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Funeral services for Sonja Kay Hinton Baker, age 85, will be conducted at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, September 23, 2023 at First Baptist Church of Yantis with Bro. Robert Kinsey officiating.  Visitation will be from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., Friday, September 22, 2023 at West Oaks Funeral Home.  Interment will follow the service with Layne Nelson, Nolen Baker, Kendall Glenn, Logan Glenn, Justin Glenn and Don Glenn serving as pallbearers.  Sonja was a loving wife, mother, grandmother,...

Graveside services for Ronald Rex O’Dell, age 82,  will be conducted at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, September 21, 2023 at Restlawn Memorial Park with Rev. Peter McNabb and Toney Hurley officiating.  Visitation will be from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., on Wednesday, September 20, 2023 at West Oaks Funeral Home.  Pallbearers will be Toney Hurley, Monty Tipps, Rusty Stillwaggner, Ron Plaxco, Eddy McGregor, Sonny Rogers, Jerry Blount and Joe Kelley.  Honorary pallbearers are Mike Smith,...

Tommye was born April 22, 1932, at Amherst, (Lamb County) Texas to Thomas J. and Ava Lou (Staggs) Williams. She graduated from high school in 1950 from Levelland, Texas. The family moved to Albany, Texas in June 1950. Tommye married Donald J. Drewry on September 16, 1950, in Portales, New Mexico. The couple moved to Commerce, Texas where they both became very involved in their church and community. Tommye retired from East Texas State University. She was a member of Ridge Crest Baptist...

Jean Ross passed away quietly at her beloved home in Sulphur Springs, Texas.  She was the first born child and only daughter of W.B. and Guylah Burns of Delta County.  She eloped with a handsome native Hopkins County boy, Nelson H. Ross, in 1948 after he returned from WWII.  Jean was happy to spend her whole life in these two counties living a good ‘ol country life.   She had a tireless work ethic that started with picking cotton by...

M. L. Kendricks Jr. was born March 19, 1942 to Lawyer Kendricks and Mary Ann Alexander in Hopkins County, Sulphur Springs, Texas. He graduated from Douglas High School of Sulphur Springs, Texas.  M. L.  passed away on August 14, 2023. He leaves behind his loving and devoted wife of 58 years, Darlene Wright Kendricks. M.L. worked at  Longhorn Steel for many years as  a welder and later worked for  Rockwell International (now FlowServe) retiring after 31 years. He...

Funeral services for Anthony Fisher, 57 of Ridgeway, Texas will be held at 2:00pm on Thursday, August 17th, 2023 in West Oakes Funeral Chapel with Jimmy Rogers officiating. The burial will follow at Peerless cemetery. Robert Whaley, Kevin Buchanan, Ty Tolleson, Silas Whaley, Thomas Russell, and Phillip Wilburn will be serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers are Randell Thompson, Kenneth Cockrum, Adam Wilburn, and Alford Echols. Visitation will be held 6:00pm to 8:00pm on Wednesday,...

Jimmy David Goldsmith, age 79, passed away Monday, August 7, 2023, surrounded by his family at Carriage House Manor.  Jimmy was born on July 2, 1944, in Sulphur Springs the son of Jimmy Lee Goldsmith and Juanita Elizabeth Brown Goldsmith.  He married Linda Horne on April 19, 1963, in Sulphur Springs and she survives.  Jimmy was a truck driver for over 50 years retiring from Ballard Trucking.  He also owned a dairy at one time and raised stocker cows.  His favorite...

Born on August 11, 2004, Ethan Marcus was the only child born to Nikki and Josh Chambers. He was his parents’ sweet baby. Ethan sped away from this earth to be with his papa in heaven on August 4, 2023.  Fast and loud, that’s the only way to sum up Ethan. From the time he was a baby, till his last breath he lived and loved full throttle. Ethan’s lively hood was helping anyone who needed help at any time day or night. If you needed something moved, he was there. Wanted...

Linda Rodgers Weitz passed away on August 3, 2023, at her home in Sulphur Springs, TX. She was born on July 29, 1940, in Dallas, TX, the daughter of Milas Marion Rodgers and Ola Charlene Carpenter. Linda played softball in Irving for a few years. She had a love for horses and was in the Irving Rodeo Club. Then she became a truck driver for 36 years. After her husband Frank Weitz passed in 1997, she continued to drive until 2001. Then she moved to Sulphur Springs and enjoyed farmwork and...