Myra Lou “Mickey” Evans
Funeral Services for Myra Lou “Mickey” Evans, age 80 of Cumby, will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, August 22, 2015 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home with Rev. Jerry Speight officiating. Interment will follow at Sunny Point Cemetery, with Robert Anderson, Tommy Evans, Bobby Anderson, Dewayne Evans, Dave Evans, and Arvin Datu serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be held on Friday, August 21, 2015, from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m., at Murray Orwosky Funeral Home. Ms. Evans passed away on Tuesday, August 18, 2015 at her residence. She was born on July...
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Funeral service for Jackie Royce Barker, age 71, of Point, will be held on 10:30 am, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2015, at the First Assembly of God Church in Emory. Bro. Montie Parker will officiate. Interment will follow in Dunbar Cemetery. Visitation will be Wednesday evening, 6:00–8:00 pm at Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home in Emory. Mr. Barker was born June 26, 1944, in Dallas, to Lester and Ruby Northcutt Barker. He was in the U.S. Army. He was a member of First Assembly of God Church. Survivors include: Son: Joseph Michael Barker Daughter: ...
read moreCoela Maxfield Hoines
Graveside services for Coela Maxfield Hoines, who walked peacefully into the arms of her Savior on Thursday, August 13, 2015 in Arlington, Texas at the age of 99, will be held at the Sherley Cemetery at 10:30am pm Saturday, August 22, 2015. Born on May 16, 1916 in Sherley, Texas, she was the 10th child of W.N and Sarah Hamrick Maxfield. Coela was preceded in death by her husband, Tom Hoines while residing in Stanwood, Washington. Also by a daughter, Siegred and husband, Dennis Hoines. Survivors include her daughters, Shirley Robinson of Fort...
read moreKenneth Paul Striplinig
Stripling, Kenneth Paul, USMC Ret. passed away August 18, 2015 in DeSoto, Texas. He was born in Dallas, Texas, on July 5, 1943 to Bruce Curtis and Louise Leona Stripling. He spent his childhood in Miller Grove and Dallas, Texas, graduating from W.W. Samuell High School in 1961. He then joined the U.S. Marine Corps. He proudly served for the next 22 years, including 3 tours in Vietnam. He later served in other important positions, ending his career in the JAG at Camp Pendleton, San Diego, California. After a brief stint in northern...
read moreTara Kaye (Bright) Taylor
Funeral services for Mrs. Tara Kaye (Bright) Taylor, age 39, of Pickton, will be conducted Saturday, August 22, at 2 p.m. in the worship center of Greenpond Baptist Church, Como. Mrs. Taylor passed away on Sunday, August 16, 2015 in Athens, Texas. Tara was born in Winnsboro on September 21, 1975 to Robert “Bob and Margie Helen Doyle Bright. She was a caregiver and a Baptist. She is survived by her husband, Rodney Taylor of Pickton; son, Joshua Eric Taylor of Pickton; daughter, Kellie Joann Taylor of Pickton; parents, Bob and...
read moreDana E. Thorpe
Memorial Services for Dana E. Thorpe of Yantis will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday, August 18, 2015 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home with Bro. Perry Crisp and Bro. Fred Fangio officiating. Visitation one hour prior to the service. Dana passed away Saturday, August 15, 2015, at his residence. He was born on April 8, 1944 in Framingham, MA, the son of Ellery Vincent and Ruth Alice (Moore) Thorpe. He married Wanda Lee Chapman. He served in the U.S. Air Force serving one tour in Vietnam, was a retired dairy farmer, was a salesman for John...
read moreWillis Parker
Funeral arrangements for Willis Parker, age 90, of Sulphur Springs are pending with Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home. Ms. Parker passed away Monday, August 17, 2015, at Rock Creek Nursing Home.
read moreJoyce J. Coker
Graveside services for Joyce J. Coker, age 80 of Sulphur Springs will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, August 18, 2015 at Yantis Cemetery with Rev. Rodney Crist officiating. There will be no formal visitation. She was born on February 2, 1935 in Gonzales, TX, the daughter of Herbert and Oma Lee (Johnson) Jowers. She married Merrell D. Coker on June 26, 1950 in Houston. Joyce passed away from this life at home with her family by her side on Saturday, August 15, 2015. She has gone to be with her husband of 60 years, in the Kingdom of Heaven...
read moreJill Barclay
Funeral services for Jill Barclay, age 68 of Yantis will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, August 19, 2015 at the First United Methodist Church in Sulphur Springs with Dr. Joel Lawrence and Rev. Pete Adrian officiating. Interment will follow at Restlawn Memorial Park with Jerry Capps, Scott Lumley, Mark Lumley, Tim Johnson, Chase Helm, David LeFlore, Spencer Capps and Dalton Capps serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers are Dr. I. L. Balkcom, Dr. Keith Allison, Perry Altenbaumer, Larry Wilman and Ronny Glossup. The family will...
read moreHeriel Michael (Mike) Ezell
Heriel Michael (Mike) Ezell, beloved brother and uncle, went to be with the Lord on August 11, 2015, at Zale Lipshy Hospital in Dallas. He was born in Dallas, Texas on October 2, 1953 to H.M. and Hazel Nichols Ezell. His family later moved to Pickton where he attended school and graduated from Como-Pickton High School. His family always referred to him as Michael but his friends and co-workers knew him as Mike. Michael began his working career as an oilfield supply salesman for Bell Supply in far south Texas and Florida and then for Romack...
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