Summers

Lottie Marie Doss Summers, 80, of Troup died Sunday, Dec. 26, 2021, at Providence Park Rehab in Tyler. A Celebration of Life memorial service was held Sunday, Jan. 9, 2022, at Lone Star Church in Tyler. Ms. Summers was born Nov. 11, 1941, to Carlton and Bernice (Rogers) Doss, in Burleson County.

Watson

Keith Watson, 63, of Rockdale died Monday, Jan. 3, 2022, in Rockdale. Services will be 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 15, at Phillips & Luckey Funeral Home in Rockdale with Pastor Willie Phillips of Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church officiating. Burial will be at Oak Lawn Cemetery in Rockdale. Mr.

Kraatz

IRVING—Norma Jane (Burgess) Kraatz died peacefully at home on Dec. 28, 2021. Funeral services will be held at John P. Brooks & Family ARIA, 1820 N. Beltline Road in Irving at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022. Burial will be held at 1 p.m.

Darling

Thelma Fay Ferguson Darling, 72 of Milano was born on Oct. 25, 1949, to Henry Alton Ferguson Sr. and Jo Ella Ferguson. She was born and raised in Houston, but always said you couldn’t pay her enough to move back. She resided in Milano for approximately the last 35 years. Ms.

Hairston

Bobbie Mae Crouch Hairston, 84, of Gause died Saturday, Dec. 25, 2021, at Baylor Scott & White Hospital in Temple. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 30, at Gause Cemetery in Gause with John Krause officiating. Ms. Hairston was born Aug.

Schwamp

Roxanne Schwamp, 70, of Rockdale, formerly of Wisconsin, died Monday, Dec. 20, 2021, at Baylor Scott & White Hospital in Temple. No services are planned. She was born April 9, 1951, in Kansas to William and Margaret (Fowler) Kraatz.

Stolte

Steven Preston Stolte, 59, a lifelong resident of Thorndale, died at his home in Thorndale surrounded by family on Thursday, Dec. 23, 2021. Services were held on Wednesday, Dec. 29, at Phillips & Luckey Funeral Home in Rockdale with Pastor Casey Goetz of Tanglewood Baptist Church officiating.

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Bailey

The Life of Shirley Anne Bailey “Come healing of the body, Come healing of the Mind.” Leonard Cohen. Shirley Anne Caywood Bailey was born to Herbert N “Spud” Cayw o o d a n d Eutha Marie Cay wood at her parents’ home in Rockdale on Sept. 4, 1941. She attended school in Rockdale.

Cryer

Chad Aubrey Cryer passed away on Dec. 14, 2021, at 41 years of age, while hospitalized in Houston. Chad was b o r n O c t . 24, 1980, in Houston to Doyle Wayne Cryer, Jr. and Donna Crowell Cryer. Chad married his high school sweetheart, Nikki Morehead, on March 10, 2001, in Rockdale.