Valera was born on January 8, 1922 to Arthur and Bird Aiken White in the Hagansport Community. She passed away at the Avalon House in Flower Mound, Texas on January 5, 2012, where she had been residing since April, 2011.

Services were held for Annie Lou Douglass Landrum, age 90, at the Harvey Funeral Home in Mt. Vernon on Sunday, January 8, 2012 at 2:00 p.m.  Officiating the service were Rev. Pepper Puryear and Rev. Fred Randles of First Baptist Church Mount Vernon.

Funeral services for Charley Hopper, age 79 of Emory, formerly of Mount Vernon, were at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012 at Harvey Funeral Home Chapel. Burial was in the Mount Vernon City Cemetery with Rev. Jack Wallace officiating.

Funeral services for Gleen Hall, age 77 of Hagansport, were at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012 at Harvey Funeral Home Chapel. Burial was in the Stouts Creek Cemetery with Rev. Randy Sinclair, Rev. Larry Rosamond, and Rev. Jimmy Rogers officiating.

Funeral services for Annie Laura Bond, age 92 of Mount Vernon, and a prior longtime resident of Irving, were Friday, Dec. 30, 2011 at Brown’s Memorial Chapel. Burial followed at Oak Grove Memorial Gardens in Irving.

George Richard Wims, of Mount Vernon, Franklin County, Texas was born Saturday, July 25, 1931 to George Wilkins and Addie Ree (McFerrin) Wims in Lavada, Franklin County, Texas. He died Wednesday, December 28, 2011 in Tyler, Smith County, Texas.