Obituary and Funeral Notices

Billie Ruth Tunnell

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Billie Ruth Tunnell

Born August 30, 1937 died February 23, 2024 at the age of 86. FUNERAL SERVICE will be Sunday March 3, 2024 2:00 PM at Oakland Gospel Church7473 FM 2653 Sulphur Springs, TX 75482 GRAVESIDE SERVICE will be Sunday March 3, 2024 3:00 PM at Ridgeway Cemetery 5477 FM 2653 N Sulphur Springs, TX 75482 Billie Ruth Tunnell

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Cindy Newkirk

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Cindy Newkirk

June 21, 1959 — February 22, 2024 A Celebration of Life Service for Cindy Newkirk, age 64, of Sulphur Springs, TX will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday, February 27, 2024, at Murray Orwosky Funeral Home, Sulphur Springs, TX. Visitation will be held at 2:00 p.m. Cindy went home to be with the Lord peacefully at her home on Thursday, February 22, 2024. Cynthia Diane Newkirk was born to John Bernice and Mary Ann (Cayton) Goldsmith on June 21, 1959, in Sulphur Springs, TX. She married the love of her life Thurman Newkirk on June 1, 1996, in...

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Coach Don Poe

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Coach Don Poe

Funeral services for Coach Don Poe, age 81 of Hideaway, Texas, are scheduled for 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, February 27, 2024, at the First Baptist Church of Lindale with Dr. Tom Buck officiating. Interment will follow at Concord Cemetery in Quitman. Don passed away Thursday, February 22, 2024, in Tyler. He was born August 17, 1942, in Quitman to the late Nolie Martin and Francis Floydean (Moore) Poe. Don has lived in Hideaway for the last 23 years and was previously of Irving, Sulphur Springs, McKinney, and Lewisville. He was a member of the First...

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Brenda Tucker

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Brenda Tucker

Funeral Service for Brenda Tucker, age 74, of Cumby, TX will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, February 24, 2024 at Murray Orwosky Funeral Home, Sulphur Springs, TX with Pastor Norman Carson officiating. Serving as pallbearers will be Kaleb Yarbrough, Michael Arnold, Monty Arnold, Benjamin Arnold, Lee Frye, and Billy Tucker. Visitation will be held from 6:00-8:00 p.m. on Friday, February 23, 2024 at Murray Orwosky Funeral Home. Mrs. Tucker passed away on Wednesday, February 21, 2024 in Greenville, TX. Arrangements are under the direction of...

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Billy Ray

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Billy Ray

Funeral Service for Billy Ray, age 83, of Cypress, TX will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Friday, February 23, 2024 at Murray Orwosky Funeral Home, Sulphur Springs, TX. Bill Morgan will officiate. Burial will be at Forest Academy Cemetery, Como, TX. Mr. Ray passed away on Thursday, February 22, 2024 in Cypress, TX. Billy Omar Ray was born to Omar and Vernell Ray on May 13, 1940. He is survived by wife, Rita Ray; daughters, Robin Morgan (Bill), Rebecca Lewis (James); grandchildren, Scott Morgan, Christy and Colby McGunnis, Mandy and Kent Carroll,...

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“Digger” Dan Mitchell

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“Digger” Dan Mitchell

Visitation Service for “Digger” Dan Mitchell, age 51 of Sulphur Springs, TX will be held from 4:00–6:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 24, 2024 at Murray Orwosky Funeral Home, Sulphur Springs, TX. Mr. Mitchell passed away on Tuesday, February 20, 2024 in Tyler, TX. Arrangements are under the direction of Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home. The online register can be signed at www.murrayorwosky.com

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Joseph Lyndon Tucker

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Joseph Lyndon Tucker

On February 17th, 2024, Joseph Lyndon Tucker died in Sulphur Springs, TX of complications from pneumonia and heart disease. Born on January 15, 1945 in Corpus Christi, TX to Billy Joe and Edna Irene Tucker. Joe is survived by his children with first wife Jessie Tucker, Jolynn (Rich) Anderson, Jason (Alisa) Tucker, Jessica (Jon) Torolski, Jennifer Tucker and Jacqueline (Bryan) Biller, and Grandchildren Brody, Jacob, Walker, Kala, Jordan, Emery, and loving sisters Cynthia and Julia. Joe loved his birth state and attended high school in Tyler,...

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Cleveland Odell McQueen

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Cleveland Odell McQueen

A funeral service for Cleveland McQueen will be conducted at 1:00 p.m., Wednesday, February 21, 2024 at West Oaks Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor W. Scott Pannell officiating. Interment will follow the service at Restlawn Memorial Park. Cleveland Odell McQueen Cleveland (Cleve) Odell McQueen was born June 18th, 1934, in Hillsboro Texas to T.L. McQueen and Ella Mary Cotton McQueen. He attended Sulphur Springs schools. He was a member of Morning Chapel Baptist Church at an early and later united with Mitchell Chapel COGIC in Sulphur Springs and...

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Buster Jenkins

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Buster Jenkins

July 19, 1953 — February 17, 2024 Memorial Service for Buster Jenkins, Sr., age 70, of Lone Oak, TX will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 24, 2024 at Murray Orwosky Funeral Home, Sulphur Springs, TX. Bro. Robert Cook will officiate. Mr. Jenkins passed away on Saturday, February 17, 2024 in Greenville, TX Buster Jenkins Ernest Buster Jenkins, Sr. was born on July 19, 1953 in Dallas, TX to Isaac Edgar Jenkins and Annie Bell (Tyson) Jenkins. He married the love of his life Kathy Jenkins in Little Elm, TX on November 21, 1973. Buster...

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Reta Jane Turner

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Reta Jane Turner

Reta Jane Turner, 89, of Sherman, TX, a woman of faith, strength, and independence, passed away peacefully in the early morning hours of February 16, 2024. Born on March 6, 1934 in Matthews, MO, to Richard Bradford Pearcy and Geneva Eulala Phillips, Reta was the eldest of four sisters – Marty, Sherma and Pat, and a brother – Richard (Dickey Lynn). She graduated from Bonham High School in 1951, and quickly found her calling as a nurse, graduating from Methodist Hospital School of Nursing in Dallas in 1954. She went to work as an RN at...

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