Obituaries

To parents Minnie and John Garner of the small farming community of Woodbine in Cook County Texas, Ethel Martha Garvey née Garner was born following her first arrived twin Bethel on Dec. 13, 1922. They numbered fourth and fifth among an ultimate number of twelve, a large though not uncommon family size in the early...

Gloria June Reeves, 83 of Valley Mills, Texas passed away on March 6, 2025. She was born in Gainesville, Texas on June 8, 1941, to Frank M. Estes and Dorothy Lee Terry. She graduated from Gainesville High School in 1959 and also attended NCTC, formerly Cooke County and North Texas College as a Music Major. Gloria...

Alice Louise Grounds, age 81, of Gainesville, TX, passed away October 9, 2025 in Gainesville.
Born July 27, 1944, Alice was raised in Providence, RI and graduated from high school there. She married George Grounds on August 24, 1963 and the couple moved to Gainesville in 1968. Alice was a member of Beta Sigma Phi...

Glinda Kay Grubbs, age 73, passed away on the 17th of August 2025 in Gainesville, Texas. She was born on August 23, 1951, in Tokyo, Japan to Jack Leo Lovett and Geraldine Fay (Gravette) Lovett.
Glinda married Gary Deane Grubbs on February 9, 1983, and they enjoyed 37 years of marriage before his passing. She is...

O.D. "Lefty" Harlow, 92, of Gainesville, Texas passed away March 26, 2025 at his residence in Gainesville, Texas. He was born on February 28, 1933 in Gainesville , Texas to Ernest Clarence "E.C." Harlow and Myrtle (Tower) Harlow.
Lefty had a full and interesting life. He began his work career by breaking colts...

Deborah Gale "Debbie" Harter-Brown, 70-year-old Thackerville, OK resident, passed from this life on Tuesday, November 4, 2025, while surrounded by her adoring family at her residence. A graveside funeral service will be held at 10:00 a.m., Friday, November 7, 2025, at the Mt. Zion Cemetery in Thackerville with...

Paul Lane Hawkins, 97, of Gordonville, Texas, was called to his heavenly home on Wednesday, December 24, 2025.
Paul was born on November 16, 1928 in Greer County, Oklahoma to Murray and Lura Hawkins. He graduated from high school in Midway, Oklahoma and attended college in Altus, Oklahoma. He served in the United...

Billy Wayne Herrington was born September 13, 1938 in a farmhouse outside Tishomingo, Oklahoma to Elon Preston Herrington and Nora Lee Craft Herrington. Six years later they moved to Cotton Center, Texas, then two years later to Plainview, Texas where he graduated from Plainview High School in 1957.
He entered the...

William Dennis Hirneise passed quietly in his sleep on July 5, 2025, joining his beloved wife, Linda, who preceded him in death in 2021. Born on October 1, 1941, in Lima, OH, he was 83 years old. Bill is survived by his sons, Rich Hirneise and his wife, Ammy, and Bart Hirneise and his wife, Robyn; his grandchildren,...

Charles Ray Hunter, 85, of Corinth, TX, passed away May 25, 2025 at his home surrounded by loved ones. He was born on January 5, 1940, in Marysville, TX to James and Clara (Vessel) Hunter.
Charles graduated from Gainesville High School in 1960. He married the love of his life, Mary Lee Dennis on June 17, 1961 at...

Rev. Wilbur James Vaughan, 85, of Sherman, Texas was called home to heaven on Tuesday, January 28, 2025.
Wilbur was born on March 4, 1939 in Denton County to Frank and Bessie (Wilson) Vaughan. He was a graduate of Celina High School. Wilbur married Barbara Harris on January 18, 1960 and together they raised three...

Rhonda Dee Jones (65) of Gainesville, TX passed peacefully in her home on January 26, 2025. She fought her battle against cancer until the very end and entered heaven surrounded by those who loved and cared for her!

Rhonda was born June 13, 1959 in Wichita Falls, TX to Lloyd and Wanda Ashlock. From the age of 16,...