Obituaries

Services for John Walton Ralph Sr., 76, of Alba, were held Friday, May 20, 2016, at Wilson-Bartley Funeral Home Chapel, Alba, with Gerald Kelly and Earl Warren officiating.  

Burial was in Colfax Cemetery, Colfax.

Mr. Ralph died Sunday, May 15, 2016, at a nursing home in Grand Saline.

He was born Sunday, Aug. 13, 1939, in Vinemont, Ala., to the late Robert Linzie Sr. and Eunice Helen Lamon Ralph.

Funeral services for Howard Clifton “Cliff” Vaughn Jr., 69, of Oklahoma City, were held Thursday, May 26, 2016, at Allan Fuller Funeral Home Chapel in Wills Point. 

Interment followed at Bright Star Cemetery in Wills Point.

Mr. Vaughn died Sunday, May 22, 2016, in Woodward, Okla.

He was born July 18, 1946, in Los Angeles, Calif. 

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Funeral services for Annie Catherine Welch, 89, of Wills Point, were held Thursday, May 26, 2016, at Allan Fuller Funeral Home Chapel in Wills Point with Pastor Mike Stone officiating.  Interment was in Haven of Memories Memorial Park in Canton.

Mrs. Welch died early Tuesday morning, May 24, 2016, in Wills Point.

Funeral services for Karen Geddie Jackson, 62, of Edgewood, were held Friday, May 13, 2016, at Hiett’s LyBrand Funeral Home in Edgewood.

Burial followed at Small Cemetery just north of Edgewood.

Mrs. Jackson died on May 9, 2016.

Funeral services for Joel Nathan Sims, 56, of Edgewood, were held Friday, May 13, 2016, at Hiett’s LyBrand Funeral Home in Wills Point.

Mr. Sims died on May 10, 2016. 

He was born on Sept. 1, 1959, in Dallas.

Memorial service for Joe Kizzia, 57, of Bristow, Okla., formerly of Wills Point, is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 21, 2016, at Allan Fuller Funeral Home Chapel in Wills Point.

Mr. Kizzia died Wednesday, May 4, 2016, at his residence in Bristow.

He was born Aug. 24, 1958.

Allan Fuller Funeral Home www.allanfullerfuneralhome.com.

Funeral services for Jackie Dell Hyde Bailey, 91, of Edgewood, were held Tuesday, May 17, 2016, at Hiett’s LyBrand Funeral Home in Wills Point.

Burial followed at Elm Grove Cemetery, near Mabank.

Mrs. Bailey died on May 13, 2016, in Grand Saline.

She was born on Sept. 17, 1924, in Van Zandt County.

Albert Morris (Tootie) Coleman was born Aug. 10, 1924, in Charleston, Miss. to Edward Hawes and Lela Belle (Thompson) Coleman and passed April 18, 2016, in Allen.

He was raised in Kerrville and graduated from Tivy High School in 1942. He served our country in World War II as a member of the US Coast Guard. After the war he studied at Schreiner Preparatory in Kerrville and then at the University of Texas in Austin, with a major in business. In 1946, he met and married his wife Margie and the following year their daughter Beverly was born.

Funeral services for Jerri Lynne Flowers, 67, of Wills Point, are scheduled for 10 a.m. Saturday, May 14, 2016, at Allan Fuller Funeral Home Chapel in Wills Point with Pastor Rod Brewer officiating.

Interment will follow at White Rose Cemetery in Wills Point under the direction of Allan Fuller Funeral Home in Wills Point.

Mrs. Flowers died May 9, 2016, at Presbyterian Hospital in Rockwall.

On 6 of May 2016, C.B. Wiley (Claude Berdine Wiley) went to be with our Lord and Savior at the age of 79.

He was born on Aug. 16, 1936, in Seguin. He was the son of Jewel and Earl Wiley. He was the fourth of six children.

He entered the military and served as a paratrooper in Germany from 1955 to 1958.

On May 24, 1962, he married Mary Ann Hammac. He and Mary owned and operated a grocery store and a gun store in Dallas. He also served in the Dallas Police Department. I