Cody Strickland, 34, passed away peacefully July 28, 2024 at his home in Forestburg. Cody was born July 5, 1990 in Dallas and was raised in Malakoff. 
He attended Malakoff High School and graduated in 2009. 
Cody loved to play card games, he loved to listen to a vast assortment of music he collected on his I-Tunes and watch horror and action-packed movies.  
He loved to color and he loved to share all his thoughts and activities he had or was doing. Really, he loved to talk to everyone. 

Cathy Noble, 73, of Eustace, passed away Aug. 1, 2024. Born June 4, 1951, in Athens, Cathy was the daughter of I.L. (Dude) Powers and Catharine (Bebe) Powers. 
Cathy grew up in Eustace beginning on her parent’s farm before moving to “the pink house” off Highway 175 in Eustace, two doors down from her cousin Johnny Jones, whom she knew and loved her whole life. 
She loved horses and some of her happiest memories were on horseback with her childhood friends Pam and Elaine, who became her lifelong friends. 

Jackie, 89, was born Oct. 29, 1934, in Dallas to James and Leona Prince and passed peaceably in her sleep in Dallas, July 31, 2024.  Jackie’s career spanned many years in the jewelry sales business in Dallas.
Jackie was preceded in death by her parents, eight sisters, one brother and many nieces and nephews.

Patricia Ruth Ballew Vernon, born May 1, 1937, in Irene, Hill County and passed away July 27, 2024 in Red Oak.  
Patricia, Pat or Aunt Pat to those who knew her, grew up in tiny little Red Oak and enjoyed playing basketball at Red Oak High School where she graduated as the Valedictorian of her class.  
Growing up she also loved to visit her grandparents on their farm.