All Obituaries

Funeral services for Janice Marie Deisher, 77, of Edgewood, Texas, are scheduled for 1:00 PM, Saturday, March 6, 2021, at Hiett’s LyBrand Funeral Home in Wills Point. Visitation will be held two hours prior to service time. Burial will follow at Barrett Cemetery.   Janice went home to be with her Lord and Savior on February 26, 2021. Janice was preceded in death by her father Lloyd Peterson and daughter Paige Smith Lovell.    Janice was born in Monahans, Texas as the...

A private family gathering for Brett Lee Haptonstall, 66, of Wills Point, TX, will be held on Wednesday, March 3, 2021, at Hiett’s LyBrand Funeral Home in Wills Point.   Brett passed away on Sunday, February 21, 2021, in Plano, TX.   Brett Lee Haptonstall was born on January 9, 1955, in Grand Saline, TX, to parents, Charles Leo Haptonstall and Eva Laverne Parkerson Haptonstall. He was raised in Grand Saline where he attended school. Brett married Betty Lou Busby on March...

Funeral services for Danny Ray Hendrickson, 59, of Edgewood, TX, are scheduled for 2:00 PM, Monday, March 1, 2021, at Hiett’s LyBrand Funeral Home in Wills Point. Visitation will be held one hour prior to service time.   Danny passed away on Tuesday, February 23, 2021.   Danny Ray Hendrickson was born on May 14, 1961, in Alamogordo, NM, to parents, Alva Durwood Hendrickson and Christa M. Rummel Hendrickson. In the early part of his life he was raised in Baytown, TX, and...

A memorial service for Rodney Lee Evans, 58, of Wills Point, TX, is scheduled for 3:00 PM, Sunday, February 28, 2021, at Stonepoint Church in Edgewood. Services are under the direction of Hiett’s LyBrand Funeral Home.   Rodney passed away on Monday, February 22, 2021, in Wills Point.   Rodney Lee Evans was born on April 4, 1962, in Dallas, TX, to parents, Grady Gene Evans and Wanda Jewel Roberts. He was a life-long resident of Wills Point and graduated from Wills Point...

Funeral services for Donald Lavon Adkins, 78, of Rattan, OK, formerly of Alba, TX, are scheduled for 12:00 PM, Saturday, February 27, 2021, at Hietts’s LyBrand Funeral Home in Wills Point, TX. Burial will follow at White Rose Cemetery.     Donald passed away Wednesday, February 17, 2021, in Rattan, Oklahoma.     Donald Lavon Adkins was born on November 04, 1942 in Orange, Texas, to parents Johnnie Thomas Adkins and Connie Mary Matilda Rohus. He was...

A graveside service for Phil Alford Houston, 64, of Carrolton, TX, is scheduled for 12:00 PM, Saturday, February 27, 2021, at Haven of Memories Memorial Park in Canton. Services are under the direction of Hiett’s LyBrand Funeral Home in Wills Point.     Phil Alford Houston, a lifelong resident of the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, passed on from this life to his Savior on Monday evening, February 15, 2021 at his home in Carrolton, Texas. He was born May 28, 1956 in Dallas,...

Mark Allen Stewart, 62, of Wills Point, TX, passed away on Thursday, February 25, 2021.   Mark Allen Stewart was born on November 16, 1958, in Dallas, TX, to parents, Charles Melvin Stewart and Hazel Imogene Harville. He was raised in Mesquite, TX, and graduated from Mesquite High School in 1976. Mark had three children, two sons and one daughter. He was a truck driver until becoming disabled twenty years ago. Mark lived on Lake Fork for many years and moved to Wills Point two years...

Everly Rose Tankersley passed peacefully in the arms of her loving parents on Monday, February 22, 2021, in the early morning hours. Everly was born on July 13, 2020. During her seven short months here on Earth she touched many lives and was loved deeply by family and friends.  Her life was a brief gift to us that will live on in our hearts always.   She is preceded in death by great grandfathers, John Martin, Michael Dyer and Cecil Hudson; great grandmother, Barbara Smith;...

Andrew Franklin Lee Huffman, 37, passed away February 16, 2021, at his home in Myrtle Springs, TX.  He was born July 11, 1983, in Terrell, TX.  He lived in various areas of the country, including California and Arizona.  In early 2020, Andrew moved back to Texas to be closer to his family.  Andrew worked in the construction industry as a trim carpenter.  Billy, his father, worked beside him for many years from an early age and he became a perfectionist and one of the...

To the media Edward Glenn Orton was a homeless man found under a bridge. To his family he was so much more. I wish I had found him before this! My father graduated as Vice President of his graduating High School class, was in the National Honor Society, was American Legion Boys’ State Representative for C. E. King High School and received many awards. He was super smart and loved to make you laugh. Man did he love his drum set!   The memories I have of him as a child was him...