October 2021

Since 1987, October has been recognized as Domestic Violence Awareness Month. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, in the U.S., more than one in three women, or 35.6 percent, and more than one in four men, or 28.5 percent, have experienced rape, physical violence and/or stalking by an intimate partner. Women between ages 20 and 24 are at the highest risk of nonfatal intimate partner violence. Homicide is one of the leading causes of death of women under 44 years of age, with nearly half of the victims killed by a current or former intimate partner. This equates to 2,000 to 3,000 women a year killed by their partners.

A celebration of life for Bradley Dewayne Lowe, 51, of Dallas, was held Saturday, Oct. 16, 2021, at Hiett’s LyBrand Funeral Home in Wills Point.

A celebration of life for Charles Erwin Poston, 69, of Wills Point, was held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct.

Funeral services for Darren Thomas Attaway, 32, of Wills Point, are scheduled for 2 p.m., Monday, Oct. 18, 2021, at First Baptist Church in Wills Point. Services are under the direction of Hiett’s LyBrand Funeral Home.

Geraldine Fugate, 83, passed away peacefully at her home on Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021.

Richard Lee Waggoner, 77 of Edgewood, entered the pearly gates October 4, 2021, in Grand Saline, Texas following a long battle with Parkinson’s disease. He was born November 8, 1943, in Henderson, and raised in Mineola.

Emma Lucille Anderson, 78, of Wills Point, Texas, passed away on Sunday, Oct. 10, 2021.

James Michael Whitaker, 61, of Wills Point, Texas, passed away on Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021.

Funeral services for Dorothy Louise Cunigan, Wills Point, were held Oct. 14, 2021, at Hiett’s LyBrand Funeral Home Chapel.

Funeral services for Jimmy Lee Martinez, 45, of Terrell, were held Monday, Oct. 11, 2021, at Russell Memorial United Methodist Church in Wills Point. Services were under the direction of Hiett’s LyBrand Funeral Home.