Obituaries

Jun 8, 2007

Mr. Glen "Pete" Phillips, age 78 of Lake Cypress Springs, passed away Friday, June 8, 2007 in Winnsboro. He was born on July 17, 1928 in De Queen, Arkansas, to the late David and Ruby Little Phillips. He married Imogene Orr on June 8, 1946 in De Queen, Arkansas. He was a retired gas plant superintendent for the Moncrief...

Jun 7, 2007

Mr. Ruben Lyles of Mineola, Texas passed away June 7, 2007 at the age of 82. He was born November 17, 1924 to the late Roy and Marie Lyles in Vernon, Texas. He has lived in Mineola since 1983 having moved from Amarillo and was a member of the Northside Baptist Church. He retired from the U.S. Postal Service...

Jun 6, 2007

Mrs. Juanita Middlestead of Quitman, Texas passed away June 6, 2007 at the age of 82. She was born September 6, 1924 to the late Judge and Saphronia Landcaster in Canton, Texas. She has lived in Quitman since 1978 and was a member of the Hubbard Chapel Baptist Church. She was retired from Brookshires in Quitman. She is preceded...

Jun 4, 2007

Vela Lorene Nolen, age 85 of Yantis passed away Monday, June 4, 2007. She was born to the late Paul P. and Bessie Strasner Braden on Novemeber 19, 1921 in Hopkins County. She married Mr. James Nolen on July 3, 1946 at the Forrest Ave. Baptist Church in Dallas. She was a secretary and member at the First Baptist...

Jun 3, 2007

Ruby Fay Jackson Murdock, age 69 of Winnsboro, passed away Sunday, June 3, 2007 at her home. She was born in Cooper on June 10, 1937 to the late Leslie and Dorothy Thomas Jackson. She was a member and sunday schoolteacher at Pine Street Baptist Church, and a rural mail carrier for the U.S. Postal Service. She was preceded...

Jun 2, 2007

Mr. Bobbie Leon Pierson of Holly Lake Ranch passed away Saturday, June 2, 2007 at the age of 60. He was born September 22, 1946 to the late Hayden Harry Pierson and Lorraine (McMillen) Pierson in Kansas City, Missouri. He has lived at Holly Lake Ranch since 1998 and was a member of the Holy Spirit Catholic Church. He...

Jun 2, 2007

Mrs. Lela Faye Hamm passed away on Saturday, June 2, 2007 at the age of 90. She was born on March 3, 1917 to the late Thomas Newton Dickey and Pearly Pauline Dickson Dickey. Mrs. Hamm was a lifetime resident of Winnsboro and was a homemaker. She was a member of the Walnut Street Baptist Church where she served...

May 31, 2007

Mr. Truman McDonald, age 88 of Sulphur Springs, passed away Wednesday, May 30, 2007 in Sulphur Springs. He was born in the Carwright Community of Wood County on June 25, 1918 to the late C.H. and Annie May Junior McDonald. He was a union arbitrator and president for the Peerless Manufacturing Company. He was a member of Masonic Lodge...

May 27, 2007

Mr. Billie Maricle and wife Tammy of Quitman, Texas passed away Sunday, May 27, 2007. He was born November 30, 1955 in Longview, Texas. He was a member of the Hubbard Chapel Baptist Church and was a Supervisor for Grosby Lebus. He is preceded in death by his father, O. C. Maricle. He is survived by, mother, June Maricle...

May 27, 2007

Mrs. Tammy Maricle and husband Billie of Quitman, Texas passed away Sunday, May 27, 2007. She was born November 30 1961 in Dallas, Texas. She was a member of the Hubbard Chapel Baptist Church where she was a Sunday School Teacher and Pianist. She was a Court Clerk for the Wood County Clerks office in Quitman. She is survived...

May 22, 2007

Betty Lou Miller, age 72, of Hawkins, Texas, passed away Tuesday, May 22, 2007. She was born February 16, 1935 to the late Joe Green and Irene (Holmes) Green in Hawkins, Texas. She has lived in Hawkins most of her life. She was a member of the Holly Brook Baptist Church were she served as church organist and director...

May 21, 2007

Mrs. Sarah Irene (Gibson) Wafford, age 86, of Grand Saline, Texas, passed away Monday, May 21, 2007, in Grand Saline, Texas. She was born January 23, 1921 in Milburn, Oklahoma to the late Ben and Agnes (Morgan) Gibson. She lived in Grand Saline for 13 years. She is preceded in death by two daughters, Anna Lee Siler and Patricia...

May 18, 2007

Mrs. Lola Mae Akins of Mineola, Texas passed away May 18, 2007 at the age of 97. She was born September 23, 1909 to the late Samuel M. Wardlaw and Nora (Diggs) Wardlaw in Parris, Texas. She had lived in the Mineola area most of her life. She was a retired machine operator for the Hagger Pants Company. She...

May 17, 2007

Mr. Frank Miroslav Valek, age 86, of Mineola, Texas, died Thursday, May 17, 2007, at Trinity Mother Frances Hospital in Tyler, Texas. A member of American Legion he served in the US Army Air Corp during WWII. He was born in Ennis, Texas to the late Frank Valek and Zdenka (Marek) Valek.

He is survived by his...

May 17, 2007

Mrs. Jeanette Woodard Crow, age 80, of Marshall, passed away Thursday, May 17, 2007 in Longview. She was born on September 21, 1926 in Winnsboro to the late Frank and Sally Horan Woodard. She married Billy Crow on February 8, 1958. She was a homemaker and a member of Grange Hall Baptist Church of Marshall. She was preceded in...

May 15, 2007

Mr. Richard Shattles of Hawkins, Texas passed away May 15, 2007 at the age of 63. He was born in Hattieburg, Mississippi. He has lived in the Hawkins area since 1992 having moved from Galveston, Texas. He retired from the Texas Department of Public Transportation after 27 years of service as a Ferry Boat Captain in Galveston. He was...

May 14, 2007

Mr. William Mack "Bill" Bright passed away on Monday, May 14, 2007 at the age of 63. He was born on June 22, 1943 to the late Herbert Glenn Bright and Zeddy Ivon Dacus Bright. Mr. Bright was a former member of the Friendship Baptist Church in Winnsboro, served in the U.S. Marines and worked in the Oil Industry...

May 14, 2007

Lt. Colonel Cleatus Martin of Mineola, Texas passed away, May 14, 2007 at the age of 84. He was born January 1, 1923 to the late Homer H. Martin and Rachel M. (MacIver) Martin in Casa Grande, Arizona. He retired from the United State Air Force after serving 22 years. He was a member of the Wood County Pilots...

May 13, 2007

Cristopher Lacy of Tyler, Texas passed away May 13, 2007 at the age of 31. He was born in Winnsboro, Texas on April 28, 1976. He has lived in Tyler for the last nine years having moved from Mineola. He loved sports and collected Baseball memorobelia. He is survived by mother, Brenda Lacy of Tyler, Texas; father, Larry Lacy...

May 11, 2007

Mrs. Stacey K. Houdek, age 96, passed away Friday, May 11, 2007 in Winnsboro. She was born in Chicago on February 12, 1911, to the late Anton and Eva Stastny. She retired from General Electric in Chicago after 45 years, and was a member of Riverside Ascension Lutheran Church of Riverside, Il. She was preceded in death by her...