>Date: Thu, 01 Jan 2004 17:54:46 -0800 >To: [email protected] >From: Lea Head <[email protected]> >Subject: Grayson & Fannin Co, TX Obituaries > >Below are more extracted obits from the Herald Democrat, the major >newspaper in north Central TX. Additional information from the printed >obit can be obtained by emailing me. > >CASSELL, Bill, age 82, resident of Pottsboro, died 11 Dec 2003 in Denison. >Burial at Georgetown Cemetery. Bill was b. 21 Feb 1921 in Pottsboro to >Joseph and Ruth ERWIN Cassell. He married Paralee BLEDSAW on 26 June 1944 >in Denison, TX.. WW II veteran, Elk's Lodge, VFW, American Legion. > >PILCHER, Pearl (BROWN), 100 year old Collinsville resident, died 11 Dec >2003 in Grayson Co. Burial at Collinsville Cemetery. Survived by several >nieces and nephews. > >SPENCE, Harold K., aged 94, died 26 Oct 2003. Burial in Van Alstyne >Cemetery. He was born 3 August 1909, the 7th child of John Calvin Spence >and Minnie Estelle WIGGS in the Dripping Springs community SE of Van >Alstyne. He married Helen Elizabeth TAYLOR on 29 Oct 1930. He farmed in >the Van Alstyne and Tom Bean areas and ran a service station. > >VIER, Oda Lee, died 27 Oct 2003 in Sherman. She was born 9 August 1918 in >Van Alstyne to Otis Lee CARTER and Mabel SPECK. She married Vernon Francis >VIER 24 Feb 1940. She was known as "Mrs. Speedy" since she and husband >owned and operated Speedy's Cafe in Sherman for years. Burial was in Van >Alstyne Cemetery. > >DUKE, Ozelle (FITZGERALD), passed away 26 Nov 2003 in Sherman. Burial in >Cedarlawn Memorial Park, Sherman. Ozelle was born 23 June 1923 in Denison >to Clyde FITZGERALD and Leona CORNELIUS. She married Jack L. Duke and they >moved to Sherman 43 years ago. She was preceded by husband, brother >Garland and sister Geraldine. > >WASHBURN, Floyd Everet, 91, died 26 Nov 2003 in Savoy. Burial in the >Washburn Cemetery. He was born 25 Sept 1912 in Bells, TX to Arthur Lee >WASHBURN and Mary Vasti Washburn. He married Ruby MCMURRY on 19 May 1936 >in Howe. He retired from the Sherman Foundry and was a retired farmer and >rancher. Preceded by parents, brothers Dave and Jim, and sister Opal. > >PANNELL, Billy Lee "Popeye", 73, of Ravenna, died 11 Dec 2003 at home. He >was born 2 Feb 1930 in Tom Bean to Homer L. PANNELL and Willie Mae >HARRISON. On 19 Jan 1953 he married Shirlene HASSEY in Bonham. He was a >farmer and retired from Fannin Co. He was a Baptist and a Mason. Preceded >by parents and brothers, E.R. and L.B. PANNELL. > >HALE, Ruby (ESTEP), 91 years of Sherman, died 10 Dec 2003 in Sherman. >Burial in West Hill Cemetery. She was born 28 Aug 1912 in Melissa to >George Washington and Rachel (HAZELWOOD) ESTEP. She married Eugene "Bill" >HALE in Kingston, OK on 30 June 1931. She was a member of the Key Memorial >United Methodist Church since 1924. Preceded by parents, husband, sister >Dorothy McNULLY and brother Jack ESTEP. > >ROBERTSON, Jonnie Vee, 83 years, of Van Alstyne, died 10 Dec 2003 in >Sherman. Burial in Van Alstyne Cemetery. She was born 10 Nov 1920 in >Westminster to John W. BRASHEAR and Viola WHITE. She m. Harlie ROBERTSON >on 4 Nov 1939. > >RAMSEY, Virginia Naomi (BECK), 78, died 8 Nov 2003 in Sherman. Burial in >Oakwood Cemetery. She was b. 18 Jan 1925 in Maysville, OK to Milton Mohan >and Minnie Lee (CONNELL) Beck. On 4 Dec 1945 she m. Elmer Lee RAMSEY. > >AYERS, Fannie (REYNOLDS), died 14 Nov 2003 in Savoy. Burial in Rose Hill >Cemetery. She was b. 7 March 1918 in Bells to Charlie and Jennie >REYNOLDS. She m. Roy Ayres (sic) on 24 Aug 1934 in Whitewright. She was a >retired seamstress and lived her entire life in Grayson Co. Preceded by >husband, brothers Elmer, Lelmer, Delmer and Zelmer. > >MORRIS, Noble, 84 of Caddo, OK died 13 Nov 2003. Burial in Gethseman >Cemetery in Caddo. He was b. 30 July 1919 to Hugh and Lona Ester MORRIS in >Weleeka, OK.. He m. Bonnie Sue COPELAND on 11 Jan 1950. He pastored >several Bryan Co. churches and was an electrician and carpenter. > >CANADA, Dorothy (MAYO), 83, passed away 19 Dec 2003 in Dallas. Burial in >Cedarlawn Memorial Park. She was b. 24 May 1920 to Robt. Clarence MAYO Sr. >and Johnnie Merle (STANDRIDGE) Mayo in Dorchester. On 14 Aug 1937 she m. >L.E. "Eddie" Canada in Sherman. Preceded by parents, husband, brothers >Geo, Robt. C., & Clarence MAYO and sister Ruth FORD. > >FITE, Lona Mae (ANDERSON), 82, died 18 Dec 2003 at home in Durant. Burial >in Highland Cemetery. Survived by husband Harold, son Larry Don, daugh >Judy Kay and brothers, Leslie Leon & Richard Dean Anderson; sisters, Mary >Heller Ayers & Bobbie Jewel Crim. > >WATTS, Lendon Bernice "Bill", died 13 Oct 2003. Burial in Cedarlawn >Memorial Park. Bill was b. in Colbert, OK 26 Feb 1916 to Hutson William >WATTS and Mary Emma (BRASHER) WATTS. He m. Doris AUSTIN on 25 June 1936 in >the Church of Christ, Colbert. Bill was a fireman for the MKT RR and a >mechanic. He was preceded by wife and siblings, Lester and Cleytes WATTS & >Cummi HOLLINGSWORTH. > >SLOAN, Virginia C. (COFFEY), 86, lifelong county resident, died 17 Sept >2003 in Sherman. Burial in Van Alstyne Cemetery. She was b. 4 May 1917 in >Van Alstyne to Dick COFFEY and Mattie Lou REECER. She m. C.B. SLOAN on 15 >Oct 1937 in Van Alstyne. > >RENFRO, Thelma (HARMON), 89, of Sherman, died 22 Sept 2003 at home. Burial >in the Gordonville Cemetery. She was b. 25 July 1914 in Bells to Charlie >and Meddie (BURLESON) HARMON. On 14 Sept 1930 in Woodville, OK she m. Ben >RENFRO. She was a homemaker and a Baptist. She was preceded by parents, >husband, brothers Clyde, Huey, Buddy, Carl, Doug & Charles HARMON; sisters >Ruby McDonald and Cleo Brown. > >PHILAGIOS, Edna (MASTERS), 65, of Denison, died 30 Sept 2003 in Sherman. >Burial in Cedarlawn Memorial Park. Edna was b. 11 Feb 1938 in Caney, OK to >Edd and Winnie (BEAUMONT) MASTERS. On 21 Oct 1955 she m. John Philagios in >Durant. She was a housewife and attended Victory Life Church. > >ALLISON, Lou Ellen (HIX), died 13 Dec 2003. Lou was b. 6 March 1910 east >of Sherman to the late James Madison and Charlotte Delila MELTON HIX.. She >m. Marion T. ALLISON on 19 Oct 1925 in Sherman. She was a member of the >Forest Ave. Baptist Church for over 50 years where she enjoyed keeping the >nursery and baking cookies for the hospital ministry. > >ELLIOTT, Joe, 91, of Van Alstyne, died 1 Oct 2003 at the veterans home in >Bonham. Burial in the Van Alstyne Cemetery. He was b. 28 June 1912 in Tom >Bean to W.N. "Newt" ELLIOTT and Algie (WORTHAM) ELLIOTT.. He m. Jolene >PHILLIPs in Sherman on 11 March 1950. Joe retired from the Grayson Co. >Electric Co-op and had played in the East Texas and West Texas Baseball >Leagues before going into the service. > >KIDD, Robert Oliver, 85, passed away on 1 Oct 2003 in Savoy. Burial in >Fairview Cemetery, Gainesville. He was b. 1 May 1918 in Lexington, OK to >S.G. KIDD and Margaret (SEBASTION) KIDD. He m. Juanita CROW on 7 May 1943 >in Caddo, OK. He taught school for 25 years and served in WW II. > >WILKERSON, Pansy (EDWARDS), 93, died 10 Nov 2003 at her daugh's home in >Irving. Burial in Cedarlawn Memorial Park. She was b. 27 Feb 1911 in >Grayson Co. to R.C. and Pearl EDWARDS. She m. William J. "Dude" WILKERSON >in Durant on 16 May 1935. She retired from nursing in 1974. > >HENSON, Bobby Gene, 73, of Denison, died 9 Nov 2003 in Denison. Burial in >Oakwood Cemetery. "Bob" was b. 14 Jan 1930 in Woodville, OK to John and >Carrie (MURPHY) HENSON. He m. Lahoma DAWSON in Durant on 7 Dec 1954. He >was a truck driver and member of Calvary Baptist Church. > >UNDERHILL, Willie (EASTWOOD), 91, of Bethany, OK died 26 Sept 2003 in >Bethany. Burial in Woodberry-Forest Cemetery, Madill, OK. "Billie" was b. >9 Aug 1912 at Aylesworth, OK to William Franklin and Jennie (CARROLL) >EASTWOOD. She was preceded by parents, brother Dolph, sisters Clara, Ida, >Mary, Fannie,Lucy and Anna. > >DEREBERY, Ruby (GUTHRIE), 98, of Bells, formerly of Ambrose, died 12 Oct >2003. Burial in Fairview Cemetery, Ravenna. She was b. in the Pink Hill >community on 13 June 1905 to Curtis Eugene and Cora Isabelle (VINCENT) >GUTHRIE. On 30 July 1925 she m. Thomas "Tommy" DEREBERY in Fannin Co. She >was a homemaker and a member of the Church of Christ. She was preceded by >husband, sons Earl and Murlin, and daugh Patsy. > >BROWN, Raymond, 83, died 25 Dec 2003 in Sherman. Burial in the Vittitoe >Cemetery. Mr. Brown was b. 20 Dec 1920 in Whitewright to Oscar McGrady >Brown and Callie (ROBBINS) Brown. He m. Billie HATFIELD on 24 Nov 1955 in >Whitewright. He was a retired minister and member of Kentuckytown Baptist >Church. He served in WW II. > >MOORE, Tom D., age 100, died 29 Aug 2003 in an area hospital. Burial in >Rose Hill Cemetery, Bells. He was b. 11 Aug 1903 in bells, the son of >James and Fannie (MOSS) MOORE. He m. Lillie Mae LAZENBY on 21 Nov 1929 in >Durant. He was a retired farmer and lifelong resident of Grayson Co. > >SELF, Robert Cleatus, age 95, died 28 Dec 2003 in Durant. Burial in the >Highland Cemetery. He is survived by son, Aucie W. SELF of California. > >BENNETT, Mae Belle (CHESLEY), 75, passed away 2 Oct 2003 at her home in >Dorchester. Burial in the Akers Cemetery. Mae Belle was b. 12 Jan 1928 in >Dorchester to the late John and Viola (COLE) CHESLEY. She m. Ernest >BENNETT on 17 Oct 1948. She and Ernest worked their farm and she was a >member of the Dorchester Baptist Church. > >ALEXANDER, Frankie Lois (HENDERSON), 78, of Collinsville, died 18 Dec 2003 >in Sherman. Burial in the Collinsville Cemetery. She was b. 9 Feb 1925 in >Collinsville to the late Oscar and Dollie (PILCHER) HENDERSON. She m. >Claude ALEXANDER on 27 May 1944 in Marietta, OK. She was a member of >County Line Baptist Church. > >STOGSDILL, Melburn, 71, of Garland, passed away 24 Sept 2003 in Garland. >Burial in Rose Hill Cemetery, Bells. He was b. 16 Jan 1932 in Fannin Co. >to Vernon and Bertha (OSTER) STOGSDILL.On 3 June 1950 he m. Marcell BOOE >in Denison. Retired pipe fitter and of the Baptist faith. > >FLEMING, Billie Ramsey, 81, died 19 Dec 2003 at his home north of Bells. >Burial in the Virginia Point Cemetery. He was a lifetime member of the >PRCA where he rode broncs and bulls and later bought and sold cattle and >horses. He was known to family and friends as the greatest storyteller >that ever was. He was preceded by parents (unnamed) and brothers Tom and >Jimmie FLEMING. > >McKEE, Earl Ray, 79, of Denison, passed away 15 Oct 2003 . Burial in >Georgetown Cemetery. He was born and reared in Pottsboro to Walter and >Elizabeth (CHRISTMAN) McKEE, one of two sets of twins.. He m. Nadine >SOWDER on 3 Oct 1944. He was in the USAF and after retiring from Safeway, >opened McKee's Discount Steel. He was preceded by sister Fannie HITE and >brother Claude McKee. > >HAWK, Hazel (MORRISON), passed away 11 June 2003. burial in Fairview >Cemetery, Ravenna. Hazel was b. to Walter and Lela MORRISON 14 Sept 1915 >and grew up in the Bells community. She m. Albert HAWK on 16 Sept 1936. >She was a member of the Morton St. C.of C. Preceded by parents, husband, >son Kenneth Wayne, sisters Opal Langham and Jewel Thompson, brothers Leon, >James and Walter Morrison Jr. > >That's all for now!. Happy New Year to everyone!!!