C. B. Ainsworth
Funeral service for C.B. Ainsworth, age 71, of Point, is scheduled for Tuesday, January 5, 2016, 10:00 AM, at First Baptist Church of Point, with Bro. Zachary Honzell officiating. Interment will follow in Hooker Cemetery. Visitation will be held Monday evening, January 4, 2016, 6:00-8:00 PM, at Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home in Emory. Mr. Ainsworth passed away Saturday, January 2, 2016, at Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas. C.B. was born on December 30, 1944, in Point, to Cothurn William and Frances Ruth Williams Ainsworth. He...
read moreRaymond Odell Clifton
Funeral service for Raymond Odell Clifton, age 88, of Point is scheduled for Monday, January 4, 2016, 2:00 PM at Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel in Emory. Rev. David Diller will officiate. Interment will follow in the Emory City Cemetery. Members of the Masonic Lodge will serve as pallbearers. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service on Monday, at 1:00 PM, at the funeral home. Mr. Clifton passed away Friday, January 1, 2016, at Hopkins County Memorial Hospital in Sulphur Springs. Raymond was born on August 2, 1927 to John...
read moreOlan W. Dykes
Mr. Olan W. Dykes, age 90 of Winnsboro, passed away on Friday, January 1st, 2016 in Winnsboro. He was born on May 24th,1925 in Winnsboro to the late Malcolm Dykes and Nellie Winchester Dykes. Olan served honorably in the U.S. Navy during World War II, upon returning home, he married the former, Juanita Bullard. He retired as a Salesman and Division Manager for Sears in Arlington after 40 years, he was a member and deacon at Walnut Street Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Curtis, Weldon and Jerry Dykes;...
read moreBillie Edwards
Funeral services for Billie Edwards, age 84 of Sulphur Springs, will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, January 3, 2016 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home with Bro. Tom Friday officiating. Interment will follow at Weaver Cemetery with James Edwards, Jimmy Horton, Corey Horton, Jerry Horton, Kenneth Price and Heath Horton. Visitation will be held on Saturday, January 2, 2016 from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home. Billie passed away on Wednesday, December 30, 2015 at Greenhill Villas of Mt. Pleasant. She was born on September 8,...
read moreJames “Jim” McClary
Graveside funeral services for James “Jim” McClary, age 87 of Dike, will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, January 2, 2016 at Nelta Cemetery with Bro. Shane Carrington officiating. Visitation will be held on Friday, January 1, 2016 from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home. James “Jim” passed away on Thursday, December 31, 2015 at Hopkins County Memorial Hospital. He was born on September 13, 1928 in Brady, TX the son of John Wesley and Edna Slaughter McClary. He married Wanda Allen on February 17, 1951 in Carlsbad, NM. She...
read moreJefferson E Davis, Jr.
A memorial Service for Jefferson E. Davis Jr., age 90, of Sulphur Springs, TX will be conducted at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, December 31, 2015 at West Oaks Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Gary Reagan officiating. There will be no formal visitation. Mr. Davis passed away Tuesday, December 29, 2015 at Hopkins County Memorial Hospital. Mr. Davis was born on May 20, 1925 in Little Rock, AR, the son of Jefferson Emmett Davis, Sr. and Mary Thompson Davis. He married Martha Demaree on September 1, 1946 in Indianapolis, IN. She survives. Mr. Davis was...
read moreJudy “Miss Tipp” Tipping
Judy “Miss Tipp” Tipping, age 71, of Sulphur Springs passed peacefully from her earthly life on December 28, 2015. Judy was a life-long educator in Sulphur Springs ISD, having dedicated 48 years to helping students. She was also involved in numerous civic and community organizations such as Rotary Club, Business Professionals of America, Hopkins County United Way, Civic Center Board, OEA, and Delta Kappa Gamma. Judy was born, the youngest of four children, on March 29, 1944, in Sulphur Springs to Nolan Dero and Mary Belle Love Tipping. She...
read moreGladys Faye “Happy” Brantley
Gladys Faye “Happy” Brantley, age 67, of Yantis, passed away Saturday, December 26, 2015, at ETMC in Tyler. Family will receive visitors in a short visitation period which will be held Wednesday, December 30, 2015, at the Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel in Emory from 2:00-3:00 PM. No service is scheduled at this time. Happy was born on January 16, 1948, in Toledo, OH, to William Richard “Bill” and Kathryn Jenkins Goddard. She married Jimmy Lee Brantley in Temple, TX on May 26, 1984. She happily, cheerfully and...
read moreJerry Pat Preskitt
Jerry Pat Preskitt, age 77, of Point, passed away Saturday, December 26, 2015, at Hunt Regional Medical Center in Greenville. No service is scheduled at this time. Cremation arrangements under the direction of Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home of Emory. Jerry was born in Bakersville, CA on September 26, 1938, to Ishmael Milage “Slim” and Juanita Bundy Preskitt. He married Sandra Ann Preskitt on December 27, 1989 in Rockwall. He was a 30 year United States Marine Corps Veteran who served during Vietnam wartime and was awarded 4...
read moreShirley Knight
Funeral services for Shirley Knight, age 58 of Sulphur Springs, will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, December 30, 2015 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home, with Bro. Larry Maynard officiating. Interment will follow at Dougherty Cemetery with Kevin Plunkett, Jimmy Ray Gibson, Tommy Kimmel, Aaron Potts, Jonathan Wright and Mike Bishop serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be held on Tuesday, December29, 2015 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home. Shirley passed away on Saturday, December 26, 2015 at Trinity Mother Frances...
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