Van Alstyne - Services for Mrs. Louise Crockett Stinnett of Route 2, Whitewright, 65-year-old retired school teacher who died Monday at Campbell Care Centerin Whitewright, will be held at 4:30 p.m. Thursday at Morning Chapel Methodist Church in Van Alstyne.
The Rev. George Clark, the Rev. Jack Castle and the Rev. John Barnett will officiate and burial will be in Van Alstyne Cemetery, directed by Flesher Funeral Home.
Mrs. Stinnett was born in Texas, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Hugh Crockett, and married Oglesby Stinnett on March 29, 1940, in Sherman.
She taught at schools in Pilot Grove, Whitewright and Van Alstyne and was a member of Morning Chapel Methodist Church of Van Alstyne.
Surviving are her husband of Whitewright; daughters, Ina Ruth Edwards of Modesto, Calif., and Carole Stinnett Frazier of Grand Prairie; son, Donald H. Stinnett of Fort Worth; sister, Ruth Poy of Brooklyn, N.Y.; brother, Gordon Odell Crockett of Annapolis, Md.; and six grandchildren.
The family will be at the funeral home from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday.

Sarah Bell & Cecil Conrad Stinnett

Van Alstyne Leader
April 1, 1999
pg. 4

Sarah Bell Stinnett
Sarah Bell Stinnett, 81, of Denver, Colo., formerly of Van Alstyne, died March 17, 1999 at St. Paul Nursing Home in Denver, Colo., and was buried March 25 at Van Alstyne Cemetery.
Mrs. Stinnett was born March 28, 1917 in Van Alstyne, Texas.  The daughter of Walter and Millie McKinney, she attended Washington School in Van Alstyne.
She was married to Cecil Conrad Stinnett, who preceded her in death.
She is survived by two children, Willis Stinnett and Cecile (Tootie) Stinnett of Denver, Colo., seven grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren, one great-great-grandchild, four nieces, six nephews, and a host of relatives and friends

TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH 
BUREAU  OF VITAL STATISTICS
Standard Certificate Of Death

At the time of Cecil Conrad Stinnett's (male, colored) death, he was living at Rt.#1 in Van Alstyne, Texas.  He was 43 years of age.  Cecil Conrad Stinnett was born October 20, 1905 in Grayson County Texas; the son of Simmon Peter Stinnett and Pheabie McCollum.  His death occurred at 10:15 p.m. on October 30, 1948.  The cause of his death was Sub-acute Bactrial Endocarditis.  The informant was S.P.Stinnett of  Box 341, Van Alstyne, Texas.  Burial was at the Van Alstyne Cemetery on November 2, 1948 under the direction of Fox-Fanning Funeral Home,  #1155 L. K. Fox, Van Alstyne, Texas.

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