All Obituaries

Clyde Monroe Waters, 93, of Cooper, Texas, passed away Saturday, April 13, 2024. Services are scheduled for 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, April 16, 2024, at the New Hope Church Family Life Center in Cooper, Texas with Reverend Byron West officiating. Interment will follow at Oaklawn Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6 – 8 p.m. Monday, April 15, 2024, at Delta Funeral Home. Serving as Pallbearers will be Chris West, Byron West, James West, Elijah West, Hannon West, Merritt West, and Derek...

Janie Gwendola Beeler 86, of Pecan Gap passed away Monday April 8, 2024. Funeral Services are scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Saturday April 13, 2024, at First Baptist Church in Pecan Gap, Texas. Brother Cary Kinnaird and Reverand Ray Godfrey will officiate, interment will follow at Pecan Gap Cemetery. Family will receive friends and guests from 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. prior to services. Serving as Pallbearers will be Stan Smith, Steve Cunningham, Guy Pruitt, Darron Cheney, Lee Smith Jr., Joe...

Linda Kay (Ozment) Mason, 82, of Roxton, Texas passed away on Friday, April 5, 2024, after an extended illness. She was born on September 16, 1941, in Dallas, Texas to the late Herbert Palace and Pearl Louise (Bogan) Ozment.  Services are scheduled for Wednesday, April 10 at 2:00pm at Delta Funeral Home Chapel  Johnny Witherspoon officiating. There will be a visitation prior to the service at 1:00pm. There will be no graveside service.  Linda graduated from Cooper High...

Ruth Marie Black Gunter, 93, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Thursday April 4, 2024, at Heritage House in Paris, Texas. Graveside Services are scheduled for 11 a.m. Saturday April 6, 2024, at Garden of Memories cemetery in Ben Franklin, Texas, Pastor Danny Moody will officiate. Ruth was born in Cooper, Texas, on October 18, 1930, to J.B. and Ida (Johnson) Black. They preceded her in death as well as her husband W.H. Gunter, and grandson Westin Gunter, sister Lucille Smith, brothers...

(Toby) Cora Faye Moody, 96 of Cooper, Texas passed away Monday April 1, 2024. Graveside Services are scheduled for 11 a.m. Thursday April 4, 2024, at Oaklawn Cemetery, Shane Carrington will officiate. Family will receive friends and family from 10 a.m. to 11a.m prior to service, at Delta Funeral Home. Serving as Pallbearers will be Marc Moody, Matt Moody, Joel Moody, Mike Gibson, Steve Speight, Tyler Strickland. Toby was born in Cooper, Texas, June 9,1927, to William Austin and Ruby...

Patricia Ann Fox, resident of Cooper, Texas passed away at the age of 80 Monday evening, March 25, 2024. Funeral Services are scheduled for 10 a.m. Saturday March 30, 2024, at Delta Funeral Home Chapel, Pastor Dean Eudy will officiate, interment to follow at Oaklawn cemetery. Family will receive friends and family from 6-8 p.m. Friday March 29, 2024. Serving as Pallbearers will be Henry Ervin, Billy Jack Silman, Charlie Askins, Bobby Irvin, Ted Alley, and Kenneth Gillian, Honorary...

Shirley Ann Nabors Smith passed from this life on March 18, 2024.  Shirley, 85, was born December 9, 1938  in Charleston, Texas to Herbert and Golden Ann George Nabors.  Funeral services are scheduled for Thursday, March 21 at two o’clock at the Charleston Methodist Church in Charleston, Texas with visitation one hour prior and burial at the Charleston Cemetery. Shirley graduated from East Delta High School in 1957 and East Texas State University with her Bachelors and...

Glena Lou Melton, 88 of Roxton, Texas passed away Thursday March 14, 2024. Graveside Services are scheduled for 11a.m Tuesday March 19, 2024, at Garden of Memories Cemetery in Ben Franklin, Texas. Glena was born in Enloe, Texas, July 30, 1935, to Glen and Oza Lou (Jackson) Stanley. They preceded her in death as well as her husband Charles Melton, son Jerry Melton, and baby brother Rex. Glena retired from Rockwell International. Survivors include her daughter Jean Minshew of Sulphur...

Jerry Neal Akard, 85 of Pattonville, Texas, passed away Wednesday March 13, 2024. Funeral Services are scheduled for 2p.m. Saturday March 16, 2024, at Delta Funeral Home Chapel. Brother Jeffery Gordon will officiate with interment to follow at Oaklawn cemetery. Family will receive friends and family from 1-2 p.m. prior to service.     Serving as Pallbearers will be David Akard, David Self, Dennis Evans, Mark Self, Austin Simpson, and Scott Evans. Jerry was born in...

Billy Ray Ford, 91, of Cooper, Texas passed away peacefully in his sleep on Tuesday, March 5, 2024.  Billy Ray was born November 10, 1932, to Charles and Laura Ford of Cooper, Texas.  After graduating from Cooper High School, Billy Ray moved to Dallas where he briefly worked before enlisting in the military.  Billy Ray served his country in the National Guard, then the United States Air Force, then the Air Force Reserves.  He was stationed in Okinawa, Japan and was...