--=======6817178======= Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-526C626; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit More recent obits from north central TX. Enjoy! SPENCER, Omitine Laverne passed away Feb 20 2002. Born Dec 29, 1926 to Robert Lee and Bessie STRICKLAND in Valdasta, Collin Co, TX. She m. Delmer Troy SPENCER Jan 18, 1943. Survived by sons Gary & Delmer Jr, daughters Sharlotte Slaughter & Sallie Spencer, & eight brothers & sisters. AGEE, Hubert B. died Feb 21, 2002, age 93. Survived by wife, Jan, sons Tom, Bill, Ronald, Steve Agee & Charlet Mathis and daughters, Judy & Debbie. HENRY, J.N. died Jan 19, 2002 in Sherman. Born May 25, 1910 in Orangeville, TX to Frank C. & Lois Henry. On Sep 11, 1928 he m. Catherine Pierce. After her death he m. Devene Thomason in 1975. HESTAND, Jessie Allmon died Jan 19, 2002. Born July 31, 1907 in Pilot Point, TX to Lonzo & Edna DYE HOLMES. She m. Cecil ALLMON in 1925 and ater his death m. Howard HESTAND Sr. in 1958. Survived by son William Allmon, daugh Shirley Allmon Inman, and Howard Hestand Jr. & Margie Hestand. Preceded in death by a stepdaugh Sarah Hestand Graham & grdaugh Karen Inman HOLLAND. LEWELLEN, Ethel May of Colbert, OK died Jan 20, 2002. Born Mar 29, 1910 in Kade, OK to Wm. D. & Mary E. REYNOLDS COOPER. She m. A.J. Lewellen in 1936 in Durant, OK. Survived by daughs Charlene Barnett, Linda Gregg, Billie Hughs & Lorene Crow and son Kenneth Lewellen. Preceded by daugh Virgie Crippen. CROOK, Leroy died Feb 11, 2002 in Sherman, TX. Born Mar 8, 1925 in Grayson Co., TX to Dillard & Myrtle JUDKINS Crook. He m. Wanda RUFFIN Sep 13, 1944 in Sherman. Survived by wife, Wanda, daughs Karen Martin & Jan Jackson. BARR, Mary Lois Nash died Feb 13, 2002 in Sherman. born Jan 4, 1926 in Madisonville, TX to John William NASH & Alma LAWLESS NASH. She m. Clarence Leroy BARR. Survived by son John F. BARR, brothers James & Herman NASH. Preceded by husband. SHAW, John Thomas died Feb 13, 2002 in McKinney, TX. Born Dec 16, 1925 in Van Alstyne, TX to Henry Evans SHAW & Fannie Caroline BRUCE SHAW. He m. Pat Phillips in Ardmore, OK on Feb 22, 1952. Survived by wife, Pat, son Wesley and daugh Nancy HAWKINS. COLLINS, Jewell Mae died Feb 12, 2002. Born Sep 15, 1908 in Grayson Co., TX to Jess Andrew MEEK & Stella Maggie FAVORS MEEK. She m. Choyce COLLINS July 4, 1936 in Whitesboro, TX. Survived by son, Don R. & daugh Judy K. Russell. Preceded by husband & two brothers , James & Monroe MEEK. CHUMBLEY, Verba L. died Jan 28, 2002 in Denison, TX. Born July 4, 1912 in Grayson Co., TX to Charlie & Janie ANDERSON. She m. Charles M. Chumbley in 1936 who preceded her in 1976. Survived by sons, Howard & Robert, sister Pearl Nelson. DOTSON, Sarah Jane, age 59, died Feb 26, 2002 at home in Collinsville, TX. Survived by husband Clyde DOTSON, son, Gregory Dale Dotson, daugh Misty Gayle Dotson, parents, Robert & Emma TRUITT, brothers James Robert & Eddie Lynn Truitt, sisters, Rosalee Truitt & Doris Jean HILLIARD. WILSON, Doyle Debbs died Mar 13, 2002 in Sherman, TX. Born Jan 2, 1929 in Sadler, TX to the late Gordon Wilson & Johnnie DRAPER Wilson. He m. Robbie Lynn MELTON Aug 12, 1952 who preceded him in 1999. Survived by daugh Beth Wilson, sisters Barbara Stanford & Billie Jean Partain. WILSON, J.P. Jr. died Mar 13, 2002 in Leonard, TX. Survived by wife, Mary Lena Wilson of Randolph, TX, daugh Sue Brackett, brothers Woodrow & Lloyd Wilson. Burial in Lindsey Cemetery in Randolph. JENKINS, Mamie Joe died Oct 23, 2001 in Fort Thomas, KY. Born July 5, 1910 in Bells, TX to Joe & Alpha DEATHERAGE JENKINS. Survived by sister Annette Pinter, nephew Jared Knott & niece Kathryn Thompson. RYON, Parie Lee died Feb 25, 2002 in Rogers, Ark. Survived by daugh Billie Johnson. Burial in Oak Hill Cemetery, Whitewright, TX. GRONER, Carnine A. "Allie" died Feb 25 2002 in Sherman, TX. Born in rural Sherman Aug 22, 1908 to Charlie & Maybelle SIZEMORE. She m. Leroy GRONER July 13, 1931 in Durant, OK. He preceded her in 1974. Survived by daughs Connie Fallon, Lavitta Koch & Norma Cavender. Also preceded by sisters Mary Lou Sizemore & Margaret Beard, brothers Walter, Dutch, Valco, Bunk, Jack & Frank Sizemore. McDOWELL, LaVerda died Mar 9, 2002 in Collinsville, TX. Born Apr 25, 1918 in Tioga, TX to William Thomas & Maude BELL TIPTON. She m. Raymond McDowell Jan 25, 1940 in Marietta, OK. who preceded her in 1980. Survived by daugh Glenda Davidson. Preceded by son, Ronald McDowell in 1983. McGEHEE, Mable GORDON died Mar 1, 2002. Born May 17, 1915 in Denison, TX to Woodrow M. & Dana ENGLAND GORDON. She m. Paul G. McGehee June 11, 1932 in Carpenters Bluff, Grayson Co. She is survived by mult grandchildren & nieces. She was preceded by husband in 1988 and by son, Glendon Ray in 1996. CHAFFIN, Neal , age 79, died Mar 11, 2002 in Bonham, TX. Burial in Willow Wild Cemetery, fannin Co., TX. Survived by wife, Mary McCRAW Chaffin, sons, Jimmy & Bob, sisters Una Belle Cummins, Ernestine Chaffin & Gladys MOSS. BLANKENSHIP, Velma died Mar 10, 2002 in Sherman, TX at age 76. Burial in Pilot Grove Cemetery, Grayson Co, TX. Survived by twin sister Thelma WELCH, brothers George T. & James WELCH. IRELAND, Capt. Jack Joseph died Feb 28, 2002. Born Dec 19, 1920 in Van Alstyne, TX to John Franklin & Jimmie AMONETT IRELAND. Burial in Van Alstyne Cemetery. Survived by daughs Marie Perkins & Camille Nuijten. He was preceded by daugh, Cheryl Ann Winfield. MITCHELL, Lyda "Polly" Mae died Oct 5, 2001 in Sherman, tX. Born Sep 10, 1914 in Grayson Co, tX to John D. HARRIS SR. & Verda Etta MEEKS. She m. Wm. L. Mitchell in Durant, OK in Dec 1930. She was preceded by husband and son, Kenneth Ray. She is survived by sisters Velma WEBB & Lee BUZIAK. HAYS, O.D., 98, died Oct 6, 2001 in Pilot Point, TX. Survived by sons Albert Lee & Billy Charles Hays, daughs Doris Jean McMATH, Evelyn Ella STARK and sisters Elsie Scott McKINLEY, Mary Leta PHIPPS, Frances WILLARD, & Dimple MUNGER. SCOGGINS, Frank L., 96, died Oct 5, 2001 in Durant, OK. Burial in Rosewood Cemetery, He is survived by sons, Luther Wayne & C. James SCOGGINS, daugh, Helen Margene KANGUS and a sister, Evelyn SCOGGINS in Memphis, TN. --=======6817178======= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-avg=cert; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-526C626 Content-Disposition: inline --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.338 / Virus Database: 189 - Release Date: 3/14/02 --=======6817178=======--