Alma Joyce (Allen) Jones Davis, 83, died on Saturday, March 14, 2015 in Wichita Falls.  Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., on Tuesday, March 17, 2015 at First Assembly of God Church in Electra, with the Rev.  Darwin Stroud, pastor, officiating.  Graveside services will follow at Electra Memorial Park under the direction…

   Betty Lou Slaton McClendon, 91 of Vernon, died on Saturday, March 14, 2015, in Wichita Falls. Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m., Wednesday, March 18, 2015 at Sunset Memorial Gardens in Odessa, under the direction of Sullivan Funeral Home. Officiating will be Bro. Clydel Chapman.    McClendon was born Monday, Dec. 10,…

   Monty Brown lost his valiant battle against leukemia and passed away March 1, 2015 at Scott & White Medical Center in Temple, Texas.    Monty was born Oct. 7, 1958, in Dalhart, Texas, to Doug and June Brown. The family later moved to Vernon, Texas where Monty attended schools, then moved to Odessa, Texas…

   Mineral Wells – Former Vernon resident Dale Roger Lee, 74, of Mineral Wells, died on Thursday, March 12, 2015 in Fort Worth. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., Saturday, in Mineral Wells.    Lee was born in Vernon on Sept. 5, 1941, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Granville Lee. He graduated…

   QUANAH – Edith Lorene Lanning, 68, of Quanah, died on Wednesday, March 11, 2015, in Wichita Falls. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m., on Saturday, March 14, 2015 at The First Christian Church with Rev. Wayne Hollinshead officiating. Interment will follow at Quanah Memorial Park under the direction of Smith Funeral Home.  …

   Beth Ann Ekern, 70, of Vernon, died on Wednesday March 11, 2015 in Vernon. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m., on Monday March 16, 2015 at the First United Methodist Church with Rev. Tom Long officiating.    Ekern was born on Sept. 25, 1944 in Vernon. She was the daughter of…

   Alicia Louise Thomas, 49, died Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015, in Wichita Falls. Services were held at 11 a.m.,  Saturday, March 7, 2015 at Shiloh Baptist Church in Wichita Falls with the Rev. Judge Smith officiating. Interment was in Lakeview Cemetery in Wichita Falls under direction of Wells Funeral Home, Wichita Falls.    Thomas was…

   QUANAH – Bobby Ray Senter, 68, of Quanah, died on Sunday, March 8, 2015 in Crowell. Graveside service will be held at 11 a.m., on Wednesday March 11, 2015 at the Chillicothe Cemetery with Rev. Tommy Elder officiating. Services are under the direction of Smith Funeral Home, Quanah.    Senter was born on May…

   Thomas Fred Pate, 76, of Vernon, died on Tuesday, March 4, 2015 in Vernon. A memorial service will be held at a later date.    Pate was born on Nov. 7, 1938. He was the son of the late Thomas Fred Pate and the late Sue Jackson Pate. He was married to Gloria Nixon,…

   Private graveside services for Earlene Brown Barnes, 85 of Vernon, who died on Thursday, March 5, 2015, in Vernon, will be held at 2 p.m., Tuesday, March 10, 2015 at Eastview Cemetery under the direction of Sullivan Funeral Home. Officiating will be Rev. Toby Castleberry.    Barnes was born Sunday, Feb. 16, 1930 in…