OBITUARY: Rudy Frank Turner

Rudy Frank Turner was born November 4, 1929, in Pilzen, Czechoslovakia. At the age of 16, he was adopted by Frank Lee Turner and Beulah Goen Turner. Rudy graduated from Highland Park High School in 1952, then attended the University of Texas at Arlington where he studied languages.

OBITUARY: Melvin Ray Mullins

Melvin Ray Mullins, age 86 of Dallas, passed away August 21, 2020 surrounded by his loving and dedicated family. He was born in April of 1934 to the late Bill and Gertrude (Redden) Mullins in Palmer.

OBITUARY: Antonio Rincon

Antonio Rincon was born June 8, 1942 in Dallas to his parents, Jose and Luisa Rincon. He passed at his home in Red Oak on July 11, 2020.  Antonio joined the U.S. Navy and served our country during Vietnam. He worked for LTV in Grand Prairie for 35+ years.

OBITUARY: C.J. O’CONNOR

C.J. O’Connor, age 29, of Red Oak, passed away June 21, 2020. He was born July 19, 1990 in Dallas, Texas to Timothy James, Sr. and Sherry A. (Fails) O’Connor.  C.J. was a lifelong resident of Red Oak, Texas. He graduated Red Oak High School in 2008.

OBITUARY: Robert Bruce Raeburn

Robert Bruce Raeburn, MSgt, USAF, Retired, Red Oak, Texas, passed away April 18, 2020 after a short aggressive battle with melanoma cancer. Born October 17, 1959, he entered the Air Force in 1977 upon graduation from Commack HS South, Long Island, New York.

OBITUARY: Essie Mae Hester

Essie Mae Hester, 77, passed away in Palmer, Texas on Wednesday, May 13, 2020. Essie was born in Talladega, Alabama on Sept. 8, 1942 to Charlie George and Lizzy Beth (Timms) Lackey. She grew up in Ironton, Alabama and graduated from Munford, Alabama in 1960.

OBITUARY: Clifford Wayne Witherspoon

Clifford Wayne Witherspoon, born December 26, 1933 in Ferris, Texas, and passed March 7, 2020. Wayne was raised on his father’s large farming operation and graduated from Ferris High School in 1950 at the age of 16.

OBITUARY: Nona Epps

Nona (Mann) Epps passed away Friday, Jan. 17, 2020 at the age of 93. She was born in June of 1926 in Honey Grove, Texas to the late William Philip and Edna Mable (Hulsey) Mann. She was the youngest of seven siblings.

OBITUARY: Clarence Davis Russell Jr.

Clarence Davis Russell Jr., 73, passed away on Jan. 17, 2020 in Dallas. He was born on Oct. 4, 1946 in Wisner, Louisiana to Clarence Davis Russell Sr., and Dorothy (Amery) Russell.

Roben S. Hanes

Roben S. Hanes was born May 20, 1942 near Keyes, OK to Huston S. and Doris Opal (Kincannon) Hanes and joined his Savior on Dec. 20, 2019 in Dallas, TX after a lifetime of service to his fellow man and The Church of Christ. Roben lived a life of service in every aspect.