Donald Clark Gatlin, Sr.

Gladewater -- Graveside services for Donald Clark Gatlin, Sr., 63, of Longview, will be held on Tuesday, October 23, 2012, at 2 P.M. at Chilton Cemetery with Pastor Mike Park officiating. Born on October 14, 1949, in Dallas, Texas, he died on Thursday, October 18, 2012. He was a veteran of the United States Army, having served during Vietnam. He is survived by 3 sons and daughters-in-law, Michael and Amanda Gatlin of Winona; Donald and Jacque Gatlin, Jr. of Longview; Russell and Deanna Gatlin of Longview; 1 daughter, Belinda Lane of Kilgore; 13 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren; 2 brothers, James Gatlin of Mineral Wells and Noel Alvin Gatlin of Bourbonnais, Illinois; and 2 sisters, Norma Jean Dickens of Lancaster and Pearl Gore of Ohio. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 P.M. on Monday, October 22, 2012, at Croley Funeral Home in Gladewater.