Obituaries
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Curley Castleberry
Feb 4, 2014
Funeral Service for C. D. Castleberry will be Friday, 2:00 pm February 7, 2014 at Pilgrims Rest Baptist Church in Emory. C. D. Castleberry passed away Tuesday, February 4, 2014 at his residence in Terrell. He was 74 years old at the time of his death. He was born on June 14, 1939 to V. M (Mont) and Maudie...
Mary Cooke
Jan 31, 2014
Derohn Cooke passed away Friday, January 31, 2014 at the Senior Suite Care and Rehab in Emory. She was 85 years old at the time of her death. She was born on February 12, 1928 to Thomas Elias and Cora Pugh Osborn in Fort Worth. She married George Aaron Cooke on August 22, 1943; he preceded her in death...
Helen Clifton
Jan 21, 2014
Funeral Service for Helen Lou Clifton will be held, Friday, 2:00 pm, January 24, 2014 at the Emory Baptist Church. Burial will follow at Dunbar Cemetery. Rev. Joe Perkins and Bro. Robert Burns will officiate. Visitation will be 6-8 pm, Thursday evening, January 23, 2014 at Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel. Helen Lou Clifton, age 75 of Emory, died at...
Anna Moody
Jan 20, 2014
Funeral Service for Anna Pearl Moody will be Thursday, 2:00 pm January 23, 2014 at Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow at Smyrna Cemetery. Visitation will be 1 hour prior to service 1:00 to 2:00 pm. Anna Pearl Moody, age 78, of Emory, died at Rockwall Nursing Center in Rockwall on Monday, January 20, 2014. She was born...
Charley Champion
Jan 17, 2014
Charley "Evins" Champion, 90, of Quitman, passed away Friday, Jan. 17, at The Heritage Nursing Home. Cremation arrangements under the direction of Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home of Emory.
Clif Young
Jan 16, 2014
"Carl" Clif Gary Young, 61, of Emory, passed away at his home Thursday morning. Carl was born in Sweetwater, TX on May 8, 1952 to Carl Garner Young, Sr. & Mickey Dodds Young. He married Denise Robison in Rockwall on December 10, 1982. They were married 31 years. During his working career he worked hard as an Automotive Technician,...
Joyce Williams
Jan 13, 2014
Graveside service for Joyce L. Williams, 75, of Emory, will be held Friday, Jan. 17, 2014, 2:00 pm, at Lake Fork Cemetery. Rev. Trey Smith will officiate. Visitation will be from 12:30 til 1:30 pm, same day, at the funeral home. Joyce was born in Chicago, IL, March 10, 1937, to Walter and Margaret Harris Subin. She married M.E....
Milton Williams
Jan 2, 2014
Graveside service for Milton Earl (M.E.) Williams, age 80, of Emory, will be held 2:00 pm Saturday, Jan. 4, 2014, at Lake Fork Cemetery. Bro. Danny Meek will officiate. Visitation will be before graveside service, at Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home, on Saturday, from 12:30 until 1:30 pm. Mr. Williams was born June 7, 1933, in Grand Prairie, to Willie and...
Willie Ely
Dec 29, 2013
Funeral service for Willie (Jodie) Ely, 85, of Emory, will be held Friday, Jan. 3, 2014, at 2:00 pm, at County Line Baptist Church. Interment will follow at Dougherty Cemetery. Bro. Jimmy Tarrant and Bro. Wayne Darty will officiate. Visitation will be at 1:00 pm, one hour prior to service time, at the church. Mr. Ely was born Dec....
Oscar Ely
Dec 27, 2013
A memorial service for Oscar Ely, Jr., will be held Thursday, Jan. 2, 2014, at 2:00 pm, in the Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel. Bro. Jason Rolen will officiate. Visitation will be at 1:00 pm, one prior to service time. Mr. Ely was born in Houston, on Jan. 30, 1934, to Oscar and Rosie Ann Wofford Ely. He served his...
Donna Kincaid
Dec 22, 2013
Donna Kay Kincaid PhD, 61 of Graceville, FL passed from her earthly home to her Heavenly home, Sunday, December 22, 2013 at her residence following an extended illness. Dr. Kincaid was born in St. Louis, MO on June 5, 1952 to the late William "Bill" and June Upton. A graduate of Brownstown High School in Brownstown, IL. She received...
Thomas Lankford
Dec 15, 2013
Thomas Dud Lankford, 86, was with his family when he passed away Sunday afternoon, December 15, 2013 at his home in Point. Funeral service is scheduled for Thursday, 2:00 pm, December 19, 2013 at the First Baptist Church of Point. Bro. Keith Cogburn will officiate. Visitation will be held on hour prior to service time at 1:00 pm. Burial...
Verina Childers
Dec 13, 2013
Verina Vadean Childers, 77, of Emory, passed away Friday, Dec. 13, 2013 at Trinity Mother Frances in Tyler. Vadean was born in Hopkins County on April 14, 1936 to Otto Barden and Alma Verina Shipley Ely. She was a member of Shady Grove Baptist Church. She was also a member of Texas & National Life PTA and was also...
Edward Caughron
Dec 12, 2013
Funeral service for Edward Wilson Caughron, 77, of Emory, will be held Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2013, at 1:00 pm, at Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in Emory City Cemetery. Visitation will be at 12:00 pm, one hour prior to funeral service. Mr. Caughron died unexpectedly Thursday night at Mother Frances Hospital in Winnsboro. He was born Dec....
Hershel Cofer
Dec 11, 2013
Hershel Dale Cofer, 63, of Pasadena, formerly of Emory, passed away Wednesday, December 11, 2013 at his home. Dale was born June 22, 1950 in Dallas to Hurshel Henry and Doris Lee Yaws Cofer. Graveside service will be held Sunday, Dec. 15, at the Emory City Cemetery at 3:00 pm. Visitation will be at the Wilson Orwosky Funeral Home...
Earl Sisk
Dec 9, 2013
Funeral service for James Earl Sisk, of Emory, age 61, will be held Thursday December 12, 2013 at 2:00 PM at Wilson Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Jim Weems officiating. Burial will follow in Dumbar Cemetery. Visitation will be held Wednesday evening 6:00 -8:00 PM at the funeral home. James died Monday at UT Southwestern Medical Center in...
Richard Butler
Dec 8, 2013
Richard Michael Butler, age 62, of Point, died unexpectedly on Sunday evening, Dec. 8, 2013 at Hunt Regional Hospital in Greenville. He was born Feb. 14, 1951, in Greenville, to Richard Davis and Maratha Inez Jobe Butler. He worked as a general contractor in maintenance with 7 Eleven stores. Survivors include: Sons: Richard Michael Butler, Jr. (Janice) of Terrell;...
Thomas Childers
Nov 26, 2013
Graveside service for Thomas Orval Childers, of Emory, will be conducted at 2:00pm, Saturday, November 30, 2013, at Clifton Cemetery. Bro. Wayne Wolfe will officiate. Mr. Childers died at his residence on Tuesday evening. He was 84 years old. Mr. Childers was born on Jan. 4, 1929, in Emory, to Thomas Adrian and Fleda Williams Childers. He was a...
Sheldon Lieberman
Nov 18, 2013
Sheldon (Shelly) Leonard Lieberman, age 86, of Sulphur Springs, formerly of Emory, died at Hopkins County Memorial Hospital, in Sulphur Springs, on Monday, November 18, 2013. He was born July 2, 1927, in Brooklyn, NY. His parents were Samuel and Rose Hersman Lieberman. He married Ann Hall, on October 16, 1982, in Las Vegas. A grave side service is...
Boe Kellogg
Nov 12, 2013
Boe Justin Kellogg, 48, of Point, died at his residence on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013. He was born Jan. 7, 1965 in Provo, Utah, to Robert Douglas and Delrene Whittaker Kellogg. Boe raised and trained barrel racing horses. He married Randa Michelle Kinchen in St. Petersburg, FL on Aug. 28, 2004.... Boe was the proud father of 5 sons....
