>Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 17:53:08 -0700 >To: [email protected] >From: Lea Head <[email protected]> >Subject: Grayson/Fannin Co. Obituaries > >More obits from NE Texas extracted from the Herald Democrat, our leading >newspaper in Grayson Co. They are not in order by date. If anyone wants >additional info from a particular obit, please write your request via >email <[email protected]> > > >RICH, J.B., 86, passed away May 16, 2003 at a Sherman hospital. He was b. >May 28, 1916 in Sherman, TX, s/o Claude Rich and Mattie HACKLEMAN Rich. He >m. Doris HUFFINES June 27, 1936 in Gordonville, Tx. He was a farmer. >Interment at Allison Cemetery, Grayson Co. > >EVERHEART, Helen HODGES, 81, passed away May 20, 2003 at home. She was b. >Dec 12, 1921 in Denison, TX, the d/o Wm Everett and Ruth REYNOLDS Hodges, >m. Emanuel Floyd Everheart, Jr. Aug 14, 1954 in Denison. She was a retired >teacher. Burial at Fairview Cemetery, Sherman. > >PURDOM, Patricia Ann, 66, died May 1, 2003. She was b. Aug 18, 1936 in >Allen, Tx, the d/o Leon and Sarah BRAY. She m. Harold Purdom Mar 21, 1953 >in Van Alstyne, TX. Burial in Cannon Cemetery, Grayson Co. > >TROTTER, Tom T., 84, of Sherman died Apr 27, 2003 in Sherman. Tom was b. >Apr 13, 1919 in Tom Bean, TX to Frank and Esther POWELL Trotter. He m. >Evelyn HYATT Aug 23, 1943. Burial in Cedarlawn Memeorial Park, Sherman. > >SPEARS, Tammie, 39, of Platter, OK died May 4, 2003 at home. Tammie was >b. Jul 4, 1963 in Durant, OK to Bobby Earl and Carolyn Sue WASHER Patton. >She m. James David Spears Jan 26, 1996 in Denison. Burial in the Colbert >Cemetery, Colbert, OK. > >DOPHIED, Sue MITCHELL, 97, died May 3, 2003 in Denison. Mrs. Dophied was >b. Dec 15, 1905 in Denison, d/o of Edward Mitchell and Victoria HENDRIX >Mitchell. She and her husband, Jack Dophied, were farmers and ranchers. >Burial in Calvary Cemetery, Denison. > >SKIPWORTH, Juanita, 75, of Sherman died Dec 30, 2002 in Sherman. She was >b. Sep 11, 1927 in Grayson Co. to Raymond and Lela Mae ROGERS BASSHAM. She >was a retired factory worker. Burial in Cedarlawn Memorial Park, Sherman. >(Note: husband not listed). > >JOHNSON, Leta RIGSBY, 90, of Sherman, died Jan 1, 2003 at home. She was b. >Oct 6, 1912 in Weston, TX to Henry and Euna REEVES Rigsby. She m. Luther >B. Johnson Oct 4, 1931 in Weston. She was a Baptist and loved to write. >Burial in Cottage Hill Cemetery. > >SISEMORE, Lee Woodrow, 86, of Howe, died Jan 1, 2003 at a Sherman >hospital. He was b. Dec 9, 1916 in Denison to Charlie and Nita THOMAS >Sisemore. He m. Virgie DODSON in Madill, OK on Dec 18, 1935. After >Virgie's death in 1986 he m. Frances BELL on Oct 2, 1993. He was a >Baptist. Burial in the Akers Cemetery. > >POINTER, Ruby "Darrell", 96, of Bells died Jan 1, 2003 at an area >hospital. Darrell was b. Apr 5, 1906 to Hugh WALTERS and Minnie Ann HOLDER >Walters (Curtis). She m. Frank Ferguson Dec 25, 1923 and he preceded her >in 1956. She m. Lonnie B. Pointer on Nov 15, 1970. Burial in Cedarlawn >Memorial Park, Sherman. > >REYNOLDS, Rufus H., 90, of Bells, died Mar 2, 2003 in Savoy, TX. Rufus was >b. Apr 22, 1912 in Glasco (sic) KY, the s/o Allen and Lena Reynolds. He >was a retired railroad man and farmer. He m. Gertrude BRIDGES Feb 14, 1996 >in Bells. Burial in Rose Hill Cemetery. > >DEBERRY, Jesse, 85, of Richland passed away Jan 20, 2003. He was b. Feb >12, 1917 in Whitewright, TX to Henry and Nora BENSON DeBerry. He was >preceded by wife, Jean. He was a retired construction superintendent. > >WILLIAMS, Ruby Lee, 83, of Cartwright, died Mar 15, 2003 at home. She was >b. Oct 13, 1919 in Sherman to Wilford Jason and Bertha Deborah YOWELL >NICHOLS. She m. Roy Lee Williams who died in 1975. Burial in Garden of >Memory Cemetery, Colbert, OK. > >SIMMONS, Alma Pauline, of Hightstown, NJ died Mar 13, 2003 in NJ. She was >b. Feb 22, 1933 in Hustburg, TN to Clyde and Gladys HARRIS. She m. Leon >Simmons of Whitewright on Nov 21, 1959 in Sherman. She retired from >McGraw-Hill Book Co. Burial in Oak Hill Cemetery, Whitewright. > >RUSSELL, Bessie Jo, 75, died Mar 22, 2003 in Richardson, TX. She was b. >Mar 26, 1927 in Whitewright to Otto and Oma JARVIS Russell. Burial in Oak >Hill Cemetery, Whitewright. (Note: M's Russell obviously m. a Turner but >info not included). > >SCOTT, Roy H. died Aug 12, 2002 in Denison. He was b. Dec 13, 1921 in >Denison to H.M. and Nondas WHITEACRE Scott. Roy m. Bernice MOSLEY on Jan >31, 1942 in Durant. He was a retired contractor. Interment in Fairview >Cemetery. > >BLAKELEY, Robbie Burl, died Aug 15, 2002 at an area hospital. Mrs. >Blakeley was b. Aug 24, 1903 in Gunter to John Green ALLEN and Lura >Elizabeth BLANKENSHIP Allen. She m. Ivy Atcheson Blakeley Aug 16, 1922 in >Pottsboro. Burial in Friendship Cemetery. > >MARTIN, Roy Allen, 74, of Bells, died Oct 28, 2000 at the Dallas VA >Hospital. Mr. Martin was b. Dec 8, 1925 in Bells to Atticus and Nellie >FLOWERS Martin. He m. Ruby PEAK in Sherman on Dec 7, 1946. He was a Mason. >Burial in Rose Hill Cemetery. > >REEVES, Wanda Joy died Nov 20, 2002 in Sherman. She was b. Sep 5, 1933 in >Ambrose to Sherman STOGSDILL and Grace Ethel MERRITT Stogsdill. She m. >Claude Reeves in Sherman on Aug 28, 1959. Interment in Pilot Grove Cemetery. > >STUBBLEFIELD, Wanda, 76, of Whitesboro died Nov 20, 2002 in Sherman. She >was b. on Aug 19, 1926 in Farmington, TX to Albert and Helen DOUGLASS >GENTRY. She m. Burl Stubblefield on Sep 15, 1945 in Denison. Burial in >Dixie Cemetery. > >BEENE, Lora M., 89, of Bells died Feb 26, 2003 at an area hospital. Burial >in Rose Hill Cemetery. She is survived by a niece, Louise Burris, of Savoy. > >PANNELL, Dan P., 74, a retired clerk, passed away Feb 24, 2003 in Fort >Worth. Dan was b. Sep 2, 1928 in Tom Bean, s/o Joseph Jefferson Pannell >and Ella KEENER. He m. Ethel DEEN. Burial in Laurel Land Memorial Park, >Fort Worth. > >HOLLINGSHEAD, Rosa, 93, of Collinsville died Feb 25, 2003 in Grayson Co. >Survivors include sisters, Lucy Lee Sherrell and Clarabell Harmon, both of >Durant. Burial in Collinsville Cemetery. > >DENTON, Leafy Elnora, 83, a retired school teacher, died Oct 16, 2001 at >an area hospital. Mrs. Denton was b. Sep 30, 1917 in Gainesville, TX to >George and Hattie MILLER LEACH. She m. W.A. Denton in Gainesville. Burial >in Van Alstyne Cemetery. > >RICKMAN, Frances, 81, died May 15, 2003 in Phoenix, AZ. Ms. Rickman was b. >Feb 10, 1922, d/o Oland BUSH and Annie Madge McCORD. She was a homemaker. >Burial in the Sunnyside Cemetery, Savoy. > >WEBB, Annie Reberta passed away May 15, 2003. she was b. in Grayson Co. on >Dec 31, 1918, d/o Ransom Isaac and Annie Reberta THRASHER Webb. Her father >came by covered wagon from McMinnville, TN to TX. Interment in West Hill >Cemetery, Sherman. > >BOOTH, Oleta Louise BIGGERSTAFF, 92, died June 15, 2002 in Houston. Mrs. >Booth was b. Aug 8, 1909 to Bud and Nanny HOGAN in the Pink Hill >community. She m. Morley Biggerstaff on Jan 4, 1929. He preceded her in >1975. She m. Ray Booth on May 12, 1979.. Interment in Cedarlawn Memorial >Park, Sherman. > >CHANDLER, Margaret Ruth, 87, of Bells died Oct 15, 2001. She was b. Feb 9, >1914 in the Ambrose community, d/o George and Margaret BLACKWELL WILEMON. >On Oct 14, 1933 she m. Clovis L. Chandler in Durant. She was a homemaker. >Burial in Rose Hill Cemetery. > >DODSON, Pearl, 97, passed away May ?, 2003. She was b. in Grayson Co. , >d/o Adolphus and Mary Tennessee HUCKABY. On Oct 22, 1922 she m. Claude >Dodson in the Jernigan School near Ida. She was a member of the East >Sherman Baptist Church for over 70 years. Burial in Cedarlawn Memorial >Park, Sherman.