Obituaries

Aug 11, 2018

Funeral services for Johnnie Townley, 95, of Forney and formerly of Alto, will be Thursday August 16th at 1 pm at the O.T. Allen & Son Funeral Home in Alto with her grandson, Rev. Michael Geddie officiating. Visitation will be Thursday from 12 noon until service time at the funeral home. Mrs. Townley died August 11th in Forney, Texas....

Aug 10, 2018

Cushing – Funeral services for Anniebell W. Polk, 56, of Cushing, Texas will be Monday August 13that 10am at the Dickie Allen funeral home chapel. Visitation will be Sunday August 12th from 6-8pm at the funeral home. Mrs. Polk died Friday August 10thin Nacogdoches. She was born May 9th, 1962 in Houston, Texas to Charlie Nelson and Josiebell Wood....

Aug 9, 2018

Cushing – Funeral services for Amos Leroy Gregson, 93, of Bullard, Texas will be Sunday August 12that 2pm at the Dickie Allen funeral home chapel. Visitation will be from 1-2pm at the funeral home on Sunday. Graveside service will follow at Walker Chapel Cemetery in Reklaw. After two months of pancreatic cancer, while at the home of his granddaughter...

Aug 8, 2018

Cushing – Funeral services for James H. "J.J." Birdwell, 78, of Cushing, Texas will be Saturday August 11th at 3pm at the Dickie Allen Funeral Home Chapel. Visitation will be from 1-3pm on Saturday also at the funeral home. Mr. Birdwell died Wednesday in Cushing. He was born March 20th, 1940 in Cushing, Texas to Hurshel and Lillie Mason...

Aug 5, 2018

Cushing – Graveside services for Leon Clark, 78, of Laneville, Texas will be Saturday August 11that 11am at the Holleman Cemetery in Laneville, Texas. There is no visitation scheduled. Mr. Clark died Sunday August 5thin Tyler, Texas. He was born October 1st, 1939 in Laneville, Texas to Ima Gene Clark. He is preceded in death by his mother, daughter...

Aug 3, 2018

Cushing - Graveside services for Carolyn Maxine Jenkins, 71, of Nacogdoches, Texas will be Sunday August 5th at 2pm at the Shady Grove Cemetery in Nacogdoches. There is no visitation scheduled. Mrs. Jenkins died Friday August 3rd in Nacogdoches, Texas. She was born December 21st, 1946 in Nacogdoches, Texas to Willie Jr. and Aline Rice Strahan. She is survived by...

Jul 30, 2018

Funeral services for Barbara Ann Grogan, 70, of Alto, will be Thursday August 2nd at 10am at the A. Frank UMC in Alto. Visitation will be Wednesday from 6-8pm at the funeral home in Alto. Mrs. Grogan died July 30th 2018 in Hudson, Texas. She was born November 22nd, 1947 in Jacksonville, Texas to Harmon and Opal Felder West....

Jul 26, 2018

Funeral services for Sarah Nell Dover, 80, of Lufkin and formerly of Alto, will be Monday, July 30th, at 10 AM at the O.T. Allen & Son Funeral Chapel in Alto with Bro. Steve Killam officiating. Burial will follow at the Old Palestine Cemetery. Visitation will be Sunday evening from 6-8 PM at the Allen Funeral Home. Sarah passed...

Jul 24, 2018

Cushing – Funeral services for Kara Brooks Sitton , 81, will be Saturday July 28th, at 10am at the Dickie Allen funeral home chapel. Visitation will be Friday July 27th from 6-8pm at the funeral home.

Dad, Kara Brooks, was born July 23, 1937 at home in Oak Flat (Cushing), TX to Kirk Sitton and Julia Inez...

Jul 16, 2018

A graveside service for Bobby Ray Whitton, 61, of Cushing, Texas will be Saturday July 28th at 1pm at McKnight Cemetery in Cushing. Services will be officiated by Bro. Dennis White, Bro. Dick Tubbe, and Bro. Chad Neptune. There is no visitation scheduled. Mr. Whitton died Monday July 16th in Cushing, Texas. He was born September 24, 1956 in Houston,...

Jul 2, 2018

Jacky Morris Cook, 86, of Elkhart passed from this life on Monday, July 2, 2018. Jacky was born April 30, 1932 outside Corrigan, Texas, to Oma Cook Ashworth and Frank Arnold Ashworth, upon the death of Jacky's birth mother she was adoped by her great aunt and uncle, Samuel J. Morris and Ruth Norman Morris and spent her "growing...

Jun 20, 2018

Linwood D. Hinson, Age 80, of Alto, Texas, beloved husband of Rose Jones Hinson, passed away on Wednesday June the 20th Lindy was a longtime resident of Alto, Texas, moving there from Pollok, Texas twenty-one years ago. He was born in Lufkin, Texas to Dewitt and Margaret Allen Hinson(pre-deceased) of Allentown, Texas. Dewitt worked for Humble Oil Company and traveled...

Jun 16, 2018

Vickie Lynn Wallace Barnes

Funeral services for Vickie Lynn Wallace Barnes, 60, of Alto, will be Thursday, June 21st, at 1PM at the Cold Springs Methodist Church near Alto with Rev. John Black officiating. Burial will follow at the Alto City Cemetery. Visitation will be Wednesday evening from 6-8 PM at the Allen Funeral Home. Vickie passed...

Jun 16, 2018

Cushing- Graveside services for Bobby K. Ayres, 65, of Sacul, Texas will be Tuesday June 19th, at 11am at Sacul Cemetery. Visitation will be from 10:30 to 11am also at the cemetery. Mr. Ayres died Saturday in Sacul. Bobby was born the second son to Luea and Estleen Parker Ayres on May 28th, 1953 in Nacogdoches, Texas. He is...

Jun 14, 2018

Alto – Funeral services for Joel Clinton "J.C." Dover will be Sunday June 17th at 2pm at the Alto Missionary Baptist Church. Interment to follow at Old Palestine Cemetery. Visitation will be Saturday from 6-8pm at Missionary Baptist Church.

Mr. Dover died Thursday June 14th in Alto. He was born May 13th, 1941 in Alto, Texas to...

Jun 11, 2018

Cushing - Funeral services for Larry James Polk, 70, of Cushing will be Saturday June 16th at 11am at the Dickie Allen funeral home chapel. Visitation will be Friday June 15th from 6-8pm also at the funeral home. Mr. Polk died Monday in Nacogdoches. He was born August 11th, 1947 in Cushing, Texas to Robert L. and Lois Dansby Polk....

Jun 7, 2018

Cheryl Strickland Pierce passed away peacefully in Midland, Texas on June 7, 2018. Cheryl was born on February 5, 1958 and grew up in Weches, TX, studying at Kennard High School and later earned her LVN license from Tyler Junior College.

Cheryl enjoyed growing up in East Texas and had a good country life. She helped her...

Jun 5, 2018

Cushing- Funeral services for Bobbie Sue Miller, 81, of Reklaw will be Thursday June 7th, at 10am at the Reklaw Baptist Church with Bro. Jerry Bennett and Bro. Jerry Walles Officiating. Interment will follow at Walkers Chapel Cemetery. Visitation is scheduled for Wednesday June 6thfrom 6-8pm at the funeral home in Cushing. Mrs. Miller will also receive the Eastern...

Jun 2, 2018

Joseph ("Joe") Traynham Fuller passed away peacefully in Nacogdoches, Texas on June 2, 2018. Joe was born on May 23, 1931 in Galveston, Texas, and was raised on the island, graduating from Ball High School in 1950, where he also received his military training certificate from the Reserve Training Corps.

Joe enjoyed growing up in Galveston and...

May 20, 2018

Alto – Funeral services for Denorris Hackney, 63, of Alto will be Saturday, May 26, at 11 AM at The River Church (formerly Alto Community Fellowship) in Alto with Rev. D'artagnan Shedd officiating. Burial will follow at the New Hope Cemetery in Alto. Denorris died Sunday, May 20, in Houston. He was born September 19, 1954 in Alto, Texas...