May 2023

SHERMAN - Sharon Elizabeth Sanford went to be with our Lord on May 26, 2023. She was 76 years of age.

Born October 26, 1925, Lowell was raised on a small farm in Ladonia, Texas. She was the daughter of Lowell Coney and Orianna McDonnold Coney. At age 15, Lowell left high school to marry L. C. Covington (1923-1944). After her husband’s death in 1944, Lowell (an 18-year-old single mother) returned to Ladonia High School and graduated valedictorian of In 1948 she married Paul Henry McCormack (1926-2014). The couple moved to Dallas in 1948 and both worked as accountants. Lowell and Paul were also independent oil producers in Cooke County, In 1992, Lowell earned an Associate from North Central Texas College. She was a Certified Questioned Document Examiner and assisted then-U.S. District Attorney Robert Mueller with three cases involving Lowell was the first female Chief Financial Officer of Dallas Title Company, a post she held for 17 years. Lowell was elected first female President of the Texas Grapho-Analysis Society, first female President of Gainesville Kiwanis Club and President of Gainesville Area Visual Arts Society. She was also a member of the Mensa High IQ Society, a prolific writer and artist, painting in oils, acrylics, watercolor and charcoal and Lowell was preceded in death by her daughter, Sharron Ann Covington McCormack Miller (1944-1989); granddaughter, Susan Miller Denton Hasemeyer in 2012; husband, Paul Henry McCormack in 2014; great granddaughter, Alyssa Ferguson in 2017; sister, Gwen Coney Sheffield in 2018; and brother, Donald Coney in 2019. She is survived by her son, Lowell Henry McCormack of Sherman, Texas; 2 grandchildren, Scott Miller, and Sandra Miller Ferguson; 3 great grandchildren, Jenna Ferguson, Bethany Denton, and Bryce Denton; numerous nieces and nephews, extended The family will receive friends at Wise Funeral Home in Bonham, Texas from 1:00 PM until 2:15 PM, Thursday, June 1, 2023, when the procession will leave Online guest register www.wisefuneralhome.com 1925-2023 Graveside services for Lowell Ray McCormack, 97, of Sherman, Texa

1928-2023 Jean Earnest Deffibaugh, 94 of Sherman was called home by Jesus on Wednesday, May 24th. Jean, who was affectionately called ‘Ninny’, was born September 26, 1928, in Calera, Oklahoma to David Cyrus Earnest and Essie Pickens Earnest.

1926-2023 James Leo Bates, 97, of Sadler, Texas was called home to his Lord and Savior on Sunday, May 28, 2023. Leo was born on May 10, 1926 in Tioga, Texas to Rev.

Evelyn Montez Pattillo Low, age 87, died at her daughter’s home in Vero Beach, Florida on Thursday, May 25, 2023. She was born in Atlanta, Georgia on February 7, 1936, to parents William Chalmers Pattillo and Cornelia Elizabeth Todd.

Esther T. Cervantes passed away on Monday, May 22, 2023, at the Focus Care in Sherman.

1946-2023 Charles Frank Case, DC passed away on Tuesday, May 9th, 2023, at Texoma Medical Center in Denison, Texas. A private family service will be held in his honor.