Feb. 10, 2011 - Funeral services for Evelyn Maxine Smith, 80, of  Leonard, were held Tuesday, Feb. 8, at 2 p.m. at the Leonard Church of Christ with Charles Wrenn and Steven Medford officiating. Burial followed in the Leonard Cemetery. She passed away Friday, Feb. 4, 2011, at the Red River Regional Hospital in Bonham. 

Jan. 27, 2011 - Funeral services for Gene Brewer, 82, of McKinney were held Monday, Jan. 24, at 2 p.m. in the Turrentine-Jackson-Morrow Chapel in Allen, with Rev. Wayne Hutchins officiating. Interment followed at East Shady Grove Cemetery in Trenton. He passed away Thursday, Jan. 20, 2011.

Jan. 20, 2011 - Texas A & M lost one of its finest on the morning of Sunday, Jan. 9, 2011, when the life of Taylor Adrian Gillespie, 21, was tragically taken in an auto-mobile accident.

A graveside service for Timothy Ferrell Dockery, 63, a former self-employed Leonard resident, was held Monday, Jan. 17, at 10 a.m. at the Leonard Cemetery wth Charles Wrenn officiating. He died Friday, Jan. 14, 2011, at the Honey Grove Nursing Center.