Area Obituaries

Talese Estelle Hall, 48 of Vernon, Texas, died on Sunday, Oct. 24, 2021, in Austin, Texas. Service will be held at a later date.

Charlotte Marion Clarkson, 73 of Vernon, Texas, died on Saturday, Oct. 30, 2021, in Vernon, Texas. Graveside services will be Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2021 at 3 p.m at Bell Cemetery in Odell, Texas under the direction of Sullivan Funeral Home. Officiating will be Rev. Irl Holt. Visitation will be Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. until 2:30…

A.J. Duffie passed away on Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021. Services will be held Friday, Nov. 5, 2021 at 2 p.m. at the First Baptist Church. Burial will follow at Wilbarger Memorial Park.

David Wasek passed away in Wichita Falls on Oct. 28, 2021.   He was buried at the Wilbarger Memorial Cemetery on Oct. 30, 2021 under the care of Lunn’s Funeral Home. He was a resident of Weatherford, Texas, but grew up in Vernon.   He was born on June 28, 1948

Beverley Jean (Reed) Barnes was born April 10, 1940, in Alliance, Nebraska. She passed away September 16, 2021. She worked at a coffee shop where she met Ferril, a wheat harvester cutting wheat for her dad. They were united in marriage in 1958. In 1963, the family moved to Vernon, Texas. In 1968 they moved…

Pat H. Crisp, of Las Cruces, NM passed away on October 2, 2021. He was born in Vernon, Texas in 1936. He served in the Army as a paratrooper. He and wife Nora married in 1962. They raised two daughters. Pat was a mechanical engineer at WSMR, working on and teaching about aerial warfare and…

Angie Branch, 45, passed away Friday morning, Oct. 22, 2021, in Crowell. A graveside memorial service will be held at 3 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 28 at the Truscott Cemetery with Ruben Castaneda officiating.