Charley “Buddy” Garner
Mr. Charley “Buddy” Garner, age 80 of Winnsboro, passed away on Tuesday, March 1st, 2016 in Tyler. He was born on January 29th, 1936 in Winnsboro to the late Burle Garner and Mamie Jane Voorheese Garner. He worked as a forklift operator for Allied Foods before retiring, he helped maintain Shady Grove Cemetery, and attended Pine Hill Cumberland Presbyterian Church. He was preceded in death by his parents, sons, Robert and...
Eleven Former NETO Employees Indicted by Federal Grand Jury
Eleven former employees of Northeast Texas Opportunities, commonly referred to as NETO, were named in a three-count indictment returned by a federal grand jury charging the 11 with conspiracy to commit an offense against and to defraud the U S Government of government property or money. The indictments were handed down in February in Eastern District Federal Court in Texarkana. The 11 are alleged to have caused losses of over $1.2...
Joyce “Mack” Gilbert
Mr. Joyce “Mack” Gilbert, age 87 of Winnsboro, passed away on Saturday, February 27th, 2016 in Winnsboro. He was born on March 16th, 1928 in Franklin County to the late Lonnie Gilbert and Gladys Anderson Gilbert. Mack grew up in the New Hope area of Franklin County and graduated from Mt. Vernon High School. He was an outstanding athlete and enjoyed telling stories about his days playing football for Coach Catfish Smith. He...
Roach Arrested for Continuous Sexual Assualt of Seven Year Old
Donald Michael Roach, 44, is in Hopkins County jail following the outcry of a 7-year old child to a relative. Roach is being held on $150,000 bond for Sex Abuse of a Child Continuous: Victim Under 14-years of age. The child and her mother were living in the same residence with Roach. According to Chief Criminal Investigator Lewis Tatum, the child told a relative about the continuous sexual abuse and the relative took the child to the...
Wilma Harbin
Mrs. Wilma Harbin, age 87 of Winnsboro, passed away on Sunday, February 21st, 2016 in Winnsboro. She was born on June 29th, 1928 in Winnsboro to the late Rev. Ira Bell Davidson and Stella Pearl Maddox Davidson. She worked as a nursing home aide at the former Winnsboro Nursing Home, and later Whispering Pines, she was a Baptist and a member of the former Trinity Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents; her first...
Another Sex Abuse of a Child Charge Adds Another $1-Million to Dixon Bond; Trial Set for March 7
Add an additional $1-million to the bond total for James Hunter Dixon. Dixon has yet another charge for continuous sexual abuse of a young child or children based on an 8th Judicial District Court indictment. This bond was added February 12,, 2016. According to the District Attorney’s Office, Dixon goes to trial March 7th. On Friday, January 8, Justice of the Peace B. J. Teer held a magistrates hearing for James Hunter Dixon,...
Juanice Miller
Mrs. Juanice Miller, age 90 of Winnsboro, passed away on Thursday, February 11th, 2016 in Winnsboro. She was born on January 2nd, 1926 in Wood County to the late Wallace Wilson and Annie Moseley Wilson. She was a loving homemaker, as well helping to run the dairy farm with her husband, she was a member of Pickton United Methodist Church. She was preceded in death by parents; her loving husband of 62 years, Mr. Wayne Miller on April...
Billy Bob Miller
Mr. Billy Bob Miller, age 88 of Garland, passed away on Thursday, February 11th, 2016 in Texas State Veterans Home in Bonham. He was born on October 29th, 1927 in Scroggins to the late Roy Miller and Carmen Knight Miller. He served honorably in US Army during World War II and was recalled during the Korean War. He worked as a firefighter for the Garland Fire Department, and retired from the U.S. Postal Service, was a member of the...
Leon Chapman
Mr. Leon Chapman, age 95, of Winnsboro, passed away on Tuesday, February 9, 2016 in Quitman. Leon was born on July 2nd, 1920 in Madill, OK., to the late Reuben Joseph and Helen Avo Fox Chapman. He was retired firefighter after thirty years of service with the Lubbock Fire Department; after retiring he owned a saw mill here in Winnsboro. He was a member of the Winnsboro Church of Christ. Preceding him in death are his parents; his...
Dewey “Ed” Harris
Dewey “Ed” Harris, age 91 of Winnsboro, passed away on Tuesday, February 9th, 2016 in Winnsboro. He was born on December 31st, 1924 in Winnsboro, TX, to the late John Harris and Jewel Harris. He was a retired truck driver, and was a member of Coldwater Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by parents, John Dewey Harris and Jewel Lee Hargiss Harris; two sisters, Laurene Evans and LaVerne Byars and one brother, Rayford...
