Gerald Walters
Funeral service for Gerald Walters, age 83, of Pickton, will be held at 2:00 P.M on Thursday, July 28, 2022 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home with Bryon George, Pastor Thomas and Mack McClaine officiating. Interment will follow at Richland Cemetery with Leon Gunn, Dennis Hunt, Mike Boren, Sidney Walker, Wayne Scott, Keith Monk, Blake Nolen and Richard Brown serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be held prior to the service from 1:00...
Bruce Welch
Memorial service for Bruce Welch, age 63 of Sulphur Springs, TX will be held at 2:00 P.M. on July 28,2022 at First Baptist Church. Pallbearers will be Brad Holland, Brad Fain, James Wilson (brother-in-law), Phil Moore, David Phillips, Zack Jones, Perry Woolsey and James Wilson (friend). Honorary pallbearers will be Josh Holland, John Holland, Ian Wells, Jody Pair, Chance VanWinkle, Tyler Law, Jordan Ramey, Carlos Amaya, Cody Bogard....
Evelyn Ruth Westberry
Evelyn Ruth Westberry, age 55 of Sulphur Springs, TX passed away on July 21, 2022 at Baylor Dallas. Evelyn was born on September 25, 1966 in Tyler, TX to Vernon and Peggy JoAnne (Bridges) Wheeler. She worked as a homemaker. Evelyn loved family time and fishing at Lake Fork. She was very nurturing and loving to everyone. Evelyn always cared for family, plants, animals and everyone who was in need. She was a woman of the Christian...
Frankie Joe Smith
On Saturday, July 9, 2022, Frankie Joe Smith, loving husband, father, and grandfather, passed away at the age of 80 years old. Frankie was born on January 19, 1942 in Sulphur Springs, TX to Harvey D Smith and Dessie Lavelle Smith. On March 10, 1962, Frankie married Linda Jo Poole. They have lived in the Brinker area outside of Sulphur Springs for their entire lives, where they raised 2 sons, Michael Joe Smith and Christopher Joe...
Tom Ramsay
Born in the first Mt. Vernon hospital located on Main Street, Tom Ramsay was born and reared in his beloved East Texas town. A 1958 graduate, he was an All-District Lineman for the Tigers and went on to play college football for one year at Arlington State University, later transferring to SMU and becoming a Phi Delta Theta, he graduated with a business degree. Working in Dallas for Harris-Seybold where...
Kenneth Villa
Kenneth Villa, age 17, left his earthly home way too soon on July 11, 2022 in Mount Vernon, Texas. A Celebration of Life service will be on Wednesday, July 20, 2022 at Sam B. Harvey Funeral home at 10:00 a.m. Kenneth was born on September 29, 2004 in Mount Pleasant, Texas to Antelmo and Martina Villa. He worked in Mount Pleasant at McDonald’s and at Hibbett Sports. He loved to play tennis, basketball and played football for...
Charles Burnett Hynson
The noble Charles Burnett Hynson was born on January 26, 1948, in Sulphur Springs, TX to RolandGeorge and Mirtrue Alley Hynson. He passed away at Medical City McKinney on Friday, July 15, 2022. He was educated in the Sulphur Springs School District. At an early age he attended Evening Chapel CMEChurch in Sulphur Springs, TX, and after moving to Springfield, MO he attended Macedonia Baptist Church. Charles was united in marriage to...
Lewis “Ben” Benny Brantley, Jr.
Lewis “Ben” Benny Brantley, Jr., age 65 passed away on Sunday, April 24, 2022 in Pittsfield, MA. He was born in 1957 in Maryland to Lewis Benny Brantley and Barbara Jenny-Lee Knight Brantley Scott. Ben enjoyed living his life to the fullest extent that the law would allow and sometimes outside of those boundaries. Although unlucky in love, he was very lucky at the poker table and was quite the gambler in love as well as in life. He...
Jordan Jenay Humphrey
Jordan Jenay Humphrey was born in Honolulu, Hawaii on June 27, 1997 to Jacob and Bobbi Bounds Humphrey. With family by her side, Jordan left us on her birthday at the age of 25. She was a 2015 graduate of Elk City High School, was a student at SWOSU and was employed by Carl’s Jr. Immediate survivors are her mother and stepfather Bobbi and Travis Rowland of Piedmont, OK, her sister Jade Rowland of Norman, OK and her father Jacob...
*Updated: Emergency Sirens Will NOT Be Tested Today
Emergency sirens were originally scheduled to be tested in Sulphur Springs today, Wednesday, June 22, 2022 by the Sulphur Springs Emergency Management at noon. However, due to the National Weather Service’s current prediction of potential cloud cover and showers and thunderstorms into the afternoon, city officials have decided to delay the test until a day when the weather is predicted to be clear and sunny, with no potential...
