Deborah Sue Koontz Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Funeral services for Deborah Sue Koontz, 67, of Gilmer, will be held at 12:00 pm, Saturday, February 27, 2021 at McWhorter Funeral Home with Bro. D.B. Kitchell and Bro. Prentice Burks officiating. Interment will follow at Oakwood Cemetery, Jefferson. The family will receive friends 10:00 am-12:00 pm prior to the service. Deborah was born February 27, 1953, in Carthage, Texas, to Billy Sam and Shirley Sue Herring Pierce and passed from this life February 22, 2021, in Gilmer, Texas. Deborah married Lonnie Dean Koontz, March 12, 1971, and they were about to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary. Those left to cherish her memory are her husband, Lonnie Koontz; daughters, Rebekah Taylor (Tony), Melissa Ann Koontz (Chris Fox), and Constance Koontz (Adam Higginbotham); aunt, Meryl Fay Thompkins; grandchildren, Aaron Taylor, Jonathan Taylor, Hannah Taylor, Sarah Rawls, Steven Holeman, Lonnie Holeman, Ryan Ward, Connor Ward and Karley Ward; and by her great grandchildren, Bentley Taylor and Ezra Taylor. She is preceded in death by her parents; and by her sisters, Katherine Pierce and Elizabeth McCarver. Pallbearers are Connor Ward, Lonnie Holeman, Jonathan Taylor, Aaron Taylor, Ryan Ward, Chris Fox, Adam Higginbotham and Brice Rawls. Honorary pallbearers are Steven Holeman, Shane Kitchell, and Freddy McNeil. Please visit Deborah’s on-line registration book at www.mcwhorterfh.com to leave a memory for the family.

Deborah Sue Koontz

February 27, 1953 - February 22, 2021