All Obituaries

Graveside services for Dale Leon Madison, 92, of Lilbert, will be 10 AM Monday, October 18, 2021 at Redland Cemetery in Douglass with Pastor Gene Tatum officiating. Dale Madison passed away Wednesday, October 13, at his home in Cushing with family by his side. Dale Leon Madison was born August 15, 1929 to Fred Madison and Alemada (Noble) Madison in Hershey, Nebraska. He moved to Texas in 1987 and became a Cushing resident in 1995. Dale enlisted into the United States Army on...

Memorial services for Ronald F. Rogers, 77, of Alto will be Monday, October 11, at 2 PM at the O.T. Allen & Son Chapel in Alto with Johnny Emerson officiating. Ronald came to the end of his trail, that he walked with his wife Gail for 56 years, October 8, 2021 in Jacksonville. He was born in Houston in 1944 to Jack Floyd and Lou McFarland Rogers. Ronald lived most of his life in Alto and was a member of the First Baptist Church. He was retired from the Rusk State Hospital where he had...

Funeral services for Homer Rex Whitaker will be Monday 10:00 am October 11, 2021 at Dickie Allen Funeral Home in Cushing, Texas. Visitation will be from 3:00 - 6:00 pm Sunday, October 10, 2021 at the funeral home. Homer "Rex" Whitaker, or as we know him, "Paw-Paw" was born on October 24, 1934, in Lilbert, Texas. As a loving father, grandfather, and uncle, he passed away suddenly at his home in Nacogdoches, Texas, on the afternoon of Thursday, October 7, 2021, at age...

Private family memorial services for Delbert Ray Miller, 66, of Alto are pending. Mr. Miller passed away Tuesday, October 5, in Tyler. He was born July 17, 1955 in Roswell, New Mexico to Ronald Miller and Betty Vancleave Miller. Ray had lived in Alto for 4 years and had also lived for many years in Alamogordo, New Mexico and 11 years in Lufkin. Ray was Baptist and was a member of the Alto Lions Club. He was retired from the Holloman High Speed Test Track where he had served as a sheet metal...

Graveside services for Shirley Ann Davidson, 81, of Van, Texas will be 10:00 AM Friday, October 8, 2021 at Walkers Chapel Cemetery in Reklaw, Texas. Shirley Ann Davidson passed Sunday, October 3, 2021 in Tyler, Texas. Shirley Ann Davidson was born June 6, 1940 to Mr. Jack McLeod and Mrs. Frances Sutherland McLeod in Kilgore, Texas. Shirley grew up Baptist in a home with two sisters and lots of joy. She got married to Leo Hilton and they raised two sons, one step son, and a daughter....

“Death is not an ending, but a symbol of movement along the path upon which we are all traveling… The spirit can never be lost. We have been and always will be a part of each other.” -John Denver Leah Nan Howe (or “Mamaw,” to many of us) had a spirit like none other… She had a passion for teaching, a love affair with angel food cake, and a Southern accent sweet enough to make a Yankee...

    Robert Walters left this world to be with the Lord on September 29, 2021.  At the time, he was a resident at Bluebonnet Point Wellness and Rehab facility in Bullard, Texas.  He was born July 17th, 1927 in Tyler Texas at the family home to Benjamin Tillman and Minnie Ophelia Walters.  He celebrated his 94th birthday this past July with family at the Bluebonnet facility.     He graduated from Tyler High School in 1944. That summer he attended...

A viewing and visitation for Mary C. Stripling, 73, of Alto will be Friday, October 1 at the O.T. Allen & Son Funeral Home in Alto. No formal service is scheduled. Mrs. Stripling passed away early Friday, September 24, in Tyler. She was born in Center, Texas, December 25, 1947 to Richard Isbell and Frances Evilane Wood Isbell. Mary lived in Alto for 9 years and had lived in the Nacogdoches area for many years. She was a homemaker and enjoyed quilting and gardening. She was a  full...

Services will be held Monday September 27th, 2021 at 2pm at A. Frank Smith UMC in Alto. Interment will follow at Lynches Chapel Cemetery. There will be a visitation also at the church one hour prior to services.  Jimmy Moses, 86, of Alto passed away Friday September 24th, 2021. He was born November 30th, 1934 in Alto, Texas to Jim and Reba Wallace Moses. Mr. Moses was a member of A. Frank Smith UMC in Alto, and a Lions Club Member. He was a teacher and he was over the Foreign Language...

Memorial services for Levan Threadgill, 78, of Texarkana, Texas, will be 10:00 AM Saturday, October 2, 2021 at The Dapper at Park Place in  Texarkana, Arkansas. Levan "Sonny" Threadgill passed away Thursday, September 23, 2021 in Texarkana, Texas. Levan was born May 28, 1943 to Booker Hunt and O.T. Threadgill in Texarkana, Texas. Levan went to Booker T. Washington High School in Texarkana, Arkansas where he played basketball. He enlisted into the United...