All Obituaries

Celebration of Life for Brian Douglas Mintz will be at the Sam B. Harvey Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Pepper Puryear officiating. Brian Douglas Mintz, age 29, of Hagansport, Texas passed away on Tuesday, February 18, 2020 at his home.  He was born on November 13, 1990 in Toccoa, Georgia to Billy Joe Steed and Melanie Mintz Bass.  Brian was a diesel mechanic and was employed by Mortenson Construction. Brian was preceded in death by grandfathers, Bill Bass and Michael Watkins;...

Richard Arlan Flanagan, age 73, of Mount Vernon, Texas passed away on Friday, February 14, 2020 in Dallas, Texas. Celebration of Life for Richard will be at the First Baptist Church in Mount Vernon, Texas on Saturday, February 22, 2020 at 2:00 P.M. officiated by Pastor Pepper Puryear. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service from 1:00-2:00 at the First Baptist Church and visitation after the Celebration of Life service as well. Richard was born in Stumpville, Texas on October 8,...

Services for Dorothy Moore will be Saturday, February 15, 2020, 12:00 noon, at Sam B. Harvey Funeral Home, Mt. Vernon, TX.  Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. Interment will be at Purley Cemetery. Dorothy May Moore, age 96, of Florida, formerly of Mount Vernon, Texas passed away on Thursday, February 6, 2020. Dorothy was born on September 23, 1923 in Bend, Oregon to the late Percy Wiley Smith and Minnie May Alexander Smith. Dorothy married Owen Cecil Moore on May 5,...

Funeral services for Mary Jane (Janie) Bynum, age 63, of Mount Vernon will be held at 2:00 P.M., Friday, February 7, 2020 at Sam B. Harvey Chapel with Stephen Cotton and John Hicks officiating.  Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at 1:00 P.M.  Pallbearers will be Richard Hughes, Jason Hughes, Colton Hughes, Ryan James, James Robert Campbell and Mike Rader. Janie was born on November 26, 1956 to Gaines Hughes and Jo Ann Bowden Hughes in Mount Pleasant, TX.  Janie...

Memorial service for Rudolph Robert Gibson will be Saturday, February 8, 2020 at 11:00 A.M. at the Mount Vernon City Cemetery, Mount Vernon, Texas. Rudolph Robert Gibson of Princeton, Texas and previously of Mount Vernon, Texas, passed away on January 27, 2020, after an extended illness. He was 86. Rudolph was born on September 19, 1933 in Rockford, Illinois.  He lived part of his early life in College Station, Texas.  He was known universally as "Rudy," and he overcame...

Funeral service for Charles Davis will be Thursday, January 30, 2020, 2:00 P.M. at Sam B. Harvey Funeral Home Chapel. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at 1:00 P.M.  Interment will be at PurleyCemetery.  Dwayne Bolin, Jacob Groves, Ricky Newsom, Rodney Newsom, Waymon Newsom, Douwe Plantiga will serve as pallbearers.  Kent Bolin, Jimmy Lawrence, and Nix Newsom will serve as honorary pallbearers. Charles Rex Davis, 85, of Longview, TX (formerly of Mount Vernon,...

Funeral Services for Linda Trantham will be Sunday, January 26, 2020, 2:00 P.M. at Sam B. Harvey Funeral Home.  Visitation will be one hour prior to service 1:00 - 2:00. Linda Burnett Trantham, 79, went home to be with her Jesus, and reunited with the love of her life on Thursday, January 23, 2020.  She was a proud resident of Mount Vernon, Texas. Linda was born on August 15, 1940 to Chat Burnett and Lorene Bowie Burnett in Kilgore, Texas. Linda married Kenneth Trantham, Sr. on...

Graveside funeral services for David Lee Fulmer 62, of Mount Vernon, Texas will be held at 2:00 PM Friday, January 24, 2020 at Stouts Creek Cemetery with Chad Roden officiating. Pallbearers will be Ray Harris, Dalton Eargle, James Sisk, Mark McQueen, Brett Gordineer and Jon Dees. Honorary Pallbearers are Tristan Rains and Camden Fulmer. Visitation will be from 6:00-8:00 P.M. on Thursday, January 23, 2020 at Sam B. Harvey Funeral Home. Mr. Fulmer passed away Saturday, January 18, 2020 in...

Funeral services for Claudetta-Ledoux Newsom age, 80 of Mount Vernon, Texas will be held at 2:00 PM Wednesday, January 22, 2020 at Purley Baptist Church with Rev. Larry Jordan officiating.  Burial will follow at Purley Cemetery with Cory Newsom, Landon Doss, Rodney Newsom, Ricky Newsom, Dave Elliott and Dylan Stahle serving as pallbearers. Mrs. Newsom passed away Saturday, January 18, 2020 at Baylor Medical Center in Dallas.  She was born on November 16, 1939 in Tyler, TX....

Nancy Lee Taylor Bass went home with her Jesus and reunited with the love of her life on Friday, January 17, 2020 at the age of 90.  She has been a resident of Legacy Nursing and Waldenbrooke Estates, moving from Mt. Vernon, TX. in 2013 to be near her daughter. Nancy Lee Taylor was born April 29, 1929, in St. Louis, Missouri, to Lloyd Houston Taylor and Helen Shirley Taylor.  She lived and was educated in St. Louis her entire childhood, living in the same apartment in inner-city...