Obituaries
All Obituaries
Ronald Schantini
Oct 29, 2014
Ronald Gilbert Schantini, age 65, of Point, died as the result of an automobile accident, in Rains County, late in the afternoon, on Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2014. He was born in Racine, WI on Oct. 9, 1949, to Oscar and Lorraine I. Parker Schantini. He married Nita Diane Staggs in Dallas on Jan. 4, 1969. Mr. Schantini was a...
Mary Brimer
Oct 23, 2014
Funeral service for Mary Sue Brimer, age 67, of Emory, will be conducted on Friday, Oct. 24, 2014, at 2:00 pm, at Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel. Bro. Robert Burns will officiate. Burial will follow in Dunbar Cemetery. Visitation will be at 12:oo pm prior to the 2:00 pm service at the funeral home. Sue married Billy Leon Brimer on...
James Redmon
Oct 21, 2014
Funeral service for James Alvin Redmon, age 77, of Point, will be conducted Saturday, Oct. 25, 2014, at 2:00 pm, at First Baptist Church in Point. Bro Keith Cogburn and Bro. Ray Crumpton will officiate. Burial will follow in Woosley Cemetery. Visitation will be held 6:00 - 8:00 pm on Friday evening at the church. Mr. Redmon was born...
Earnestine Hamilton
Oct 12, 2014
Funeral service for Earnestine Rebecca Hamilton, age 91, of Mesquite, formerly of Emory, will be held Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2014, 2:00 pm, at Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in Emory City Cemetery. Visitation will be at 1:00 pm, one hour prior to the service. Mr. Hamilton died, Sunday afternoon, at Cambridge Court Assisted Living in Mesquite. She...
Clem Hurn, Jr.
Oct 11, 2014
Funeral service for Clem Perry ("C.P.") Hurn, Jr., of East Tawakoni, will be held Friday, Oct. 17, 2014, at Emory Baptist Church, 10:00 am. Bro. Joe Perkins and Bro. James Hurn will officiate. Burial will follow in Lynch Cemetery. Visitation will be Thursday evening, 6:00-8:00 pm at Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home. Mr. Hurn was born in Ft. Worth, June 18,...
Donald Freeman
Oct 11, 2014
Donald Gene "Donnie" Freeman passed away Saturday, Oct. 11, 2014, in Hospice of East Texas, in Tyler. He was born Nov. 27, 1954, in Tomato, Arkansas, to Chester Joe and Effie Mae McKnight Freeman. He worked as a sheetrock hanger, in the dry wall business , of home construction for most of his life. Survivors include: 1 daughter, Laura...
Shirley McAree
Oct 5, 2014
Funeral service for Shirley Pearl McAree, age 74, of Alba, will be conducted Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2014, 2:00 pm, at Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel. Bro. Wayne Wolfe and Bro. Arlis Banks will officiate. Burial will follow in Colony Cemetery near Golden. Visitation will be 1:00 pm Wednesday, one hour prior to service. Shirley was born in Aspermont, March 21,...
Davina Patton-Courtney
Oct 2, 2014
Funeral service for Davina Joy Patton-Courtney, 37, of Emory, will be held Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014, at 1:00 pm, at Lake Fork Baptist Church. Bro. Perry Crisp will officiate. Interment will follow in Turner Cemetery. Visitation will be Monday evening, 6:00- 8:00 pm at Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home in Emory. D. J. died Thursday, Oct. 2, 2014, in Tyler, at...
Orvil Briggs
Sep 27, 2014
Funeral service for Orvil Glyn Briggs, 88, of Point, will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2014, at Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel in Emory. A full Masonic service will be conducted by Shiloh Lodge #307 of Lone Oak. The American Legend will conduct the graveside service at Lone Star Cemetery in Point. Mr. Briggs died during the early hours...
Barbara McRee
Sep 17, 2014
Graveside service for Barbara Lee Hunt McRee, age 84, of Emory, will be held Friday, Sept. 19, 2014, at 2:00 pm, in Restland Memorial Cemetery. Rev. Pete Adrian will officiate. Mrs. McRee died at her residence in the early morning, on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014. She was born in Santa Rita, New Mexico, on Jan. 19, 1930, to George...
Bernard White
Sep 16, 2014
Mr. Bernard C. White, age 91, of Emory, died Tuesday evening, Sept. 16, 2014 at Senior Suite Care and Rehab. He was born April 28, 1923, in Pittsburg, PA, to Chauncey and Helen Sloan White. He married Jerelene Mayo Poore in Ft. Worth, on July 24, 1963. Mr. White fought during WWII in the Battle of Marianas Strait, as...
Audrey Hill
Sep 11, 2014
Funeral service for Audrey Ellece Hill, age 87, of Alba, will be held Monday, Sept. 15, 2014, 11:00 am, at Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel. Bro. Robert Burns and Bro. Wayne Wolfe will officiate. Burial will follow in Salem Cemetery. Visitation will be Sunday afternoon, from 3:00-5:00 pm, at the funeral home. Mrs. Hill died Thursday evening, in Tyler, at...
Ricky Evans
Sep 6, 2014
Ricky Lane Evans, 55 of Emory, died Saturday, September 6, 2014, at Hunt County Regional Hospital in Greenville. Graveside service will be held at Pippin & Hill Cemetery at 10:00 AM Friday, September 12, 2014. Visitation will be Thursday, September 11, at Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel from 6-8 PM. Mr. Evans was born on October 23, 1958 in Commerce...
Mary Carrell
Sep 6, 2014
Mary Joyce Carrell, 72, of Emory, passed away Saturday, September 6, 2014, at Baylor Hospital Hospice, Dallas, after a lengthy battle with ovarian cancer. Funeral service will be held on Thursday, September 11, 2014, at 10:30 AM, at Point Church of Christ. Interment will follow at Willow Springs Cemetery. Visitation will be at the Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel on...
Jerry Rosengartner
Sep 6, 2014
Jerry Leroy Rosengartner, 74, of Emory, died peacefully, Saturday, September 6, 2014 in Greenville at Hunt Regional Hospital, surrounded by his family. Memorial service is scheduled for Saturday, September 13, 2014 at 3:00 PM, at the Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel in Emory with Bro. Robert Burns officiating. Jerry was born on March 24, 1940 in Dallas, to Donald and...
Hubert Kirkpatrick
Sep 4, 2014
Funeral service for Hubert Ray Kirkpatrick, 81, of Emory, will be held Saturday, Sept. 6, 2014, at Pilgrims Rest Baptist Church #1, at 1:00 pm. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. Bro. David Hendricks and Bro. Jeff Thompson will officiate. Burial will follow in Pilgrims Rest Cemetery in Rains County. Mr. Kirkpatrick was born Feb....
Gary Rainwater
Aug 27, 2014
Gary Wayne Rainwater, 60, of Brownsboro died Wednesday, August 27, 2014, at his home. Funeral service is scheduled for Saturday, August 30, 2014 at 12 Noon at the Leagueville Baptist Church in Murchison with Bro. Tom Bragdon officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM, at the church. Private burial will follow in the...
Howard Garrett
Aug 24, 2014
Howard Norman Garrett, 93, of Emory, passed away Sunday, August 24, 2014. Funeral service is scheduled for 10:00 AM, Wednesday, August 27, 2014 at County Line Baptist Church with Bro. Wayne Darty officiating, and music directed by Woody Garmon. Interment will follow in Clifton Cemetery. Visitation will be Tuesday evening, August 26, 2014, 6-8 PM at the Wilson-Orwosky Funeral...
Sally Dittman
Aug 22, 2014
Funeral service for Sally Ann Dittman, age 96, of Emory, will be held on Tuesday, August 26, 2014, at 10:00 am, at Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel. Bro. Billy Smith and Bro. Jerry Jackson will officiate. There will be a private burial in Slatter Cemetery afterward. Visitation will be Monday evening, 6:00 until 8:00 pm at the funeral home. Mrs....
Betty Dymke
Aug 10, 2014
Betty Jane Dymke, 82, of Emory, passed away Sunday, August 10, 2014 at Senior Suite Care and Rehab. A combined memorial service will be held for Betty Jane Dymke, and her husband, Homer "Buddy" Dymke, who passed away July 17, 2014, only 6 days before their 65th wedding anniversary. The combined memorial service will be held at the House...
