December 2021

Joyce Pawlik Russell, more affectionately known as “MeMaw” by family and friends, 82, passed away Monday, Nov. 29, 2021, in Tyler.

Services for Mrs. Judy Lynn McBride Chitty, 75, of Edgewood, were held Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021, at Cheatham Memorial United Methodist Church, Edgewood, with Pastor David McGlocklin officiating, under the direction of Bartley Funeral Home, Grand Saline. Interment was in Oakhill Cemetery, Edgewood. Mrs. Chitty passed away Dec. 2, 2021, in Tyler.

Funeral services for Olen Ray “Buck” Odom, 89, of the Whitton Community, Canton, were held Dec. 11, 2021, at Eubank Funeral Home in Canton, with David Fretwell officiating. There will be no graveside service. Interment was in Tarver Cemetery in Whitton Community.

A memorial service Ronnie McKibben, 61, of Canton, was held Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021, at Eubank Funeral Home in Canton with Bro. Robert Brown officiating. Mr. McKibben passed away at his home on Dec. 2, 2021. He was born Dec. 5, 1959, in Wills Point to Jimmy Dennis and Myra Nell Phillips McKibben.

Funeral services for Gibb Blanks Matlock, Sr. were held Friday, Dec. 3, 2021, at Russell Memorial United Methodist Church in Wills Point. Visitation was one hour prior to service. Burial followed at White Rose Cemetery. Services were under the direction of Hiett’s LyBrand Funeral Home.

Funeral services for Kyle Earl Kennedy, 63, of Wills Point, were held Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021, at Hiett’s LyBrand Funeral Home in Wills Point. Kyle passed away on Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021. Kyle Earl Kennedy was born on May 9, 1958, in Hartford, Connecticut, to parents Charles Kennedy and Clarice Harris.

Services for Amanda Koonce Calvery, 40, of Grand Saline, were held Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2021, at Bartley Funeral Home, with Sister Delana Wheeler officiating. Interment followed in Providence Cemetery. Mrs. Calvery passed away Dec. 2, 2021, in Dallas. She was born Nov. 18, 1981, in Dallas, to Charles Dale and Vickie Ann Stinnett Koonce.

James “Jim” Allen Johnson, 90, of Tyler passed away Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021, at home.

Frances Geraldine Crawford Morton passed away in Dallas, on Nov. 27, 2021, at the age of 93.

Services for Alice Irene Goodson, 79, of Mineola, were held Friday, Dec. 3, 2021, at Roundflat Pentecostal Church with the Rev. Doug Barker and Bro. Homer Morgan officiating, under the direction of Bartley Funeral Home. Mrs. Goodson passed away Dec. 1, 2021, at her home in Mineola. She was born Dec. 9, 1941. Mrs. Goodson is preceded in death by her parents; Emmett and Della Lee Clark Barker and husband, James Earl “Jim” Goodson.