Obituaries

Apr 27, 2022

Funeral services for Regina Brown will be 12:00 pm Friday, May 6, 2022, at Apostolic Lighthouse in Nacogdoches with Bro. Brent Crosswhite officiating. Family and friends are welcome to the visitation service Friday from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm prior to the funeral. Interment will be conducted at Pine Grove Cemetery directly following funeral.  Regina Brown of Nacogdoches, Texas...

Apr 23, 2022

Funeral services for Kenneth Ervin Wheeless, 74, of Cushing, Texas will be 11:00 am Thursday, April 28, 2022 at Dickie Allen Funeral Home in Cushing. Family and friends are invited to attend the visitation on Wednesday from 6:00 to 8:00 pm at the funeral home. Kenneth Ervin Wheeless passed away Saturday, April 23, 2022 in Tyler, Texas. Kenneth was...

Apr 19, 2022

Jo Ann Inman Pye was born on May 16, 1924, to Wilma Daugherty and Earl Inman of Tulsa, OK. She was the oldest of two children. She graduated from Central High School in Tulsa and attended Oklahoma A. & M. College (now Oklahoma State University), where she was a member of Kapa Delta Sorority and worked summers at the...

Apr 17, 2022

A funeral service for Don Hilton Bennett, 79, of Alto will be Friday April 22nd, 2022 at the O.T. Allen & Son Chapel. A visitation will be held 1 hour prior to services also at the chapel. Interment will follow at Old Palestine Cemetery in Alto.

Don Hilton Bennett born January 29th, 1943 went home to be...

Apr 16, 2022

Funeral services for Lester Hunter, 78, of Alto will Wednesday, April 20, at 2 PM in the A. Frank Smith Methodist Church in Alto with Rev. Tim Ross officiating. There will be a visitation time from 1 PM until service time Wednesday at the church. Burial will follow at the Old Palestine Cemetery. Lester passed away Saturday, April 16,...

Apr 12, 2022

Funeral services for Beverly Maddux Campbell, 90, of Pflugerville and formerly of Lufkin will be Saturday, April 16, at 2 PM at the O.T. Allen & Son Funeral Chapel in Alto. There will be a visitation from 1 PM until 2 PM Saturday. Burial will follow at the Old Palestine Cemetery in Alto. Mrs. Campbell passed away Tuesday, April...

Apr 12, 2022

A Rosary service followed by a Catholic Mass for Manuela Hernandez De Soto, 70, of Alto will be Thursday ay 12:30 PM at the Catholic Church in Rusk with Father George Dinguis officiating. Burial will be in the Old Palestine Cemetery near Alto following the Mass. Manuela passed away Tuesday, April 12 in Alto, Texas. She was born June...

Apr 7, 2022

John "Ray" Reed passed away on April 7th, 2022 in Dallas, Texas at the age of 77. He was born to John Wylie and Myrtis Syble (Price) Reed on January 10th, 1945 in Alto, Texas. He proudly served in the Navy during the Vietnam war. He was a loving father, and a good provider for his family at home. ...

Apr 7, 2022

A graveside service for John Raymond Reed, 77, of Wylie and formerly of Alto will be Friday April 15th, at 2pm at the Alto City Cemetery. No formal visitation is scheduled.

A more detailed obituary will be posted as soon as it becomes available.

Apr 7, 2022

Gary Wayne Trapp, 58, of Alto passed away Thursday, April 7, in Alto. He was born April 10, 1963 in Barstow, California to Charles S. Trapp and Christy Lynn Roby Trapp. Gary had lived in Alto for about 48 years and was Baptist. He was a machinist at Lufkin Industries and enjoyed playing guitar, riding motorcycles and playing with...

Apr 4, 2022

Memorial services for Glen W. Willhite, 82, of Nacogdoches and formerly Alto and Newellton, Louisiana will be Saturday, April 9, at 2 PM in the O.T. Allen & Son Funeral Chapel in Alto with Rev. Earnie Mayes and Rev. Bobby King officiating. The family will receive visitors from 1 PM until service time on Saturday. Mr. Willhite passed away...

Apr 2, 2022

Funeral services for Sandra Elaine Smelley will be 10:00 am Tuesday, April 5, 2022 at Dickie Allen Funeral Home in Cushing. There will be a visitation for family and friends Monday evening from 5:00 - 8:00 pm at the funeral home. Sandra passed away Saturday, April 2, 2022 surrounded by her family. Sandra Elaine Arrington was born May 6,...

Mar 28, 2022

"Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted" Matthew 5:4. Momma, Mawmaw, Aunt Gen, 82 passed peacefully, March 28th, 2022, in Carrollton, Texas surrounded by family and loved ones. She will forever be loved by her children, Linda (Steve) Goode of Rusk, Texas. Joe (Kathleen) Allen of Carrollton, Texas. John Wesley (Teresa) Allen, Carrollton, Texas. She was...

Mar 23, 2022

Memorial services for Keiton James Martin,18, of Alto and formerly of Rayne, Louisiana will be Sunday, March 27, at 2PM in the O.T. Allen & Son Funeral Chapel in Alto with Rev. Tim Ross officiating. Keiton passed away Wednesday, March 23 in Tyler, Texas. He was born October 18, 2003 in Ft. Hood, Texas to Travis James Martin and...

Mar 22, 2022

With great sadness, we announce the loss of our beloved son and brother, Kyle Wayne Fears. He passed away on March 22, 2022, at the age of 25. Kyle came into this world on June 4, 1996, to Jerry Fears and Tina Sitton in Nacogdoches, Texas. He brought joy and laughter to those all around him. He attended Cushing...

Mar 15, 2022

Mary Margaret Willingham Gaddis, 89, of Cushing, Texas passed away early Tuesday morning, March 15, 2022. Mary was born on October 6, 1932 in Tuscumbia, Alabama to Charles P. Willingham and Sara Lousie Willingham. She moved to Cushing in 1985 with her husband Roy D. Gaddis and lived there until her passing. She was the consummate homemaker. Mary cared...

Mar 13, 2022

Betty May Nichols, 89, of Cushing, Texas passed away in Nacogdoches, Texas. She was born March 27, 1932 on Flowery Mountain to Wesley and Gertrude Baker. Betty spent most of her childhood on Flowery Mountain and attended Nat and Cushing schools. Betty married the love of her life, Odell Nichols on January 21, 1949. They resided in Cushing where...

Mar 13, 2022

Alto - Funeral services for Terry Ted Moore, 88, of Alto, will be Wednesday, March 16, at 10:30 AM at the First Baptist Church in Rusk with Rev. Brian Givens and grandson Seth Daniel officiating. Interment will follow in the Old Palestine Cemetery in Alto. There is no visitation scheduled. Coach Moore was born April 7,1933 in Alto to...

Mar 8, 2022

Lavadrick Lashod Singletary was born on October 14,1992.  God called him home on March 8, 2022. He spent his childhood years in Alto, TX, and later moved to Cypress, TX. He was a graduate of Alto High School, attended Blinn Community College, and was an active cadet in the Houston Community College Police Academy where he established loving and...

Mar 4, 2022

Funeral services for Janice Ann McGarity, 71, of Alto will be Wednesday March 9th at 2pm at the O.T. Allen & Son Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will be at Old Palestine Cemetetery. A visitation will be Tuesday March 8th from 6-8pm also at the funeral home.

Janice Ann McGarity, 71, of Alto died Friday March 4th, 2022...