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April 23, 2006
SULPHUR SPRINGS — Funeral service for Raymond Tharp Spruill, 82, of
Campbell will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Peters Funeral Home in Greenville
with Brother Bob Baldridge officiating. Burial will follow in Brigham
Cemetery with Jack Kenworthy, Ronny Kenworthy, Chris Kenworthy, Tony
Willaby, Shawn Worley and Brent Gluck serving as pallbearers. Mr. Spruill
died April 21, 2006, at his residence in Campbell. He was born Feb. 24,
1924, in Wayland, son of Benjamin T. and Gertrude Brooks Spruill. On July
5, 1972, he married Elizabeth Warren Willaby in Emory; she survives. Mr.
Spruill was a retired building and painting contractor by profession. He
served in the U.S. Navy in World War II serving in the Asiatic-Pacific
Campaign for which he received one silver and three bronze stars. He was a
past member of the First Baptist Church of Concorde. Survivors include
his wife; sons Gerald Kenworthy of Greenville, Jack Kenworthy and wife
Mary of Campbell, Johnny Willaby and wife Stella of Pensacola, Fla., and
Billy Kenworthy of Caseyville, Ill.; one daughter, Pat Stoker of Fostoria,
Ohio; one sister, Sue Sandlin and husband Wayne of Dallas; and numerous
grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews and friends. Mr.
Spruill was preceded in death by his parents; one son, Charles Kenworthy;
two brothers, Elmon and James Spruill; and one sister, Lois Rudd.
Visitation is from 5 to 7 p.m. today at Peters Funeral Home, which is
charge of local arrangements.
Michael Jim Lowery, 56, of Campbell passed away March
30, 2006, in Fort Smith, Ark. Funeral services were at First Baptist Church
in Campbell at 3 p.m. Sunday with Rev. Benny Chaffin, Rev. Joel Arnold, and
Rev. Leroy Cooper officiating. Burial followed at Brigham Cemetery. He was
born June 9, 1949, in Greenville, the son of Dee and Edna Mae Beesinger
Lowery. On Aug. 6, 1976, he married Kay Rogers in Greenville. He was of the
Baptist faith. He is survived by his wife, Kay of Campbell; sons John
Christopher Lowery and Carmen Cooke of Commerce and Michael Dee Lowery of
Campbell; his mother, Edna Mae Lowery of Campbell; grandchildren Taylor Dee
Ann Lowery, Tara Brooke Lowery, Heagen Lorene Steed, and (Jace) John
Christopher Lowery II , all of Commerce; and a sister, Frances Dee Mullinex
of Dallas. He was preceded in death by his father, Dee Lowery. Corkee
Cannon, Mark Crouch, Kevin Edwards, Mike Isham, Bill Jordan, and Richard
Trapp will serve as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers are Buddy Gore and
Larry Gore. Peters Funeral Home in Greenville was in charge of
arrangements.
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August 4, 2006
Odes Uvaldor Taylor of Campbell died Aug. 2, 2006,
in Greenville. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at
Coker-Mathews Funeral Home chapel. Burial will be at Brigham Cemetery.
Visitation is from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Born Dec. 1,
1922, in Gladewater, he was the son of Daffin and Velma Holden Taylor. He
married Vena Jones on Oct. 12, 1942, in Chickasha, Okla. He served in the
U.S. Navy from 1943 to 1952 and was stationed in Adak, Alaska, where he
received the World War II Victory medal, American Theatre and Good Conduct
medal. Mr. Taylor worked at E-Systems from 1956 and retired in 1975 with a
medical disability. He was a retired pastor, having served at several
Baptist churches in and around Hunt County from 1965 to 1990. He was a
member of the Wolfe City Excelsior Masonic Lodge 505 where he was a 32nd
Degree Mason. Surviving are a son and daughter-in-law, Douglas and Freda
Taylor of Campbell; daughters and sons-in-law Shirley and Jimmy Sloan of
Greenville and Deborah and Ricky Sanders of Campbell; sisters Myrl Tosh of
Cove, Ark., Hollie Carmin of Minnesota, Edna Webb of Houston and Margie
Cain of Henderson; grandchildren Chris Moser, Baret Sanders, Jeff Sanders
and Jeff Branch of Greenville, Glenn Taylor and Shayla Taylor of Campbell;
Bradley Sloan of McKinney, Gary Taylor of Mesquite, Carisa Greer of Merit
and Jessie Branch of Commerce; 18 great-grandchildren; several nieces and
nephews; and special friends and caregivers Joanne Lewis of Greenville and
First Choice Healthcare agency in Commerce. He was preceded in death by
his wife of 57 years; a brother, Glenn Douglas Taylor; two sisters,
Mildred Taylor and Virginia Drew; and grandson Rodney Taylor. Pallbearers
will be Chris Moser, Baret Sanders, Glenn Taylor, Gary Taylor, Jeff
Sanders, Jessie Branch and Jeff Branch. Honorary pallbearers will be
Shayla Taylor, Jacob Taylor, Weldon Sloan and Gary Lee Taylor.