Larry Wayne Layton
Funeral service for Larry Wayne Layton, 62, of Sulphur Springs, will be conducted at 10:00 a.m., Thursday, January 8, 2015 at West Oaks Funeral Home with Rev. Jim Sustair officiating. Interment will follow at Aiguier Cemetery with Toby Williams, Phillip Coleman, Rick Todd, Donnie Faltesek, Larry Godfrey, and Roger Boren serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be Carlos Barela and Charlie Godwin. Visitation will be held from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., Wednesday, January 7, 2015 at West Oaks Funeral Home. Mr. Layton passed away on January 5,...
read moreThelma Parker
Thelma Parker, 97, of Sulphur Springs passed away on Saturday, January 3, 2015. Thelma was born in Gainesville, Texas on May 30, 1917, to Dovie May Mitchell Morgan and Dalton Allen Morgan, on June 17, 1940 she married the love of her life Robert (Bill) Parker, who preceded her in death, she was a retired dietician at Hopkins County Hospital. Survivors include her sisters; Irene Hall Belcher and her husband Jr., of Sulphur Springs and Lavern Tidwell, of Dallas, and her brother, Dorman Morgan and his wife Sandra, of Como, Texas. She was...
read moreDon Sides
Funeral services for Don Sides, age 67 of Carthage will be held at 2:00 p.m., Monday, January 5, 2015 at League Street Church of Christ with Buster Sides and Butch Nichols officiating. Interment will follow at Restlawn Memorial Park with military honors. Pete Commiato, Bo Hill, Les Jones, Chuck Lawrence, Gary McGuire and Calvin Turner serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers are Jerry Anderson, Ralph Bryant, Allen Commiato, Ron Simkins and Tyson Turner. Don passed from this life on Friday, January 2, 2015 at Good Shepherd Medical Center...
read moreInez G. Houston
Funeral service for Inez Gibson Houston, 97, of Sulphur Springs, will be held at 1:00 p.m., Wednesday, January 7, 2015 at West Oaks Funeral Home with Rev. Mike Owens officiating. Interment will follow at Sulphur Springs City Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m., prior to service time. Mrs. Houston passed away on Sunday, January 4, 2015 at Rock Creek Health and Rehab. She was born on August 8, 1917 in Sulphur Bluff, the daughter of P.W. and Mollie Roberts Gibson. She married H.E. Houston on August 7, 1943. He preceded her...
read moreRobert Henry Grubbs
Funeral services for Robert Henry Grubbs, age 61 of Sulphur Springs will be 11:00 a.m., Saturday, January 3, 2015 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home with Pastor William Maksoud officiating. Interment will follow at Restlawn Memorial Park with the following nephews and grandsons serving as pallbearers Bradley Harmon, Curtis Harmon, Jason Grubbs, Daniel Fisher, Dustin Fisher, Nick Harmon, Bryan Cooey and Scott Mitchell. Honorary pallbearers are Billy Cooey and Juston Grubbs. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. Mr. Grubbs passed...
read morePeggy Jean Robinson Hooten
Funeral service for Peggy Jean Robinson Hooten, age79, of Point, will be conducted Saturday, Jan. 3, 2015, 11:00 am, at Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel. Richard Kellum will officiate. Burial will follow in Lone Star Cemetery, in Point. Visitation will be one hour prior to service time at Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home. Peggy passed away Wednesday morning, Dec. 31, 2014, at Legend Healthcare and Rehabilitation, in Greenville. She was born Oct. 8, 1935, to Raymond Clifford and Ida Mae Cooper Robinson, in Point. She graduated Salutatorian, 1954,...
read moreJ. B. Roland
Funeral services are pending in Dallas for Elder J. B. Roland, 91. Elder Roland died December 30 in the Dallas Veterans Hospital. Originally of Sulphur Springs, he is survived by his brother Wilbert Rowland. He was preceded in death by his parents, 10 brothers and 3 sisters.
read moreJack Belton Simmons
Funeral service for Jack Belton Simmons, age 75, of Van, will be held Friday, Jan. 2, 2015, 2:00 pm, at Freedom Church of God. Bro. Kenneth Ishmeal, and Bro. David Hamm will officiate. Burial will follow in Smyrna Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to service time, at the church, on Friday. Mr. Simmons died at his residence, in Van, on Monday evening, Dec. 29, 2014. He was born, Oct. 10, 1939, in Hail Center, to John Belton and Dove Mae Stapp Simmons. He served his country by joining the U.S. Army at an early age. Mr. Simmons married...
read moreHerbert Douglas (H. D.) Haston
H. D. Haston passed away Monday, December 29, 2014 at his residence in Odessa, Texas. He was 81 years old. Born in Cottle County, Texas on Feb. 5, 1933 to Haskell and Eunice Haston, H. D. was one of eight children. He lived on the family farm and attended school in Paducah, Texas. He left the area when he joined the Army, where he served in Germany. After leaving active service, he was in the Reserves until 1962. In 1959, he married Billie Jean Love. H.D. and Billie had known each other since childhood. He said many times that he did not know...
read moreWilma Jo Childers
Wilma Jo Childers went to be with her Lord and Savior on December 26, 2014 at the age of 74. She passed away at her home in Brashear, Texas after a battle with cancer. She was born January 8, 1940 in Brashear, Texas to Earl and Bessie Bunch. She married Jack Odell Childers on September 24, 1955 in Mesquite, Texas. Wilma was an active member of Brashear Baptist Church. She was an excellent cook and seamstress and delighted in using her talents to serve her church, family and friends. Her happiest times were those when she was doing for or...
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