Obituaries

Gaulden Eugene Starr

Gaulden Eugene Starr

Sep 7, 2019

Services for Gaulden Eugene Starr, 62, will be held 10:00 AM Tuesday, September 10, 2019, at Grubbs-Loyd Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow at Concord Cemetery. Mr. Starr was born February 17, 1957, to Vernon and Sally Starr. He worked for ETEX Telephone for many years. He is survived by his wife, Denise Starr; daughters and sons-in-law, Hollie and Roy...

Roxie Lee Bennett

Roxie Lee Bennett

Sep 7, 2019

Graveside service for Mrs. Roxie Lee Bennett, 99, of Linden, TX will be held at 11:00 AM Wednesday, September 11, 2019 at East Memorial Gardens in Texarkana, AR. The family will receive friends from 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM Tuesday, September 10, 2019 at Croley Funeral Home in Gilmer. Mrs. Bennett passed away on Saturday, September 7, 2019 in Linden....

David W. Willis

David W. Willis

Sep 7, 2019

Services for David W. Willis, 64, will be held 11:00 AM Wednesday, September 11, 2019, at the Open Range Cowboy Church, with Brother Marion Coon officiating. Private interment will be at Sunset Memorial Park in Gilmer with military rites. Mr. Willis passed away on September 7, 2019. David was born on May 7, 1955, in Pampa, TX, to Williard E....

Don Parham

Don Parham

Sep 6, 2019

Donald Edwin Parham, 67, passed from this earthly life, Friday, September 6, 2019. Don was a former resident of Longview living in Baker, LA at the time of his death. He was born May 20, 1952 to Preston and Wilella Parham in Lubbock, Texas. Don graduated from Southeast High School in Wichita, KS where he was named high school All...

Joe "Buddy" Garcia

Joe "Buddy" Garcia

Sep 4, 2019

Funeral services for Mr. Joe “Buddy” Garcia, 72, of Holly Lake Ranch, TX will be held at 2:00 PM Saturday, September 28, 2019 at Croley Funeral Home in Hawkins. The family will receive friends from 10:00 AM until 1:00 PM prior to the service on Saturday. Mr. Garcia passed away on Wednesday, September 4, 2019 in Tyler. Buddy was born...

Kenneth Johnson

Kenneth Johnson

Sep 3, 2019

Memorial service for Mr. Kenneth Johnson, 84, of Gilmer, TX will be held at 11:00 AM Friday, September 6, 2019 at Croley Funeral Home with Mr. H.L. Shirey and Mr. Bruce Pace officiating. The family will receive friends at 10:00 AM prior to the service on Friday. Mr. Johnson passed away on Tuesday, September 3, 2019 in Longview, TX. Kenneth...

Douglas Elden Green

Douglas Elden Green

Sep 2, 2019

Douglas Elden Green was born in McClain County, Oklahoma, December 3, 1930 to Roy Green and Ola Jenkins Green. He passed peacefully in his sleep and awakened with his Lord Jesus Christ September 2, 2019. He graduated from Perry High School, attended Oklahoma A&M, and completed an electronics technician degree at Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology. He served in...

Wiley "Reagan" Sanford

Wiley "Reagan" Sanford

Sep 1, 2019

A memorial service for Wiley “Reagan” Sanford, 70, of Diana will be held at 1:00 P.M., Thursday, September 5, 2019 at The Harvester Center, 6447 FM 726 N, Diana, TX, with Reverend Teddy Ott and Clifton Sanford officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of Grubbs-Loyd Funeral Home in Diana. Mr. Sanford passed away on Sunday, September 1, 2019. Reagan was...

Eula Lee Williams

Eula Lee Williams

Aug 31, 2019

Eula Lee (McBride) Williams of Tyler passed away peacefully into the arms of her Lord and Savior, August 31, 2019. Born to Luther and Mary (Weaver) McBride on December 16, 1920 in Mexia, Texas. Eula was a gift to all she came in contact with, in each of her 98 years on this earth. She was best known and dearly...

Jillian Odessa Shirey

Jillian Odessa Shirey

Aug 30, 2019

Inf. Jillian Odessa Shirey, age 2 months and 21 days old, of Pritchett, passed away on Friday, August 30, 2019 at Longview Regional Medical Center. Jillian was born in Longview on June 9, 2019 to Justin Henry Shirey and Roxanne Marie (Hackney) Shirey. She is preceded in death by her paternal grandmother, Trecia Shirey; and maternal grandfather, Wayne Hackney. She...

Mary Arledge

Mary Arledge

Aug 29, 2019

Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Arledge, 98, of Gilmer, TX will be held at 10:00 AM Monday, September 2, 2019 at Croley Funeral Home with Rev. Matthew Smith officiating, interment to follow at Sunset Memorial Park. The family will receive friends Sunday, September 1, 2019 from 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM at Croley Funeral Home in Gilmer. Mrs. Arledge passed...

Judy K. Alfred Wilson Hudson

Judy K. Alfred Wilson Hudson

Aug 28, 2019

Burial will be at Sunset Memorial Park, 11:00 AM Saturday, August 31, 2019 by Croley Funeral Home, Gilmer, Texas. Judy was born June 4, 1945 in Gregg County. She worked as a GTE and ATT telephone operator for many years. She loved working for EXXON Co. in Baytown, TX. She was a member of a Baptist church. Judy loved going...

Maenelwyn Haught

Maenelwyn Haught

Aug 28, 2019

Services for Maenelwyn Knight Haught, 84, of White Oak, will be 4:00 p.m. Saturday, August 31, 2019, at the Croley Funeral Home Chapel in Gladewater with Pastor Bob Logan officiating. Interment will follow at the East Mountain Baptist Church Cemetery in East Mountain. Mrs. Haught passed away Wednesday, August 28, 2019, in Tyler. Maenelwyn Haught, better known as Nell or...

Shirley Marie Atkinson

Shirley Marie Atkinson

Aug 27, 2019

Cremation arrangements for Shirley Marie Atkinson, 82, of Longview are under the direction of Croley Funeral Home in Gladewater. Mrs. Atkinson passed away Tuesday, August 27, 2019 in Longview. No further services are scheduled at this time.

Kermit Lynn Atwood

Kermit Lynn Atwood

Aug 25, 2019

Cremation arrangements for Kermit Lynn Atwood, 66, of Longview are under the direction of Croley Funeral Home in Gladewater. No further services are scheduled at this time.

Robert Donald Bush

Robert Donald Bush

Aug 25, 2019

Mr. Robert Donald Bush, 80, of Longview, TX passed away on Sunday, August 25, 2019, in Longview. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Croley Funeral Home in Gilmer. Mr. Bush was born in Dubuque, Iowa on April 9, 1939, to Donald Bush and Ruth Lorimer Bush. He was a retired Executive Director of the National Advisory Council on Historic...

Bill Vaughan

Bill Vaughan

Aug 25, 2019

William Estell Vaughan III age 65 passed away Sunday August 25th. He was a graduate of Big Sandy High School. He earned a Bachelor’s Degree from Harding College in Searcy Arkansas, and later a Masters from Corpus Christi State University. After Harding College he lived in Corpus Christi and taught Band before becoming a college accountant in Corpus Christi, Beeville,...

Johnny Martin

Johnny Martin

Aug 22, 2019

A memorial service for Johnny Martin, 77, of Diana will be held at 6:00 P.M., Tuesday, August 27, 2019 at the Grubbs-Loyd Chapel in Diana. Arrangements are under the direction of Grubbs-Loyd Funeral Home in Diana. Johnny passed away on Thursday, August 22, 2019 at UT Health Tyler. Johnny was born August 30, 1941 in Idabel, Oklahoma to DeWitt and...

Paula Leigh Mitchell

Paula Leigh Mitchell

Aug 21, 2019

Paula Leigh Mitchell was born in Gladewater, Texas on August 11th, 1965. She passed away on August 21st, 2019, the third child of Neal Mitchell and Martha Holloway Mitchell. She is survived by her son, Garrett Lansford; her daughter, Kelsey Kemp; her son-in-law, James Kemp; her two sisters, Sharon Walters-Agumanu and husband Emeka, Christi Haywood and husband Donny; and several...

Randall McHenry

Randall McHenry

Aug 19, 2019

Memorial visitation for Mr. Randall McHenry, 75, of Canton, TX will be held from 1:00 PM until 3:00 PM Saturday, August 24, 2019 at Croley Funeral Home in Gilmer. Mr. McHenry passed away on Monday, August 19, 2019 in Athens. Randall was born in Gilmer, TX on February 26, 1944 to Otis E. and Tommie (Burns) McHenry. He married Anita...