All Obituaries

On March 26, 2020, May Arline (Stinson) Flora, age 100, went to be with her heavenly father. Arline was born at home in the Greenpond Community of Como, Texas on March 10, 1920 the daughter of Seth Samuel and Margaret Elizabeth Stinson. She was the youngest of their eleven children. She married Lester Paul Flora, Sr. on November 6, 1939. They were married over 65 years before his death in January of 2005. Arline was a homemaker and worked right alongside her husband, Lester, in all the...

Jason David Randall, age 38, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, March 19, 2020. Private graveside services will be held Monday, March 23, 2020 at Shooks Chapel Cemetery in Sulphur Springs, Texas. The family invites you to pay your respects at West Oaks Funeral Home during business hours 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m., Sunday, March 22, 2020, and 8:00 a.m., until noon on Monday, March 23, 2020. A public celebration of his life will be held at a later date. Pallbearers will be dad, David...

David was born on November 8, 1967 to Frank Johnson (deceased) and Velma Johnson Hall of Sulphur Springs, TX, a stepdad that raised him as a son Chris Johnson of Wichita Kansas (Jo Bogan Johnson), one Grandmother Zola Franklin of Greenville, TX. David married Rosa Johnson on November 5, 1993 and divorced in 2015. No children to this union were born. But four stepchildren he raised as his own. A special friend Johnnie Johnson, that stuck by his side through the good and bad times, making...

Loretta Cecile Sivley Blount, 82 of Sulphur Springs, Texas, took her final trip on March 16, 2020. A graveside service will be held Saturday March 21, 2020 with a public memorial held at a later date. There will be no formal visitation. Instead, the family invites you to pay your respects at West Oaks Funeral Home. Pallbearers will be Jeremy Blount, Betsy Blount, Jacob Blount, Samuel Blount, Jordan Crist, Cooper Blount, Billy Barber, Jessica Barber and John Wright. Honorary Pallbearers will...

Private family graveside service for Roger "Tex" Maynard, age 79, of Sulphur Springs, TX, will be held Sunday, March 22, 2020 at Reilly Springs Cemetery with Bro. Al Davis officiating. Pallbearers will be Josh Boatman, Ty Hinton, Jeremy Thompson, John Hipkins, Junior Hinton, and Danny Evans. Honorary pallbearers will be Cletis Millsap, Eugene Vanover, Robert Newsom, Burke Bullock, Jones Roberts, and the members of the Hopkins County Sherriff’s Posse. There will be...

James Ross Baker, Jr. age 84 of Sulphur Springs passed away at his residence on Saturday, March 14, 2020.  James was born on December 29, 1935 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the son of James Ross Baker, Sr. and Rose Schimp Baker. James retired from the United States Marines Corps and also retired as a mail carrier for the United States postal service.  James is survived by his son, James R. Baker III and his wife Danica of Sulphur Springs, brother, Robert Baker of Tucson, Arizona,...

A little over a week ago from his ICU bed, where he was battling pneumonia, Joe “Jack” Lee, lifetime resident of Sulphur Springs, Texas, uttered the following words that were such a true representation of his childlike innocence combined with the wisdom of his unique perspective: “I didn’t think I was going to be born, but I’m here. The Lord put me here, and I’m going to stay.” However, shortly before Jack left this world (a “young man”...

Memorial service for Douglas Wayne Baucum, age 80, of Mesquite will be held at 1:00 p.m., Saturday, March 14, 2020 at West Oaks Funeral Home Chapel. Doug passed away on Tuesday, March 3, 2020 at his residence. He was born on October 12, 1939 in Delhi, LA, the son of Burnice Moody and Jessie Hendrix Baucum. He served in the United Stated Army from 1959 to 1962 and is honored at the local Veterans Memorial in Sulphur Springs. He later worked as a machinist for Bell Helicopter in Arlington, TX...

Graveside services for Trudy May Mayers, age 86, of Sulphur Springs, will be held at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, March 1, 2020 at Brashear Cemetery with Rev. Charles Moore officiating and Terry Tate, Kyle Tate, Cole Burnett, Steve Mooney, Benny Darlin, and Chad Darlin serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be held at 1:00 p.m., prior to service time, at West Oaks Funeral Home. Trudy passed away on Thursday, February 27, 2020 at her residence. She was born on January 26, 1934 in Sulphur Springs, the...

Funeral services for James “Doug” Douglas Williams, age 76, of Sulphur Springs, will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, February 29, 2020 at West Oaks Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Gary Thompson officiating. Interment will follow at 3:00 p.m. at Sunset Memorial Park in Gilmer, TX with Price Griggs, Brandon Jones, Kaleb Thompson, Collin Williams, Blake Holly, and Keller Thompson serving as pallbearers. Visitation will begin at 10:00 a.m., prior to service time at West Oaks Funeral...