Obituaries

Jackie Pratt

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Jackie Pratt, 80, of Wellington, Texas, passed away Wednesday,May 1,2024. Funeral services took place at 10 a.m.

Chester Rodgers

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Chester Rodgers, 92, of Memphis, Texas, was called home to be with his Lord and Savior May 3, 2024. Services took place at 11 a.m.

Mozelle Gowdy Richburg

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Mozelle Gowdy Richburg, 99, of Memphis, Texas, died, Tuesday, May 1, 2024, in Memphis. Services took place at 2:30 p.m.

Sue Haile

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A memorial service for Sue Haile, 71, will be held at 11 a.m. on May 10, 2024, at the First United Methodist Church. The family will have visitation before the service from 1011:00 a.m. A graveside service will be held at 4 p.m. the same day at Stratford Cemetery in Stratford, Texas. Visitation with the family will be from 4:305:30 p.m. at the Christian Church in Stratford. Sue always considered Stratford as her home, even though she had been gone for 50 years. Mrs. Haile passed from this life on April 29, 2024, in Childress, Texas.

Thomas Russell “Tommy” Hudson Jr.

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It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Thomas Russell “Tommy” Hudson Jr., formerly of Wellington, Texas, who peacefully left this earthly realm on May 1, 2024, in Canyon, Texas. Born on Feb.

Cary Don Neeley

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Cary Don Neeley, 73, of Quail, Texas, passed away Monday, April 22, 2024. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m.

Mary Lee Waits

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Mary Lee Waits, daughter of John F. Bishop and Peggy Lee Bishop, of Quail, Texas, and beloved mother to Ike D.

Wilma Marie Martin Sexton

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Wilma Marie Martin Sexton, a seventh-generation Texan, passed away April 11, 2024, at the age of 81 in Glen Rose, Texas. She was born in Lufkin, Texas, on March 9, 1943, to Lloyd C. and Wilma Lee Shepard Martin. When she was 9 years old, the family moved to Memphis, Texas, where she enjoyed the early springtime of her life, graduated high school and was married to Jim Sexton in 1960. The newlyweds moved to Canyon, Texas, where Jim was a student at West Texas State College. Wilma worked at an Amarillo, Texas bank and took college courses from time to time. In 1965, Jim graduated and commenced a bank examination career, and the couple moved to Fort Worth,Texas, their first post of duty. It was in Fort Worth that their first daughter, Sheryl, was born in 1969. Their second daughter, Carole, was born in Richardson, Texas in 1971. Over the following years, the family moved to Germantown, Tenn., Cherry Hill, N.J., Herndon, Va. and Georgetown, Texas. Wilma and Jim then returned to Virginia for a brief period and, finally, to retirement in Pecan Plantation in Granbury, Texas in 2000.

Tom Huntress

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Tom Huntress, 87, of Wellington, Texas, passed away Tuesday, April 9, 2024. Funeral services took place at 10 a.m.

Lue Janette Crockett

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Lue Janette Crockett, 78, of Memphis, Texas, died Wednesday, April 10, 2024, in Memphis. Memorial services took place at 1 p.m.