Obituaries

Feb 15, 2007

Mr. John Monroe Belt, age 65 of Winnsboro, passed away Thursday, February 15, 2007 in a local hospital. He was born in West Manchester, Ohio on August 3, 1941 to the late Carl L. and Mary Hohlt Belt. He was an electrician technician for LTV, a baptist, mason, and a veteran of the United States Air Force. He is...

Feb 11, 2007

Mr. Chester Baker of Mineola passed away Fbruary 11, 2007 at the age of 80. He was born July 15, 1926 to the late Chester Carswell Baker and to the late Beulah (English) Baker in Gardendale, Texas. He has lived in Mineola for 20 years having moved from San Antonio, Texas. He attended the First Baptist Church in Mineola...

Feb 10, 2007

Mr. Leon McCarty of Mineola, Texas passed away February 10, 2007 at the age of 88. He was born October 18, 1918 to the late Thomas Nathan McCarty and to the late Lena Mae (Robinson) McCarty in Louisville, Tennessee. He served in the United States Army during WWII. He had lived in Mineola for 23 years and prior to...

Feb 10, 2007

Kevin Slayton of Hawkins, Texas passed away February 10, 2007 at the age of 47. He was born May 16, 1959 in Grand Saline, Texas to the late Lloyd Lester Slayton and to Mrs. Bobbie Ruth (Harris) Slayton of Hawkins, Texas. He has lived in Hawkins most of his life. He is also survived by, Longtime friend, Marlena Gallender...

Feb 8, 2007

Mr. Arnol Lee Cox passed away on Thursday, February 8, 2007 at the age of 79. He was born on February 3, 1928 to the late John Zachary and Sally Elizabeth Cox. Mr. Cox was a baptist and a home builder in the construction industry. He was preceded in death by his parents, four brothers, two sisters, daughters, Peggy...

Feb 7, 2007

Mr. Dan Cole of Tyler, Texas passed away February 7, 2007 at the age of 75. He was born August 10, 1931 in Mineola, Texas to the late William Vess Cole and to the late Lou Ella (Shaw) Cole. He had lived in Tyler most of his life. He served 13 years in the United States Air Force and...

Feb 3, 2007

Alton Ferrell Moody, age 84, was taken from this life February 3, 2007. He was born

January 31, 1923 at Golden, Texas. Ferrell is preceded in death by his wonderful wife of 62 years, Moye Cowan Moody. He leaves behind his children and their spouses, Shirley and Martis Wooster, Jean Tacker, Beverly and Gary Wrysinski, Ricky and...

Feb 2, 2007

Mr. William "Homer" Browning, age 92 of Winnsboro, passed away Friday, February 2, 2007 at his home. Homer was born on November 17, 1914 to the late Amos and Babe Highnote Browning in the Shady Grove Community. He married Ms. Janie B. Woodard on October 14, 1939. He was a farmer and dairyman, elder of the Pine Hill Cumberland...

Feb 2, 2007

Mrs. Marva Lea (Alderson) Mitchell, age 69, of Mineola, Texas, died Friday, February 2, 2007, at Legacy Hospice in Tyler, Texas. She was born August 11, 1937 in Midland, Texas to the late Tennis Alderson and the late Inez (Brians) Alderson. She had lived in Mineola for 12 years having moved to the area from Cooper, Texas. She was...

Jan 29, 2007

Micha Renee Rollins of Dallas, Texas passed away January 29, 2007 at the age of 37. She was born November 11, 1969 in Grosspoint, Michigan to John "Bill" and Thelma (Hubbard) Osterman of Hawkins, Texas. She is also survuved by, two brothers, Bill Osterman of Hawkins and Sean Osterman of Arlington, Texas; two sisters, Penny Thurlow of Hawkins, and...

Jan 26, 2007

Mrs. Mary Yarbrough Traugott, age 69 of Winnsboro, passed away Friday, January 26, 2007 at her home in Winnsboro. She was born to the late Burt and Inez Edwards Yarbrough in Cartwright on September 9, 1937. She attended Winnsboro High School, where she was Valedictorian for the Class of '56. She later married the late Marvin Traugott on June...

Jan 24, 2007

Mr. Tommy John Swann, age 58 of Como, passed away Wednesday, January 24, 2007 in Como. He was born in Wood County on November 26, 1948 to the late Gerald A. and Alma M. Mills Swann. He was a foreman for Rockwell Intl., and a member of East Point Baptist Church. He is preceded in death by his parents....

Jan 24, 2007

Mr. Bobby Dwayne Warren of Holly Lake Ranch, Texas passed away January 24, 2007 at the age of 59. He was born January 3, 1948 in Dallas, Texas to the late Tillman Coleman Warren and to Mary Lou (Hampton) Warren of Dallas, Texas. He has lived at Holly Lake Ranch for 2 1/2 years having moved from Seagoville, Texas....

Jan 23, 2007

Mrs. Nell Johnson of Mineola, Texas passed away January 23, 2007 at the age of 89. She was born June 9, 1917 in Iago, Texas to the late Leroy Pound and the late Maude (Bullock) Pound. She lived in Mineola for the last 15 years and was a member of the Sand Flat Missionary Baptist Church. She was a...

Jan 19, 2007

Mr. R.C. Wilson, age 78, of Hawkins, Texas, died Friday, January 19, 2007, at East Texas Medical Center in Tyler, Texas. Mr. Wilson was a retired fireman with the Tyler Fire Department and had served as Chief of the Westside Volunteer Fire Department. He was born September 5, 1928 in Midlothian, Texas to the late Wiley Wilson and the...

Jan 17, 2007

Mr. Jimmy L. Mack, age 71 of Winnsboro, passed away Wednesday, January 18, 2006 in Winnsboro. He was born on August 10, 1935 in Dallas, to the late Lee and Hester Jackson Mack. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War, and later worked for and retired from the United States Postal Service. He married the former...

Jan 15, 2007

Bob Kinny Lutz, age 84, of Hawkins, Texas, passed away Monday, January 15, 2007, in Quitman, Texas. He was a member of Rimrock Cowboy Church in the Pine Mills Community. He served in the US Army Air Corp during WWII. He moved to Hawkins in 1988 coming from New Mexico and California. He was an Ordained Baptit Minister and...

Jan 15, 2007

Mr. James Howard Douglas, age 72 of Winnsboro, passed away Monday January 15, 2006 in Mt. Vernon. He was born in Dallas on November 22, 1934 to the late Edgar H. and Virginia Brumley Douglas. He was a member of Cypress Baptist Church and worked as a handyman. He married the former Petrucci Kay Walker on June 11, 1965....

Jan 13, 2007

Mr. Virgil L. Walker of Hawkins, Texas passed away January 13, 2007 at the age of 87. He was born May 30, 1919 in Williamson County, Tennessee to the late William George Walker and to the late Ira (Frances) Walker. He has lived in Hawkins since 1979 and was a member of the Macedonia Baptist Church. He was a...

Jan 12, 2007

Mrs. Florine McCoy passed away on Friday, January 12, 2007 at the age of 84. She was born on December 25, 1922 to the late Charlie P. Westmoreland and Virgie Nance Westmoreland. Mrs. McCoy retired from the H.D. Lee Company in Sulphur Springs, was a member of the Red Hats Society and was a member of the Cornerstone Church...