Area Obituaries

James Lemuel Heard passed from this life to his eternal reward on July 25, 2026. He was born on June 26, 1935, on the historic XIT Ranch near Channing, Texas, to Julius Lafayette and Pearl Maxine Heard. He attended schools in Amarillo, San Antonio, and Colorado Springs before graduating from Vernon High School in 1953,…

Phyllis Sturdivant Williamson passed away on Saturday, July 25, 2026, in Comfort, Texas. Phyllis was born on Thursday, May 16, 1940, in Gladewater, Texas. She and her family moved to Vernon, Texas in the summer of 1944, where they lived in an oil camp north of Vernon. She attended and graduated from Northside Highschool in…

Lena Denise Allen, 56 of Chillicothe, Texas passed away on Wednesday, July 15, 2026, in Dallas, Texas. Funeral services was held at 11 a.m., Monday, July 20, 2026, at Sullivan Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Jonathan Ochoa officiating. Lena was born Wednesday, June 10, 1970, in Dallas, Texas. She was the daughter of the late…

Carl Odell “Odie” Roe, 83 of Quanah, Texas passed away on Tuesday, June 23, 2026, in Quanah, Texas. Funeral services was held at 2 p.m., Monday, June 29, 2026, at the Sullivan Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Toby Castleberry officiating. Burial followed at the Quanah Memorial Park, Quanah Texas, under the direction of Sullivan Funeral…

1942. He was the son of Raymond Lawson Tatum and Margaret Finney Ross Tatum. An army dependent, Jack lived in Japan, Germany, France and various U.S. installations during his childhood. In 1961, he graduated from Colton Union High School in Colton, California. He immediately entered the United States Air Force where he served as a…

Debra “Debbie” Mae Yeager Byrd, 67, of Midland, Texas, went home to her Heavenly Father on May 30, 2026, surrounded by the family she loved so dearly. Debbie was born January 19, 1959, in Waco, Texas, to Rosella “Rosie” and Richard “Dick” Yeager. She was raised in Vernon, Texas, where her father was the ranch…

Anna Beth Benning¿ eld was born Feb. 7, 1940, to Maurice and Geneva (Gaines) Oliver in Vernon, Texas. She attended Vernon public schools, graduating from Vernon High in 1958. She enrolled at North Texas State, now University of North Texas, where she majored in English, and met her future husband, Milo Francis Benning¿ eld. They…

Joe Bert Abston, age 87, of Little Rock, AR, passed away on May 19, 2026. Born on July 14, 1938, near Vernon, TX, Joe was the youngest son of Hubert and Edna Abston. Joe was a loving and faithful husband to his wife Nancy for 66 years and deeply loved his four sons and their…

Helen Ruth McKay passed away peacefully surrounded by the love of her family. Born Helen Ruth Haseloff to Louis and Elvira Haseloff, Helen lived a life rooted in faith, family, and devotion to those she loved most. Helen married her high school sweetheart, Douglas McKay, on May 26, 1956. Together they built a loving home…