Obituaries
Martha Truax
Dec 15, 2009
Martha Huff Truax passed away at the age of 90 at 10:20 p.m. on Tuesday December 15, 2009, in Presbyterian Hospital of Plano. Mrs. Truax is survived by her only daughter, Ellen Truax and was preceded in death by her husband, William Ellsworth Truax, Jr.
Mrs.. Truax was born on March 19, 1919 in Denison, Texas to Ann Mansfield Huff and...
Glenn Max Ward
Dec 9, 2009
Glenn Max Ward, 85, passed away in Commerce on Wednesday, December 9, 2009.
Glenn was born April 20, 1924, in Klondike, TX, to Harry C. Ward and Myrle Otney Bledsoe Ward. Glenn's father was a pharmacist.
Glenn attended public schools in Klondike, TX. He graduated from Klondike High School in 1941. He briefly attended East Texas State Teacher's College for...
Dale E. Rust
Dec 6, 2009
Memorial services for Dale E. Rust, 75, of Paris, Texas, are pending and will be announced at a later date.
Inocencio Ortega Torres
Dec 2, 2009
Celebration of Mass for Inocencio Ortega Torres, 76, of Sulphur Springs will be held at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 8, at St. James Catholic Church with the Rev. Eduardo Lazaro officiating.
Burial will follow in Panteon San Marcos, en El Aguacate, Rio Verde, SLP, Mexico.
Visitation will be held from noon until 8 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009, with the...
Minnie Sue Young
Dec 1, 2009
Minnie Sue Young, 75, of Sulphur Springs, passed away Tuesday, December 1, 2009, in Greenville, Texas.
Minnie was born on May 11, 1934, in Yantis, Texas, to John Robert Jackson and Jennie Beatrice Beard Jackson. She was a member of the Cowboy Church.Survivors include her two sons: Robert E. Westbrook of Tyler and William Lee Westbrook of Mabank; three daughters: Cheryl...
Bobby W. Moore
Dec 1, 2009
Bobby Wayne Moore, 72, of Campbell, passed away on December 1, 2009 in Arlington, Texas.
Bobby was born on May 16, 1937, to Emmitt and Donnie Cannon Moore in Denton County, Texas.
Bobby married Elaine Compton on November 17, 1956.
Bobby is survived by his wife Elaine Moore; two sons: Bobby L. Moore of Grand Prairie, TX, and Jeffrey D....
Clarence W. Key
Nov 25, 2009
Clarence W. Key, 65, of Greenville, passed away Wednesday, November 25, 2009, at Hunt Regional Medical Center.Clarence was born in Commerce, Texas, on December 23, 1943, to Marin George Key and Ella Bailey. He was a member of the Johnson Street Church of Christ in Greenville.
Clarence is survived by his son, Shane Barnett of Paris, TX; a brother, Ronnie Key...
Gary Don Hooten
Nov 22, 2009
Gary Don Hooten, 41, of Klondike, Texas, passed away Sunday, November 22, 2009, in Greenville, Texas. Gary was born on December 19, 1967, in Dallas, Texas, to Richard L. and Dorothy Hooten. He was a member of The Church at Klondike. Gary loved the outdoors and was an avid bow hunter and fisherman.
Gary is survived by his children: Courtney and...
Mae Addline Black
Nov 17, 2009
Mae Addline Black, 94, passed away November 17, 2009, at the Oak Manor Nursing Home in Commerce, Texas.Mae was born on January 16, 1915, to Beacher Cameron and Ethel Richardson in Scranton, TX. On August 30, 1931, in Waurika, OK, she married Eldon Black.Mae is survived by her children: Brenda Black White of Commerce, TX, Marland Black of Wichita Falls,...
Eugene Phillip Glasgow
Nov 16, 2009
Eugene P. Glasgow, 82, passed away peacefully on Monday, November 16, 2009, at Smith Nursing home in Wolfe City, Texas. He was born in Lick Creek, Davis County, Iowa, on March, 29, 1927, to Harry Glasgow and Verla Stevens.
Eugene married Winnie Marsh at the Candlelight Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas, Nevada on January 15, 1986.
Eugene is survived...
Dorothy Frances Gant Hunt
Nov 12, 2009
Dorothy Frances Gant Hunt, 87, of Commerce died November 12, 2009, at the Paris Regional Medical Center.Born October 5, 1922, in Klondike, she was the daughter of Pete and Virgie Hale Gant. She married Gene Hunt on October 5, 1940. She was employed by the Commerce Journal for over 20 years.
Survivors include her daughter, Barbara Speight and husband Robert...
Dr. Jesse Jefferson Hawthorne, Jr.
Nov 7, 2009
Dr. Jesse Jefferson Hawthorne, Jr., died on Saturday, November 7, 2009 in Commerce. He was born in Mansfield, Louisiana, on May 11, 1919, the son of Jesse Jefferson Hawthorne, Sr., and Maggie Chambers. He grew up in Port Arthur, Texas, and graduated from Port Arthur High School in May 1938. In the fall of 1938, he entered the University of...
Rodney Belcher
Nov 6, 2009
Rodney Ladayne Belcher, 50, passed away Friday, November 6, 2009, in Longview, Texas.
He was born in Commerce, Texas, May 31, 1959.
Survivors include his wife, Mary Belcher of Commerce; three sons: Jeremy and wife Keisha, Charles (Charlie), and Jonathan Edwards of Commerce; a daughter, Mandy Edwards of Commerce; his father, Sanford Belcher and Irene of Ridgeway; his step-mother, Nell...
Douglas Everett Bitner
Nov 5, 2009
Douglas Everett Bitner, 76, passed away peacefully on Thursday, November 5, 2009. He was born to Bryant Houston Bitner and Zuma Corrine Wills on February 21, 1933, in Lovelady, Texas where he grew up and graduated from the Lovelady High School. He enjoyed bowling, fishing, hunting, and farming.
He went to work for Temco Aircraft Corp. of Dallas in 1952...
Betty Jane Castleberry
Oct 21, 2009
Betty Jane Castleberry, 79, passed away Wednesday, October 21, 2009, at her Commerce residence. She was born to Arthur Rudolph Klaudt and Virginia Simmonds on June 14, 1930. Betty Jane was a widow who had lived in the Commerce area for the past six months after moving from Washington state.Cremation is under the direction of Jones-Walker & Son Funeral Home....
Dennis Allen Means
Oct 14, 2009
Dennis A. Means, 58, of Cooper died Wednesday, October 14, 2009, at his residence. Cremation is under the direction of Jones-Walker & Son Funeral Home of Commerce.
Billie E. Spencer
Oct 8, 2009
Billie Ermine Abernathy Spencer passed away peacefully on October 8, 2009, at Hunt County Regional Hospital, in Greenville. Services are scheduled for 11:00 a.m. Monday, October 12, 2009, at the First United Methodist Church in Commerce, with the Reverend Aleze Fulbright and Reverend Dennis Wilkinson officiating. Internment will follow at Brigham Cemetery, between Commerce and Campbell.
Billie was born on...
Marvin L. Morrison
Oct 7, 2009
Marvin L. Morrison, formally of Commerce, was born December 30, 1915 to Robert Washington Morrison and Etta Brunetta Britt in Yantis, Hopkins County, TX. He died on October 7, 2009 in Midwest City, OK. He was 93 years old. Morrison married Lynette K. Hartmann on May 22, 1951.
Morrison was preceded in death by his wife Lynette K. Morrison and...
Benny Westbrook
Oct 3, 2009
Benny Westbrook, 55, passed away Saturday, October 3, 2009, at his home.
Benny was a maintenance supervisor for Rhodes Real Estate Company.
He was born in Commerce, Texas, on May 21, 1955, to Homer Westbrook and Ruby Marks Westbrook who predeceased him. He married Mary Lee on April 18, 1986, in Dallas, Texas.
Survivors include his wife Mary of Commerce;...
Walter B. Milam
Sep 26, 2009
Walter Burt Milam, 82, of Commerce passed away at his home on September 26, 2009.
Milton was born June 8, 1927, in Newburn, Tennessee, to Paul Milam and Ola Barker Milam. Burt retired from Paris ISD and was an auctioneer for fifty years. He married Snowda Snowden on October 5, 1963, and was a member of the Fairlie Baptist Church.
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