Hopkins County, Texas | Obituaries - D

Contributed by June England Tuck

J. A. Daniels was afflicted with congestion of the brain and passed away last Friday morning. He leaves his companion, eight children, an aged father and a brother. His remains were laid to rest in the Stouts Creek cemetery. Sister Mattie Melton conducted the service)

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Henry Allen Davis
Funeral services for Henry Allen Davis, 77, of Dike were held at 3 p.m. Wednesday, June 16, at West Oaks Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Cecil B. McLeod and Ronny Glossup officiating. Burial followed at Sulphur Bluff Cemetery with Andy Wright, PeeWee Bassham, Bruce Fielden, Don Patterson, Darrell Deaton, Bert Dorner, George Dorner and Ronny Glossup serving as pallbearers. Mr. Davis died on Sunday, June 13, at Hopkins County Memorial Hospital. He was born on March 3, 1927, in Sulphur Bluff, to Dennis Lee and Lillian Lucille Bassham Davis. He married Margie Lou Munden on Dec. 14, 1946, in Hopkins County. She survives. Mr. Davis was employed by Goldston Oil for 20 years, and retired from Kraft Foods after 21 years. He served as a school board member for Sulphur Bluff Independent School District from 1977-1986. He also was a volunteer fireman with the Sulphur Bluff Volunteer Fire Department. Other survivors include three daughters, Connie Lou Jones of Plano, and Debbie Anderson and Marla Kay Gaines, both of Dike; three sisters, Amar Sue Ramsie of Sulphur Bluff, Billie Sullivan of Dallas and Patsy Lax of Garland; five grandchildren, Kimberly Minor of Dallas, Greg Anderson and Brandon Anderson, both of Dike, Micah Mathis of Sulphur Bluff and Amy Chapin of Henderson. Mr. Davis was preceded in death by his parents; one grandchild, Kathrine Rebecca Jones; and one great-grandchild, Keynon Carpenter Jr. Memorials may be made to Sulphur Bluff Volunteer Fire Department or American Lung Association.

Contributed by June England Tuck

Wilford Davis died in Denver, Colorado, June 18, 1915, of tuberculosis. He had sought health in many places, the last few years spent at Adams Memorial Home in Denver. He contributed much to magazines and newspapers. The speech he wrote, which was read in Congress by a member of Kansas and entered on the Congressional record, was a marvel in subject and resulted in much good. His body was accompanied from Denver by his sisters, Misses Lottie and Ruby, and were met at Ft. Worth by his brothers, Henry and Sherwood. Four of his sisters were with him at his death, Misses Effie and Bessie, and Mrs. Austin of Vicksburg, Mississippi, and Mrs. Joe Lowe of Cumby. It was his desire to be laid to rest in his boy-hood home beside his mother. Burial was made in Cumby cemetery.
Cumby Rustler, June 25, 1915)

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Dan Dawson (d. Oct 22, 1925, Age 74)

Dan Dawson, pioneer citizen of the northeast part of Hopkins County, died Saturday at his home near Valley Springs, and the remains were buried at Sulphur Bluff. He leaves several children, among whom is Regan Dawson of Sulphur Springs and Dennis Dawson of Mount Vernon. He was a native of Hopkins County having been born 74 years ago near where he died. Several years ago his wife died. For the past few years he had been in very bad health and his death was not unexpected. He is survived by three sons, as follows: Dennis Dawson of Mount Vernon, Reggie (sic) Dawson of Sulphur Springs, and Raymond Dawson who lived with his father at the old homestead. Funeral services were conducted at Sulphur Bluff by Rev. A. E. Bradberry of Mt. Pleasant, after which burial took place at the cemetery in Sulphur Bluff.
Daily News-Telegram, Tues., Oct. 27, 1925)

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DAY, J. N.
J. N. Day was in town Wednesday and told us of the death of his father, J. N. Day, which occurred Wednesday evening at the home of his son, J. S. Day, three miles southwest of town. Mr. Day was 75 years of age, and had been a consistent member of the Methodist church for more than forty years. The funeral was held at the Reily Springs cemetery.
Sulphur Springs Gazette, Fri., May 1, 1908
Later reported - J. N. Day was born April 21, 1834, in Troup, Ga. Removed to Texas in 1853, residing in Upshur county for several years; moved to Cooke county, living there several years; moved to Wood county, south of Winnsboro, settling a home; died at the home of his son, John S. Day, near Rockdale. He was an ex-confederate, and served under Gen. King of Sulphur Springs, whom he admired very much and was always glad to meet this old warrior in his last days. He was a member of the Methodist church. He left a wife and five children..

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Mrs. R. A. "Dyke" Day, died July 18, 1917. Had she lived until next Christmas day she would have reached the 70th mile-post of life’s journey. Survived by husband, R. A. Day, two sons, Oscar and Charley Day. She and her husband and their two little boys located in Hopkins County quite a number of years ago and were for several years resident of the Greenpond community, after which they resided in and near Mt. Vernon for a time and then located at Winnsboro where they remained for some ten or twelve years. The boys in the meantime having become of age and married and settled on large farms, one near Winnsboro, and the other near Newsome where they still reside. Last October, she and her husband moved to Sulphur Springs where they were residing at the time of her death.

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Marjorie Deaton 1919 - 2006
Funeral services for Marjorie Garner Deaton, 86, of Gilmer and formerly of Hopkins County, were held at 11 a.m. Monday, March 13, at the Gilmer Church of Christ with John Wheeler officiating.

Burial followed at Garden of Memories in Ben Franklin, Delta County, under the direction of West Oaks Funeral Home of Sulphur Springs.

Mrs. Deaton died Saturday, March 11, at Upshur Manor nursing center in Gilmer.

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DEWBERRY, MOLLIE L, MRS. - Whose maiden name was Mollie L. Phillips, was born November 10, 1862, near Florence, Ala. Married to Jessie S. Dewberry, August 16, 1890, near Florence, Ala., removing to Texas in 1892, locating near Brinker. She was a member of the M.E. Church at Forest Academy. She past away May 15, 1908, at her home. She had been a sufferer of the dreaded malady, consumption. Her remains were buried at the Forest Academy cemetery. Her devoted step-father, H. B. Darby, of Florence, Ala., was in attendance at the funeral
Sulphur Springs Gazette,

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DIAL, HENRY C.

Tribute of Dr. H. C. Dial
Dr. Henry C. Dial, whose death occurred Feb. 19, 1924, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. M. L. Richards, 417 South Winneka Street, Dallas, was born in the State of Mississippi, Aug. 29, 1855. At an early age his father removed to Texas where he spent the remainder of his life. He was married in 187(?) to Miss Martha Brown of Upshur County and to this union eight children were born, six of whom Mrs. Howard D. Campbell of Clearwater, Fla.; Raymond Dial of Gilmer, Mrs. M. L Richards, H. Dial and Drs. J. D. and R. G. Dial, all of Dallas, together with the widow, survive to mourn his death. Dr. Dial is also survived by two sisters, Mrs. Kate White? of Big Sandy and Mrs. Billie Dixon of Cumby, and by a brother, J. J. Dial of Sulphur Springs. Dr. H. C. Dial was a graduate of medicine from the Louisville Medical College and since his graduation, at intervals has had several post-graduate courses from the leading medical institutions of the United States. He practiced his profession in Hubbard, Big Sandy, Gilmer, Sulphur Springs and for about eight months in Dallas. Dr. Dial was a friend of education and was able to educate his children and to give them, as he expressed it, something that no man could take from them. Dr. Dial was a member of the Baptist church and an honored member of the Masonic fraternity. The writer was a frequent visitor in his home while he lived in Sulphur Springs, and it was here that he learned to know and appreciate him most. If I were called upon to draft the resolution on the death of Dr. H. C. Dial I would say that the medical profession has lost a valuable member, that the Baptist Church was not so strong as when he lived, that the fraternal ties that bind us together as Masons is made weaker by his death, that the State has lost a good citizen, one that ever stood for the best there is in government, that the wife has lost a devoted husband and the six surviving children have suffered an irreparable loss in the death of their father. J. L. Mothershed 927 West Twelfth Street, Dallas.
Dallas Morning News, Feb. 27, 1924)

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John Joseph Dial
Sulphur Spring, Texas; University of Louisville (Ky.) Medical Department, 1879; president of the Hopkins County Medical Society; aged 71; died, April 5, [1924] of cerebral hemorrhage.

Journal of the American Medical Association, 1924, Volume 82, Number 17, page 1379.

NOTE: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 - date of birth unknown, son of John Dial, buried at City Cemetery. According to "Patillo, Pattillo, Pattullo and Pittillo families," by Melba C. Crosse - 1972, John Joseph Dial was born about 1850.

Contributed by June England Tuck

Mary Jo Dial - She was born in Gilmer, Texas, the daughter of Arthur & Leodie Johnson, and died at the Community Care Center Nursing Home in Garland. Burial in the Mel Haven Cemetery ( Sulphur Springs.) She married Bruce Dial, Jr., in 1964, in Sulphur Springs, later married Milton Shaw. Both survive. She is survived by sons Christopher Ray and Joe Don Dial, daughters Barbara Denis Williams and Carolyn Teresa Bozeman of Sulphur Springs)

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DIAL, V. F, MRS. - Died on August 13, 1908, at Peerless, Texas, the wife of J. W. Dial, and the mother of John, Joe, Ben and Carrie Dial. She was in her 58th year of age. She was born in Pontotoc, Mississippi, Jan. 23, 1850. She was a member of the Protestant Methodist church at Peerless.
Sulphur Springs Gazette,

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Leslie Delmar Dickens
Sulphur Springs News Telegram, February 3, 1998, pg. 12

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DICKSON, E. R. - Cumby, Hopkins Co., Texas - Jan. 7, 1929

E. R. Dickson, who for more than fifty years had been a citizen of this place, died at his residence. He had lived continuously in Hopkins County for eighty years. He is survived by his wife and three daughters, Mrs. Henry Peoples of Point, Mrs. T. C. Mars of this place, and Mrs. Walter Hull of Greenville, and a son. For the last twenty years he has been the Justice of the Peace in this precinct, having been re-elected again in the November election. Funeral services were held at the family residence, conducted by the Rev. H. B. Cash of Leonard, a former pastor, after which burial took place in the Cumby cemetery.
Dallas Morning News, Jan. 8, 1929)

Contributed by June England Tuck

Miss Marth E. "Mattie" Dodson, of Alabama, who had been here for some weeks with her parents visiting the family of Johnny Greaves, died January 9, 1912, from meningitis after a week of suffering. Burial was made in our cemetery (Cumby). She was the daughter of Mr. & Mrs. J. W. Dodson.) (Cumby Rustler) Later reported - It was thought she contacted the meningitis while in Dallas.

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Faye Dorsey
Posted by Editor on Thursday, October 7th, 2004 at 12:00 PM

Funeral services for Winona Faye Dorsey, 73, of Sulphur Springs were held Saturday at 10 A.M. at West Oaks Funeral Chapel with Brother Tim Mabe and Brother Byron George officiating. Burial was at Brashear Cemetery with nephews Jack Smith, Freddy Potts, Clint George, Mark George, Ray Petty and Mike Petty serving as pallbearers.

Mrs. Dorsey died Wednesday September 29 at home after a six year courageous battle with cancer. She was born July 4th 1931 in Brashear TX, the daughter of Henry & Annie Belle Smith George. She married Art Dorsey March 7, 1959 in Oklahoma. He preceded her in death on Jan 19, 2002. She was a member of the Calvary Baptist Church in Sulphur Springs.

Survivors include two sons and daughter-in-laws, Gary & Sherry Bratton of Greenville, Robert & Candye Dorsey of Mt. Pleasant; One daughter and son-in-law, Sandy and Don Salter of Garland; Two brothers and sisters- in-law, Glen & Carolyn George and Gene & Pat George all of Brashear; Two sisters and brother-in-law, Ruth and Harold Miller of Sulphur Springs and Naomi Potts of Brashear; sister-in-law, Dixie George of Yantis; Six Grandsons, Billy Bratton and Jim Bratton of Cumby, and Scott Bratton, Josh Bratton, Brian Bratton, all of Greenville, and Brett Jones of Garland; Four Granddaughters, Amber Jones of Garland, Chrissy Bratton of Greenville, Maci Dorsey and Molli Dorsey of Mt. Pleasant; Two Great-Grandsons; Austin Bratton and Justin Bratton of Cumby; Care-giver, Velma Newby of Sulphur Springs; and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; a son, Eddy Bratton; 2 brothers, Billy Joe George and Jim Henry George; 5 sisters, Christine Bearden, Edith Smith, Ruby Rainey, Lorita Reynolds and Bonnie Rose George.

Memorials may be made to the Hopkins County Hospice. Calif., Sally Ebby of Mishiwaka, Ind., and Roberta Cockrom of South Bend, Ind.

Contributed by June England Tuck

Dossett, Odessa

Services for Odessa Dossett, 88, of Longview, will be 10 a.m. Friday, December 28, 2007, at the chapel of Rader Funeral Home in Longview, with Ron Hutchins officiating. Graveside services will follow at 2 p.m. in Sulphur Springs City Cemetery. Mrs. Dossett died December 25, 2007, at a Longview nursing facility.

Born on May 17, 1919, in Idabel, Okla., she was a member of Alpine Church of Christ. Survivors include her daughters, Fanita McLaughlin and Millie Guynn. Visitation will be 5-7 p.m. today, December 27, 2007 at the funeral home.

A memorial guestbook may be signed online at www.raderfh.com

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 12/27/2007.

Contributed by Gena Forsyth and Brandon Darron

Margaret Jewel Owen Douglas
Funeral services for Margaret Jewel Owen Douglas, 92, of Cumby were held at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home Chapelat 2 p.m., Saturday, June 4, with Keith Kilmer officiating.

Interment followed at Brashear Cemetery with Cary Hoops, Markus Douglas, Christopher Thomas, Derek Lambert, T.J. Brown, Bill Signs and Dennis Signs serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers were Richard Signs, Ed Smith and Leonard Young.

Margaret Jewel Owen Douglas died at 10:06 a.m. Wednesday, June 1, 2004 at Carriage House Manor.

She was born in Brashear, on July 17, 1912, the daughter of O. M. and Woodie Noble Owen. She married Robert Bradford "Bob" Douglas in Sulphur Springs, on Sept. 1, 1934. He preceded her in death in 1998.

Mrs. Douglas was a homemaker. She was a member of League Street Church of Christ.

Survivors include two daughters, Carol Hoops and husband, Ronnie, of Cumby, Judy Lynn Douglas of Denton; one son, Bob Douglas of Garland; grandchildren Michele Douglas, Rhonda Lambert, Shelly Parrish, Marcus Douglas and Cary Hoops ; 10 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.

She was preceded in death by one daughter, Margaret Ann Douglas; one sister, Hazel Signs; and two brothers, Eulan Owen and Louis Owen.

Memorials may be made to Brashear Cemetery Association.

Contributed by Gena Forsyth

Mrs. Douglas Is Heart Attack Victim Monday

Mrs. Luther Douglas, 58, Route 4, Sulphur Springs, died Monday night at Hopkins Memorial Hospital. She died shortly after being brought to the hospital suffering with a heart attack.

Mrs. Douglas was the former Annie Dunavin. She was born January 1, 1894 at Evergreen, San Jacinto County, the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Dunavin. The family came to Hopkins County in 1907.

Mrs. Douglas married June 20, 1920 to Robert Luther Douglas. She was a member of the Methodist Church.

Immediate survivors include the husband, a son, Robert Lee Douglas, Dallas; a foster son, Dan H. Dunavin, Fort Worth; four sisters, Mrs. Maudie Estes, Mrs. Lola Bishop, Mrs. Myrtie Farmer and Mrs. Ida Calhoun, all of Fort Worth; three brothers, Oscar D. Dunavin, Greenville, and Burt and Lee Dunavin, both of Fort Worth, and two grandchildren.

Funeral services, under the direction of Day and Day Funeral Home, will be held at two o'clock (?) Methodist Church. Rev. W. L. Sanders will officiate.
Sulphur Springs News Telegram, Tuesday, April 1, 1952

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Robert Douglas Succumbs Here (1 June 1971)

Robert Luther Douglas, 77, of 400 Putman Street, died Friday afternoon in Memorial Hospital.

He was born in Delta County Aug. 24, 1893, the son of John Henry and Modessa Robertson Douglas. He was a member of the Arbala Baptist Church and a member of the Disabled Veterans World War 1 Barracks 1645.

Mr. Douglas married Margaret Estes Feb. 26, 1964 in Sulphur Springs. She preceded him in death June 4.

Survivors include a son, Robert L. Douglas, Jr of Dallas; three step-sons, Richard Watts of Ft. Worth, J.P. Watts of Virginia, and Wylie Watts of Idaho; two step-daughters, Mrs. Lois Moore and Mrs. Laverle Dew of Florida; and a sister-in-law, Mrs. Minnie Douglas of Sulphur Springs. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Davis Street Baptist Church with the Rev. Jimmy Albright officiating. Burial will be in the Arbala Cemetery. Pallbearers will be L.C., Jess, and Billy Douglas, Richard Watts, Grady Moore, and James Morrison.

Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Contributed by June England Tuck

Mary Ann Donihoo
She was born in Tenn, came to Texas in her youth. She married Wm. Riley Dunihoo, 6 Feb. 1855, who died 28July 1864, while at home with his family on a leave from the civil war. He is buried in the Connor cemetery. Children surviving are Mr. R. Dunihoo and Mrs. M. E. Gafford of Ridgeway, and Mrs. W. F. Mahaffey of Sulphur Springs.

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Dunihoo, Will R. - He left a wife, formerly Miss Johnnie Stringer, and children.

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Funeral Services for Elby Earl Duvall, age 63 of Brashear will be conducted at 3:00 PM Thursday at West Oaks Funeral Home with Ron Eckstrom officiating. Burial will follow in Brashear Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Butch Adams, Roger Price, Jay Price, Mike Swindell, Ty Mitikin, and Larry Algenbright. Honorary Pallbearers will be Members of Reserve Jail Unit and Dr. Curtis Cutrell. Visitation will be from6-8 PM on Wednesday at West Oaks Funeral Home. Mr. Duvall was born on June 27, 1940 to Elby and Lillis West Duvall in Hopkins County. He married Oleta Duvall on March 24, 2000 in Sulphur Springs. Mr. Duvall was a Warehouse Supervisor for Harbison-Fisher where he worked and retired from after 24 years. Earl served as Reserve Lieutenant for Hopkins County Jail Program for the past four years. He delivered Meal-A-Day for the past Five years. Survivors include his wife, Oleta Duvall of Brashear, Son, Gary Claborn Duvall of Arlington, Step-children, Al Jacobs, Jr. of Brashear, Brenda Anderson of Park Springs, Mary Ann Matlock, Judy McGar, and Lisa Jacob all of Decatur, two granddaughters, seven step-grandsons, six step-granddaughters and five step-great-grandchildren. Brother, Glen Duvall of Brashear, Sisters, Wilma Saunders of Burleson, Maye Ryon of Hurst and Rita Horton of Mabank. Numerous nieces and nephews. Also extended family and numerous friends. He is preceded in death by his parents, brother, Tommy Duvall, Sisters, Mary Stone and Lillie Fay Duvall. Under the direction of West Oaks Funeral Home.