Obituaries

Nov 22, 2020

Graveside service for Joe Wayne “Papaw” Jordan, age 94, of Sulphur Springs will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Wednesday, November 25, 2020 at Pontotoc Cemetery, Pontotoc, Oklahoma.  There will be no formal visitation.  Mr. Jordan passed away on Sunday, November 22, 2020.

Joe was born on September 1, 1926 in Fitzhugh, OK to John and Estelle...

Nov 21, 2020

Wayford Clyde “Butch” McIllwain

December 31, 1941 to November 21, 2020

Last Saturday, Butch McIllwain, took his last earthly breath and woke in the presence of his Lord, surrounded by all his beloved family and friends in heaven.

You see, wherever Butch was, that was where the party was. God gave him a...

Nov 20, 2020

Visitation for Marlene Kay Icenhower, age 60, of Sulphur Springs, will be held from 5:00 to 7:00 P.M. on Tuesday, November 24, 2020 at Murray Orwosky Funeral Home.   Ms. Icenhower passed away Friday, November 20,2020 at her home.

She was born on June 13, 1960, in Fort Stockton, TX, the daughter of Billy Ray Hatley and Rosie Katie...

Nov 20, 2020

Graveside service with military honors for Kenneth Gaines, age 79, of Cumby will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Monday, November 23, 2020 at Cumby Cemetery. There will be no formal visitation. Mr. Gaines passed away on Friday, November 20, 2020 at Christus Mother Frances Hospital, Sulphur Springs.

Kenneth was born on January 16, 1941 in Hopkins...

Nov 19, 2020

Funeral service for Phil Gamblin, age 69, of Como will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Sunday, November 22, 2020 at First Baptist Church- Sanctuary, Sulphur Springs.  Interment will follow at Como Cemetery.  Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 PM on Saturday, November 21, 2020 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Chapel. Mr. Gamblin passed away on Thursday, November 19,...

Nov 19, 2020

Funeral service for Jack Perkins, Sr. age 76, of Pickton will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Monday, November 23, 2020 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Chapel.  Interment will follow at Weaver Cemetery.  Visitation will be held on Sunday night from 6 to 8 P.M. at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Chapel.  Mr. Perkins passed away on Thursday, November 19, 2020.

Jack...

Nov 19, 2020

No Funeral service will be held at this time. Mr. Donaho passed away Thursday November 19, 2020, at Christus Mother Francis Hospital in Sulphur Springs, TX.

Jerry Donaho was born December 8, 1943 in Poteet, Texas to James Newton Donaho and Christine LaRue Rylander. Mr. Donaho married Pat Donaho on May 11,1963 in San Marcos, TX. He...

Nov 17, 2020

Graveside service for Zenobia King, age 94, of Cooper will be held at 1:00 P.M. on Saturday, November 21, 2020.  Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 P.M. on Friday, November 20, 2020 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home.  Mrs. King passed away peacefully at the age of 94 on Tuesday, November 17, 2020.

Born September 4, 1926 in...

Nov 15, 2020

Graveside service for Ardith Luckey, age 90, of Cumby, TX will be held at 11:00 A.M on Thursday, November 19, 2020 at Peerless Cemetery.  Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 P.M. on Wednesday, November 18, 2020 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Chapel.  Ms. Luckey passed away on Sunday, November 15, 2020 at Carriage House Manor, Sulphur Springs. TX.

Nov 11, 2020

Earnest Fred Williamson passed away the morning of November 11, 2020:  Veterans Day.  He was born January 28, 1930, in Norphlet, Arkansas. He was the younger of two sons born to Annie Mae (Davidson) and X.O. Clayton Williamson. His childhood years were spent in Arkansas and southern Louisiana.  On August, 2, 1948, at the age of 18, he enlisted...

Nov 10, 2020

Funeral service for Gerald Burnett, age 73, of Sulphur Springs will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Sunday, November 15, 2020 at Trinity Harvest Church of God, Sulphur Springs with Bro Jason Conner officiating and Brett Burnett assisting. Interment will follow at Shooks Chapel with Tony Colley, Barry Waters, Brett Burnett, Don Evans and Jeff Brown serving as pallbearers...

Nov 9, 2020

Funeral service for Judy Reed, age 71, of Sulphur Bluff will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Thursday, November 12, 2020 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Chapel with Bro. Rick Richardson officiating.  Interment will follow at Sulphur Bluff with Dalton Kueckelhan, Cody Wingfield, Chuck Reed, Gary Nichols, Gerald Coyle and Shane Reed serving as pallbearers. Canyon Kueckelhan and Dylan Halliday serving...

Nov 8, 2020

Graveside service for Timothy Nelson, age 64, of Sulphur Springs, will be held at 3:00 P.M. on Wednesday, November 11, 2020 at Emblem Cemetery.    There will be no formal visitation.  Mr. Nelson passed away on November 8, 2020 in Sulphur Springs, Texas.

Nov 4, 2020

A Memorial service for Jim Lewman, age 68, of Sulphur Springs, will be held at 2:00p.m. Monday, November 9, 2020 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel. Jim Lewman passed away Wednesday, November 4, 2020 at Christus Mother Frances Hospital in Sulphur Springs, Texas.

Jim Lewman was born December 27, 1951 in Houston, Texas to Ray Lewman and Margie...

Nov 3, 2020

Jeannie Jones, 93, of Cooper, TX passed away peacefully at home with her family by her side on Tuesday, November 3, 2020.

Jeannie was born in Winnamac, IN on February 13, 1927 to Hugh Baker and Mae Hoesel. She work for an Attonery service and had a long life passion for horses and loved her dachshund dog,...

Nov 2, 2020

Memorial services for Raymond McDonald, 57, of Dike, TX will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Saturday, November 7, 2020 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Chapel with Shane Carrington officiating. A graveside service will follow at Nelta Cemetery with Shane Henderson, Jordon Stanley, Jeremy Coberley, Vance McDonald, Lonnie McDonald, Jason Patton, Shawn Phillips, Casey Phillips, John Erwin, James Parmer, Justin Parmer,...

Nov 2, 2020

Gary L. Griffin, 79, of Sulphur Springs, TX passed away peacefully at home with his family by his side on Monday, November 2, 2020.

Gary was born in Minot, ND on March 24, 1941.  Following high school in Montana, he moved to Dallas, TX where he met and married his wife of 60 years, Norma Sue (Hooker)...

Nov 1, 2020

Funeral service for Laverne Kenney Daniel, age 89, of Sulphur Springs, TX will be held at 2:0 P.M. on Sunday, November 8, 2020, at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Chapel with Adam Teer officiating.  Interment will follow at Restlawn Cemetery with Kim Kenney, Blake Nolen, Eric Bergeron, Clay Daniel, Trent Daniel and Derek Burgess serving as pallbearers and grandchildren and great grandchildren...

Oct 28, 2020

Funeral service for Glendale Tucker, age 87, of Cumby will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Monday, November 2, 2020 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Chapel with Bob Woodworth and Randy Hicks officiating.  Interment with will follow at Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Cumby.  Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 PM on Sunday, November 1, 2020 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Chapel.  Mr....

Oct 28, 2020

Visitation for Utley “Lea” Carlton Nowlin, age 76, of Dike, TX will be held from 6 to 8 P.M. on Friday, November 6, 2020 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Chapel.  Utley passed away on Wednesday, October 28, 2020 at her home under the care of Choice Hospice of Sulphur Springs.

Utley Carlton Nowlin was born on August 21, 1944...