Betty McGowan
Graveside service for Betty McGowan, age 86, a longtime resident of Mesquite, Texas will be held at 2:00P.M. on Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at Miller Grove Cemetery with Father David Houk officiating and Rev. Victor Hunter assisting. Visitation will be held from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Chapel on March 23, 2021. Mrs. McGowan passed away on March 19, 2021. Betty was born on September 2, 1934 in Dallas, Texas to Victor...
James Smith
A graveside service for James Smith, age 84, will be held at 2:00 PM on Saturday, March 20, 2021 at Restlawn Memorial Park with Byrd McCracken officiating. Serving as pallbearers will be Tim Shaw, Spiro Alexandrides, Dustin Smith, Sterling Alexander, Graham Auer, Shiloh Smith and Darryl Schad. A visitation is scheduled for 1:00 PM, one hour prior to the service, at Tapp Funeral Home Chapel. Mr. Smith died on March 17, 2021 at Van...
Larry Kirk Barney
Graveside services for Larry Kirk Barney, age 65, of Sulphur Springs, will be held at 1:00 p.m., Saturday, March 20, 2021 at North Hopkins Cemetery. There will be no formal visitation. Larry passed away on March 18, 2021 at his residence. He was born on August 2, 1955 in Shreveport, LA, the son of Lawrence Kirk Barney and Ruby Marie Milligan Barney. He married Lorraine Pace on October 28, 1999 in Sulphur Springs. He attended Sulphur...
Kerry Kirkpatrick
Funeral service for Kerry Kirkpatrick, age 58, of Sulphur Springs, Tx will be at 11:00A.M. on Saturday, March 20, 2021 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Chapel with Paul Ray Vititow officiating. Interment will follow at Greenpond Cemetery with Kerry Coker, Jerry Coker, Jacob Lively, Duncan Wood, Wes Carswell, Ronnie Reneau serving as pallbearers and Kent Kirkpatrick, Buddy Morehead, Larry Wells, David Leewright, Deryl Leewright, Justin Blount...
Terry Coggins
Memorial service for Terry Coggins, age 54, of Quitman, will be held at 2:00P.M. on Saturday, March 20, 2021 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Chapel. Mr. Coggins passed away on Wednesday March 17, 2021 at UT Health Tyler. Terry was born on December 19, 1966 in Terrell, Arkansas to Clarence and Ann (Patterson) Coggins. He married his wife Suzi on July 4, 2003 in Sulphur Springs, TX. He was retired from road construction. Terry’s hobbies...
Renne Robbins McDougald
Graveside service for Renne Robbins McDougald, age 67, of Sulphur Springs, TX will be held at 2:00P.M. on Thursday, March 18, 2021 at Liberty Cemetery with Tim Robbins officiating. Renee passed from this world onMarch 13, 2021 at her home in Sulphur Springs. She will be missed. Renee was born on November 17, 1953 in Baytown, Texas to Ernie & Alpha Robbins. She grew up in Baytown. She graduated from Robert E. Lee High School and...
Johnny Green Weaver
Johnny Green Weaver was born on a log behind their house on January 22, 1936 in Hopkins County, TX. He died surrounded by his family on March 14, 2021 at the age of 85. He ran the family farm after his father’s heart attack. He worked as a dairy farmer and a truck driver. He hauled milk for Chamness Trucking and hauled heavy equipment for A.K. Gillis and Sons. John was preceded in death by his parents Sam H. Weaver Sr. and Elvie...
Larry Joe ‘Godfather’ Smith, 76
Larry Joe “Godfather” Smith, age 76 of Emory passed away on March 13, 2021. A memorial service will be held at Sweetwater Grill, 4884 State Highway 276, Royse City, Texas, Sunday, March 21, 2021, at 1 p.m. Despite his lifelong claim that “drugs and technology will keep me alive forever,” Larry Joe “Godfather” Smith passed away at his home in Emory, Texas, on Saturday, March 13, 2021, at the age of 76. A few months...
Noah Orlando Johnson
Noah Orlando Johnson, 46, of Georgetown, Texas passed away Feb. 17, 2021. He was born Nov. 9, 1974 in Sulphur Springs, Texas, the son of Noah and Jeanice Johnson. Noah was a 1999 Graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. After leaving West Point, he served his country honorably as a field artillery officer in the US Army. Personal comments on the life of Noah Orlando Johnson may be posted on the West...
Ricky Gammill
Ricky Gammill, 65, of Sulphur Springs, TX passed away peacefully March 13, 2021 surrounded by his family.Ricky was born in Hopkins County to Bill and Nettie Gammill on June 8, 1955. He was a 1973 graduate of Sulphur Springs High School where he met the love of his life, Karen Easley. Ricky and Karen were married on June 2, 1973 at Martin Springs Baptist Church. Ricky was a lifelong resident of Hopkins County where he spent three...
