All Obituaries

Graveside service for Norwood Leon Tanton, age 91, of Sulphur Springs, TX will be held at 10:00A.M. on Wednesday, July 28, 2021 at Restlawn Memorial Park with Buddy Wiggins officiating. Pallbearers will include Anthony Tanton, Brent Tanton, Tim Tanton, Jimmy Ray Skelton and Ronnie Parris.  Bodie Watkins and Jackie Watkins will be serving as honorary pallbearers. Visitation will be held from 6:00-8:00P.M. on Tuesday, July 27, 2021 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Chapel. Mr. Tanton passed away...

Funeral service for James Lewis Baxter, age 80, of Saltillo, TX will be held at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, July 28, 2021 at Weaver Baptist Church with Bro. Tom Friday and Brock Mullino officiating. Interment will follow at Restland Cemetery in Dallas at 2:30 p.m. with Nick Baxter, Connor Baxter, Zach Lewis, Jordan Roos, Josh Reeder, Rick Long, and Derek McClure serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be Harold McClure, Billy Gene Davidson, and the Table of Knowledge at The Red Barn....

Funeral Service for W.A. Cook Jr., age 82, of Sulphur Springs, Texas, will be held at 10:00 A.M. on Tuesday, July 27, 2021 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home with C.J. Duffey officiating. Interment with military honors will follow at Nelta Cemetery with Christopher Carrel, Justin Coleman, Jenni Coleman, Matthew Covington, Hunter Coleman, and Steven Duncan serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be Doug Heckenberg, Wayne Bolton, Joshua Whittaker and Christian Cook. Visitation...

Funeral Service for Nathaniel Waldrop, age 25, of Sulphur Springs, TX will be held at 2:00P.M. on Saturday, July 24, 2021 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Chapel with Rev Mark Bryant officiating. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. Nate passed away on July 20, 2021 at Christus Mother Frances - Sulphur Springs. Nate was born on September 3, 1995. He is survived by his parents, Michael and Genny (Maynard) Howard and Robert and Yvonne Weir; sisters, Brittany Jealynn Waldrop –...

A Memorial Service for Ken Kirchoffner, age 71, of Suphur Springs TX will be held at a later date at North St. Olaf Cemetery in Larson, ND. Mr. Kirchoffner passed away on July 18, 2021 at home in Sulphur Springs TX. Ken was born on February 3, 1950 in Devils Lake, ND to Leo and Grace (Svercl) Kirchoffner. He graduated from the University of North Dakota. Ken married Debra Dihle on September 27, 1975 in Columbus, ND. He was employed by Pan Am as the Supervisor of Maintenance and...

Funeral service for Becky Deaton, age 64, of Sulphur Springs, TX will be held at 2:00P.M. on Saturday, July 17, 2021 at Central Baptist Church with Bro James Mansfield and Bro Wyatt Snider officiating. Interment will follow at Restlawn Memorial Park. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. Mrs. Deaton passed away on July 12, 2021 at Paris Regional Medical Center. Becky was born on August 15, 1956 in Hot Springs, AR to Winfred Lane and Ruth Ervill (Douglass) Parker. She...

Memorial service for Geraldine “Jerry” Reeves Mark, age 95, of Sulphur Springs, TX will be held at 2:00P.M. on Friday, July 16, 2021 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Chapel. Interment will follow at Restlawn Memorial Park with Jeremey Skaggs, Willie Sanchez, Johnny Pierce, Jerry Gillispie, Ricky Fullen and Cort Alford serving as pallbearers and Staff of Heart to Heart Hospice and Staff of Lakeview Health and Rehab serving as honorary pallbearers. There will be no formal visitation. Mrs....

Visitation for Rosemary McCaffrey Varner, age 78, of League City, Texas will be held from 2:00 to 3:30P.M. on Saturday, July 17, 2021 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Chapel in Sulphur Springs, with a graveside service following at Restlawn Memorial Park Cemetery. Ms. Varner passed away on Wednesday July 7, 2021 in Webster, Texas after a lengthy illness. Rosemary was born in Aurora, Missouri on January 17, 1943 the fourth child of Henry and Ilene Harrison. Rosemary’s father worked for the...

Funeral Service for Len Hurley, age 71, of Reilly Springs, Tx will be held at 9:30A.M. on Saturday, July 10, 2021 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Chapel with Shannon Gammill and Toney Hurley officiating. Interment will follow at Nelta Cemetery with Bryan Sells, Wayne Henegar, Montana Hurley, Brian Gumpert, Stuart Reppond, John McLane, Eddie Gossett and Jacob Hurley serving as pallbearers and Don Aulsbrook, Jackie Watkins, Zach Poindexter and Maverick Jones serving as honorary pallbearers....

Celebration of life for Dodie Johnson age, 87, of Sulphur Springs, TX will be held from 1:00 to 3:00 on Saturday, July 10, 2021 at First United Methodist Church in the Fellowship Hall. Mrs. Johnson passed away on July 4, 2021 at Hopkins Place Assisted Living. Dodie was born on April 11, 1934 in Bradford, PA to John Leonard and Alma Clara (Gilmore) Sandrock. She married her high school sweetheart Robert Carl Johnson on October 25, 1952 in Venus, PA; he preceded her in death in 2005. Bob...