She attended Lon Morris College for and graduated from Tyler Commercial College. Mrs. Curtis is preceded in death by her...
Jeremiah Nash
Jun 12, 2008
Jeremiah Nash, age 84, of Alba, Texas, died Thursday, June 12, 2008, in Mineola, Texas. He moved to Mineola in 1983 and was a member of the St.Peter's Catholic Church. He was a veteran of the US Navy (WWII). He was also a member of the the American Legion Post #296, member of the VFW Post 7523, and a...
Wilda Janie Steele
Jun 5, 2008
Wilda Steele, age 89, of Mineola, Texas, died Thursday, June 5, 2008, at Wood Memorial Nursing Home in Mineola, Texas She was a member of First Christian Church. She was also a member of American Legion and many church groups.
She is survived by her husband John Steele; one daughter, Billie (Steele) Riley of Mineola, Texas; two...
Bertha L. Sanford
Jun 5, 2008
Mrs. Bertha L. Pinson Sanford, age 88 of Winnsboro, passed away Thursday, June 5, 2008. She was born in Wood County on November 2, 1919 to the late Hollis and Oma Monday Pinson. She was a homemaker, a baptist, and a member of the Eastern Stars. She was preceded in death by her husband, John "Buster" Sanford on February...
Harlin Ray Midkiff
Jun 3, 2008
Services for Harlin Ray Midkiff, 68, also known as "Boogar Red", of Holly Lake Ranch, Texas, are scheduled for 11:00 a.m., Friday, June 6, 2008, at Holly Brook Baptist Church, with Dr. Guy McGraw, Rev. Larry Taylor, and Rev. Mike Midkiff officiating.
Burial will be in Holly Tree Cemetery under the direction of Beaty Funeral Home of...
Cleo M Greer
Jun 2, 2008
Cleo Marie (Hawkins) Greer, age 86, of Mineola, Texas, died Monday, June 2, 2008, at Wood Memorial Nursing Home in Mineola, Texas. Mrs. Greer was employed by Mineola General Hospital and was a member of St. Paul Baptist Church.
She is preceded in death by one son and five sisters. She is survived by her husband Matthew...
Johnnie Lovene Smith
Jun 2, 2008
Johnnie Lovene (Herndon) Smith, age 89, of Hawkins, Texas, died Monday, June 2, 2008, in Tyler, Texas. She was the daughter of the late James Herndon and the late Ollie (Burrows) Herndon. She is preceded in death by her parents and her husband, George Watt Smith. She is survived by her four sons and daughters-in-law, Ricky Smith and wife...
Gerald Ward Shirey
May 26, 2008
Mineola - Memorial services for Gerald W. Shirey are to be held Thursday at 2:00 PM at Beaty Funeral Home in Mineola.
Col. Shirey died May 26, 2008 in Quitman.
He was born April 28, 1920 in Alba. His parents were John H. Shirey and Edith Vandiver Shirey. He served as a B-26 pilot in...
Thomas Edwin Tarpley
May 25, 2008
Thomas Edwin Tarpley, Jr., age 56, of Tyler, Texas, died Sunday, May 25, 2008, at his residence in Tyler, Texas. Mr. Tarpley was a member of Woodmen Of The World and the Hawkins Volunteer Fire Department. He is survived by his wife Nellie Tarpley; three daughters, Christi Dyess of Quinlan, Texas, Debbie Humphries of Terrell, Texas, Monica Tarpley of...
Ervin Paul Messimer
May 24, 2008
Ervin Paul Messimer, 86 years old of Palmer, NE died Saturday, May 24, 2008. He was born on April 1, 1922 in Winnsboro to the late Joseph H. and Nora Johnson Messimer. He served in United States Army from 1940 to 1945 during WWII in North Africa and Italy. He married Billie Frances Mitchell on April 20, 1946. They...
Paul Stewart
May 24, 2008
Mr. Paul Stewart, age 80 of Winnsboro, passed away, Saturday, May 24, 2008. He was born in Cass County on September 27, 1927 to the late, Robert and Lena Mae Williams Stewart. He was a Army Paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne during World War II. He was a retired painting contractor, a mason at Gus Garrison Masonic Lodge of...
Clara Faye Gandy
May 21, 2008
Mrs. Gandy died Wednesday in Tyler at the Age of 89. She was born in Red River, County to the late, James Pendergrass and the late, Vertie Hardison. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Hawkins and the Hawkins Study Club. She was preceded in death by her husband Roy John Gandy in 1982 and by...
