Obituaries

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.

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.

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.

Funeral services for Mary Lydonia Weeks, 90, of Wills Point, were held Monday, Dec. 6, 2021, at Hiett’s LyBrand Funeral Home in Wills Point. Burial followed at Creagleville Cemetery. Mary passed away on Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021, at her home.

William Wayne Tippett, Jr., 53, of Canton, passed away Nov. 10, 2021, in Athens. He was born Nov. 28, 1967, in Grand Saline. He served in the US Navy and then worked as a roughneck in the oilfield.

Jerry Tom Airhart, 79, of Roswell, New Mexico, passed away on Nov. 29, 2021, in Roswell. There will be a service held at 1 p.m., Dec. 6, 2021, at Forrest Heights United Methodist Church, 3007 33rd St., Lubbock, with Pastor Doug Hensley officiating.

Donald Joe Sturdevant, 72, of Wills Point, Texas, passed away on Monday, Nov. 22, 2021, in Forney. Donald was born on Sept. 10, 1949, in Dallas, to the late Edgar and Ruby Sturdevant. He was raised in Dallas. Donald married the love of his life; his late wife, Susan Goss on April 8, 1972.