System Mechanic - Clean, repair, protect, and speed up your PC!Luzelle "Pete" Pierce, 93
Funeral services for Luzelle "Pete" Pierce of Commerce are tomorrow at 11 a.m. in Jones Memorial Chapel. Visitation is from 9 a.m. until the service. Dr. Billy R. Webb will officiate at the services arranged by Jones-Walker & Son Funeral Home. Interment will follow at Rosemound Cemetery.
A retired sales clerk, Pierce was born in Blossom on Aug. 18, 1907, the daughter of John Jay and Sudie Hays Dunham. On April 28, 1927, she married Carl "Doc" Pierce in Greenville. She was of the Baptist faith.
Survivors include her brother and sister-in-law, Ray and Cathy Dunham of Commerce; sister, Johnnie Sue Walls of Commerce; several nieces, nephews, great-nieces, great-nephews, great-great-nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband and her brother, Jules Verne Dunham.
Raynell Guffanti, 86
Raynell Guffanti of Greenville died on Dec. 20 in a local rest home following a brief illness. Guffanti was born on Aug. 18, 1914, in Cumby, Texas. The youngest of five children born to Joseph Rhea Beauchamp and Mary Byrd Renshaw Beauchamp, she grew up in Fannin County and was a 1931 graduate of Bonham High School. She excelled in girls' basketball and was a gifted and popular student. Her parents were pioneer settlers of Texas following the Civil War, and her paternal forebears were among the earliest French families of Colonial Louisiana. Following the early death of her mother, Guffanti was raised by her father and devoted sister and brother-in-law, the late Eula Leon and Ernest Parker of Ivanhoe, Fannin County. She was preceded in death by her parents, her infant sister, Beatrice Beauchamp, her brother, Jimmie Renshaw Beauchamp, her sister, Eula Leon Beauchamp Parker, and her husband, Jack Guffanti. Survivors include one sister, Ludie Leo Beauchamp Parker of Shreveport, La.; two nieces, Beth Parker Winn and husband, Jack Winn, of Commerce and Jonelle Parker Osburn and husband, Marvin Osburn, of Millbrae, Calif.; great-niece, Elizabeth Winn Stephens and husband, Bob Stephens, of Irving; great-nephew, Dan Parker Winn and wife, Kelly Winn, of Bedford; and great-great-niece McKayla Winn of Bedford. In the 1930s and '40s, Guffanti traveled extensively in the United States and Latin America with her first husband, the late Arthur McGee of Ardmore, Okla., a safety engineer for Chicago Bridge and Iron Company. Many years later, while living in San Francisco, she met and married Jack Guffanti, a native of Lake Como, Italy, and a longtime resident of San Francisco. Following retirement, they lived in Sonora, Calif., before moving to Greenville. Guffanti loved her family and friends, her beloved pet cat, Pat Pat, her faith and the Democratic Party. Her wit, style, intelligence and keen observations of lie and politics will be greatly missed by all who loved her. Cremation and private services will be held. Memorials may be made to the Church of Christ, the Boles Orphan Home or to a favorite charity. Jones-Walker & Son Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Bryan Hale, 25
Funeral services for Bryan Hale of Cumby were held at 2 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 23 in the First Baptist Church of Commerce with the Rev. Harvey Snyder and Rev. Richard Deteau officiating. Interment followed in the Cumby Cemetery with Shane Freeman, Jason Bailey, Chris Gilbert, Shannon Gaines, Craig Petty, John Coalfax, Cody Dunn and Clemente Rodriguez serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers were David Petty, Rickey Petty, Bobby Gafford, Heath Petty, John Hood and Charley Clampitt. Hale was a digger operator for Texas Electric Utility Construction. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Cumby. He died Dec. 19 in the Good Sheppard Medical Center in Longview. He was born on Nov. 4, 1975, in Greenville to Keith and Rena' Fitzgearld Hale. He married Mistie Kay Fyke on May 31, 1997, in Campbell. Survivors include his wife, Mistie Kay Fyke Hale; son, Taylor Bryan Hale of Cumby; mother, Rena' Hale of Cumby; father, Keith Hale of Cumby; sisters, Kelli Nicole Matlock of Commerce and Amy Collins of Lewisville. Cumby Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Vikki Jo Talley, 48
Funeral services for Vikki Jo Talley of Commerce were held Dec. 18 at Jones Memorial Chapel. Interment followed at Horton Cemetery. Jones-Walker & Son Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Talley was born on June 7, 1952, in Hunt County, the daughter of Marvin Moreland and Ruth Abbott. Talley worked as a restaurant manager. Survivors include daughters, Kelli Talley and husband, John, of Commerce and Shani Talley of Point; parents, Ruth and James Wilson of Commerce; sister, Judy Mills of Saltillo; two granddaughters, Logan and Brooklynn Talley of Commerce; aunt, Kanna Lou Arnold of Ft. Worth; several nieces and nephews. She is preceded in death by her father, Marvin Moreland, on June 26, 1983.
Stella Mae White, 91
Funeral services were held Dec. 19 for Stella Mae White of Fairlie. She died Dec. 16 at Presbyterian Hospital of Commerce. Rev. David Gibson officiated at the service at Pemberton Funeral Chapel. Interment followed at Sonora Cemetery in Fairlie. Arrangements were made by Pemberton Funeral Home. Pallbearers were Lewis Swenson, Second McQueary, Chip Nicholson, Bob Isaacs, George Douglas Raynes and Ronnie Peacock. Honorary pallbearers will be Hubert Crowell, G.O. (Butch) Boucher and Harold Wayne Burt. White was born in Fawn Grove, Miss., on Aug. 30, 1909, the daughter of Mark and Ada Moore Duvall. On July 12, 1924, she married Roy Lee White in Commerce. She attended public school in Mississippi and moved to Hunt County in 1922. She had lived in the Fairlie Community for 65 years. She was a member of the Church of Christ in Commerce. Survivors include daughter, Maudine Bishop of Fairlie; son, Roy Louis White of Commerce; son-in-law, Truitt Bishop of Fairlie; four grandchildren, Ronnie Bishop, Ken and Susan Bishop and Stacy White; four great-grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her husband in 1989; on granddaughter, Mandy Fuller; daughter-in-law, Maisie White; three sisters and three brothers.
Harriet Minerva Lake, 101
Funeral services for Harriet Minerva Lake of Klondike were held on Friday, Dec. 15 at 2 p.m. in the Cornerstone Baptist Church in Cumby with the Rev. Jimmy Tarrant officiating. Interment followed in Rosemound Cemetery in Commerce. Pallbearers were J.C. Lake, J.C. Moore, Tommy Staley, Ray Tally, Lee Huff and Lyn Robinson.
Lake passed away at 10:50 p.m. Monday, Dec. 11, 2000, in the Oak Manor Nursing Home in Commerce. She was born on Oct. 12, 1899, in Falls County to Francis M. and Mary A. Wilson Bacon. She married James S. Lake in 1915. He preceded her in death in 1969. Survivors include four sisters, Lillie Kilman of Sulphur Springs, Frances Macy of Jacksonville, Florida, Tommie Barber of Dallas, and Lorene Tarrant of Campbell; one brother, Wayne Bacon of Arlington. She was preceded in death by four sisters and five brothers. Cumby Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
Lillian Beatrice Smith, 79
Lillian Beatrice Smith of Ladonia died Thursday, Dec. 7, at Good Shepherd Medical Center in Longview. Funeral services will be held today at 2 p.m. at First Baptist Church in Ladonia. Rev. Bob Posey and Rev. Jeanette Harris will officiate. Burial will follow in Oakridge Cemetery in the Oakridge Community under the direction of the Delta Funeral Home. Smith was born Jan. 1, 1921, in Caney, Okla., the daughter of Willis Richard and Stella Marie Foster Day. She had lived in Ladonia since she was three years old. Smith married Emmett Calvin Smith, Sr., on April 16, 1948, and he preceded her in death. She was also preceded by one son, Willis Edward Tadlock. Survivors include two sons, William Lee Tadlock of Chatmelet, Wash., and Emmett Calvin Smith, Jr.; three daughters, Barbara Annette Warner of Commerce, Johnnie Marie DeRouin of Josephine, Texas, and Peggy Sue Keller of Longview; three brothers, Everett W. Day of Duncanville, Marion Clyde Day of Mesquite and Robert Bruce Day of Reno, Nev.; one sister, Hazel Hymen of Rubotom, Okla.; 16 grandchildren and 34 great-grandchildren.
James Callan
James Lee Callan, 93, of Cumby died Jan. 8, 2008, in Sulphur Springs. A graveside service was scheduled at 2 p.m., Jan. 10, at Cumby City Cemetery with Brother Jim Goodwin officiating.
Son of Walter and Ollie Lindly Callan, he was born Oct. 16, 1914, in Cumby. On Oct. 16, 1935, he married Mamie Alexander in Sulphur Springs. Mr. Callan was a retired rancher.
Surviving are two children, Mary Ellen Callan Mize of Greenville and Vickie Sue Baldwin of Dallas; grandchildren Patricia Marie Fecht of Plano, Bill Baldwin of Dallas and Katy Baldwin of Los Angeles, Calif.; three great-grandchildren, Joshua Fecht, Zacharia Fecht and Jacob Fecht, all of Plano; and a brother, Bobby Callan of Cumby.
His parents and his wife preceded him in death.
Jones-Walker & Son Funeral Home of Commerce was in charge of arrangements.
Martha Walker
Martha Ann Walker, 65, of Commerce died Jan. 7, 1942, at her home. A memorial service was held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Mount Moriah Baptist Church in Commerce with Rev. L.G. Dixon officiating. Burial followed in Rosemound Cemetery under the direction of Jones-Walker & Son Funeral Home.
Daughter of Lizzie Mae Hardeman, she was born Jan. 18, 1942, in Commerce. She retired from the custodial department at Texas A&M University-Commerce. She was affectionately known to all as Ms. Martha and will be greatly missed.
Survivors include her mother; children Donna Crosby and partner Pamela Ziehe of Austin, Tammie Nelson and husband J.W. of Commerce, Karen Crosby of Commerce, Deryck Crosby and wife Hope of Greenville, Allison Sampson of Commerce, Larry Sampson of California, Dale Sampson of Dallas, Sammy Sampson of Dallas, and Leonard Sampson of Ladonia; brothers and sisters Charlie Wilson of San Diego, Calif., Donnie Gale Smith of Greenville, Carl Leo Smith, Anita Morrison and husband Ben, Mary Lou Smith and Michelle Thomas and husband Hezekiah; sister-in-law Mildred Walker; brother-in-law Edward Thomas; a special cousin, Thelma Estes; 11 grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; best friend Millie Faye Gadlin; and a host of other family members and friends.
Her husband, MIlton Walker, preceded her in death.
Honorary pallbearers were Sherman Price, Ivory Moore, Nolan Greer, Louis Gadlin, Curtis Hines, Rodney Hawkins and Dick Walker.
Phillip Washington
DALLAS — Phillip L. Washington. 50, of Dallas died Jan. 6, 2008.
He is survived by wife, Barbara Washington; two daughters, five sisters; two brothers and a host of other relatives and friends.
A wake was scheduled from 6 to 7 p.m. Friday at Golden Gate Funeral Home, 4155 S.R.L. Thornton Freeway, Dallas. Services were at 11 a.m. Saturday at Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church, 1819 North Washington, Dallas. Burial followed Saturday afternoon in Grundy Cemetery in Neylandville.
Devora Knox
Devora Knox, 93, of Commerce died Jan. 9, 2008, at Oak Manor Nursing Home. Funeral services were at noon Monday at Mount Moriah Baptist Church with Rev. L.G. Dixon officiating. Burial was in Lebanon Cemetery under the direction of Jones-Walker & Son Funeral Home in Commerce.
Daughter of Tom and Ada Hill Wilson, she was born Feb. 6, 1914, in Keren. She was a homemaker.
Surviving are two children, Levester Ware Neal and Allie Mae Champion; grandchildren Lawrence Neal and wife Wanda and Charles Neal and wife Patricia, all of Commerce, and Kate Kelly and husband Jerry of Greenville; two sisters, Dorothy Daniels of Dallas and Noree Green of Commerce; 10 great-grandchildren; 16 great-great-grandchildren and seven great-great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by two husbands, Henry Knox and Farmen Ware; her parents; two sons; a son-in-law; a granddaughter; a great-grandson; a great-great-granddaughter; six brothers and two sisters.
Grandsons and great-grandsons served as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers were Ivory Moore, James Martin, Billy Reed, Douglas Stiggers, George Henry and John Adair.
Joe Black
Joe Black of Commerce passed away quietly in the early morning of Jan. 10, 2008, joining his beloved wife Marilyn.
Joe was born June 18, 1939, in Paris, Texas, to Delmar R. and Nelle Carlock Black. He was raised in Ben Franklin helping his family with their farm and general store. He attended Cooper High School, graduating in 1957 where he was an avid football player and a member of the 4-H Club.
Following high school he enlisted in the U.S. Army then began work in the Dallas area. He then worked with his older brothers at Black Farm Service in Zabcikville and Texas Sesame in Paris. Joe began his career as an electrical engineer for E-Systems just before he met Marilyn, and continued for the following 35 years, until he retired.
On March 4, 1972, he married Marilyn Jean Hill and thus began the Black family’s life journey together in Greenville. Never leaving behind his true roots of the family farm he always maintained a garden and spent what free time he had working outdoors. In about 1993 he and Marilyn began a hobby of bike riding and would travel the U.S. to find different areas and trails on which to ride.
He was preceded in death by his cherished wife Marilyn; his three brothers, James Carlock Black, D.R. Black and Clyde Smith Black; and his parents.
He is survived by his six children, Laura J. Black of Maui, Hawaii, Bryan E. Black and Katherine E. Taylor, both of Commerce, Jill Hughes and husband Kelly of McKinney, James H. Black and wife Kathy of Leonard, and William T. Black and wife Kelly of Greensboro, N.C.; 14 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren
Graveside services were at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Ben Franklin Garden of Memories Cemetery in Ben Franklin under the direction of Peters Funeral Home.
Marge Moehlman
Marge Moehlman, 89, of Campbell died Jan. 9, 2008, in a Dallas hospital. A memorial service for Mrs. Moehlman is being planned at a later date.
Mrs. Moehlman was born April 21, 1918, in Battlecreek, Iowa, to Dr. James W. and Edith Ball. In 1949, she married Harlan Edward Moehlman in Las Vegas, Nev. She attended Iowa State University, and she was a homemaker.
She and her husband were the breeders and owners of the 1968 National Champion Stallion Zarabo+++.
After marrying, Marge and Harlan settled in the San Fernando Valley where he began to train horses on his day off from the Los Angeles Fire Department. Harlan worked and trained the horses; and Marge took care of them and their son, Mitch, who now resides in Campbell and who loved to help his dad at the shows. Harlan was at work a good deal of the time, so Marge had to handle the stallions. Marge was little, not much over 5 feet tall, but she was mighty!
Throughout much of her life she was in Harlan’s shadow, but she knew so much, and people could not help but respect her. She did not get around to showing horses herself until the early ‘90s. She drove in Amateur to Drive classes and won. After Harlan retired from the Fire Department as a captain, the family moved to Texas. For several years they trained, showed and bred Zarabo descendants. Zarabo died in the early 1990s and Marge lost Harlan in 1999.
In addition to her son, she is also survived by her sister, Maxine Willumson and husband Dr. Henry Willumson of St. Joseph, Mo.; a nephew, James Willumson of St. Joseph, Mo.; and a niece, Ann Carolyn Tosson of Iowa City, Iowa.
Peters Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
