More selected obituary extracts from the Herald Democrat, the primary newspaper for Grayson Co., Tx. They are not in any particular order but appeared in print within the past year or so to the present. If anyone on the list needs additional information from the original obit, I will be happy to reply to them via email <lhead@netexas.net>. RITCHIE, Katherine, 90, of Sherman passed away 5 Jan 2002 at a Sherman hospital. She was b. in Van Alstyne, TX on 23 March 1911 to Will A. McCARTY and Dora HAMILTON McCarty. She m. Len Ritchie in Jan 1944 in Denison. Interment at Cedarlawn Memorial Park, Sherman. WATSON, Owen, 87, died in Gunter, TX on 30 June 2002. He was b. 01 Jul 1914 near Farmington in Grayson Co. to Marshall and Ona Bell REECER Watson. He m. Mamie HEDRICK on apr 16, 1938 in Sweetwater, TX. He was a member of the Howe Masonic Lodge. Interment in the Hall Cemetery, Grayson Co., TX. MURPHREE, Gladys O., 93 year old retired school teacher, died 03 Sept 2002. She was b. 03 Dec 1908 in Anna, TX (Collin Co.) the d/o Jessie B. Murphree and Margaret Inez STERLING Murphree. Interment in the Van Alstyne Cemetery. CRAWFORD, Y.B., 84, died 12 Sept 2002 in Sherman. Mr. Crawford was b. 15 Apr 1918 in Trenton, TX. the s/o John William and Mary Annie HILBURN Crawford. He m. Mary HINDSLY on 31 Aug 1950. Interment in the Burns Cemetery, Trenton, TX. LANKFORD, Grady "B" passed away 28 Sept 2002 at the age of 82. He wa sb. 16 Oct 1919 in Kentuckytown, TX to Hershel and Florence MELSON Lankford. On 10 Nov 1938 he m. Della Mae HANNING in Sherman. He was a Master Mason and a member of the Scottish Rite. He received the Farm Family award in 1958 and was a dairyman and farmer. DUNAWAY, Leon "Shorty", age 76 of Denison, died 01 Oct 2001 at a Denison hospital. He was b. 20 Aug 1925 in Denison to Aaron Ira and Annie Mae RUSHING Dunaway. On 22 Mar 1947 he m. Imogene COFFMAN in Sherman. Shorty was a WW II Army veteran. He is buried in Cedarlawn Memorial Park, Sherman. PIERCE, Faye Verna ROBERTS, formerly of Sherman, died 29 Sept 2001 at a Savoy nursing home. She was b. 14 sept 1914 near collinsville, TX to Chester Arthur and Lillie JENKINS Roberts. She m. Franklin Grover Pierce of Sherman on 09 Jan 1932 in Tishomingo, OK. Interment in Cedarlawn Memorial Park, Sherman. COKER, Ina Mae, 87, of Sherman died 15 Jul 2002 in Sherman. Ina Mae was b. 12 Sept 1914 in Tom Bean, TX to R.H. "Larkin" WORTHAM and Pearl TROSPER Wortham. She m. Bennie Coker 23 Aug 1935 in Whitewright, TX.. Interment in Vittitoe Cemetery. MATLOCK, Jessie Bell, 86, of Ethel died 29 March 2002 at a Collinsville nursing home. She was b. 02 aug 1915 in Collinsville, TX to William and Inez SWINDELL RICE. On 30 June 1932 she m. Robert Marion Matlock in Durant, OK. Burial in the Ethel Cemetery. BLANTON, Ethyl Lee, 84, of Denton died 09 July 2002 at a Denton hospital. She was b. 25 Oct 1917 in Whitewright, TX to Issac SANDERS and Nora Elizabeth (MILLER) MORRIS. She m. J.P. Blanton on 18 Aug 1935 in Whitewright, TX. He d. 29 Sept 1997. Burial in the Burns Cemetery, Trenton, TX. BATCHELOR, Billy Ray, 72, died 24 June 2002 at his home in Trenton. Graveside services were held at Ridgeview Memorial Park, Collin Co, TX. Survived by son Tim Batchelor and daugh Karen Duke, both of Trenton. WATSON, Nina Mae, 93, of Sherman passed away 30 Jan 2001 in Sherman, TX. She was b. in Whitewright, TX on 20 May 1907, the d/o Wm. B. SEWELL and Delilah Mae McGINNIS. She 1st m. Van WATSON in 1925 in Whitesboro, TX. She 2nd m. L.M. "Mitch" GUTHRIE who preceded her in death. On 17 Sept 1987 she remarried Van Watson in Sherman. Burial at Oakwood Cemetery, Whitesboro, TX. SHAW, Frank died 08 Dec 2002 in CA. Frank was b. 14 May 1920 in Sherman to Frank C. and Mahaley DAUGHTERY Shaw and raised near Dorchester. He was a retired Los Angeles Co. fireman and served in the Army in WW II. He m. Esther HINTZ after his discharge from the military. Interment in Rosehill Cemetery, ?Whittier, CA. HARRIS, Ida Belle, 79 died 08 Dec 2002 at home. She was b. 11 May 1923 in Tom Bean, TX to Hobart McKinley PIKE and Ida Mae NELMS Pike. On 01 Jan 1942, she m. Jessie T. "Bud" Harris in Durant, OK. Interment at Cedarlawn Memorial Park in Sherman.