Rains County, TX "IN MEMORY OF...."
2004
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