Herald Democrat
Thursday, March 29, 2007
pg A12

Elsie M. Stinnett
Van Alstyne - Services for Elsie M. Stinnett, 93, of Denton and formerly of Denison, will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at Morning Chapel CME Church in Van Alstyne with Barbara Ford officiating.  Mrs. Stinnett died Tuesday, March 27, 2007 in Denton.
Burial will follow at Van Alstyne Cemetery.
Surviving are sons, John Stinnett and Irwin Stinnett, both of Denton; daughters, Anner Herod of Denton and Bertha Webb of Aurora, Colo.; 13 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.
People Funeral Home in Denton has charge of arrangements.
Family visitation will be at Morning Chapel CME at 12 noon Friday.


Thursday, 26 April 1973

Services for John J. Stinnett, 64, a security guard who died Tuesday at his residence in Van Alstyne, will be held 2:30 p.m. Friday, at the Morning Chapel of The C.M.E. Church, conducted by Rev. T.G. Kirkpatrick, pastor.
Burial will be at Van Alstyne Cemetery, with Everett Funeral Home directing.
Mr. Stinnett was born in Grayson County, son of Mr. and Mrs. Monroe Stinnett.  He married Elsie Stinnett Dec. 1, 1930, in Colbert, Okla.
He was a member of the East Valley Lodge No.160 F. & A.M. and chairman of the steward board of the Morning Chapel of the C.M.E. Church.
Surviving are his widow; sons, John Stinnett, Jr. of Japan, and Irwin Stinnett of Van Alstyne; daughters, Mrs. Anna J. Herod of Denton and Mrs. Bertha Webb of Colorado Springs, Colo.; 10 grandchildren and sister, Mrs. Myrtle Thomas of Denver, Colo.