Billy Joe Brooks

Gloria Kay McLeod 72 wife of Steve Nolan McLeod passed away Monday January 26 2026 at her home. Born August 6 1953 in Sumter she was a daughter of the late Lorris Elliot Benson and the late Mary Ruth Thompson Benson. She was a member of Cherryvale Freewill Baptist Church. Survivors include her husb...

Born on December 12 1935 in Longview TX to Evia Chumley Taylor and Quincy Taylor Robbie Mae Taylor was the youngest of four siblings. She suffered the loss of her mother very early in her life and would receive much of her maternal guidance from an aunt Victoria Taylor. She dedicated her life to Chr...

Billy Joe James was born April 21, 1941, in Lockett, Texas, the youngest of nine children born to Alfred L. and Ethel James and passed away January 28, 2026, in Wichita Falls, Texas. Most recently of Bowie, Texas, he was raised in Lockett where he learned the enduring values of faith, hard work, and...

Josette Holtzworth Jones 84 passed away peacefully on Sunday January 4 2026 in Plain City Ohio where she had resided during her illness. She was formerly a longtime resident of Buckhannon West Virginia. Josette was born July 24 1941 in Huntington WV to her parents Billy Joe and Phyllis Saunders Holt...

The funeral service for Billy Joe Brooks, 78, of Anniston, Alabama will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, January 14, 2026, at K.L. Brown Memory Chapel in Golden Springs, with Chaplain Clint Vaughn officiating. Burial will follow at Forestlawn Gardens. The family will receive friends from 12:00 p.m...

Thurman Leroy Dinkins 81 peacefully passed away on January 1 2026 surrounded by his family in Shreveport Louisiana. Born on September 27 1944 in Plain Dealing Louisiana Thurman was the son of the late Bert and Florien Dinkins. He graduated from Many High School in 1964. In 1973 he began his career a...

Barbara Ruth Meredith Boyd Sands 88 of Kingston passed away Saturday January 17 2026. She was born October 4 1937 in Kingston and has been a lifelong resident of this area. She was a member of Childs Memorial Baptist Church in Harriman and also attended Southwest Point Baptist Church. Barbara worked...