Obituaries

Feb 21, 2019

Forrest Brent Baker, 76, of Gilmer passed away on Thursday, February 21, 2019 at his home. A memorial service for Forrest will be held 3:00PM, Sunday March, 17, 2019 at Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses in Ore City. Dinner will follow at 4:00PM at the Ore City Community Center. Arrangements are under the direction of Grubbs-Loyd Funeral Home in Diana....

Feb 20, 2019

Funeral service for Mrs. Betty Ruth Jackson, 86, of Pittsburg, TX will be held 11:00 A.M., Saturday, February 23, 2019 at Oak Hill Baptist Church with Bro. David Jackson and Bro. Chester Duncan officiating, interment to follow the service at Oak Hill Cemetery. Family will receive friends Friday, February 22, 2019 from 6:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M. at Croley Funeral...

Feb 20, 2019

Visitation for Patsy Weathers, 72, of Upshur County will be at 12:00 P.M., Saturday, February 23, 2019 at Grubbs-Loyd Chapel Diana. Graveside services will take place at 2:00 P.M. at Eagle Creek Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Grubbs-Loyd Funeral Home in Diana. She passed away on Wednesday, February 20, 2019 in Longview, Texas. Patsy was born October 13,...

Feb 19, 2019

Memorial services for C. R. (Bunky) Grimes will be held at First Christian Church in Longview, Saturday February 23rd 2019 at 11:00am. Bunky blessed this world with his devotion to family, friends, First Christian Church, and Longview Community Ministeries. His wit was quick and, his friendships were strong. (Sometimes they had to be to survive his wit.) He was a...

Feb 19, 2019

Funeral service for Mr. Wayne King, 86, of Gilmer, TX will be held 2:00 P.M., Saturday, February 23, 2019 at Croley Funeral Home Chapel, interment to follow the service at Hopewell Cemetery. Family will receive friends prior to the service on Saturday from 1:00 P.M. until 2:00 P.M. Mr. King passed away Tuesday, February 19, 2019 in Longview. Mr. Wayne...

Feb 18, 2019

Maybelle “Mimi” Caughron Heaven gained another angel when Maybelle “Mimi” Caughron, 98, of Big Sandy, passed away on Monday, February 18, 2019 in Longview. Maybelle was a member of Sit’em Down Cowboy Church in Big Sandy and a former member of the Pilot Club of Longview. Born March 28, 1920 to Zula Caldwell, Maybelle was the baby in her family...

Feb 13, 2019

Mary Ann Campbell, 79, of Gilmer passed away on Tuesday, February 13, 2019 in Longview, Texas. Graveside services for Ms. Campbell will be at 2:00 P.M., Friday, February 15, 2019 at Gilmer City Cemetery in Gilmer, Texas with Kenneth Bible officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of Grubbs-Loyd Funeral Home in Gilmer. The family will receive visitors Thursday, February 14,...

Feb 13, 2019

Mrs. Billie Jean Holland, age 75, of Gilmer, passed away suddenly on Wednesday, February 13, 2019 at Christus-Good Shepherd Medical Center of Longview. Billie Jean was born in the East Mountain Community on April 30, 1943 to the late, Isaiah Martin Davis and Lizzie Clota Caldwell Davis. Billie married, Mr. Carl Richard Holland on January 23, 1959 at the Gladewater...

Feb 13, 2019

Funeral service for Mrs. Mary Ruth Loftis, 90, of Gilmer, TX will be held 2:00 P.M., Saturday, February 16, 2019 at Croley Funeral Home Chapel in Gilmer with Bro. Mike Kessler officiating, interment to follow service at Crossroads Cemetery. Family will receive friends prior to the service from noon until 2:00 P.M. on Saturday. Mrs. Loftis passed away Wednesday, February...

Feb 10, 2019

Celebration of Life services for Robin Ray Hosak, 59, of Gladewater, will be 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, February 12, 2019 at the Croley Funeral Home Chapel in Gladewater. The family will receive friends from 9:00 a.m. until service time. Mr. Hosak passed away Sunday, February 10, 2019 in Longview. Robin was born September 19, 1959 in Lake Village, Arkansas to the...

Feb 10, 2019

DIANA: Memorial services for Mabel Chapman, 90, of Ore City will be at 11:00 A.M., Saturday, February 16, 2019 at Cedar Springs Baptist Church, with Pastor Richard Jones officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of Grubbs-Loyd Funeral Home in Diana. She passed away on Sunday, February 10, 2019 in Longview, Texas. Mabel was born April 10, 1928, in Pittsburg, PA....

Feb 6, 2019

Feb 4, 2019

Barbara was born on January 27, 1931 to Arrenva V. Backle in Longview, Texas and passed peacefully in her home in Big Sandy, Texas on February 4, 2019 at the sweet age of 88. She married the love of her life Everett Nelson Holloway Sr. on November 25, 1948. Barbara was a beautician, a seamstress and Home maker, she was...

Feb 4, 2019

Funeral services for Doris Marie Johnson Gage, 94, of Pritchett will be 2:00 p.m. Thursday, February 7, 2019, at the Croley Funeral Home Chapel in Gilmer with Mr. Jack Wilkie officiating. Burial will follow at Pleasant Hill Cemetery. The family will receive friends Wednesday evening from 5:00 until 8:00 p.m. at the funeral home. Mrs. Gage passed away Monday, February...

Feb 2, 2019

Norma Lucille Senter, age 77, of Gladewater, passed away on Saturday, February 2, 2019 at Christus-Good Shepherd Medical Center in Longview. The family will receive friends on Wednesday, February 6, 2019 from 1:00 to 2:00 PM at Croley Funeral Home of Gladewater. Private interment to be held at Rock Springs Cemetery. Norma was born in Gladewater on February 6, 1941,...

Feb 1, 2019

Graveside Services for John Benjamin Palmer, III, 64, of Gilmer, will be held 1:00 PM Saturday, February 16, 2019, at Sunset Memorial Park. Mr. Palmer was born February 17, 1954 to John Benjamin and Esthervina Palmer. He held a doctorate in education, and worked for many years as a salesman at Roughneck Harley-Davidson in Longview. John passed away on Friday,...

Jan 31, 2019

Mr. Gerry Kenneth Saltsman, age 67, of Gilmer, passed away on Thursday, January 31, 2019 at his home. A memorial visitation will be held from 6:00 to 8:00 PM on Monday,February 4, 2019 at Croley Funeral Home of Gilmer. Gerry was born in Portland, Oregon on January 14, 1952 to the late, Norman Kenneth Saltsman and Eileen Buchanon Williams. He...

Jan 31, 2019

Services for Ben Stoner, 87, of Gilmer will be held Monday, February 4, 2019, at Grubbs-Loyd Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Tim Smith officiating. Interment will be held at a later date. Mr. Stoner passed away on Thursday, January 31, 2019, a home. Ben was born January 7, 1932, in Bowie, Texas to Robert Benjamin and Ester Viola Bowers Stoner....

Jan 30, 2019

Baby Richard Carl Benninger was born on January 22, 2019 and passed away January 30, 2019. Baby Richard is survived by his parents, Victoria McKnight and Robert Benninger; grandparents, Herman Moore, Patricia Benninger, and LaTonya McKnight; great grandmothers, Barbara Smith; great great grandmother, Annie Smith; brothers, Sema’J Johnson, Jaiden Lewis, Kaleb Lewis, Jatayeon Benninger, and Robert Benninger, Jr.; and sisters,...

Jan 29, 2019

Mr. Milton Read French, age 87, of White Oak, formerly of Burbank, CA., passed away on Tuesday, January 29, 2019 at his home. His illness was sudden, and he passed a week after he feel ill, and hours after his diagnosis was confirmed, as Diffuse large B cell lymphoma. Milton was born in Burbank, CA., on July 2, 1931 to...