QUANAH – Lannis Bearl McDaniel, 65, of Quanah, died on Saturday, Jan. 17, 2015, in Quanah. Funeral services will be held at 3:30 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015 at the Chapel at Smith Funeral Home with Rev. Monte Lumpkin officiating. Interment will follow at Quanah Memorial Park under the direction of Smith Funeral Home.…

   QUANAH – Jerry Lynn Jones, 60, of Quanah, died on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015, in Amarillo. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015 in the Chapel at Smith Funeral Home with Rev. Wayne Hollinshead officiating.    Jones was born July 7, 1954 to the late Harold Jones and…

   QUANAH – Thomas (Tommy) Victor Bates, Jr., age 70, of Quanah died on Sunday, Jan. 18, 2015, in Quanah. Graveside services will be held at 2 pm Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015 at Quanah Memorial Park with Rev. Wayne Hollinshead officiating. Interment will be under the direction of Smith Funeral Home.    Bates was born…

   Bettye Lou Slater, 94 of Vernon, died on Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2015, in Vernon. Services will be held at a later date at the Oddfellow Cemetery in Monett, Mo.    Slater was born Tuesday, Feb. 24, 1920 in Monett, Mo. She was the daughter of the late Earl Harrison Smith and the late Geraldine…

   Rachel Joyce Taylor, 84, of Vernon, died on Jan. 15, 2015 in Vernon. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., Monday, Jan. 19, 2015 at the First United Methodist Church in Chillicothe with the Rev. David McDonald officiating. Interment will follow at Wilbarger Memorial Park in Vernon. Services are under the direction of…

   Rutha M. Ford, 89 of Vernon, died on Monday, Jan. 12, 2015, in Vernon. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 17, 2015 at Wilbarger Street Church of Christ. Interment will be held at Wilbarger Memorial Park under the direction of Sullivan Funeral Home.    Ford was born Wednesday, Aug. 5,…

   LUBBOCK – Tony Eugene Ratliff died on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014 in Lubbock. A memorial service will be held on Friday, Jan. 9, 2015 at South Park Baptist Church in Lubbock.    Ratliff was born on March 12, 1959 in Lubbock. He attended Vernon schools and played in the Vernon Junior High Kitten Band and Vernon…

   Funeral services for Ella Joe Gruhlkey, 94 of Vernon, who died on Monday, Jan. 12, 2015, in Vernon, will be held at 2 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015, at Sullivan Funeral Home Chapel. Officiating will be Dr. Derrell Monday and Gib Baskerville. Interment will be held at Eastview Cemetery under the direction of Sullivan…

   WICHITA FALLS – Marianne H. Prater, 84, died on Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015 in Wichita Falls. A memorial service will be at 11 a.m., on Saturday, Jan. 17, 2015 in the chapel of the First Baptist Church of Wichita Falls, 1200 9th Street.     Prater was born in Altus, Okla., on July 28, 1930,…

    Funeral services for Virginia (Jean) Ruth Austin, 80 of Vernon, who died on Sunday, Jan. 11, 2015, in Vernon, will be held at 2 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2014 at Sullivan Funeral Home Chapel. Officiating will be Gib Baskerville. Interment will be held at Chillicothe Cemetery under the direction of Sullivan Funeral Home.   …