Billy Dale Cranford Obituary

March 29, 1962 ~ December 13, 2025 (age 63) Billy Cranford Obituary Funeral services for Billy Dale Cranford, 63, of Garrison will be held at 2:00pm on Tuesday, December 16, 2025, at Garrison Funeral Home officiated by Bro. Jerry Kirby. Interment will follow at Greenwood Cemetery. A visitation will be held prior to the service beginning at 1:00pm […]

Richard Lynn Smith Obituary

July 19, 1948 ~ December 13, 2025 (age 77) Richard Smith Obituary Richard Lynn Smith, 77, of Fredericksburg, Texas, formerly of Nat, Texas, passed away on Saturday, December 13, 2025, at Methodist Stone Oak Hospital in San Antonio, Texas. Richard is under the care of Dickie Allen Funeral Home, in Cushing, Texas.  Richard was preceded in death by […]

Sherry Lynn Banks Obituary

February 18, 1965 – December 17, 2025 Sharon “Sherry” Lynn (Bird) Banks of Nacogdoches passed away December 17, 2025, in Nacogdoches. She was born February 18, 1965, in Tucson, Arizona. Sherry graduated from Conroe High School. She served her community at the Nacogdoches Chamber of Commerce for many years, and she was instrumental in developing the Nacogdoches […]

Bobbie Jean McBride Obituary

April 5, 1992 ~ December 19, 2025 (age 33) Bobbie McBride Obituary Graveside service for Bobbie Jean McBride, 33, of Nacogdoches will be held at 11:00am on Friday, December 26, 2025 at Friendship Cemetery with Bro. Bobby Russell officiating.  Bobbie passed away on Friday, December 19, 2025. She was born on April 5, 1992 in Nacogdoches.  A full […]

Jana Sue (Samford) Wright Obituary

February 16, 1958 ~ December 16, 2025 (age 67) Jana Sue Wright Obituary A Celebration of Life honoring Jana Sue (Samford) Wright, 67, of Nacogdoches will be held at 11:00AM on Saturday, January 24, 2026 at Mt. Union Freewill Baptist Church with Bro. Kenneth Rector officiating.   Mrs. Wright passed away on Tuesday, December 16, 2025 in Nacogdoches. She […]

SFA history associate professor authors book about faith, college football

NACOGDOCHES, Texas –– Dr. Hunter Hampton, associate professor in Stephen F. Austin State University’s Department of History, authored and is set to publish the book, “The Gridiron Gospel: Faith and College Football in Twentieth-Century America.” The book will be published Dec. 23 by the University of Illinois Press. The book analyzes the impact of football on […]

Lane Walker Cox Obituary

July 23, 1948 – December 13, 2025 Lane Walker Cox was born July 23, 1948 in Nacogdoches, Texas to Elton Walker and Delma Chisum Cox of Woden, and died December 13, 2025, in Houston, Texas. He was a member of New Hope Church in Nacogdoches, Texas. He grew up and attended school in Woden, where he played […]

Carl Wilford Barrett Obituary

August 29, 1925 – December 8, 2025 Carl Wilford Barrett, born August 8, 1925, in Linn Flat, Rusk County, passed away surrounded by the love of his family. He was the son of Lemuel Egbert Barrett and Mary Ada Elizabeth Bell, and grew up in East Texas, attending elementary school in Arlam before graduating from Garrison High […]

Joyce Marie (Carpenter) Frederick Obituary

August 23, 1932 ~ December 15, 2025 (age 93) Joyce Frederick Obituary Graveside services for Joyce Marie (Carpenter) Frederick, 93, of Nacogdoches, will be held at 3:00pm on Thursday, December 18, 2025, at Bethel Cemetery in Appleby officiated by Bro. Paul Sevar. Joyce married the love of her life, James L. Frederick, on August 24, 1951, and together […]

Linda (Langford) Yarbrough Obituary

December 29, 1942 ~ December 14, 2025 (age 82) Linda Yarbrough Obituary Funeral service for Linda Yarbrough, 82, of Nacogdoches will be held at 11:00am on Thursday, December 18, 2025 at North Street Church of Christ with Bro. Shak Arrington officiating.  Interment will follow at Cold Springs Cemetery in Garrison.  Visitation will be held prior to the service […]