Anita Earnhart Baldwin, 75, of Vernon, died Friday, Nov. 28, 2014, in Wichita Falls.    Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, Dec. 1, 2014, at Calvary Baptist Church. Officiating will be Rev. Ron Fox. Interment will be held at Eastview Cemetery under the direction of Sullivan Funeral Home.    Anita was…

   QUANAH – Amy Grace Finley, 50, of Quanah, died on Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2014, in Quanah.     Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 29, 2014 at the First Baptist Church with Rev. Monte Lumpkin officiating. Interment will follow at Goodlett Cemetery under the direction of Smith Funeral Home, Quanah.   …

   Kay Baskerville Berry, 76, died Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2014 in Olney. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 22, 2014, at First Baptist Church in Olney with Chad Edgington, pastor, officiating, assisted by Kelly Russell, pastor of First Baptist Church of Enid, Okla. Interment will follow in Restland Cemetery. Arrangements are…

     John H. Velez, 89, of Vernon, died Monday, Nov. 17, 2014 in Vernon.  Mr. Velez was born May 15, 1925 in Rock Springs, Texas to Sabino and Maria Hernandez Velez. He married Ramona Rivas Velez on June 9, 1946.  He was a life time member of VFW Post 4747, chairman of the Buddy…

   QUANAH – Sarah Lincycomb, 79, formerly of Quanah, died Monday, Nov. 17, 2014 in Wichita Falls. Services will be held at 2 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014 at the First Baptist Church with Rev. Monte Lumpkin and Wesley Smith officiating.  Interment will follow at Quanah Memorial Park under the direction of Smith Funeral Home,…

   Funeral services for James Franklin Dillard, 68 of Vernon, who died on Monday, Nov. 17, 2014, in Wichita Falls, will be held at 11 a.m., Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014 at the First United Methodist Church. Officiating will be Rev. Toby Castleberry and Rev. Tom Long. Interment will be held at Wilbarger Memorial Park under…

   Melissa Janene Yates Long, 54, of Vernon, died on Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014, in Vernon. A visitation was held on Monday evening at Sullivan Funeral Home. Interment will be held at a later date in Mansfield.    Long was born Monday, March 28, 1960 in Fort Worth. She was the daughter of Mary lou…

   A service celebrating the life of Leonard Symmank, 86 of Giddings, was held at 2 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 17, 2014 at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Giddings with Rev. Robert Tiner officiating. Burial was to follow in the Giddings City Cemetery. Visitation was held on Sunday, Nov. 16, 2014 and on Monday, Nov. 17,…

   Mary Ann Ford-Booker, 67, of Vernon, died on Thursday, Nov. 6, 2014, in Dallas. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m., Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2014, at New Hope Baptist Church. Interment will be in Lawton, Okla.    Booker was born June 6, 1947 in Oklaunion, a daughter of Willie Ford and Gertrude Henderson-Ford.…

   Twila Cloninger Gauntt passed away on Oct. 30, 2014.  She was born May 18, 1925, in Vernon, the eldest daughter of Barney Cloninger and Ann Freudiger Cloninger. She was raised in Vernon and attended college for one year at West Texas State in Canyon, Texas where she was a varsity cheerleader. She moved to Austin to…