Obituaries
All Obituaries
Thelma Weddle
Oct 3, 2015
Thelma Grace Weddle, age 102, of Emory, formerly of California, passed away Saturday, October 3, 2015, at the Senior Suite Care and Rehab in Emory. Mrs. Weddle was born on October 7, 1912, to Hans C. and Ragnhild Madsen Nelson. She loved to play the piano and even played it at her own 102nd birthday celebration. She's been playing...
Brady Sneed
Sep 29, 2015
Funeral service for Brady Delano Sneed, age 77, of Alba, is scheduled for Tuesday, October 6, at 1:00 PM at Emory Baptist Church, with Bro. Richard Pile officiating. Visitation will be Monday evening 6:00-8:00 PM at Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel in Emory. Interment will be in Emory City Cemetery. Mr. Sneed died Tuesday morning, Sept. 29, 2015, at the...
Donald Cross
Sep 5, 2015
Funeral service for Donald Harvey Cross, age 67, of Emory, will be held at 11:00 am, Friday, Sept. 11, 2015, at First Assembly of God Church, in Emory. Bro. Montie Parker will officiate the funeral service at the church, and Bro. Mike Fletcher will conduct the graveside service. Visitation will be held one hour prior to service time at...
Mary Turner
Sep 1, 2015
Mary Amanda Turner, age 82, of East Tawakoni, passed away Tuesday, September 1, 2015, in Greenville, at Hunt Regional Medical Center. Graveside service will be held Thursday morning, 10:00 am, at Smyrna Cemetery. Phyllis Young to preside over service. She was born in Dallas to Lawrence Tipton and Catherine Lingenfelder Tarkington. She later married Donald D. Turner, in Dallas,...
Bobby Clifton
Aug 31, 2015
Bobby Noel Clifton, age 75, of Emory, passed away Monday morning, Aug. 31, 2015, at Senior Suite Care and Rehab, in Emory. Family will hold a memorial service on Saturday, Sept. 5, 2015, at Green's Lake out of Emory, at . He was born Dec. 12, 1939, in Bruce, MS, to Joseph Robert and Bera Madge Hodge Clifton. He...
Beuna Carter
Aug 30, 2015
Funeral service for Beuna Irene Carter, age 90, of Garland, formerly of Emory, will be held 11:00 AM, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2015, at Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel in Emory. Visitation will be one hour prior to service time, at 10:00 am, at the funeral home chapel. Ministers to officiate will be Wayne Darty, Charles Carter, and Ryan Ivy. Interment...
Vicki Coleman
Aug 30, 2015
Vicki Coleman, age 67, of Sulphur Spring, passed away Sunday, Aug. 30, 2015, at Sunny Springs Nursing Home, in Sulphur Springs. Vicki was born Dec. 5, 1947...... No service scheduled at this time. Cremation arrangements under the direction of Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home in Emory.
Jack Lawson
Aug 29, 2015
Jack Wayne Lawson, age 76, of Emory, passed away suddenly on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2015, at his residence. He was born Nov 9, 1938, in Houston, to Samuel M. and Letha A. Wade Lawson. He served his country in the U.S. Army. Mr. Lawson was a butcher and owned his own meat market. Survivors include: Wife: Pat Lawson of...
Jimmie Spence
Aug 29, 2015
Graveside service for Jimmie Dean Spence, age 76, of Emory, will be held Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2015, at Pilgrim Rest Cemetery #1, near Emory. Mr. Spence died Saturday, Aug. 29, 2015, in Caddo Mills. He was born May 5, 1942, in Emory, to John Doss and Lena Mae Williams Spence. Officiating will be Angie Brown, Chaplain. He was an...
JoAnn Allen
Aug 24, 2015
Family will hold a memorial service for JoAnn Allen, 84, of Point, on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2015, in Point, at First Baptist Church. A visitation will be, at the church, at 10:00 am....the memorial service at 11:00am... and the family luncheon at 12:00 noon. A private burial will take place, at a later date, in Lynch Cemetery. JoAnn died...
Brandon White
Aug 23, 2015
Cremation arrangements for Brandon Bernard White, age 33, of Alba, are under the direction of Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home in Emory.
Jackie Barker
Aug 17, 2015
Funeral service for Jackie Royce Barker, age 71, of Point, will be held 10:30 am, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2015, in Emory, at First Assembly of God Church, in Emory. Bro. Montie Parker will officiate. Interment will follow in Dunbar Cemetery. Visitation will be at Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2015, from 6:00--8:00 pm. Mr. Barker died at his...
Jimmie Painter
Aug 9, 2015
Funeral service for Jimmie Joe "Papa Jim" Painter, age 81, of Point, will be Thursday, Aug. 13, 2015, 10:30 am, at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Emory. Burial will follow in Lone Star Cemetery in Point. Father Victor Hernandez will officiate. Visitation will be 6:00-8:00 pm Wednesday at Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home in Emory. Mr. Painter died Sunday,...
Eva Parkman
Aug 7, 2015
Funeral service for Eva Elaine Parkman, age 85, of Emory, will be held Monday, Aug. 10, 2015, 10:00 am, at Lake Fork Baptist Church. Bro. Johnny Wheat, and Bro. Perry Crisp will officiate. Interment will follow in Elm Cemetery. Visitation will be 3:00 -- 5:00 pm Sunday afternoon at Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home. Mrs. Parkman died in Decatur, at Wise...
Otis Wade
Aug 3, 2015
Funeral service for Otis James (O.J.) Wade, age 86, of Emory, will be held 10:30 am, Friday, Aug. 7, 2015, at Emory United Methodist Church. Rev. David Diller will officiate. Interment will follow in Smyrna Cemetery. Visitation for Mr. Wade will be Thursday, August 6, 2015 from 6:00 to 8:00 P.M. at Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home. Mr. Wade died early...
Ruth Whitehead
Jul 20, 2015
Ruth Whitehead, age 88, of Sulphur Springs, formerly of Emory, passed away Monday, July 20, 2015, at her home. Funeral service is scheduled for Thursday, July 23, 2015, 2:00 PM, at the Pilgrims Rest Baptist Church in Emory. Bro. Billy Smith will officiate. Interment will follow in the Yantis Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior at 1:00 PM...
Clyde Wright
Jul 17, 2015
Clyde Ray Wright, age 92, of Tyler, formerly of Emory, passed away on Friday, July 17, 2015, at Colonial Tyler Care Center. Military funeral service is scheduled for Wednesday, July 22, 2015, 11:00 AM, at the Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home of Emory. Interment will follow in the Smyrna Cemetery in Emory. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the...
Johnie McRoy
Jul 15, 2015
Johnie Edward McRoy, age 64, of Emory, passed away on Wednesday, July 15, 2015, at his home. Mr. McRoy was born on February 17, 1951 to Elmer Alec and Marie Bollinger McRoy. Services are pending with Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home of Emory.
Theodore Lawe
Jul 8, 2015
Theodore "Ted" Maxwell Lawe, age 72, of Dallas, passed away Wednesday, July 8, 2015 at Doctors Hospital at Whiterock Lake. Memorial service was held Saturday, July 11, 2015 at New Hope Baptist Church in Dallas. Ted was born September 21, 1942, in Tampa, FL to Theodore M. and Ehren Corinne Prince Lawe. He married Gwendolyn McMillan in Emory on...
James Harrison
Jul 8, 2015
James "Jim" "JB" "Jimmy" Harrison, age 61, of Point, passed away Wednesday, July 8, 2015, at Trinity Mother Frances Hospital in Tyler. Jim was born in Cortland, New York, October 13, 1953 to James Wilson and Barbara Morris Harrison. He married Susan Sistrunk in Eureka Springs, AR, on August 16, 2001. He worked 27 years as Chief of OHFD,...
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