Obituaries

Gerald Ray Bradley

Gerald Ray Bradley

May 23, 2020

Gerald Ray Bradley, 76, of Scurry, TX passed away on May 23, 2020 in Dallas. Gerald was born on September 3, 1943 to Leonard and Vera Bradley in Houston, TX. He grew up in Houston and went to Smiley High School. Soon after graduation he moved to the Dallas area and in 1995 settled in Scurry, TX. Gerald married Glenda...

Thomas Martin Smith

Thomas Martin Smith

May 23, 2020

Thomas Martin Smith, 72, of Kaufman, affectionately known by all as “Smitty,” went to be with his Lord and Savior on Saturday, May 23, 2020. Smitty was born on August 24, 1947 in DeLeon, Texas. He grew up and attended school in several towns in and around this area of northwest Texas. He graduated from Sydney High School in 1965...

Rebecca Yvonne Cooper

Rebecca Yvonne Cooper

May 20, 2020

Rebecca Yvonne Cooper, 62, of Kaufman, TX went to be with the Lord on May 20, 2020.  Rebecca was born on September 12, 1957 to Robert and Ollette Conner in Downey, CA. She left California at the age of 13 and came to Texas where she went to High School.  After high school she attended Stephen F. Austin.  Rebecca moved...

Lemuel (L.D.) Douglas Middleton

Lemuel (L.D.) Douglas Middleton

May 19, 2020

Lemuel Douglas Middleton was born January 27,1923 in Clay County, Illinois. He was born on a farm between the towns of Xenia and Iola to Mark Middleton and Nina (Gullett) Middleton. He was the first surviving child of that marriage. He was preceded in passing by his sister Phyllis, brothers John, Joseph, Robert and his wife of 73 years, Agnes...

Royal Dean Winters, Sr.

Royal Dean Winters, Sr.

May 18, 2020

Royal Dean Winters, Sr., 74, of Kaufman, TX went to be with the Lord on May 18, 2020. Royal was born on June 14, 1945 to Royal Franklin and Elvie Annette Winters in Temple, TX. He went to school in Vernon, TX graduating from Vernon High School. Royal married Sarah Jewell Frazier in Vernon on September 30, 1967, experiencing a...

Billy Harold Campbell

Billy Harold Campbell

May 14, 2020

Billy Harold Campbell, age 67, passed away in the comfort of his daughter’s home in Terrell, Tx on May 14, 2020.  Billy was born in Mesa, Arizona, “the number one son” of Billy and Jean Campbell. He grew up in the town of Snyder, Texas.  As a young man, he was involved in the Boy Scouts of America.  He attended...

Cody Lane Andrews

Cody Lane Andrews

May 11, 2020

Cody Lane Andrews, 23, of Quinlan, TX passed away on May 11, 2020. Cody was born on January 22, 1997 to Richard Widener and Tiffany Andrews in Kaufman, TX. Cody grew up in Scurry and graduated from Scurry High School in 2016. He married Jade Andrews on October 28, 2017 in Greenville, TX. Cody worked in construction since high school....

Melvin Kincaid

Melvin Kincaid

May 4, 2020

Melvin Kincaid age 82 of Kaufman died at his home May 4, 2020 surrounded by family. He was born on May 28, 1937 to Bud Theodore and Lola Lee Kincaid in Paris, TX. Funeral service will be Wednesday, May 6 at 2pm at Wilson chapel Cemetery in Oak Grove Texas. He worked and retired from Horn Williams ford as a...

Marilyn Looper Tinsley

Marilyn Looper Tinsley

Apr 28, 2020

Marilyn Looper Tinsley, 65, of Kaufman, TX passed away on April 28, 2020 at her home. Marilyn was born on August 25, 1954 to Jerry and Lorraine Looper in Dallas, TX. She was raised in Oak Cliff and graduated from Kimbell High School. Marilyn worked for the Dallas County Sherriff's office for about 8 years and then started her own...

Joy H. Kornegay

Joy H. Kornegay

Apr 26, 2020

Joy H. Kornegay, 90, of Scurry, TX went to be with the Lord on April 26, 2020 in Grapevine, TX. Joy was born on January 19, 1930 to Willie and Velma Hearne in Dallas, TX. She grew up in Dallas graduating from Adamson High School and then went to Baylor University. Joy married Cecil H. Kornegay on September 9, 1949...

Bobby Ray Estes

Bobby Ray Estes

Apr 23, 2020

Bobby Ray Estes, 89, of Crandall, TX went to be with the Lord on April 23, 2020. Bobby was born on June 26, 1930 to William and Lola Bell Patrick Estes in Pampa, TX. Born in Pampa, they moved to Crandall where he was raised and graduated from Crandall ISD in 1949. He was a locksmith working for the Dallas...

Doris Calhoun Dykes

Doris Calhoun Dykes

Apr 22, 2020

Doris Calhoun Dykes, 86, of Kaufman, TX, passed away on April 22, 2020 in Plano, TX. Doris was born on January 9, 1934 to Grover and Susie Calhoun in Kaufman. She was raised in Kaufman and graduated from Kaufman High School. Doris worked for Gulf States Telephone Company, now a part of Sprint, as an operator for over 30 years...

Donald Wayne Gronewald

Donald Wayne Gronewald

Apr 15, 2020

Go rest high on that mountain, Don, your work on earth is done!

 

Donald Wayne Gronewald was born in the Jiba Community, Kaufman County on September 6, 1941 to Maurice and Ladelle Miller Gronewald. The doctor charged

.00 to deliver him. Don lived his life in Kaufman Couinty and graduated from Kaufman High School. Attended HCJC in Athens and...

Ricardo Simmons, Jr.

Ricardo Simmons, Jr.

Apr 14, 2020

Ricardo “Rick” Simmons Jr, son of Ricardo and Peggy Doris Simmons, died on April, 14, 2020. The medical examiner’s report has not been released but he did not die from Covid-19. He had been battling a bacterial infection for the last two years and, if this was not the cause of his death, it was probably a contributing factor. Rick...

Billy Mack Polley

Billy Mack Polley

Apr 12, 2020

Billy Mack Polley, 84, of Scurry, TX went to be with the Lord on April 12, 2020. Billy was born on September 3, 1935, to Curtis and Mary E. Polley in Midway, TX. Billy went to school down in Midway but has lived in the Scurry area for 70 years. He worked for federal, and then he worked for Dallas...

Frankie Lou Morgan

Frankie Lou Morgan

Apr 12, 2020

Frankie Lou Bethea Morgan was born on January 4, 1925 to Melvin Sheely and Lora Murel (Lipsey) Bethea. She was 95 years old. She lived most of her life in Terrell, TX and Quitman, TX.

She graduated from Terrell High School in 1943 where she studied voice with Mrs. Belle Boutwell and was soloist in church and many Terrell events...

Ray Dell Smith

Ray Dell Smith

Mar 26, 2020

In this time of the coronavirus outbreak, tradition may fly out the door. Births and funerals may be a little different for now. RayDelll Smith was born August 12, 1946 at the family home in Wortham, TX to Odell and Mildred Shanks Smith. He was delivered by his beloved paternal Aunt Ollie. His was a large extended family in which...

Billie Waits

Billie Waits

Mar 24, 2020

Billie Waits, 74, of Kaufman, TX went to be with the Lord on March 24, 2020. Billie was born to Buford and Georgia Carpenter on May 31, 1945 in Scurry. She was raised and went to school in Waldron, AR. They moved back to the Kaufman area in 1964. Billie married Earnest Waits on January 3, 1964. She worked for...

Saturnino Escobedo

Saturnino Escobedo

Mar 20, 2020

Saturnino Escobedo, 99, of Kaufman, TX went to be with the Lord on March 20, 2020 at home surrounded by family. Saturnino was born on November 29, 1920 to Atanacio Escobedo and Altagracia Perez in Zacatecas, Mexico. As a younger man, Nino was an agricultural, rancher and farmhand in Zacatecas, Mexico where he resided with his 3 sisters and 2...

Ora Nell Cockrell

Ora Nell Cockrell

Mar 16, 2020

Ora Nell Cockrell, 68, of Kaufman, TX passed away on March 16, 2020. Ora was born on February 25, 1952 in Irving, TX. She has lived in Kaufman for over 40 years. Ora married John Harmon Cockrell in 1978. She worked for a long time with Eckard. Ora spent time playing with her cats, reading books, talking to her bird,...