Obituaries
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Eva Parkman
Aug 7, 2015
Funeral service for Eva Elaine Parkman, age 85, of Emory, will be held Monday, Aug. 10, 2015, 10:00 am, at Lake Fork Baptist Church. Bro. Johnny Wheat, and Bro. Perry Crisp will officiate. Interment will follow in Elm Cemetery. Visitation will be 3:00 -- 5:00 pm Sunday afternoon at Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home. Mrs. Parkman died in Decatur, at Wise...
Otis Wade
Aug 3, 2015
Funeral service for Otis James (O.J.) Wade, age 86, of Emory, will be held 10:30 am, Friday, Aug. 7, 2015, at Emory United Methodist Church. Rev. David Diller will officiate. Interment will follow in Smyrna Cemetery. Visitation for Mr. Wade will be Thursday, August 6, 2015 from 6:00 to 8:00 P.M. at Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home. Mr. Wade died early...
Ruth Whitehead
Jul 20, 2015
Ruth Whitehead, age 88, of Sulphur Springs, formerly of Emory, passed away Monday, July 20, 2015, at her home. Funeral service is scheduled for Thursday, July 23, 2015, 2:00 PM, at the Pilgrims Rest Baptist Church in Emory. Bro. Billy Smith will officiate. Interment will follow in the Yantis Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior at 1:00 PM...
Clyde Wright
Jul 17, 2015
Clyde Ray Wright, age 92, of Tyler, formerly of Emory, passed away on Friday, July 17, 2015, at Colonial Tyler Care Center. Military funeral service is scheduled for Wednesday, July 22, 2015, 11:00 AM, at the Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home of Emory. Interment will follow in the Smyrna Cemetery in Emory. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the...
Johnie McRoy
Jul 15, 2015
Johnie Edward McRoy, age 64, of Emory, passed away on Wednesday, July 15, 2015, at his home. Mr. McRoy was born on February 17, 1951 to Elmer Alec and Marie Bollinger McRoy. Services are pending with Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home of Emory.
James Harrison
Jul 8, 2015
James "Jim" "JB" "Jimmy" Harrison, age 61, of Point, passed away Wednesday, July 8, 2015, at Trinity Mother Frances Hospital in Tyler. Jim was born in Cortland, New York, October 13, 1953 to James Wilson and Barbara Morris Harrison. He married Susan Sistrunk in Eureka Springs, AR, on August 16, 2001. He worked 27 years as Chief of OHFD,...
Theodore Lawe
Jul 8, 2015
Theodore "Ted" Maxwell Lawe, age 72, of Dallas, passed away Wednesday, July 8, 2015 at Doctors Hospital at Whiterock Lake. Memorial service was held Saturday, July 11, 2015 at New Hope Baptist Church in Dallas. Ted was born September 21, 1942, in Tampa, FL to Theodore M. and Ehren Corinne Prince Lawe. He married Gwendolyn McMillan in Emory on...
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...
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