Obituaries

Sep 1, 2017

Funeral service for Juanita King, age 86, of Dallas will be held at 10:30 A.M. on Wednesday, September 6, 2017 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home; visitation will be at 10:00 am. Randy Reagan will officiate. Interment will follow services at Pleasant Grove Cemetery in Cumby with Douglas Jones, Bill Algood, Gavin Fields, Don Algood, Daniel Algood and Stephen Algood serving...

Sep 1, 2017

Funeral service for Billy Martin Emerson, age 56, of Sulphur Bluff will be held at 10:00 A.M. on Tuesday, September 5, 2017 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home with Pastor Kenneth Rhoades officiating. Interment will follow at Sulphur Bluff Cemetery with Kirk Reams, Matt Smith, Lance Smith, Daniel Shackleford, and Jared Smith serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be held on Monday,...

Aug 30, 2017

Funeral service for Ava Jean Birmingham, age 85, of Garland, Texas will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Friday, September 1, 2017 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Chapel, Sulphur Springs with Randy Daw officiating. Interment will follow at Greenview Cemetery with Matt Coker, Charles Foreman, Charles Amyx, Rick Coker, Jacob Hall and Sonny Taylor serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be held...

Aug 29, 2017

Funeral service for Bobbie Woodard, age 88, of Miller Grove, TX will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Thursday, August 31, 2017 at County Line Baptist Church, Miller Grove with Pastor Mark Garrett officiating. Interment will follow at Clifton Cemetery with Chad Neal, Brad Neal, Trenton Neal, Mac Garrett, Brady Neal, Brett Garrett, Mark Garrett and Cole Middleton serving...

Aug 26, 2017

Graveside service for Patricia M. Crowder, age 93, of Sulphur Springs will be held at 12:00 P.M. on Tuesday, August 29, 2017 at I.O.O.F Cemetery with B.J. Teer officiating. There will be no visitation. Mrs. Crowder, passed away Saturday, August 26, 2017, at Christus Mother Frances Hospital in Sulphur Springs. Patricia was born to Burl C.Thomas and Elizabeth Francis...

Aug 25, 2017

Graveside service for Martha Ross, age 76, of Wills Point, Texas will be held at 10:00 A.M. on Tuesday, August 29, 2017 at Shiloh Cemetery with Charles Rawlinson officiating. There will be no formal visitation. Ms. Ross, passed away Friday, August 25, 2017, in Venus, Texas.

Martha Ann Ross was born on February 14, 1941 in Commerce,...

Aug 24, 2017

Funeral service for Kathleen Bandy, age 95, of Sulphur Springs will be held at 10:00 A.M. on Monday, August 28, 2017 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Chapel with Rev. Fred Lewis officiating. Interment will follow at Restlawn Cemetery, Sulphur Springs, Texas. Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 P.M on Sunday, August 27, 2017 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home. Ms. Bandy,...

Aug 22, 2017

Funeral service for Johnnie “J.P.” Emerline, age 78, of Sulphur Springs will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Saturday, August 26, 2017, at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Chapel with Daniel Olsen officiating. Interment will follow at Pilgrim’s Rest #1, Emory, Texas with Roy Spence, Wendal Clawson, David Padilla, Claude Criswell, Jerry Dodd and David Dodd serving as pallbearers and David Emerline,...

Aug 20, 2017

Funeral services for Walter Glenn “Tucker” Mattison, age 84, of Como, will be held at 2 P.M. on Wednesday, August 23, 2017 at Como Methodist Church in Como, TX with visitation one hour prior to the service. Mr. Mattison passed away on Sunday, August 20, 2017, at Carriage House Manor, Sulphur Springs. Tucker was born on April 7, 1933...

Aug 15, 2017

Funeral service for Mildred Allison, age 91, of Sulphur Springs will be held at 3 P.M. on Saturday, August 19, 2017 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Chapel with Pastor John Tandy officiating. Interment will follow at Conner Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Friday, August 18, 2017 from 6 to 8 P.M. at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home. Mrs. Allison, passed away Tuesday,...

Aug 14, 2017

Memorial service for Rod Bartley, age 58, of Yantis, Texas will be held at 11 A.M. on Friday, August 18, 2017 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Chapel with Pastor Benny Chaffin officiating. Serving as honorary pallbearers will be Jeff Callan, Frank Thompson, Wesley Miller, Michael Davis, Billy Bob Stewart and Jeff Godfrey. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the...

Aug 11, 2017

There will be a Celebration of Life for Miss Sang Ok Cha, age 86 of Sulphur Springs, Texas on Saturday, April 21, 2018 at 10:30 am in the Tyler Ross Garden 420 Rose Park Tyler, Texas 75702 Her friends are all welcome We will meet in the meditation garden near the pagoda. Ms. Cha passed away on Friday, August...

Aug 11, 2017

Brenda Dean Boles passed away peaceably on August 11th at her home in Ajijic, Jalisco. Mexico where she had lived for the past eight years. Visitation will be at 10:00 AM on Saturday, August 19th at Murray- Orwosky Funeral Home. Graveside services will be held at Lynch Cemetery in East Tawakoni following visitation at 12:00 with Travis Aven and...

Aug 11, 2017

Sonia Renee Arnold was born on November 23, 1981 in Garland, Texas to Jamey Lee Arnold and Laura Kay (Newsom) Reynolds. She was a landscaper.

She is survived by her son, Sean Hensley; mother Laura Reynolds; father, Jamey Arnold and wife Karen; stepmother, Rose Arnold; sisters, Crystal Arnold and husband Brandon Heineman, Jamey Rose Arnold; step-sister, Ashley...

Aug 11, 2017

Funeral services for Casey Lynn Phillips Polk, age 25, of Sulphur Springs, will be held at 3:00 p.m. Tuesday, August 15, 2017 at Lake Fork Baptist Church with Elder Troy Phillips and Elder Bryce Lowrance officiating and Joshua Alexander, Kody Polk, Lonnie Cook, Jonathan Attaway, Luis Gamez, John Garrett serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers are Jacob McClain, Welton Pickering,...

Aug 9, 2017

Memorial Service for Willie Fay Townsend, age 80, of McCall Creek, Mississippi will be held at a later date. Ms. Townsend passed away on Wednesday, August 9, 2017 in Sulphur Springs, TX.

Willie Fay “Pickett” Townsend was born in McCall Creek, Mississippi on December 19, 1936, the daughter of Jewel and Mae “Davis” Pickett. She was a...

Aug 7, 2017

Joe Thurman Attlesey was born on June 14, 1939 in Shreveport, LA to Joe Eddie and Norma Fay (Byles) Attlesey. He married Emilia Munoz in San Antonio on August 10, 1985. Joe served in the Air Force Reserves, worked for USAA printing services for 36 years and was a member of St. James Catholic Church.

He is...

Aug 7, 2017

Agnes Laverne Ponder was born on August 19, 1923 in Garden Valley, Texas, the daughter of Edgar Allen and Minnie Lavada (McPhail) Wright. She married Edgar “Red” Ponder in Rockwall, TX on August 19, 1944. Agnes was a retired owner of Ponder’s Café and The Steakhouse. Agnes was a member of First United Methodist Church.

She is...

Aug 4, 2017

Sam Ray Hershey was born on July 11, 1930 in Hereford Texas to Horace and Juanita Hershey, the oldest of three boys. Throughout his life he served others, as a Boy Scout, where he achieved the rank of Life Scout, he helped prepare meals for victims of tornadoes. He was active in Bible Chair at Texas Tech University, from...

Aug 4, 2017

Thomas Jennings, age 79, of Sulphur Springs, passed away Friday, August 4, 2017, at Baylor Hospital, Plano, TX. Memorial Services will be held at a later date. There will be no formal visitation. Thomas Mack Jennings, was born on May 13, 1938, the son of Travis Murel and Ada Christine (Jenkins) Jennings, in Sulphur Springs, Texas. Mack was in...