Obituaries

Apr 3, 2019

Funeral service for Mrs. Bettye Kathryn King, 79, of Gilmer, TX will be held 2:00 P.M., Sunday, April 7, 2019 at Croley Funeral Home Chapel in Gilmer, interment to follow the service at Hopewell Cemetery. Family will receive friends prior to the service on Sunday from 1:00 P.M. until 2:00 P.M. Mrs. King passed away Wednesday, April 3, 2019 in...

Apr 2, 2019

Services for Ella Burk Smith, 89, of Lindale, will be held 2:00 PM Saturday, April 6, 2019, at Grubbs-Loyd Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow at Pleasant Grove Cemetery in Upshur County. Mrs. Smith passed away on Tuesday, April 2, 2019, in Lindale. Ella was born November 6, 1929, in Van Nuys, CA, to Francis Leo and Ora Lee Fullen...

Mar 30, 2019

Graveside services for Marilyn Diane Caton, age 68, of Gladewater, will be Tuesday, April 2, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. Friendship Cemetery in Gladewater with Pastor M.D. McGuire officiating under the direction of Croley Funeral Home in Gladewater. Mrs. Caton passed away Sunday, March 31, 2019, in Gladewater. Marilyn was born in Duluth, Minnesota to the late Marvin Lee Gilmore and...

Mar 30, 2019

Memorial visitation for Cordis “Corey” Clayton LaRocque, 50, of Longview, will be held Friday, April 12, 2019, from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m. at Croley Funeral Home in Gladewater. Mr. LaRocque passed away on Saturday, March 30, 2019 in Longview. Corey was born October 30, 1968 in Mt. Clemens, Michigan to Roger and Donna LaRocque. Corey worked as a machinist in...

Mar 30, 2019

Mr. William C. Matthew, age 72, of Gladewater, passed away on Saturday, March 30, 2019 at Christus-Good Shepherd Medical Center in Longview. Bill was born in Wichita Falls, Texas on November 21, 1946. He retired as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army, after twenty years of honorable service, working as a helicopter mechanic, and serving two tours during...

Mar 27, 2019

Funeral services for John Edward Madden, 69, of Gladewater, will be 2:00 p.m. Friday, March 29, 2019 at the Friendship Baptist Church in Gladewater, with Brother Scotty Fife officiating. The family will receive friends from 1:00 until service time at the church. Mr. Madden passed away Wednesday, March 27, 2019, in Longview. Mr. Madden was born May 23, 1949 in...

Mar 26, 2019

Doyle “Cowboy” Smith 58, of Harleton Texas passed away Tuesday March 26, 2019. Doyle was born November 6, 1960 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to Melvin and Bennie Smith. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Grubbs-Loyd Funeral Home in Diana. Services will be scheduled at a later date. Doyle is survived by his son, Casey Lavoy Smith, daughter Brandy Renee...

Mar 26, 2019

Beverly Paschall was born in Youngstown, Ohio on March 28, 1934 to Frank and Lillian Bergmann. She passed away at home on March 26, 2019 at the age of 84. Services for Beverly will be at 2:00 in the afternoon, Monday April 1, 2019 at the First Lutheran Church in Longview, Texas with Pastor Jeff Borgwardt officiating, internment to follow...

Mar 25, 2019

Funeral service for Mr. Mark Wade Eitson II, 37, of Winona, TX will be held 4:00 PM Saturday, March 30, 2019 at Croley Funeral Home Chapel in Hawkins with Bro. Jamie Eitson officiating, interment to follow at Liberty Cemetery. Family will receive friends from 6:00 until 8:00 PM Friday, March 29, 2019 at Croley Funeral Home in Hawkins. Mr. Eitson...

Mar 25, 2019

Funeral service for Mr. Kenneth Alvin Watts, 80, of Gilmer, TX will be held 10:00 AM Thursday, March 28, 2019 at Croley Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Othell LaFerney and Bro. Lawton Watts officiating, interment to follow at Morris Cemetery. Family will receive friends from 5:00 until 7:00 PM Wednesday, March 27, 2019 at Croley Funeral Home. Mr. Watts passed...

Mar 23, 2019

Memorial visitation for Mr. Marvin Eugene (Gene) White, 79, of Gilmer, TX will be held from 10:00 A.M. until 12 noon Saturday, March 30, 2019, at Croley Funeral Home in Gilmer. Mr. White passed away on Saturday, March 23, 2019 in Longview. Gene was born on September 5, 1939, in Bonham, TX to the late Floyd and Ruby (Williams) White....

Mar 23, 2019

Mar 22, 2019

Kathryn Wills was born in Hughes Springs, Texas on December 31, 1957 to Larry and Christine Hudspeth. She passed away on Friday, March 22, 2019 at the age of 61. Services for Kathryn will be at 2:00 in the afternoon, Thursday March 28, 2019 at The Grubbs-Loyd Chapel in Diana, Texas internment to follow at Ore City Cemetery. Services are...

Mar 21, 2019

Cremation arrangements for Mr. Philip Lawson Monts, 74, of Gilmer, TX are under the direction of Croley Funeral Home in Gilmer. Philip passed away Thursday, March 21, 2019 in Longview, TX. Mr. Monts was born on November 12, 1944, in Gilmer, TX to late Lawson and Mildred (Coffman) Monts and married Susan Irene Neely Harrison on June 3, 1988 in...

Mar 20, 2019

Cremation arrangements for Mr. Bob Oliver, 55, of Longview, TX are under the direction of Croley Funeral Home in Hawkins. Bob passed away Wednesday, March 20, 2019 in Longview, TX. Mr. Oliver was born on September 17, 1963, in Dallas, TX to Robert Lee and Emily Sue (Barnes) Oliver. He worked for the City of Longview for many years and...

Mar 20, 2019

Funeral service for Huel Dean Steelman 92, of Gilmer will be held 11:00 AM Saturday, March 23 2019 at Croley Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Charles Johnson and Bro. Mike Kessler officiating, and interment to follow at Sunset Memorial Park in Gilmer. The family will receive friends from 6:00 until 8:00 PM Friday, March 22, 2019 at Croley Funeral Home....

Mar 20, 2019

Memorial service for Mrs. Sherilyn Ann Summers, 72, of Pittsburg, TX will be held 2:00 PM Sunday, March 24, 2019, at the Church of Power with Bro. Mark Huffines and Mr. Larry Gilliam officiating. Mrs. Summers passed away on Wednesday, March 20, 2019 in at her home in Pittsburg. Sherilyn was born March 28, 1946, in Oakland, CA to the...

Mar 19, 2019

Celebration of Life services for Wynell Nelson, 83, of Gladewater will be 11:00 a.m. Sunday, March 24, 2019, at the Croley Funeral Home Chapel in Gilmer with Mr. Danny Darden and Rev. Bill Tinsley officiating. The family will receive friends Saturday evening from 5:00 until 7:00 p.m. at the funeral home. Mrs. Nelson passed away Tuesday, March 19, 2019, at...

Mar 19, 2019

Harry Don Ferguson, 79, formally of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, died March 19, 2019, at Christus Good Shepherd Hospital in Longview, Texas. Harry was born March 12, 1940, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri to Thomas Don and Agnes (Graham) Ferguson. He graduated from Western Military Academy in Alton, Illinois, in 1958, after which he served in the United States Army. He attended...

Mar 19, 2019

Patricia Lynn Pool, age 51, of Gladewater, passed away Tuesday, March 19, 2019 in Wichita Falls, Texas. Services will be Monday, March 25, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. in the Chapel at Croley Funeral Home. The family will receive friends on Sunday, March 24, 2019 from 5:00 to 7:00 PM at Croley Funeral Home of Gladewater. Interment will be at Gladewater...