Obituaries

Frankie Thompson Lange

Frankie Thompson Lange

Feb 9, 2015

Funeral services for Mrs. Frankie Thompson Lange, 67, of Gilmer will be held 11:00 A.M , Thursday, February 12, 2015 at Croley Funeral Home Chapel in Gilmer with Bro. Donny Chamberlain and Bro. Wayne Norvell officiating. Burial will follow in Rosewood Cemetery in Upshur County. Mrs. Lange passed away on Monday, February 9, 2015 in Gilmer. She was born on...

Geraldine Edge

Geraldine Edge

Feb 8, 2015

Gladewater -- Services for Geraldine Edge, 88, of Gladewater will be held on Friday, February 13, 2015, at 10:00 A.M. at Croley Funeral Home Chapel in Gladewater with Larry W. Osborne officiating. Entombment will be in the Rosewood Mausoleum with Chaplain David Reeder officiating. Born on September 21, 1926, in Panola County, Texas to Gilbert and Lila Thompson, she entered...

Marilyn McGown Godfrey

Marilyn McGown Godfrey

Feb 7, 2015

Services for Marilyn McGown Godfrey, 91, who died at Crestview Court in Bryan, Texas, on February 7, 2015, are scheduled for 2:00 P.M. on Wednesday February 11, 2015 at First United Methodist Church in Gladewater, Texas. Visitation will be at the church at 1:00 P.M. prior to the service. Interment will follow at the Lakeview Mausoleum in Longview. The Reverends...

LaDonna May Stephens

LaDonna May Stephens

Feb 5, 2015

Gilmer -- Memorial services for LaDonna May Stephens, 89, of Gilmer, will be held on Wednesday, February 11, 2015, at 2 P.M. at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints with Bishop Jimmy Coulter conducting. Burial will be at 1:00 P.M. in Kelsey Cemetery before service time under the direction of Grubbs-Loyd Funeral Home in Gilmer. Born on May...

Kenneth Ray Willoughby

Kenneth Ray Willoughby

Feb 5, 2015

Gilmer -- No services for Kenneth Ray Willoughby, 73, of Ore City are planned at this time. Cremation arrangements were under the direction of Grubbs-Loyd Funeral Home in Gilmer. Born on September 6, 1941, in Chickasha, Oklahoma, he died on Thursday, February 5, 2015. He was a retired veteran of the United States Army. He is survived by his wife,...

Donald H. Johnson

Donald H. Johnson

Feb 4, 2015

Mr. Donald Johnson was born on October 17, 1947, to Lee C. and Neoma Johnson in Ft. Worth, Texas. He was a machinist for Shore Well Service. Mr. Johnson was also a veteran having served in the Army. He was married on July 2, 1976 to Linda J. Wood in Lubbock, Texas, and they were married for 39 years. Mr....

Clyde "Smokey" Parks

Clyde "Smokey" Parks

Feb 2, 2015

Memorial service for Clyde "Smokey" Parks, 65, of Hawkins will be held at a later date. Mr. Parks passed away Monday, February 2, 2015 in Hawkins. Mr. Parks was born on May 28, 1949 in Knoxville, Iowa to Arthur W. and Clara B. Logan Parks. He was a veteran of the United States Army and retired from Vermeer Company. He...

C. Jack Wilson

C. Jack Wilson

Feb 2, 2015

Funeral service for C. Jack Wilson, 94, of Holly Lake Ranch will be 1:00 p.m., Saturday, February 7, 2015, at Holly Tree Chapel in Holly Lake Ranch. Interment will be in the Holly Tree Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Croley Funeral Home in Hawkins. Mr. Wilson passed Monday, February 2, 2015, at a Winnsboro hospital. Mr. Wilson was...

R. D. 'Bob' Tullar

R. D. 'Bob' Tullar

Feb 2, 2015

Gilmer -- Services for R. D. "Bob" Tullar, 76. of Big Sandy, will be held on Saturday, February 7, 2015, at 10 A.M. at Grubbs-Loyd Funeral Home with Kenneth Tullar officiating. Burial will be in Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Born in Vom, Nigeria, on September 1, 1938, he passed away on Monday, February 2, 2015. His parents were the Reverend L....

Nona Clark

Nona Clark

Feb 2, 2015

GILMER "Funeral Services of Mrs. Nona Clark, 79, of West Mountain, will be held 2:00 P.M. Friday, February 6, 2015 at Gilmer Church of Christ with Clint Owens, John Richard Spencer and John Wheeler officiating. Interment will follow at West Mountain Cemetery in Upshur County under the direction of Croley Funeral Home in Gilmer. Mrs. Clark passed away peacefully at...

David Thomas Bailey

David Thomas Bailey

Feb 2, 2015

David Thomas Bailey, 63, of Big Sandy passed away on February 2, 2015, in Big Sandy. He was born on March 19, 1951, in Quanteo, Virginia to Melvin Bailey and Mary Truett. Mr. Bailey married Deborah Platek in 1983 and was a self employed truck driver. He is survived by his wife, Deborah Bailey of Big Sandy; daughter, Amy Shaw...

Edith Ann Beisch

Edith Ann Beisch

Jan 30, 2015

A Mass of Christian Burial for Mrs. Edith Ann Beisch, 79, of Gilmer will be held 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, February 3, 2015, at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Gilmer with Reverend Mark Dunne officiating. Interment will be in Rosewood Memorial Park in Longview. Arrangements are under the direction of Croley Funeral Home in Gilmer. Mrs. Beisch passed away...

Gary Lee Nogle

Gary Lee Nogle

Jan 28, 2015

Mr. Gary Lee Nogle, 72, of Big Sandy passed away on January 28, 2015 in Tyler. He was born on January 15, 1943, in Kalispell, Montana to Cecil and Anna Elvik Nogle and served his country in the U. S. Air Force. Mr. Nogle was an Air Traffic Controller until his retirement and lived in the Big Sandy area for...

Virginia Louise Lawrence

Virginia Louise Lawrence

Jan 27, 2015

"Absent from the body"present with the Lord." -2 Cor. 5:8 Virginia Louise McCullough Lawrence (you probably knew her as "Lou") departed this life and walked into her Heavenly Homecoming on Tuesday, January 27, 2015. Her spirit is carried on by her six children, 10 grandchildren and sister. What a blessing to imagine her shedding happy tears of gratitude, kissing the...

Janet Elaine Eaves

Janet Elaine Eaves

Jan 26, 2015

Graveside services for Janet Elaine Eaves, 70, of Big Sandy, Texas will be held Monday, February 2, 2015 at Gladewater Memorial Park with Reverend Don Majors officiating. Janet died Monday, January 26, 2015 in Tyler, Texas. Services are under the direction of Croley Funeral Home. Janet was born to James Homer Hallman and Etta Payne Hallman in Gilmer, Texas on...

B. J. Porter, Jr.

B. J. Porter, Jr.

Jan 26, 2015

Graveside services for Mr. B. J. Porter, Jr.,85, of Gilmer will be held 11:00 A.M., Thursday, January, 29, 2015, at Sunset Memorial Park in Gilmer with Todd Smith officiating under the direction of Croley Funeral Home. Mr. Porter, Jr. passed away on Monday, January 26, 2015 in Longview. The family will receive friends on Wednesday, January 28, 2015, 6:00 P.M....

Merle Oran Tolbert

Merle Oran Tolbert

Jan 25, 2015

Funeral services for Mr. Merle Oran Tolbert, 90, of Longview will be held 10:00 A.M., Thursday, January, 29, 2015, at Croley Funeral Home Chapel in Gilmer with Larry W. Osborne officiating. Interment will be at Bokchito, Oklahoma under the direction of Croley Funeral Home on January 29, 2015. Mr. Tolbert passed away on Sunday, January 25, 2015 at Haven Care...

Larry Robert Boshear

Larry Robert Boshear

Jan 23, 2015

Larry Robert Boshear, 46, of Gladewater, Texas passed in Longview on Friday, January 23, 2015. Cremation services are under the direction of Croley Funeral Home in Gladewater. Larry was born to Dewey Dewitt Boshear and Jessie Claudine Karnes Boshear in Longview on August 8, 1968. He worked as a fireman and served Union Grove as the Fire Chief for several...

Lena Faye Stevens

Lena Faye Stevens

Jan 21, 2015

Funeral services for Mrs. Lena Faye Stevens, 76, of Gilmer will be held 2:00 P.M., Saturday, January, 24, 2015, at Croley Funeral Home Chapel in Gilmer with Chaplain Mark Warren officiating. Interment will follow at Sand Hill Cemetery in Upshur County. Mrs. Stevens passed away on Wednesday, January 21, 2015 in Gilmer. She was born on October 5, 1938 in...

Margaret Loraine Wilburn

Margaret Loraine Wilburn

Jan 21, 2015

Funeral services for Mrs. Margaret Loraine Wilburn, 91 of Gilmer will be held 11:00 A.M., Saturday, January, 24, 2015, at First Baptist Church of Gilmer with Larry W. Osborne officiating. Interment will follow at Sunset Memorial Park in Gilmer under the direction of Croley Funeral Home. Mrs. Wilburn passed away on Wednesday, January 21, 2015 in Longview. She was born...