| Recent Obituaries |
| Linda Pearl Teal Adams |
| 1946-2009 |
| Published Sunday, November 22, 2009 |
 Funeral for Linda Pearl Teal Adams, 63, of Newark is 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 22, at Christian-Hawkins Chapel with the Rev. Cliff Spain officiating. Burial will be at Aurora Cemetery. |
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| Cleota Bates |
| 1924-2009 |
| Published Sunday, November 22, 2009 |
 Funeral for Cleota Bates, 85, of Decatur is 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 22, at the Victory Family Church in Decatur with her son, Allen Bates with Victory Family Church, officiating. Burial will be at Archer City Cemetery. |
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| Marie V. Comeaux |
| 1915-2009 |
| Published Sunday, November 22, 2009 |
 Graveside service for Marie V. Comeaux, 94, of Decatur will be held at a later date at McDonoughville Cemetery in New Orleans. |
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| Emma Kate Corlett |
| 1923-2009 |
| Published Sunday, November 22, 2009 |
| Funeral for Emma "Kate" Corlett, 86, of Runaway Bay was to be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 21, at Hawkins Funeral Chapel in Bridgeport with burial at Eternal Oaks Cemetery in Runaway Bay. |
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| Benny Joe Cox |
| 1933-2009 |
| Published Sunday, November 22, 2009 |
 Graveside service for Benny Joe Cox, 75, of Arlington, and formerly of Alvord, was to be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 21, at Alvord Cemetery with the Rev. Ken May officiating. |
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| Hal Parker |
| 1948-2009 |
| Published Sunday, November 22, 2009 |
| Memorial service for Hal Parker, 61, of Bridgeport is at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 28, 2009, at Hawkins Funeral Chapel. |
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| Emma Lou Slate |
| 1924-2009 |
| Published Sunday, November 22, 2009 |
 Funeral for Emma Lou Slate, 85, of Springtown was to be at 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 21, at the Springtown Church of Christ. Burial was to follow at Cottondale Cemetery. |
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| Retta Evelyn Wright |
| 1920-2009 |
| Published Sunday, November 22, 2009 |
 Funeral for Retta Evelyn Wright, 89, of Chico was to be at 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 21, at Hawkins Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Mike Wisenant of Granbury officiating. Burial was to be at Thomas Cemetery, and visitation was to be at 1 p.m. Saturday. |
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| George Lee Cunnius |
| 1910-2009 |
| Published Thursday, November 19, 2009 |
 Funeral for George Lee Cunnius, 99, of Decatur is 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 19, at Cornerstone Baptist Church with the Rev. Raymond Johns officiating. Burial will follow at Oaklawn Cemetery. Visitation was to be 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Coker-Hawkins Funeral Home. |
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| Merlyn W. Dahlin |
| 1927-2009 |
| Published Thursday, November 19, 2009 |
 Funeral for Merlyn Walter Dahlin, 82, of Fort Worth and formerly of Wise County was Nov. 16 at the United Methodist Church in Saginaw with the Rev. Mel Bishara officiating. Burial was at Greenwood Memorial Park. |
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| Raymond R. Bill Lawler |
| 1940-2009 |
| Published Thursday, November 19, 2009 |
 Funeral for Raymond R. "Bill" Lawler, 68, of Saginaw was to be 2 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 18, at Friendship Missionary Baptist Church in Blue Mound with the Rev. Don Shotwell officiating. Burial was to follow at Boyd Cemetery. |
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| Evelena McKeever |
| 1919-2009 |
| Published Thursday, November 19, 2009 |
 Funeral for Evelena McKeever, 90, of Chico is 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 22, at Hawkins Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Glenn Randall officiating. Burial will follow at Pleasant Grove Cemetery. |
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| Thomas Joseph Wilson Jr. |
| 1947-2009 |
| Published Thursday, November 19, 2009 |
| Memorial service for Thomas Joseph Wilson Jr., 62, of Paradise is 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 29, at the East Mound Church of Christ in Bridgeport. |
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| NEW BOUNDARIES - The Decatur School Board last night approved new elementary attendance boundaries to take effect with the opening of the district's third elementary next fall. Generally, areas on the west side of the district are zoned into Rann Elementary, areas on the east side of the district are zoned into Carson Elementary and southern areas of the district including much of the downtown area of Decatur are zoned into Young Elementary. See Sunday's Messenger for a detailed map of the new boundaries. |
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| Chico student athletes Malori Moss, Malanie Gates and Shelby Collins express their emotions at the news that trustees approved a resignation agreement with Pete Hart. |
| Photo by Joe Duty |
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| Bulls rally past China Spring |
| Boyds Fleming earns 9-2A MVP honors |
| Smurthwaite earns birthday present |
| Lady Eagles beat Jacksboro to move to 2-0 |
| Red-hot shooting Decatur wins opening game |
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