Obituaries
Vicki Manchaca
Jul 7, 2021
Ms. Vicki Manchaca, 63, of Longview, Texas, passed from this life on Wednesday, July 7, 2021. Funeral service for Ms. Manchaca will be held on Sunday, July 11, 2021, at 2:00 PM at Croley Funeral Home in Gilmer. A visitation will be held prior to the service on Sunday from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM. A graveside service will take...
Shirley Ann Brewer
Jul 3, 2021
Mrs. Shirley Ann Brewer, 74, of Gilmer, Texas, passed from this life on Saturday, July 3, 2021. Graveside service for Mrs. Brewer will be held on Wednesday, July 7, 2021, at 3:00 PM at Sunset Memorial Park in Gilmer. Shirley was born January 13, 1947, in Minden, Louisiana, to the late Elmer and Juanita Lacaze Dison. She loved to be...
Marc Eugene Rider
Jul 1, 2021
Marcus Eugene Rider, 46 of Gilmer, passed away on Thursday, July 1, 2021 in Longview. Marc was born in Nashville, Tennessee on November 29, 1974. Marc attended and graduated from Pine Tree High School and the East Texas Police Academy. He started his career in law enforcement as a jailor for the Gregg County Sheriff’s Department in 1993, he moved...
David Charles Schindler
Jul 1, 2021
Funeral Services for David Charles Schindler, 67, will be 10:00 A.M. Friday, July 9, 2021, in the Chapel of Croley Funeral Home in Gladewater, with interment to follow at Gladewater Memorial Park. Mr. Schindler passed away Thursday, July 1, 2021, at his residence. Mr. Schindler was born September 1, 1953 in New Orleans, Louisiana to the late Charles and Alice...
Joyce M. Myron
Jun 30, 2021
Joyce Marie Myron was born in Sioux City, IA on January 18, 1929 to Archie & Florence Vennard. She married Donald Elliott on December 12, 1948 in Vermillion, SD. They moved to Marshall, TX in 1968, then moved in 1978 to current location at Lake O’ the Pines. She was a member of the Harleton United Methodist Church, where she...
Joyce Fay Williams
Jun 29, 2021
Mrs. Joyce Fay Williams, age 77 of Gilmer, passed away on Tuesday, June 29, 2021 in Longview. Joyce was born in Gilmer on February 23, 1944 to the late Dick and Irene (Bugg) Baird. She attended Union Grove Schools, and then married John Wesley Williams in 1964. She was a devoted wife and homemaker and a member of Cherokee Missionary...
Judith Karen Hamilton
Jun 29, 2021
Graveside Services for Judith Karen Hamilton, 73, of Holly Lake Ranch will be 10:00 A.M. Monday, July 5, 2021, at Holly Tree Cemetery under the direction of Croley Funeral Home in Hawkins. Mrs. Hamilton passed away Tuesday, June 29, 2021, in Tyler. Mrs. Hamilton was born September 21, 1944 in Albuquerque, New Mexico to the late Robert and Nell Hamilton....
Kay Pearson
Jun 29, 2021
Mrs. Kay Pearson, age 72 of Gilmer, passed away on Tuesday, June 29, 2021 in Tyler. Kay was born in Memphis, Tennessee on September 20, 1948 to the late John Henry Haley, Sr., and Juanita (Teasler) McWhorter. Kay attended and graduated from Gilmer High School, and soon after graduation married Billy Mac Pearson on April 9, 1966. She worked in...
Alton Lee Morris
Jun 27, 2021
Alton Morris 70 of Gladewater, TX, January, 31, 1951 ~ June 27, 2021, went to be with his heavenly father. A celebration of Alton’s life will be held Saturday, July, 10, 2021 at the Morris residence at 614 Clearview St. in Gladewater starting at 2PM. Alton was preceded by his parents, Frank and Velma Morris, a brother Thurman Morris, sisters...
Glenda McDonald Hardwick
Jun 25, 2021
Mrs. Glenda McDonald Hardwick, 76, of Big Sandy, Texas, passed from this life on Friday, June 25, 2021. Services for Mrs. Hardwick will be held on Tuesday, June 29, 2021, at 10:00 AM at Croley Funeral Home in Gilmer. Interment will follow at Chilton Cemetery in Big Sandy. A visitation will be held on Monday, June 28, 2021, from 6:00...
Casey Lane Howell
Jun 24, 2021
Casey Lane Howell, 16, passed away Thursday, June 24, 2021 in Gladewater after battling lifelong health issues. Casey was born August 6, 2004 in Longview, Texas to John Derek Howell and Jennifer Lea Pitman Howell. Casey came into the world with a rare medical condition, that he struggled with for almost 17 years, touching the lives of countless people along...
Mary Alice Allen
Jun 24, 2021
Mary Alice was born in Oppelo, Arkansas to Ersle W. and Vena Blane (McElroy) Standridge on May 30th, 1924. In 1932, at the height of the East Texas oil boom, she moved to Gladewater with her mother and her stepfather, Earl Thomas. She graduated from Gladewater schools where she made many lifelong friends. Her dearest friend, Madelyn Alford, introduced Mary...
Melvin Lee Specht
Jun 24, 2021
Funeral services for Melvin Lee Specht, 98, of Tyler, formerly of Gladewater will be 2:00 PM Sunday, June 27, 2021, at Croley Funeral Home Chapel in Gladewater. The family will receive friends Sunday afternoon from 1:00 until service time at the funeral home. Mr. Specht passed away Thursday, June 24, 2021, in Longview. Mr. Specht was born November 30, 1922...
Mable Anna Durbin
Jun 23, 2021
Funeral Services for Mable Anna Durbin, 79, of Gladewater will be 11:00 AM Monday, June 28, 2021, at Clarksville City Baptist Church with Bro. Roger Gage and Bro. Greg Selman officiating. The family will receive friends Sunday evening from 4:00 until 6:00 p.m. at Croley Funeral Home in Gladewater. Mrs. Durbin passed away Wednesday, June 23, 2021, at her home...
Johnny Ray Bueche
Jun 22, 2021
DIANA — Graveside services for Johnny Ray Bueche, 73, of Marshall, will be held 11:00 AM Saturday, June 26, 2021 at Smyrna Cemetery 18626 Hwy 450 near Harleton, Texas. Mr. Bueche passed away on June 22, 2021, in Longview, Texas. Johnny was born September 19, 1947, in Gilmer, Texas, to Richard and Mildred Viola Bueche. He went to school and...
Jerry Don Richards
Jun 20, 2021
Mr. Jerry Don Richards age 82 of Gilmer, passed away on Sunday, June 20, 2021 at home. Jerry was born in Oklahoma on May 11, 1939 to the late Chester and Jessie Shrum Richards. He served honorably in the U.S. Navy. He owned and operated the Speedy Pantry convenience stores throughout East Texas. After retirement he was a full-time cattle...
Sharon Lenora Gibson
Jun 18, 2021
Mrs. Sharon Lenora Gibson, age 77 of Gilmer, passed away peacefully at her home on Friday, June 18, 2021. Sharon was born in Phoenix, Arizona on September 2, 1943 to the late Kermit Lee and Helen Dillingham Lee. She was a loving and devoted homemaker to her beloved husband and children, a devout Christian and member of the New Way...
Ricky Don Harrison
Jun 18, 2021
Mr. Ricky Don “Slick” Harrison, age 68 of Gilmer, passed away on Friday, June 18, 2021 in Tyler. Rick was born in Dallas on December 4, 1952 to the late Bobby Joe Harrison and Lola Onita Evans Harrison. Rick attended and graduated from North Grand Prairie High School, where he was a four-year varsity baseball and football player, and was...
Dallas Dez Hill
Jun 18, 2021
A Celebration of Life for Dallas Dez “Quick Draw” Hill, 3, of Kilgore, will be 11:00 AM Saturday, June 26, 2021, at the First Baptist Church in Gladewater with burial following at Pleasant Hill Cemetery. The family will receive friends Friday evening from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m. at Croley Funeral Home in Gladewater. Dallas passed away Friday, June 18, 2021,...
Herman Nuten Hanks
Jun 17, 2021
Herman Nuten Hanks, 80, passed away Thursday, June 17, 2021 in Gladewater. Herman was born July 15, 1940 in Shaw, Mississippi to the late Warren Tolliver Hanks and Lorise O’Bryant Hanks. Mr. Hanks served in the United States Army during the Vietnam War and Berlin Conflict. He retired from Mutual of Omaha after more than 30 years of service as...
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