Obituaries

Charles  "Chilie" Anderson

Charles "Chilie" Anderson

May 3, 2009

Charles "Chilie" Anderson passed away on May 3, 2009, just one month shy of his 85th birthday. Chilie was born to Fred and Susie Anderson in Oak Cliff - Dallas on June 1, 1924. He had an older brother, Fred Jr., who died of hemophilia when Chilie was 5 years old. Chilie lived in Dallas most of his life until...

Mary  Irine Grant

Mary Irine Grant

Apr 28, 2009

Mary Irine Grant, 66, passed away Tuesday, April 28, 2009, in Greenville.

Mary was born in Burkburnett, Tx, on April 6, 1943, to Sam Houston Wallace and Elsie Dean Shuey Wallace. She was a homemaker.

Survivors include her children: Johnnie William Grant and wife, Genia of Flower Mound, Ann Lambert (Margarete) and husband, James of Commerce; two grandchildren: Jarrod Michael...

Dr. Kenneth D. Morgan

Dr. Kenneth D. Morgan

Apr 26, 2009

Kenneth Morgan April 26, 2009

Dr. Kenneth D. Morgan 76, passed away from this life Sunday, April 26, 2009 at Greenfield Residential Care Home in McKinney, Texas where he had been lovingly cared for by Epiphania Dube and Petronella GiGi.He was born in Seminole, OK March 3, 1933 to Luther and Juanita Hearn Morgan. He graduated from Bowlegs High School...

Tommy  Cleo Measles

Tommy Cleo Measles

Apr 25, 2009

Tommy Cleo Measles, 57, of Midway, TX, formerly of Commerce, passed away on Saturday, April 25, 2009, in Houston.He was a retired tractor mechanic.Tommy was born in Greenville February 12, 1952, to A. C. Measles and Lillia Hansford Measles.Survivors include his wife, Judy; children: James Measles, Dee Dee Best, Debra Jessa, Crystal Hignight, James Calhoun; 11 grandchildren; a sister, Velma...

Mary  Jo Garner

Mary Jo Garner

Apr 23, 2009

Mary Jo Garner, 80, passed away Thursday, April 23, 2009, at her home in Commerce. Mary Jo was born May 6, 1928, in Wichita Falls, TX, to W. L. McCord Sr. and wife, Etha. She was preceded in death by her husband, B. J. Garner, her parents, a brother, Lee Bernard, a baby brother, Billy Gene, additional brothers: W. L....

Meghan  Elizabeth Gilmartin

Meghan Elizabeth Gilmartin

Apr 16, 2009

Meghan Elizabeth Gilmartin, 16, of Commerce, passed away Thursday, April 16, 2009. She was born September 17, 1992, in Riverside, CA, to Christian Edward Gilmartin and Dawn Ivanna Rose Dopps. She was a Junior at Commerce High School.Survivors include her parents of Commerce; her maternal grandparents Cliff and Penny Dopps of Apple Valley, CA; her paternal grandparents Robert and Lynda...

Otis Horton

Otis Horton

Apr 16, 2009

Dr. Otis Howard Horton, of Greenwood, AR, formerly of Commerce, TX passed away, Thursday, April 16, 2009, in Dallas, TX.

He was born November 28, 1917, in Des Moines, N.M. to George Justus and Ivy Mae Young Horton.

Dr. Horton was a retired Professor from Texas A&M-Commerce, where he taught Dairy Science for 20 years. He taught 18 years at...

David Tiffee

David Tiffee

Apr 11, 2009

David Tiffee, 50, - of Wolfe City - passed away in Garland, on Saturday, April 11, 2009. He was the owner of T-N-T Wrecker Service.

David was born in Dallas on February 11, 1959, to Howard Tiffee and Mary Owens Tiffee.

Survivors include his fiancé, Trish Stafford of Garland; two sons: Michael Tiffee of Oklahoma and Clint Dishaman of Lindale,...

Billy Joe "B.J." Garner

Billy Joe "B.J." Garner

Apr 9, 2009

Billy Joe "B.J." Garner, 73, of Commerce passed away Thursday, April 9, 2009, in Dallas. He was a former member of the Dallas County and Hunt County Sheriff Departments.

"B.J." was born February 15, 1936, in Forney, Texas, to Jake and Mabel Garner. On May 5, 1978, he married Mary Jo McCord in Rockwall. He had been a Commerce resident since...

Joseph  "Joe" Repman

Joseph "Joe" Repman

Apr 1, 2009

Joseph "Joe" Repman, 82, passed away April 1, 2009, at his home in Commerce. Joe was born in Clovis, New Mexico, on May 11, 1926, to Frank John Repman and Elenor M. Rickhoff Repman. He was a U. S. Navy veteran of World War II and Korea.Survivors include 3 sons: Mark Repman of Rockwall, William Repman of La Porte, and...

Mureal  Loretta Robinson

Mureal Loretta Robinson

Mar 25, 2009

Mureal Loretta Buris Robinson, 44, of Dallas - formerly of Honey Grove- known to many as Tonette Buris, passed away March 25, 2009, at Parkland Hospital of Dallas.Mureal was born in Honey Grove, Texas , to Lionel Buris and Katherine Robinson on July 26, 1964.She is survived by 8 children: Christopher Buris, Le Quisha Buris, Cambridge Buris, Rasha Buris, Jamal...

Frances  Muller Street

Frances Muller Street

Mar 21, 2009

Frances Muller Street, 96, of Commerce went to be with her Lord on March 21, 2009, at her home surrounded by her children.Services will be held Tuesday at 10:00 a.m. in the First Presbyterian Church in Commerce with Rev. Beverly Hughes officiating. Interment will follow in the Oak Grove Cemetery in Nacogdoches, Texas, at 4:00 p.m.Visitation is from 6 to...

Glenda  Charlene Erwin

Glenda Charlene Erwin

Mar 19, 2009

Glenda Charlene Erwin, 65, of Commerce passed away Thursday, March 19, at Hunt Regional Community Hospital of Commerce. She was a retired truck driver and owner of Mama's Movies, a local business in Commerce, for 8 years.Glenda was born in Commerce on February 21, 1944, to George W. Taylor and Edna Lucille Hawkins Taylor.Survivors include two daughters, Donna Pruitt and...

Olan  Milton Cook

Olan Milton Cook

Mar 2, 2009

Olan Milton Cook, 71, passed away Monday, March 2, at his home in Campbell, Texas.He was a truck driver and a U. S. Army Veteran of the Korean War. Olan was born in Quinlan, Texas, on March 8, 1937, to Pauline Ross Cook and Claude Cook. On July 21, 1966, Olan married Betty Jane Quisenberry in Commerce, Texas.Survivors include two...

Sue Harris

Sue Harris

Feb 23, 2009

Sue Harris, 72, died at Oak Manor Nursing Home on February 23, 2009, of complications from cancer. She is survived by her husband, John; two sons, James and Larry; and, a brother David. She was preceded in death by her parents and a brother, John. Sue graduated from Cornell College in Mt. Vernon, Iowa, and the Juilliard School in New...

Marie  Evelyna Boucher

Marie Evelyna Boucher

Feb 19, 2009

Marie Evelyna Boucher, 86, passed away Thursday, February 19, at Oak Manor Nursing Home in Commerce.She was born on October 27, 1922, in Ulysses, KS, to Ray Foster and Nellie Mae Moore Foster. On October 14, 1939, she married Grady Orbin Boucher in Clayton, Missouri.Marie had been employed by Ellington Air Force Base in Houston. She had also worked in...

Rickey  E. Belcher

Rickey E. Belcher

Feb 14, 2009

Rickey E. "Rick" Belcher, 52, of Commerce passed away February 14, 2009, at his home. Born December 28, 1956, he was the son of Sanford "Junior" Belcher and Barbara Belcher. He married Penny Holloway on September 12, 1983 in Rockwall, TX.Having started his career with the Cotton Belt Railroad in Commerce, he retired after 30 years of service from the...

Juanita  Bartlett Boyd

Juanita Bartlett Boyd

Jan 23, 2009

Long time Commerce resident Juanita Faye Stodghill Bartlett Boyd passed into the presence of God in the early morning of January 23, 2009. The beloved wife, mother and grandmother was born on December 23, 1921, in a small farmhouse near Mart, Texas, the only child of Alonzo and Edith Stodghill. Her family soon moved to Mart, where she attended school....

Kim  Gaye Leatherwood

Kim Gaye Leatherwood

Jan 15, 2009

Kim Leatherwood, 48 passed away January 15, 2009 at Hunt Memorial Regional Hospital. Funeral services are at 1:00 P.M. Monday, January 19, 2009, at Jones-Walker & Son Funeral Home chapel with Brother Terry Bryan officiating. Burial is in Rosemound Cemetery. Visitation is from 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday, January 18, 2009, at the funeral home. The daughter of Kelsy Leatherwood...

Patricia Belcher

Patricia Belcher

Jan 8, 2009

Patricia Belcher died Thursday, January 8, 2009, at her home in Commerce, Texas, following a brief, courageous battle with cancer. Funeral services are at 11 a.m. Monday, January 12th, at the First Baptist Church in Commerce with Bro. Johnnie Henderson officiating. Burial will be at Mount Carmel Cemetery, Wolfe City, under the direction of Jones-Walker & Son Funeral Home of...

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