Obituaries

Feb 4, 2021

Funeral service for Robert Clifton Chastain, age 71, of Emory, will be held at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, February 7, 2021 at the Emory Baptist Church. Interment will follow at the Emory City Cemetery. Visitation will be held Saturday, February 6 at the Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel, 6:00-8:00 pm.

Robert "PaPaw" Chastain was born on September 12, 1949 to Joe Bob Chastain and...

Jan 29, 2021

Funeral service for Jesse Ballentine, age 38, of Emory, will be held at 2:00 p.m Tuesday, February 2, 2021 at Daugherty Baptist Church with Joe Pierce and Dwayne Horton officiating. Interment will follow at Dougherty Cemetery with James Robert, Tommy Ballentine Jr, Brennan Hale, Spencer Wicks, Joseph McDonald, Trey Arnett, Will Sallee and Ray Sparks serving as pallbearers. Visitation...

Jan 29, 2021

Funeral services for Paul Wilds, age 86, of Emory, will be held at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, January 31, 2021 at First Assembly of Yahvah Church. Interment will follow at Pilgrims Rest Cemetery. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the church.

Paul Wilds was born on March 29, 1934 in McCurtain County, Oklahoma...

Jan 24, 2021

Funeral service for Robert Henry Potts, age 57, of Point, will be held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, January 27, 2021 at Bull Creek Cowboy Church in Point, Texas. Interment will follow at Dougherty Cemetery. Visitation will be held Tuesday, January 26 from 6-8 pm at Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home.

Robert Henry Potts was born on March 19, 1963 in Dallas, Texas to...

Jan 22, 2021

Celebration of Life service for Greg Malone, age 63, of Emory, will be held at a later date. Greg passed away Friday evening, January 22, 2021 at his home. Gregory James Malone was born December 16, 1957 in Kansas City, MO to John Ralph Malone and Mary Virginia (Currigan) Malone. He proudly served in the United States Air Force....

Jan 18, 2021

Juan Pablo Angel Guerrero “Pavo"

Nacio el 3 de septiembre de 1979 en Apaseo el Grande Guanajuato, Mexico hijo de Jose Angel y Julia Guerrero. se caso con Rosalinda Vargas Hernandez el 29 de Noviembre de 2014, estuvieron juntos desde Noviembre 2007.  Le gustaba ver y jugar futbol y su equipo favorito era el America.  Le gustaba...

Jan 16, 2021

Memorial services for Tina Lee Graves, age 62, of Point, TX will be held Friday, January 22, 2021 at 11:00 am at First Baptist Church in Point, Texas with Brother Zachary Honzell officiating. Visitation will be at Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home chapel Thursday, January 21, 2021 5:00 - 7:00 pm. Tina passed away Saturday, January 16, 2021 at her home....

Jan 15, 2021

Marvin Earl Brimer, 73 years old, left this world and entered heaven on January 15th, 2021 at Medical City in Denton, TX from complications of a heart attack. Officiating the service at Dunbar Union Cemetery in Emory on Tuesday, January 19th, 2021 at 11:00 am will be Bro. Robert Burns with longtime family friend Jimmy Jarrett delivering the eulogy....

Jan 15, 2021

Richard Eugene Gallimore, passed away Friday, January 15 at the age of 71. He was born in Fort Worth, Texas to Margaret Clairee and Robert Lee Gallimore. Richard graduated from Arlington Heights High School, then went on to attend University of Texas at Arlington. On August 1, 1969 at the age of 19, he married Judy Kay Holland and...

Jan 10, 2021

Memorial services for Joshua Milton Stanley, age 43, of Tyler, TX will be held Monday, January 18, 2021 at 1:00 pm at Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel with Steve Couch officiating.  Joshua passed away Sunday, January 10, 2021 at his home.

Joshua was born in South Carolina on July 17, 1977 to David Stanley and Kassandra (Osburn) Stanley....

Dec 31, 2020

Coleen was born on January 18, 1932 in Rains County to William and Ethel Wallace. She married Joseph Baskom “JB” Northcutt on May 30, 1949, in Greenville. They shared 61 years of marriage before he passed in 2009.

Gardening was one of her favorite hobbies along with canning vegetables and making jellies from fruit. She could make...

Dec 30, 2020

William Elwood “Cotton” Watts peacefully entered his heavenly home on December 30, 2020, at the age of 91.  Cotton was born on December 21, 1929 to Robert Edward “Buck” and Carletta Watts.  He was raised in the County Line community and graduated from Miller Grove High School.

Cotton served in the United States Air Force, and was...

Dec 26, 2020

A graveside service for Judy White, age 74, of McKinney, TX, will be held at 10:30 A.M. on Tuesday, December 29, 2020 at Smyrna Cemetery with Pastor Jerry Smallwood officiating. Mrs. White passed away on Saturday, December 26, 2020 at her residence. Judy was born on October 14, 1946 in Woodward, OK to Sam and Peggy Atwell Wood. Judy...

Dec 15, 2020

Vesta Lorine Wear Robison, 82, of Emory passed away on December 15, 2020.  Lorine was born July 30, 1938 in Lamar County, Texas to Arthur and Ellie (Montgomery) Wear.  She married Maxie Robison on December 30, 1957 in Houston, Texas.

She is survived by her Daughter – Shandra McIntosh and husband Jerry of Farwell, Texas; Son –...

Dec 12, 2020

William Clarence Davis, age 78, of Emory passed away December 12, 2020 in Tyler, Texas.  Clarence was born on October 24, 1942 in Dallas. Texas to Clarence and Estelle Steill Davis.  He was married to Linda Diane Davis on May 6, 1966 in Emory.  He was a retired firefighter in Greenville, Texas.  He loved to deer hunt and fish....

Nov 26, 2020

Stephanie Hemphill of Greenville passed on November 26, 2020.  She was born on February 28, 1975 in Dallas, Texas to Forest and Janina (Northcutt) Maberry. She married Deuce Hemphill on February 17, 2007 in Paris, Texas. She was a Rains County High school graduate. Stephanie is survived by her husband; Son Trent Hemphill and Briana Hemphill; Daughter Megan Hemphill...

Nov 25, 2020

Johnnie Lee (Watts) Dry of Emory, passed on November 25, 2020. Johnnie was born in April 22, 1932 in Alba, Texas to Wesley Bernard Watts and Dora Lee (Usry) Watts. She married William Lee Dry Jr. on September 25, 1948 in Dallas, Texas. She retired after 30 plus years from Texas Instruments and then worked for Rains County School...

Nov 22, 2020

Funeral services for Billy Edgar Ivy, age 86, of Emory, will be held at 12:00 p.m. Wednesday, November 25, 2020, at Emory Baptist Church. Interment will follow at Dougherty Cemetery. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the church.

Billy Edgar Ivy was born on July 26, 1934, in Crystal City, Texas to Edgar Franklin...

Nov 20, 2020

Teach a man to fish, and feed him for a lifetime, teach a child to fish, and teach them how to live a life of patience, pursuit and perseverance.  Steven Paul Thacker, born July, 10th, 1959 in Denison, TX left his sons, Cody Thacker with wife Gail Thacker of Lake Jackson and David Batts and his wife Diana Batts...

Nov 20, 2020

Funeral service for Bobby Lee Medders, age 81, of Emory, will be held at 2:00 p.m. Monday, November 23, 2020 at Emory Baptist Church. Interment will follow with military honors at Clifton Cemetery. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the church.

Bobby Lee Medders was born on February 14, 1939 in the...