Obituaries

Funeral services for Donald Ray Aldridge, Sr., 62, of Bettie will be held, Saturday, July 8 at 2 p.m. at Redemption Worship Center in Gilmer with the Minister Archie B. Williams officiating. Burial will be at Crossroads Cemetery in Bettie under the direction of Turner Brothers Mortuary.

James Mitchell Young, 80, of White Oak, Texas passed away June 1, 2023 at Christus Medical Center in Longview, Texas. Hew as born in Pittsburg, on September 19, 1942 to father Mitchell Young and mother Inez Hobbs White. He attended Pittsburg ISD and graduated from PHS in 1961, served in the US Navy, and earned many college degrees. He worked in the Civil Service for the military for most of his career until retiring in Virginia. In 2018, he moved to White Oak where he was able to re-establish contact with some of his High School classmates, took trips to visit many people who he had met and worked with throughout his career, and joined a Silver Sneakers class at Anytime Fitness in White Oak where he met a lot of new friends.

James Gray McWhorter of Pittsburg, Texas died at his home on Sunday, June 25, 2023. He was born on July 30, 1935 in Winnsboro, Texas to the late Merkil David and Mamye McWhorter. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Pittsburg. He graduated from Baylor University and went to work for General American Oil Company if Texas in Dallas as a geologist. He met his wife Ann McMillen in September of 1960 at General American Oil Company and they were later married on December 10, 1960. On June 1, 1964 he went to work for A.H. Robins Pharmaceuticals as a medical representative and in 1988, A.H. Robins merged with Wyeth. In 1999 he retired with thirty five years of service.