Obituaries
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.
Survivors...
Michelle Allene Skinner
Sep 25, 2009
Michelle Allene Skinner, 45, of Trenton, Texas, passed away, Friday, September 25, 2009.
Michelle was born January 7, 1964, in Longview, Texas, to Lonnie and Jeanette Harris. She attended school at Cooper ISD. She also attended college, earning a degree in medical billing and coding.
She was a homemaker, who enjoyed nothing more than taking care of her beautiful...
Bertha Jeffries
Sep 25, 2009
Funeral services for Bertha Jeffries are private with the interment at Crown Hill Cemetery, Wheatridge, CO.
Monty L. Dugan
Sep 25, 2009
Monty L. Dugan, 53, of Commerce passed away in Greenville on September 25, 2009.
Monty was born December 08, 1955 in Commerce, Hunt County, Texas, to Alonzo and Viola Harper Dugan. Monty attended the Commerce School and was a member of Disciples of Faith Church.
Survivors include his mother, Viola Dugan of Commerce, a brother, Larry and spouse Linda...
Ruth Juanita Abbott Wilson
Sep 22, 2009
Ruth Juanita Abbott Wilson, 87, passed away Tuesday, September 22, 2009, at her home. Ruth was born November 13, 1921, in the Peniel Community, Hunt County, Texas, to Robert Lee Abbott and Mattie Patterson Abbott. She married James Wilson on August 28, 1971, in Pittsburg, TX. Ruth attended the Horton School. Survivors include her loving and devoted husband, James of...
Milton Lee Cunningham
Sep 17, 2009
Milton Lee Cunningham, 66, passed away on Thursday, September 17, 2009, at his residence in The Colony, Texas.Milton was born in Fairlie, Texas, June 10, 1943, to Lee Victor Cunningham and Myrtle Pauline Fay Cunningham. He was a truck driver and a veteran of the United States Navy. Survivors include his children: Leslie Brown of The Colony, Texas, Shannon Robinson...
Lloyd J. Wilkins
Sep 15, 2009
Commerce - Services for Lloyd J. Wilkins are scheduled for Saturday at 11:00 a.m. at Jones-Walker and Son Funeral Chapel. Visitation will be one hour prior to the services.
Lloyd passed away September 15 in Commerce. Burial will be in Rosemound Cemetery in Commerce with David Gibson, Jerry Speight, and Terry Holley, officiating.
He was born to William David (Dave)...
Robert Gaile McKnight
Sep 14, 2009
Robert Gaile McKnight, 63, passed away at his home in Honey Grove, TX, on Monday, September 14, 2009.
He was a retired truck driver.
Survivors include his wife, Dolly McKnight of Honey Grove and two sons: Robert C. McKnight of Honey Grove and Randy J. C. McKnight of Sulphur Springs.
Memorial services will be announced at a later date.
Frances Folmar
Sep 13, 2009
Jean Giles Folmar of Winnsboro passed away on Sunday, September 13, 2009, at her residence. She was formerly of Commerce and was an administrative assistant for 9 years at the United Country Cain Agency.
Jean was born August 26, 1948, in Commerce to Robert Jackson and Beatrice Beard Jackson.
Survivors include her husband, Bobby Folmar of Winnsboro; her son, Derrell...
Lois Ruth Crouch
Sep 13, 2009
Lois Ruth Crouch, 82, passed away Sunday, September 13, 2009, in Commerce. She was a bookkeeper for the North Hunt Water Company for 35 years.Lois was born on July 6, 1927, in Irving, Texas, to C. C. Hawkins and Dorothy Alexander Hawkins. She married her husband, James A. Crouch, on July 25, 1962.
Survivors include her husband, James A. Crouch,...
Maj. Sam Dehaving Merrill
Sep 10, 2009
Maj. Sam Dehaving Merrill, 88, passed away Thursday, September 10, 2009, in Dallas.
Sam was preceded in death by his parents, his first wife Clara Fay Parrish, his second wife, Lanell Sammon, his brother, his sister, and his son, J. M. Davis.Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, September 15, 2009, at 1:00 p.m. at Jones-Walker & Son Funeral Home chapel...
Terry Perryman
Sep 10, 2009
Terry Perryman, 76, of Honey Grove, passed away on Thursday, September 10, 2009, in Bonham, Texas. He was born in Ennis, Texas, on August 10.1933, and was a U. S. Army Veteran. Survivors include his wife, Claudis Ann Perryman of Honey Grove; two sons: Gary Perryman of Honey Grove and Larry Perryman of Colorado; two daughters: Terri Shetler of Lewisville...
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