Obituaries

Frances Lucille Spurgeon

Frances Lucille Spurgeon

Apr 20, 2013

Services for Mrs. Frances Lucille Spurgeon, 90, of Plano will be held 10:00 A.M, Saturday, April 27, 2013, at Collin Creek Church in Plano, Texas with Pastor Robert Posner officiating under the direction of Croley Funeral Home. Interment to be held 3:00 P.M., Saturday, April 27, 2013 at Grice Cemetery in Upshur County. Mrs. Spurgeon passed away on Saturday, April...

Craig Stephen Bell

Craig Stephen Bell

Apr 20, 2013

Services for Craig Stephen Bell, 64, of Ore City, will be held 10 Am Tuesday, April 23, 2013 at Grubbs-Loyd Funeral Home Chapel in Diana. Mr. Bell passed away Saturday, April 20, 2013 in Longview. Craig was born December 11, 1948 in Houston, to Aubrey C. and Juanita T. Bell. He worked as a machinist. Survivors include a son: �Bubba�...

Willis Myrel Gilbert

Willis Myrel Gilbert

Apr 20, 2013

DIANA �Graveside services for Willis Myrel Gilbert, 76, of Ore City will be at 10:00 A.M., April 24, 2013 at Ore City Cemetery, in Ore City, Texas, with Brother Tony Pierce officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of Grubbs-Loyd Funeral Home in Diana. He passed away April 20, 2013 at his home. Willis was born December 14, 1936 to Lo...

Mary Porterfield Reynolds

Mary Porterfield Reynolds

Apr 18, 2013

Graveside services for Mary Porterfield Reynolds, 92, of Gladewater, will be held on Monday, April 22, 2013, at 10 A.M. at Rusk County Memorial Gardens, Henderson, Texas, with Larry W. Osborne officiating. Born on March 25, 1921, she entered into eternal rest on Thursday, April 18, 2013. She was a homemaker. She is survived by her daughter, Patsy Money of...

Brody Tyler Raibourn

Brody Tyler Raibourn

Apr 18, 2013

Services for Brody Tyler Raibourn, 20, of Ore City will be held at at 2:30 PM Sunday, April 21, 2013 at New Hope Baptist Church in Ore City, with Rev. Tony Pierce officiating. Interment will follow at Ore City Cemetery. Brody passed away on Thursday, April 18, at his residence. Brody was born September 30, 1992 in Mt. Pleasant, Texas,...

William Earl "Bill" Crowley

William Earl "Bill" Crowley

Apr 18, 2013

When I Must Leave You When I must leave you for a little while, Please do not grieve and shed wild tears and hug your sorrow to you through the years But start out bravely with a gallant smile. And for my sake and in my name, live on and do all things the same. Feed not your loneliness on...

David Wayne Richey

David Wayne Richey

Apr 16, 2013

Graveside services for David Wayne Richey, 59, of Kilgore, will be held on Saturday, April 20, 2013, at 2 P.M. at Gladewater Memorial Park with Reverend Bruce Wells officiating. Born on December 8, 1953, in Gladewater, Texas, he died on Tuesday, April 16, 2013. He was a veteran of the United States Army and retired from the National Guard. He...

Verna Pauline Fritz Sangrey

Verna Pauline Fritz Sangrey

Apr 14, 2013

Services for Verna Pauline Fritz Sangrey, 90, of Jefferson, formerly of Gladewater, will be held on Sunday, April 14, 2013, 2 P.M. at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church in Longview with Reverend Dennis Bragdon officiating. Burial will be in Gladewater Memorial Park. Born on November 17, 1922, in Breckenridge, Texas, she died on Thursday, April 11, 2013. She was a veteran...

Daniel MacArthur Sheridan

Daniel MacArthur Sheridan

Apr 14, 2013

Services for Daniel MacArthur Sheridan, 71, of Winona, will be held on Wednesday, April 17, 2013, at 10 A.M. at Croley Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Teddy Sorrells and Brother John Daniel Cutler officiating. Burial will be at 3 P.M. at New Hope Cemetery near DeKalb in Bowie County. Born on July 31, 1942, in Bowie County, Texas , he...

Mary Louise Pendleton

Mary Louise Pendleton

Apr 13, 2013

Graveside services for Mary Louise Pendleton, 86, of Hawkins will be 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, April 16, 2013, at Hawkins Cemetery in Hawkins. Interment will be in the Hawkins Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Croley Funeral Home in Hawkins. Mrs. Pendleton went to be with her Lord Saturday, April 13, 2013, at Hospice Homeplace in Tyler. Mrs. Pendleton was...

Sally Kate Armstrong

Sally Kate Armstrong

Apr 12, 2013

Graveside services for Mrs. Sally Kate Armstrong, 77, of Tyler will be held at 3:00 P.M.., Sunday April 14, 2013, at Hopewell Cemetery in Upshur County, Texas. Mrs. Armstrong passed away on Friday, April 12, 2013, in Tyler. She was born on January 23, 1936, in Gilmer, Texas, to Walter Cephus Clark and Dessie Parker Clark. Mrs. Armstrong was a...

Emma Dee Richardson

Emma Dee Richardson

Apr 11, 2013

Funeral services for Mrs. Emma Dee Richardson, 95, of Gilmer will be held at 10:00 A.M., Monday, April 15, 2013, at the Croley Chapel in Gilmer with Reverend Richard Lester officiating. Interment will follow at Sunset Memorial Park in Gilmer. Mrs. Richardson passed away on Thursday, April 11, 2013, in Gilmer. She was born on May 3, 1917, in Perryville...

Kenneth Harlen Baker

Kenneth Harlen Baker

Apr 11, 2013

Services for Mr. Kenneth Harlen Baker, 90 of Gilmer will be held at 2:00 P.M.., Monday, April 15, 2013, at Croley Funeral Home Chapel in Gilmer with Bro. Marion Palmer officiating. Burial will follow at Enon Cemetery in Upshur County. Mr. Baker passed away on Thursday, April 11, 2013 in Longview. Kenneth Harlen Baker was born February 27, 1923, in...

Vicki Lou Jester

Vicki Lou Jester

Apr 10, 2013

Funeral services for Vicki Lou Jester, 55, of Gilmer will be held at 10:00 am. Saturday, April 13, 2013, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Gilmer with Bishop Lance Seahorn officiating. Interment will follow at Rosewood Park in Longview under the direction of Croley Funeral Home in Gilmer. Mrs. Jester passed away Wednesday, April 10, at...

Roderick Ray Williamson

Roderick Ray Williamson

Apr 10, 2013

Services for Roderick Ray Williamson, 69, of Union Grove, will be held on Saturday, April 13, 2013, at 2 P.M. at Croley Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend David McGee officiating. Burial will be in Union Grove Cemetery. Born on February 5, 1944, in Dallas, Texas, he died on Wednesday, April 10, 2013. He was a veteran of the United States...

Dorothy L. Turner

Dorothy L. Turner

Apr 9, 2013

Graveside services for Mrs. Dorothy Turner, 90, of Gilmer will be held 2:00 P.M, Thursday April 11, 2013, at Sunset Memorial Park with Bro. Wayne McKay officiating under the direction of Croley Funeral Home. Mrs. Turner passed away on Tuesday, April 9, 2013. She was born on June 29, 1922, in Gilmer, Texas to Marion and Lillian Lansdale Petty. Mrs....

Patricia Ann Dunn

Patricia Ann Dunn

Apr 7, 2013

Graveside services for Patricia Ann Dunn, 72, of Hawkins will be 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, April 10, 2013, at Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Rusk County with Reverend Wayne Norvell officiating. Interment will be in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Croley Funeral Home in Hawkins. Mrs. Dunn passed away Sunday, April 7, 2013 in a Tyler hospice....

Bennie Lane Patrick

Bennie Lane Patrick

Apr 5, 2013

Memorial services for Bennie Lane Patrick, 74, of Tyler, will be held on Saturday, April 13, 2013, at 10 A.M. with Brother Terrell Laney Pearson officiating. Masonic rites will be under the direction of Joe Barron. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Croley Funeral Home in Gladewater. Born on August 21, 1938, in Mansfield, Louisiana, he died on Friday,...

Gunnery Sergeant Thomas George Shippey, Retired U.S. Marine Corps

Gunnery Sergeant Thomas George Shippey, Retired U.S. Marine Corps

Apr 4, 2013

Funeral services for Gunnery Sergeant Thomas George Shippey, 77, United States Marine Corps, retired, of Holly Lake Ranch, will be 6:00 p.m., Monday, April 8, 2013 at Croley Funeral Home Chapel in Hawkins with Reverend Verlon Feller, Dee Gill, Larry Pack and Tom Ehrenfried officiating. Visitation will follow immediately after the service in the chapel. Interment will be 9:30 a.m.,...

Melvin D. Davis

Melvin D. Davis

Apr 3, 2013

Services for Melvin D. Davis, 84, of Gilmer will be held 10:00 A.M. Saturday, April 6, 2013 at Croley Funeral Home Chapel in Gilmer with Reverend Richard Laster officiating and burial to follow at Sunset Memorial Park in Gilmer. Mr. Davis passed away on Wednesday, April 3, 2013 in Gilmer. Mr. Davis was born on September 2, 1928, in Gilmer...