Area Obituaries

Olan Bourlan, 76, of Electra, Texas, passed away on Sunday, Aug. 30, 2020, in the Electra Memorial Hospital.Services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020, at the First United Methodist Church with Rev. Bob Lee offi ciating. Interment will follow in Eastview Cemetery in Vernon under the direction of Aulds Funeral Home…

On Aug. 26, 2020, Clara Ruth Jones Brown went home to our Heavenly Father. She was deeply loved by her family, friends, and the community. Clara was born on June 18, 1932 in Dumas, Texas to Edgar James Jones and Bernice Snell Jones.She was preceded in death by her parents, Edgar and Bernice; her husband…

Phyllis Kay Rose, 64, loving mother, grandmother and wife passed away on August 14, 2020 in Germantown, Tenn.Phyllis had a long career in Sales and Management starting at RJ Reynolds. She was a graduate of Texas Tech. She was a Lutheran. She was devoted to her family and was a strong, brave woman who also…

Delbert Garland Petitt, 98 of Vernon, Texas, died on Monday, Aug. 17, 2020, in Vernon, Texas. Graveside service will be Friday, Aug. 21, 2020 at 10 a.m. at Eastview Cemetery under the direction of Sullivan Funeral Home. Delbert was born Thursday, March 9, 1922 in Vernon, Texas. He was the son of the late Walter…

Sandra Sue Wall, 60, passed away Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020 in Electra, Texas. Memorial services will be 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020 at New Hope United Pentecostal Church in Electra, Texas. Arrangements are entrusted to Dutton Funeral Home in Iowa Park, Texas. Sandra was born Oct. 15, 1959 in Fort Worth, Texas to Joseph…

Emily Mildred King passed peacefully on August 8, 2020 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. She was born Emily Mildred McCrary to Addie Thompson McCrary and Innes Medlin McCrary on August 3, 1931 and lived the majority of her life in Vernon, Texas. She graduated from Vernon High School and East Texas State. Emily married James…