All Obituaries

 Funeral services for William Skinner, 102, of Alto, will be Wednesday, November 20, at 11 AM in the Weeping Mary Baptist Church in Alto. Mr. Skinner passed away Wednesday, November 13, in Alto. He was born July 22, 1917 in Alto, Texas to Floyd Skinner and Ellen Easley Skinner. He had lived all his life in Alto and was a member of the Weeping Mary Baptist Church. He had retired from the Owen-Illinois Plywood Plant in Lufkin and had also worked as a farmer and an asphalt road repairman....

Funeral services for Melissa Annette Hutchison, 53, of Nacogdoches, Texas will be Thursday November 14th at 2pm at the Dickie Allen Funeral Home chapel. Rev. Michael Murphy will officiate. Visitation will be Wednesday November 13th, from 6-8pm at the funeral home in Cushing. Miss Hutchison died Saturday November 9th in Longview, Texas. She was born September 8th, 1966 in Nacogdoches, Texas to Alton Hutchison and Jeannette Wall Kirkley. She is preceded in death by her parents, step father...

                                                    Alto - Memorial services for Shaney “Nay-Nay” Colgrove, 42, of Alto, will be Saturday, November 16, at 3:30 PM in the Hilltop Baptist Church Fellowship Hall in Alto. Shaney passed away Saturday November 9, in Tyler. She was born October 30, 1977 in Dallas, Texas to Jack Lovell Jr. and Joyce Ferguson...

Funeral services for Alma Bobbitt Wallace, 95, of Alto will be Friday, November 8, at 2 PM, at the A. Frank Smith United Methodist Church in Alto with Rev. John Black officiating. Burial will follow at the Lynches Chapel Cemetery near Alto. Mrs. Wallace passed away Tuesday in Tyler. She was born August 11, 1924 in Weches, Texas to William Ernest Bobbitt and Zenith Pyle Bobbitt. Alma grew up in the Weches Community and lived the rest of her life in Alto. She married Charlie Frank Wallace in...

Memorial services for Cathy Marie Nye, 71, of Mt. Enterprise will be Saturday November 16th, 2019 at 3pm at the Sulphur Springs Baptist Church in Mt. Enterprise. Mrs. Nye passed away Sunday, November 3, in Longview. She was born in Bell Flower, California, July 29, 1948 to Herbert Hamilton Lyons and Elsie Mae Ryerson Lyons. She had lived in Liberty City, Texas and Mt. Enterprise for the last 20 years. Cathy was a member of the Sulphur Springs Missionary Baptist Church and had worked as a...

Graveside funeral services for Joe Lawrence Pate, 82, of Cushing will be Friday, November 8, at 12 Noon, at the Isabel Chapel Cemetery near Mt. Enterprise. Mr. Pate passed away Saturday, November 2, in Nacogdoches. He was born September 4, 1937 in Martinsville, Texas to Virgil Pate and Vallie Douley Pate. He had grown up in Chireno and lived in Cushing for the last 43 years. Mr. Pate was an auto mechanic and had also worked for Nacogdoches County in road maintenance. He loved fishing and...

Funeral services for Sharon Kay Steahle, 64, of Pearland and formerly of Alto were held Saturday November 2nd, 2019 at 11am at the O.T. Allen & Son chapel. Burial followed at Old Palestine Cemetery. Mrs. Steahle died October 25th, 2019 in Pearland, Texas. She was born September 19th, 1955 in Corsicana, Texas to Harold and LaVonne McCommas Rice. She lived in Houston for 44 years. She was a Girl Scout volunteer and lead trainer for 25 years. She sat on the Assisthers Board of Directors....

A private family memorial is pending for Lonnie Earl Taylor, 86, of Nacogdoches. Mr. Taylor passed away Thursday, October 17, in Nacogdoches. He was born March 10, 1933 in Ashville, Tennessee to Walter Taylor and Louetta Barnes Taylor. Mr. Taylor had lived in Nacogdoches for the last 40 years and operated Taylor Plumbing. He was also a U.S. Army veteran. Lonnie was preceded in death by his parents as well as 3 brothers. He is survived by wife Emma Batson Taylor of Nacogdoches, daughters and...

  Alto- Funeral services for Whitney Joseph “Buz” Sonnier Jr., 89, of Alto and formerly of Beaumont will be Thursday, October 17, at 11 AM in the First Baptist Church in Alto with Rev. Gary Pridmore and Rev. Bobby King officiating. Burial will follow at the Ball Family Cemetery near Alto. Buz was born July 3, 1930 in Beaumont, Texas to Whitney Joseph Sonnier Sr. and Nola Boutte Sonnier. He lived most of his life in Beaumont and in Alto for the last 7 years. Buz had been a...

Cushing- Funeral services for Kenneth D. Rains, 79, of Nacogdoches and formerly of Houston will be Saturday October 5th at 2pm at New Life Church in Sacul. Visitation will be Friday October 4th from 6-8pm at Dickie Allen Funeral Home in Cushing. Kenneth is preceded in death by his parents, brother Donald Rains, sister Linda Rains, and brother-in-law Marty Schelsteder. Mr. Rains was born July 14th, 1940 in Houston, Texas to John Burtis and Cornelia Ruth Cooper Rains. He passed away October...