Area Obituaries

Helen Louise Brannon, 74 of Vernon, died Wednesday, March 6, 2019 in Wichita Falls, Texas. Services will be Wednesday, March 13, 2019 at 11 a.m. at Sullivan Funeral Home Chapel with Bishop Victor West officiating. Interment will be held at Eastview Cemetery under the direction of Sullivan Funeral Home. Visitation will be Tuesday, March 12, 2019…

Douglas Wayne Copeland, 51 of Vernon, died Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019 in Vernon. Services will be Monday, March 4, 2019 at 2 p.m. at Sullivan Funeral Home Chapel. Visitation will be Sunday, March 3, 2019 from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Sullivan Funeral Home.

Charles Edwin Donges, 89, of Vernon, Texas died on Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019 in Vernon. Services were held Friday, Feb. 22, 2019 at 2 p.m. at Sullivan Funeral Home Chapel.  Officiating was Rev. Gib Baskerville. Interment was held at Wilbarger Memorial Park under the direction of Sullivan Funeral Home. Charles was born April 10, 1930…

Jesus Limon, Jr., 66 of Vernon, Texas died on Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018, in Vernon, Texas. Memorial service will be held March 2, 2019 at 1 pm at Eastview Cemetery. Limon was born Nov. 13, 1952 in Vernon, Texas. He was the son of the late Jesus Limon and the late Sabina Ranjel Limon.  

Jewell Hildebrand, 89 of Vernon, Texas died on Wednesday, February 20, 2019, in Vernon, Texas. Services was held Saturday, February 23, 2019 at 10:00 am at St. Paul Lutheran Church with Rev. Paul Neuburger officiating. Interment was held at Wilbarger Memorial Park under the direction of Sullivan Funeral Home.  

Michael Lloyd Whitten, 76, died Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019.  A graveside service is planned for 2 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019 at Crowell Cemetery, under direction of Womack Manard Funeral Home of Crowell. Visitation is from 12 noon to 1:45 p.m., Saturday, at the funeral home.

James H. Crosswhite Sr., 72 of Vernon, Texas, died on Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019, in Oklahoma City, Okla. Funeral services will be Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019 at 2 p.m. at Sullivan Funeral Home Chapel. Officiating will be Rev. Samuel Hawkins. Interment will be held at Eastview Cemetery under the direction of Sullivan Funeral Home. Visitation…

LaRue Thompson Kennedy, 90 of Wichita Falls, Texas, died on Friday, Feb. 1, 2019, in Wichita Falls, Texas. Services will be Friday, Feb. 8, 2019 at 2 p.m., at First Assembly of God Church in Electra, Texas. Officiating will be Rev. Joe Grace and Rev. Darwin Stroud. Interment will be held at Electra Cemetery under…

John Lindsay Rummel, 78, of Chapin, S.C., died Friday, Feb. 1, 2019 surrounded by his wife and children. Born on Jan. 13, 1941 in Vernon, Texas, he was a son of the late William Otto and Emily Bertha Kretschmer Rummel. A native of West Texas, he held the Lone Star State close to this heart…