>To: RN-ROOTWALKER-D@rootsweb.com >From: Lea Head <lhead@netexas.net> >Subject: Grayson& Fannin Co, TX Obits > >I continue to save and extract selected obituaries to submit to the list >from the Herald Democrat, the primary newspaper for Grayson Co, TX since >so many of the early settlers in this area were from middle TN and >KY. They are not in any order but appeared within the past year or so to >the present. If anyone on the list wants additional information I will be >happy to reply to them via email <lhead@netexas.net>. > >GRISSOM, James T. "Jim" b. Sept 21, 1914 in the Flowing Wells community, >s/o Will Ed and Bertha BRANHAM Grissom. He m. Velma E. MOSS on Feb 21, >1941 in Bonham, TX. He d. March 3, 2003. Burial at the Hebron Cemetery, >Bell, TX. He was a 32nd degree Mason and member of the Scottish Rite. > >STEPHENS, Harwood b. Aug 12, 1923 to Monroe D. and Willie Lee PALMER >Stephens in Keota, OK. He m. Rena Belle BAXTER on Aug 13, 1943 in >Sherman. He was a Mason, a member of the Scottish Rite, and an Army >veteran. He died Mar 3, 2003. Burial at West hill cemetery, Sherman, TX. > >HARRELSON, Mary "Teny" Florentine b. Aug 16, 1921 to Charles and Florence >GENTRY in Trenton, TX. She m. Wm. G. Harrelson Sept 17,1939. She d. July >13, 2002. Burial in the Burns Cemetery, Trenton, TX. > >SISEMORE, Lee Woodrow , 86 yrs. d. Jan 1, 2003 in a Sherman hospital. He >was buried in the Akers Cemetery, Grayson Co, TX. > >GEORGE, Leonard L., 89, died Feb 11, 2002 in a Sherman hospital. He was b. >Mar 15, 1912 in the Farmington community the s/o Porter H. and Beulah >CLAYTON George. He m. Jane Maxine BRODHEAD on Aug 24, 1936 in Sherman . >He was a Navy veteran and a Mason. Burial at Cedarlawn Memorial Park, >Sherman, TX. > >WORSHAM, Mary Isabel, 97, died Feb 14, 2002 in Savoy, TX. She was b. Oct >7, 1904 in TN the d/o Wm. J. BRADSHAW and Sarah FLETCHER Bradshaw.. She >m. James Alvin Worsham on Oct 25, 1922 in Portland, TX. Burial at Oak >Hill Cemetery, Whitewright, TX. > >SPEERS, Jerry Moss, 68, died Nov 14, 2002 in Denison, TX. He was b. Sept >17, 1934 in Caddo, OK the s/o Stephen Keller and Nettie Faye MOSS >Speers. He. m. Lavenia "Ann" SINOR on July 1, 1983 in Sherman, >TX. Burial at Cedarlawn Memorial Park, Sherman, TX. > >COFFIN-HALE, Mary E. died Mar 22, 2002. She was b. Apr 1, 1924 in Bells, >TX to James Robert and Cora Houston JOHNSON. She m. Haskell M. >Coffin. Burial in Fairview Cemetery, Denison, TX. > >JAY, Overton E., 84, died Aug 11, 2001. He was b. in Howe, TX to Ody >Edgar Jay Sr. and Mary E. Millie WILSON Jay. His grandfather, James >Pleasant Monroe Wilson, was b. in Grayson Co., TX in 1851 and was a >descendant of pioneers David Wilson and William Carruthers Wilson of >Sumner Co, TN. He m. Vinita ENLOE on Oct. 2, 1937 in Madill, OK. > >MORRISON, Meda Pierce, 83, died June 12, 2002 in Sherman, TX. She was b. >Sept 5, 1918 in Whitewright, TX to Oscar and Mettie Lee SPOON >ANDERSON. She m. Cecil Ray PIERCE in Durant, OK and he died in 1975. She >later m. Grady Morrison in Trenton, TX. Interment in the Burns Cemetery, >Trenton, TX. > >CROOK, Leroy, 76, died Feb 11, 2002 at a Sherman hospital. He was b. Mar >8, 1925 in Grayson Co, TX the s/o Dillard and Myrtle JUDKINS Crook. On >Sept 13, 1944 he m. Wanda RUFFIN in Sherman. He was a WW II Navy >veteran. Burial was in the West Hill Cemetery, Sherman, TX. > >KENNON, Veda AYRES, 91, formerly of Denison, TX died Feb 11, 2002 at a >Madill, OK hospital. Brothers Bill and Don Ayres, sister Lucille Murray, >all of Madill, survive her. > >MILLER, William Raymond "Slim" of Sherman died Nov 21, 2002 at a Sherman >hospital. He was b. in Tom Bean, TX, the s/o Forest and Alberta WORTHAM >Miller on Oct 18, 1925. He was a master plumber, WW II Navy >veteran. Burial in Rose Hill Cemetery, Bells, TX. > >HENDRIX, John "Johnny" died Oct 1, 2002 at his Denison home. He was b. >Jul 23, 1924 in Whitewright, TX to Samuel and Nellie Hendrix. He m. >Arlene STONE MITCHUSSON on Sept 11, 1970 in Idabel, OK. Burial in the >Rose Hill Cemetery, Bells, TX. > >STUBBLEFIELD, Doyle Ellis died Nov 20, 2002 in a Bonham hospital. He was >b. May 13, 1922 in Gunter, TX the s/o Frank and Ellie CRIPPS >Stubblefield. He was a WW II army veteran. Burial at the West Hill >Cemetery, Sherman, TX. > >TAYLOR, Floyd, 85 year old retired farmer, died Mar 8, 2002. He was b. >Apr 13, 1916 in Whitewright, TX . He m. Annie REED. Burial in Carson >Cemetery, Ector, TX. > >RITCHIE, Katherine Marie, 90, of Sherman died Jan 5, 2002 at a Sherman >hospital. She was b. Mar 23, 1911 in Van Alstyne, TX to Will A. and Dora >HAMILTON McCARTY. She m. Len Ritchie in Jan 1944 in Denison, TX. > >RANDALL, Frances B. was b. June 8, 1923 to Roy E. and Mabel SWINDLE >Biggerstaff in Tom Bean, TX. She m. Vollie C. Randall Feb 20, 1942. >Services were Dec 31, 2001 at Waldo Funeral Home in Sherman. Burial at >the Akres Cemetery in Sherman. >