Obituaries
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Melvin Hays
May 27, 2016
Melvin Ray Hays, age 81, of Point, passed away Friday, May 27, 2016, at Hopkins County Memorial Hospital in Sulphur Springs. He was born in Point, July 28, 1934, to William Thomas and Vessie Nina Shepherd Hays. He married Annette Louise Jones in Mesquite on Aug. 12, 1972...They shared almost 44 years of marriage. He was self-employed as a...
Ida Hutchins
May 23, 2016
Ida Elizabeth Hutchins, age 93, passed away Monday evening, May 23, 2016, at Senior Suite Care and Rehab in Emory. She was born Jan. 28, 1923, in Dickens, to Lonnie Artemas and Carrie Lee McWhorter Hickman. She married Edward Denton Hutchins in Houston on June 14, 1941. She was a homemaker and a member of the Church of Christ...
Vera Williams
May 19, 2016
Vera Williams, age 93, of Emory, passed away Thursday morning, May 19, 2016, in Emory, at Senior Suite Care and Rehab. She was born June 30, 1922, in Jacksboro, to Elmer Alvin and Martha Ann Ainsworth Cook. She later married James Robert "Buddy" Williams on Dec. 20, 1939. Survivors include: Daughter; Brenda Wright (George) of Garland; Sisters: Marie Lippincott...
OJ Rogers
May 18, 2016
OJ Rogers, age 90, of Emory, passed away Wednesday, May 18, 2016, at Wesley House in Sulphur Springs. Graveside service is scheduled for Saturday, May 21, 2016, at 2:00 PM at Lake Fork Cemetery in Emory. Pallbearers: Otha Woods, Forest Woods, John Woods, Adrian Woods, and Audie Rogers OJ was born on January 16, 1926, in Electra, TX, to...
Frances Ainsworth
May 13, 2016
Frances Ruth "Frankie" Ainsworth, age 92, of Emory, passed away on Friday night, May 13. 2016, at Senior Suite Care and Rehab. She was born Sept. 26, 1923, in Point, to Charlie Bearman and Rosa Lee Reding Williams. She married Cothurn William Ainsworth in Greenville, on May 29, 1940. Frankie was a homemaker. She was a long time member...
Audie Shiflet
May 8, 2016
Audie Mae Shiflet, age 97, of Emory, died Mother's Day Sunday, May 8, 2016, at Sulphur Springs Health and Rehabilitation Center. She was born Oct. 25, 1918, in Hogansville, near Emory, to John and Laura Martin Goodson. She graduated East Texas State Teachers College with a Masters Degree in Business Administration. She later taught school at Emory, for some...
Edward Hutchins
May 3, 2016
Funeral service for Mr. Edward Denton Hutchins, age 96, of Emory, will be held on Sunday afternoon, May 8, 2016, 2:00 pm, at Emory Church of Christ. Jerome Savage and Paul Foley will officiate. Burial will follow in Colony Cemetery. Visitation will be on Saturday evening 6:00 to 8:00 pm, May 7, at Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel. Mr. Hutchins...
John Murray
Apr 28, 2016
A memorial service will be held on Saturday, May 7, 2016, 2:00 pm, at Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home. Tony died at Medical City Hospital, in Dallas, on Thursday, April 28, 2016. Tony was born Dec. 26, 1944, in Dallas, to Lonnie and Bobbye Carroll Murray. He was a truck driver for Yellow Freight for many years. He served his country...
Bobby Middleton, Sr.
Apr 26, 2016
Mr. Bobby Wayne Middleton, Sr., age 80, of Point, passed away Tuesday night, April 26, 2016, at his residence. He was born July 17, 1954, in Point, to Julian (Jude) and Ruby Lee Spencer Middleton. Mr. Middleton graduated from Miller Grove High School. Also, he achieved a business degree from Draughn's Business College in Dallas. He married Ida Lavelle...
Patsy McLeroy
Apr 26, 2016
Patsy M. McLeroy, age 83, of Garland, passed away at her home on the evening of Tuesday, April 26, 2016. She was born July 2, 1932, in Emory, to Horace Cleo and Evelyn Plunk Plunk. She was a homemaker. She graduated from Emory High School in 1949. Soon after that she married Herman Aud "Boots" McLeroy, in Emory, on...
Martha Butler
Apr 24, 2016
Martha Inez Butler, age 87, of Point, passed away on Sunday, April 24, 2016, at Park Haven Nursing and Rehab in Greenville. She was born June 10, 1928, to Andrew Thomas and Rosa Martha Burchett Jobe. She married Richard Davis Butler in Lone Oak. Martha worked for and retired from AAA Wire in Point. She was a member of...
Mary Fatheree
Apr 21, 2016
Mary Jo Fatheree, age 90, of Emory, passed away, Thursday morning, April 21, 2016, at Hospice of East Texas, in Tyler. Mary Jo was born July 26, 1925, in Rusk, to Thomas Frank and Bertha Irene Taylor Terry. She graduated from Rains High School in 1942. Mary Jo married Roscoe "Rock" Veech Fatheree, in Emory, on May 10, 1951....
Joe Burns
Apr 11, 2016
Funeral service for Joe Elwyn Burns, age 71, of Sulphur Springs, will be held Tuesday, April 19, 2016, 2:00 pm, at Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home. Bro. Robert Burns will officiate. Burial will follow in Turner Cemetery. Visitation will be on Monday evening from 6:00-8:00 pm at the funeral home. Joe died Monday evening, April 11, 2016 at his residence. He...
Betty Frazier
Apr 9, 2016
Betty Lynn Frazier, age 83, of Emory, passed away on April 9, 2016, at home in the presence of her family. She was born Dec. 5, 1932, in Rockwall, to Jesse Marion and Floy Mae Dawson Thompson. She was born again into the family of God on July 12, 1946...when she accepted Christ as her Savior. She married James...
Paydon Coffman
Apr 9, 2016
Memorial service for Paydon Boyd Coffman, age 18, of Emory, will be held Wednesday, April 13, 2016, 7:00 pm, at the Rains High School football field. Paydon died Saturday, April 9, 2016, in a vehicle accident in Rains County. Paydon was born April 29, 1997, in McKinney, to Michael Boyd and Susan Diane Bryant Coffman. He was a 2015...
Edward Neagle
Apr 8, 2016
Edward David Neagle, age 62, of Sulphur Springs, passed away Friday, April 8, 2016, at Hopkins County Memorial Hospital. David was born August 20, 1953, in Waco, to Edward Clyde and Virginia Louise Bile Neagle. During his working career he worked driving a truck, as a "mobile home toter". In his younger years, his passion was for fast cars,...
Karen Mays
Mar 26, 2016
Karen Elaine Mays, age 61, was born in Greenville, on Jan. 15, 1955, to Orion Forrest and Edna Earl Hope Porter. She married Gary Steven Mays, in Bonham, on Aug. 5, 1978. Karen taught school at Rains ISD for some 33 years before retiring. She loved her family, and, spending time with her children and grandchildren. Educating children was...
Arnold Combs
Mar 25, 2016
Arnold Combs, age 70, of Emory, passed away Friday, March 25, 2016, at his home. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home. Arnold was born on November 3, 1945, in Corsicana to Earl David and Ima Lee Hemby Combs. He was a self employed paint contractor most of his life. Survivors include: 2 Daughters: Carolyn Dian...
Sandra Perdue
Mar 11, 2016
Sandra Irene Perdue, age 69, passed away Friday, March 11, 2016 at Senior Suite Care and Rehab in Emory. Sandra was born in California, on Dec. 15, 1946, to Durwood and Delores Nivens Crain. She married John Perdue , in Dallas, in 1977. She was of the Baptist faith. Survivors include: Husband: John Perdue of Emory; Daughters: Wendy Gail...
Bobby Phillips
Mar 9, 2016
Bobby E. Phillips, age 80, of Emory, passed away Wednesday, March 9, 2016, at Carriage House Manor in Sulphur Springs. Funeral service is scheduled for Saturday, March 12, 2016, 2:00 PM, at the Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel. Visitation is scheduled 1 hour prior to the service at 1:00 PM. Interment will follow in IOOF Cemetery in Quinlan. Bro. Jimmy...
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