Obituaries

Oct 8, 2013

Funeral service for Landon Scott Jeffrey, 7 months, of Sulphur Springs, will be held 2:00 pm Sunday, October 13, 2013 at the Wilson Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel. Bro. Stephen Leach and Bro. Jason Rolen will officiate. Burial will follow at Willow Springs Cemetery. Visitation will be held at 1:00 pm, one hour prior to service time.

Landon...

Oct 7, 2013

Clyde Fontaine Riley, II age 73 passed away Monday, Oct. 7, 2013. Funeral Service will be 2:00 pm Friday at Clarks Chapel Church of God in Point. Rev. Nathan Bounds will officate. Burial will follow at Turner Cemetery. Visitation will be 6-8 pm Thursday evening at the funeral home. Clyde was born in Dallas on January 20, 1940 to...

Oct 4, 2013

Memorial services for Tommie Sue Hathcoat, 76, of Emory will be held Wednesday, October 9, 2013 at 11:00 AM at the Lakeview Church in Quinlan with Pastor Adam Williams officiating. She passed away Friday, October 4, 2013, at her home. Sue was born November 9, 1936 in Gilbertown, AL to William Walter and Hattie Bell Slough Allen. She married...

Oct 1, 2013

Graveside service for Adolph Elwood Schmidt, 91, of Garland will be Friday, Oct. 4, 2013 at 2:00 PM at the Dunbar Cemetery, South of Emory. Mr. Schmidt passed away Tuesday, October 1, at the Dallas Regional Medical Center in Mesquite. He was born April 13, 1922 in Cumby to Paul William and Lillian Rebecca Lennon Schmidt. He married Emogene...

Sep 30, 2013

Andrew Roberts, 83, of Point, passed away Monday, Sept. 23, 2013 at his home. He was born January 9, 1930 in Pittsburgh, PA to Thomas and Ann Patronie Roberts, Sr. He married Frankie Deloris Jones in Rains County on April 30, 1962. He retired from the United States Air Force, with rank of Master Sergeant, after 20 plus years...

Sep 24, 2013

Memorial service was held Saturday, Sept. 28, 2013, at Emory Baptist Church for Justine Jane Hanus. Justine died in Addison on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2013. She was born Nov. 8, 1962, in Dallas, to Rusty and Frances Jane Minshew Basham. Survivors include: Husband: David Henry Akin of Addison Father: Rusty Basham (Peggy) of Emory Mother: Frances Clements of Allen...

Sep 21, 2013

Graveside service for Margie Nell Fritchman, 81, of Keller, formerly of Emory, will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013, at 1:00 pm at the Pilgrim Rest #2 Cemetery near Golden. Mrs. Fritchman died Saturday at the Keller Oaks Healthcare. She was born Jan. 26, 1932, in Alba, to Alfred and Evie Dixon Patrick. On into life, she married...

Sep 19, 2013

Jerry Lee Jackson, 78, of Point died at his residence Thursday, September 19, 2013. Mr. Jackson was born in Bartlesville, OK on May 1, 1935 to Roy Franklin and Eloise Wilson Jackson. He was in the U.S. Air Force and served his country as a pilot in the Vietnam War. After the war he flew private charter corporate aircraft...

Sep 11, 2013

Billy Ray Roden, age 78, passed away Wednesday, September 11, 2013 at his residence. He was born in Raven, on October 6, 1934 toThomas Monroe and Lela Rita Kirkpatrick Roden. He married Barbara Ann Bingaman fifty-nine years ago on March 13, 1954 in Ft. Worth. Billy worked for Bell Helicopter for 31 years. Survivors Wife: Barbara Roden of Emory...

Sep 7, 2013

Funeral service for Joey Baldwin Schoenky, 31, of Miller Grove will be held Wednesday, September 11, 2013 at 2:00 PM in Emory at the House of Prayer. Bro. Kenneth Ishmael and Bro. Matt Miller officiating. Burial will follow in the Greenview Cemetery. Visitation will be at the Wilson Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel in Emory on Tuesday evening 6:00-8:00 PM....

Sep 6, 2013

Funeral service for Monty Gene Smith, 56, of Point will be held Monday, September 9, 2013 at 10:00 AM at the Wilson Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel in Emory. Brother Robert Burns will officiate. Burial will follow in the Pilgrims Rest Cemetery #1. Visitation will be Sunday afternoon from 4:00 - 6:00 PM at the funeral home. Mr. Smith died...

Sep 2, 2013

James (Jayme) Lee Rose, age 37, of Canton passed away Monday, September 2, 2013, James was born in Portland, OR on January 29, 1976 to Philip Mark and Cynthia Ann Rosenboom Rose, Sr. James attended Grace Bible Fellowship Church. Survived by: Daughter: Ella Wenger of Oregon Mother: Cynthia Kuykendall and husband Coy of Canton Father: Philip Mark Rose, Sr....

Aug 31, 2013

Graveside service for Billie Jo Chastain, 85, of Whitewright, will be conducted at 2:00 pm, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013, at the Emory City Cemetery...Bro. Billy Smith will officiate. Mrs. Chastain was born May 10, 1928, in Emory, to Herman and Annie Lou Lorene Adair Chastain. Later, she married Orhen James "O.J." Chastain, in Tyler, on Oct. 22, 1947. She...

Aug 28, 2013

Mr. Robert Frank Giles, age 81 of Point died Wednesday, August 28, 2013 in Sulphur Springs. A memorial service is scheduled for 3:00 PM, Saturday, August 31, 2013 at the First Baptist Church of Point. He was born December 11, 1931, in Lone Oak to Robert Arvin and Enna Idell Samples Giles. He married Betty May Vaughn in Gladewater...

Aug 25, 2013

Mr. Charles Edward Swinnea, age 81 of Emory died Sunday, August 25, 2013 in Ennis. Graveside service will be held 11:00 AM Wednesday, August 28, 2103 at Bright Star Cemetery in Wills Point. He was born January 11, 1932, in Stranger, TX to Henry Sullivan and Mary Katherine Martin Swinnea. He was a truck driver for a retail grocery...

Aug 2, 2013

Funeral service for Virginia Rosalie Coats, 86, of Emory, will be held 11:00 AM Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2013 in the Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel. Dr. Joe Perkins will officiate. Burial will follow in Emory City Cemetery. No visitation has been planned. Mrs. Coats died Friday, Aug. 2, in Prairie Estates in Frisco. She was born in Tallahassee, FL, on...

Jul 28, 2013

Walter Jacob "Walt" Stoll, age 90, passed away Sunday, July 28, 2013 at his residence surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Brooklyn, New York on October 21, 1922 to William Henry and Marion Louise Starkins Stoll. He married JoAnn Henderson in Lindale on January 4, 1983. Walt honored his country by serving in the United States...

Jul 26, 2013

A memorial services for Ernest William "Butch" Adams will be held at 2:00 pm, on July 30, 2013, in the Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel. Mr. Adams died unexpectedly on Friday afternoon at Trinity Mother Frances Hospital in Tyler. He was born in Amarillo, on July 22, 1942, to Frank Dean and Mary Elizabeth Smith Adams. He married Vickie Lou...

Jul 18, 2013

Esmond Truett "E.T." Ritter, Jr., age 78, of Point passed away Thursday, July 17, 2013 at Scott & White Hospital in Temple. Funeral service is scheduled Tuesday, July 23, 10:00 am at Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel . Burial to follow in Lone Star Cemetery. Officiating will be Rev. Rodney Waycaster. E. T. was born in Amory, MS, November 04,...

Jul 17, 2013

Eddie Mack "Mike" Mitchell, 80 of Point, died Wednesday, July 17, 2013. Memorial service is set for 11:00 am Saturday, July 20, at Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel. Officiating will be Bob Kuba. Mike was born in Bridgeport on October 21, 1932 to Joseph and Maida Mitchell. He retired from the Coca Cola Bottling Company as a long haul truck...