Hazle Busby
Funeral services for Hazle Busby, age 87 of Winnsboro, will be conducted Friday, July 31 at 11 a.m. at Beaty Funeral Home in Winnsboro. Mrs. Busby passed away peacefully at her home on Sunday, July 26, 2015. Interment will follow in Hopewell Cemetery. Visitation is Thursday, from 6 until 8 p.m. at the funeral home. Hazle was born in Upshur County on September 26, 1927 to the late Acie Boyd Nelson, Sr. and Ona Smith Nelson. Hazle was a member of Walnut Street Baptist Church in Winnsboro. She and her late husband Buford Busby, owned and...
read moreLaura A. Sewell
Laura Ann Sewell, age 88, left this world peacefully on July 25, 2015, at Hospice of East Texas, in Tyler, after a brief illness. Laura was born April 29, 1927, in Savanna, OK, the daughter of Marion and Oriel Spears Buckner. During WWII, Laura found herself working as a waitress at a diner on a military base in Oklahoma. It was a cool fall day in 1945 when she caught the eye of a slick, Texas, Navy man by the name of Truitt Sewell. That day she didn’t’ know that she had agreed to a date with her lifelong best friend and soulmate. ...
read moreMichael Norton
Funeral services for Michael Norton, age 67 of Sulphur Springs will be conducted at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, July 27, 2015 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home with Rev. C. J. Duffey and Rev. Tommy Hall officiating. Interment will follow at the North Hopkins Cemetery with Dylon Weatheread, Brandon Baker, John Moore, Charlie Wilburn, Travis Patridge and Robert Flewelling serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers are the Sulphur Springs Lowe’s employees. Visitation will be held from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., Sunday, July 26, 2015 at Murray-Orwosky...
read moreDane Oren Petty
Memorial services for Dane Oren Petty, age 84, of Cumby, will be conducted at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, July 25, 2015 at West Oaks Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Howard Strickland officiating. There will be no formal visitation. Honorary pallbearers will be Ricky Petty, James Petty, David Petty, Matt Petty, Arsenio Ugalde and Manuel Granados. Mr. Petty passed away Monday, July 20, 2015 in Cumby. Mr. Petty was born on April 10, 1931 in Hopkins County, the son of W. V. Petty and Ruby Plunkett Petty. He married Catherine Swann on July 13, 1962 in...
read moreRuth Whitehead
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 at the Pilgrims Rest Baptist Church. Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home of Emory is in charge of the arrangements. Ruth was born on October 11, 1926, in Emory, to Ennis Nolan and Lela Morrow Kirkpatrick. She...
read moreJohnie Edward McRoy
Johnie Edward McRoy, age 62, of Emory, passed away Wednesday, July 15, 2015, at his home. Mr. McRoy was a member of Emory Baptist Church. Arrangements are pending with Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home of Emory.
read moreClyde Ray Wright
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 Chapel in Emory. Interment will follow in the Smyrna Cemetery in Emory. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at 10:00 AM. Glenn Cogburn will officiate. Clyde was born on September 27, 1922, in Dallas, to Willie Jasper and Cornelia Floyd Wright. He married Opal Beatrice Fleming in Emory, on...
read moreJerry Wayne Tramel
Funeral services for Jerry Wayne Tramel, age 60, of Sulphur Springs will be conducted at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, July 22, 2015 at West Oaks Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Mark Bryant and Rev. Fred Lewis officiating. Interment will follow at Restlawn Memorial Park with Paul Garrett, Wade Silvey, Jim Cimarolli, Jimmy Aiken, David Stribling, Gary Stribling, and Mike Blount serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Tuesday, July 21, 2015 at West Oaks Funeral Home. Jerry passed away Sunday, July 19, 2015 at Hopkins County...
read moreMary Ellen Vines
Funeral services for Mary Ellen Vines, age 54 of Sulphur Springs will be held at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, July 21, 2015 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home with Rev. Jim Moore officiating. Interment will follow at Restlawn Memorial Park with Bryan Ashley, Dustin Ashley, Barry Clanton, Matthew Clanton, Brandon Denton and Shariff Sawan. Visitation will be held from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Monday, July 20, 2015 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home. Mrs. Vines passed away Saturday, July 18, 2015 at her residence.
read moreJanie B. Browning
Funeral services for Janie B. Browning will be conducted Thursday, July 23, at 11 a.m. in Beaty Funeral Home Chapel. Internment will follow at Pine Hill Cemetery in Hopkins County. Visitation is Wednesday 6-8 p.m. at Beaty Funeral Home. Mrs. Janie B. Browning passed away on Sunday, July 19, 2015 at the age of 96. She was born on August 29, 1918 to the late Virgil Woodard and Lona Tinney Woodard. Mrs. Browning was a homemaker and a member of Pine Hill Cumberland Presbyterian Church, where she was a member of the CPWA. She was preceded in death...
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