Obituaries

Local obituaries for the Grand Saline, Lone Oak, and Alba, Texas areas

Bob Adkins

Bob Adkins

Mar 15, 2023

Services for Mr. Bob W. Adkins, 91, of Grand Saline, are scheduled for 10 a.m., Saturday, March 18, 2023, at Bartley Funeral Home, with Len Teague officiating. Interment will be in Woodside Cemetery. Mr. Adkins passed away March 15, 2023, at his home in Grand Saline. He was born June 23, 1931, in Van Zandt County (Bug Tussle Community), to...

Norma Cheek

Norma Cheek

Mar 1, 2023

Graveside services for Mrs. Norma Johnson Cheek, 96, of Greenville, are scheduled for 10 a.m., Friday, March 3, 2023, at Lone Oak City Cemetery, under the direction of Bartley Funeral Home, Lone Oak. Mrs. Cheek passed away March 1, 2023. She was born January 11, 1927, in Lone Oak, to Vernon & Johnnie Jones Johnson. She graduated from Lone Oak...

Steven Swoape

Steven Swoape

Feb 28, 2023

Steven “Sport” Coleman Swoape, caring son, brother, uncle, nephew, and cousin, went to be with his Heavenly Father on February 28, 2023, at the age of 50. Services for Sport are scheduled for 10 a.m., Saturday, March 4, 2023, at First Baptist Church, Alba, with Bro. Fred Morrow officiating, under the direction of Wilson-Bartley Funeral Home, Alba. Interment will follow...

Vickie Mathews

Vickie Mathews

Feb 27, 2023

A private interment for Vickie Lynn Mathews, 71, of Mineola, will be held at Woodside Cemetery, in Grand Saline, under the direction of Bartley Funeral Home. Vickie passed away peacefully Monday, February 27, 2023, in Tyler. She was born October 4, 1951, in Dallas. Vickie was a very loving sister and daughter. May God richly bless her soul. She was...

Jackie Boyer

Jackie Boyer

Feb 25, 2023

Services for Jackie Aden Boyer, 75, of Lone Oak, are scheduled for 2 p.m., Wednesday, March 1, 2023, at Bull Creek Cowboy Church, Lone Oak, with Jeff Jackson officiating, under the direction of Bartley Funeral Home, Lone Oak. Interment will follow in Humboldt Cemetery, Campbell. Mr. Boyer passed away February 25, 2023, in Dallas. He was born October 27, 1947,...

Edward Burns

Edward Burns

Feb 24, 2023

Services for Edward Franklin Burns, 94, of Point, are scheduled for 2 p.m., Friday, March 3, 2023, at Greater Vision Church, West Tawakoni, with Bro. Matt Miller officiating, under the direction of Bartley Funeral Home, Lone Oak. Interment will be in Hooker Cemetery, Lone Oak. Mr. Burns passed away February 24, 2023, at his residence in Point. He was born...

Bimmy Boyles

Bimmy Boyles

Feb 21, 2023

Services for Mr. Bimmy Ray Boyles, 68, of Alba, are scheduled for 2 p.m., Friday, February 24, 2023, at New Horizon Assembly of God, with Bro. Randy Fisher, Max Cunningham, and Bro. Otis Lea officiating. Burial will follow in Woodside Cemetery, under the direction of Bartley Funeral Home, Grand Saline. Mr. Boyles passed away February 21, 2023, in Tyler. He...

Gearld Taylor

Gearld Taylor

Feb 20, 2023

Graveside services for Gearld Thomas Taylor, 85, of Alba, are scheduled for 2 p.m., Thursday, February 23, 2023, at Salem Cemetery, Alba, with Byron George officiating, under the direction of Wilson-Bartley Funeral Home, Alba. Mr. Taylor passed away February 20, 2023, in Quitman. He was born May 16, 1937, in Alba, to Odis Thomas and Vyra Gilbreath Taylor. He lived...

Ruben Flowers

Ruben Flowers

Feb 17, 2023

Funeral services for Ruben Ray Flowers, 57, of Longview, are scheduled for 10 a.m., Thursday, February 23, 2023, at Bartley Funeral Home in Grand Saline with David Flowers officiating. Interment will be held at Sand Flat Cemetery. Ruben passed away Friday, February 17, 2023, at his home in Longview. He was born February 9, 1966, in Phoenix, Arizona to the...

Roba Tullos

Roba Tullos

Feb 17, 2023

Graveside services for Roba Dwain “Bob” Tullos, 90, of Yantis, are scheduled for 2 p.m., Friday, February 24, 2023, at Salem Cemetery, Alba, with Dr. Mark Neeley officiating, under the direction of Wilson-Bartley Funeral Home, Alba. Mr. Tullos passed away February 17, 2023, at his residence in Yantis. He was born May 10, 1932, in Crockett, to Robert Montalbin and...

Salvador Diaz

Salvador Diaz

Feb 14, 2023

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Friday, February 17, 2023, at 2 p.m., at St. Celestine Catholic Church for Mr. Salvador Diaz, 82, of Grand Saline. The Rite of Committal will follow in Woodside Cemetery. Mr. Diaz passed away, February 14, 2023, in a Tyler hospital. He was born January 10, 1941, in Tamazula, Jalisco, Mexico to...

Carl Smith, Jr.

Carl Smith, Jr.

Feb 13, 2023

Services for Mr. Carl Burten Smith Jr, 44, of Mineola, are scheduled for 1 p.m. Saturday, February 18, 2023, at Bartley Funeral Home, in Grand Saline, with Bro. Jim Parker officiating. Burial will be in Woodside Cemetery. Mr. Smith passed away Monday, February 13, 2023, in Longview. He was born August 3, 1978, in Mineola. Carl lived most of his...

Robert Hodge

Robert Hodge

Feb 1, 2023

Graveside services for Robert Hodge are scheduled for 2 p.m., Saturday, February 4, 2023, at Lone Star Cemetery, Point, with Jeff Jackson officiating. Robert Windell Hodge died in hospice care on February 1, 2023, at the age of 95. Robert was born on November 26, 1927, in Wills Point, Texas to Jesse and Lewis Hodge. He served our nation in...

Candy Byrum

Candy Byrum

Jan 30, 2023

Services for Candy Jo Clower Byrum, 60, of Grand Saline, are scheduled for 11 a.m., Monday, February 6, 2023, at Bartley Funeral Home, with Josh Harrell officiating. Interment will be in Green Family Cemetery, Whitehouse. Mrs. Byrum passed away January 30, 2023, in Grand Saline. She was born April 7, 1962, in Grand Saline, to Harold Glenn and Ruby Jewel...

Loretta Holland

Loretta Holland

Jan 25, 2023

Graveside services for Loretta Holland, 93, of Grand Saline, are scheduled for 1:00 p.m. Friday, January 27, 2023, at Creagleville Cemetery in Grand Saline with Bro. Homer Morgan officiating and under the direction of Bartley Funeral Home. Loretta passed away Wednesday, January 25, 2023, in Tyler. She was born September 9, 1929, in Van Zandt County to the late Richard...

Robert Dawson

Robert Dawson

Jan 24, 2023

A Celebration of Life for Robert Lindsey “Bob” Dawson, 80, of Mineola, is scheduled for 10 a.m., Monday, January 30, 2023, at Wilson-Bartley Funeral Home, Alba. Mr. Dawson passed away January 24, 2023, in Tyler. He was born August 18, 1942, in Alba to Dewey Hampton and Mozelle Tucker Dawson. Bob lived all his life in the Wood County area....

Emmie Grisham

Emmie Grisham

Jan 20, 2023

Graveside services for Emmie Grisham, 89, of Alba, are scheduled for 11 a.m., Thursday, January 26, 2023, at Pilgrim Rest #2 Cemetery, Golden, with Chaplain Robert Stovall officiating, under the direction of Wilson-Bartley Funeral Home, Alba. Mrs. Grisham passed away January 20, 2023, in Tyler. She was born March 15, 1933, in Golden to Joe and Effie Wilson Lutonsky. Emmie...

Jimmy Fisher

Jimmy Fisher

Jan 20, 2023

A Celebration of Life for Jimmy Ray Fisher, 88, of Grand Saline, will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, January 24, 2023, at the First Baptist Church of Fruitvale with Bro. Jud Frazier officiating. Assisting will be Randy Fisher, Billy Barrentine, and Cody Fisher. Interment will follow at Haven of Memories Cemetery in Canton. Jimmy passed away Friday, January 20,...

Betty Hayes

Betty Hayes

Jan 19, 2023

Betty Gail Panter Hayes, 87, of Golden, passed away January 19, 2023, at her home, peacefully in her sleep. She was born January 31, 1935, at her grandparent’s house in a community near Alba, to Andrew Perley and Hazel Laverne Poston Panter. Betty graduated from Alba High School in 1952 and earned a Bachelor’s Degree from Baylor University in 1956....

Paula Perkins

Paula Perkins

Jan 16, 2023

Services for Paula Sue Gipson Perkins, 61, of Alba, are scheduled for 2 p.m., Thursday, January 19, 2023, at Amazing Grace Fellowship Church, with Bro. Byron George and Laci Caviness officiating, under the direction of Wilson-Bartley Funeral Home, Alba. Interment will be in Pilgrim Rest #2 Cemetery, Golden. Mrs. Perkins passed away January 16, 2023, at her residence in Alba....