Obituaries

Jan 8, 2016

Funeral service for Peyton Joe Pilkinton will be held on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016, 2:00 pm, at Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel. Officiating will be Bro. Jerry Tadlock. Interment will follow in Emory City Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to service, at 1:00 pm, at the funeral home. Peyton Joe Pilkinton was born Jan. 8, 2016, and passed...

Jan 5, 2016

Funeral service for retired pastor, Bro. Johnnie Ray Turner, age 94, of Point, are scheduled for Saturday, January 9, 2016, 2:00 PM, at Smyrna Church. Bro. Ron Dummer will officiate. Interment will follow in the Smyrna Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at 1:00 PM. Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home of Emory is in charge of the...

Jan 4, 2016

Nora Namoni Duran, age 82, of Emory, passed away Monday, January 4, 2016, at Senior Suite Care and Rehab in Emory. Funeral service scheduled for Friday, January 8, 2016, 2:00 PM, at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Emory. Father Victor Hernandez will officiate. Interment will follow in the Emory City Cemetery. Visitation will be at Wilson-Orwosky Funeral...

Jan 3, 2016

Ronnie Gene Buffington, age 74, of Emory, passed away Sunday, January 3, 2016 at ETMC in Tyler. Funeral service is scheduled for Thursday, January 7, 2016, 2:00 PM, at Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel in Emory. Bro. Bill Cooper, Jr. will officiate. Interment will be at Woosley Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior from 1-2 PM. Ronnie was born...

Jan 2, 2016

C.B. Ainsworth, age 71, of Point, passed away January 2, 2016, at Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas. Funeral service is scheduled for Tuesday, January 5, 2016, at 10:00 AM, at First Baptist Church of Point, with Bro. Zachary Honzell officiating. Visitation will be held Monday evening, January 4, 2016, 6:00-8:00 PM, at Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will...

Jan 1, 2016

Raymond Odell Clifton, age 88, of Point, passed away Friday, January 1, 2016, at Hopkins County Memorial Hospital in Sulphur Springs. Funeral service is scheduled for Monday, January 4, 2016 at 2:00 PM at Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. David Diller will officiate. Interment will follow in the Emory City Cemetery. Members of the Masonic Lodge will serve as...

Dec 26, 2015

Jerry Pat Preskitt, age 77, of Point, passed away Saturday, December 26, 2015, at Hunt Regional Medical Center in Greenville. No service is scheduled at this time. Cremation arrangements under the direction of Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home of Emory. Jerry was born in Bakersville, CA on September 26, 1938, to Ishmael Milage "Slim" and Juanita Bundy Preskitt. He married Sandra...

Dec 26, 2015

Gladys Faye "Happy" Brantley, age 67, of Yantis, passed away Saturday, December 26, 2015, at ETMC in Tyler. Family will receive visitors in a short visitation period which will be held Wednesday, December 30, 2015, at the Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel in Emory from 2:00-3:00 PM. No service is scheduled at this time. Happy was born on January 16,...

Dec 16, 2015

John Keith Fleming, age 81, of Greenville, passed away Wednesday, December 16, 2015 in the early morning hours, at his home. Funeral service will be held Saturday, December 19, 2015, at the Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel in Emory, at 2:00 PM, with Bro. Monte Parker and Bro. Kenneth Richardson and Bro. Larry Davis officiating. Interment will follow at Turner...

Dec 13, 2015

Funeral service for Thomas "Red" Childers, age 90, of Emory, will be held at 2:00 PM, Wednesday, December 16, 2015, at Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel. Bro. Billy Smith will officiate. Visitation will precede the service, at 1:00 PM, at the Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel. A private burial will take place after the service at Pilgrims Rest #1 Cemetery in...

Dec 8, 2015

Aggie Pauline Hultman, age 91, of Quitman, died Tuesday at Heritage Nursing Home of Quitman. Services are pending with Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home of Emory. Please sign the guestbook at the link above for the family.

Tuesday, December 08, 2015

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Dec 4, 2015

Funeral service for Bettye Jane Culberson will be held 10:00 AM on Tuesday, December 8, 2015, at First United Methodist Church of Emory, with Rev. David Diller and Katrina Culberson officiating. Interment will follow in Dougherty Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Monday night, December 7, 2015 from 6:00-8:00 PM at Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel. Bettye Jane Culberson, age...

Nov 26, 2015

Memorial service for Leaton Isaac Ely, age 81, of Emory, will be held on Saturday, December 5, 2015 at 2:00 PM, at Emory Baptist Church. Visitation will be one hour prior to service at 1:00 PM. Bro. Mark Garrett will officiate. Mr. Ely was born on July 25, 1934, to Otto Barden and Alma Shipley Ely. He was raised...

Nov 22, 2015

Funeral service for Herman "Bud" D. Bryant, of Emory, age 88, will be held 11:00 am, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2015, at the Church of Christ in Emory. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service, at 10:00 am, at the church. Burial will follow in Emory City Cemetery. Mr. Bryant died Sunday afternoon, Nov. 22, 2015, at...

Nov 18, 2015

Cameron Maurice Jeffcoat passed away Wednesday morning, Nov. 18, 2015, at Reunion Plaza Healthcare and Rehab, in Tyler. He was born Feb. 12, 1962, in Lakeland, FL, to William Sanford and Peggy Louise Mason Jeffcoat. He worked as a welder most of his life. Survivors include: 2 daughters: Ashley Jeffcoat (Rafael Figueroa) of Emory and Dustie Morgan (Joseph) of...

Nov 8, 2015

Cremation arrangements have been handled by Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home for Mary Dona Gaines Hyland. Ms. Hyland passed away in the wee hours of Sunday morning, November 8, 2015. Mary was born on June 19, 1942 in Austin to William Henry and Myrble Daniels Gaines. During her working career, she held several different jobs, including car sales, advertising sales and...

Nov 7, 2015

Funeral service for Scott Allen Decker, age 77, of Point, will be held Thursday, 2:00 pm, Nov. 12, 2015, at First Baptist Church of Point. Bro. Zachary Honzell will officiate. Interment will follow at Smyrna Cemetery. Mr. Decker passed away Saturday night, in Dallas, at Baylor Scott-White Hospital. He was born Jan. 8, 1938, in Emory, (Smyrna Community), to...

Nov 5, 2015

Elizabeth Wylene Boyanton, age 84, of Emory, died Thursday evening, Nov. 05, 2015, at Carriage House Manor in Sulphur Springs. She was born in Falfurrias, on May 15, 1931, to Benjamin and Emogene Cody Jackson. She married Charles Orlando Fisher, in 1964, in Dallas (Oak Cliff). Mrs. Boyanton worked for a period of time at LTV, and worked as...

Oct 25, 2015

Charles "Charley" Eric Bruns, age 50, of Emory, died Sunday, October 25th at his residence. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home. Charley was born on April 2, 1965, in Decatur, IL, to Ronald Dean and Alice Marie French Bruns. He proudly served our country for 12 years in the U.S. Marine Corps. He married Pearl...

Oct 23, 2015

Mary Frances Rabb, age 87, of Point, passed away Friday morning, October 23, 2015, at Wesley House in Sulphur Springs. Funeral service is scheduled for Monday, October 26, 2015, at 2:00 PM, at the Point United Methodist Church, with Bro. Billy Smith and Rev. Sue Gross officiating. Interment will follow at Lone Star Cemetery in Point. Visitation will be...