Fern Taliaferro Newsom 
March 3, 1929  –  August 26, 2025 
Visitation: Saturday, August 30, 2025, 1:00PM – 2:00PM, First Baptist Church, 7876 Hico St., Dubach 
Funeral Service: Saturday, August 30, 2025, 2:00PM, First Baptist Church, 7876 Hico St., Dubach 
Final Resting Place: Roark Cemetery, 299 Tiger Bend Road, Marion  

Frances “Louise” Gambrell 
June 24, 1941 – August 27, 2025 
Visitation: Saturday, August 30, 2025, 9:30 AM – 10:00 AM, First Baptist Church of Simsboro 
Funeral service: Saturday, August 30, 2025, 10:00 AM, First Baptist Church Simsboro 
 
Elvin Williams, Jr.  
Wednesday 06/13/1951 — Sunday 08/24/2025   
Celebration of Life: Saturday 08/30/2025 11:00am, Mt. Calm Baptist Church, 566 Mount Calm Road, Simsboro  
Interment: Saturday 08/30/2025 Following Service, Mt. Calm Cemetery, Simsboro  

Zhylar R. Willis  
Wednesday 04/10/2024 — Monday 08/25/2025   
Visitation: Sunday 08/31/2025 1:00pm to 2:00pm at King’s Funeral Home  
Funeral Service: Sunday 08/31/2025 2:00pm at at King’s Funeral Home  
Interment: Sunday 08/31/2025 Following Service, New Prosperity Cemetery, Clay  

Ora Taylor   
Thursday 05/13/1943 — Sunday 08/17/2025    
Celebration of Life: Saturday 08/30/2025 11:00am at King’s Funeral Home   
Private Burial   

Curtis Howard, Jr.   
Wednesday 09/03/1952 — Wednesday 08/20/2025    
Celebration of Life: Saturday 08/30/2025 2:00pm at King’s Funeral Home   
Interment: Saturday 08/30/2025 Following Service, Macedonia #1 Cemetery, 239 Glen Road, Dubach 

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