Obituaries

Billy Charles Powell. 83 of Denison, passed away and was found Tuesday, December 20, 2022, in Sherman, Texas.

John William Henson, Sr. entered into eternal rest on Sunday, December 25, 2022, in Denison, Texas.

Pamela Piott Thompson, 74, of Trenton, went home to the Lord on Sunday, December 25, 2022 following medical complications. She was a New Years Day baby, born to James Harold and Addran Louise Piott on January 1, 1948.

Barbara Kay Buchanan Vogelsang, 82, passed away Monday, December 19, 2022 in Sherman, TX in the company of her children. Her funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM, Thursday, December 29, 2022 at Covenant Presbyterian Church.

Sherman Jessie Naoma Pearce, age 104, died at her home in Sherman, Texas, on Thursday, December 22, 2022. She was born in Abilene, Texas on September 17, 1918, to parents Jesse Willard Huffman and Naoma (Grounds) Huffman, of Sadler, TX. She lived from the horse and buggy age to the space age, and from the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic to the current Covid pandemic, avoiding both illnesses. Jessie experienced many challenges in her life, but she was a survivor, and considered her life to be a very happy one, always surrounded by a loving family, and strengthened by her Christian faith, instilled in her through the Methodist tradition. She grew up during the Great Depression; her father was in the army in France when she was born, and didn’t see her until she was 6 months old; her mother died when she was two years old, and she and her sister, Chlorie, went to live with her grandparents, Daniel Webster and Sarah Grounds and her two aunts, Mattie and Ruth; when she was about six years old, she jumped off a high ladder, hurting her back, and was paralyzed. Doctors gave her little chance of walking again, until finally, her grandfather took her to a chiropractor. The two men pulled on her legs and upper body, stretching her back, restoring her ability to move and giving her a long life with no back problems. After her father remarried, Jessie and Chlorie went to live with him and ‘Miss Edith’ in Sadler, TX until her father died when Jessie was 14. In order to complete her teaching certification, Miss Edith took the family (now four children) to Denton for the summer - along with their milk cow. When she finished her courses, Jessie and Chlorie stayed in Denton to finish high school and attend what is now the University of North Texas. Jessie met her future husband, Richard Pearce, at a Halloween party at the first Methodist Church in Denton, and they married on September 25, 1938 at her grandfather’s house in Talpa TX. He officiated at the wedding, being a part-time

Richard Lee Nichols, 75, passed from this life on December 19, 2022 with his family at his side. He was a loving and devoted husband, Dad, Papa, brother, and friend.

Junior Dan Adkins, of Howe, passed away at his home on December 21, 2022. He was born April 16, 1936.