Area Obituaries

Duane Johnson, lifelong Foard County rancher and devoted community leader, passed away Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025, surrounded by family. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., Monday, Oct. 27th, at the First Baptist Church in Crowell. Those who wish to visit with the family are invited to stay at the church after the service…

Dina was born Aug. 9, 1945 in Gorman Texas, attended Comanche public schools, thereafter the University of Texas at Arlington on a partial scholarship for academics and as a 􀂿 re baton twirler. She was married to Gary Greenwood, also a UTA student, in 1964. Dina worked on Tyndall Air Force Base in Panama City,…

Sally J. Rallis, 96, passed away Monday, August 18, 2025, at Colonial Lodge Tender Care in Greenville, TX. Visitation will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., Thursday, August 21, 2025, at Sullivan Funeral Home in Vernon, TX. Graveside services will be held at Bell Cemetery near Odell, TX at 11 a.m., Thursday, August…

Former Vernon PD Officer Justin Hiracheta passed away unexpectedly. Hiracheta spent a portion of his career serving the city of Vernon, standing alongside his fellow offi cers in the work of public safety. We wish to honor his contribution. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family, friends, and all who mourn his passing. We…

Geoffrey Warren Isbell, 60, of Sunset, Texas, passed away on Thursday, July 17, 2025, in Grapevine, Texas. Born October 22, 1964, in Lubbock, Texas, to Cecil Isbell and Kathleen Penix (Grima), Geoffrey built a life defined by commitment – to his family, to his work, and to the people around him. He married Suzanne “Suzy”…

Geoffrey Warren Isbell, 60, of Sunset, Texas, passed away on Thursday, July 17, 2025, in Grapevine, Texas. Born Oct. 22, 1964, in Lubbock, Texas, to Cecil Isbell and Kathleen Penix (Grima), Geoffrey built a life defined by commitment – to his family, to his work, and to the people around him. He married Suzanne “Suzy”…

Wichita Falls, Texas – Gene Wade Willingham passed peacefully into his eternal resting place on July 16th, 2025, in his home surrounded by his family. He was 84 years old. Gene was born on August 30, 1940, in Ardmore, Oklahoma, the only child of Viola and John Willingham. He attended school in Ardmore through the…

Joyce Ann Ashley, 82 of Vernon, Tx, died at her residence on Sunday, July 20, 2025. Joyce was born April 5, 1943 in Glasgow Ky, to Smith Killebrew and Mary Louise Stokes Killebrew. The Killebrew family moved to Vernon in 1949 from Newton, Mississippi when Joyce was a young child as her father took a…

Jack Handley, 92 of Vernon, Texas passed away on Friday, July 11, 2025, in Wichita Falls, Texas. Jack was born Monday, March 6, 1933, in Wilbarger County to the late Henry Roland Handley and the late Berta Hardage Handley. He married Sue Leverett on Aug. 6, 1994, in Vernon, Texas. He owned Rolling Plains Implement…