Janis Kay Stokley
Funeral service for Janis Kay Stokley, age 76 of Pickton, Texas will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Thursday, June 29, 2023 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home with Bro Mike Haun officiating. Interment will follow at Pickton Cemetery with Johnny Walker, Terry Lee Vails, Joey Satterfield, Johnathan Stokley, Kendall Glenn, Bruno Estrada, and Jerome Edwards serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be Eric Reeder, Gerald Caldwell, Jared...
Herbert Lee Anderson
Funeral service for Herbert Lee Anderson of Sulphur Springs, Texas will be held at 10:00 A.M. on Tuesday, June 27, 2023, at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home with Ed Lantz, Jason Dietz and Brant Small officiating. Interment will follow at Shooks Chapel Cemetery with Brant Small, Dustin Small, Landon Johnson, Laine Anderson, Troy Nunnery, Sean Dennis, Don Sapaugh and Lee Teetes serving as pallbearers. Honorary pall bearers will be the City...
Carolyn Watson Courson-Cerretani Smith
Carolyn Watson Courson-Cerretani Smith died at her home in Emory, Texas, on the morning of Friday, June 16, 2023, surrounded by family. Born in 1955, in Tyler, Texas, to Mary Margaret Watson and Robert Courson, Carolyn grew up in Tyler. She graduated from John Tyler High School and attended Tyler Junior College. Carolyn married John Charles Cherry in 1975 and, in 1977, had their first child, John Charles Cherry Jr. In 1978, they had...
Robert J. “Bob” Cowling, Jr
Memorial service for Robert J. “Bob” Cowling, Jr., age 70, of Sulphur Springs, will be held at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, June 25, 2023, at West Oaks Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Jimmy Rogers officiating. Visitation will begin at 1:30 p.m., prior to service time. Bob passed away on June 21, 2023. He was born on February 9, 1953, in Flora, IL, the son of Robert James Cowling and Patsy Pearl Minter Cowling. He married Robbie Mitchell on May...
Ray Banks
Ray died on June 7, 2023, cremated by Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home. Inurnment was in Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery. Born Willie Ray Banks, Jr. on August 1, 1946 in Cooper, Texas. He graduated from Cooper High School in 1964, joined the U.S. Army on February 14, 1966, and received his honorable discharge on September 16, 1968. He served 13 months in Vietnam. He was a disabled veteran as the result of exposure to Agent Orange. In...
Daniel Preston Fisher
Memorial Service for Daniel Preston Fisher, age 30, of Sulphur Springs, Texas will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, June 23, 2023 at West Oaks Funeral Home in Sulphur Springs. Daniel was born December 2, 1992 in Sulphur Springs to Tammy Perritt and Curtis Fisher. Daniel died Wednesday, June 21, 2023 at his Sulphur Springs residence. If you knew Daniel, you would know his heart was big, and he was a loving son, brother, grandson, and...
Curtis Peoples
Reflection of life. Curtis James Peoples, after a brief illness he finally received his ultimate and glorious healing. On Saturday, June 17, 2023, our Heavenly Father called him from labor to reward. By the bedside of Curtis was his loving daughters. Curtis was born to the parentage of the late Clifton Leonard & Equilla Delores Dial Peoples, of Sulphur Springs, TX on June 13, 1945. He was a graduate of Class 1964 of Douglas High...
Brenda Gail Maynard
Funeral service for Brenda Gail Maynard, age 80 of Sulphur Springs, Texas will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 24, 2023 at New Beginnings Fellowship Baptist Church with Bro J.P. Jobe, Pastor/Evangelist Larry Jordan and Pastor/Evangelist Malcom Ellis officiating. Interment will follow at Restlawn Memorial Park with Rusty Woodson, Dusty Woodson, John Woodson, Zachary Blood, Matthew Woodson, Christian Woodson, Joseph Williams,...
Jann Huckaby Lawrence Burton
Jann Huckaby Lawrence Burton passed away at her home on June 19, 2023, after a lengthy illness. She was born in Big Spring, Texas on January 5, 1940. She was 83 years old. Jann met Paul Lawrence in Abilene, TX where Jann grew up and Paul was stationed at Dyess Air Force Base. They married September 12, 1958, and relocated to Hopkins County where they owned and operated a dairy farm for many years. Jann stayed busy raising their four...
Mark Brumley
Mr. Mark Dean Brumley, age 72 of Pickton, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, June 20, 2023 at UT Health in Tyler of a massive stroke. He was born on May 12, 1951 in Mt. Pleasant, Texas to the late Dennis Brumley and Lois Newkirk Brumley. Mark was a Heavy Equipment Operator/Truck Driver for Hopkins County Precinct 2 and Cattle Farmer in Pickton. He loved hunting and spending time with friends,family and his dogs (Doc Holiday &...
