Obituary: Bill Vinson

Funeral services for Bill Vinson 103, Athens have been scheduled for 11:00 A.M. Monday January 14, 2019 at Autry’s Carroll-Lehr Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Anthony Vinson officiating.

Burial will follow at Oaklawn Memorial Park, Athens.

Mr. Vinson was born July 6, 1915 in Limestone County to the late John Frank and Martha Skinner Vinson.

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Obituary: Willetta C. Tackett

Willetta C. Tackett passed away in her home in Athens, Texas Tuesday, January 8, 2019. She was 85 years young. Willetta was born July 9, 1933 in Comyn, Comanche County, Texas to Rich and Dita Cowan. She was a graduate of Dublin High School, she married her high school sweetheart, Wyndel Tackett. Together, they became an inseparable team. She worked at the Texas A&M University Library while Wyndel was pursuing his degree. While raising 4 children, Willetta worked various jobs; a bookkeeper for family businesses, Tax Collector for LaPoynor School District, and perhaps her most beloved job, that as a Rancher’s Wife. In that capacity, she was a team of one, feeding hungry cowboys, nursing bumps and bruises, and overall providing a calm hand in what was often a hectic lifestyle.

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Obituary: Beverly Robertson

Funeral Services for Beverly Robertson, 62, of Athens are scheduled for 11:00 a.m., Saturday, January 12, 2019 at the First Baptist Church of Cross Roads with Bro. Frank Upchurch officiating. Interment will follow at Post Oak Cemetery.

Beverly passed away on January 9, 2019 in Athens.

Beverly Ann Robertson Arthus was born January 4, 1957 in Athens, Texas the daughter of James Laroy Arthus and Eddie Laquieta Stephens. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Cross Roads and lived in the Henderson County area her entire life. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend who will be greatly missed.

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