Obituaries

Obituaries

Obituaries for Haskell, Knox and Throckmorton, TX and surrounding areas.

John B Chilcoat

John B Chilcoat

Jan 8, 2013

John B. Chilcoat, 95, of Knox City, Texas, died Tuesday, January 8, 2013 in the Knox County Hospital in Knox City, Texas. Services will be Saturday, January 12, 2013 at the Benjamin First Baptist Church with Rev. Troy Culpepper officiating. Burial will be in the Truscott Cemetery under the direction of Smith Family Funeral Homes of Knox City, Texas. John,...

Grace Clifford Atchison

Grace Clifford Atchison

Jan 3, 2013

Grace Clifford Atchison, 94, and lifelong resident of Haskell, Texas passed away early Thursday morning, January 3, 2013 at Haskell Memorial Hospital in Haskell. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, January 5, 2012 at Trinity Baptist Church with Rev. Tony Grand officiating. Interment will take place at Willow Cemetery in Haskell under the direction of Smith Family...

Randolph Gary Wiseman, Sr.

Randolph Gary Wiseman, Sr.

Dec 28, 2012

Randolph Gary Wiseman, Sr., 63, and lifelong resident of Haskell, Texas passed away at his home on Friday morning, December 28, 2012. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, January 3, 2013 at the First United Methodist Church in Haskell with Rev. John Kyle Kimbrough officiating. Randy was born November 19, 1949 in Haskell to Roy D....

Albert W Zelisko

Albert W Zelisko

Dec 27, 2012

Albert Zelisko, 91, of Bryan, a Haskell native, died Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012, at a Bryan nursing center. He was born May 13, 1921, to William and Mary Zelisko and was raised in the Irby Community, east of Haskell, along with four sisters. During the later years of the Great Depression, he worked in a National Youth Administration work program...

Loraine C Powers

Loraine C Powers

Dec 16, 2012

Funeral services for Loraine Powers will be held at 1:00 p.m., Wednesday, December 19, 2012 at the Benjamin Community Center in Benjamin, Texas with Rev. Bob Miller and Dr. Troy Culpepper officiating. She will be laid to rest next to her husband in Benjamin Cemetery under the direction of Smith Family Funeral Homes of Knox City. Loraine Clower Powers passed...

Josephine R. Clark

Josephine R. Clark

Dec 14, 2012

Josephine R. Clark, 83, of Rochester, Texas passed away Friday morning December 14, 2012 at Hendrick Medical Center in Abilene. Graveside services are pending. Josephine Radar was born July 9, 1929 in O'Brien, Texas to John and Tinnie Radar. She married Lloyd Wayne Clark on September 12, 1985. Mrs. Clark was a member of O'Brien Baptist Church. She is preceded...

Jane Gideon

Jane Gideon

Dec 9, 2012

Patsy Jane Gideon, 79, of Benjamin, Texas, passed away Sunday, December 9, 2012 at United Regional Hospital in Wichita Falls, Texas. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p.m., Thursday, December 12, 2012 at the Benjamin Community Center in Benjamin with Dr. Troy Culpepper officiating. Interment will immediately follow at Benjamin Cemetery under the direction of Smith Family Funeral Homes...

Jean Barnard

Jean Barnard

Dec 7, 2012

Wanda Jean Barnard, 88, and lifelong resident of O'Brien, Texas, passed away Friday morning, December 7, 2012 at Knox County Hospital in Knox County. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Monday, December 10, 2012 at O'Brien Baptist Church in O'Brien. Interment will immediately follow at O'Brien Cemetery under the direction of Smith Family Funeral Homes. Wanda Jean Sellers...

Steve Reyes

Steve Reyes

Dec 3, 2012

Esteban H. "Steve" Reyes, 97, of Knox City passed away Monday morning, December 3, 2012 in Wichita Falls. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, December 6, 2012 at Abundant Life Christian Fellowship Church with Bro. Tex Cox officiating. Burial will follow in the Knox City Cemetery under the direction of Smith Family Funeral Homes. Visitation is scheduled...

Perry Layne Sorley

Perry Layne Sorley

Dec 3, 2012

Perry Layne Sorley, infant son of James and Jessica Sorley of Haskell, Texas, passed away Monday, December 3, 2012 at Seymour Hospital in Seymour. No services will be held. Along with his parents, baby Perry is survived by his brother, Remington Chase Thompson; 2 sisters, Ragen D'Lynn Thompson, Callie D'Nea Sorley, all of the home; grandparents, Don and Caren Thompson...

Anthony Lamb

Anthony Lamb

Dec 3, 2012

David Anthony Lamb, 26, of Seymour, Texas passed away Monday, December 3, 2012. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p.m., Thursday, December 6, 2012 at the Benjamin Community Center in Benjamin with Dr. Troy Culpepper officiating. Burial is immediately following at Benjamin Cemetery under the direction of Smith Family Funeral Homes. Visitation is planned for Wednesday evening, December 5...

Grace Hannsz

Grace Hannsz

Nov 30, 2012

Grace Jeanette Hannsz, lifetime resident of Haskell, passed away Friday, November 30, 2012 at Memory Lane Assisted Living Center in Haskell, Texas. Graveside services will be held at 4:00pm, Sunday, December 2, 2012 in Willow Cemetery, Haskell, Texas with Mr. Robbie Peiser and Mr. Phillip Simms officiating. Services are under the direction of Smith Family Funeral Homes in Haskell. Grace...

Grace Williams

Grace Williams

Nov 29, 2012

Grace M. Williams, 87, of Haskell, passed away November 29, 2012 at Throckmorton Nursing Center in Throckmorton. Graveside services will be held at 3:00 p.m., Wednesday, December 5, 2012 at Willow Cemetery in Haskell with Rev. Jim McCurley officiating. Grace Wilder was born May 9, 1925 in Austin, Texas to John and Elsie Wilder. She married Joseph Arthur Williams in...

Amerolis Guinn

Amerolis Guinn

Nov 26, 2012

Amerolis Guinn, 92, passed away at her home in Knox City, Texas November 26, 2012. Amerolis was born February 3, 1920 in Truscott, Texas to William Frank and Virginia Mae Dockery Hutcheson. She married L.C. Guinn June 16, 1936. She was lifelong resident of Knox County and a self employed partner of Guinn Sheet Metal and Plumbing. She was a...

Florence Evelyn Turnbow Larned

Florence Evelyn Turnbow Larned

Nov 25, 2012

Florence Evelyn Turnbow Larned, 87, longtime Haskell resident and artist passed away Sunday, Nov.25, 2012 at Stamford Memorial Hospital in Stamford TX. Visitation with the family will be at Smith Family Funeral Home in Haskell on Thursday evening from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM. Funeral services will be held Friday, Nov. 30th at 2:00 PM at the First Baptist Church...

Jillian Hope Thomas

Jillian Hope Thomas

Nov 24, 2012

Jillian Hope Thomas, 27, of Haskell, Texas passed away Saturday morning, November 24, 2012 in Abilene, Texas. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, November 27, 2012 at First Baptist Church of Haskell. Burial will immediately follow at Willow Cemetery under the direction of Smith Family Funeral Homes. A visitation is scheduled for Monday evening, November 26 from...

Inez Stribling

Inez Stribling

Nov 18, 2012

Inez Stribling, lifelong resident of Throckmorton, Texas, passed away Sunday evening, November 18, 2012 at the Throckmorton Healthcare Center in Throckmorton. Mrs. Stribling was 105. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, November 20, 2012 at the Smith Family Funeral Home Chapel in Throckmorton with Bro. Peter Parker officiating. Interment will immediately follow at Throckmorton Cemetery. Ruby Inez...

Charles Raymond Traffanstedt

Charles Raymond Traffanstedt

Nov 17, 2012

Charles Raymond Traffanstedt, 78, of Haskell, Texas, passed away at his home Saturday morning, November 17, 2012. Charles was born November 4, 1934 in Fort Worth, Texas to William Washington and Myrtle (Bullard) Traffanstedt. He married Vonnie Clestine Ritchey on September 13, 1958 in Arlington, Texas. Mrs. Traffanstedt preceded Charles in death. Mr. Traffanstedt was a member of God Loves...

Dalton Lee Hearn

Dalton Lee Hearn

Nov 16, 2012

Dalton Lee Hearn, resident of Rochester, Texas passed away Friday morning, November 16, 2012 at Hendrick Medical Center in Abilene. Mr. Hearn was 86. Graveside services were held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, November 17, 2012 at the Rochester Cemetery in Rochester with Rev. Bud Adkins officiating. Arrangements were made under the direction of Smith Family Funeral Homes of Rochester. Dalton...

Billie Marie Wells

Billie Marie Wells

Nov 14, 2012

Billie Marie Wells, 85, of Mineral Wells, Texas, passed away Wednesday morning, November 14, 2012 at her residence in Mineral Wells. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Friday, November 16, 2012 at the Smith Family Funeral Home Chapel in Throckmorton, Texas. Interment will immediately follow at the Throckmorton Cemetery under the direction of Smith Family Funeral Homes. Billie...

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