Obituaries
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Dolores "Nanny" Altom
Feb 19, 2023
Funeral service for Dolores Ann Altom, age 85, of Emory, will be held on Friday, March 3, 2023, at 11:00 A.M. at Wilson Orwosky Funeral Home. Interment will follow at Smyrna Cemetery with Ben Altom, Jeana Altom, Jacob Altom, Michael Altom, Clay Altom, and Audrey Altom serving as pallbearers. A Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service...
Ricky Joe Scott Sr.
Feb 19, 2023
Ricky Joe Scott Sr. was born September 29, 1955 to Billy Joe Scott and Anne (Owens) Scott in Belle Glade, Florida. He moved to Texas in his early teens. Ricky started driving a truck at a young age with his dad, hauling cows from Florida to California. It was then he learned the importance of being a "Professional" Truck driver...
Jimmie Nan Willis Clark
Feb 18, 2023
Services for Jimmie N. Willis Clark, 89, are scheduled for 2 p.m. Tuesday, February 21st at Emory Baptist Church with Bro. Richard Piles officiating. Burial will be in Emory City Cemetery under direction of Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home in Emory.
Jimmie Nan Willis Clark, 89, died in the early morning hours of Saturday, February 18th, 2023, in Sulphur Springs, Texas. She was...
Mary Helen Luckett-Keath
Feb 14, 2023
Funeral services for Mary Helen Luckett-Keath, age 79, of Emory, will be held on Thursday, February 16, 2023, at 2:30. Service will be held at Wilson-Orwosky Chapel with a visitation one-hour prior beginning at 1:30.
Mary Helen was born December 27, 1943, to Raymond Curtis Spencer Sr. and Dovie Thompson Spencer in Point, Texas. She retired from People's Telephone. She married...
Teresa Sue Taylor
Feb 12, 2023
Teresa Sue Taylor, 72, of Emory passed away surrounded by her family at Mother Francis of Tyler on 12 February 2023.
Teresa was born on September 6, 1950, in Dallas, Tx to Lester and Thelma Margueritte Taylor. She worked most of her life as a medical office manager at Medical City Dallas and retired to Emory in 2015 and...
Vaunita Faye Blanton
Feb 10, 2023
Vaunita Faye Blanton of Emory, Texas went to be with the Lord on Friday, February 10, 2023
Mrs. Blanton was born in Sulphur Springs, Tx on June 18, 1945 to Romie and Lorene Hennen. While attending Rains High School she played basketball, where she earned All-District Honors and because of her love of the game she rarely missed...
Billie Jean Fincher
Feb 10, 2023
Billie Fincher of Emory, was born August 7, 1933. She passed away on February 10, 2023, at Christus Mother Frances Sulphur Springs. She retired from Varo Semi-Conductor Circuit Board Assembly. She attended Assembly of God in Richardson, Tx. Billie loved to fish almost as much as she loved the Lord.
She is survived by her sister, Ann Dickerson and husband...
Dorothy Stovall
Feb 6, 2023
Funeral services for Dorothy Stovall, age 100, of Point, will be held on Friday, February 10, 2023, at 1:00 pm, at Lone Star Cemetery. Visitation will be 15 minutes prior to the graveside service.
Dorothy was born January 7, 1923, to John and Della Hunter in the Odom Community of Van Zandt County. She just celebrated her 100th birthday. She married Samuel...
Ken "Boss Man" Beck
Feb 5, 2023
Kenneth Beck Sr., 83, was peacefully called home on February 5, 2023, with his loving family by his side.
Ken “Boss Man” Beck was born in Stickler, Oklahoma on September 21, 1939 to parents B.M and Gene Beck on a carnival circuit, with no doctor. He was a devoted Christian who dedicated his life to Christ and to several...
Patsy Marie Bunton "Lawson"
Feb 3, 2023
Funeral services for Patsy Marie Bunton “Lawson,” age 88, of Emory, will be held on Thursday, February 9, 2023, at 2:00 pm at Wilson-Orwosky Chapel. Visitation will be held one-hour prior to the service.
Patsy was born July 26, 1934, to Walter and Cummie Rohus in Fruitvale, Texas. She was married to Jesse Lawson for 45 years before he passed. Patsy then...
Katie McCravey
Feb 1, 2023
Katie Lou (Fischer) McCravey was born in Rains County, Texas to Antone and Jessie Fischer on September 30, 1929. On February 1, 2023. She passed peacefully in her apartment in Palestine with family members by her side. She was 93.
Katie was preceded in death by her parents, four brothers and one sister, and by her husband of 69 years,...
Joyce Northcutt
Jan 31, 2023
Joyce was born on February 7, 1934 to Raymond and Mary Hazel Davis in Dallas, Texas. She passed on January 31st, 2023 at Sunny Springs Nursing Home in Sulphur Springs, Texas. She was a most wonderful Mother to her four children. She was preceded in death by her father, Raymond Davis and her mother, Mary Hazel Jones, Brothers, Travis Davis...
Kirk Thomas
Jan 31, 2023
Kirk Thomas, age 59, was born on March 25, 1963 in Salt Lake City Utah to the parents of Jay Cee Thomas and Hazel "Jean" Truman Thomas. He passed from this life on January 31, 2023 in Lufkin Texas. Kirk was raised in Salt Lake City with a large, loving family. He joined the United States Coast Guard to...
Peter Miomir Jeremich
Jan 30, 2023
Pete was born January 19, 1958 to Miomir Jeremich in Serbia. He was a Correctional Officer for Rains County. He passed away on January 30, 2023, at his home in Emory. He loved his family and his motorcycle trips. He will be greatly missed.
James "Pappy" Woodson
Jan 28, 2023
James was born on May 21, 1931, to Ottis and Ollie May Newman Woodson. He was the grandson of George Edward Woodson and Carrie Newman Woodson. James retired after 20 years of working at Walker McDonald in Greenville and he retired from the Rains County Recycle Department after 19 years.
He is survived by 4 sisters, Odessa, Billie, Shirley and...
Dolores Berry
Jan 22, 2023
Funeral services for Dolores Berry, age 99, of Richardson, will be held on Saturday, January 28, 2023. Visitation at 1:30. Rosary at 2:00 and Funeral Mass at 2:30 with interment to follow at Smyrna Cemetery.
Dolores was born July 27, 1923, in Sandusky, Ohio to Leo and Julia Braeunig. She received her bachelor’s degree and teaching certificate from SMU and worked in...
Charlotte Ann Turner
Jan 17, 2023
Charlotte Ann Walker Turner, a resident of Point, TX, passed away on Tuesday, January 17, 2023, at Hunt Regional in Greenville, TX. Charlotte was born in Brashear, TX on January 29, 1935.
Charlotte graduated from Sulphur Springs High School & then continued her education at East Texas State Teachers college, where she earned her Bachelor of Science degree. She...
Regina "Gina" Marie Cash
Jan 16, 2023
Regina “Gina” Marie Cash was born May 11, 1964, in Shreveport LA she grew up and attended school in Zwolle LA. Then moving to Texas. She was an Office Administrator and homemaker, A woman who was friends with everyone and helped anyone who needed it. With her, family always came first.
She is survived by the love of her life...
Melvin John Shumate
Jan 12, 2023
Melvin John Shumate, 86, of Emory, Texas passed away on January 12, 2023, peacefully at home surrounded by his family. He was born on June 22, 1936, in Rains County.
He is preceded in death by his parents, John and Minnie Shumate; brother, Marvin: sisters, Marcelle and Mauretta; Mother of his children, Shirley and great grandson, Jacob.
Melvin is survived...
Robert Parrish
Jan 11, 2023
Funeral services for Robert Parrish, age 88, of Emory, will be held on Saturday, January 14, 2023 at 11:00 am at church of Christ Emory, Texas with Cody McCody and Chad Parrish officiating. Interment will follow at Turner Cemetery. Visitation will be held one-hour prior at the church.
Robert Parrish was born November 23, 1934 to Willie and Hazel Parrish in Emory, Texas....
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