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Obituaries February 28, 2007
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BOBBIE DELL HOLCOMB SMITH
      Funeral for Bobbie Dell Holcomb Smith, 79, of Jacksonville was at 2 p.m. Feb. 22 at Autry Funeral Home chapel with the Rev. Dan Middleton and the Rev. Cary Ponder officiating. Burial was in Resthaven Memorial Park. Mrs. Smith died Feb. 19. She was born March 14, 1927, in Jacksonville. She was an e...
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MARY ELIZABETH BRADLEY COBB
      Graveside service for Mary Elizabeth Bradley Cobb, 90, of Houston, was at 11:30 a.m. Feb. 20 at Rusk Memorial Cemetery with Elder Glenn S. Miller officiating. Arrangements were under the direction of Williams Funeral Home. Mrs. Cobb died Feb. 14 at Turner Geriatric Center in Galveston. She was bor...
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GENE HENDRY
      Graveside service for Gene Hendry, 76, was at 2 p.m. Friday at Resthaven Memorial Park with the Rev. Trampus Black officiating. Arrangements were under the direction of Autry Funeral Home. Mr. Hendry died Feb. 20. He was born Oct. 13, 1930, in Trent. He was a cattle and livestock dealer, a member ...
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JANET SLIDER
      Funeral for Janet Slider, 56, of Jacksonville was at 2 p.m. Friday at Autry Funeral Home chapel with the Rev. R.S. Dyess officiating. Mrs. Slider died Feb. 19. She was born July 23, 1950, in Hohenwald, Tenn. She was a clerk at Rusk State Hospital and a Baptist. Preceding her in death was her fathe...
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CARRIE B. CARTWRIGHT LACY
      Funeral for Carrie B. Cartwright Lacy, 94, of Jacksonville was at 11 a.m. Feb. 22 in the Sweet Union Baptist Church with her grandsons, the Rev. Ulysses McCarvin and the Rev. Ike Roberts officiating. Burial was in Pleasant Plain Cemetery under the direction of Williams Funeral Home. Mrs. Lacy died ...
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RONALD (BUBBA) TOLES JR.
      Funeral for Ronald (Bubba) Toles Jr., 12, of Chandler, was at 2 p.m. Friday at Calvary Baptist Church in Brownsboro with Ken Otwell officiating. Burial was in Edom Cemetery under the direction of Chandler Memorial Funeral Home. The youth died Feb. 20 in Hospice of East Texas. He was born Dec. 18, ...
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CARLIE C. SHAFER
      Graveside service for Carlie C. Shafer, 73, of Rusk was at 4 p.m. Friday, Feb. 23, at Cedar Hill Cemetery with the Rev. Lee Welch officiating under the direction of Wallace-Thompson Funeral Home. Mrs. Shafer died Feb. 22. She was born Feb. 5, 1934, in Carriere, Miss. She was a resident of Rusk for...
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BETTIE ELIZABETH CHRISTOPHER
      Funeral for Bettie Elizabeth Christopher, 80, of Alto will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the New Hope Baptist Church with the Rev. Tracy Clater and the Rev. Clifton Reagan officiating. Burial will be in New Hope Cemetery under the direction of O.T. Allen & Son Funeral Home.
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ROSEMARY HOLMAN DIERS
      Funeral for RosemaryHolman Diers, 59, of Jacksonville, was at 10 a.m. Saturday at Autry Funeral Home chapel with the Rev. Newton Hambrick officiating. Burial was in Still Waters Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Diers died Feb. 21. She was born Oct. 5, 1947, in Jacksonville. She was a former teacher, a member...
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DORIS L. ALWELL
      Funeral for Doris L. Alwell, 73, of Jacksonville was at 10 a.m. Saturday at Thompson Funeral Home chapel with the Rev. Clifford Taylor and the Rev. Jan Pate officiating. Burial was in McKnight Cemetery at Cushing. Mrs. Alwell died Feb. 21. She was born Oct. 7, 1933, in Cushing and was a homemaker.
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ROBBIE NELL SLOAN
      Memorial service for Robbie Nell Sloan, 74, Wells, was at 1 p.m. Sunday at Gipson Funeral Home, Lufkin, with the Rev. Billy Jackson officiating. Mrs. Sloan was born Dec. 17, 1932, in Garrison to Robert and Mildred Hancock Jones. She was a member of Eastern Star in Woodville and Woodville First Bap...
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MARION (BONNIE) JOHNSON JR.
      Funeral for Marion (Bonnie) Johnson Jr., 60, of Jacksonville was at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at Seminary Heights Church of Christ with Calvin Dansby officiating. Burial was in Bethel Cemetery under the direction of Williams Funeral Home. Mr. Johnson died Sunday. He was born Dec. 9, 1946, in Jacksonville. S...
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ALMA RODGERS
      Graveside service for Alma Rose Burnett Rodgers, 93, of Pearland, will be at 2 p.m. Friday, March 2, at Providence Cemetery with the Rev. Max Brand officiating under the direction of Wallace Thompson Funeral Home. Mrs. Rodgers died Feb. 25.
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VIRGINIA TAYLOR
      Funeral for Virginia Taylor, 73, of Alto, will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at the Linwood Baptist Church with the Rev. Declois Johnston officiating. Burial will be in Linwood Cemetery under the direction of O.T. Allen & Son Funeral Home.Mrs. Taylor died Feb. 25. She was born June 26, 1933, in Alto to Rob...
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MELBA MARIE SINCLAIR
      Funeral for Melba Marie Sinclair, 65, of Rusk will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Autry Funeral Home chapel with the Rev. Don Copeland and the Rev. Odis Bryan officiating. Burial will be in Hendrick Cemetery. Mrs. Sinclair died Sunday, Feb. 25. She was born in Houston County on Jan. 28, 1942, to Albert...
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CHANCE BATES
      Funeral for Chance (Bulldog) Bates, 22, of Rusk, will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Rusk First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Clifford Taylor officiating. Burial will be in Providence Cemetery under direction of Mercy/McGowan Funeral Home. Mr. Bates died Feb. 22 at his residence. He was bor...
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