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Cherry Lu Ratcliff

Cherry Lu Ratcliff

Jul 24, 2020

Cherry Lu Ratcliff, 68 of Gilmer was born on July 22, 1952 in DeQueen, AR to Luther and Ida Dye Edgar and passed away on Friday, July 24, 2020 in Longview, TX. She is survived by her husband, Leland Ratcliff; two sons, Kristopher Dylan Ratcliff and his wife, Maricar, and Jarred Barletta; sister, Sandra Dacus and her husband, James; sister-in-law,...

Leneave Davis Wootten

Leneave Davis Wootten

Jul 24, 2020

Graveside services for Leneave Davis Wootten are scheduled for 10:00 AM, Monday, July 27, 2020 at Reed Cemetery in Diana, with East Mountain Pastors Tim Smith and Tim Coop officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of Grubbs-Loyd Funeral Home in Diana. Leneave passed away Friday, July 24, 2020 in Longview, Texas. Leneave was born November 17, 1924 to Oliver and...

Jane Olivia (Shepperd) Parton

Jane Olivia (Shepperd) Parton

Jul 22, 2020

Jane Olivia (Shepperd) Parton, age 81, of Gladewater, Texas, passed peacefully on to her heavenly reward on Wednesday, July 22, 2020 at Pine Tree Lodge Nursing Center of Longview. Jane was born in Gladewater, Texas on May 7, 1939 to parents John Foy and Mary Olivia (Ganus) Shepperd. She was preceded in death by her parents, three brothers (Henry Lee,...

Gordon Lee Harper

Gordon Lee Harper

Jul 22, 2020

Gordon Lee Harper, 37, of Longview, Texas, was born on March 1, 1983 in Corpus Christi, TX to Jeff and Carolyn Harper but was raised by Terry Gage and Carolyn Harper. Gordon is a 2001 graduate of Big Sandy High School in Big Sandy, Texas. He was a self-employed DJ who lived life to the fullest. Gordon loved to spend...

Conchita  De Perio

Conchita De Perio

Jul 20, 2020

Conchita De Perio, 83, of Diana, Texas passed away Monday, July 20, 2020 in Longview, Texas. Services will be held, Friday, July 24, 2020 at 3:00PM, at the First Baptist Church in Ore City with Brother James Gray and Brother Pat Shannon officiating. Arrangements are under the directions of Grubbs-Loyd Funeral home in Diana. Conchita was born June 10, 1937...

Anna LaRay Merkel

Anna LaRay Merkel

Jul 20, 2020

Family and friends are grieving the loss of Anna LaRay Merkel, 87, of Kerrville, who passed away Monday, July 20, 2020 after losing her battle with cancer. She will be buried on Wednesday, July 29 after a graveside service at the Hopewell Methodist Church cemetery in Latch, Texas where her late husband, her parents, and several generations of relatives are...

Charles Riley Ingerson

Charles Riley Ingerson

Jul 19, 2020

Charles R. Ingerson, Sr., 91, passed away peacefully at his home surrounded by his loving family on Sunday, July 19, 2020. He was preceded in death by his wife Lillian VaRue; parents, Harold and Katherine; sisters Joyce Ann Gravely and Ernistine Ross; brother Joe Harold Ingerson; and grandsons Charles Patrick Sanders and Johnny Ray Tudor. He is survived by his...

Gary Dean  Powell, Sr.

Gary Dean Powell, Sr.

Jul 19, 2020

Gary Dean Powell, Sr. 77, of Diana, Texas passed away Sunday, July 19, 2020 in Longview, Texas. Services will be held, 10 AM, Friday, July 24, 2020 at the Grubbs-Loyd Chapel in Diana and a public memorial service will be held at a later date. Reverend Sam Martin and Reverend Brian Zappa will be officiating with. Arrangements are under the...

Patricia Anne Clark

Patricia Anne Clark

Jul 19, 2020

Funeral services for Mrs. Patricia Anne Clark, 67, of Garland, former longtime resident of El Paso will be held 2:00 p.m. Saturday, July 25, 2020, at the Croley Funeral Home Chapel in Hawkins. Burial will follow at Paron Cemetery. Patricia passed away on Sunday, July 19, 2020, in Dallas. Patricia was born December 1, 1952 in El Paso, Texas to...

Donna Gayle Leslie

Donna Gayle Leslie

Jul 19, 2020

Mrs. Donna Gayle Leslie, 71, of Longview passed away on Sunday, July 19, 2020, in Longview. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Croley Funeral Home in Gladewater. Donna was born June 5, 1949 in Ft. Worth, Texas to the late Jack Walker and Margaret Frost Walker. She was a devoted wife, sister, aunt and homemaker. Donna was a great...

Vicki Joyce Jamar Christian

Vicki Joyce Jamar Christian

Jul 18, 2020

Vicki Joyce Jamar Christian, age 72, of Gilmer passed away peacefully on Saturday, July 18, 2020 at Gilmer Nursing and Rehab Center, with her three daughters at her side. She battled a lengthy illness and was under the care of Southwest Palliative and Hospice. Vicki was born in Comanche County, Texas on March 20, 1948 to parents, Truman Augustus Jamar...

Doyle D. Taylor

Doyle D. Taylor

Jul 16, 2020

Doyle D. Taylor, 101, of Bonham, Texas, formerly of Upshur County was born on November 16, 1918 in North Zulch, TX and passed away on July 16, 2020. He served in the U.S. Navy for three years and was a master welder on airplanes during World War II. Doyle married Celia Bell Monk on December 19, 1941, they were married...

Glenda Rose Pendarvis

Glenda Rose Pendarvis

Jul 15, 2020

Graveside services for Glenda Pendarvis, 86, formerly of Diana will be at 10:00 A.M., July 17, 2020 at Ore City Cemetery in Ore City, with Reverend Kyle Miller officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of Grubbs-Loyd Funeral Home in Diana. She passed away on Wednesday, July 15, 2020 in Hughes Springs. Glenda was born November 13, 1933 in Diana, Texas...

Shawn Allen Hamilton

Shawn Allen Hamilton

Jul 14, 2020

Shawn Allen Hamilton was born in Grapevine on July 28, 1968. He left this world on July 14, 2020. I was there when he was brought into this life and I was there when he left it. His life was one of smiles…he smiled as a baby and continued to smile throughout his life. Even though things were not always...

Ruth Lawrence

Ruth Lawrence

Jul 13, 2020

Ruth Neundorfer Lawrence passed away July 13th at the Glen Retirement Center in Shreveport, LA. She was born to Colonel and Eddie Neundorfer October 12, 1930 at Fort Benning, Georgia. She finished Groesbeck, Texas High School in 1949 in the upper 10% of her class. She attended SMU where she was Tri Delta. Hollis L Lawrence, Jr. of Carthage, TX...

Weldon S. Wells

Weldon S. Wells

Jul 11, 2020

Weldon S. Wells, 87, of Grapevine, Texas, passed away peacefully on July 11, 2020 at his residence. Weldon was born on August 20, 1932, the son of Beulah Padgett Wells and Teman Wells in the Providence, Tx, community. He grew up in Hawkins, TX and after High school graduation, he served in the U.S. Navy four years. He then earned...

Mary Jane Keeling Traywick Byman

Mary Jane Keeling Traywick Byman

Jul 10, 2020

Graveside services for Mrs. Jane Traywick Byman, 95, of Diana will be 10AM, Monday, July 13, 2020 at Sunset Memorial Park in Gilmer, with Reverend Brady Traywick and Jason Holt officiating. Jane was born April 7, 1925 to in Goodrich, Tennessee to William and Ivy Mae (Thomas) Keeling. She passed away on Thursday, July 10, 2020 in Gilmer. Jane was...

Ann Bruney Patrick

Ann Bruney Patrick

Jul 8, 2020

A memorial graveside service for Mrs. Ann Bruney Patrick, 79, of Tyler formerly of Gladewater will be Saturday, July 18, 2020, at 10:00 a.m. at Gladewater Memorial Park under the direction of Croley Funeral Home in Gladewater. Mrs. Patrick passed away on Wednesday, July 8, 2020, in Tyler. Ann was born March 7, 1941 in Gilmer, Texas to the late...

Debra Joyce Dickerson

Debra Joyce Dickerson

Jul 7, 2020

A graveside service for Mrs. Debra Joyce Dickerson, 67, of Diana will be 11:00 AM, Friday, July 10, 2020, at Smyrna Cemetery, in Harleton with Brother Roger Perkins officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of Grubbs-Loyd Funeral Home in Diana. Debra passed away Tuesday, July 7, 2020 in Longview. Debra was born July 21, 1952 to Billy and Billie Jo...

Frederick Andrew Foeh, Jr.

Frederick Andrew Foeh, Jr.

Jul 6, 2020

Mr. Frederick Andrew Foeh, Jr. of Hawkins passed Monday, July 6, 2020 at his home. Mr. Foeh was born in Goose Creek, Texas on January 19, 1930 to the late Frederick Sr. and Emma Sedlacek Foeh. He married the late Ellanora Ferris Foeh on January 29, 1952. Mr. Foeh graduated from Talco High School where he excelled in music. He...

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