Richard Handorf

Richard Handorf went home to be with the Lord Thursday at his home surrounded by family and friends. He is survived by his wife of 49 years, June Sumrall Handorf; three children, Richard Handorf Jr., Julie Tilley and husband John, and Nancy Hart and husband Michael; sister, Sarah Goebel and husband Bob; and six grandchildren, Joseph and Katy Hart, Blake and Beth Tilley and Brittani and Lindsey Handorf.Richard was born Oct. 27, 1931. He was preceded in death by his parents, Edmund and Lois Handorf. He graduated from Palestine High School in 1950. He served in the U.S. Air Force for two years. He graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 1957 with a business degree and in 1966 with a Doctorate of Jurisprudence.His love as a lawyer was to serve as a prosecuting attorney. He served as Anderson County attorney from 1967 to 1973 then district attorney from 1973 to 1990. He then served as assistant district attorney in Henderson County from 1991 to 1995, when he retired. He served on the board of Cartmell Home for Aged from 1967 to 1999.Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Herrington/Land of Memory Chapel with the Rev. Rick Dees officiating. Burial will follow at Palestine City Cemetery.Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Herrington/Land of Memory Funeral Home.Pallbearers will be Michael Hart, Joseph Hart, John Tilley, Blake Tilley, David Kirby and Brice Sumrall. Honorary pallbearers will be Leland Reinhard, David Walton, Virgil Mitchell, Archie Thomas, Neil Meeker, Kenneth Hutcherson, John Easley, Ronnie Averitte and Gerald Britton.In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to Cartmell Home for Aged Building Fund, 2212 W. Reagan, Palestine, Texas 75801 or to the Hospice of East Texas, 4111 University Blvd., Tyler, Texas 75701.