Wanda Faye Beaty
A graveside service for Wanda Faye Beaty, age 80, of Sulphur Springs, will be held at Greenview Cemetery, Sunday, October 11, 2015, at 2:00 p.m., with Reverend Fred Lewis officiating. Visitation will be at 1:30 p.m. at Greenview Cemetery. Mrs. Beaty passed away on Friday, October 9, 2015 at her home surrounded by her loving family. She was a thirty two year member of the First Baptist Church of Sulphur Springs, was a member of the...
Charles Robert “Bob” Glenn
Funeral services for Charles Robert “Bob” Glenn will be conducted at 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, October 13, 2015 at West Oaks Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Garry Jordan and Rev. Jimmy Rogers officiating. Interment will follow at Sulphur Springs City Cemetery with Jim Glenn, Lee Glenn, Tim Glenn, Billy Bob Messer, Matthew Glenn, Glenn Irvin and Matt Pogue serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be Roger Ridner, Toby Hood, Harold...
Jackie C. Blount
Jackie C. Blount, a fifth-generation resident of Hopkins County, died in Sulphur Springs on October 9, 2015 following an extended illness. He was born in Sulphur Springs on November 9, 1927, to Elvis Lee Blount and wife, Clara Ruth Simmons Blount. He married Gladine Ray in 1949. She predeceased him in 1985. Jackie, like his father before him, was a car dealer for many years. He also spent many years in his other career as an...
Dolores Bassham
Funeral services for Dolores Bassham, age 78 of Sulphur Bluff will be conducted at 1:00 p.m. on Monday, October 12, 2015 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home with Judge Robert Newsom officiating. Interment will follow at Sulphur Bluff Cemetery with Leroy Cox, James K. Bassham, Roy Herman, Benny Deaton, James Waller, David Caldwell and Mike Guilkey serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be held from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. onSunday, October 11,...
Lou Ella McIntyre
Memorial services for Lou McIntyre, age 59 of Commerce will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, October 11, 2015 at Fellowship Baptist Church in Campbell with Rev. Jon Nesbitt officiating. There will be no formal visitation. Lou passed away on Friday, October 9, 2015 at Walnut Hill Medical Center in Dallas. She was born on February 12, 1956 in Amarillo, the daughter of Billy D’Wayne and Patsy Louise (Doebner) Lacy. She was of the...
Paul Edward Holbrook
A memorial celebration of the life of Paul Edward Holbrook, age 71, of Yantis, will be held Sunday, Oct. 25, 2015, 2:00 pm, at Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel in Emory. Brock Paulk, Paul’s nephew, and Bill Whittington, Paul’s brother-in-law, will officiate the service. Paul died Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2015, in Houston, at University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Hospital. He was born March 11, 1945, in Blount County, AL,...
Sheldon Valentine
Memorial services for Sheldon Valentine, age 21 of Sulphur Springs will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, October 17, 2015 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home with Rev. Bruce Stinson officiating. There will be no formal visitation. Sheldon passed away on Wednesday, October 7, 2015 at Hopkins County Memorial Hospital. He was born on February 22, 1994 in Oklahoma City, OK, the son of Steven Dale and Shannon Michelle (Fields) Valentine. ...
Christine Blackmon McPherson
A celebration of life service for Christene Blackmon McPherson, age 82 formerly of Sulphur Springs will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, October 10, 2015 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home with Rev. Larry Blackmon officiating. Interment will follow at the Mahoney Cemetery with J.W. Corley, Sim Lucas, Don Voss, Randall Voss, Eric Voss and Dennis Jordan serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be held from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., on Friday,...
Ruth Plunkett Gillis
Ruth Plunkett Gillis passed away peacefully on October 7, 2015 in the presence of her family. She was 92. Mrs. Gillis was born on November 29, 1922 in Cumby, Texas to her parents, Ashley and Vera Plunkett. She graduated from Cumby High School and then the East Texas State Teachers College with a degree in Education. She taught in Merit and Como schools. She married Jack Gillis on May 1, 1943. Mrs. Gillis was a member of the First...
Bobby “B. J.” Reece
Funeral services for Bobby Joe “B. J.” Reece, age 74, of Sulphur Springs will be conducted at 12:00 noon, Wednesday, October 14, 2015 at Morning Chapel Missionary Baptist Church with Pastor Harold Nash officiating. There will be no formal visitation. Bobby Joe passed away Wednesday, October 7, 2015 at Trinity Mother Francis Hospital in Tyler. Bobby Joe was born on March 7, 1941 in Ft. Worth, TX, the son of Clemon Gales and Cladie...
