Tanye Lynette Byrd
Whitehouse – Tanye Lynette Byrd was born April 13, 1959 to Etta Lou Carroll and Roy Lee Carroll in Sulphur Springs, Texas. She grew up into a responsible and intelligent young woman earning money in high school by crocheting Christmas ornaments for Neiman Marcus and working at a local pharmacy where she was the boss’s favorite because she could do all the mathematical calculations in her head. From that young age she was also possessed with a deep love for God and became incredibly involved in her church. She even be gan watching the...
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Graveside service for Freddie Wayne Miller, age 84, of Miller Grove, TX will be held at 10:30A.M. on Thursday, May 13, 2021 at Miller Grove Cemetery with Pastor Wayne Darty officiating. Mr. Miller passed away on May 9, 2021 at his residence. Freddie was born on April 25, 1937 in Middlesboro, KY to Sadie Miller. He was raised in Artemus, KY. He served in the National Guard when he was 16 and served in the United States Navy at age 18 for four years. Freddie then worked as a factory worker. He had a lifelong love of animals and loved spending...
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Memorial service for Mindy Vine, age 43, of Sulphur Springs, TX will be held at 4:00P.M. on Saturday, May 15, 2021 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Chapel with Ruby Ellis officiating. Ms. Vine passed away on May 8, 2021 at Sunny Springs Health and Rehab in Sulphur Springs, TX. Mindy was born on February 4, 1978 in Dallas, TX to Warren Ringold and Glenna (Hicks) Vine. She always had a smile on her face and was laughing. Mindy was always a joyful spirit in the room, you couldn’t help but have a smile on your face when around her. She is survived by...
read moreWanda Lou Lewis Clayton
Wanda Lou Lewis Clayton was born in the home on February 6, 1932, in Tira, Texas. As the oldest of ten children, she helped raise the younger siblings. She graduated high school, and married the love of her life, W. R. Clayton on September 8, 1948. They were married nearly 55 years. She has always been everyone’s Meme. She began to keep children in the home when Tim was young, to play with. She served in the children’s department in every church where she lived, and taught at Lake Highlands Kindergarten, and Woodbridge Kindergarten until her...
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Funeral service for Holly Boyd, age 54, of Emory, Texas, will be held at 3 p.m. on Friday, May 14, 2021, at Murray-Orwosky Funeral chapel with Pastor Mike Sanders officiating. Interment will follow at Como Cemetery. Mrs. Boyd passed away on May 3, 2021, at The Home Place Hospice Care in Tyler, Texas. Holly was born on July 16, 1966, at Sulphur Springs Memorial Hospital to Richard and Sherry Lee. She was a Licensed hairdresser, a supervisor at a local factory and a Princes House Sales Representative. Holly went to school to be card dealer at a...
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Funeral services for Danny Lynn “Stoney” Argenbright, age 64, of Nelta, will be held at 11:00 A.M. Saturday, May 8, 2021 at West Oaks Funeral Home with Bro. Troy Young officiating. Interment will follow at Nelta Cemetery with Chad Argenbright, Corey Argenbright, Kaden Argenbright, Corbin Argenbright, Coleman Massey, and Lucky Massey serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be Tommy Tarpley, Bret Bassham, Tracy McLane, Dave Smith, J.D. Fite, Deryl Strain, Bandy Stokes, Max Palmer, and all his mining family. Visitation will be held...
read moreBurshana Williams Boakye
Memorial services for Burshana Williams Boakye, age 65, lived in Richardson, will be held at 11 A.M. Monday, May 10, 2021 at Morning Chapel Missionary Baptist Church. Private family burial will be held at Mel Haven Cemetery. There will be no formal visitation. Burshana passed away on Monday, May 3, 2021. She was born on October 27, 1955 in Sulphur Springs, the daughter of Robert Williams and Vinette Boyd Williams. She attended Sulphur Springs High School and later East Texas University where she graduated with bachelors’ degrees in...
read moreRuth Way
Memorial service for Ruth Way, age 74, of Sulphur Springs, Texas, will be held at a later date. Mrs. Way passed away on May 2, 2021 at Sunny Springs Nursing Home. Ruth was born on October 1, 1946 in Belleview, IL to Lloyd and Aileen (Parks) Sterrick. She worked in make-up sales representation and was a homemaker. She is survived by her children Debra Kern and husband John, Amber Alstad and husband Orlin, Ed Holland, and Elizabeth Sanchez and husband Joe; grandchildren, Joshua, Jacob, Michael, Selena, John Stephanie, Kyle, Jamie, Ashely, Odin...
read moreAllen “Bo” Hollins Jr.
Allen “Bo” Hollins Jr. was gifted by God to his parents Orine Hollins-Wilson, and Hubert Richardson on the 9th day of March of the year 1929. Raised in Newsome, Texas, by his grandparents Elizah “Goldan” & Allen “Punch” Hollins Sr., who his mother named him after as tribute. It was during his raising that he learned his attributes as a person of faith, family, and community. He began his own family on March 29, 1952, when marrying Lou Ella Anderson-Hollins. To this union six children were born. The...
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A visitation for Sherry Reppond, age 58, of Sulphur Springs, TX will be held at Tapp Funeral Home on Tuesday, May 4, 2021 from 2:00 to 4:00 PM. Sherry passed away Thursday, April 29, 2021 at Christus Mother Frances Hospital in Tyler, TX. She was born the daughter of Donald Reppond and Helen Hooker Reppond in Tyler, TX on June 19, 1962. She worked as a data entry clerk for Blue Cross Blue Shield Insurance. Survivors include: daughters: Stephani Alexander and Shannah Alexander; brother-in-law: Bobby McKenzie; brothers: Scotty Reppond and Stuart...
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