Obituaries

Mar 14, 2026

A graveside service for Don Davidson, 75, of Reklaw, Texas will be Wednesday March 18th,2026 at 2pm at Walker Chapel Cemetery in Reklaw. A visitation will be held from 12:00pm to 1:30pm at Dickie Allen funeral home in Cushing. Following the service, a meal will be provided at the Bread of Life Church Community Room in Reklaw.

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Mar 7, 2026

A funeral service for Rita Fuller Benison, 80, of Cushing will be held Tuesday March 10th, 2026 at 2pm at McKnight Congregational Church in Cushing. A visitation will be one hour prior to the funeral also at the church. Interment will be at the McKnight Cemetery.

Rita was born July 30th, 1945 in Cushing, Texas to Ellis...

Mar 6, 2026

Nancy Bell Beard, 83, of Caro, Tx, passed away on March 6th, 2026 in Nacogdoches, Texas. Graveside services will be held at Holly Grove Cemetery in Trawick, Tx and are pending. Nancy was born in Monticello, Ark., to Jesse Myrtle Bosnian on June 25th, 1942. She married Randy Beard of Trawick, Texas, on June 18, 1974, in Houston, Texas....

Mar 6, 2026

A memorial service for Joan Felder, 91, of Alto will be Thursday, March 12 at 2 PM at the A.Frank Smith Methodist Church in Alto. A visitaion time will start at 1 PM.  Joan Davis Felder passed away on March 6, 2026, in Jacksonville, Texas.  She was born on February 22, 1935, to Charles Lloyd Davis and Dorothy Mae...

Mar 5, 2026

Funeral services for Patti Laverne Kelley, 92, of Alto will be Thursday, March 12, 2026 at 10 AM in the O.T. Allen & Son Funeral Chapel with Bro. David Bogan and Rev. Floyd Simpson officiating. Patti passed away Thursday, March 5th at her home in Alto. She was born April 9th, 1933 in Hugo, Oklahoma to Craft White Lawhorn...

Mar 1, 2026

Funeral services for Edna Lucile Pyle, 93, of Alto will be Saturday, March 7th at 10 AM at the Weches Baptist Church with Rev. Davey Hobson officiating. Burial will follow in the Weches Cemetery. There will be a visitation time starting at 9 AM Saturday at the church. Edna passed away Sunday, March 1st at her home in Alto....

Feb 27, 2026

Rita (Sitton) Mora was born in Cushing, TX on December 17, 1937 to Foster V Sitton and Macyl (Wood) Sitton. She graduated in 1955 from Cushing High School where she made lifelong friends. She later attended Massey Business School in Nacogdoches, where she met her husband Clarence Mora.

She was deeply loved and admired by all of...

Feb 26, 2026

Graveside funeral services for Lewis Earl Hicks, 96, of Alto will be held Saturday at 3 PM at the Old Palestine Cemetery in Alto. Mr. Hicks passed away Thursday, February 26, 2026 at his home in Alto. He was born December 10, 1929 in Alto to Archie Earl Hicks and Ora Reece Hicks. Earl lived all his life in...

Feb 19, 2026

A memorial service for Sheila Lavon Atkinson, 69, of Huntington, Tx will be Tuesday March 3rd, 2026 at 2pm at Ora Missionary Baptist Church in Huntington, Tx with Bro. Wesley Matchett officiating. No visitation is scheduled. Sheila was born February 5th, 1957 in Houston, Tx to Oscar Boyce and Wanda Lorene Hagan Holland. She passed away February 19th, 2026...

Feb 13, 2026

Mary Frances Muller McHaney, 85, of Lufkin, TX, peacefully passed away on February 13th, 2026, surrounded by family at her home after an eight month battle with Pancreatic cancer.

Mary Frances was born in Nacogdoches, TX to Meadrill and Ora Muller on December 7, 1940. She attended Nacogdoches High School and then went on to Stephen F....

Feb 13, 2026

Funeral services for Joan Clevenger Landrum Hunter, 81, of Alto will be Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 2 PM in  the A. Frank Smith Methodist Church in Alto with Rev John Cogdill officiating. The family will receive visitors from 1 PM to 2 PM at the church before services. Burial will follow at Old Palestine Cemetery near Alto. Joan...

Feb 6, 2026

Lela Montez Williamson ("Maw Maw"), 88

Lela Montez Williamson, lovingly known as "Maw Maw," passed away peacefully on February 6, 2026, at 10:34 p.m., surrounded by her family. She went to be with her Heavenly Father and best friend, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

Lela is under the care of Dickie Allen Funeral Home...

Feb 5, 2026

Ervin Wayne Helm, 59, of Alto, passed away on February 5, 2026 in Alto, TX.

A memorial celebrating his life will be held Monday, February 16, 2026 at Campground Baptist Church at 11am in Alto, TX.

Wayne was born in Houston, TX to Hester and Ethel Helm on May 14, 1966. He went to school...

Jan 25, 2026

James Daniel Nowell, 41, of Alto, passed away on Sunday, January 25, 2026, in Tyler, Texas.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, January 30, 2026, at Allen Funeral Home with Pastor Bruce Robinson of Missionary Baptist Church officiating. Burial will follow at Old Palestine Cemetery.

James was born in Nacogdoches, Texas, to...

Jan 16, 2026

Glenda Dean (Latham) McCommas-Grimes, 85, passed away at her residence in Rusk, Texas, on Friday, January 16, 2026, with her family by her side.

Glenda was born in Lilbert, Texas on July 7, 1940, to Avery R. Latham and Bonnie Mae Vanover.

She worked as a nurse, as well as owning and operating several businesses. ...

Jan 13, 2026

A funeral will be held Tuesday January 27th, 2026 at 1pm at the First Baptist Church of Nacogdoches. Interment will follow the funeral at New Hope Cemetery in Alto. There is no visitation scheduled.

Kobe was born on September 23rd, 1998 to Tandya Smith in Jacksonville, Texas. Kobe passed away at his home on January 13th, 2026...

Jan 11, 2026

Nellie Don Dover, 79, of Alto, passed away on January 11, 2026 in Nacogdoches, Texas.

Memorial services will be held Saturday, January 31st at 10:00am at Alto Missionary Baptist Church with the Brother Bruce Robinson officiating.

Nellie was born to Monroe and Verliah Peacock on April 15, 1946. She married JC Dover on June 29,...

Jan 10, 2026

No services are scheduled for Jim K. "Bear" Roberts, 66, of Alto. Mr. Roberts died January 10th, 2026 in Tyler, Texas. He was born December 19,1959 in Alameda, California. Jim was a career military man in the U.S. Army and had lived all over the United States before moving to Alto five years ago. Jim grew up on a...

Jan 7, 2026

A memorial service for Trey Robert Ring, 26 of Alto is pending. Trey passed away Wednesday, January 7, in Alto. He was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, February 24, 1999 to Lisa Ring and John Ring. Trey's family moved to Richland Hill, Georgia when he was still young. After high school Trey enlisted in the U.S. Army and went to...

Dec 30, 2025

Funeral services for Harold Tracie Parker, 92, of Alto are scheduled for 2 PM Friday, January 2nd at the First Baptist Church in Alto with Rev. David Hobson officiating. Burial will follow at the Lynches Chapel Cemetery near Alto. Harold passed away Tuesday, December 30 in Jacksonville. Harold was born July 4, 1933 in Alto, Texas to Dan Morgan...