Billie (Jerre) Juanita Simmons
Dec 3, 2021
Billie Juanita Graves was born in Honey Grove, Texas on the 25 th of February in 1933. Billie graduated to Heaven on Friday, December 3, 2021. Despite great tragedy at the age of ten, when her Father, John Graves murdered her mother, Juanita Graves, and then took his own life, Jere bravely overcame this drastic change in her young...
Valta Dean Gunter
Nov 30, 2021
Valta Dean Gunter, 92, of Mesquite, Texas passed away on Tuesday, November 30, 2021, in Mesquite, Texas.
Valta was born on July 6, 1929, in Van, Texas, to the late Franklyn and Velma Blackstock. She was raised in Wills Point and moved to Mesquite at the age of 30 where she spent the next 62 years. Valta...
Fletcher Dow Thomas Jr.
Nov 29, 2021
Fletcher Dow Thomas Jr., 67, of Wills Point, Texas, passed away on Monday, November 29, 2021, at his residence.
Fletcher was born on March 6, 1954, in Dallas, Texas, to the late Fletcher Dow Thomas Sr. and Clevetta Pearl Clanton Thomas. Fletcher married Linda Davidson on August 31, 1979. Together they moved from Dallas to Wills Point...
Delores Sue Pope
Nov 27, 2021
Delores Sue Pope, 79, of Wills Point, Texas, passed away on Saturday, November 27, 2021.
Delores was born on August 9, 1942, in Arley, Alabama, to the late Jack and Daisey McAdams. She was raised in Meridian, Mississippi. Delores married William Pope Sr. on September 28, 1960. They were members of Trinity Baptist Church in Wills Point...
Otis Gifford Tharp
Nov 26, 2021
Otis Gifford Tharp, 74, of Grand Prairie, Texas, passed away on Friday, November 26, 2021, in Arlington.
Otis was born on May 13, 1947, in a log cabin in Byars, Oklahoma, to the late Leroy and Lorene Tharp. He was raised in Grand Prairie. Living in Wills Point most of his adult life. He was married to...
Charlotte Ann Hale
Nov 23, 2021
Charlotte Ann Hale, 86, of Wills Point, Texas, passed away on Tuesday, November 23, 2021, in Dallas, Texas.
Charlotte was born on March 14, 1935, in Hawley, Texas, to the late Alton and Pauline Faulks. She graduated from Hawley in 1953. Charlotte married her late husband Bill Hale on January 1, 1954. Together they moved from Seagoville...
Paul Ross Wiggins
Nov 22, 2021
Paul Ross Wiggins, 51, of Canton, Texas, passed away on Monday, November 22, 2021.
Paul was born on November 1, 1970 to Carl E. Wiggins and Doris Willis Jones in Corpus Christi. Paul was a graduate of Canton High School. He worked in the AC/Heating Industry. He was of the Christian faith. Paul loved basketball.
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Donald Joe Sturdevant
Nov 22, 2021
Donald Joe Sturdevant, 72, of Wills Point, Texas, passed away on Monday, November 22, 2021, in Forney Texas.
Donald was born on September 10, 1949, in Dallas, Texas, to the late Edgar and Ruby Sturdevant. He was raised in Dallas, Texas. Donald married the love of his life; his late wife, Susan Goss on April 8, 1972....
Dollie Fouse Gilreath
Nov 14, 2021
Dollie Fouse Gilreath, 92, of Wills Point, Texas passed away on Sunday, November 14, 2021, at her residence.
Dollie was born on February 25, 1929, to the late James and Josie Fouse in Peerless, Texas. She and her first husband, James Owens were married on February 3, 1947. Later in life she married Roy Gilreath on August...
Talyah Marie Hernandez
Nov 9, 2021
Talyah Marie Hernandez, 34, of Wills Point, Texas passed away on Tuesday, November 9, 2021, in Canton, Texas.
Talyah was born on May 27, 1987, to Timothy and Tanya Berry in Dallas, Texas. Talyah spent most of her life in Wills Point, attending Wills Point Schools. She enjoyed being a band member throughout middle school and high...
Joshua Lewis Dixon
Oct 30, 2021
Joshua Lewis Dixon, 41, of Greenville, Texas passed away on Saturday, October 30, 2021, at his residence.
Joshua was born on September 3, 1980, in Terrell, Texas to Lewis Dixon Jr., and Debra Ward. He was raised in Wills Point where he also spent most of his life. Joshua was of the Baptist faith. He and Candi...
Shirley F. Whitworth
Oct 30, 2021
Shirley F. Whitworth, 83, of Edgewood, Texas passed away on Saturday, October 30, 2021, in Tyler, Texas.
Shirley was born on May 4, 1938, to the late William and Lela Scott in Kerens, Texas. She and her husband of 56 years Harold Whitworth shared a long-cherished marriage. Shirley enjoyed collecting and capturing old barn photos. She enjoyed...
Maria Alicia Lopez Vargas
Oct 28, 2021
Maria Alicia Lopez Vargas, 74, of Wills Point, Texas passed away on Thursday, October 28, 2021, in Sunnyvale, Texas.
Maria was born on January 11, 1947, to the late Jose and Maximina Lopez in Mission, Texas. She married her husband Armando Vargas, on June 15, 1968. They built their life together in Grand Prairie, TX, then moved...
Katherine Marie Wilson
Oct 27, 2021
Katherine Marie Wilson, 70 of Wills Point, Texas passed away on Wednesday, October 27, 2021, at her residence.
Katherine was born on April 24, 1951, to the late Andrew (Bud) Huddleston and Ruby Scott in Van Zandt County. She spent most of her life in Wills Point, marrying her late husband Gary Wilson on December 10, 1983....
Byron Lee Ellison
Oct 27, 2021
Byron Lee Ellison, 81, of Terrell, Texas passed away on Wednesday, October 27, 2021, in Wills Point, Texas at Crestwood Health and Rehabilitation Center.
Byron was born on November 27, 1937, in Houston, Texas, to the late Clyde Joseph Ellison and Ima Ray Castellaw. He moved to Terrell from Forney after living there for 20 years. Byron...
Baby Saige Adley Hooten
Oct 27, 2021
Baby Saige Adley Hooten, passed away on Wednesday, October 27, 2021.
Saige was born in Terrell, Texas on Monday, October 25, 2021. She is the daughter of Tyler and Erinn Hooten of Wills Point; sister of Willow Hooten; aunts and uncles, Destiny Melendez and Tony, Allison Gunnells, Cutter Hooten, Cadee Hooten, Rowdy Randell, Taylor Hooten, Cat Sabella,...
Jesus Gonzalez
Oct 23, 2021
Jesus Gonzalez, 34, of Wills Point, Texas passed away on Saturday, October 23, 2021, in Wills Point, Texas.
Jesus was born on May 11, 1987, in Tyler, Texas, to Jesus Hilario Gonzalez and Ubaldina Irma Leija Gonzalez. Jesus spent all his life in Wills Point. He worked for Lewis Tree Service. Jesus enjoyed fishing and working.
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Clara Jane Holden
Oct 22, 2021
Clara Jane Holden, 78, of Wills Point, Texas passed away on Friday, October 22, 2021, at her home.
Clara was born on April 6, 1943, in Falls, Texas to the late Earnest and Mary Young. Clara was raised by her parents in Stamford, Texas moving to Wills Point in 1969. She was a member of the First...
Donald Leon Lofton
Oct 21, 2021
Donald Leon Lofton, 80, of Edgewood, Texas passed away on Thursday, October 21, 2021, at his residence.
Donald was born in Flag Staff, Arizona and he was raised most of his life in California by his mother and father Fletcher Lofton. He married Patsy Owen on August 2, 2003. In 2004 Donald retired from Dallas Metal Smith....
Baby Makoa Ezekiel Southard
Oct 19, 2021
Baby Makoa Ezekiel Southard, passed in his parents' arms at Rockwall Presbytarian Hospital on Tuesday, October 20, 2021.
Makoa is the son of Jeffrey Southard and Dominique Southard of Wills Point, Texas; siblings, Noah, Maven, Ariella, Aphrodite, and Kalea Southard; grandparents, Annette Jackson, Evelynn Southard and David Southard; cousins, Hunter Southard, Garrett Southard, Adalyn Southard, Sha'tequa Driver,...
