Obituaries

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...

Jun 25, 2022

Mr. William Edward Sims, Sr., age 88 of Quitman, passed away on Saturday, June 25, 2022 peacefully at his home. He was born on October 13, 1933 in Oak Grove to the late Emory Sims and Bertie Martin Sims.

Mr. Sims was a retired accountant for Atlantic Richfield and a longtime member of Ebenezer Baptist Church. He...

Jun 17, 2022

Callie Jo Overstreet Parker, 2 months and 12 days, passed away at Medical City Children's Hospital Dallas, TX on June 17, 2022. She was born on April 5, 2022 in Dallas to Justin and Melissa Parker

She is survived by her mother and father,; grandparents, Burt Rohus and wife Shirley of Mineola, Russell Parker and wife Shannan...

Jun 16, 2022

On June 16, 2022, Betty McCormack Finley, age 80, was welcomed into her heavenly home. She was born on June 9, 1942 in Grand Saline, Texas to the late Henry Lawerence McCormack and Beulah Young McCormack. Betty married her husband of 56 years, Tom Finley, on June 11, 1966. They had two children, raising their family in Grand Prairie...

Jun 15, 2022

It is with great sadness that the family of Johnny Mack Simmons announces his passing on June 15, 2022. Mr. Simmons was born on June 18, 1942, in DeKalb, Texas, to the late Arthur and Fannie May (Walker) Simmons. He worked at Winnsboro I.S.D. and once retired began mowing yards to stay active and earn a couple extra dollars....

Jun 13, 2022

R. Jack Durham 95 left this earth and flew to Jesus on June 13th, 2022, from his home at Holly Lake Ranch. Jack was born in Richardson Texas on August 26, 1926. He enlisted in the United States Navy at the age of 17 and served his country until the end of WWII. He married Helen Jean Barnett of...