Obituaries
Ruby Nell Azlin
Apr 18, 2019
Funeral service for Ruby Nell Azlin, 86, of Winnsboro, is scheduled for 3:00 PM Sunday, April 21, 2019 at Pine Street Baptist Church with Pastor Charles Ethridge officiating. The family will receive friends one hour prior to service. Mrs. Azlin will be laid at Lee Cemetery following the service.
Ruby Nell Azlin was born November 9, 1932 in Energy, Texas...
Billy Ray Hervey
Apr 18, 2019
Services for Mr. Billy Ray Hervey, 64, of Quitman, are scheduled for 1:00 PM Saturday, April 27, 2019 at Muddy Creek Missionary Baptist Church in Quitman. Repass will follow at Muddy Creek Fellowship Hall.
Billy Ray Hervey was born at home in Quitman on December 12, 1954 to Turner and Imogene (Ellis) Hervey. He lived all of his life in...
Kathleen Charlotte Greer
Apr 17, 2019
Memorial service for Kathleen Greer, 84, of Quitman, is scheduled for 11:30 AM Saturday, April 27, 2019 at Faith Baptist Church with Pastor Mike Midkiff officiating.
Kathleen Charlotte Greer was born February 13, 1935 in Wisconsin to “Red†Parsons and Pauline Jennings. Her father, Red, was the light of her life. She was a Quitman resident for 8 years, coming...
Harry King Slack
Apr 16, 2019
Memorial services for Mr. Harry King Slack, 80 of Quitman, Texas are scheduled for 2:00pm, Friday, April 19, 2019 at his favorite restaurant, the Red Dome.
Harry was born January 11, 1939 in Nashville, TN to Pearcy Nish and Lucille King Slack. He was a retired carpenter and served in the United States Air Force. He was preceded in death...
Helen Louise Harris
Apr 15, 2019
Helen Louise Harris passed on April 15, 2019 after a lengthy illness. She was born January 27, 1929 at home in Grant, Oklahoma to Ruth A. McIntosh Hayes and John Benton Hayes. She was preceded in death by her siblings: Mary Victoria Hayes McIntosh, Ruth Almeda Hayes, John Woodrow Hayes, and Wenonah Ann Hayes Owens.
Dr. Harris was a long-time...
Ronald Lynn Ferguson
Apr 13, 2019
Funeral services for Mr. Ronald “Ronny†Lynn Ferguson, 74, of Watauga, TX, is scheduled for 3:00 PM Friday, April 19, 2019 at First Assembly of God with Brother Ken Otwell officiating. The family will receive friends one hour prior to service.
Ronald Lynn Ferguson was born January 18, 1945 in Dallas to Linton Doty and Margaret Jean (Hastings) Ferguson. After...
James Swift Coker
Apr 12, 2019
James Swift Coker, of Winnsboro, TX died at St. Vincent's Infirmary in Little Rock, Arkansas on Friday, April 12th at 12:50 PM at the age of 79.
James was born in Dallas, TX on January 20th, 1940 to Johnny P. and Margarette (Cooper) Coker.
James “Swifty†Coker graduated from Grapevine High School in 1959, honorably served his country in...
Jay Daniel Puchtler
Apr 4, 2019
Jay Puchtler, 61, of Pickton, passed away Thursday evening, April 4, 2019 at his home.
Jay Daniel Puchtler was born in Methuen, Massachusetts on June 24, 1957 to Daniel C. Puchtler and Nancy Louise Hayes. He was a Pickton resident for 12 years, and had lived in Winnsboro for 20 years prior.
Jay was a transmission and tractor mechanic for...
Charles Edmond Low
Mar 31, 2019
Funeral service for Charles Low, 80, of Quitman, is scheduled for 2:00 PM Thursday, April 4, 2019 at Lowe Funeral Home with Brother Fred Morrow officiating. Burial will follow at Roselawn Memorial Gardens in Mineola. The family will receive friends from 6:00 - 8:00 PM Wednesday evening at the funeral home.
Charles Edmond Low was born March 17, 1939 in...
Myrna Loy Shearer
Mar 31, 2019
Myrna Shearer, 82, of Quitman, formerly of Richardson, passed away Sunday, March 31, 2019 in Quitman.
Myrna Loy Shearer was born in Belle Fourche, South Dakota on September 13, 1936. She was the daughter of the late Bernice (Childers) Jordan and wife to the late Harold Dean Shearer.
Myrna was a member of Southfork Cowboy Church in Murphy, Texas...
Kenneth Eugene Guvernator
Mar 30, 2019
Kenneth Eugene Guvernator, 83, passed away Saturday, March 30, 2019 at home in Quitman.
Ken was born in St. Louis, Missouri on September 29, 1935 to Karl and Helen (Hohnstrater) Guvernator. He was raised in St. Louis and served his country proudly in the United States Army. On February 1, 1969 he married the love of his life, Donna Roberts...
Ada Hunley Miller
Mar 22, 2019
Memorial service for Ada Miller, 97, of Quitman, is scheduled for 11:00 AM Saturday, March 30, 2019 at Lowe Funeral Home with Gary Murrey officiating. The family will receive friends one hour prior to service.
Ada Hunley Miller was born in Lanely, Texas on September 16, 1921 to the late Collin Adams and Essie Lee Hunley. On August 21, 1941...
Celina Michelle Durst
Mar 20, 2019
Celina Michelle Durst age 42 passed on Wednesday, March 20. 2019. She was born in Fort Worth, Texas on October 16, 1976. She grew up in the Shiloh Community of Quitman, Texas and began her schooling at Doodley Childcare Center. She attended Quitman Elementary, Junior High and High School and enjoyed playing T-ball during her early childhood days and volleyball...
Lenis Bryant Warren
Mar 18, 2019
Lenis Warren, 73, of Quitman, passed away March 18, 2019 at his home.
Lenis Bryant Warren was born in Dallas on June 26, 1945. He lived in Quitman for 24 years, moving from Carrolton. He worked as an Engineer for Mobile Oil and enjoyed reading and painting. He loved country music and was an avid animal lover, especially dogs.
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Jeanette Gay Griggs
Mar 14, 2019
Jeanette Gay Griggs of Lake Fork, formerly of St. Joseph, Missouri, graduated life on Earth University after 81 years.
She was born March 7, 1938 in St. Joseph, Missouri. She had just celebrated her 81st birthday, and she and her husband celebrated their 62nd anniversary in October 2018. Jeanette lived the majority of her life in St. Joseph, but had...
Harriet Jane Wehry
Mar 5, 2019
Harriet Jane Wehry, 90, of Yantis, passed away March 5, 2019 at her home.
Harriet Jane Wehry was born in Greenburgh, New York on March 12, 1928 to Harry Jackson and Marguerite Allen. She was a homemaker and married to Ralph Wehry who passed away in 1980.
She is preceded in death by her mother and father; daughter, Karen Gale...
Michael Paul Beech
Mar 3, 2019
Graveside service for Michael Beech, 35, of Soper, Oklahoma, is scheduled for 2:00 PM Thursday, March 21, 2019 at Yantis City Cemetery with Pastor Jeremy Durig officiating. He will be laid to rest next to his grandfather, William G. Beech.
Michael Paul Beech was born in Butler, Pennsylvania to William and Roberta Beech. He was raised in the Quitman area....
Susan Jean Abreu
Feb 28, 2019
Susan Abreu of Quitman, Texas passed away on February 28, 2019 in Tyler, Texas. Susan was born in Dallas on April 28, 1949, the only child of Roswell and Eva (Jacques) Whitmore. Susan attended Dallas schools, received her BA at Austin College, Sherman, Texas and her Masters at UT at Austin. Her long career in Statistical Analysis and Computer Programming...
Willie Jo Kennemer
Feb 27, 2019
Funeral service for Mrs. Willie Jo Kennemer, “Joâ€, 97, of Quitman, TX, is scheduled for 12:00 PM Saturday, March 2, 2019 at Lowe Funeral Home with Brother Fred Morrow officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to service.
Jo Kennemer was born in Oklahoma on July 13, 1921, to the late Louie and Maggie (Folmer) Bullock. She was raised in Wood...
Linda Kay Duree
Feb 16, 2019
Linda Kay Duree, 60, of Sulphur Springs, TX, formerly of Quitman, passed away February 16, 2019 in Sulphur Springs. Memorial service to be scheduled a later date.
She was preceded in death by her parents, O.B. Spears and Novella Stansel; and her sister, Marcella Champion.
Left to cherish her memory are her son, Robert Brian Humphreys of Clinton, AR; brothers...
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