Obituaries

Jan 29, 2025

No services are scheduled for John D. Hogue Jr., 82, of Alto, Mr. Hogue Passed away Wednesday, January 29, 2025 in Alto, Texas. He was born July 29, 1942 in Crockett, Texas to John Douglas Hogue Sr. and Audrey Willard Penick Hogue. Mr. Hogue had lived in Alto for about 18 years and had also lived in Tennessee Colony....

Jan 27, 2025

Funeral services for Minister/Elder Ray Allen Christopher Sr., 71, of the Elm Grove Community near Rusk, will be Saturday, February 1st, at 12 Noon in the Mt. Hebron Presbyterian CPCA Church in Elm Grove with Rev. Travis McGowan officiating and Rev. Rachell Lucas eulogizing. Burial will follow in the Plainview Cemetery in Ponta. Minster/Elder Christopher passed away January 27,...

Jan 25, 2025

Janice Wallace Gresham, 83, of Reklaw, Texas, passed away on Saturday, January 25, 2025, in Nacogdoches, Texas. A visitation for Janice will be held on Tuesday, January 28, 2025, from 6:00 P.M. – 8:00 P.M., at Dickie-Allen Funeral Home in Cushing. Graveside services will be on Wednesday, January 29, 2025, at 10:00 A.M., at Walkers Chapel Cemetery in Reklaw,...

Jan 23, 2025

Jim Harper 59 of Weatherford, Texas passed away January 23, 2025 in Lufkin, Texas after a short battle with cancer. Jim was born November 5, 1965 in Nacogdoches, Texas to Charles and Delores Harper.

Jim is preceded in death by wife Scarlette Harper, Parents Charles and Delores Harper, and Step- Son, John Baker (Paddy Cake).

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Jan 20, 2025

A graveside funeral service for Joe W. Dunn, 73, of Alto will be Friday at 11AM in the Old Palestine Cemetery near Alto with Rev. Rhonda Watson officiating. Mr. Dunn passed away Monday, January 20 in Alto. He was born April 27, 1951 in Lufkin, Texas to Wiley T. Dunn and Ruby Estel Antley Dunn. Joe had lived in...

Jan 19, 2025

A funeral service for Paul Leonard McCloud, 87, of Wells will be Saturday January 25th, 2025 at 10am at the Church of Wells in Wells, Texas. Graveside to follow at the Church of Wells Family Cemetery.

There is no visitation scheduled. More obituary information will be posted as soon as it becomes available.

Jan 18, 2025

A memorial service for Tabitha O. Whitaker, 37, of Nacogdoches and formerly of Alto will be Saturday January 25th at 2pm at the Linwood Baptist Church with Rev. Lionel Whitaker officiating. No visitation is scheduled.

We have also opened up a fundraising campaign in her memory to assist the family with expenses. You can see that info...

Jan 16, 2025

Frances Bone, a tenaciously independent woman who lived life to its fullest and cherished her family above all, passed away in her home on January 16, 2025. Frances Bone was born on October 16th, 1947, in San Augustine Texas.

A graduate of the Linda Houston School of Cosmetology in Houston, Texas, Frances enjoyed a 50-year career of...

Jan 12, 2025

Gerald "Jerry" Walles, 78, passed away at his home on January 11, 2025. Jerry was born in Michigan on December 15th. He loved the Lord with all of his heart and early in life surrendered his life to ministry and completed seminary at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. His career in ministry brought him to Texas, where he served in...

Jan 11, 2025

Amanda Tolentino Sevilla, 62, of Alto, passed away on January 11, 2025 in Houston, Texas. Visitation and Rosary will be 5:00-7:00PM Wednesday January 15th at O.T. Allen & Son Funeral Home. Rosary to start at approximately 6:20pm . Graveside services will be held 2:00PM Friday January 17, 2025 at Sevilla Family Cemetery 4345 FM 851, Alto, Texas officiated by...

Jan 6, 2025

Summers Hassell (87) was born in the Beulah Community near Alto, TX on August 19, 1937 to William Jesse Hassell and Amy Audral Wallace Hassell.  He passed away on January 6, 2025 in Rusk, Texas.  A Celebration of Life service will be held on Saturday, January 18th at 2:00 p.m.  at A. Frank Smith Methodist Church (131 Cooper Street)...

Jan 5, 2025

Graveside Services for Max A. Tallant, 87, will be held on Saturday, January 11, 2025, at 1:00 p.m. at the Lyles-Sanders Cemetery in Rusk County, with Clyde Gray of Springfield, Missouri, officiating and directed by Dickie Allen Funeral Home.

Mr. Tallant was born on August 9, 1937, at home in Malvern, Arkansas (Rolla Route #1), to Arthur...

Dec 30, 2024

Jamie Roush, 39 of Rusk Texas, passed away on December 30, 2024 in Rusk, Texas.

Funeral services will be held 2:00 PM, Friday, January 10, 2025 at First Baptist Church, Rusk Texas.  Pastor Brian Givens of First Baptist Church, Rusk and Pastor Steve Smith of First Baptist Church Hebron, Carrollton, Texas will officiate. Family and friends are...

Dec 25, 2024

Funeral services for Odean Easley, 102, of Alto will be Friday, January 3rd, 2025 at 1 PM at the Highway 69 Church of Christ in Alto with Bro, Kaffee Andrews officiating. There will be a visitation time from 11 Am until 1 Pm also at the church that Friday. Mrs. Easley was born March 12, 1922 in Alto to...

Dec 17, 2024

Funeral services for Syble Katherine Lindsey, 97, of Alto will be Saturday, December 21, at 10 AM in the O.T. Allen & Son Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Zac Baker officiating. Burial will follow in the Old Palestine Cemetery. There will be a visitation Friday, December 20, from 6-8 PM at the funeral home. Mrs. Lindsey passed away Tuesday,...

Dec 15, 2024

A funeral service for Mattie Heffington Lilley, 90, of Houston, and formerly of Alto will be Saturday at 2 PM at the Calvery Tabernacle United Pentacostal Church in Alto. The family will receive visitors from 1-2 PM at the church. Interment will follow at Old Palestine Cemetery in Alto. Mrs. Lilley was born January 29th, 1934 in Denton, Texas...

Dec 13, 2024

George Walter Clark, 99, of Gary, Indiana, passed away on December 13, 2024, in Alto, Texas. George, best known as "Bigman", was born in Paducah, Kentucky to George Clark & Lucy Hearns.  Bigman attended Roosevelt High School in Gary, Indiana. After graduating high school he joined the U.S. Navy, was a Seaman First Class in World War II and...

Dec 10, 2024

Willis Joshua Hargrave, Jr., son of Willis J. Hargrave, Sr. And Annie Belle (Gage) Hargrave, was born in Houston, TX on August 26, 1935 and passed away in Houston, TX on December 10, 2024. He is preceded in death by his parents, his precious infant daughter Dana Renee' Hargrave, and siblings: Helen Brumley, Jimmie Hargrave, Patricia Courson, Judy Parks,...

Dec 9, 2024

Evelyn Gaye Dodson Brown stepped into the arms of her Lord and Savior, fully healed and complete, on Monday, December 9, 2024.  Born May 27, 1954  in Fort Worth to Rev. George and Joyce Dodson, Gaye moved to Nacogdoches in 1965, graduating from Nacogdoches High School and Stephen F. Austin State University.

As a teacher of 24...

Dec 3, 2024

Juanita Greer Birdwell, 87, joined her beloved husband, Willard Ray, and her daughter, Krecia Ray, in their heavenly home, Tuesday, December 3rd, 2024 at 7:15pm. Juanita enjoyed a strong and vibrant Thanksgiving Day laughing with family, experiencing a sudden stroke that evening. She was surrounded by her family and prayer through the moment of her passing.

Juanita...