Obituaries

Oct 12, 2007

Mrs. Georgia Perdue of Mneola, Texas passed away October 12, 2007 at the age of 89. She was a life long residence of Mineola and a member of the Church of Nazarene. She was born March 2, 1918 in Texas. She is preceded in death by husband, Earl Perdue. She is survived by two sisters, Mae Von Wood of...

Oct 11, 2007

Edgar C. Cooksey, age 88, of Winnsboro, passed away Thursday, October 11, 2007. He was born in Des Moines, Iowa on December 30, 1918. He was a horse jockey, longshoreman, and a member of the Central Christian Church of Winnsboro. He is preceded in death by his mother and step-father, Ophelia Soward and Lloyd Soward; wife, Catheryn Cooksey; son,...

Oct 10, 2007

Mrs. Cora Edna Gillis passed away on Wednesday, October 10, 2007 at the age of 101. She was born on March 19, 1906 to the late Jody Caviness and Hattie Foster Caviness. Mrs. Gillis was a retired teacher and member of the Retired Teachers Association, and was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Winnsboro. She was...

Oct 7, 2007

Mrs. Jackie L. Williams passed away on Sunday, October 7, 2007 at the age of 75. Mrs. Williams was born on February 1, 1932 to the late David Crow and Margaret Bellomy Crow. She was a baptist and was precededin death by her parents; son, Ray Sparks and brothers, Adrian Crow and Cotten Crow. Survivors include her daughters, Vicki...

Oct 6, 2007

Oleta (Moore) McClenny of Mineola, Texas, passed away Saturday, October 6, 2007, in Tyler, Texas at the age of 85. She was born January 15, 1922 to the late David D. Moore and Sendie (Sutton) Moore in Lorraine, Texas. She grew up in Quitman, Texas and graduated from Quitman High School. She lived most of her adult life in...

Oct 6, 2007

Mrs. Gwendolyn Ruth Merideth passed away on Saturday, October 6, 2007 at the age of 90. She was born on January 5, 1917 to the late Chester Arthur Norton and Rena Wynema Callicott Norton. Mrs. Merideth was a retired beautician and a baptist. She was preceded in death by her parents and a daughter, Patsy Gwen. Survivors include her...

Oct 3, 2007

Mr. Howard Todd Norton, age 43, of Ovilla, Texas, passed away Wednesday, October 3, 2007, at his residence in Ovilla, Texas. He had lived in Ovilla for 10 years moving from Lancaster, Texas. He was the son of Robert Norton of Wills Point, Texas and Nell Robertson of Dallas, Texas. He is survived by his wife, Kathy Norton of...

Oct 2, 2007

Mr. Fred Ely Howard passed away on Tuesday, October 2, 2007 at the age of 81. He was born on June 27, 1926 to the late Charles Rutledge Howard and Cornelia Samantha Kelley Howard. Mr. Howard served in the U.S. Navy during WWII, was a member of the V.F.W. and worked as a mechanic in the oil field industry....

Sep 28, 2007

Carmen H Sanchez, age 100, of Hawkins, Texas, died Friday, September 28, 2007, in Big Sandy, Texas. Mrs. Sanchez was a retired cashier for Sears and moved to Hawkins from California in September of 2002. She was born September 9, 1907 in Del Rio, Texas to the late Felix Hernandez and the late Apolonia Andrade Hernandez.

She...

Sep 24, 2007

Mr. Terry Frank Barker, age 60 of Winnsboro, passed away Monday, September 24, 2007 at his home. He was born on March 1, 1947 in Winnsboro to the late Alvie C. and Myrtle (Greenlee) Barker. He was a lifelong resident of Winnsboro, a 1965 graduate of Winnsboro High School, a graduate of East Texas State University in Commerce. He...

Sep 24, 2007

Mr. J.G. Turner, age 86 , of Winnsboro, passed away, Monday, September 24, 2007 in Winnsboro. He was born in the Smyrna Community on March 21, 1921 to the late Jefferson Gordon and Eula Bass Turner. He served in the Army Air Corps during World War II, owned and operated Turner's Radio and T.V. repair, and drove a school...

Sep 22, 2007

Helen Wells White of Mineola, Texas passed away September 22, 2007 at the age of 90. She was born August 17, 1917 to the late Ome and Thelma Wells in Van, Texas. She had lived in Mineola since 1942 and was a member of the First Baptist Church. She's preceded in death by her husband, Donovan Franklin White on...

Sep 20, 2007

Mrs. Dorothy Dell Gunn Petty, age 65 of Sulphur Springs, passed away Thursday, September 20, 2007 in Tyler. She was born on January 23, 1942 in the Winterfield Community to the late Henry and Jewell Pace Gunn. She married Mr. Jerry Mac Petty on August 23, 1964 in Winnsboro. She worked as a recieving clerk for Winn-Dixie in Sulphur...

Sep 19, 2007

Mrs. Elsie Mae (Pinkerton) Odom, age 81, of Mineola, Texas, died Wednesday, September 19, 2007, at Presbyterian Hospital in Plano, Texas. Mrs. Odom was a Housewife and member of the First United Methodist Church in Mineola. She was a past Matron of the Mineola Eastern Star, past president of the 20th Century Club, past president of the Garden Club...

Sep 19, 2007

Mrs. Elizabeth Anne Lyon, age 77 of Winnsboro, passed away Wednesday, September 19, 2007 in Winnsboro. She was born on November 26, 1929 in Dallas, to the late Edward and Jennie Dotson Meadows. She was a former resident of Irving, a homemaker, and a member of the Mineola Seventh Day Adventist Church. She was preceded in death by her...

Sep 15, 2007

Mr. Milton Roy Stevens, age 80, of Mineola, Texas, died Saturday, September 15, 2007, at a Tyler Hospital. He was born August 17, 1927 in Waco to the late, Charles Scott Stevens and the late Gladys Langston Prices Stevens. Mr. Stevens served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War and received a combat Infantry Bage, a Korean Service...

Sep 14, 2007

Mrs. Lillian Lorraine (Prickett) Morrison, age 92, of Golden, Texas, died Friday, September 14, 2007, at Wood Memorial Nursing Home in Mineola, Texas. Mrs. Morrison was retired from the Texas Workforce Commission and a member of the Golden United Methodist Church.

She was the daughter of the late Henry Prickett and the late Cora (Sonendriker) Prickett and...

Sep 11, 2007

Preslee Kendal Tabor went to be with the Lord on September 11, 2007. She was bor on August 27, 2007 to Jace Tabor and Phylesha Berkley Tabor. Survivors include her parents, Jace and Phylesha Tabor of Elk City, OK; sister, Payton Tabor of Elk City, OK; grandparents, Melinda and Jesse Hackett of Winnsboro and Jimmy and Marianne Tabor of...

Sep 10, 2007

Mr. Jerry Martin passed away on Monday, September 10, 2007 at the age of 54. He was born on January 8, 1953 to Mr. E.C. Martin and Sylvia Shirley Martin. Mr. Martin married the former Barbara Ann Brown on April 5, 1974. He was a member of the Caney Baptist Church and was preceded in death by his father;...

Sep 9, 2007

Mr. Kenneth Ray Miller passed away on Sunday, September 9, 2007 at the age of 51. He was born on August 7, 1956 to Charlie Ray Miller and Temple Faye Mills Miller. Mr. Miller worked for the Wood County Co-op and was preceded in death by his father, Charles Ray Miller and grandmother, Vila Mae Steele.

Survivors...