Obituaries

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

Jerrell Brown

Jerrell Brown

Nov 19, 2022

Memorial services for Bryan Jerrell Brown, age 79, of Lindale, is scheduled for 2:00 p.m. Friday, December 30, 2022, at Bartley Funeral Home, in Grand Saline with Pastor Walter Dorsey officiating. Jerrell passed away Saturday, November 19, 2022, in Tyler. He was born June 11, 1943, in Fruitvale to the late Jack C. and Billie Jo (Vaughan) Brown. Jerrell served...

Jerry Armstrong, Sr.

Jerry Armstrong, Sr.

Nov 16, 2022

Services for Jerry Dale Armstrong, Sr., 84, of Seagoville, are scheduled for 11 a.m., Saturday, November 19, 2022, at Bartley Funeral Home, Grand Saline, with Chaplain Robert Stovall officiating. Interment will follow in Woodside Cemetery. Mr. Armstrong passed away November 16, 2022, at his home in Seagoville. He was born September 25, 1938, in Fruitvale to James Otha & Dewene...

Shirley Alexander

Shirley Alexander

Nov 15, 2022

Services for Shirley June Alexander, 86, of Alba, are scheduled for 3 p.m., Saturday, November 19, 2022, at Wilson-Bartley Funeral Home, with Marlon Alexander officiating. Interment will be in Salem Cemetery, Alba. Ms. Alexander passed away November 15, 2022, in Tyler. She was born November 27, 1935, in Rains County, to Ben and Marzee Almeda Parrish Alexander. Shirley had lived...

Willie Armstrong

Willie Armstrong

Nov 11, 2022

Services for Mrs. Willie Christine “Chris” Clark Armstrong, 65, of Tool, are scheduled for 2 p.m., Wednesday, November16, 2022, at Bartley Funeral Home, Grand Saline. Burial will be in Woodside Cemetery. Mrs. Armstrong passed away November 11, 2022, at her home. She was born February 22, 1957, in Granbury, to Jim & Geneva Jones Clark. Chris spent most of her...

James Townsend

James Townsend

Nov 7, 2022

Services for James Lee Townsend, 86, of Allen, are scheduled for 2 p.m., Friday, November 11, 2022, at Wilson-Bartley Funeral Home, Alba, with Bro. Mike Biggers and Jerry King officiating. Interment will be in Salem Cemetery, Alba. Mr. Townsend passed away November 7, 2022, in Allen. He was born May 30, 1936, in Hope, Arkansas, to Granvel Paige and Rosie...

Timothy Hodges

Timothy Hodges

Nov 4, 2022

Services for Timothy Wayne Hodges, 32, of Gilmer, are scheduled for 11 a.m., Saturday, November 12, 2022, at Liberty Temple Church with Bro. D’Wayne Williams officiating. Interment will follow in Creagleville Cemetery, under the direction of Bartley Funeral Home, Grand Saline. Mr. Hodges passed away November 4, 2022, in Winnsboro. He was born July 22, 1990, in Terrell to Claude...

Larry Suits

Larry Suits

Oct 30, 2022

Graveside services for Mr. Larry Suits, 71, of Sulphur Springs, are scheduled for 2 p.m., Wednesday, November 2, 2022, at Hooker Cemetery, with Bro. C.J. Duffy officiating, under the direction of Bartley Funeral Home, Lone Oak. Mr. Suits passed away October 30, 2022, at his home. He was born September 12, 1951, in Greenville, to Floyd & Emma Alene Crabtree...

Joan Mcbride

Joan Mcbride

Oct 29, 2022

Services for Joan Hass McBride, 80, of Alba, are scheduled for 2 p.m., Thursday, November 3, 2022, at Wilson-Bartley Funeral Home, with Chaplain Robert Stovall officiating. Interment will be in Pilgrim Rest #1 Cemetery, Emory. Raymonda Joan Seay McBride passed away October 29, 2022, at her home. She was born August 10, 1942, in Farmersville to Thadeus Lee & Nellie...

Alvin Erwin

Alvin Erwin

Oct 27, 2022

Services for Mr. Alvin L. Erwin, 84, of Grand Saline, are scheduled for 11 a.m., Tuesday, November 1, 2022, at Bartley Funeral Home, with Bro. Craig Locke and Brett Erwin officiating. Alvin Leo Erwin passed away October 27, 2022, at his home. He was born July 31, 1938, in Fruitvale, to Eugene V. Debs and Annie Belle Pickens Erwin. He...

Raymond Davis

Raymond Davis

Oct 24, 2022

Services for Mr. Raymond Glen Davis, 83, of Grand Saline, are scheduled for 11 a.m., Monday, October 31, 2022, at Bartley Funeral Home with Bro. Billy Smith and Wesley Allen officiating. Interment will be in Corinth Cemetery. Mr. Davis passed away October 24, 2022, in Tyler. He was born January 2, 1939, in Grand Saline, to Jimmie Melvin & Ruth...

Laurette Gallagher

Laurette Gallagher

Oct 21, 2022

Laurette Lauzon Gallagher, 90, of Grand Saline, passed away October 21, 2022. She was born August 7, 1932, in Westbrook, Maine, to Adelard & Martha (Melancon) Lauzon. She was a lifelong resident of Maine, most recently residing in Portland at Ashton Gardens Gracious Retirement Living, before moving to Grand Saline six months ago. She had been a member of the...

Carrol Waddill

Carrol Waddill

Oct 17, 2022

Services for Mr. Carrol Waddill, 85, of Grand Saline, are scheduled for 11 a.m., Friday, October 21, 2022, at Bartley Funeral Home with Don Kirkpatrick and Bro. Jonathan Leach officiating. Interment will be in Creagleville Cemetery. Mr. Waddill passed away October 17, 2022, in Grand Saline. He was born September 19, 1937, in Grand Saline to Joe Edwin & Edna...

Larry Lonaker

Larry Lonaker

Oct 16, 2022

Graveside services for Larry Douglas Lonaker, 76, of Emory, are scheduled for 1 p.m., Friday, October 21, 2022, at Salem Cemetery, Alba, with Bro. Byron George officiating, under the direction of Wilson-Bartley Funeral Home. Mr. Lonaker passed away October 16, 2022, in Bonham. He was born September 18, 1946, in Macon, Georgia, to Douglas Fairbank and Beatrice McConnell Lonaker. Larry...

Donna Pickle

Donna Pickle

Oct 12, 2022

Services for Donna Norris Pickle, 76, of Grand Saline, are scheduled for 10 a.m., Saturday, October 15, 2022, at Bartley Funeral Home, with Bro. Eddie Paul Stanley officiating. Interment will follow in Creagleville Cemetery. Mrs. Pickle passed away October 12, 2022, in Emory. She was born September 5, 1946, in Terrell, to J.D. & Louis Green Norris. Donna lived most...

Linda Finklea

Linda Finklea

Oct 12, 2022

Linda Kay Finklea, 69, passed away October 12, 2022, at her residence in Mesquite. She was born June 25, 1953, in Dallas, to W. H. and Bennie Nell Greer Finklea, Jr. She is preceded in death by her parents; brother, Ben Finklea; and nephew, Ethan Finklea. Survivors include brother, Randy Finklea of Mesquite; two sisters, Brenda Coltharp of Mesquite and...

Jan Roden

Jan Roden

Oct 11, 2022

Graveside memorial services for Jan Michael “Mike” Roden, 77, of Alba, are scheduled for 3:00 p.m., Saturday, November 5, 2022, at the Golden Cemetery, with Dr. Danny Pickens officiating under the direction of family and friends. Mr. Roden passed away October 11, 2022, at his residence in Alba. He was born August 4, 1945, in Dallas, to Grady and Alvis...

Ronnie Mccurry

Ronnie Mccurry

Oct 10, 2022

Services for Mr. Ronnie McCurry, “Grandpa”, 85, of Mesquite, are scheduled for 2 p.m., Friday, October 14, 2022, at Lone Oak Methodist Church with Pastor Beth Ensor officiating. Interment will be in Prairie Valley Cemetery. Mr. McCurry passed away October 10, 2022, at his home. He was born October 1, 1937, in Murphy, OK, to Jewell & Velma Dotson McCurry....

Lurilla Stanley

Lurilla Stanley

Oct 4, 2022

Services for Lurilla “Granny” Morgan Stanley, 91, of Grand Saline, are scheduled for 2 p.m., Friday, October 7, 2022, at Roundflat Pentecostal Church with Bro. Homer Morgan officiating, under the direction of Bartley Funeral Home. Interment will be in Creagleville Cemetery. Lou Stanley passed away October 4, 2022, in Grand Saline. She was born June 23, 1931, in Fruitvale, to...

Lena Hays

Lena Hays

Oct 3, 2022

Services for Lena Darlene Hass Hays, 76, of Mineola, are scheduled for 10 a.m., Friday, October 7, 2022, at Wilson-Bartley Funeral Home, with Bro. Byron George officiating. Interment will be in Pilgrim Rest #1 Cemetery, Emory. Mrs. Hays passed away October 3, 2022, in Quitman. She was born September 26, 1946, in Emory, to Isaac Bowie and Nellie Evelyn Adair...

Jimmy  Pratt

Jimmy Pratt

Sep 28, 2022

Jimmy Lee Pratt, 75, of Tyler, passed away September 28, 2022, in Tyler. He was born March 4, 1947, in Lawrence, Kansas, to James Edward and Norma Lee Bair Pratt. Jimmy served in the U.S. Army. Survivors include his daughter, Amber Robertson of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma; two brothers, Paul Pratt and Dennis Pratt both of Tyler; sister, Linda Eversoll of...