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News Items from Palestine Herald Press

March 2010

Publication Date Description of News Item
3/2/2010 Obituary for Joye B. Watson, 92. Graveside services were held Monday, March 1, 2010. Arrangements were under the direction of Bailey & Foster Funeral Home, Palestine.
3/2/2010 Death Notice for Mary Anne Stringham. Funeral arrangements are pending at Bailey & Foster Funeral Home, Palestine.
3/2/2010 Death Notice for Peter (Pete) Fitts, 73, of Palestine. Services will be Thursday at Bailey & Foster Chapel. Burial will be March 8 at Dallas/Fort Worth National Cemetery.
3/2/2010 Death Notice for Valerie Denise Bryant, 50, of Houston. Services were Monday at avant AME Church in Teague. Burial followed in Avant Cemetery in Teague under the direction of Emanuel Funeral Home, Teague.
3/2/2010 Death Notice for Jessie B. Shepherd, 92, of Grapeland. Funeral arrangements are pending at Emanuel Funeral Home, Crockett.
3/2/2010 Death Notice for Matilda Allen Tippens, 93, of Fairfield. Arrangements are pending at Emanuel Funeral Home, Teague.
3/3/2010 Obituary for "Pete" Fitts, 73, of Palestine. Services will be Thursday at Bailey & Foster Chapel. Burial will be at noon Monday, March 8 at Dallas/Fort Worth National Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Bailey & Foster.
3/3/2010 Death Notice for Sonya Seevers, 21, of Broaddus. Services will be Friday at Freedom Tabernacle. Burial will be in Parker Cemetery in Flo.
3/3/2010 Death Notice for Mary Anne Stringham, 62, of Palestine. Memorial services will be Friday at Bailey & Foster Chapel in Palestine.
3/3/2010 Death Notice for Marie Smith Overton, 82. Services will be Friday at South Union Missionary Baptist Church. Burial will follow at Mason Cemetery under the direction of McCoy Funeral Home.
3/4/2010 Obituary for Robert McSwain, 64, of Palestine. Services will be Saturday at Herrington/Land of Memory Chapel. Burial will follow in Land of Memory Cemetery.
3/4/2010 Obituary for Sonya Seevers, 21, of Broaddus. Services will be Friday at Freedom Tabernacle. Burial will be in Parker Cemetery in Flo.
3/4/2010 Obituary for Mary Anne Stringham, 63, of Palestine. Memorial services will be Friday at Bailey & Foster Chapel, Palestine. Arrangements are under the direction of Bailey & Foster Funeral Home, Palestine.
3/4/2010 Death Notice for Nolan McCoy, 60. Services will be Saturday at Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church. Burial will follow at Fort Houston Cemetery under the direction of McCoy Funeral Home.
3/4/2010 Death Notice for Dimple Davis, 90. Services will be Saturday at Smith Chapel Church of God in Christ. Burial will follow at Memorial Cemetery under the direction of McCoy Funeral Home.
3/4/2010 Death Notice for Maydell Gibson Alexander, 97. Services will be Saturday at Tucker Church of Christ. Burial will be at Magnolia Cemetery under the direction of McCoy Funeral Home.
3/5/2010 Obituary for Robert Guy Griffith Jr., 34. Funeral services were Friday, Mar. 5, 2010 at Fisher Funeral Home in Denison. Interment followed in Georgetown Cemetery in Pottsboro.
3/5/2010 Obituary for Robert McSwain, 64, of Palestine. Services will be Saturday at Herrington/Land of Memory Chapel. Burial will follow in Land of Memory Cemetery.
3/5/2010 Death Notice for Matilda Ann Tippens, 93, of Fairfield. Services will be Saturday at Fairfield No. 1 Church of God in Christ. Burial will follow in Shiloh Cemetery in the Butler community under the direction of Emanuel Funeral Home, Teague.
3/7/2010 Obituary for Lawrence "Larry" Larkin, 79 of Grapeland. Services will be today at Evergreen Chapel. Burial will follow in Evergreen Cemetery under the direction of Bailey & Foster.
3/7/2010 Death Notice for Henry Paul Richey, 74, formerly of Palestine. Arrangements are pending at Bailey & Foster Funeral Home, Palestine.
3/7/2010 Death Notice for Halbert Davis Jr., 67 of Elkhart. Services will be Monday at Higher Ground Life Builders International. Burial will follow at Pilgrim Cemetery under direction of McCoy Funeral Home.
3/7/2010 Death Notice for Bonnie Black Edens, 62, of Dallas and formerly of Palestine. Arrangements are pending at McCoy Funeral Home.
3/7/2010 Death Notice for Lorene McKenzie, 79, of Elkhart. Funeral arrangements are pending at McCoy Funeral Home.
3/9/2010 Obituary for Henry Paul Richey, 73, formerly of Montalba. Graveside services will be Wednesday at Roselawn Park. Arrangements are under the direction of Bailey & Foster Funeral Home, Palestine.
3/9/2010 Obituary for Frankye Evelyn Johnson, 90, of Houston. Funeral services will be Thursday at Memorial Oaks Funeral Home on Katy Freeway, Houston, TX. Interment will follow at Memorial Oaks Cemetery.
3/9/2010 Death Notice for Clifford Moseley, 58, of Tyler. Graveside services will be Saturday at Olive Branch Cemetery in Brushy Creek.
3/9/2010 Death Notice for Hazel Lacy, 83, of Palestine. Services will be Wednesday at Gen. George Brown Chapel at Emanuel Funeral Home in Palestine. Burial will be at Fort Houston Cemetery under the direction of Emanuel Funeral Home, Palestine.
3/9/2010 Death Notice for Donald C. Dodge, 75. Services were today at First United Methodist Church in Marshall. Interment followed in Colonial Gardens Cemetery under the direction of Downs Funeral Home.
3/9/2010 Death Notice for Charles Lightfoot, 84, of Magnolia. Arrangements are pending at Herrington/Land of Memory Funeral Home.
3/10/2010 Death Notice for Ginger Lynn Elrod, 35, of Tyler. Memorial services will be Saturday at Herrington/Land of Memory Funeral Home Chapel.
3/11/2010 Obituary for Charles Lightfoot, 84, of Magnolia. Services will be Saturday at Herrington/Land of Memory Funeral Home.
3/11/2010 Death Notice for Lorene J. McKenzie, 79. Memorial services will be Saturday at Jehovah's Witness Kingdom Hall. All arrangements are under the direction of McCoy Funeral Home.
3/11/2010 Obituary for Venita Lynn "Big Vee" Young, 42. Services will be Saturday at Stop Six church of Christ in Fort Worth. Burial will follow at Cedar Hill Memorial Park under the direction of Morris-Bates Mortuary.
3/11/2010 Obituary for Stanley Gene Williams, 54. Services will be held Saturday at Eubank Funeral Chapel in Canton.
3/11/2010 Death Notice for Bonnie Black Edens, 62. Services will be Saturday at Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church. Burial will follow at Foster Cemetery under the direction of McCoy Funeral Home.
3/11/2010 Death Notice for Ginger Lynn Elrod, 35 of Tyler. Memorial services will be Saturday at Herrington/Land of Memory Funeral Home Chapel.
3/12/2010 Obituary for Charles Lightfoot, 84, of Magnolia. Services will be Saturday at Herrington/Land of Memory Funeral Home.
3/12/2010 Obituary for Ginger Lynn Elrod, 35, of Tyler, and formerly of Palestine. A memorial service will be Saturday at Herrington/Land of Memory Funeral Home in Palestine.
3/12/2010 Death Notice for James L. Shepherd, 75 of Grapeland. Services will be Saturday at Rising Star Missionary Baptist Church in Grapeland. Burial will be at Golden Gate Cemetery in Grapeland under the direction of Emanuel Funeral Home, Crockett.
3/12/2010 Death Notice for Margaret Jett, 85, of Elkhart. Graveside services will be Saturday at Palestine City Cemetery under the direction of Herrington/Land of Memory Funeral Home.
3/14/2010 Obituary for Vivian I. Valentine, 95, of Athens. Services will be Monday at Hannigan Smith Funeral Home of Athens. Interment will follow at Liberty Cemetery in Anderson County.
3/14/2010 Death Notice for Tommy Frank Smith, 67 of Frankston. Memorial services will be today at Balentine Family Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Bailey & Foster Funeral Home in Palestine.
3/16/2010 Obituary for Velma M. LeCompte Melton, 89, of Elkhart. Services will be at Antioch Missionary Baptist Church, Palestine. Burial will be at Fields Chapel Cemetery, Palestine.
3/16/2010 Death Notice for James Oren "J. O." Kirkwood, Sr., 88 of Palestine. Services are pending at Bailey & Foster Funeral Home, Palestine.
3/16/2010 Obituary for Howard Smith Hackett, 80, of Palestine. Services will be Wednesday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Burial will follow at Cedar Creek Cemetery with arrangements under the direction of Bailey & Foster, Palestine.
3/16/2010 Obituary for John Edward Saunders, 57, of Elkhart. Services will be Wednesday at Bailey & Foster Chapel. Burial will follow in Pilgrim Cemetery with arrangements under the direction of Bailey & Foster.
3/16/2010 Obituary for Jiliette Nott, 85, of Palestine. Memorial services will be Wednesday at Herrington/Land of Memory Chapel.
3/16/2010 Obituary for Willie Hassell, 106, of Palestine. Services will be Wednesday at Bailey & Foster Chapel. Burial will follow in Fields Chapel Cemetery with arrangements under the direction of Bailey & Foster, Palestine.
3/17/2010 Death Notice for John Edward Saunders, 57, of Elkhart. Services were held today at Bailey & Foster Chapel. Burial followed in Pilgrim cemetery with arrangements by Bailey & Foster.
3/17/2010 Death Notice for Juliette Nott, 85 of Palestine. Memorial services were held today at Herrington/Land of Memory Chapel.
3/17/2010 Death Notice for Willie Hassell, 106, of Palestine. Services were today at Bailey & Foster Chapel. Burial followed in Fields Chapel Cemetery with arrangements under the direction of Bailey & Foster, Palestine.
3/17/2010 Death Notice for Howard Smith Hackett, 80, of Palestine. Services were held today at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Burial followed in Cedar Creek Cemetery with arrangements under the direction of Bailey & Foster, Palestine.
3/17/2010 Obituary for James Oren "J.O." Kirkwood Sr. Services will be Thursday at Crawford Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Bailey & Foster.
3/18/2010 Death Notice for Willie Estene Gibson Turner, 71, of Oakwood. Services will be Saturday at First Baptist Church of Fairfield. Burial will follow at Shiloh Cemetery in Butler community.
3/18/2010 Death Notice for James Kirkwood, 88, of Elkhart. Services will be today at Crawford Cemetery, under the direction of Bailey & Foster.
3/18/2010 Obituary for Sam Abe Elrod Jr., 66, of Palestine. Graveside services will be Friday at Liberty Hill Cemetery near Frankston. Arrangements are under the direction of Herrington/Land of Memory Funeral Home.
3/18/2010 Death Notice for Celestine Thompson, 62. Funeral arrangements are pending at McCoy Funeral Home.
3/18/2010 Death Notice for Evelyn Esther Gehres, 100, of Palestine. Memorial services will be Saturday at Greenbrier Nursing Center. Arrangements are under the direction of Bailey & Foster Funeral Home, Palestine.
3/18/2010 Death Notice for Rebekah Ann Lee, 64, of Palestine. Arrangements are pending at Herrington/Land of Memory Funeral Home.
3/18/2010 Death Notice for Clyde O. Quinton, 86, of Palestine. Memorial services will be Saturday at Fields Chapel Cemetery.
3/19/2010 Death Notice for James Eldon "Jimmy" Dickens, 66, of Elkhart. Memorial services will be Saturday at the Dickens residence.
3/19/2010 Death Notice for Sam A. Elrod Jr., 66, of Palestine. Graveside services were today at Liberty Hill Cemetery near Frankston. Arrangements were under the direction of Herrington/Land of Memory Funeral Home.
3/19/2010 Death Notice for George Hunt, 77, of Oakwood. Funeral arrangements are pending at Emanuel Funeral Home, Palestine.
3/19/2010 Death Notice for Jaqueline Smith, 45. Funeral arrangements are pending at McCoy Funeral Home.
3/19/2010 Obituary for Johnny W. Benton, 50. Services will be Saturday at Pilgrim Cemetery in Elkhart. Visitation will be Friday at Emanuel Funeral Home in Palestine.
3/19/2010 Obituary for Louise Marshall. Services will be Saturday at Bailey & Foster Chapel in Palestine. Burial will follow in Roselawn Park with arrangements under the direction of Bailey & Foster, Palestine.
3/19/2010 Obituary for Clyde O. Quinton, 86 of Palestine. Memorial services will be Saturday at Fields Chapel Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Bailey & Foster, Palestine.
3/19/2010 Obituary for Rebekah Ann Lee, 64, of Palestine. Funeral services will be Sunday at Herrington/Land of Memory Chapel. Burial will follow at Land of Memory Cemetery.
3/19/2010 Obituary for "Hal" Langston, 68, of Palestine. Services will be Saturday at Autry Funeral Home Chapel in Jacksonville. Burial will follow at Still Waters Memorial Gardens in Jacksonville.
3/21/2010 Obituary for Noah Boone Bridges, March 5, 2010-March 15, 2010. The family wishes to thank everyone for prayers & donations to Noah's special fund. Special thanks to members of Bois DeArc Baptist Church, Tyler Disc Gold, and extended family.
3/21/2010 Obituary for Harold "Snap" Strahm, 94, of Montalba. Services will be Tuesday at Herrington/Land of Memory Chapel. Burial will follow in Ohio at Betzer Cemetery.
3/21/2010 Obituary for Laura Maybell Yeager, 88, of Elkhart. Services will be Monday at Bailey & Foster Chapel in Palestine. Burial will follow in Cedar Creek Cemetery with arrangements under the direction of Bailey & Foster Funeral Home, Palestine.
3/21/2010 Obituary for Wade Lewis Pennington, 86, of Grapeland. Services will be Monday at First Baptist Church, Grapeland. Interment will be in the Pennington Family Cemetery west of Grapeland.
3/21/2010 Obituary for Nelda Jean Caskey, 82, of Grapeland. Services will be Monday at Bailey & Foster Chapel, Grapeland. Burial will follow in Guiceland Cemetery with arrangements under the direction of Bailey & Foster.
3/21/2010 Death Notice for Rebekah Ann Lee, 64, of Palestine. Services will be today at Herrington/Land of Memory Chapel. Burial will follow at Land of Memory Cemetery.
3/21/2010 Death Notice for Beunah Chaney, 91, of Palestine. Funeral arrangements are pending at Bailey & Foster, Palestine.
3/23/2010 Obituary for Leonard "Booder" Toole, 60, of Palestine. Services will be Wednesday at Bailey & Foster Chapel. Burial will follow in Land of Memory Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Bailey & Foster, Palestine.
3/23/2010 Obituary for Beunah Beatrice Chaney, 91, of Palestine. Funeral services will be Thursday at First Baptist Church in Elkhart. Burial will follow in Cedar Creek Cemetery with arrangements under the direction of Bailey & Foster, Palestine.
3/23/2010 Obituary for Brittney Ann Henley, 24, of Whitehouse. Services will be Wednesday at Beaty Funeral Home in Winnsboro. Burial will follow at Lee Cemetery in Winnsboro.
3/23/2010 Obituary for Alton (Brother) Williams, 63, of Neches. Services will be Wednesday at Grace and Truth Gospel Tabernacle. Burial will follow in Neches Cemetery with arrangements under the direction of Bailey & Foster, Palestine.
3/23/2010 Obituary for William "Bill" Ratcliff, 51, of Palestine. Memorial services will be Saturday at the Chandler Church in Chandler. Burial will follow at the Hester Cemetery in Wells.
3/23/2010 Obituary for Larry Denson, 74. Services were Tuesday at Broussard's in Nederland. Interment will follow at Memory Gardens in Nederland, TX.
3/23/2010 Death Notice for Harold "Snap" Strahm, 94, of Montalba. Funeral service were today at Herrington/Land of Memory Chapel. Burial will follow in Ohio at Betzer Cemetery.
3/24/2010 Obituary for Gladys Marie Prater Herod, 88, of Palestine. Graveside services will be at Garden of Memory Cemetery in Elkhart, TX. Arrangements are under the direction of Bailey & Foster, Palestine.
3/24/2010 Obituary for John Travis Vinson, 75, of Palestine. Services were held Monday. Arrangements were by Bailey & Foster, Palestine.
3/24/2010 Obituary for Noah Boone Bridges, March 5, 2010-March 15, 2010. The family wishes to thank everyone for prayers & donations to Noah's special fund. Special thanks to members of Bois DeArc Baptist Church, Tyler Disc Gold, and extended family.
3/24/2010 Death Notice for Alton (Brother) Williams, 63, of Neches. Services were today at Grace and Truth Gospel Tabernacle. Burial followed in Neches Cemetery with arrangements under the direction of Bailey & Foster, Palestine.
3/24/2010 Death Notice for Leonard "Booder" Toole, 60, of Palestine. Services were held today at Bailey & Foster Chapel. Burial followed in Land of Memory Cemetery with arrangements under the direction of Bailey & Foster, Palestine.
3/25/2010 Obituary for Gladys Marie Prater Herod, 88, of Palestine. Graveside services will be Friday at Garden of Memory Cemetery in Elkhart. Arrangements are under the direction of Bailey & Foster, Palestine.
3/25/2010 Death Notice for Beunah Chaney, 92, of Palestine. Services were today at First Baptist Church in Elkhart. Burial followed in Cedar Creek Cemetery. Arrangements were under the direction of Bailey & Foster, Palestine.
3/25/2010 Death Notice for Jacqueline Smith, 45. Services will be Saturday at South Union Missionary Baptist Church in Palestine. Burial will follow at Union Hope Cemetery in Elkhart, under the direction of McCoy Funeral Home.
3/25/2010 Death Notice for Celestine Thompason, 62. Services will be Saturday at Antioch Baptist Church. Burial will follow at Golden Gate Cemetery in Grapeland, under the direction of McCoy Funeral Home.
3/26/2010 Obituary for Ruth L. Madewell, 82, of Elkhart. Services will be Saturday at Herrington/Land of Memory. Burial will follow at Roselawn Park.
3/26/2010 Death Notice for David Lee Fox, 54, of Palestine. Memorial services will be Tuesday at Herrington/Land of Memory Chapel. Burial will follow at Oakwood Cemetery under the direction of Herrington/Land of Memory Funeral Home.
3/26/2010 Death Notice for George Hunt, 77, of Oakwood. Services will be Saturday at True Vine DOXA Center, on Hwy. 75 South in Fairfield. Burial will follow in Shiloh Cemetery in the Butler community near Oakwood.
3/26/2010 Death Notice for Effie Lee Twitty, 78, of Waco. Services will be Saturday at Spring Street Baptist Church in Waco. Burial will follow in Hopewell Cemetery in Centerville under the direction of Emanuel Funeral Home, Teague.
3/26/2010 Death Notice for Gladys Marie Prater Herod, 88, of Palestine. Graveside services were today at Garden of Memory Cemetery in Elkhart. Arrangements were under the direction of Bailey & Foster Funeral Home.
3/28/2010 Obituary for Loreta Jean Terry. Funeral services will be Sunday at Southside Baptist Church. Burial will follow at Land of Memory Cemetery under the direction of Herrington/Land of Memory Funeral Home.
3/28/2010 Obituary for David Lee Fox, 54, of Palestine. Memorial services will be Tuesday at Herrington/Land of Memory Chapel. Burial will follow at Oakwood Cemetery under the direction of Herrington/Land of Memory Funeral Home.
3/28/2010 Death Notice for Floyd Reed Jr., 74, of Elkhart. Funeral arrangements are pending at McCoy Funeral Home.
3/28/2010 Death Notice for Molly Ficken of Austin, and formerly of Palestine. Funeral arrangements are pending at Herrington/Land of Memory Funeral Home.
3/30/2010 Death Notice for Molly Marie Ficken, 89, of Austin. Services will be Saturday at Herrington/Land of Memory Chapel. Burial will follow at Fort Houston Cemetery under the direction of Herrington/Land of Memory Funeral Home.
3/30/2010 Death Notice for David Fox, 54, of Palestine. Memorial services were today at Herrington/Land of Memory Chapel. Burial followed at Oakwood Cemetery under the direction of Herrington/Land of Memory Funeral Home.
3/30/2010 Death Notice for Nellie Jackson, 77, of Palestine. Services will be Friday at Herrington/Land of Memory Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Broyles Chapel Cemetery under the direction of Herrington/Land of Memory Funeral Home.
3/31/2010 Obituary for Molly Marie Ficken, 89 died March 27, 2010 at The Retirement and Nursing Center in Austin, TX. A service will be held Saturday at Herrington/Land of Memory, in Palestine.
3/31/2010 Death Notice for Charles Dean Hobbs, 81, of Palestine. Services are pending at Bailey & Foster, Palestine.
3/31/2010 Obituary for Nellie Jackson, 77, of Palestine. Services will be Friday at Herrington/Land of Memory Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Broyles Chapel Cemetery under the direction of Herrington/Land of Memory Funeral Home.

 

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