Becky Lea Bailey, 55, passed away Thursday, May 30, 2013, at Paris Regional Medical Center.
Memorial services are scheduled for 11:00 a.m. Saturday, June 1st, at Bright-Holland Funeral Home with Rev. David Darrow officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home one hour prior to the service.
Becky, the daughter of Richard F. & Sarah Owen Balogh, was born Sept. 23, 1957, in Vernon, Texas.
She worked thirty years in her field helping mentally challenged and handicapped adults.
She was preceded in death by her father-in-law, Thomas Earl Bailey and a son, Lennon Earl Bailey.
Survivors include her husband of thirty-seven years, Stephen Earl Bailey, her parents, children, Stephen Keith Bailey & wife Treasa Duncan and Stephanie Irene Staton & husband Tommy, grandchildren, Sarah Sibley, Kobe Staton, Bela Staton, Zamantha Bailey, Alyxzander Bailey, Stephen Bailey and John Mark Bailey, brother, Richard Balogh, Jr., sisters-in-law, Linda Balogh and Carol Curbo, a niece, Kelli Balogh and a nephew, Richard Balogh.
To leave a message or tribute for the family please visit www.brighthollandfuneralhome.com.
Jeanne Ann White, 69, of Paris, passed from this life Friday May 31, 2013 at Paris Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be conducted at 3:00 p.m. Sunday June 2, 2013 in the chapel of Starrett Funeral Home, with Rev. Mike Fortenberry officiating.
The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home.
Jeanne was born May 2, 1944 in Paris, a daughter of Eugene “Geanie”and Edna Armstrong Taylor. She attended Grant, Oklahoma schools, graduating from Grant High School, then attended Louisiana Tech.
On June 17, 1979 she married Mike White, in Mt. Pleasant.
She is survived by her husband; two sons, John White, of Oklahoma City and Dale Huffman and wife Chrissy, of Moore, Oklahoma; a step-son, Wade White and wife Bev, of Paris; a step-daughter, Melanie White, of Flower Mound; two brothers, Johnny Taylor and wife Misty, of Oklahoma and Kent Taylor and wife Dana, of Kansas; a sister, Denise Edge, of Oklahoma; and numerous aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, nephews, and step-grandchildren.
Friends may register in Jeanne’s Book of Memories at www.starrettfunerals.com.
Lillie Mae Abels, 90, longtime resident of Blossom, passed from this life Wednesday May 29, 2013 at her residence, and found release from the struggle her life had become for a number of years. Starrett Funeral Home will conduct graveside rites at 11:00 a.m. Saturday June 1, 2013 at Knights of Honor Cemetery, with Jorene Carpenter officiating.
Lillie was born March 1, 1923 in the Ambia community of Lamar County, a daughter of William Hill and Mary Paralee Countryman Daniel. She attended Lamar County schools, then trained and licensed as an LVN. She worked for the Sanitarium of Paris, and Later McCuistion Regional Medical Center from January 5, 1959 to March 2, 1986. She was a person of devout faith, and a member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church of Paris. She loved all animals, but cats found a very special place in her heart.
She married Holley Hammond Abels on July 3, 1969 in Paris. He preceded her in death on December 17, 2012.
In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by three sisters, Effie Thomas, Eva Thompson, and Dovie Stephens; a brother, Leonard James Daniel; and a sister-in-law, Anna Rebecca Dunagan.
Lillie is survived by numerous nieces and nephews, including Mary Lancaster, Martha Stephens, James Stephens, Billie Jean Barrett, Doris Lindsey, Jackie Daniel, Cindy Daniel, Linda Cheney, Christie Daniel, and Bo Daniel, Liz and Phil Williams, James and Sharon Dunagan, John and Donna Dunagan, David Scott Dunagan; numerous great-nieces and great-nephews; and a sister-in-law, Thelma Daniel Chesney.
The family wishes to thank her special caregivers, who made Lillie’s last days on earth more bearable: Leslie Gordon, of Cypress Home Care; Thelma Chesney, Marissa Flowers, and Stephanie Landers.
Friends may register in Lillie’s Book of Memories at www.starrettfunerals.com.
Janice Leann Holloway, 47, of Blossom, died at her residence Saturday May 25, 2013. Cremation arrangements were made by Starrett Funeral Home, and the family will host a memorial service at 2:00 p.m. Saturday June 1, 2013 at the Paris Church of the Nazarene.
Janice was born December 27, 1965 in Dallas. Survivors include two sons; one daughter; her mother; and stepfather.
Friends may register in Janice’s Book of Memories at www.starrettfunerals.com.
