Obituaries
James Neale Saylor
Oct 21, 2011
James Neale Saylor, 64, passed away on Friday, October 21, 2011, in Ennis, TX.James was born in Commerce, TX, on January 18, 1947, to Fern Saylor and Joseph Saylor. He was a U. S. Navy veteran.Survivors include his daughter, Jennifer Rhodes of Wylie.Graveside services will be conducted on Monday, October 24, 2011, at Rosemound Cemetery in Commerce at 2:00 p.m....
Nettie Mae Creamer
Oct 18, 2011
Nettie Mae Creamer, 95, passed away on Tuesday, October 18, 2011, in Cooper, TX.Nettie was born on December 23, 1915 to Ida Mae Beadles and Aught Lee Beadles. She was a resident of Commerce since 1945.On September 28, 1957, she married Fred Creamer, Jr. in Durant, OK.Nettie was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; her brothers: A. R....
Bruce Tater
Oct 17, 2011
Bruce Tater, 83, of Campbell, TX, passed away on Monday, October 17, 2011. Bruce was born on February 3, 1928, in Boston, MA, to Tessie Cohen Tater and Samuel Tater. On June 11, 1957, he married Anne Kamen Josephs in Nashua, NH. He was a retired furniture manufacturer's representative for over 34 years and a Roadrunner's Member. He was a...
Diego Mojica
Oct 14, 2011
Diego Mojica passed away on Friday, October 14, 2011. He was born in Greenville, TX,Survivors include his parents, Maria Gabriela Mojica and Francisco Mojica; his brothers: Daniel and David Mojica; and, his sisters: Lesley and Diana Mojica all of Commerce.Graveside services will be conducted on Saturday, October 15, 2011, at 3:00 p.m. in Babyland at Rosemound Cemetery in Commerce.
David Alan Fields
Oct 8, 2011
David Alan Fields, 53, of Commerce, passed away Saturday, October 8, 2011, in Hopkins County, Texas. David was born in Dallas on December 3, 1957, to Betty Hampton Plunkett, Later adopted by Noel Frances Fields and Morris Fields . He was a carpenter.David loved fishing, playing golf, riding around and spending time with his kids and grandkids. He loved riding...
Rev. Delbert Watson
Oct 5, 2011
Rev. Delbert Watson, 81, of Commerce passed away on Wednesday, October 5, 2011, in Dallas. He was born in Deshler, Nebraska, on June 29, 1930, to Marie Pearl Van De Vanter and Romaine Albert Watson. On July 26, 1953, he married Arvella Mae Dulany in Pueblo, Colorado. He had been a Fuller Brush Man for 50 years and was the...
Dr. Arthur "Art" Miller Pullen
Sep 10, 2011
Arthur "Art" Miller Pullen PhD, 86, of Commerce passed away on Saturday, September 10, 2011, in Plano.Dr. Pullen was born December 10, 1924, to Elizabeth Miller and Thomas Bernard Pullen in Covington, TN. He was a U. S. Army Veteran of WW II where he fought in the Battle of the Bulge and was a Purple Heart recipient.He was a...
Burton "B.T." Thomas Brown
Sep 5, 2011
Burton Thomas "B. T." Brown, 21, of Commerce passed away on Monday, September 5, 2011, in Point.B. T. was born in Sulphur Springs on October 18, 1989, to Rita Krodle and Bryan Heath Brown. He was an employee of A K Gillis & Son's Inc. He was predeceased by his paternal grandparents Burt and Tootie Milam.Survivors include his father, Bryan...
Keith Martin Jackson
Sep 4, 2011
Keith Martin Jackson, 64, passed away in Bonham on Sunday, September 4, 2011. He was a resident of Ladonia and an oilfield engineer.Keith was born June 2, 1947, to Phyllis Knight Goostrey and Peter Jackson in Wurzburg, Germany.Survivors include his wife, Deborah J. Jackson of Ladonia; his sons: Micah Shane Jackson of Houston and Caleb Simon Jackson of Ladonia; his...
Juanita Smith Morgan
Aug 31, 2011
Juanita Smith Morgan, 96, of Greenville passed away on Wednesday, August 31, 2011, in Greenville.She was born in Tidwell, a small country community outside of Greenville, TX. She was the daughter of James E. Smith and Rosa E. Burnett. At a very young age her father bought a large farm outside of Commerce, where she grew-up. In 1933, just out...
Landry Lee Dunsing
Aug 30, 2011
Landry Lee Dunsing, 61, of Commerce passed away on Tuesday, August 30, 2011, at his residence.He was born July 28, 1950, in Cherokee, IA, to Helen Miles and Charles Edward Dunsing Jr.. Landry married Sarah Beth Swiderski on August 25, 2000, in Edna, TX.He was a truck driver with over 4,000,000 miles and a Navy Vietnam veteran.Landry was preceded in...
Luciano Leija Esquivel
Aug 29, 2011
Luciano Leija Esquivel, 78, of Commerce passed away on Monday, August 29, 2011, in Commerce.He was born in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico on March 3, 1933, to Josefina Esquivel and Carlos Leija. Luciano attended the Morman Church in Mexico. He loved to walk and listen to music. He was a great man, father, grandfather and great-grandfather who showed a lot of...
Annette LaRaine Reyes
Aug 29, 2011
Annette LaRaine Reyes, 4, of Commerce passed away in Commerce on Monday, August 29, 2011.Annette was born in Greenville on May 15, 2007, to Taryn Yvette Olive and Hilario Acosta Reyes. She had lived in Commerce for the past two years.Survivors include her parents; her brother, Angel Lynn Reyes of Commerce; her grandmother, Leslie Olive of Cooper; her great grandparents:...
Tommy Joe Burns
Aug 23, 2011
Tommy Joe Burns of Lone Oak passed away on Tuesday, August 23, 2011. He was 81 years old. Tommy was born on June 3, 1930, in Sulphur Springs, TX, to Lula Bell Mitchell and Neal Edward (Buster) Burns. On October 24, 1953, he married Martha Jane Young in Dallas, TX. He was a paint contractor.Tommy was interested in photography, gardening,...
Bobby Ray Vandergriff
Aug 13, 2011
Bobby Ray Vandergriff, 52, of Shreveport, LA, passed away on Saturday, August 13, 2011, in Shreveport, LA.Bobby was born March 3, 1959, in Greenville, TX, to Opal McCannon and A. T. Vandergriff. He was a carpenter.Survivors include his sister, Jeanne Trentham of Greenville.Services are pending.
William Neal Wright
Aug 9, 2011
William Neal Wright, 89, of Commerce passed away on Tuesday, August 9, 2011, in Saint Jo.Neal was born in Commerce on March 5, 1922, to Minnie Neal and Daze Wright. He graduated from Commerce schools and was a former member of the United States Coast Guard.Survivors include his daughter, Jan Wright; his grandson, Dustin Shey Wright; his daughter-in-law, Becky Weaver;...
Charles William Sleeman
Aug 7, 2011
Charles William Sleeman, 28, of Greenville passed away on Sunday, August 7, 2011, in Campbell, TX.Charles was born on September 20, 1982, in Kalamazoo, MI to Sandra Walden and Floyd Sleeman. Survivors include his son, Jaylan Lee Sleeman of Greenville; his parents; his brothers: Scott Sleeman (Beth) of Farmersville and Nathan Sleeman of Kalamazoo, MI; his sister, Lori Winn (Kevin)...
Randy Lewis Benson
Aug 5, 2011
Randy Lewis Benson, 57, of Commerce, passed away on Friday, August 5, 2011, at his residence. Randy was born in Commerce to Eleanor Cleone Langley and Toy Benson. He was Honorably Discharged from the United States Marine Corps on June 21, 1979, after serving in Japan. He retired from the Commerce Police Department in 2004 after 27 1/2 years of...
Jimmy Wayne Preston
Aug 2, 2011
Jimmy Wayne Preston, 70, passed away on Tuesday, August 2, 2011, at his residence in Pecan Gap. Jimmy was born June 28, 1941, to Virginia Owens and Emmitt Preston in Sylacanga, AL. He married Shirley Bright in Tennessee on March 2, 1961. He was a painter.He was preceded in death by his parents; his brother, Billy Preston; his sister, Dimple...
Shirley Ann Gaither
Jul 26, 2011
Shirley Ann Gaither, 74, of Honey Grove passed away on Tuesday, July 26, 2011, in a Dallas hospital.She was born May 3, 1937, to Elvie Bledsoe Hammack and Everette Hammack in Celina, TX.Shirley was a homemaker who loved to crochet and to be with her family. She was a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend who was very gracious and...
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