Obituaries
  • Bonham, Texas -- Funeral services for John Riley "JR" Stephens, 93, will be held on Thursday, October 16, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. at Cooper-Sorrells Funeral Home in Bonham, Texas. Bro Glynn Tyson will officiate, assisted by Bro David Brackett. Military honors and Masonic rites will be held in recognition of JR’s faithful service to his country and his decades of dedication to the Masonic Lodge. Interment will be held at Philadelphia Cemetery near Gober. A visitation will be held on Wednesday evening, October 15, 2025, from 6:00–8:00 p.m., also at Cooper-Sorrells.
  • Windom, Texas -- A graveside service for Dixie Lee McWhorter, 85, will be held at 2:00 p.m. on October 12, 2025, at the Windom Cemetery in Windom, Texas. Preacher Preston Boles will officiate the service.
  • Bonham, Texas -- The funeral service for Mary Janice Greenwood Black, 88, is Saturday, October 11, 2025 at 2:00 p.m. with visitation one hour prior to service at the First United Methodist Church in Bonham. Burial will follow at Lamasco Cemetery.
  • Bonham, Texas -- A celebration of the life of Vassa Nee Battle, 65, will be held Friday, October 10, 2025 at Bethlehem Baptist Church starting at 1:00 p.m.
  • Bonham, Texas -- Graveside services for Thomas M. Cullar, 86, will be held in Quanah Memorial Park, Quanah, Texas, Tuesday afternoon at 2:00 p.m.
  • Bonham, Texas -- A visitation for Mac Eugene Garcia, 80, will be held on Sunday, October 5, 2025, from 4:00-6:00 p.m. at Cooper-Sorrells Funeral Home in Bonham. Funeral services for Mac will be held at Cooper-Sorrells Funeral Home in Bonham, Texas, on October 6, 2025, at 2:00 p.m. Pastor Lyn Holly will officiate. Following the service, he will be laid to rest at Carson Cemetery in Ector, Texas.
  • Honey Grove, Texas -- Visitation for Dudley Wayne Parks, 74, of Honey Grove will be held at Cooper-Sorrells Funeral Home in Honey Grove on Saturday, October 4, 2025, from 12:00-1:45 p.m. followed by a graveside service at Hopewell Cemetery in Sumner, TX at 2:00 p.m.
  • Honey Grove, Texas -- The family of Jackie Kay Pitcock, 67, of Honey Grove will receive friends and loved ones at Cooper Sorrels Funeral Home on Friday, October 3, 2025, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. There will be a graveside service at Oakwood Cemetery the following day at 10:00 a.m.
  • Bonham, Texas -- A visitation for Tex Lawrence, 75, will be held on Thursday, October 2, 2025 from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. at Cooper-Sorrells Funeral Home in Bonham.
  • Telephone, Texas -- A celebration of the life of Billie Carol Campbell, 57, will be held at 1:00 p.m. October 18, 2025 at Telephone Baptist Church.
  • Bonham, Texas -- Visitation for Mrs. Jean Dona, 80, will take place on Wednesday, October 1, 2025, at Cooper-Sorrells Funeral Home in Bonham, TX, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, October 2, 2025, at Cooper-Sorrells Funeral Home Chapel, beginning at 11:00 a.m. Burial will follow at Mt. Zion Cemetery near Whitesboro, Texas, with Bro. Brandon Dona presiding.
  • Telephone, Texas -- A funeral service celebrating the life of Jerry Dee Taylor, 81, of Ivanhoe, Texas, will be held on Wednesday, October 1, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. at Telephone Baptist Church. Pastor Jace Waller will officiate.
  • Michael Walker passed from this life peacefully with his family by his side on September 21, 2025 at Covenant Medical Center in Lubbock, Texas.
  • Telephone, Texas -- A celebration of the life of James Perry Davis, 87, of Telephone, Texas, will be held on Monday, September 29, 2025 at Telephone Baptist Church, Telephone, Texas at 4:00 p.m. with military honors. Jace Waller, pastor of Telephone Baptist Church, will officiate. Burial will follow immediately after the service at Forest Grove Cemetery, Telephone, Texas. Cooper-Sorrells Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
  • Sherman, Texas -- Graveside services for Barbara Jean (Wilson) Mathes, 83, of Sherman will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday, September 26, 2025 at Oak Hill Cemetery, in Whitewright, TX, with Bro. Rodney Standford, officiating. Barbara will lie in state from 5:00 p.m. till 7:00 p.m. Thursday, September 25, 2025 at Fisher Funeral Home.