Obituaries
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Beverly Odom
Jul 7, 2015
Beverly E. Odom, age 61, passed away Tuesday, July 7, 2015, in Emory. Beverly was born on October 11, 1953 in Tallahassee, FL, to John Seay and Epsie Earnestine Odom. Beverly was a truck driver for most of her life. Cremation arrangements are pending under the direction of Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home of Emory. She is survived by her 4...
Adolphus Poston
Jul 5, 2015
Ermagene Poston, age 97, of Mineola, formerly of Alba, passed away Sunday, July 5, 2015. Funeral service is scheduled for Wednesday, July 8, 2015, at 10:30 AM, at Pleasant Ridge Chapel. Rev. Pam Dountas will officiate. Interment will follow in the Pleasant Ridge Cemetery. Visitation will be Tuesday evening, 6:00-8:00 PM at the Wilson Bartley Funeral Home in Alba....
Catherine Ely
Jul 3, 2015
Catherine French Ely, age 99, of Emory, passed away Friday, July 3, 2015, at her home. Funeral service is scheduled for Tuesday, July 7, 2015, 12 Noon at the Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow in the Dougherty Cemetery. Bro. Billy Smith will officiate. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at 11:00 AM at the...
Charles Barton
Jul 2, 2015
Charles Wade Barton, age 85, of Emory, died July 2, 2015 at his home. Funeral service is scheduled for Sunday, July 5, 2015, at 3:00 PM, at the Emory Baptist Church. Visitation will be 1 hour prior to the service at 2:00 PM, at the church. Bro. Robert Burns and Rev. Richard Piles will officiate. Interment will follow in...
David Adams
Jul 2, 2015
David Alan Adams, age 53, of Emory, passed away Thursday, July 2, 2015, at his home. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home of Emory. David was born on February 20, 1962 in Mountain View AR, to Jeff Davis and Clara Ann Mitchell Adams. He was a self-employed Carpenter. David loved the outdoors; fishing, hunting and...
Carver Holt
Jun 30, 2015
Carver Cleo Holt, age 84, of Emory, died Tuesday, June 30, 2015, at Dallas VA Hospital Hospice. He was born Jan. 14, 1931, in Emory, to Carver Thompson and Lenora Odessa Northcut Holt. He served his country as an infantryman, in the U.S. Army, during the Korean War. He married Johnnie Ann Dardeman in Pointer City in June of...
Ozella Young
Jun 20, 2015
Ozella Mae Young, age 88, of Garland, formerly of West Tawakoni, passed away, Saturday, June 20, 2015, at the Senior Care Beltline in Garland, TX. Ozella was born on August 9, 1926, in Row, OK, to Jesse Horton and Blanche Mae Ellis Allen. She married William J. Young, in Rockwall, in December 1966. She worked for many years in...
Wayne Gowin
Jun 15, 2015
Funeral service for Wayne Dee Gowin is scheduled for Friday, June 19, 2015, 2:00 PM at the Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel in Emory. Visitation will be Thursday evening, June 18, 2015 6:00-8:00 PM. Interment will be at the Dunbar Cemetery. Bro. Mike Frazier will officiate the service. Wayne Dee Gowin, age 89, passed away Monday, June 15, 2015, at...
Vicky Scott
Jun 7, 2015
Vicky Lorraine Scott, age 49, of Point, died during the early hours of the morning, Sunday, June 7, 2015. She was born Sept. 11, 1965, in Odessa, TX, to Paul Vayden and Martha Jane McClure Morrison. She married Kevin Scott, in Point, March 20, 2000. Vicky is survived by: Husband: Kevin Scott, of Point; 2 Brothers: Mack Morrison of...
Paul Ashberry
May 9, 2015
Paul Dennis Ashberry, age 84, of Quitman, formerly of Liberty and Miller Grove, passed away on Saturday morning at The Heritage Nursing Home in Quitman. Graveside service is scheduled for Wednesday, May 13, 2015, 11:00 AM, at South Liberty Cemetery. Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home of Emory is in charge of arrangements. Phyllis A. Young, funeral director, officiating. Paul was born...
Christian Stone
May 1, 2015
Christian Paul Stone, age 73, of Emory, passed away on May 1, 2015 at Hospice of East Texas in Tyler. Chris was born on October 15, 1941, in Baltimore City, MD, to John Raymond and Augustine Marie Davidson Stone. He was in the United States Navy, briefly. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home. No service...
Glenn Armstrong
Apr 30, 2015
Glenn Dean Armstrong, age 64, of Alba, passed away, Thursday, April 30, 2015, at his home. Funeral service is scheduled for Wednesday, May 6, 2015, 2:00 PM at the Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel in Emory. Visitation will be 1 hour prior to the service at 1:00 PM. David Baker will officiate. Interment will follow in the Silver Lake Cemetery...
Bernice Wogan
Apr 28, 2015
Bernice E. Wogan, age 87, of Emory, passed away Tuesday, April 28, 2015 at Trinity Mother Frances Hospital in Winnsboro, TX. Bernice was born on November 3, 1927, in Palmer Twp, Roxbury, Washington County, Ohio to John and Hulda Ann Smith Work. During her working career she worked as a meat wrapper in the grocery industry. Her first career...
Eldon Adams
Apr 25, 2015
Eldon Russell Adams, age 59, of Alba, passed away suddenly, in the early morning hours, on Saturday, April 25, 2015 at ETMC Hospital in Quitman. Visitation is scheduled Monday evening 6-8 PM at the Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel. Memorial Service will be held Tuesday, April 28th, 10:30 AM, at the Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church in the Fellowship Hall. Eldon...
Dale Herren
Apr 23, 2015
Dale Watson Herren, age 58, passed away at Baylor Hospital in Dallas, on Thursday, April 23, 2015. Cremation services are under the direction of Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home of Emory, Texas. Memorial Service is scheduled for Saturday, May 2, 2015 at 2:00 PM at the Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel, with Bro. Nathan Bounds officiating. Visitation will be 1 hour prior...
Paul Sisk
Apr 6, 2015
Memorial service for Paul Sisk, 59, of Emory will be Thursday, April 9, 2015 at 3:00pm at Believers' Baptist Church in Emory. Bro. Jimmy Jarrett will officiate. Mr. Sisk died on April, 6, 2015 at his residence. He was born on August 18, 1955 to Lynn and Betty Jane Williams Sisk. He retired from Rains County Road and Bridge....
Carol Westbrook
Apr 1, 2015
Carol Westbrook, age 70, of Emory, died at ETMC, in Tyler, on Wednesday, April 1, 2015. She was born March 5, 1945, in Corry, Pennsylvania to Jack Abraham and Helen Irene Toner Cochran. Carol married Ernest Floyd Westbrook, in Durant, Oklahoma on July 31, 1965. She worked for Abbott Labs, in Irving, a medical equipment manufacturer in quality control....
William Childers
Mar 30, 2015
Funeral service for William W. Childers, age 93, of Emory, will be held at 2:30 pm, Friday, April 3, 2015, at Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel. Bro. Jeff Thompson will officiate. A private burial in Emory City Cemetery will follow the service. Visitation will be at 1:30 pm, one hour prior to service time. He was born to Jessie Lee...
Glynn Rabe
Mar 13, 2015
Funeral service for Glynn Rabe, age 89, of Emory, will be held Monday, March 16, 2015, 1:00 pm at the Church of Christ, in Emory. David Baker will officiate. Burial will follow in Lynch Cemetery. Mr. Rabe was born Feb. 28, 1926, in Point, to Robert William and Caldonia Belzora Pound Rabe. He proudly served his country in the...
Ola Bryant
Feb 28, 2015
Funeral service for Barbara Bryant, age 85, of Emory, will be held on Tuesday, March 3, 2015, 11:00 am, at Emory Church of Christ. Burial will follow in Dougherty Cemetery. David Baker will officiate. Visitation will be 10:00 am, one hour prior to service time. Mrs. Bryant died Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015, at Carriage House in Sulphur Springs. Barbara...
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