Obituaries

October 23,1949 – May 28,2025 Graveside services for Mr. Bernard Christian ‘Bernie’ Spielhagen, 75, of Grand Saline were held Friday, June 6, 2025, at Creagleville Cemetery under the direction of Bartley Funeral Home, Grand Saline.

March 30,1941 – June 1,2025 Funeral services for Gerald Don Clair, 84, of Lake Tawakoni were held on Wednesday, June 4, 2025, at Hiett’s LyBrand Funeral Home in Wills Point. Burial followed at Haven of Memories in Canton.

May 29,1942 – May 30, 2025 Graveside services for Jerry Roach, 83, of Wills Point were held on Monday, June 2, 2025, at White Rose Cemetery. Services were under the direction of Hiett’s LyBrand Funeral Home.

June 2, 1951 – May 23, 2025 A gathering of family and friends to honor the life of Louis ‘Sonny’ Hammonds, 73, was held on Saturday, May 31, 2025, at Hiett’s LyBrand Funeral Home in Wills Point. Sonny was born on June 2, 1951, to the late Louis M.

August 25, 1937 – May 15, 2025 Mary Vernell was born in Canton to Samuel Vernon Gay and Mary Lee (Pierce) Gay. She is preceded in death by her parents, her oldest son, Charles Fleete Cope, and her husband, Robert Charles Cope.

August 17, 1940 – May 23, 2025 Services for Peggy Weddle Stacy, 84, of Aransas Pass, Texas, were held Friday, May 30, 2025, at First Baptist Church, Fruitvale, with Bro. Gary Vaughn officiating, under the direction of Bartley Funeral Home, Grand Saline.

January 26, 1943 – May 19, 2025 Jerry W. Whitton, born in the Whitton community on January 26, 1943, left this earth on May 19, 2025, from his home where he was cared for.

September 29, 1963 – May 12, 2025 Services for Mr. Mark ‘Tubby’ Harris, 61, of Grand Saline, were held Saturday, May 17, 2025, at Bartley Funeral Home with Bro.

August 20, 1945 – May 16, 2025 Graveside services for Patricia ‘Pat’ Adams, 79, of Fruitvale were held Wednesday, May 21, 2025, at White Rose Cemetery. Services were under the direction of Hiett’s Ly-Brand Funeral Home.

November 11, 1940 – May 16, 2025 Dr. Vivian Gwendolyn Grams, 85, of New York City passed away on Friday, May 16, 2025, in Rockwall.