Obituaries

Aug 1, 2022

Mrs. Monte Jo Winkle, age 85 of Winnsboro, passed away peacefully on Monday, August 1, 2022 in Winnsboro. She was born on December 23, 1936 in Mt. Vernon to Lee Harston Connelly and Grace Horan Connelly. Mrs. Winkle was a bookkeeper for businesses that her and her husband owned for many years, and then after his passing, she was...

Jul 27, 2022

Mrs. Frances Lee Utley, age 90 of Mineola, passed away on Wednesday, July 27, 2022 in Tyler. She was born on February 11, 1932 in Roby, Texas to the late Francis Marion Rowan and Mattie Lee Hale Rowan.

Mrs. Utley loved Jesus and was a member of Cottonwood Assembly of God Church, a bookkeeper for Dr. Schaffrahn...

Jul 27, 2022

Margaret L. Berry, 82, went to be with her Lord and Savior on July 27, 2022 at The Hospice of East Texas in Tyler, TX. She was born on February 19, 1940, in San Diego, CA. to the late Mosco Smith and Mattie Tiller Smith. Margaret moved to Mineola in 1981. She was a cosmetologist until she retired in...

Jul 26, 2022

Mr. Ronny Dean Shirley, age 75 of Winnsboro, passed away on Tuesday, July 26, 2022 in Winnsboro. He was born on May 14, 1947 in Winnsboro to the late Vaughn Shirley and Verna Lou Gurley Shirley.

Ronny was a retired Postmaster of Winnsboro and a longtime member of First Baptist Church in Winnsboro where he served as...

Jul 26, 2022

Carroll Wayne Sandifer was born on January 7th, 1943, to Carl Sandifer and Jessie Irene Jones Sandifer. He went home to be with the Lord on July 26 th , 2022. He was preceded in death by his parents, brothers Lavon, Leverett, and Kenneth, and sister Imogene Robertson. He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Julia“Judy” Hammond...

Jul 24, 2022

Frank Lookadoo was born February 7, 1942 in Wellington, Texas to Frank H. Lookadoo a cowboy from Oklahoma and Choctaw maiden named Jewell Estella Lowe.

Frank graduated from Phillips High school in Phillips, Texas in 1960 and graduated from West Texas State University with a degree in Marketing and Finance in 1964. He started his...

Jul 21, 2022

Mr. Johnny Ray Bennett, age 43 of Winnsboro, passed away on Thursday, July 21, 2022 in Winnsboro. He was born on July 24, 1978 in Owenton, Kentucky to Steven Bennett and Martha Hughes. Johnny was a fiber optic directional driller for Floyd's Equipment and was preceded in death by his father, Steven Bennett. He is survived by his mother,...

Jul 17, 2022

Roy Milton McGee, age 92, passed away Sunday, July 17th in Arlington, TX. He was born in Dallas, TX and raised in Ft. Worth, TX. After graduating from High School, he started his 38-year career at the telephone company, climbing telephone poles in West Texas. He worked many years in the Ft. Worth area, spending the last 14 years...

Jul 16, 2022

Mr. Weldon D. Brown, 89, of Reklaw, Texas, passed away on the afternoon of July 16, 2002. Weldon was born on November 1, 1932, in Alba to the late Hubert and Bertha (Murdock) Brown. Mr. Brown was also preceded in death by his wife Mary Jane Brown in 2015, a brother Hulen Lee Brown, and sisters Imogen Flippens and...

Jul 16, 2022

Alexander Warren "Little Alex" Nichols, age 22 of Winnsboro, passed away on Saturday, July 16, 2022 in Winnsboro. He was born on September 4, 1999 in Sulphur Springs, Texas to Patrick Nichols, Jr. and Kristie Davis Williams. Alex was an IT Tech for Caterpillar and worked for Sam Morris Construction. He attended Pine Street Baptist Church, loved cooking, eating...

Jul 14, 2022

Mr. Robert Nicklasson, age 79 of Winnsboro, passed away on Thursday, July 14, 2022 in Tyler. He was born on March 27, 1943 in Glendale, CA to the late Fred Nicklasson and Dorothy Jackson Nicklasson. Robert was a retired truck driver for Carlile Transport in Alaska. He was preceded in death by his daughter, Kelly Bryant. Survivors include his...

Jul 11, 2022

Sharon Renae McGee of Mineola, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and friend opened her eyes in Heaven on July 11, 2022. Sharon was born in Pasadena, Texas, on December 22, 1964 to the late Gaines L. Davis and Geraldine Higginbothom Davis. Sharon grew up in Deer Park and moved to Colorado and finally finished high school in West Brunswick, North...

Jul 11, 2022

Donna Ruth (Dillard) Sims, 77, of Quitman, entered into eternal rest on July 11, 2022. Mrs. Sims was born on October 21, 1944, in Longview, Texas, to the late William and Ruth Dodd Dillard. She grew up in Mineola and graduated from Mineola High School. Donna worked as an LVN at the Quitman Hospital and retired from there in...

Jul 8, 2022

Funeral services for Donna Ruth (Mills) Hammond, age 75, of Mineola, Texas, will be held at 2:00 pm on

Monday, July 11, 2022, at Beaty Funeral Home in Mineola, with Bro. Chad Lee officiating. A formal

visitation will be held just prior to services at 1:00 pm. Interment will follow at Shady Grove Cemetery in...

Jul 4, 2022

Barry Arnold Allen was born on August 22, 1946 in Jacksonville, Cherokee County, Texas to Bruce Adolph Allen and Hazel LaVerne Wyss Allen. He entered into the presence of his Lord and maker on Monday, July 4, 2022, at 3 p.m.

Barry began his life in Cayuga, Texas then started school at Boothville near Venice,...

Jul 4, 2022

Bruce Lynn Swann passed away in the company of his family at Winnsboro Lake on July 4th, 2022. He was born in Winnsboro, TX on February 26th, 1961. Bruce Lynn was a Winnsboro High School graduate, and a very hard worker with an extensive pipe fitting and construction career. He was a jack of all trades and could do...

Jul 4, 2022

Jeanette Anne Barnett, 83, of Mineola, Texas, passed away on July 4, 2022. Jeanette was born on September 22, 1938 to Walter and Amanda Nevoraski in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Jeanette was predeceased by brothers Robert Nevoraski, Leon Nevoraski, and sister Loreen Schnaare. She is survived by brother Vernon Neboraski, sisters Marlene Torcaso and Linda Hoeke, daughters Julie Cutter and Janice...

Jul 3, 2022

Jack Wade Robison Jr., 70 of Mineola, Texas passed away on July 3, 2022, in Tyler, Texas. He was born on October 12, 1951, in Muskogee, OK, to the late Jack Wade and Lorene Robison and when he was 6 months old they moved to Houston. he honorably served in the US Navy during the Vietnam War in Submarine...

Jul 2, 2022

Ray Clifford Drake, 83, of Pickton, Texas, entered into eternal rest from his labors on July 2, 2022. Mr. Drake was born on July 7, 1938, in Friona, Texas, to the late Melvin Wesley and Francis Elizabeth (Allen) Drake. Starting as a young man, Ray drove for Surfine Frozen Food Company. He went on to working in the oilfield...

Jun 26, 2022

Mrs. Mildred Joan Thurman, age 81 of Winnsboro, passed away on Sunday, June 26, 2022 in Tyler. She was born on March 22, 1941 in Winnsboro to the late Tunis Coats and Willie Kay Attaway Coats.

Midge was a retired superintendent secretary for Winnsboro ISD and a member of First Baptist Church in Winnsboro. She married Tommy...