Obituaries
  • Bonham, Texas -- Visitation for Billy Joe Bishop, 96, is Friday, September 12, 2025 from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Wise Funeral Home. A graveside service is 10:00 a.m. Saturday, September 13, 2025 at Rosewood Cemetery, Achilles, OK.
  • Bonham, Texas -- A memorial service for Noble Ray Unger, Jr., 82, of Bonham will be held at the First United Methodist Church in Bonham on Thursday, September 18, 2025 at 1:30 p.m., officiated by Rev Julie Henson.
  • Telephone, Texas -- Graveside burial of Mr. Ronnie Halcomb, 62, will be held at the Forest Grove Cemetery in Telephone, Texas at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, September 20, 2025.
  • Honey Grove, Texas -- A visitation for Julia Annette (Shaw) Simpson, 68, will be held at Cooper-Sorrells Funeral Home in Honey Grove, TX, beginning at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday September 17, 2025. A graveside service will follow at McCraw’s Chapel Cemetery in Honey Grove, TX, beginning at 2:00 p.m. Chaplain Rusty Shreves will preside.
  • Edhube, Texas -- A service of celebration the life of Barbara Ann Hazelip will be held on Sunday, September 14, 2025, at 1:30 p.m. at Edhube Baptist Church with visitation beginning at 12:45. Brother John Lindsey will officiate the service.
  • Bonham, Texas -- James Odis Gentry Jr., born on March 16, 1958, in Garland, Texas, passed away after a courageous eight-year battle with the rare cancer Merkel Cell Carcinoma on August 29, 2025, in Bonham, Texas.
  • Bonham, Texas -- Services for Billy Charles Cox, 95, of Bonham will be held at Wise Funeral Home on Friday, September 12, 2025, at 2:30 p.m. with visitation beginning at 1:30 p.m. Rev. Julie Henson, minister at First United Methodist Church of Bonham, will conduct the service.
  • Bonham, Texas -- Donald Edward "Don" Brennecke, 88, passed away quietly at home near Bonham, Texas in early September of 2025. He was born in Willowbrook, California on December 19, 1936.
  • Bonham, Texas -- Lena Mae (Victory) Jones will lay in state for friends and family to stop and pay their respects on Thursday, September 11, 2025, from 12:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Cooper-Sorrells Funeral Home in Bonham. No service is planned. Burial will take place at the DFW National Cemetery, privately.
  • Bonham, Texas -- A celebration of the life of Shelia Ann (Stephens) Robinson, of Bonham, TX and formerly of Paris, TX, will be held at Cooper-Sorrells Funeral Home in Bonham, TX on Tuesday, September 9, 2025 at 2:00 p.m. Visitation will precede the service at 1:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, gifts to help with final expenses can be made in Shelia’s memory at Community National Bank and Trust.
  • Honey Grove, Texas -- A memorial service for Alvin Leroy Fields, 88, of Honey Grove will be held at Dial Baptist Church on September 14, 2025, at 4:00 p.m. with a reception to follow the service at the church. In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to the Dial Baptist Church; Oak Ridge Cemetery of Ladonia; or a charity of your choice.
  • Bonham, Texas -- A visitation for Chris Anthony Brock, 44, of Leonard, Texas, will be held at Cooper-Sorrells Funeral Home on Thursday, September 4, 2025, at 3:00 p.m. Following the visitation, a memorial service will take place at 4:00 p.m., officiated by JC Thompson. In this time of sorrow, we gather to remember Chris’s bright spirit and celebrate the joy he brought to so many lives.
  • Bonham, Texas -- Visitation for Judy Kay Jones, 75, of Telephone, Texas, is Tuesday, September 2, 2025 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Wise Funeral Home. The funeral service is the following day at Wise Funeral Home Chapel at 11:00 a.m. with Pastor Mike Allred officiating. Burial will follow at Forest Grove Cemetery in Telephone.
  • Bonham, Texas -- A celebration of the life of Donna Jo West, 65, of Bonham will be held at 5:00 p.m. Sunday, September 21, 2025, at Wise Funeral Home in Bonham, Texas. An exhibit of her art will be on display following the celebration at the Creative Arts Center in Bonham, Texas.
  • Bonham, Texas -- A service celebrating the life of Gordon "Lee" Stuart, 74, will be held on Saturday, September 6, 2025, at the First Presbyterian Church in Bonham, Texas followed by a reception time to visit with the family.