Local obituaries for Gainesville, TX.

Apr 29, 2017

Funeral services for William A. Laster, Sr., 58, of Whitesboro, are set for 2:00 PM Thursday, May 4, 2017, at the Geo. J. Carroll & Son Funeral Home with Rev. Larry Eberhart officiating. Burial will follow in the Fairview Cemetery. A visitation will be held the hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Mr. Laster passed away...

Apr 28, 2017

Dr. Carlos Monroe (C.M.) Leach passed away Friday, April 28, 2017. He was born May 11, 1922, at his family home in Gainesville, to Felix Homer, Sr. and Dieliew Louise Leach. He graduated from Gainesville High School in 1940 and Gainesville Junior College in 1942. As a teenager, he worked as a substitute rural mail carrier. Dr. Leach married...

Apr 26, 2017

Ima Jean Inez Holley Smith was born on September 11, 1927 to Ray and Teresa Holley in Gainesville, Texas. She passed away peacefully on April 26, 2017 at the age of 89. Ima Jean worked on the family farm south of Gainesville and graduated from GHS in 1946. She moved to Ft. Worth, Texas and worked at J.C. Penney...

Apr 23, 2017

Funeral services for Burl Sanderson, 89, of Gainesville, are scheduled for 2:00 PM on Friday, April 28, 2017 at Bear Head Baptist Church with Rev. Jimmy Davis officiating. Interment will follow at High Point Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 1:00 to 2:00 PM on Friday prior to the service. Mr. Sanderson passed away April 23, 2017 in...

Apr 22, 2017

A memorial service for Bobby Ray Chambers, 79, of Gainesville, is scheduled for 11:00 AM on Wednesday, April 26, 2017 at Collinsville United Methodist Church with Rev. Gene Gordon officiating. Mr. Chambers passed away on April 22, 2017 in Gainesville. Bobby was born March 8, 1938 in Quinlan to David Henry and Anne Alieen (Henderson) Chambers. He graduated high...

Apr 19, 2017

Funeral services for Rose Marie Morris, 87, of Denton, are set for 2:00 PM Monday, April 24, 2017 at the Geo. J. Carroll & Son Funeral Home. Burial will follow in the Callisburg Cemetery under the direction of Geo. J. Carroll & Son Funeral Home. A visitation will be held at the funeral home on Sunday, April 23, 3017...

Apr 19, 2017

Memorial services for Marilyn Ann Greenwood, 82, of Gainesville are set for 11:00 AM Monday, April 24, 2017 at Hillcrest Church of Christ with David Gray officiating. Marilyn passed away April 19, 2017 in Gainesville. Marilyn was born on October 6, 1934 in Houston to Farmar and Mildred Yowell. She was a longtime member of Hillcrest Church of Christ,...

Apr 16, 2017

Graveside services for Clarenda Beth (CB) West, 73, of Gainesville, are set for 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 18, 2017 at New Hope Cemetery in Mountain Springs with Thomas Cheaney officiating. Services are under the direction of Geo. J. Carroll & Son Funeral Home. Mrs. West passed away on Easter Sunday, April 16, 2017, at the Sanger House Assisted...

Apr 15, 2017

Nettie Mae Beeler Hurta left this world for her eternal home in Heaven with loved ones by her side on Saturday, April 15, 2017 at the age of 77. Nettie Mae Beeler was born on June 15, 1939 to Clarence Lafayette Beeler and Bertie Lucille Jones Beeler. She was also known as Mom, Nana, Sister and Friend. Nettie is...

Apr 9, 2017

Memorial services for David Alfred Sanders, Jr., 88, of Gainesville, are set for 3:00 PM Sunday, April 30, 2017 at the First Christian Church with Rev. Mark Loewen officiating. David passed away April 9, 2017 in Muenster. He was born October 9, 1928 in Corsicana, TX to David Alexander and Blanche Edna (Lockwood) Sanders. Mr. Sanders Graduate from Tyler...

Apr 6, 2017

Graveside services for Betty Lois Shaw, 84, of Gainesville, are scheduled for 2:00 PM on Sunday, April 9, 2017 at Fairview Cemetery with Rev. Hollis Parsons officiating. The family will receive friends from 4:00 to 5:00 PM on Saturday, April 8 at Geo. J. Carroll & Son Funeral Home. Mrs. Shaw passed peacefully from Earth on April 6, 2017...

Apr 5, 2017

On Wednesday April 5, 2017 we lost our mother, mother-in-law, grandmother, and great-grandmother. Frances Deane Gray Wallace passed away in Gainesville, Texas after living 94 1/2 years. She was born on August 20, 1922 to Henry D. and Lillian Strickler Gray in Fayetteville, Arkansas. At the age of 14 she met Richard "Dick" Wallace in Prairie Grove, Arkansas, and...

Apr 5, 2017

Services for James Michael “Mike” Beaver, 66, of Gainesville, are pending with the Geo. J. Carroll & Son Funeral Home. Mr. Beaver passed away April 5, 2017 in Gainesville. He was born in Gainesville on June 20, 1950 to James Robert and Pauline (Morton) Beaver. Mike is survived by his daughter and son-in-law Tammy and Larry McKnight of Gainesville;...

Apr 3, 2017

Graveside services for Elbert Boyce Allred, 81, of Gainesville, are scheduled for 2:00 PM on Wednesday, April 5, 2017 at Nelson Grove Cemetery with Rev. Larry Kremling officiating. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 PM on Tuesday, April 4 at Geo. J. Carroll & Son Funeral Home. Doorhanger passed away peacefully at home in Gainesville on...

Mar 31, 2017

Funeral services for Sharon Annette Sistrunk, 55, of Gainesville, are scheduled for 10:00 AM on Monday, April 3, 2017 at Geo. J. Carroll & Son Funeral Home with Pastor Jason Thurston officiating. Interment will follow at Fairview Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 3:00 to 5:00 PM on Sunday, April 2 at the funeral home. Mrs. Sistrunk passed...

Mar 25, 2017

Elmer Lavon Lain, 67, of Gainesville, passed away March 25, 2017 in Denison. Mr. Lain was born January 20, 1950 in Lorenzo to Lonnie Elmer and Selma Francis (Blackard) Lain. He married Stormy Gene Parkhill in Austin on September 6, 2002. Survivors include: wife Stormy Lain of Gainesville; son Gregory Parkhill and wife Brandy of Lake Kiowa; daughter Peggy...

Mar 24, 2017

Alton Lamar “Curly” Wiginton, 87, of Gainesville, passed peacefully from this earth on March 24, 2017 in Gainesville while surrounded by his family.

He was preceded in death by his father and mother, Fred and Winnie Wiginton, and his wife Dorothy Wiginton.

He leaves his son and daughter-in-law, Jerry and Claudia Wiginton; son and daughter-in-law,...

Mar 23, 2017

J.B. Gray Jr., of Moss Lake, passed away on March 23, 2017, at the age of 70, at the Clyde Cosper State Veteran’s Home in Bonham, Texas after a long battle with Alzheimer’s Disease. He was born on September 9, 1946 in Auburn, California to parents J.B. and Aleta Gray, the fifth of eleven children. He was a graduate...

Mar 22, 2017

Harold David Deem, 85, of Lake Kiowa, passed away Wednesday March 22, 2017. Harold was born in Brookfield, MO on May 4, 1931. In 1949, he graduated from Tracy High School in Tracy, MN. He served his country in the Korean War and was honorably discharged with a Purple Heart. In 1955, Harold married Claire Moon from Tracy, MN....

Mar 22, 2017

Services for Helen Thomson, 92, of Lake Kiowa, are scheduled for Sunday, March 26, 2017 at Geo. J. Carroll & Son Funeral Home. A Rosary will begin at 1:00 p.m. with Fr. Ken Robinson officiating. The family will receive friends following the Rosary. Helen Thomson went to be with the Angels on March 22, 2017, just shy of her...