All Obituaries

Services for Bill, 95, accountant, will be held at 2:00 P.M., Wednesday, November 20, 2019, at Huckabay Baptist Church with Rev. Dale Pugh officiating. Burial will follow at Oak Dale Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 6:00 P.M. – 8:00 P.M., Tuesday, at Lacy Funeral Home.  Bill was born in Borden County, Texas on July 6, 1924 to the late, Bert and Helen Holden. He married Jean Swatsell Holden on June 6, 1965, in Dallas, Texas. She preceded him in death on January 18,...

Lorraine Pearl (Jimison) Ripley, a long-term resident of Wichita, Kansas, but recently residing in Tolar, Texas died on November 19, 2019 at the age of 98. Lorraine is survived by her daughter Teresa M. (Ripley) Atchley and her son-in-law Curtis W. Atchley.  She is preceded in death by her husband, Robert Ripley of Wichita, Kansas.  She was the last of a generation of nine depression era brothers and sisters to include Horace Jimison, Lyle Jimison, Robert Jimison, Dortha (Jimison)...

Services for Kirk Phillips, 80, of Dublin, Texas will be held at 2:00 P.M., Saturday November 16, 2019, at the Lacy Funeral Home Chapel.  Kirk was born in Merriman, Nebraska on January 23, 1939 to the late, Harry and Viola Phillips.  Kirk was a Baptist by faith and enjoyed Team Roping.  Kirk is survived by his wife, Tomosa Martin, of Proctor, Texas; sons, Mick Pollard, and wife, Becky of Stephenville, Texas, and Ricky Pollard of Eudora, Kansas; daughters, Ralena McCurdy,...

Wilton Lee Adams Sr., 83, passed away on November 3, 2019. Wilton was born on June 3, 1936 in Port Arthur, Texas to Earl Wilton Adams and Josie Ann Overturf Adams. He is preceded in death by his parents and two brothers, Aubrey Wayne Adams, Larry Earl Adams.  Wilton is survived by his loving wife of 56 years Patricia Ann Powell Adams, of Huckabay, Texas. Son, Lee Adams, and wife Cristy, of Jasper,Texas and daughter, Alice Adams Copeland, and husband, Sam of Huckabay,...

Services for Kevin Vest, 48, machine operator for St. Gobain Abrasives, will be held at 2:00 P.M. Thursday, November 14, 2019, at Gardens of Memory Cemetery in Stephenville, Texas with Rev. Werth Mayes officiating. Burial will follow. Visitation will be held from 5:00 P.M.- 7:00 P.M., Wednesday, November 13, 2019, at Lacy Funeral Home. Kevin was born at Nellis AFB, Las Vegas, Nevada to Harold Vest and Shirley (Smith) Runyon. He married Ginny Jones on August 20, 1994, in Stephenville,...

Graveside Services for Charles Frederick Carithers, 96, geologist & farmer, will be held at 2:00 pm, Monday, November 18, 2019, at the Hico Cemetery, Hico, Texas, with Pastor Brent Jones officiating. Charles was born in Thurber, Texas, on April 15, 1923, to Arthur E. and Dora Floyd (Hamilton) Carithers. He married Wanda June Williams on August 2, 1974, in Stephenville, Texas. She preceded him in death on January 10, 2005. He was a WWII Army Air Force veteran. Survivors include his...

Graveside Services for Frances Armstrong, 89, homemaker, will be held at 1:00 pm, Wednesday, November 13, 2019, at Erath Gardens of Memory Cemetery with Rev. Werth Mayes officiating. Visitation will be held from 5:00-7:00 pm, Tuesday, November 12, 2019, at Lacy Funeral Home.   Frances was born in Dublin, Texas, on January 17, 1930, to Huey Paul and Rafe (Ferris) Maxwell. She married Wayne E. Armstrong on January 14, 1947. He preceded her in death on September 1, 1998. She has been a...

Services for Maria De La Cerda, 68, will be held at 2:00 P.M., Sunday, November 3, 2019, at Lacy Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Martin Lopez officiating. Visitation will be held from 6:00 P.M.- 8:00 P.M., Saturday, November 2, 2019 at Lacy Funeral Home.  Maria was born in Coahuila, Mexico on September 5, 1951.  to Calletano Navarrete and Consuelo Romero.  She married Onesimo De La Cerda.  Maria was a member of the Primera Iglesia Bautista Emmanuel in Dublin,...

Walter James Newmyer, 84, of Granbury, passed away on Tuesday, October 22, 2019. Funeral Services will be held 2 P.M., Sunday, October 27, 2019 at the Seventh Day Adventist Church, 2016 Acton Hwy, Granbury Texas, 76049, with Mitch Elrod officiating. A visitation will be held at the church one hour prior to the service. Walt was born on October 19, 1935 to Mabel and Clyde Newmyer Sr. He attended Union College in Lincoln Nebraska and went on to finish his master’s degree at Andrews...

It is with great sadness that the family of Melanye Dixon announce her passing on October 27, 2019, at the age of 68 years old. A graveside service will be held at 11:00 am, Saturday, November 9th at Wesley Chapel Cemetery, 277-541 Farm to Market 1188, Bluff Dale, TX 76433. Melanye Dixon aka Mellie or Mel Brown was born in Fort Worth, TX, to Bill Brown and Marjorie Ivey Brown on September 11, 1951. She went to school in Stephenville, TX, and was VERY proud of her Stephenville roots....