Rains County, TX "IN MEMORY OF...."
2004
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Obituaries that have appeared in the Rains County LeaderEntries are listed by name, age, place of birth, and place of death.
January 6, 2004
Etter, Johnne Doris; 88; Courtney TX>Greenville TX
Hampton, Jed; 84; Kaufman Co., TX>Point TX>Tyler TX
Littlejohn, Julia Odessa (Butler); 92; Rains Co., TX>Fruitvale TX
Maberry, Janina (Northcutt); 63; Emory TX>Tyler TX
Matheny, Judy (Cage); 56; Dallas TX>Alba TX>Sulphur Springs TX
Mayberry, Audrey; 48; Point TX>Emory TX>Dallas TX
McVey, Don; 82; Cato KS>Alba TX>Quitman TX
Rhoades, Stella Mae (Garraway); 82; Dallas TX>Emory TX>Quitman TX
Russell, Dale; 35; Lone Oak TX>Greenville TXJanuary 13, 2004
Cook, Dewey Wayne; 70; Bryson TX>Garland TX>Emory TX
McEachern, Imogene; 69; Corsicana TX>Point TX>Greenville TX
Phillips, Shirley Ann (Brown); 68; Quinlan TX>Dallas TX
Rayburn, Annie (Jacobs); 90; Hunt Co. TX>Grand Saline TX
Tomasello, Lillian (Ingolia); 86; New York NY>Greenville TXJanuary 20, 2004
Clifton, M. Inez; 91; McKinney TX>Rains Co., TX>Santa Maria CA>Ft. Worth TX
Cooper, Hazel (Montgomery); 94; Emory TX>Tyler TX
Cooper, Leon Edward; 85; Point TX>Ft. Worth TX
Johnson, Lloyd Russell, Sr.; 60; Terrell TX>Emory TX
Morris, Jimmie D. "Pop"; 74; Pasadena TX
Thorn, Vaunece Roach; 73; Alba TX
West, Gene; 72; Hunt Co., TX>Alba TXJanuary 27, 2004
Bostick, Weldon Preston; 81; Merrick TX>Point TX
Burch, James Adair; 76; Dallas TX>AK>Dallas TX>AR>Dallas TX
Kolb, Gene; 60; Oklahoma City OK>Alba TX>Tyler TX
Longhofer, Wilma "Jean"; 70; Kingfisher Co., OK>Point TX
McCallum, Orville "Mac", Sr.; 63; Dallas Co. TX>Lone Oak TX
Ramsey, Henry L. "Hank"; 73; Bonham TX>Emory TX
Wright, Opal (Fleming); 79; Lindale TX>Tyler TXFebruary 3, 2004
Armstrong, Olin E.; 76; Emory TX
Brignon, Angela Kay; 29; Greenville TX
Cranford, Myrtle Odessa Hazlewood (Coleman); 89; Emory TX>Dallas TX>MesquiteTX
Douglas, Vivian; 84; Ft. Worth TX
Harris, Ruth Inez; 88; Terrell TX>Dallas TX>Quitman TX
Kennemer, James; 59; Quinlan TX>Lone Oak TX
King, Durwood "Pete"; Rains Co. TX>Dallas TX
Loftin, Floyd A.; 77; Rains Co. TX>Sulphur Springs TX
Peasner, Kenneth Wayne; 52; Dallas TX>Irving TX
Riley, Ernest; 94; Alba TX>Quitman TX
Tadlock, Claude; 67; Emory TX>Grand Saline TX
White, Emma "Jean" (Rylant); 68; Emory TX>Brookhaven MSFebruary 10, 2004
Archer, Leolar (Franklin); 90; Paris TX>Lewisville TX
Byrd, Robert Henry; Lone Oak TX>Rockwall TX
Gowin, Marguerite Althea "Peggy" (Held); 70; Chelmsford MS>Emory TX
Hatley, Eva "Biggie" (Ivie); Point TX
Houghton, Christopher M.; 45; Philadelphia TN
McMillan, Saul Jackson "S.J."; Emory TX
Parrish, Hazel (Neely); 91; Grayson Co., TX>Emory TX
Payne, Mont Farold "Smiley"; 75; Greenville TXFeb 17, 2004
Bryant, Timothy Keith; infant; Quinlan TX
Hall, Clara (Spinks); 81; Wood Co., TX>Sulphur Springs TX
Ornelas, Roberto Christopher; infant; Lone Oak TX
Scott, Florence Angie (Hodge); 96; Navarro Co., TX>Alba TX>Mineola TXFeb 24, 2004
McKeown, Rubye Geneva (McClain); 90; Rains Co., TX>Dallas TX
Thompson, Chester; 47; Greenville TX>Point TXMar 3, 2004
Boswell, Mary Etta
Middleton, Ruby (Spencer); 93; Point TX>Sulphur Springs TX
Russell, Vivian (Fitzgerald); 82; Rains Co., TX>Miller Grove TXMarch 9, 2004
Adcock, Willie E.; 85; Golden TX>Point TX
Briggs, James "Jimmy"; 57; Point TX>Cumby TX>Sulphur Springs TX
Herriage, Linda (Stubbs); 65; Hopkins Co., TX>Emory TX
Owens, Herbert R.; 77; Aileene AR>Elkins AR
Randal, Ellie; 88; Beeville TX>Alba TX>Quitman TX
Speers, Charles R.; 50; Ukiah CA>Emory TX
March 17, 2004
Bryant, Elizabeth Gay (Bullard); 48; Emory TX
Lester, Margaret M. (McMasters); 83; Dallas TX>Emory TX
Moss, Berta Mae (Van Hatten); 69; Oklahoma City, OK>Emory TX
Sprowls, Helen Louise (Fletcher); 76; Wewoka, OK>Dallas TXMarch 23, 2004
Behnke, Max; 95; Zehden Germany>Point TX>Dallas TX
Hodge, Diane; 30; Greenville TX>Emory TX
Martin, Dorothy; 93; New York City NY>KS>Roswell MN>Alba/Grand Saline TX>Roswell NM
Wilson, L.E.; 75; Bainbridge GA>Emory TXMarch 30, 2004
Cook, Tommie Lane; 46; Greenville TX>Garland TX
Matlock, Jackie Denise (McGahee); 38; Norman OK>Emory TX>Dallas TX
Miller, Jackie A.; 66; Hope AR>Cleburne TX>Ft. Worth TX
Mitchell, Wynell Tidwell (Bateman); 71; Myrtle Springs TX>Edgewood TX>Dallas TX
Monroe, Vernon; 82; Yowell TX>Dallas TX>Alba TX>Tyler TX
Reynolds, Owen; 57; Mobile AL>Meridian MS>Alba TX>Tyler TX
Sanders, Morgan Victoria Williams; 2; Quitman TX>Alba TX
Starnes, Paul; 57; Grand Saline TX>Emory TXApril 13, 2004
Anderson, Charles Jones, 75, Emory TX>Midlothian TX
Crenshaw, Wardene "Beanie" (Bradberry); 84; Grand Saline TX>Terrell TX
Fry, Jerry Don Wayne; 51; Lone Oak TX
Renshaw, James Clarence; 96; Miller Grove TXApril 20, 2004
Brackeen, King Barker; 85; Wolfe City TX>Ft. Worth TX
Evans, Carole Townsend; 66; Houston TX>Dallas TX
Garrett, Blanche (Shipp); 97; Como TX>Alba TX>Quitman TX
Weddle, Joseph "Joe" Edward; Emory TXApril 27, 2004
Dixon, Cecilia; 90; Denver CO>Dallas TX>Alba TX>Quitman TX
Henderson, Marlin Dale; 51; Greenville TX>Caddo Mills TX
Johnston, Stephen Dewayne
Romans, C.W.; 86; Cumby TX>Greenville TX
Vinson, Joshua Lynn, Jr.; infant; Dallas TX
White, Wyenema (Nichols) Henson; 84; Upshur Co., TX>Emory TX>Mineola TX
Wilkerson, Larry; 53; Dallas TX>Garland TXMay 4, 2004
Johnson, Aileen (Mowdy); 84; Madden MS>Emory TX
Julian, Beulah Ann "Pud"; 80; Alba TX>Golden TX>Tyler TX
Stokes, Jackie Truett; 59; Lone Oak TX
West, Lucy Marie; 74; Quinlan TX
Wilson, Carolyn "Sue" (Flaherty); 68; Bridgeport IL>Canton TX>Ft. Worth TXMay 11, 2004
Corley, Homer B., Jr.; 79; Rains Co., TX
Craig, Dorothy E.; 81; Van Zandt Co., TX>Mesquite TX
Harrison, Margie Day; 77; Rains Co., TX>Lamesa TX>Lubbock TX
Hill, Neva Louise "Lou" (Henderson); 80; MundyTX>Emory TX
Pound, Mary (Powell); 89; Equality AL>Emory TX>Greenville TX
Strebeck, Arlie V.; 79; Rains Co., TX>Grand Saline TX>Edgewood TX
Willingham, Lillian Pearl (Byram); 65; Emory TX>Tyler TXMay 18, 2004
Bennett, Jerry; 58; Copeville TX>Lufkin TX>Lindale TX>Tyler TX
Bryan, Betty Sue (Wilson); 69; Garland TX>Denton TX
McCormick, Allene (Bishop); 71; Emory TX> TX
Miller, Lucinda (Mayfield); 96; Lenora OK>Emory TX>Quitman TX
Prigmore, Florene "Flo" (Butcher); 76; Greenville TX
Riddle, James Phillip; 59; Dallas TX>Lone Oak TX>Dallas TX
Schmidt, Charles "Red" Joel; 85; Emory TXMay 25, 2004
Adair, Audra "A.T."; 79; Hunt Co., TX>Emory TX
Armstrong, Charlie; 62; Oklahoma City OK>Greenville TX
Byram, Patsy Ruth (Huddleston); 70; Rains Co. TX>Sulphur Springs TX
DePue, Carole (Baldwin); 70; West Chester PA>Point TX
Jones, Betty Lou (Franklin): 63; Emory TX>Alba TX>Dallas TX
Prather, Garry William, Sr.; 52; Dallas TX>Emory TXJune 1, 2004
Boughton, Robert Glen; 49; McKinney TX>Pecan Gap TX>Paris TXJune 8, 2004
Fowler, William Wayne; Phoenix AZ
Hale, Jack Lewis; 85; Emory TX>Sulphur Springs TX
Jobe, Earl Edward, Sr.; 77; Point TX
Jones, Geraldine (Hill); 66; Alba TX>Tyler TX
Oliver, Benjamin Fred; 73
Phillips, Anna Lee (Treadway); 93; Leonard TX>Emory TXJune 15, 2004
Burns, Irene Zella (Handy); 91; Bigelow AR>Greenville TX
Day, Roland Fletcher; 89; Van Zandt Co., TX>Kaufman Co., TX
Deaton, Bill; 76; Gene Autrey TX>Emory TX
Good, Delbert E.; Dallas TX>Mineola TX
Hanson, L.W.; Lone Oak TX
McTaggart, Charles D.; Emory TX>Maumelle AR
Parrish, L.E.; 81; Rains Co. TX>Alba TX>Mineola TX
Rucker, Lady Bernice (Beadles); 83; Peerless TX>Point TX>Emory TX
Scrimshhire, Wanda Ruth (Burgess); 82; Waxahachie TX>Sulphur Springs TXJune 22, 2004
Gee, Jimmy Wayland; 44; The Colony TX
Gilliam, Kenneth Earl, Jr.; 75; San Antonio TX>Alba TX
Johnson, Lillie Ghynith; 74; Mineola TX>Alba TX>Mineola TX
Klump, Carl Gene, Sr.; 37; Dallas tX>Point TX>Dallas TX
Parker, Kenneth Dale; 62; Dublin, TX >Yantis TXJune 29, 2004
Burks, Josie O. Nelson; Waxahachie TX
Robbins, Linda Kay (Dowdy) Newsom; 58; Sulphur Springs TX
Spurger, Roger; 59; Dallas TX>Alba TX>Garland TXJuly 6, 2004
Boyd, Jimmy T.; 49; Dallas TX>Caddo Mills TX
David Jason Emig; 42; Shrewsbury PA>Emory TX
Horton, Tristin Ray; 4; Rowlett TX>Quinlan TX>Greenville TX
Riley, Darlene K. (Kennedy); 86; Texarkana AR>Emory TX>Sulphur Springs TX
Steverson, Vernon Dexter; 94; Athen TX>Los Angeles CA
Williams, Oliver George; 51; Center TXJuly 13, 2004
Hays, Katheryn L.; 80
Marshall, Shirley Ann (Tate); 60; Greenvilled TX>Point TX
Rhone, Morgan Taylor; infant; Jacksonville TX
West, Melba (Hale) Bullard; 78; Rains Co. TX>Beaumont TX
Wooten, Vaughn; 82; Lindale TX>Mineola TXJuly 20, 2004
Brooks, Bobby Dale; 69; Josephine TX>Tulsa OK>Alba TX>Tyler TX
Isham, Evelene O. (Butler); 81; Van Zandt Co. TX>Wagner TX>Emory TX
Lawson, Allen L. "Joker"; 69; Kaufman Co., TX>Quitman TX>Greenville TX
Leohr, Mary Louise; 74; Avingdon IL>Lone Oak TX>Greenville TX
Malone, Lois (Martin); 90; Emory TX>Balch Springs TX
Payne, Omega (Hinshaw); 74; Lone Oak TX>West TX
Shinn, Zelma Lee (Rogers) Kuykendall; 92; OK>Merit TX
Spence, Lena Mae (Williams); 84; Emory TX
Sullivan, Melvin H.; 76; Pkkeville TN>Emory TX.Tyler TXJuly 27, 2004
Edington, Calvin; 78; Madill OK>Dallas TX>Rains Co., TX
Edmonds, David D.; 70; Red River Co., TX>?
Watson, Neva (Hunter); 76; Emory TX
Whitley, Edgar; 71; Zinc AR>Greenville TXAugust 3, 2004
Bone, John L.; 82; Rains Co., TX>Canton TX
Foster, Genevieve (Patterson); 79; Alba TX>Tyler TX
Guidry, Mildred Ada (Hollowell); Honey Grove TX>Point TX
Howell, Clark Junior; 86; Lone Oak TX>Greenville TXAugust 10, 2004
Blankenship, Jackie Wayne; 66; Dallas TX>West Tawakoni TX
O'Rear, Ella Ree; 79; Rains Co., TX
Wilson, Barbara (Page); 76; Myrtle Springs TX>Greenville TXAugust 17, 2004
Bevers, William David "Bill"; 68; Ft. Worth TX>Emory TX
Groff, Charlotte Virginnia (Wiltse); 80; Hannibal NY>Point TX>Greenville TX
Johnson, Garry Don; 47; Commerce TX>Sulphur Springs TX>Lafayette IN>Danville IL
Oliver, Leo Thomas "Punk"; 76; Emory TX>Alba TX>Tyler TXAugust 24, 2004
Chandler, Tirzah (Burns), 34; Dallas TX>Emory TX
Dodson, Jim; 76; Ft. Supply OK>Grand Saline TX
Foster, Charles Edward, Jr.; 81; Alba TX>Emory TX
Frandsen, Iram Odessa (Smith); 88; Lamar AR>Emory TX
Johnson, Lloyd L.; 76; Ethel MO>Lone Oak TX>Bonham TX
McKinstry, John Charles; 59; Ft. Worth TX>Denison TX>Alba TX>Tyler TX
Swinnea, Mildred; 76; MN>Emory TX
Taylor, R.D.; 77; Cartwright TX>Yantis TX>Quitman TXAugust 31, 2004
Cornett, Terry Dean; 54; Dallas TX>Alba TX
Henshaw, Mary Louise; 80; Hunt Co. TX>Ft. Worth TX
Horton, Irene (Tatum); Dallas TX>Quitman TX
Liles, Jami Renee; 38; Mineola TX>Alba TX>Grand Saline TX
Mitchell, Keith; Greenville TX
Rabb, Joel A.; 83; Point TX>Commerce TX
Sparks, Elmer; 80; Emory TX>Paris TX
Varnon, JImmie D., Sr.; 64; Emory TX>Rowlett TX
Wood, Sandra Lorene (Tadlock); 46; Grand Saline TX>Point TX>Greenville TXSome of September 2004 obits not posted due to computer problems.
Sept 21, 2004
Brown, Florence Dee (Bennett); 79; Quitman TX>Ft. Worth TX
Chapman, Inez (Cody); 92; Lone Oak TX>Buffalo>Tyler TX
Jackson, Jessie Lee; 74; Emory TX
L'Roy, Judy Fay (Neely); 84; Durant>Paris TX>Honey Grove TX
McGuire, Irene; 84; Cherokee Territory OK>AR>Balch Springs TX>Mesquite TX
Russom, Ernest Cecil; 80; Alba TX>Quitman TX
Smith, Larry D.; 54; McPherson KS>Emporia KSSept 28, 2004
Cunningham, Jeffrey "Cutter"; 45; Greenville TX>Commerce TX
Shreves, Betty; 70; Emory TX>Point TX
Waldom, Pat; 67; Mineola TX>Longview TXOctober 5, 2004
Armstrong, Marvin; 91; Mineola TX>Grand Saline TX
Edwards, Verna Mae; 80; Garland TX
Follis, Mary (Potter); 76; Tulsa OK>Sulphur Springs TX
Jobe, Earl Edward, Jr.; 48; Dallas TX>Point TX>Sulphur Springs TX
Maberry, Forest Wayne; 68; Hamlin TX>Emory TX
Thurman, Hershell; 54; Dallas TX>Mareitta OK>Greenville TXOctober 12, 2004
Blalock, Willie Mae (Gilbert); 64; Emory TX>Dallas TX
Boen, Ora Lee; 72; Corsicana TX>Arlington TX
Klump, August Edmond "Eddie" II; 73; Emory TX
Pike, Donna; 75; Clayton OK>Irving TX>Alba TX>Quitman TX
Rivers, Zera Magdalene Wright (Fleming); 82; Emory TX
Siebenthaler, William Leroy "Bill"; 80; Meriam KS>Alba TX>Quitman TX
Stewart, Addine (Jones); 71; Rains Co. TX>Lone Oak TX>Dallas TX
Winters, Katherine "Kathy" Gertrude (Knight); 61; Tioga TX>Irvint TX>Van TXOctober 19, 2004
Brock, Everrett Franklin; 67; Lamesa TX>Lubbock TX
Daugherty, Jewell (Freeman); 85; Emory TX>Dallas TX
Haskins, Lydia (Graves) Gibson; 80; Hazlehurst MS>TX>Lone Oak TX
Jackson, Betty Jean (Boyd); 72; Naches TX>Emory TX
Jenkins, Dorothy Mae (Ganey); 72; Emory TX>Tyler TX
Latham, J.B.; 82; Lufkin TX>Emory TX>Sulphur Springs TX
Morgan, Charles Edwin; 75; Emory TX
Ratliff, Donald Lee; 50; Albany NY>Emory TX
Stiles, George Martin; 85; Rush Springs, Grady Co. OK>Keller TX
Winters, Katherine Gertrude "Kathy" (Knight); 61; Tioga TX>Van TXOctober 26, 2004
Dodson, Mavis; 79; Alba TX>Mesquite TX
Evans, Mildred Ruth (Leach); 78; Canton TX>Fruitvale TX>Tyler TX
Harris, Harrel; 74; Houston TX
Hill, Jodie M.; 92; Alba TX>Greenville TX
Jacob, Mary Doris; 81; Emory TX>Natchitoches TX
Perkins, Artie (Stiager); 96; Mesquite TX>Emory TX
Smith, Bennie E.; Dallas TX>Madison TX
Wagley, Kenneth "Bill" Elby; 82; Miller Grove TX>Cumby TX>Dallas TXNovember 2, 2004
Greene, Michael Dale; 55; Dallas TX
Lewis, Flossie (Grant); 48; Greenville TX
Oldham, Claudie (Fowler); 88; Emory TX
Ralph, Stacy Diane (Sherwood); 32; Quitman TX>Alba TX
Speed, Billie Jan (Parnell); 62; Delta Co., TX>Sulphur Springs TXNovember 9, 2004
Browne, Therone; 67; Colquitte GA>FL>Point TX
Couch, Tony Lloyd; 64; Emory TX >Dallas TX
Francis, Verlene (Pritchett); 89; Point TX>Terrell TX
Frank, Madelyn Coker; 87; Point TX>Lewisville TX
Keelin, Mary Ann (MOORE); 68; Gilmer TX>Lone Oak TX>Mesquite TX
Martinez, Rufino V.; 87; Alice TX>Point TX
McGee, Adam; 33; Sulphur Springs TX>Rains Co., TX>Paris TX>Dallas TX
Paine, Fay (Gaylor); Point TXNovember 16, 2004
Dooley, Arnie Lee; 82; Hunt Co. TX>Lone Oak TX>Greenville TX
Lloyd, James Marion; 69; Point TX>Sulphur Springs TX
McGraw, Elijah Michael; infant; Galrand TX
Moore, William Carl; 45; Greenville TX>Emory TX>Sulphur Springs TX
Noyes, David Francis; 97; McKinney TX>Columbia MO
Phillips, Jean (Goodwin); 65; Tulia TX>Quinlan TX
Pruitt, Sam Duane; 69; Sapulpa OK>Blackwell OK>Wills Point TX>Dallas TX
Tackett, Thomas Nelson, III; Dallas TX>Emory TX>Greenville TX>Galveston TX>New York City>Austin TXNovember 23, 2004
Asbill, Woodrow Carson; 90; Emory TX
Lloyd, James Marion; 69; Greenville TX>Sulphur Springs TXNovember 30, 2004
Tate, Trudie Onie (Smith); 94; Emory TXDecember 7, 2004
Nail, Sybil (NORTHCUTT); 84; Emory
O'Brien, Bertie Beatrice "Bea"; 85; Winnsboro TX>Alba TX>Quitman TX
Parks, Hoyt Burdett; OK>Point TX>Ft. Worth TX
Souther, Jean (BEATY); Dallas TX>Point TX>Dallas TX
Spears, Joyce Lillian Baise (PATTERSON); 80; Princeton TX>Emory TX
Young, William J. "Bill"; 78; Natural Dam AR>West Tawakoni TXDecember 14, 2004
Campbell, Judy Faye (Brewster); 48; Dallas TX>Louisville KY
Dagenais, Louis Jack; 53; Dallas TX>Lone Oak TX
Jeffreys, Hubert Benton; 67; Durant OK>Alba TX>Tyler TX
McIntosh, Madie LaFaye; 85; Alba TX>Quitman TX
Thrasher, Hallie Merle (Hulse) Ernest; 82; Quinlan TX
White, Edward Winfield; 95; El Paso TX>Dallas TX>East Tawakoni TX
Wyman, John; 94; Brownsvalley MN>Winona TX>Tyler TXDecember 21, 2004
Burns, Vernon L.; 67; Lone Oak TX>Greenville TX
Frost, Chester Thomas; 74; Damascus AR>Point TX>Greenville TX
Hamm, Thomas Elvis; 102; Alba TX>Sulphur Springs TX
Moore, Elsie Elizabeth (Lemons); 68; Dallas TX>Grapeland TX
Thomas, Seth Zachary; 20; Plano TX>Caddo Mills TX>Dallas TX
Winn, Winnie Lee (Farmer); 86; Mineola TX>Tyler TX