Obituaries
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Fredda Lackey
Aug 27, 2008
Fredda Lackey, age 59, of Little Rock, Arkansas, formerly of Hopkins County, passed away Wednesday afternoon, August 27, 2008, at Hopkins County Memorial Hospital. She was born in Shreveport, Louisiana, on November 16, 1948, the daughter of Fred and Virginia Sturdivant Prothro. She married Arthur Edward Lackey; he survives. Mrs. Lackey was a retired secretary to the dean of...
Bill Volk
Aug 26, 2008
Funeral services for Bill Volk, age 86, of Sulphur Springs, will be held at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel, at 1:00 p.m., Saturday, August 30, 2008. A military graveside service, under the direction of the Hopkins County Military Coalition, will follow at City Cemetery. Visitation will be 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Friday, August 29, 2008, at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home....

Helen Carter
Aug 25, 2008
Funeral services for Helen Carter, age 50, of Mt. Pleasant, formerly of Hopkins County, will be held at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel, at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, August 28, 2008. Interment will follow at Seymore Cemetery. Visitation will be 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Wednesday, August 27, 2008, at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home. Helen Carter passed away at Titus County Regional...
Kennith Dunn Jr.
Aug 21, 2008
Graveside services for Kennith Dunn, age 50, of Cumby, will be held at Shooks Chapel Cemetery, at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, August 24, 2008 with Bro. W. James Anderson officiating. Visitation will be held Saturday, August 23, 2008 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home. Mr. Dunn passed away Thursday afternoon, August 21, 2008 at his residence....
Gene Lampp
Aug 16, 2008
Funeral services for Gene Lampp, age 78, of Sulphur Springs, will be held at First Baptist Church, at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, August 19, 2008, with Dr. Bob McCartney and Rev. Fred Lewis officiating. A military graveside service will follow, under the direction of the Hopkins County Military Coalition, at Gafford Chapel Cemetery. Kevin Smithson, Wesley Smithson, Robert Harbin, Jared...

Tommy Bearden
Aug 7, 2008
A graveside service for Tommy Preston Bearden, age 30, of Winnsboro, formerly of Hopkins County, will be held at Hopewell Cemetery, at 2:00 p.m., Monday, August 11, 2008, with Brother Nub Brown officiating. Visitation will be 30 minutes before the service. Tommy Preston Bearden passed away Thursday morning, August 7, 2008, at East Texas Medical Center in Tyler. He...

Clovis Fox
Aug 7, 2008
A memorial service for Clovis Fox , age 80, of Sulphur Springs will be held at First United Methodist Church, at 3:00 p.m., Sunday, August 10, 2008, with Rev. Russell Floyd and Rev. Debbie Rigsby officiating. A private graveside service will be held at Restlawn Memorial Park prior to the service. There will be no formal visitation. Clovis Fox...

Ronnie Maynard
Aug 2, 2008
A memorial service for Ronnie Lee Maynard, age 55, of Sulphur Springs, will be held at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel, at 1:00 p.m., Wednesday, August 6, 2008, with Pastor Doyle Hayes officiating. There will be no formal visitation. Ronnie Lee passed away Saturday evening, August 2, 2008, in the East Texas Medical Center of Tyler. He was born in...

Larry Bunch
Aug 2, 2008
Funeral services for Larry Don Bunch, Sr., age 65, of Sulphur Springs, will be held at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel, at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, August 7, 2008, with Rev. Jack Bankhead officiating. Interment will follow at Mahoney Cemetery, with Darran Bunch, Gary Bunch, Joe Bunch, Lonnie Bunch, Brandon Bunch, Allen Bunch and Lanoy Swanson serving as pallbearers. Visitation will...
Larry Cameron
Aug 1, 2008
Larry Cameron passed away Friday, August 1, 2008 in Antlers, Oklahoma as the result of a motorcycle accident. He was born in Omaha, Nebraska on October 12, 1960, the son of Horace and Sarah Pace Cameron. Larry worked his adult life as a salesman and last worked for Hypro Corporation of New Brighton, MN. He was a deacon of...

Roger Friend
Jul 31, 2008
A visitation will be held for Roger Friend , age 67, of Cumby at Cumby Funeral Home, from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., Sunday, August 3, 2008. Roger Friend passed away Thursday afternoon, July 31, 2008, at Paris Regional Medical Center. He was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa, on January 8, 1941, the son of Herman and Patricia Terry...

Louise Titsworth
Jul 30, 2008
Funeral services for Louise Titsworth, age 84, of Sulphur Springs, will be held at 10:00 a.m., Friday, August 1, 2008, at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel, with Shane Carrington officiating. Interment will follow at Peerless Cemetery, with Danny Evans, Thurman Littlefield, Randy McCoy, Kenneth Taylor, Roy Roach and William Sims serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be held one hour prior...

Guy Davis
Jul 29, 2008
A military graveside service, under the direction of the Hopkins County Military Coalition, for Guy Davis, age 81, of Campbell, formerly of Hopkins County, will be held at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, July 31, 2008, at Restlawn Memorial Park. Visitation will be from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Wednesday, at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home. Guy Davis passed away Tuesday morning, July...

Michael Hill
Jul 29, 2008
Graveside services for Michael J. Hill of Lone Oak, formerly of Hopkins County, will be held at 10:00 am, Thursday, July 31, 2008, at Sunny Point Cemetery with Rev. David Combast officiating. Visitation will be 30 minutes before the service, at the cemetery. Michael J. Hill passed away Tuesday, July 29, 2008 at his residence. He was born on...

John Griffin
Jul 27, 2008
John F. Griffin, Jr., age 80, of Lone Oak, formerly of Hopkins County, passed away Sunday afternoon, July 27, 2008, at Hopkins County Memorial Hospital.
Ronald Eckstrom
Jul 23, 2008
Memorial service for Ronald John Eckstrom, 75, of Sulphur Springs will be held 3:00 p.m. Saturday, July 26, 2008 at the Hopkins County Civic Center with Jim Burch officiating. No formal visitation. Carl John Ronald Eckstrom passed away Thursday, July 23, 2008 at his residence. He was born in Minneapolis, MN on February 23, 1933, the son of Carl...
Verna Barnes
Jul 17, 2008
Funeral services for Verna Barnes, age 83, of Grandview, formerly of Hopkins County, will be held at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel, at 11:00 a.m, Monday, July 21, 2008, with Steve Handley and Buddy Fry officiating. Interment will follow at Mahoney Cemetery, with Gene Neal, Mike Phipps, Charles Phipps, Dale Phipps, Larry Pettit and Bobby Barnes serving as pallbearers. Visitation...
Norman Stephens
Jul 15, 2008
Funeral arrangements for Norman "Buddy" Stephens, age 68, of Sulphur Bluff, will be held at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel, at 10:00 a.m., Thursday, June 17, 2008, with Keith Kilmer officiating. Interment will follow at Nelta Cemetery, with Trey Clark, Joe Singel, Chris Allen, Chad Stephens, Brad Stephens and George Nichols serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be 6:00 p.m. to...

Charlie DeBord
Jul 11, 2008
Funeral services for Charlie DeBord, age 89, of Richardson, formerly of Sulphur Springs, will be held at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, July 16, 2008, in the Myra Wilson Chapel, with Rev. B. J. Teer officiating. A military graveside service, under the direction of the Hopkins County Military Coalition, will follow at City Cemetery. Serving as pallbearers will be Jake DeBord,...

Rodney Rawls
Jul 10, 2008
A memorial service for Rodney Rawls, age 63, of Sulphur Springs, will be held at 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, July 15, 2008 at Wesley Methodist Church. No formal visitation is planned. Mr. Rawls' family has donated his body to science through Life Legacy. Rodney Rawls, age 63, of Sulphur Springs, passed away Thursday morning, July 10, 2008 at his residence....