Obituaries

January 17, 1970 – September 15, 2025 A memorial service for Casey Jones, 55, of Canton will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, September 27, 2025, at Hiett’s LyBrand Funeral Home in Wills Point. A visitation was held Thursday, September 18, 2025.

February 6, 1948 – August 28, 2025 Charlotte Aniece Bledsoe, 77, a beloved mother, grandmother, and friend to many, passed away in the presence of family on August 28, 2025. Born on February 6, 1948, in Rains County, Charlotte was raised as the second of six children in a blended family of Melvin Lee and Faye Nell Talley.

A Celebration of Life Service for Ricky Ewell Tidwell will be held on Sept. 27 at 11 a.m.

May 12, 1942- December 20, 2024 A Grave Side Service was held for Barbara Ann Gilstrap, 82, on September 3, 2025, at Eubank Haven of Memories Memorial Park. Barbara passed away December 20, 2024, in Franklin, Tennessee after a lengthy illness.

August 5, 1936 – August 30, 2025 Kenneth Lloyd St. Clair, 89, of Richardson passed away on Saturday, August 30, 2025.

Dorothy Erline Whitton, 82, of Canton passed from this earthly life on August 25, 2025, in Burleson. What she had known by faith for many years is now her reality.

June 1, 1942 – August 20, 2025 James Craft, 83, of Canton passed away on Wednesday, August 20, 2025, in Tyler. James Arthur Craft was born on June 1, 1942, in Edgewood to George Washington Craft and Donnie Katherine Surles Craft.

September 19, 1929 – August 25, 2025 Visitation for Mr. William Ray Boyles, 95, of Grand Saline, was held Wednesday, August 27, 2025, at Bartley Funeral Home.

May 15, 1941-August 17, 2025 “Well done, good and faithful servant.” That scripture is comforting for the family of David Dean Thompson, 84, of Canton, who was called home to his heavenly reward on Sunday, August 17, 2025. He was born on May 15, 1941, in Grand Saline to Homer Thompson and Estelle Bailey Thompson.

March 16, 1942 – July 28, 2025 Services for Douglas Marshall Toliver, 83, of Canton, were held Friday, August 1, 2025, at Eubank Funeral Home in Canton with Larry Toliver officiating. Interment was in Haven of Memories.