Services for Jessie D. Farmer, 76, New London, are scheduled for 10 a.m. Friday, Feb. 11, at the Cottle-Pearson Funeral Home, chapel, Overton with Rev. Ken Hayman officiating. Graveside services with military honors are scheduled for 3 p.m. Friday, at the Line Creek Cemetery, near Ida, La.  Mr. Farmer died Monday, Feb. 7, 2011, at […]

EDITOR’S NOTE: The Press received a letter from a Mr. and Mrs. Stinger on Tuesday, which did not have a phone number so that our staff could verify its authenticity. We will not print it until we are able to do so. Please call our office, (903) 834-6178, and leave a phone number. Letter to […]

NEW LONDON – Services for Jessie D. Farmer, 76, New London, are pending at Cottle-Pearson Funeral Home, Overton.  Mr. Farmer died Monday, Feb. 7, 2011 at his residence.

        Our Lady Queen of Angels Catholic Church re-set its Fish Fry for Friday, Feb. 11 at Kilgore College Ag Farm, Highway 135, Overton, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Plates are $8 for ages 13 and over, $4 for six through 12 and children under six are free. All proceeds go to the church Building and Maintenance […]

Funeral services for Larry G. Jackson, 66, Overton, are at 10: a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 8, in the Cottle-Pearson Funeral Home chapel. Burial will follow at 1 p.m. in Judson Cemetery, Cayuga. Mr. Jackson died Thursday, Feb. 3, in a Tyler hospital. He was born Jan. 2, 1945 in Overton to the late Lester Edward and Dorothy Louise Thomas […]

Services for Ralph Ward Jr., 63, Overton, were at 3 p.m. Friday, Jan. 21, at the First United Methodist Church in Overton with Rev. Fred Parsons officiating. Chili Ward II and Dottie Ward served as honor guards. Burial was in the Overton City Cemetery. Mr. Ward died Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2011, at his residence due to recently […]