Obituaries

Sep 22, 2020

Graveside service for Billie Dean Chester, age 93, of Sulphur Springs will be held at 1:30 P.M. on Friday, September 25, 2020 at Sulphur Bluff Cemetery with Kevin Chester officiating. Visitation will be held from 11 to 1 P.M prior to the service at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home.   Billie Dean passed away at Christus Mother Frances Hospital in Sulphur Springs...

Sep 20, 2020

Funeral service for Wilbert Cruz Sr, age 43, of Winnsboro will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 26, 2020 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Miranda officiating. Visitation following funeral service until 5p.m. at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home. Mr. Cruz passed away Sunday September 20, 2020, at CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Tyler.

Wilbert Cruz,...

Sep 18, 2020

Funeral service for Larry Mabe, age 75, of Greenview, will be held at 2:00 p.m. Monday, September 21, 2020 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Chapel with Mark Garrett officiating. Interment will follow at Greenview Cemetery with Clint Glasner, Joey Hegseth, Milton Ragan, Corey Voorheese, Jeff Seiber, and Blake Dicken serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be Don Petty, James Watts, J.W....

Sep 18, 2020

A memorial visitation for Randall Bryan Wright, age 47, of Como will be held on Friday, September 25th, from 12-2 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home.  Randall passed away Friday, September 18th, at his residence in Como.

Randall was born on August 25, 1973 in Sulphur Springs to Randy Wright and Janie Shaw.  He was a 1992 graduate of North...

Sep 17, 2020

Funeral service for Harold Daniel, age 90, of Sulphur Springs will be held at 2:00 P.M. at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Chapel on Sunday, September 20, 2020 with Adam Teer officiating.  Interment with Military Honors will follow at Restlawn Memorial Park with Kim Kenney, Adam Kenney, Eric Bergeron, Clay Daniel, Trent Daniel and Derek Burgess serving as pallbearers.  His grandchildren and...

Sep 16, 2020

Funeral service for Geneva Smith, age 87, of Sulphur Springs, will be held at 1:00 P.M. on Saturday, September 26, 2020 at Greater Emanuel Baptist Church with Pastor D.K. Young officiating.  Interment will follow at Rocky Ford Cemetery in Roxton, TX with Anthony Brooks, William Earl Ausbie, Sr., James, Bobby Ausbie, Donald Hollins, Jr., Trenton Hearn, and William Earl...

Sep 12, 2020

Helen Margaret Miller TenNaple, age 94, of Emory TX, passed away on Saturday, September 12, 2020 at Rock Creek Nursing Home, Sulphur Springs, TX.  A graveside memorial service at Green Cemetery in Marion Township, MI will be held at a later date.

Helen was born on April 4, 1926 in Barrytown, Michigan.  She graduated from Howell High...

Sep 9, 2020

Funeral service for H.C. Fouse, age 84, of Sulphur Springs, will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Sunday, September 13, 2020 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Chapel with Pastor Jason Conner officiating.  Interment will follow at Posey Cemetery with Billy Huskey Jr., Jeremy Chester, Christian Huskey, Kevin Back, Julio Hernandez and Preston O’Neal serving as pallbearers.  Visitation will be held one hour...

Sep 6, 2020

A memorial service for Sharon Hohhertz, age 70, of Sulphur Springs, are pending at this time. Sharon peacefully fell asleep in death at her home Sunday morning, September 6, 2020.

Sharon was born in Ardmore, OK on June 20, 1950.  She was one of five children born to Amos and Doris Price. She grew up in Graham,...

Sep 6, 2020

Glenda Kay Hall, age 75, went to be with her Lord on September 6, 2020. She was at peace in her home and surrounded by family. Born on January 29, 1945 in Arden, AR, she was the daughter of the late C.W. and Deffie Matilda Moss. She is preceded in glory by her parents, her brother Ronald Cobb, and...

Sep 3, 2020

Dean Allen Rookwood, age 57, of Emory, TX will not have any services at this time. Dean passed away on Thursday September 3, 2020 at his residence, in Emory, TX.

Dean was born on October 23, 1962 in Ventura, CA to Dickerson Samuel and Marcia Lou Rookwood. He worked as a security guard, proudly served in the...

Sep 1, 2020

Funeral service for A.D. Cupp, age 90, of Saltillo, will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Saturday, September 5, 2020 at Weaver Baptist Church with Bro. Tom Friday officiating and Bro. Vern Hawkins assisting.  Interment will follow at New Pickton Cemetery with Tommy Maly, Jonah Schumpert, Doug Scott, Bobby Boyte, Blake Joslin, Jeff Boyte, Jay Boyte, and Scott Boyte...

Aug 31, 2020

Funeral services for Travis Hooten, age 77, of Mahoney, will be held on Thursday, September 3, 2020 at 2:00 pm at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home with Rev. C.J. Duffey officiating. Internment will take place at Old Tarrant Cemetery following the services with Jay Butler, Gerald Holland, Troy Cotten, Jamie Jordan, Timmy Cotten, Mike Hooten, and Jamie Fite serving as pallbearers....

Aug 30, 2020

Stephen Calvin Brown of Sulphur Springs passed away on Sunday afternoon, August 30th, at Christus Trinity Mother Frances Hospital. He was 78 years old.

Mr. Brown was born October 28, 1941 in St. Louis, Missouri. His birth parents were Burt Maskill Jack, Jr. and Mary Elizabeth Johnson. His original name was Burt Maskill Jack III. He was...

Aug 30, 2020

Graveside service for Claude Marie-Therese Cook, age 85, of Sulphur Springs will be held at 10:00 A.M on Wednesday, September 2, 2020 at Restlawn Memorial Park with C.J Duffey officiating.  There will be no formal visitation.  Claude went to be with the Lord on August 30, 2020.

Claude was born November 7, 1934 in Nancy, France to...

Aug 30, 2020

Graveside service for Susie Buchanan, age 94, will be held at 11:00 AM on Saturday, September 12, 2020, at Sulphur Springs City Cemetery with Buddy Wiggins officiating.  There will be no formal visitation.  Mrs. Buchanan passed away on Sunday, August 30, 2020, at Villa Fontana Memory Care in San Jose, CA.

Susie was born on February 14,...

Aug 28, 2020

Jackie Karem Maddox of Seaford, Delaware, passed away August 28, 2020. He was born on January 30, 1936 in Sulphur Springs, Texas and was the son of Clyde and Ruby Maddox who preceded him in death.

After graduating from Sulphur Springs High School, Jack attended two years of college at East Texas State Teachers College in Commerce,...

Aug 28, 2020

Private family service for Ronnie Irvin, age 74, of Sulphur Springs will be held on Monday, August 31, 2020 at Sulphur Springs City Cemetery with Dr. Jeff Gravens officiating and Rev. Fred Lewis assisting and  Kevin Monk, Silas Graham, Rad Weaver, Carter Monk, Collins Weaver and Silas Graham Jr. serving as pallbearers. There will be no formal visitation.   Mr....

Aug 25, 2020

A memorial service for Vince Bizzell, age 54, of Sulphur Springs will be held at a later date. Vince passed away Tuesday, August 25, 2020 at Christus Mother Frances in Sulphur Springs, TX.

Vince Bizzell was born May 28, 1966 in Hobbs, NM to Roger and Bobbie Bizzell. He worked in the oil field, loved to fish,...

Aug 23, 2020

Funeral services for Mary Ann Wheeler, age 85, of Sulphur Springs, will be held on Tuesday, August 25 at 10:00 am at First Baptist Church, Sulphur Springs, Texas with Dr. Jeff Gravens and Rev. Fred Lewis officiating. Internment will take place at Restlawn Memorial Park Cemetery following the services with Jason Glenn, Nicholas Glenn, Zachary Glenn, Dustin Winn, Whitney...