Joyce Merle (Gregg) Corley
Jan 26, 2022
Funeral services for Joyce Gregg Corley, 87, of Houston will be Wednesday, February 2nd, at 1 PM at the O.T. Allen & Son Funeral Chapel in Alto. Burial will follow in the Weches Cemetery in Weches, Texas. There will be a visitation time from 12 noon until service time Wednesday at the funeral home. Mrs. Corley passed away Wednesday,...
Janis O. Wall
Jan 24, 2022
Funeral services for Janis O. Wall will be 10:30 am Wednesday, January 26, 2022 at Dickie Allen Funeral Home in Cushing with pastor Michael Wall officiating. Janis O. Wall passed away Monday, January 24, 2022 in Grand Cane, Louisiana. Janis was born October 14, 1935 in Nacogdoches to Curtis Birdwell and Brady King Birdwell. Janis grew up in Cushing...
Lillie Pearl (Gardiner) Taylor
Jan 24, 2022
Lillie P. Gardiner Taylor (Watts), 84 of Houston, TX quietly passed away on January 24, 2022. Funeral services will be held at O.T. Allen funeral home in Alto, TX. Friday January 28th at 12pm,  burial will follow at Hendrick cemetery. There will be a visitation time Friday from 11 Am until service time.
Lillie was born in...
Lera Jewel Driggers
Jan 23, 2022
Lera Jewel Driggers passed away Sunday, January 23, 2022 in Nacogdoches, Texas. Lera was born December 4, 1928 to Ed Jurgens and Lavenia Smith in Alice, Texas. She was entombed at Houston National Cemetery next to her husband Wilburn Driggers (Seaman First Class, USN) in Houston, Texas. She was preceded in death by her husband, and only child David...
Emmie Marianne Black
Jan 14, 2022
Emmie Marianne Black, 92, of Alto passed away January 14, 2022 in Wells, Texas. She was born October 16, 1929 in Simonsberg, Germany to Wilhelh Holm and Anni Schweizer Holm. Emmie grew up in Germany and later moved to Texas. She had lived in Woodville for some time and lived the last several years in Alto. She was a...
Arnold David Martin
Jan 14, 2022
Funeral service for David Martin, 82, of Dialville will be Tuesday, January 18,at 11 AM at the O.T. Allen & Son Funeral Chapel in Alto with Bro. William Lee Martin officiating. There will be a visitation from 10-11 AM before the service. Burial will follow in the Old Palestine Cemetery. David passed away  Friday, January 14, in Tyler. He...
Charles David Hightower
Jan 14, 2022
Charles David "Charlie" Hightower died peacefully on Friday, January 14, 2022. He was 82 and the beloved husband of the late Clara (Clauder) Hightower.
Born December 29, 1939 in Lufkin, Texas he was one of twelve children of the late Flurier and Archie (Miller) Hightower.
Charles married Clara Hightower in Houston, Texas and together they...
Virginia Anne Dutton Hamilton
Jan 9, 2022
Virginia Anne Dutton Hamilton left this life on earth and joined her husband in heaven, whom she dearly missed, on Sunday, January 9, 2022 in Nacogdoches. Virginia was born on July 14, 1951 to Oliver Edward Dutton and Gladys Louise Carroll Dutton in Houston, Texas. She met her soul mate, Jerry Lynn Hamilton Sr. at the age of 13....
Michael B Carter
Jan 8, 2022
A visitation/memorial service for Michael B, Carter, 66, of Alto will be Wednesday, January 12, from 6-8 PM at the O.T. Allen & Son Funeral Chapel in Alto. Michael passed away  Saturday, January 8, in Alto. He was born November 8, 1955 in El Paso, Texas to Barton and Harriett Carter. Michael had lived in Tulsa, Oklahoma and been...
Chris "Bill" Morgan Sr.
Jan 7, 2022
Chris "Bill" Morgan, 71, of Alto passed away January 7, 2022 in Tyler. He was born December 11, 1950 in Alto to L.C. Morgan and Eloise York Morgan. Chris had worked at the Rusk State Hospital 10 years and for Freddie Wallace at Alto Concrete. He was preceded in death by his wife Charles Ann Morgan, brothers Charles Griffin...
Norma Glenice Stewart
Jan 6, 2022
Graveside services for Norma Glenice Stewart, 86, of Cushing will be 12:00 PM Monday, January 10, 2022 at McKnight Cemetery in Cushing, Texas. Visitation will be Sunday, January 9, 2022 from 6:00 to 8:00 PM at Dickie Allen Funeral Home in Cushing. Norma Glenice Stewart passed away at her home in Cushing Thursday evening January 6, 2022. Norma's daughter...
Mary Bess (Caldwell) Banks
Jan 5, 2022
Mary Bess (Caldwell) Banks, 94 passed away peacefully on January 5, 2022. Mrs. Banks was born on August 9, 1927 in Jonesboro, LA to David E. and Gladys (Hardy) Caldwell. She lived in Lufkin, Texas where she met and married her husband, Joe Frank Banks of Cushing, Tx on November 14, 1954. They eventually moved to Houston, Tx where...
Elisabeth (Beall) Erspamer
Jan 4, 2022
Elisabeth "Lisa" Beall Erspamer, 63, passed peacefully into the arms of her heavenly Father on January, 4, 2022.
Lisa was born on April 16, 1958, in Dallas, Texas to James F. "Jim" and Molly Beall. She dearly loved and was loved by her three younger brothers. She was a bright student, involved in many extracurricular activities, and...
Julie Ann (Hautman) Dunn
Jan 2, 2022
Mrs. Dunn passed away Sunday January 2nd, 2022 in Alto. Texas. She is survived by her husband Sammy Dunn, Jr. and Godmother and Pastor Virginia Green, 2 sisters, 1 God Sister and a host of friends. Mrs. Dunn originally came from California to East Texas. She worked at Walmart for 15 years. She met Sammy Dunn at the Living...
Rickey M Sanders
Jan 1, 2022
Graveside funeral  services for Rickey M. Sanders, 63, of Douglass will be Saturday, January 8, in the Stonewall Cemetery in Douglass at 11 AM. Rickey passed away,  Saturday, January 1st in Douglass. He was born February 16, 1958 in Houston, Texas to Robert Sanders and Hazel Whitaker Sanders. Rickey had lived in Houston for about 33 years and spent...
Herbert Lowe Nichols, Sr.
Jan 1, 2022
Herbert Lowe Nichols was born January 17, 2021 south of Cushing in Nacogdoches County to George W. and Elsie Whitaker Nichols. He attended Cushing School and graduated in 1939. On August 23, 1941 he married Vera Faye Whitaker, his high school sweetheart.
Mr. Nichols worked for Frank Williamson and The Dallas Morning News. He was drafted into...
Felton Mumphrey Jr.
Dec 30, 2021
Graveside funeral services for Felton Mumphrey Jr., 60, of Alto will be Tuesday, January 4, at 1 PM at the St. Thomas Chapel Cemetery near Alto with Rev. Lionel Whitaker officiating. Mr. Mumphrey passed away Thursday, December 30, in Alto. He was born March 11, 1961 in Rusk, Texas to Felton Mumphrey Sr and Zeffie Pope Mumphrey. Felton lived...
James Alton Hutchison
Dec 27, 2021
A graveside service for James Alton Hutchison, 61, of Douglass will be at Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Nacogdoches, Texas at 1:00 PM, December 31, 2021 with Brother Bill Shaw officiating. James Alton Hutchison passed away Monday, December 27, 2021 at his home with his loved ones by his side. James was born September 11, 1960 to Alton Hutchison and...
Owen E Roark
Dec 23, 2021
Owen Roark born October 16, 1947 to Troyce and Nella Jean Roark of Nacogdoches Texas. Where he grew up and lived except when he served in the Air Force during the Vietnam war. His work career started at Nibco where his father worked but eventually decided working inside a building was not for him. He became a broiler raiser...
Douglas Macarthur Smith
Dec 22, 2021
A small private memorial service for Douglas MacArthur Smith, 79, of Houston will be held graveside at the Shiloh Cemetery in Alto, TX on a date to be determined soon. Doug passed away Wednesday, December 22nd, in Houston. He was born February 13, 1942, in Alto, TX to John Smith and Bertha Cannon Smith. Doug lived in Houston for...
