All Obituaries

A funeral service for Rita Fuller Benison, 80, of Cushing will be held Tuesday March 10th, 2026 at 2pm at McKnight Congregational Church in Cushing. A visitation will be one hour prior to the funeral also at the church. Interment will be at the McKnight Cemetery. Rita was born July 30th, 1945 in Cushing, Texas to Ellis and Lorena McKnight Fuller. She passed away March 7th, 2026 in Allen, Texas. She was born and raised in Cushing and moved to Houston as a teenager. She enjoyed sewing, ...

      A memorial service for Joan Felder, 91, of Alto will be Thursday, March 12 at 2 PM at the A.Frank Smith Methodist Church in Alto. A visitaion time will start at 1 PM.  Joan Davis Felder passed away on March 6, 2026, in Jacksonville, Texas.  She was born on February 22, 1935, to Charles Lloyd Davis and Dorothy Mae Davis in Alto, Texas.   Joan was the eldest of three children. She attended Alto High School and graduated in May 1953.  Joan ...

Funeral services for Patti Laverne Kelley, 92, of Alto will be Thursday, March 12, 2026 at 10 AM in the O.T. Allen & Son Funeral Chapel with Bro. David Bogan and Rev. Floyd Simpson officiating. Patti passed away Thursday, March 5th at her home in Alto. She was born April 9th, 1933 in Hugo, Oklahoma to Craft White Lawhorn and Carmen Louise Haneline Lawhorn. Patti lived in Alto for many years and had been a member of the Alto Assembly of God Church. She had also attended the Campground ...

      Funeral services for Edna Lucile Pyle, 93, of Alto will be Saturday, March 7th at 10 AM at the Weches Baptist Church with Rev. Davey Hobson officiating. Burial will follow in the Weches Cemetery. There will be a visitation time starting at 9 AM Saturday at the church. Edna passed away Sunday, March 1st at her home in Alto. She was born March 9,1932 in the Central High community outside of Alto to Iveson J. Mynard and Zona Lanier Mynard. Edna moved to Houston ...

Rita (Sitton) Mora was born in Cushing, TX on December 17, 1937 to Foster V Sitton and Macyl (Wood) Sitton. She graduated in 1955 from Cushing High School where she made lifelong friends. She later attended Massey Business School in Nacogdoches, where she met her husband Clarence Mora. She was deeply loved and admired by all of those who knew her and she will be forever missed. She is survived by 2 daughters Lisa Mora Williams and Kelly Mora spouse John Metteauer. She was "NANNY" ...

     Graveside funeral services for Lewis Earl Hicks, 96, of Alto will be held Saturday at 3 PM at the Old Palestine Cemetery in Alto. Mr. Hicks passed away Thursday, February 26, 2026 at his home in Alto. He was born December 10, 1929 in Alto to Archie Earl Hicks and Ora Reece Hicks. Earl lived all his life in Cherokee County and was a member of the First Baptist Church in Wells. Earl was a business owner and had started out with Hicks And Craven Feed Mill in Wells ...

A memorial service for Sheila Lavon Atkinson, 69, of Huntington, Tx will be Tuesday March 3rd, 2026 at 2pm at Ora Missionary Baptist Church in Huntington, Tx with Bro. Wesley Matchett officiating. No visitation is scheduled. Sheila was born February 5th, 1957 in Houston, Tx to Oscar Boyce and Wanda Lorene Hagan Holland. She passed away February 19th, 2026 in Lufkin, Tx Sheila loved her kids and grandkids and would do anything for them. When they were younger, she would take her kids camping ...

          Funeral services for Joan Clevenger Landrum Hunter, 81, of Alto will be Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 2 PM in  the A. Frank Smith Methodist Church in Alto with Rev John Cogdill officiating. The family will receive visitors from 1 PM to 2 PM at the church before services. Burial will follow at Old Palestine Cemetery near Alto. Joan passed away Friday February 13, 2026 in Rusk. She was born October 21, 1944 in Jacksonville, Texas to ...

Mary Frances Muller McHaney, 85, of Lufkin, TX, peacefully passed away on February 13th, 2026, surrounded by family at her home after an eight month battle with Pancreatic cancer. Mary Frances was born in Nacogdoches, TX to Meadrill and Ora Muller on December 7, 1940. She attended Nacogdoches High School and then went on to Stephen F. Austin State University where she received a Bachelor’s Degree in Education. She married Kenneth Walker McHaney from Kilgore, TX on June 11, 1960 and ...

Lela Montez Williamson (“Maw Maw”), 88 Lela Montez Williamson, lovingly known as “Maw Maw,” passed away peacefully on February 6, 2026, at 10:34 p.m., surrounded by her family. She went to be with her Heavenly Father and best friend, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Lela is under the care of Dickie Allen Funeral Home in Cushing, Texas. Graveside Services will be held on Tuesday, February 10, 2026, at 10:00 A.M., at McKnight Cemetery, with Brother Ed Williamson ...