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Gloria Steinkamp
Jan 13, 2017
Mass of Christian Burial will be held for Gloria Steinkamp, 83, of Bonham at 3:00 PM Tuesday, January 17, 2017 at St. Elizabeth Catholic Church, with Fr. Fred Caldwell as Celebrant. Recitation of the Holy Rosary will follow at 5:00 PM Tuesday at Wise Funeral Home with a visitation immediately following. The Interment will be held at 11:15 AM Wednesday,...
Francine Johnston
Dec 19, 2016
Funeral Services for Francine Nicholson Johnston will be held at 10:00 AM on Wednesday, December 21, 2016 at Wise Funeral Home Chapel. Officiating will be Bro. Rex Jackson, assisted by Marty Hutchings. Burial will follow at Willow Wild Cemetery. Francine passed away on Monday, December 19, 2016 at Texoma Medical Center in Denison. Francine was born March 27, 1928 in...
James Edwin "Rusty" Russell
Dec 16, 2016
Funeral Services for James Edwin Russell, age 58, of Bonham will be held at 3:00 p.m. Wednesday, December 21, 2016 at Wise Funeral Home Chapel. Derrell Hall will officiate the Funeral Service. Burial with military honors will follow at Willow Wild Cemetery. James passed away Friday night, December 16, 2016 at Texoma Medical Center in Denison. James was born August...
Myrtle Margaret Jennings
Dec 16, 2016
Myrtle Margaret Jennings Funeral Services for Myrtle Margaret Jennings, age 93, of Dodd City will be held at 2:00 pm, Monday, December 19th, 2016 at Wise Funeral Home Chapel under the direction of Wise Funeral Home. Bro. Gene Owens will officiate. Private committal will follow at Willow Wild Cemetery. She passed away Friday, December 16, 2016. Myrtle was born January...
James Ray Crabtree
Dec 14, 2016
Funeral Services for James Ray Crabtree, age 76, of Bonham will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, December 17, 2016 at Wise Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow at Oak Ridge Cemetery. James passed away Wednesday morning, December 14, 2016 at Texoma Medical Center in Bonham, Texas. James was born on June 13, 1940 in Bugtussel, Texas, the son Joe...
Wayne Eugene Smith
Dec 13, 2016
Why should I feel discouraged, why should the shadows come? Why should my heart feel lonely and long for Heaven and home? When Jesus is my portion, a constant friend is He. His eye is on the sparrow and I know He watches over me. Wayne Eugene Smith, 81, of Bonham, Texas,...
Bill Smith
Dec 3, 2016
Funeral services for Mr. William Harold "Bill" Smith, age 70, of Sunnyvale, Texas, will be held at 3:00 P.M. Thursday, December 8, 2016 in the Wise Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in the Arledge Ridge Cemetery south of Bonham on highway 78, under the direction of Wise Funeral Home. Rev. Melvin Pugh will officiate. Mr. Smith passed away on...
Scott Allen Askew
Dec 2, 2016
Memorial Services for Scott Allen Askew, age 58, of Bonham will be held at 6:30 P.M. Thursday, December 8, 2016 at Wise Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Mike Burt will officiate. Scott passed away Friday morning, December 2, 2016 surrounded by loved ones. Scott was born on December 14, 1957 in Long Beach, California, the son of Granville Fred Goodman and...
Brock Edward Stauffer
Nov 30, 2016
Brock Edward Stauffer was born July 27, 1956 in Cincinnati, Ohio, the son of George Russell Barrowcliff and Pauline Ann Meyer. He passed away early Wednesday morning, Nov. 30, 2016 at TMC Bonham Hospital in Bonham, Texas. Brock was a self employed construction worker. He married Lori Lanette Wells on July 3, 1997 and she preceded him in death March...
Jo Bowen
Nov 30, 2016
Jo Bowen, surrounded by love, peacefully went to be with the Lord at her home on November 30, 2016. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Saturday, December 3, 2016 in Wise Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Kevin Towery will officiate. Burial will follow in Burns Cemetery in Trenton, Texas. The family will receive friends at Wise Funeral Home from...
Gayle Crossland
Nov 29, 2016
Graveside services for Gayle Crossland, 67, of Bonham, will be held at 10:00 AM Friday, Dec. 2, 2016 in Moores Chapel Cemetery under the direction of Wise Funeral Home. Dr. Gene Owen will officiate. Gayle passed away Tuesday night, Nov. 29, 2016 at Texoma Medical Center in Denison, Texas. Gayle was born June 17, 1949 in Garland, Texas, the daughter...
Raymond "Dan" Daniel Fuller
Nov 26, 2016
Graveside Services for Raymond Daniel "Dan" Fuller, age 74, of Ravenna will be held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, November 30, 2016 at Sandy Cemetery in Ravenna, Texas under the direction of Wise Funeral Home. Dan's son-in-law, Colby Rogers will officiate. Raymond passed away Saturday night, November 26, 2016 at Texoma Medical Center in Denison, Texas. Dan was born April 27,...
Herman Cole Corley
Nov 25, 2016
Herman Cole Corley, longtime resident of Bonham Texas, passed away peacefully at home on Friday, November 25, 2016. Herman Corley was born August 5, 1936 in Garland Texas to Albert Lee and Helen Marie Merriman Corley. He graduated Richardson High School in 1954. After High School, Herman worked for Garland Heating and Air Conditioning. He then was employed by Texas...
Annie Partain
Nov 22, 2016
Memorial services for Annie Partain, 85, of Bonham, will be held at 2:00 PM Sunday, Dec. 11, 2016 in Wise Funeral Home Chapel. Annie passed away early Tuesday morning, Nov. 22, 2016 at Seven Oaks Nursing & Rehab in Bonham. Annie was born Oct. 12, 1931 in Round Rock, Texas, the daughter of James Oscar Mott and Myrtle Townsend Mott....
Joyce Carlton
Nov 20, 2016
Graveside services for Joyce Carlton, 87, of Ivanhoe, Texas, will be held at 2:00 PM Friday, Nov. 25, 2016 in Willow Wild Cemetery under the direction of Wise Funeral Home. Joyce passed away early Sunday morning, Nov. 20, 2016 at Denton Rehabilitation in Denton, Texas. Joyce was born Dec. 19, 1928 in the Bettes Community (near Ivanhoe) of Fannin County,...
Angela Dawn Akard
Nov 15, 2016
Angela Dawn Akard-Meeks was born October 29, 1976 in Denison, Texas, the daughter of Clayton Allen (Akard) Meeks, Sr. and Rosemary Ham Harrington. Angela passed away Tuesday night, Nov. 15, 2016 at Texoma Medical Center in Denison, Texas. Angela was a homemaker and enjoyed her puppies, swimming, and watching TV. She will be greatly missed. She was preceded in death...
Clifford William Vellekamp
Nov 6, 2016
Cliff Vellekamp, age 88, of Bonham passed away Sunday, November 6, 2016 at Texoma Medical Center in Bonham. Cliff was born December 21, 1927, the son of William Vellekamp and Jessie Kellerman Vellekamp. He married Betty Braga on November 20, 1948 in Paterson, NJ. Cliff was a Merchant Marine and later enlisted in the US Army, receiving the Victory Medal....
Jerry Richard Knight
Nov 4, 2016
Funeral services for Mr. Jerry Knight, age 73, of the Lannius Community, will be held at 11:00AM Wednesday, November 9th, 2016 at the Wise Funeral Home Chapel in Bonham, Texas. Rev. Roy Burpo and Rev. Trent Taylor will officiate. Burial will follow in the Dodd City Cemetery. Jerry passed away on November 4, 2016 at TMC Hospital in Denison. Jerry...
Lanora Butler Wiggins
Nov 4, 2016
Funeral Services for LaNora Wiggins, age 78, of Ladonia, TX will be held at 1:00 PM, Saturday, November 12, 2016 at Wise Funeral Home Chapel, with Rev. Mike Burt officiating. Burial will follow at Gober Cemetery. LaNora passed away Friday, November 4, 2016. She was born February 21, 1938, the daughter of Thomas Gifford Butler and Ruth Estell Ward. LaNora...
Lesley Nugene Blanton
Oct 31, 2016
Funeral services for Lesley Nugene Blanton, 82, of Bonham, will be held at 2:00 PM Thursday, Nov. 3, 2016 at Trinity Baptist Church under the direction of Wise Funeral Home. Mr. Gene Blanton and Rev. Henry Shelton will officiate. Burial will follow in Hampton Cemetery in the Edhube Community of Fannin County, Texas. Lesley passed away late Monday night, Oct....
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