Obituaries
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Charles Hooten
Oct 12, 2017
Charles Leighton Hooten, age 87, of Point, passed away Thursday, October 12, 2017, at Baylor Heart Hospital in Plano. Funeral service is scheduled for 2:00 PM, Monday, October 16, 2017, at Point Church of Christ. Visitation will be prior to the service from 12:00 - 1:45 PM, Arles Vandiver will officiate. Interment will follow in Lone Star Cemetery. Leighton...
Mable Smith
Oct 3, 2017
Mable Smith, age 90, passed away Tuesday evening, Oct. 3, 2017 in Senior Suite Care and Rehab in Emory. Mable Marie Smith was born June 16, 1927, in Springfield, MO, to Bud Eugene and Allie Marie Noblitt Kline. She lived most of her life in Springfield, before moving to Tulsa, OK. Finally ending up in Dallas, Tawakoni, and then...
Kenneth Foster
Sep 25, 2017
Kenneth Eugene Foster, age 81, of Point, passed away early Tuesday morning, in Country Trails Wellness and Rehabilitation, in Grand Saline. He was born March 17, 1936, in Eufaula, OK, to Talmadge Theodore and Auddie May Hogue Foster. He graduated school from Eufaula High School. During his working years, he was an operating engineer for a backhoe service. Mr....
Earl Barnes, Jr.
Sep 23, 2017
Earl Eugene Barnes, Jr., age 75, of Emory, passed away Saturday, September 23, 2017 at The Hospice of East Texas in Tyler. Mr. Barnes' memorial service is scheduled for Friday, October 13, 2017, at 4:00 PM, at Believers' Baptist Church, with Dr. Jason Rolen and Bro. Dwight Smith officiating. Mr. Barnes was born on April 14, 1942, in Dallas,...
LC Pruiett
Sep 19, 2017
LC Pruiett, age 83, of Winnsboro, formerly of Pickton, Sulphur Springs and Midland, passed away Tuesday, September 19, 2017, at Christus Trinity Mother Frances Hospital in Winnsboro. LC was born on May 7, 1934, in Lamesa,TX to Walter Henry and Martha Madry Pruiett. LC was born during hard times...and, he was one of 15 children who were all very...
Joyce Shipp
Sep 8, 2017
Joyce Shipp, age 78, of Emory, passed away Friday, September 8, 2017, at her home. Funeral service will be held on Tuesday, September 12, 2017, at 2:00 PM at Emory Baptist Church with Bro. Joe Perkins and Bro. Rodney Williams officiating. Interment will follow at Pilgrim Rest #1 Cemetery. Visitation will be at Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home on Monday evening...
Ina Gowin
Sep 6, 2017
Ina "Ruth" Gowin, age 71, of Lone Oak, passed away Wednesday, September 6, 2017 at her home. Funeral service is scheduled for 3 PM, Sunday, September 10, 2017, at Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Jason Rolen officiating. Interment will follow in the Dunbar Cemetery. Visitation will be 1 hour prior to the service on Sunday, from 2-3 PM....
Charlie Evans
Sep 6, 2017
Charles "Charlie" L. Evans, age 80, of Emory, passed away Wednesday, September 6, 2017. Funeral service is scheduled for Friday, September 8, 2017, at 3:00 PM, at Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel in Emory. Bro. Perry Crisp will officiate. Interment will follow at Lake Fork Memorial Cemetery in Alba. Charlie was born in Butler, on May 22, 1937, to John...
S.T. Hodges
Sep 3, 2017
Funeral service for S.T. Hodges, age 93, of Emory, will be held 2:00 pm, Saturday, September 9, 2017, at the Church of Christ in Emory. Luis Camacho and Paul Foley will officiate. Interment will follow in Lake Fork Memorial Cemetery. Mr. Hodges will lie in state at Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home on Thursday until 4 PM, and also on Friday...
Mary Oller
Aug 26, 2017
Mary Ruth Oller, age 72, of Point, passed away at her home on Saturday, August 26, 2017. She was born in Hobbs, New Mexico to Hubert Arthur and Lula Loreais Fuller Coble. Mary worked as a health provider for many years. Survivors include: Daughters: Karen Shumate Whitaker, of Eddy; and Amy Ivey of Point Son: Dennis Ivey of Point...
Shirrl Hollock
Aug 23, 2017
Shirrl Lynn Hollock, age 56, of Emory, passed away unexpectedly at her home, on Wednesday, August 23, 2017. Shirrl was born on December 29, 1960, in Dallas, to Jesse Edward and Sarah Lula Pearl Ivy-Simms Hollock. She worked as a private investigator for a Dallas based company. She was a loving mother and grandmother and she will be missed....
Ronnie Ramsey
Aug 22, 2017
Ronnie Roy Ramsey, age 47, of Point, passed away unexpectedly, at his home, on Tuesday, August 22, 2017. Ronnie was born on September 21, 1969, in Ft. Worth, to Russell Edward Ramsey, Sr. and Rebecca Sue Robbins Ramsey. He had a son, Riley Roy Ramsey whom he loved very much. He was a very hard worker all of his...
Ardith Lankford
Aug 20, 2017
Ardith "Genell" Lankford, age 84, of Point, passed away Sunday, August 20, 2017, at Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas. Funeral services are scheduled for 11:00 AM, Wednesday, August 23, 2017, at First Baptist Church of Point with Bro. Zack Honzell officiating. Interment will follow in Lone Star Cemetery in Point. Genell was born on December 20, 1932 in...
Larry Killough
Aug 15, 2017
Larry Dwain Killough, age 67, of Emory, passed away Tuesday, August 15, 2017, at his home. Funeral service is scheduled for Monday, August 21, 2017, at 2:00 PM, at Point Church of Christ with Richard Kellam officiating. Visitation will be 1 hour prior at 1:00 PM. Interment will follow in Willow Springs Cemetery in Emory. Larry was born on...
Deborah Ector
Jul 28, 2017
Cremation arrangements have been completed for Deborah Jane Ector, age 64, of Emory. Debbie passed away July 28, 2017, in Tyler, at Hospice of East Texas. She was born March 10, 1953, in Dallas, to Raymond and Myrtle Short. Debbie married Joseph Raymond Ector Dec. 27, 1983, in Dallas. Survivors include: Husband: Joe Ector of Emory; Brother: Kenneth Short...
Martha Bell
Jul 28, 2017
Martha Bell, age 87, of Emory, passed away at her home, Friday evening, July 28, 2017. She was born Jan. 28, 1930, in Abilene, to Millard Sam and Mary Jane Cunningham Pliler. She completed high school and attended 2 years of college. Later to marry U.Z. Bell, in Abilene, on Nov. 15, 1949.... in November...they will have been married...
Jeanne Jeffers
Jul 27, 2017
Jeanne Jeffers, age 77, passed away on Thursday, July 27, 2017, in Dallas, at Sammons Cancer Center in Baylor Health Care System. She was born November 10, 1939, in Longview, to Raymond and Leora Sage Estes. She married Freddie James Jeffers in Carrollton, on January 23, 1981. During her working career, she was employed as an administrative assistant, with...
Nellie Painter
Jul 22, 2017
Nellie Marie Painter, age 86, of Emory, passed away Saturday, July 21, 2017, at Carriage House Manor, in Sulphur Springs. She was born June 6, 1931, in Oklahoma City, OK, to Woodrow and Willie Ann Smith Weaver. During her working career, she was a secretary for Pizza Inn Corp. in Dallas. Nellie married Burl Painter, in Kilgore, on Aug....
Bobbie Asbill
Jul 21, 2017
A graveside service for Bobbie Joe Asbill, age 81, of Emory, will be held Sunday, July 23, 2017, 3:00 pm, in Elm Cemetery. Bro Jerry Jackson will officiate. Bobbie passed away Friday evening at Senior Suite Care and Rehab. He was born February 11, 1936, in Emory, to Woodrow Carson and Wanda Yarbrough Asbill. Later to marry Emma Faye...
Isidro Huizar
Jul 12, 2017
Isidro "Chio" Guerrero Huizar, age 76, of Emory, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, July 12, 2017, at his home, surrounded by his family. Funeral service is scheduled for Sunday, July 16, 2017, 2:00 PM, at First Assembly of God church in Emory. Bro. Montie Parker and Christina Huizar will officiate. Interment will follow in Smyrna...
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