Obituaries

Merlene Wilson

Merlene Wilson

Oct 17, 2019

Funeral service for Mrs. Merlene Wilson, 93 of Gilmer, TX will be held at 10:00 AM Monday, October 21, 2019 at Croley Funeral Home Chapel in Gilmer with Rev. Wayne Norvell and Rev. Wayne McKay officiating. Visitation will be held Sunday, October 20, 2019 from 4:00 until 6:00 P.M. at Croley Funeral Home. Mrs. Wilson passed away on Thursday, October...

James Melvin Cooley

James Melvin Cooley

Oct 16, 2019

James Melvin Cooley, 81, of Longview entered into eternal peace Wednesday, October 16, 2019. Private graveside services were held at Gladewater Memorial Park under the direction of Croley Funeral Home in Gladewater. Born in Portsmouth, Virginia, he was preceded in death by his parents Francis Marion Cooley and Addie Mae Tomlinson, and a son Jim, Jr. At age 17, Jim...

Mary Frances Fowler

Mary Frances Fowler

Oct 16, 2019

Celebration of Life services for Mary Frances Fowler, 56, of Gladewater, will be 5:30 p.m. Saturday, October 26, 2019 at the Croley Funeral Chapel in Gladewater with Pastor M.D. McGuire officiating. Mrs. Fowler passed away Wednesday, October 16, 2019, in Tyler. Mary was born August 18, 1963 in New Boston, Texas to Ellis Irving Fowler and Linda Barfield Clements. She...

Stacey Gene Tucker

Stacey Gene Tucker

Oct 15, 2019

Funeral services for Stacey Gene Tucker, 59, of Winona, will be 2:00 PM Friday, October 18, 2019, at the Hoover Cemetery in Big Sandy. The family will receive friends Thursday evening from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m. at Croley Funeral Home in Gladewater. Mr. Tucker passed away Tuesday, October 15, 2019, surrounded by family at his home in Winona. Stacey was...

Claude "Buddy" Wright

Claude "Buddy" Wright

Oct 15, 2019

Services for Claude “Buddy” Wright Jr., 74, of Diana will be at 3:00 P.M., Friday, October 18, 2019 at Walnut Creek Baptist Church, with Brother Lance Sims officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of Grubbs-Loyd Funeral Home in Diana. Interment will follow at Walnut Creek Cemetery. The family will receive visitors one and a half hours prior to the service...

Anita Phillips-Hancock

Anita Phillips-Hancock

Oct 15, 2019

Private family graveside services for Anita Phillips-Hancock were held Saturday, October 19, 2019 at Union Grove Cemetery in Union Grove, TX at 2:00 p.m. Anita passed away Tuesday, October 15, 2019, in McKinney. A full obituary will be made available upon approval from the family.

Judy Thomas

Judy Thomas

Oct 15, 2019

Memorial graveside service for Mrs. Judy Thomas, 76, of Holly Lake Ranch, TX will be held at 12:00 PM Saturday, October 26, 2019 at Roselawn Cemetery in Mineola, TX. Mrs. Thomas passed away on Tuesday, October 15, 2019 in Winnsboro, TX. Judy was born on June 15, 1943 in Montclair, NJ to the late Milton and Anne (Krysl) Doolittle. She...

Z.G. Mike McElwee

Z.G. Mike McElwee

Oct 13, 2019

Mr. Zola G.”Texas Hobo Mike” McElwee, Jr., age 70, of Big Sandy, passed away on Sunday, October 13, 2019 at his residence. Mike was born on July 21, 1949 in Harris County Texas to the late Zola G. McElwee, Sr., and Nell Katherine May McElwee. He served two tours in Vietnam in the U.S. Army, where he suffered a near...

Deborah Kay Rinehart

Deborah Kay Rinehart

Oct 13, 2019

Funeral services for Deborah Kay Rinehart, 68, of Gladewater, will be 2:00 PM Thursday, October 17, 2019, at the Croley Funeral Home Chapel in Gladewater. Interment will follow at Gladewater Memorial Park. The family will receive friends Wednesday evening from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m. at Croley Funeral Home. Mrs. Rinehart passed away Sunday, October 13, 2019, in Longview. Deborah was...

Daniel Carl Poisso

Daniel Carl Poisso

Oct 13, 2019

Daniel Carl Poisso 77, of Ore City, Texas passed away Saturday October 13, 2019 in Marshall, Texas. Daniel was born June 16, 1942 in Fort Smith, Arkansas to Joseph and Virginia (Moody) Poisso. Arrangements are under the direction of Grubbs-Loyd Funeral Home in Diana. A private burial will take place at Ore City Cemetery. Daniel was a veteran of the...

Joe Pittman

Joe Pittman

Oct 13, 2019

Mr. Joe Pittman, age 85, of Gladewater, passed away peacefully at his home on Sunday, October 13, 2019. Joe was born in Bowie, Texas on September 9, 1934 to the late Walter and Ethel Emfinger Pittman. He married the former, Junie Odessa Thornburgh in Grand Saline in 1953. He worked as a floor-hand in the oil fields of East Texas,...

Pat  Henry Stewart

Pat Henry Stewart

Oct 11, 2019

Mr. Pat Henry Stewart, 79, of Gilmer, TX was born on June 24, 1940 in Tyler, MO to the late Frank and Meryl (Edwards) Stewart. He passed away on Friday, October 11, 2019 at his home in Gilmer. Mr. Stewart worked for NASA for many years. Pat is survived by his wife, Virginia Lovejoy; son, Mitch Stewart and wife, Ann...

Nell Gaddis Yocom

Nell Gaddis Yocom

Oct 9, 2019

Memorial service for Mrs. Nell Gaddis Yocom, 78, of Gilmer, TX will be held at 1:00 PM Friday, October 11, 2019 at Croley Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Matt Smith officiating. The family will receive friends prior to the service beginning at noon. Mrs. Yocom passed away on Wednesday, October 9, 2019 at her home in Gilmer. Mrs. Nell was...

Thomas Henry Seltzer, Jr.

Thomas Henry Seltzer, Jr.

Oct 6, 2019

Thomas H. Seltzer, Jr. passed away peacefully in Southlake, Texas on the morning of October 6, 2019 at the age of 88. Tom and his twin sister Betty Mae were born on June 26, 1931 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania to Thomas and Edith Oehme Seltzer. Edith passed away in 1944 in Pennsylvania. In 1946, his father married Margaret Blystone and the...

Dona Belle Brown

Dona Belle Brown

Oct 6, 2019

Mrs. Dona Belle Brown, age 56, of Gladewater, passed away on Sunday, October 6, 2019, at her home. Dona was born in Dallas, Texas on November 14, 1962, to the late Roy Dale Songer and Lois Jean Webb Songer. She worked as a convenience store manager at numerous stores in the East Texas area for many years and was a...

Earleen Lewis Hopson

Earleen Lewis Hopson

Oct 2, 2019

Memorial service for Mrs. Earleen Lewis Hopson, 86, of Gladewater, TX will be held at 1:00 PM Saturday, October 5, 2019 at the First United Methodist Church of Gladewater with Rev. David Lee officiating. The family will receive friends from 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM Friday, October 4, 2019 at Croley Funeral Home in Gladewater. Mrs. Hopson peacefully passed away...

Ernest Hodge

Ernest Hodge

Oct 1, 2019

Funeral Services for Bro. Ernest Hodge, 91, of White Oak, will be 1:00 p.m. Saturday, October 5, 2019, at Grace Baptist Church in Gladewater with Pastor Jim Withers, Bro. Roger Carr and Pastor Troy Hollingsworth officiating. Interment will follow at Bear Creek Cemetery in Linden, Texas. The family will receive friends Friday evening from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m. at Croley...

Nancy Rochell Teodorczyk

Nancy Rochell Teodorczyk

Oct 1, 2019

Graveside service for Mrs. Nancy Rochell Teodorczyk, 76, of White Oak, TX will be held at 2:00 PM Friday, October 4, 2019 at New White Oak Cemetery with Bro. Dick Lindsey officiating. Mrs. Teodorczyk passed away Tuesday, October 1, 2019 in White Oak, TX. Nancy was born in Jefferson, TX on April 30, 1943 to the late Marvin and Glenna...

Maria Del Carmen Church

Maria Del Carmen Church

Sep 30, 2019

Maria Del Carmen Helices Patino Church, age 56, of Big Sandy, passed away peacefully, on Monday, September 30, 2019 at her home, surrounded by her loving family and friends. Maria was born on September 17, 1963 in Rota, Spain to the late Cayetono Helices and Carmen Patino. She worked as a registered nurse for Christus-Good Shepherd Hospital in Longview for...

Gilbert Albert Kalinec

Gilbert Albert Kalinec

Sep 29, 2019

Mass of Christian Burial for Gilbert Albert Kalinec, 81, of Union Grove, will be 10:00 a.m. Thursday, October 3, 2019, at St Theresa Catholic Church in Union Grove with Fr. Mark Dunne officiating. Interment will be at 3:00 p.m. at Cedar Hill Cemetery in Rusk, Texas Thursday afternoon. The family will receive friends Wednesday evening from 5:00 until 8:00 p.m....