Bobby Plunk
Funeral Services for Bobby Plunk, age 80 of Miller Grove will be held Saturday, May 14, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home with Rev. Bruce Stinson officiating. Interment will follow at Restlawn Memorial Park with Ronnie Lollar, Dan Alexander, Kevin Tipps, Don Tinsley, Manuel Jenkins and Marlin Deaver serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be held one hours prior to the service. Bobby passed away Wednesday, May 11, 2016 at Carriage House Manor. He was born on April 1, 1936 in Emory, the son of Horace Cleo and Evelyn Plunk. ...
read moreGlenzell Hawkins
Graveside services for Glenzell Hawkins, age 74, of Sulphur Springs, has been scheduled for Wednesday, May 11, 2016 at 2:00 PM at the Greenview Cemetery with Pastor Vern Hawkins officiating. Serving as pallbearers will be Dylan Thomas-Hicks, Robert Parker, Joseph Hicks, Michael Ferguson, Quinith Hicks and Ardell Hicks, Jr. A visitation will be held from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM on Tuesday, May 10, 2016 at Tapp Funeral Home. Glenzell was born January 14, 1942 in Sulphur Springs, the daughter of Elmer Henry Newsom and Linnie Bell Holmes Newsom...
read moreWhitney A. Miller
Whitney A. Miller of Plano, Texas passed away on May 8th, 2016, at the age of 74. He was born March 1, 1942 to Manton and Melverne Baker Miller of Cooper, TX. He grew up in Cooper working behind his dad’s soda fountain at Miller’s Pharmacy. Whitney was recruited to play basketball at East Texas State University and became known as the “East Texas Jumping Jack.” He was also on the Lion Track team, member of Kappa Alpha and voted All Campus Favorite. He was later voted into the “T.A.M.U.-Commerce Hall of Fame” in 1998. Whitney was Manager...
read moreMichael Maurice Mattison
Graveside services for Michael Maurice “Mickey” Mattison, age 70, of Brashear, will be conducted at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, May 11, 2016, at Reilly Springs Cemetery with Rev. David Burns officiating. There will be no formal visitation. Mickey passed away Sunday, May 8, 2016 at his residence. He was born May 2, 1946 in Greenville, the son of Herbert Maurice Mattison and Sue Via Mattison. Mickey married Dale Stephens on August 8, 1990 in Sulphur Springs. She survives. He worked for the Greenville Electric Utility Service for the City of...
read moreJimmy Williams
Jimmy Williams, age 59, of Sulphur Springs, passed away on Monday, May 2, 2016, in Sulphur Springs, TX. Arrangements are pending with West Oaks Funeral Home.
read moreJohn T. Johnson
Funeral services for John T. Johnson, age 72, of Cumby will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. Friday, May 6, 2016 at West Oaks Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Jim Moore, Bro. Chris Pipkin and Bro. James Wascom officiating. Interment will follow at Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Cumby with David Singleton, Mitch Singleton, Ted Chandler, Harold Nicholson, Mark Corey, Thomas Jefferson, Brandon Byrd, and Jeff Newton serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., Thursday, May 5, 2016 at West Oaks Funeral Home. John passed away on Monday,...
read moreEttie Marie Tarver Sanders
Ettie Marie Tarver Sanders died early Monday morning, May 2, 2016 at Wesley House in Sulphur Springs from complications of a stroke. Ettie was born on December 18, 1930 in Polk County, Texas. She was the daughter of Barney Burl and Ettie Platt Tarver. She was a proud graduate of Beaumont High School, Beaumont, Texas. On Christmas Day, 1950, she married Norman Ray Sanders in Beaumont, Texas. They celebrated fifty years of marriage in December 2000. Together they ran the Texaco Distributorship in Sulphur Springs for many years. He preceded her...
read moreBetty Jane Winstead
Betty Jane Winstead, 83, of Cumby passed away on Monday, May 2, 2016. Betty was born on October 24, 1932, in Commerce, Texas, to Thelma Hammonds and Joe Lytle. She married Billy Joe Winstead in Greenville on December 6, 1949.She was CNA for over 40 years. She is survived by her two sons: Billy John (Ruby) Winstead of Cumby and Benny Sim (Becky) Winstead of Como, TX, and her daughter Joann Hill of Cumby, her grandchildren: Betty McCarter, Misty Morrow, Ruby Winstead, Bryan Winstead, Billie Winstead, Sherry Brooks, Benny Winstead and Anthony...
read moreNancy Simms Hudson
Nancy Simms Hudson, age 73, of Pickton, born on January 25, 1943, her mother’s birthday, peacefully passed into the arms of the Lord on Sunday, May 1, 2016. She was the daughter of Rigdon Orr “Jack” Simms and Margaret Burkitt Simms of Houston. She was a retired school teacher and member of Tabernacle Baptist Church in Pickton. She was preceded in death by her parents and a son, Matthew J. Hudson. She is survived by her husband of 50 years, Jack N. Hudson of Pickton; daughter, Laura L. Hudson of Houston; two grandchildren,...
read moreTommy Harrington
Funeral Services for Tommy Harrington, age 37 of Sulphur Springs will be held Wednesday, May 4, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home with Rev. Charlie Beliew. Visitation will be held two hours prior to the service. Tommy passed away Friday, April 29, 2016 at St. Michaels Hospital in Texarkana. He was born on August 10, 1978 in New Boston, the son of Tony Dean and Patty (Lester) Harrington. He married Alicia Rutledge on April 27, 2015 in Sulphur Springs. He was a diesel mechanic and of the Baptist faith. He is survived by his...
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