Emil Joe Ermis, 93 of Vernon, Texas died on Saturday, August 13, 2022, in Vernon, Texas. Graveside service were held Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022 at 10 a.m. at Wilbarger Memorial Park under the direction of Sullivan Funeral Home. Joe was born Friday, Feb. 8, 1929 in Burkburnett, Texas, the son of the late Adolph Ermis…
Glenda Kay (Burkett) Upton, 77, passed away on Aug. 7, 2022 with her son by her side. A memorial service will be held at Wilbarger Street Church of Christ on Aug. 27 at 10:30 a.m. Glenda was born Oct. 24, 1944, to the late Lilian and Clifford Burkett
Janice Gayle Randall, 63 of Lubbock, Texas died on Friday, Aug. 12, 2022, in Lubbock, Texas. Funeral services will be Friday, Aug. 19, 2022 at 10 a.m. at Sullivan Funeral Home Chapel. Officiating will be Rev. Toby Castleberry. Interment will be held at Chillicothe Cemetery under the direction of Sullivan Funeral Home.
A fatality collision occurred on Thursday, August 18 at approximately 01:24 a.m. on US-70 / Lawton Ave in Devol, Oklahoma in Cotton County. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported a 2014 Ford Mustang driven by Marysol Espinoza, Hispanic female, age 22 of Vernon Tx, was east bound on US-70 when the vehicle departed the roadway to…
AUSTIN – The beginning of a new hunting season is quickly approaching and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) reminds hunters and anglers to purchase their new licenses for 2022-23. Texas hunting and fishing licenses (except the Year-from-Purchase All-Water Fishing Package) for the current year expire at the end of August. The new…
Several local men were sentenced to prison during recent proceedings of the 46th Judicial District Court of Wilbarger County. William Austin Young, 22, of Vernon, was sentenced to 18 years in prison for a case of burglary of a habitation when his probation was revoked. Young was placed on probation in 2018 for a burglary…
Rather than face a jury that was waiting in the hall, Joshua Dale Southard, 31, of Ripley, Mississippi, changed his plea to guilty in a case of aggravated kidnapping that occurred in Vernon on February 19, 2022. As part of a plea bargain, Southard was sentenced to thirty years in prison for the aggravated kidnapping…
Larry Albert Bachman, 80 of Vernon, Texas, died on Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022, in Vernon, Texas.Services will be Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022 at 2 p.m. at Zion Lutheran Church under the direction of Sullivan Funeral Home.Larry was born Wednesday, Oct. 15, 1941 in Lockett, Tx. He was the son of the late Otto William Bachman,…
Marvin Bennett, 75 of Vernon, Texas, died on Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022, in Wichita Falls, Texas.Services will be Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022 at 11 a.m. at Western Trail Cowboy Church under the direction of Sullivan Funeral Home. Officiating will be Luke Morrison. Marvin was born on Oct. 25, 1946 in Lahaina, Hawaii. He was the…
Patty Selman, 77 of Seymour, Texas died on Wednesday, July 27, 2022, in Wichita Falls, Texas.Memorial services will be held Friday, Aug. 5, 2022 at 10 a.m.at First Baptist Church in Seymour, Texas, Officiating will be Dr. David Warren then later there will be a service at 2 p.m. at First Baptist Church in Vernon,…