Larry Shoemaker, Sr., age 87 of Albany, passed away Monday, Nov. 5, 2018. Funeral services were held  Saturday, Nov. 10 at First Baptist Church of Albany with Pastor Paul Johnston officiating. Interment will follow in the Albany Cemetery under the direction of Morehart Mortuary. 

Larry Dean Shoemaker was born on Nov. 10, 1930 to Harold Shoemaker and Leora Perrigo Shoemaker in Victor, Iowa. Larry worked for Halliburton for 35 years and later started Shoemaker Stimulation Services. 

The Honorable Quay Frederick Parker, Esquire, received his summons from the Great I Am in the early morning hours of Oct. 20, 2018. He was welcomed to Beulah Land by his parents, Fred and Lyna Jewel, brother-in-law Steve Wood, and son-in-law Brian Wilson. Also there to celebrate were extended family and friends.

Bobby Gene Adkins went to be with our Lord and Savior on the morning of Monday, Oct. 29, 2018. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018, at First Baptist Church of Albany with Rev. Jeff Turner officiating. Services have been entrusted to Morehart Mortuary.

Bobby Gene Adkins was born in Montague County, Texas to Claude Weldon and Mattie Belle Adkins. He graduated from CF Brewer High School in White Settlement, Texas. He served in the Army in 1960. 

Bette Irene Salters Stone, 89, passed away Sunday, October 28, 2018 in Bowie.

Family received friends on Tuesday evening, Oct. 30, 2018 at the White Family Funeral Home in Bowie.

A private memorial service will be held at a later date. Arrangements are entrusted to the White Family Funeral Home of Bowie.

Norma Oliver Miles, age 78 of Abilene, passed away Friday, Oct. 26, 2018. A memorial service was held Monday, Oct. 29 in the pavilion at the Albany Cemetery with Chaplain Jim Hargrove officiating. Services were entrusted to Morehart Mortuary of Albany.

Norma Oliver was born Dec. 20, 1939 in Nimrod, Texas to parents, Norman Oliver and Annie Burge Oliver. She married Richard Lee Miles, Jr. on May 30, 1962 in Juarez, Mexico. 

Former Albany resident and pastor Donald Earl Wirsdorfer Jr. passed away Sunday, Oct. 14, 2018, at the age of 83. 

The celebration of life service will be Saturday, Nov. 3, at 11:00 a.m. at Ridglea Christian Church, 6720 Elizabeth Lane, Fort Worth, Texas. In lieu of flowers, a donation can be made to the Alzheimers Association or Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

John David Molyneaux, Albany High School class of 1988, passed away on Sept. 21, 2018 in Albuquerque NM. John was born on Sept. 26, 1970 in Carlsbad, NM, to Jacque and Lynda Molyneaux.  

He is survived by his mother, Lynda Molyneaux of Tijeras, NM, two sisters, Amy McDaniel of Tijeras, NM, and Randi Alexander of Albany, two nieces, Nicole Sioux Navarro of Las Cruces, NM and Emma Kate Harvey of Tijeras, NM, and two sons, Samuel K. Molyneaux and Lucas W. Molyneaux of Odessa, TX.  

Grant Derwood Robinson age 66 of Moran, Texas went to be with his Lord and Savior Oct. 15, 2018.Funeral service was Saturday, Oct. 20, at Gunsight Baptist Church officiated by Reverend Rex Boggs. Internment was at Johnson Cemetery north of Moran, Texas with Masonic Gravesite Rites. 

Everett Milton Waldrep (Uncle Miltie), age 78, of Moran, died Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018 after a lengthy illness.

He was born in Borger, Texas, on July 20, 1940, to Henry Everett (Hank) Waldrep and Clara (Bradford) Waldrep. He married Leatha Faye (Davis) Waldrep on Sept 24, 1960. He later married Joy (Lawler) Waldrep on June 16, 1980. 

A Memorial Party was held on Oct. 13, 2018, at Gunsight Baptist Church. Interment will be private at a later date.

Erick Thomas Lakey, 26, of Albany, went to be with our Lord and Savior on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018. Funeral services were Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2018, at the Bailey-Howard Funeral Home Chapel in Clyde. 

Erick was born Sept. 9, 1992, in Abilene to Cheryl Fowler and Rick Lakey. Erick was a fun, big hearted, son, grandson, brother, nephew, cousin, and friend. His sense of humor and larger than life attitude, smile and warmth brightened everyone around him.