Obituaries

Gene Ray Dolen passed away Jan. 11, 2021, in Mexia at the age of 57. Graveside services were to be held at 4 p.m., Jan. 12, in the Seale-Round Prairie Cemetery.

William Alfred Sims, of Mexia, passed away in New Braunfels, on Jan. 11, 2021, from COVID-19 complications, at the age of 81. Graveside services will be held on Friday, Jan. 15, at l p.m. in Lost Prairie Cemetery, with the Rev. Shane Norcross and the Rev. Cliff Gravitt officiating. Jeremy Sims, Ryan Chilcoat, Scott Holmes, Brent Holmes, Todd Ward and Dennis Campbell will serve as pallbearers.

Thomas Paul Youngblood, 90, passed away on Jan. 4, 2021, while staying in Moody. Paul was born on Dec. 6, 1930, to Johnny Allen and Eliza Mae Youngblood, in Woodbury, Tenn.