Obituaries

Douglas Wayne Traylor, Sr.

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Army Veteran Douglas Wayne Traylor, Sr. 70 of Mt. Pleasant, Texas passed away Saturday December 24, 2022 in Tyler, Texas. Funeral services will be held Saturday December 31, 2022 at 11 a.m. at Mt. Olive Baptist Church 131 S O’Tyson Ave, Mt Pleasant, TX 75455; with Dr. Kirthell Roberts officiating.

Pamela Dudley Chism

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Funeral service for Pamela Dudley Chism, 64, a resident of Mt. Pleasant, will be 11:00 A.M Saturday, December 31, 2022 at First Baptist Church. Burial in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Mt. Pleasant, under the direction of Tumey Mortuary. She died December 25, 2022.

Lillian Ruth Rape

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Funeral service for Lillian Ruth Rape, 87, a resident of Mt. Pleasant, will be 11:00 A.M. Friday, December 30, 2022 at Piney Creek Baptist Church. Burial in Piney Cemetery, Mt. Pleasant, under the direction of Tumey Mortuary. She died December 22, 2022.

James Kenneth Clay, Jr.

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After a long struggle with multiple health issues, James Kenneth Clay, Jr passed away on Thursday, December 15th at 7:50pm at Hospice of East Texas, Tyler. He was 73 years old. Even though his friends & colleagues knew him as Ken, his family knew him best as Daddy & Papa. His family takes great comfort in knowing that he is pain free as they imagine him being greeted by Jesus & the love of his life, Shirley (Guillemin) Clay. He graduated high school from Mount Pleasant, Texas.

Margie Lewis

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Margie Lewis 58 of Mt. Pleasant, Texas passed away Saturday December 17, 2022 in Tyler, Texas. Services are pending with J.C. White Funeral & Cremation Services of Mt. Pleasant, Texas. Online condolences maybe left at www.jcwhitefd.com.

LaToya M. Smith

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LaToya M. Smith 39 of Cooper, Texas passed away Saturday December 17, 2022 in Tyler, Texas. Services are pending with J.C. White Funeral & Cremation Services of Mt. Pleasant, Texas. Online condolences maybe left at www.jcwhitefd.com.

Joe Morris Turner

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Memorial Service for Joe Morris Turner, 92, a resident of Tulsa, Oklahoma and former resident of Mt. Pleasant, Texas will be at 11:00 A.M, Saturday, December 17, 2022 at Tumey Mortuary Chapel with Brother Joe Rivers, officiating. Interment will follow in Reynolds Cemetery, Daingerfield, Texas under the direction of Tumey Mortuary. He died December 3, 2022 in Tulsa, OK and was born May 14, 1930 in Mt. Pleasant, Texas. Online condolences at www.tumeymortuary.com

Bella Grace Goth

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Bella Grace Goth (Infant) passed away Friday December 9, 2022 in Mt. Pleasant, Texas.

Buelah Atchinson Minter

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Buelah Atchinson Minter 78 of Mt. Pleasant, Texas passed away Friday December 9, 2022 in Ellis County Texas. Service are pending with J.C. White Funeral & Cremation Services of Mt. Pleasant, Texas. Online condolences may be left at www.jcwhitefd.com.

Janet Glaze

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Janet Glaze, 77, of Carthage, TX, passed away on Friday night, Dec. 2, 2022, at her home in Carthage. Janet Carolyn Harris was born on Dec. 19, 1944, in Mt. Pleasant, TX to the late Thomas Cecil Harris and Daisy Ellen Green Harris. She graduated from Mt. Pleasant High School with the class of 1963. On Jan. 19, 1963, Janet married Harold Leland Glaze, in a small ceremony attended by the bride, groom, and minister Ned Chipley, because Janet was still in high school at the time. She loved working on puzzles and spending time with her family. Janet moved to Carthage in 1976, from Mesquite, TX, and was of the Baptist faith. She was preceded in death by a sister, Bonnie Cain.