Corsicana Weekly Light - 20 Dec 1979, Thu - Page 4 Mrs. Bessie Jessie Wake services were at 7:30 p.m. Friday in the Ross and Johnson Mortuary for Mrs. Bessie Jessie, 85, a resident of Corsicana who died Saturday evening in the Mel Haven Convalescent Center. Funeral services were Saturday 1 p.m. in the Rhode Island United Methodist Church, Streetman. Rev. W. M. Davis will officiate. Burial will be in the Rhode Island Cemetery. Survivors include: two daughters, Mrs. Rose Anna Anderson of Corsicana; Mrs. Lillie F. Ealy of Fort Worth; six sons, Till Jessie, Cornell Jessie, and Tom Jessie, Jr. all of Fort Worth, Albert Jessie, and McKinley Jessie both of Houston, and Willie Jessie of Culver City, Calif.; six stepchildren, Booker T. Jessie of Fort Worth, Elmo Jessie and Robert Jessie both of Sacramento, Calif., Rawleigh Jessie of Venture, Calif., Gilbert Jessie of Los Angeles, Calif., and Tommie Lucky of Phoenix, Arizona; grandchildren, great grandchildren; two great great grandchildren, and other relatives. Thursday, September 10, 1981 - Page 6 Richard Younger Richard Younger, 67, of Corsicana, died Wednesday night at Memorial Hospital. Service was Saturday, 1 p.m., Ross and Johnson Mortuary Chapel. Burial was at Rhode Island Cemetery in Streetman. Wake service was Friday, 7 o-clock, Ross and Johnson Mortuary. Survivors include an aunt, Mrs. Lorena Gray, of Streetman, and several cousins. William Jones Thursday, January 29, 1981 - Page 2 William Jones, 71, of Streetman, died Saturday morning in Memorial Hospital. Service was 11 a.m. Tuesday in the Macadonia Baptist Church in Streetman. Burial in Rhode Island Cemetery.McCory-Calhoun Funeral Home handled arrangements. He is survived by his wife, Georgia Mae Jones, of Streetman; two daughters, Cary J. Sneed and Alice Oliver, both of Dallas; two sons, William Jones Jr. and Wendall L. Jones, both of Dallas; 14 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; and one brother, Luther Jones, of Wortham. Lesley Lee Wednesday, June 22, 1977 - Page 8 Services were at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at McGowan Funeral Home in Dallas at 2830 South Ervay, for Lesley Lee, 72, resident of Dallas and formerly of Navarro County, who died Monday in Dallas. Burial was at Rhode Island Cemetery in Freestone County. Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Ozella Roland of Tulsa, Okla. and Mrs. Glodene Jackson of Dallas; his mother, Mrs. Josie Lee of Streetnian; a sister, Mrs. Pearl Averheart of Streetman; four grandchildren, four great­ grandchildren, one great-great- grandchild, several nieces and one nephew. Graveside services were at 1:30 p.m. at Woodland Cemetery in Corsicana. Local arrangements were with Calhoun Funeral Home. Stanley Ray Whitehead Corsicana Daily Sun - Wednesday, December 17, 1980 - Page 8 Stanley Ray Whitehead, 25, of Corsicana, died Sunday morning at Memorial Hospital following a gunshot wound. Service was Wednesday, 2 p.m. Jones Chapel Methodist Church in Fairfield with burial following at Rhode Island Cemetery in Fairfield ----He was an employee of Oil City Iron Works and a veteran of the U. S. Army. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Sharon Whitehead; a son, Brian Whitehead; five sisters, Vera Mack, of Maypearl, Lousettta Foley, of Dallas, Esther Willis, Mary Coleman and Lou Ruth Whitehead, all of Fairfield; three brothers, Louis Whitehead, of Fort Worth, Floyd Whithead, of Post, and Lewi Whitehead, of Oklahoma; and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. McAdoo Whitehead, of Fairfield; Pallbearers were Willie Foley, Lozell Lewis, Larry Washington, Anthony Tippens, Aubrey Washington, Camell Washington and Eric Coleman. Mrs. Virlee Gafney Corsicana Daily Sun - Monday, November 7, 1977 - Page 2 FAIRFIELD — Services will be at noon Tuesday at the Jones Chapel Methodist Church in Fairfield for Mrs. Virlee Gafney, 65, native of Freestone County who died Friday. She was a resident oi Corsicana. The Rev. Thermon Taylor will officiate, with burial following at Rhode Island Cemetery in Freestone County. Arrangements are with Scott Funeral Home in Corsicana. Survivors include her husband, Rafer Gafney of Corsicana: two daughters, Mrs. Uniloyd Sanders of Dallas and Mrs. Vera Roberts of Fort Worth; five sons, Joe Rafer Gafney of Corsicana, Willie Clyde Gafney of District Heights, Md., Charles Lee Gafney of Frankfurt, Germany, Wilson Gafney of Lexington, Ky., and Sherman Lee Gafney of Raleigh, N.C.; three sisters, Mrs. Mizellia Packard of Corsicana, Mrs. Mary Richards of Fort Worth and Gertrude Rischer of Streetman; five brothers, Lloyd Rischer, Jo Columbus Rischer, and Eunice Rischer, all of Streetman, Herman Rischer of Fort Worth and Melvin Rischer of Los Angeles, Calif., seven grand-children, a number of nieces, nephews, and other relatives. Pallbearers will be nephews. The Mexia Daily News - Thursday, December 12, 1974 - Page 7 McMullen Rites Set for Sunday Walter James McMullen, 56, of New York, N.Y., died Dec. 5 in New York. Funeral services will be held Sunday at 2 in the Rhode Island United Methodist Church. The Rev. D.L. Walker, minister, and the Rev. L.L. Sheffield will officiate. Interment will be in Rhode Island Cemetery in Freestone County. Born Aug. 10,1918 in Freestone County, of which he was a lifelong resident, Mr. McMullen was a member of the Methodist Church. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Earline McMullen of Tulsa, Okla.; one daughter, Mrs. Arthrine Wedlow of. Tulsa, Okla.; one son, Walter McMullen of Tulsa, Okla.; his mother, Mrs. Annie McMullen of Streetman; two sisters, Mrs. Mary Lee Bevins of Dallas and Mrs. Erneta Bradley of Corsicana; one brother, J.T. McMullen of Dallas; and one grandchild. Dorsey-Keatts Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. The Mexia Daily News - Friday, December 10, 1965 - Page 4 Saturday Rites Scheduled For Freestone Woman Funeral services for Mrs. Lady Kelley Lampkin, lifelong resident of Freestone County, will be held Saturday at 1 p.m. in Macedonia Baptist Church at Streetman. A native of the Ward Prairie community, Mrs. Lampkin died Dee. 5 at 9:15 p.m. in Worth am Hospital. She was a Baptist. Conducting the rites will he the Rev. E. C. Davis. Buria will he in Rhode Island Cemetery, Freestone County, under direction of the Dorsey - Keatts Funeral Home. Suiviving are her husband, Mitt Lampkin, of Route 1. Streelman; three daughters, Mrs. Addie Mae Homier of Fort Worth, Mrs. Lillian Smith of Mexia, and Mrs. Cora Campbell of Tyler; two sons, M. T. Lampkin and O. J. Lampkin. both of Fort Worth; ?5 grandchildren and 45 great - grandchildren. Tuesday, January 11, 1955 - Page 2 Wednesday, December 19, 1979 - Page 4 Friday, April 11, 1947 - Page 12 Tuesday, January 4, 1977 - Page 2 Wednesday, March 16, 1938 - Page 5 Corsicana Daily Sun » 1923 » January » 13 Jan 1923, Sat » Page 2 A new suit filed is Willie Gafney vs. Beulah Gafney, divorce. Corsicana Daily Sun - Thursday, December 12, 1974 - Page 7 Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Horn of Corsicana announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Patricia Ann, to Ivy Joe Rischer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester Rischer, Jr. of Fairfield. The couple will exchange wedding vows June 30 at Taylor’s Memorial Church of God in Christ. The bride-elect will graduate from Corsicana High in May 1974 and plans to attend Navarro Junior College. Rischer, a local minister, is a graduate of Navarro Junior College and is now employed by the Fairfield Park and Recreational Center as a game warden. Corsicana Semi-Weekly Light - Friday, August 26, 1949 - Page 18 A group of colored farmers, interested In conservation farming, met last Monday afternoon at the Teacolor community church. This group previously had met Tuesday, Aug. 2. and organized themselves into the Teacolor conservation group, and is composed of the following: Lloyd Rischer, Adolph Bennett David Johnson, Osby Perkins, Jesse Woodard and Hershel Rischer, tenants of the J. S. Adair farm. This group will co-operate with the Navarro-Hill conservation district.