All Obituaries
Ann Lee Sutton
Mar 20, 2023
Ann Lee Sutton, 86, passed away on March 20, 2023, in Mabank, TX. She was born on January 8, 1937, in Athens, TX, to parents Roy and Levita (Brewer) Bracey.
Ann Lee Sutton, 86, passed away peacefully on March 20, 2023, at her home in Mabank, Texas, surrounded by her family. She was born on January 8, 1937, in Athens,...
Jimmy Leon Peavy
Mar 20, 2023
Jimmy Leon Peavy, 78, passed away on March 20, 2023, in Tyler, TX. He was born on July 4, 1944, in Dallas, TX, to parents Leon and Doris (Brown) Peavy.
Jimmy really liked motorcycles, he enjoyed riding, and working on them. He was a member of the NRA. Jimmy was a big NASCAR fan.
Jimmy is preceded in death by...
Johnny Lee Barton
Mar 14, 2023
Johnny Lee Barton 72, passed away on March 14, 2023, in Dallas, TX. He was born on October 23, 1950, in Shreveport LA, to parents Felix and Mary (Guidry) Barton.
Johnny loved people and was a very sociable person. Laughing and making people laugh was a hobby he was well experienced at. He enjoyed hanging out with his friends. Johnny...
Stanley W. Sohasky
Mar 13, 2023
Stanley William Sohasky, 63, passed away on March 13, 2023, in Mabank, TX. He was born on August 10, 1959, in Muskegon, MI, to parents William and Mary (Thompson) Sohasky.
Stanley, or "Stan the Man" as he was fondly named, joined the military by way of the United States Marine Corp in 1978. He was stationed in Guam for 3...
Loretta Janice McDade
Mar 11, 2023
Loretta Janice (Wilson) McDade, 86, passed away on March 11, 2023, in Gun Barrel City, TX. She was born on September 1, 1936 in Knoxville, TN to parents Ottis and Pauline (Webb) Wilson.
Loretta Janice Wilson McDade was born in Knoxville, Tennessee on September 1, 1936 to Polly and Ottis Wilson. She was their only child.
She grew up in...

Kelly Glen Samford
Mar 9, 2023
Kelly Glen Samford, 64, passed away on March 9, 2023, in Mabank, TX. He was born on December 8, 1958, in Dallas, TX, to parents Kenneth and Margaret (Baugh) Samford.

Johnny C. Estep
Mar 7, 2023
Johnny Carl Estep, 71, passed away on March 7, 2023, in Tyler, TX. He was born on July 27, 1951, in Sherman, TX, to parents Jack and Anna (Kilgore) Estep.
Lilyana Corin Cirksena
Feb 26, 2023
Lilyana Corin Cirksena, 15, passed away in Gun Barrel City, TX on February 26, 2023. She was born on January 14, 2008, in Plano, TX to parents Nikolas and Leah Cirksena.
On Sunday, February 26, 2023, Lilyana Corin Cirksena, 15 year old daughter of Nickolas and Leah Cirksena, left this earth. Lily was a Freshman at Mabank High School. She...
Jason Langford
Feb 25, 2023
Jason Wayne Langford (49) died peacefully in his sleep the morning of Feb 25th after a series of health complications. Born November 20th 1973 at the Irving Community Hospital, Jason a long time resident of the Gun Barrel City/ Cedar Creek lake area and was the eldest son of Fred and Glennes Langford. Jason graduated from Mabank High School in...
John M. Davis
Feb 24, 2023
John M. Davis 40, passed away on February 24, 2023, in Kemp, TX. He was born on March 21, 1982, in Dallas, TX.
John Martin Davis (Kemp) grew up in a loving family in Quinlan, TX and accepted Jesus into his heart as a young boy. John spent his childhood years playing many sports, but his absolute favorites were baseball...
Cheryl Ann Walker
Feb 23, 2023
Cheryl Ann Walker, 66, passed away on February 23, 2023, in Gun Barrel City, TX. She was born on January 16, 1957, in Dallas, TX, to parents Harvey and Nannie (Moore) Meeks.
Cheryl went back to school later in life to get her high school diploma, followed by becoming a licensed nail technician. She loved doing crafts, and loved jewelry,...
Delia Lee Voss
Feb 20, 2023
Delia Karolina Lee Voss, 54, passed away on February 20, 2023, in Gun Barrel City, TX. She was born May 4, 1968, to parents Sammie and Carrie (Curtis) Lee, in Denison, TX.
Delia was raised in Rosser, TX, where she met and married Robert K. Voss. She later found love with Timmy Hickson, who she built a life with for...
Maralyn Joan Ely
Feb 18, 2023
Maralyn Ely, 78, passed away on February 18, 2023, in Gun Barrel City, TX. She was born April 3, 1944, to parents Henry and Rachael (Carr) Fowler in Midland, TX.
Maralyn loved her grandbabies, great granddaughter, and children. She also loved Hallmark channel, as well as westerns. Maralyn was a member of Red Hat Ladies Club, and faithfully...
Sherry Boone
Feb 16, 2023
Memorial service for Sherry Lynn (Nichols) Boone, age 80, of Garland, Texas will be held at 3:00 on Friday, March 17, 2023 at First Methodist Church in Mabank, Texas. Mrs. Boone passed away with many loved ones by her side on Thursday, February 16, 2023 at Silver Creek Assisted Living in Garland.
Sherry was born on December 22, 1942 in...
Harlan Ray Maples
Feb 14, 2023
Harlan Ray Maples, 89, passed away peacefully at his home in Mabank, TX on February 14, 2023. He was born on May 14, 1933, in Caddo Mills, TX to parents John and Ellie (Williams) Maples.
Harlan was a God-fearing, brutally honest man who cherished and loved his family deeply. He was a hard-working man, always busy doing something with...
Mark Allen Housewright
Feb 8, 2023
Mark Allen Housewright, 21, passed away on February 8, 2023, in Parker County, TX. Mark was born on September 12, 2001, in Athens, TX, to parents Marcus Housewright and Jyllian (Janke) Ross.
Mark was a loving father. He was so proud of his precious baby girl Rilynn. Mark was going to be the best daddy ever and Maya was the...
Shirley Ann Massey
Feb 5, 2023
Shirley Ann Massey, 80, passed away on February 5, 2023, in Canton, TX. She was born June 3, 1942, to parents Bascum and Helen Carroll.
Shirley was her happiest when she was surrounded by her family, and her church family. She had a heart that was full of love, for anyone who crossed her path. Family time was something...
Willard "Dub" Clarence Ainsworth
Jan 28, 2023
Willard Clarence Ainsworth, known as "Dub" to family and friends, passed peacefully at Cedar Lakes Nursing Home on January 28, 2023, in Malakoff, TX, after a brief illness. He was born June 22, 1931, in Boswell, Oklahoma to parents C.S. and Fern (Whisenhunt) Ainsworth. In his last few weeks of life, he began to talk about Jesus and stated that...
Kenneth Eugene Green
Jan 26, 2023
Ken was born October 10, 1944 in El Campo, Texas. Ken passed peacefully at home on January 26, 2023,after a very long battle with Progressive Supranuclear Palsy.
Ken was the youngest of three children of Donald and Opal McEwin Green. His father was in the Navy,stationed in Pearl Harbor, when Ken was born, so they met for the first time...
Donna Van Buren
Jan 25, 2023
Donna Marie Cowan Van Buren, 89, passed away on January 25, 2023, at her home in Tool, TX. Donna was born on January 25, 1934, in Tulsa, OK, to parents Thomas and Leora (Gholston) Cowan.
Donna graduated from Central High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1952. Afterwards, she attended Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, and graduated from the Methodist...