Garris Allen
      Funeral services for Garris "Tuff" Allen, 69, of Wharton, will be held at 1 p.m. today, Saturday, at New Faith Church. Burial will follow in Wharton City Cemetery. Mr. Allen died March 29, 2008, at Gulf Coast Medical Center. He was born in Jake Ford Community to the late Same Cole and Ruby Allen.
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Dorothy Calvo
(1927-2008)
      Dorothy "D" Rinker Calvo, 81 years of age, of Wharton, died Wednesday April 2, 2008 in Houston's Southwest Memorial Hermann Hospital after a sudden and short illness. She was attended by all of her five children and several of the extended family.
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Gerald Schmit
      Gerald Duane Schmit, 71, of Wharton, died April 2, 2008 at Gulf Coast Medical Center following a brief illness. He was the son of the late John Henry Schmit and Emma Margarite Nelson Schmit. Mr. Schmit was born and reared in the Sioux Falls, N.D., area where he attended school. He moved to the W...
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