>Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2003 11:43:07 -0800 >To: [email protected] >From: Lea Head <[email protected]> >Subject: Grayson/Fannin Co, TX Obits > >I'm trying to "play catchup" with these obituaries. As usual, if >additional info is needed from an obit, please email me and I'll send it >to you. > >SPENCE, Helen Elizabeth, 89, died Mar 28, 2003. She was b. Oct 2, 1913 in >Van Alstyne, TX to William Lewis TAYLOR and Leila Belle JOHNSTON. She m. >Harold K. Spence on Oct. 29, 1930 in Durant, OK. Burial in the Van >Alstyne Cemetery. > >HARP, Buddie S. Sr. died Mar 27, 2003 in a Sherman hospital. He was b. >Jan 5, 1926 in Celina, TN to Bud Hunter Harp and Ella MURLEY Harp. He m. >Rose PARKS on June 13, 1951 in Clovis, NM. He was a U.S. Navy veteran. >Burial in Melissa Cemetery. > >PYBURN, Wilma, 85, died Aug 31, 2002 in a Denison hospital. Wilma was b. >Jan 17, 1917 in El Reno, OK to Thomas Albert and Georgia TUCK WILLIS. she >m. William "Bill" Pyburn on Apr 17, 1938 in Madill, OK. He d. Jan 13, >1968. Burial in Fairview Cemetery. > >HARRELSON, William G. "Dub" died Dec 2, 2002 . He was b. in Trenton, TX >to Lawerence and Mamie PETTY Harrelson. He m. Florentine GENTRY on Sep >20, 1939. He was a U.S. Navy Sea Bee in WW II. Burial in the Burns >Cemetery, Trenton, TX. > >HOLDER, Glenna Christine, 87, of Sadler died Jan 9, 2002 at a Sherman >hospital. Mrs. Holder was b. Dec 31, 1914 in Gordonville, TX to James >STANHOPE DAVISON and Verna Ruth DRIGGARS Davison.. On Jan 14, 1936 she m. >Fred Wiley Holder in Sherman, TX. Burial in the Gordonville Cemetery. > >HATFIELD, George Coy, 83, passed away Nov 22, 2002 in Huntsville, TX. He >was b. June 5, 1919 in Pottsboro, TX to William Roy Hatfield and Henretta >BIGGERSTAFF Hatfield. He m. his wife of 63 years, Marjorie JOYNER >Hatfield (no date given). He was an avid golfer and worked for Kraft >Foods for 44 years. Burial in Memorial Oaks Cemetery, Houston, TX. > >VINCENT, Billy D., 75, carpenter and painter, died at home in Dorchester, >Tx Dec 30 2002. "Bill" was b. May 14, 1927 in Tom Bean, TX to W.D. Vincent >and Edna WORTHAM Vincent. He m. Bernice WILSON on June 1, 1948 in Howe, >TX. He was a U.S. Army veteran. Burial in the Akers Cemetery, Sherman, TX. > >McKINNEY, Mark, 77, died Dec 2, 2002 in Denison. He was b. Nov 30, 1925 >in Savoy,TX to Samuel Porter McKinney and Ollie BLAKEY McKinney. On May >11, 1946 he m. Alma Jean NEAL in Savoy. He was in the U.S. Army during WW >II. He was a 32nd degree Mason. Burial in the Vittitoe Cemetery, Grayson Co. > >STEPHENS, Ena, 96, of Whitewright, TX died Jan 5, 2003 in a Stockton, CA >hospital. Burial in the Oak Hill cemetery, Whitewright, TX. > >ARMSTRONG, Billy W., 72, of Denison, died Dec 23, 2002 at a Denison >hospital. He was b. June 19, 1930 in Russett, OK to Warren Clifford and >Emma Ella HAMM Armstrong. On June 13, 1953 he m. Willie O. LITTLE in >Oklahoma City. He served in the U.S. Army. Burial at the Fairview >Cemetery, Sherman. > >THOMAS, J.T., 84, passed away Dec 24, 2002 in a Sherman hospital. Mr. >Thomas was b. Sep 4, 1918 in the Viars Chapel community to James T. Thomas >and Aletha TEEL Thomas. He m. Mary Jane WALKUP in Southmayd, TX. He was >a Mason and a retired homebuilder. Burial in the Rose Hill Cemetery, >Bells, TX. > >ODLE, R.L. "Leon" died Dec 1, 2002 in a Sherman hospital. He was b. Jan >8, 1927 in Crowell, TX to Charlie Odle and Callie Jane McEWEN Odle. On >Feb 13, 1954 he m. LaJuan ALEXANDER in Sherman. He was a Mason, veteran >of WW II and a self-employed trucker.