Obituaries
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Nell Kirkpatrick
Mar 1, 2012
Funeral services for Nell Kirkpatrick, age 73, of Sulphur Springs will be 10:00 am, Saturday, March 3, 2012 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home with Rev. L.D. Baxley and Rev. Danny Ballard officiating. Interment will follow in Restlawn Memorial Park with Jonathon Keller, Daniel Weatheread, Jordan Perry, Travis Baxley, Austin Baxley, and Lane Keller serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be...
Mary Julian
Feb 28, 2012
Funeral services for Mary Julian, age 85, of Mineola, will be conducted at 1:30 p.m., Saturday, March 3, 2012 at Lake Fork Baptist Church. Interment will follow at Caney Cemetery with her grandsons and nephews serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Friday, March 2, 2012 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home. Mary Julian passed away...

Mattie Kenney
Feb 28, 2012
Funeral services for Mattie R. Kenney, age 80, of Grand Prairie, will be conducted at 3:00 p.m., Saturday, March 3, 2012, at Seymore Church of Christ. Interment will follow at Seymore Cemetery, with members of Ms. Kenney's family serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service (2:00 p.m.). Mattie R, Kenney passed away Tuesday...
Howard Griggs
Feb 27, 2012
Memorial services for Howard Elsie "Sonny" Griggs, age 74, of Sulphur Springs will be conducted at 10:00 am on Friday, March 2, 2012 at The Way Bible Church. No formal visitation is scheduled. Howard Elsie "Sonny" Griggs, went to be with our Savior on February 27, 2012. Howard was born on June 15, 1937 and was the second of...

Annie Abron
Feb 26, 2012
Funeral services for Annie Mae Abron of Sulphur Springs will be conducted at Morning Chapel Baptist Church at 11:00 a.m., Friday, March 2, 2012, with Rev. Harold B. Nash, Sr. officiating. Interment will follow at Shady Grove in Cason, with Lydell Peterson, Norris Davis, Jerrod Jackson, Roderick Godbolt, Broderick Godbolt, Joel Peoples, Randall Godbolt, Myris Abron and Patrick Morgan...

Rue Weatherbee
Feb 26, 2012
Rue Weatherbee of Cumby passed away Sunday, February 26, 2012 at her residence. She was born in Hopkins County on February 8, 1922, the daughter of Wilson Hendric Edwards and Laura Ree (Russell) Edwards. She married Claude Weatherbee at Brashear on November 17, 1942. He preceded her in death in 2010. She was a homemaker. Survivors include: son, Stan...
Eva Kennedy
Feb 24, 2012
Funeral services for Eva Nell Kennedy, age 92, of Sulphur Springs will be conducted at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel, at 4:00 p.m., Sunday, February 26, 2012. Interment will follow at Tira Cemetery, with Jim Needham, Mike DeMott, Michael DeMott, Matthew DeMott, Price Orwosky, Jeff Fisher and Michael Mitchell serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be held from 6:00 p.m. to...
Loyd Reed
Feb 23, 2012
Funeral services for Loyd Reed, age 69, of Sulphur Springs will be conducted at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, February 26, 2012, with Rev. Bobby Keller officiating. Interment will follow at Ridgeway Cemetery, with William Reed, Mark Reed, Paul Reed, Roger Reed, Richard Reed, Randall Reed, Morgan Wooten and William Braun serving as pallbearers. Visitation will...
Clarence Jones
Feb 14, 2012
Funeral services for Clarence "Mitch" Jones, age 89, of Sulphur Springs will be conducted at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, February 18, 2012. A military graveside service, under the direction of the Hopkins County Military Coalition, will follow at Tira Cemetery. Serving as pallbearers will be Tom Witt, Caleb Lewis, Kolton Jones, Rusty Story, Brian Story,...
Martha Stokley
Feb 14, 2012
Funeral services for Martha Jane Rushin Stokley, age 59, of Sulphur Springs will be conducted at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel, at 2:00 p.m., Friday, February 17, 2012, with Rev. Lee Huff officiating. Interment will follow at Mt. Sterling Cemetery, with Randy Rushin, Kyle Verner, Jay Rushin, Grant Perkins, Daniel Lewis, Joe Joiner and Donald Hopper serving as pallbearers. Visitation...
Flora Cain
Feb 10, 2012
Funeral services for Flora Cain, age 97, of Sulphur Springs will be conducted at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel, Monday, February 13, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. Interment will follow at City Cemetery with Lee Turner, Billy Turner, Josh Cain, Jerry Cain, Wesley Cain, Billy Joe Cain, Ryan Joyce, James Price and Jason Price serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be...
Patricia Vance
Feb 10, 2012
Patricia, or Pat, was born March 20, 1953, in Sulphur Springs, TX, the second of three children of Frances and Billy Ray Armstrong. She spent the beginning portion of her life in Sulphur Springs, where she attended public schools and graduated high school from Sulphur Springs High School. She became a world traveler after marrying her high school sweetheart,...
Lester Coker
Feb 1, 2012
Graveside services for Lester D. Coker, age 100, of Sulphur Springs will be conducted at Yantis Cemetery, at 11:00 a.m., Friday, February 3, 2012, with Rev. Kenneth Rhoades officiating. Mark Coker, Jeff Lee, Jake Ferrell, Adam Tadlock, Alan Hague, Catan Runyan and Cooper Lee will serve as pallbearers. Visitation will be Thursday, February 2, 2012 from 6- 8 p.m....
James Smith
Jan 30, 2012
Funeral services for James Earl Smith, age 71, of Como will be conducted at First United Pentecostal Church at 2:00 p.m., Friday, February 3, 2012, with Rev. James Anderson officiating. A military graveside service, under the direction of the Hopkins County Military Coalition, will follow at Greenpond Cemetery, Visitation will be from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Thursday, February...
Randy Baxley
Jan 29, 2012
Funeral services for Randy Ray Baxley, age 48, of Cumby will be conducted at Cornerstone Baptist Church in Cumby at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, February 1, 2012, with Rev. Jim Moore officiating. Interment will follow at Cumby Cemetery, with Scotty Almon, Mark George, Tony Lunceford, Donald Higginbothan, Doyle Potts and Bobby Stanbrough serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be Chuck...
Robert Wallace
Jan 28, 2012
Funeral services for Robert Benjamin Wallace, age 27, of Porter will be conducted at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel, at 1:00 p.m., Friday, February 3, 2012, with Rev. Randy Wallace officiating. Interment will follow at Reilly Springs, with Josey Hicks, Anthony Nash, Trenton Cook, Robert Hale,Josh Pawlik and Rory Myers serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be from 6:00 p.m. to...

Sidney King
Jan 25, 2012
A military graveside service, under the direction of the Hopkins County Military Coalition, will be conducted for Sidney King, age 88, of Dallas at Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Friday, January 27, 2012 at 3:00 p.m. There will be no formal visitation. Sidney King passed away at his residence Wednesday, January 25, 2012. He was born in Cumby on February 28,...

Christopher Birmingham
Jan 24, 2012
Funeral services for Christopher Junior Birmingham, 26, of Sulphur Springs, will be conducted at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel, at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, January 28, 2012, with Pastor Bob Whitten officiating. Interment will follow at Greenview Cemetery, with Jimmy Ray Birmingham, David Quinn, Charles Simpson, Brandon Woodard, Bradley Hill and Wendell Cooper serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be from 6:00...
Frankie Worley
Jan 21, 2012
Funeral Services for Frankie Worley, age 81 of Sulphur Springs will be 10:00 am, Tuesday January 24, 2012 at Murray-Orwosky Chapel with Rev. Charles Rawlinson and Rev. Edgar Clements officiating. Interment will follow in Restlawn Memorial Park with Harry Holley, Terry Holley, Earl Martin, Billy O'Brien, Howard Holley and Joe Worsham serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be the...
Lou Chapman
Jan 19, 2012
Lou Ann Boutwell Chapman passed away on Thursday, January 19, 2012, at Baylor Hospital in Dallas, TX. She was born to John Lee and Gladys Boutwell in Putnam, TX, on July 17, 1935. She was preceded in death by her parents, brother, John Boutwell, sister, Margie Rene and nephew, Roger Rene. She is survived by her husband, Lewis Chapman...