Obituaries
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"Junior" Potts, Jr.
Nov 12, 2017
"Junior" Walter Lee Potts, Jr., age 80, of Brashear, passed away Sunday, November 12, 2017, at Baylor Heart Hospital in Plano. Funeral service is scheduled for Tuesday, November 14, 2017, at 11:00 AM, at South Liberty Baptist Church in Sulphur Springs. Visitation will be 1 hour prior at 10:00 AM. Interment will follow in South Liberty Cemetery. Bro. Tim...
Mary Eads
Nov 7, 2017
Mary Lou Eads passed away Tuesday, November 7, 2017, in Rockwall, in Senior Care at Lake Pointe. She was born Sept. 15, 1928, in Point, to Thomas Valentine and Susan Oather Bridges Lyles. She married Calvin Charlie Eads in Quitman in 1951. Mary was first and foremost a homemaker...raising her 3 children, cooking and caring for the family she...
Maydene Kuehne
Nov 2, 2017
Maydene Kuehne, age 67, passed away at her home in Point, early Thursday evening, Nov. 2nd. She was born in Waco on June 13, 1950, to Homer John and Dorothy Jean Harwell. She was employed as a veterinarian tech for many years. She loved animals and enjoyed working with them. Maydene loved running, being outside around nature....the quietness of...
Jimmy Lancaster
Nov 1, 2017
Jimmy E. Lancaster, age 74, of Point, passed away unexpectedly at his home on Wednesday, November 1, 2017. A family planned Memorial Service, to celebrate his life, will be held at 2:00 PM, Saturday, November 4, 2017, at United Presbyterian Church in Greenville. Jim was born in Lampasas, TX on March 17, 1943, to William Edward and Loene Harrell...
Charles Allen
Oct 29, 2017
Charles Walter Allen passed away Sunday morning, October 29, 2017, at his residence in Point. He was born Jan. 6, 1943, in Dallas, to Walter August and Willie Mae Richardson Allen. During his working career he worked as a fire sprinkler engineer. He married Anna Faye Rivers in Wylie, on June 23, 1962. Survivors include: Anna Allen of Point;...
Mertis Clayton
Oct 13, 2017
Mertis Faye Clayton, age 81, of Emory, passed away Friday, October 13, 2017, at ETMC in Quitman. Funeral service is scheduled for Saturday, October 21, 2017, at 1:00 PM, at Prairie Grove Baptist Church in Emory. Rev. W. R. Byrd will officiate. Interment will follow in Prairie Grove Cemetery. Visitation is scheduled for Friday, October 20, 2017, 5-7 PM,...
Charles Hooten
Oct 12, 2017
Charles Leighton Hooten, age 87, of Point, passed away Thursday, October 12, 2017, at Baylor Heart Hospital in Plano. Funeral service is scheduled for 2:00 PM, Monday, October 16, 2017, at Point Church of Christ. Visitation will be prior to the service from 12:00 - 1:45 PM, Arles Vandiver will officiate. Interment will follow in Lone Star Cemetery. Leighton...
Mable Smith
Oct 3, 2017
Mable Smith, age 90, passed away Tuesday evening, Oct. 3, 2017 in Senior Suite Care and Rehab in Emory. Mable Marie Smith was born June 16, 1927, in Springfield, MO, to Bud Eugene and Allie Marie Noblitt Kline. She lived most of her life in Springfield, before moving to Tulsa, OK. Finally ending up in Dallas, Tawakoni, and then...
Kenneth Foster
Sep 25, 2017
Kenneth Eugene Foster, age 81, of Point, passed away early Tuesday morning, in Country Trails Wellness and Rehabilitation, in Grand Saline. He was born March 17, 1936, in Eufaula, OK, to Talmadge Theodore and Auddie May Hogue Foster. He graduated school from Eufaula High School. During his working years, he was an operating engineer for a backhoe service. Mr....
Earl Barnes, Jr.
Sep 23, 2017
Earl Eugene Barnes, Jr., age 75, of Emory, passed away Saturday, September 23, 2017 at The Hospice of East Texas in Tyler. Mr. Barnes' memorial service is scheduled for Friday, October 13, 2017, at 4:00 PM, at Believers' Baptist Church, with Dr. Jason Rolen and Bro. Dwight Smith officiating. Mr. Barnes was born on April 14, 1942, in Dallas,...
LC Pruiett
Sep 19, 2017
LC Pruiett, age 83, of Winnsboro, formerly of Pickton, Sulphur Springs and Midland, passed away Tuesday, September 19, 2017, at Christus Trinity Mother Frances Hospital in Winnsboro. LC was born on May 7, 1934, in Lamesa,TX to Walter Henry and Martha Madry Pruiett. LC was born during hard times...and, he was one of 15 children who were all very...
Joyce Shipp
Sep 8, 2017
Joyce Shipp, age 78, of Emory, passed away Friday, September 8, 2017, at her home. Funeral service will be held on Tuesday, September 12, 2017, at 2:00 PM at Emory Baptist Church with Bro. Joe Perkins and Bro. Rodney Williams officiating. Interment will follow at Pilgrim Rest #1 Cemetery. Visitation will be at Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home on Monday evening...
Ina Gowin
Sep 6, 2017
Ina "Ruth" Gowin, age 71, of Lone Oak, passed away Wednesday, September 6, 2017 at her home. Funeral service is scheduled for 3 PM, Sunday, September 10, 2017, at Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Jason Rolen officiating. Interment will follow in the Dunbar Cemetery. Visitation will be 1 hour prior to the service on Sunday, from 2-3 PM....
Charlie Evans
Sep 6, 2017
Charles "Charlie" L. Evans, age 80, of Emory, passed away Wednesday, September 6, 2017. Funeral service is scheduled for Friday, September 8, 2017, at 3:00 PM, at Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel in Emory. Bro. Perry Crisp will officiate. Interment will follow at Lake Fork Memorial Cemetery in Alba. Charlie was born in Butler, on May 22, 1937, to John...
S.T. Hodges
Sep 3, 2017
Funeral service for S.T. Hodges, age 93, of Emory, will be held 2:00 pm, Saturday, September 9, 2017, at the Church of Christ in Emory. Luis Camacho and Paul Foley will officiate. Interment will follow in Lake Fork Memorial Cemetery. Mr. Hodges will lie in state at Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home on Thursday until 4 PM, and also on Friday...
Mary Oller
Aug 26, 2017
Mary Ruth Oller, age 72, of Point, passed away at her home on Saturday, August 26, 2017. She was born in Hobbs, New Mexico to Hubert Arthur and Lula Loreais Fuller Coble. Mary worked as a health provider for many years. Survivors include: Daughters: Karen Shumate Whitaker, of Eddy; and Amy Ivey of Point Son: Dennis Ivey of Point...
Shirrl Hollock
Aug 23, 2017
Shirrl Lynn Hollock, age 56, of Emory, passed away unexpectedly at her home, on Wednesday, August 23, 2017. Shirrl was born on December 29, 1960, in Dallas, to Jesse Edward and Sarah Lula Pearl Ivy-Simms Hollock. She worked as a private investigator for a Dallas based company. She was a loving mother and grandmother and she will be missed....
Ronnie Ramsey
Aug 22, 2017
Ronnie Roy Ramsey, age 47, of Point, passed away unexpectedly, at his home, on Tuesday, August 22, 2017. Ronnie was born on September 21, 1969, in Ft. Worth, to Russell Edward Ramsey, Sr. and Rebecca Sue Robbins Ramsey. He had a son, Riley Roy Ramsey whom he loved very much. He was a very hard worker all of his...
Ardith Lankford
Aug 20, 2017
Ardith "Genell" Lankford, age 84, of Point, passed away Sunday, August 20, 2017, at Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas. Funeral services are scheduled for 11:00 AM, Wednesday, August 23, 2017, at First Baptist Church of Point with Bro. Zack Honzell officiating. Interment will follow in Lone Star Cemetery in Point. Genell was born on December 20, 1932 in...
Larry Killough
Aug 15, 2017
Larry Dwain Killough, age 67, of Emory, passed away Tuesday, August 15, 2017, at his home. Funeral service is scheduled for Monday, August 21, 2017, at 2:00 PM, at Point Church of Christ with Richard Kellam officiating. Visitation will be 1 hour prior at 1:00 PM. Interment will follow in Willow Springs Cemetery in Emory. Larry was born on...
