Obituaries

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

Gerald Heddins

Gerald Heddins

Feb 19, 2022

Services for Gerald C. Heddins, 82, of Fruitvale, are scheduled for 2 p.m., Saturday, February 26, 2022, at Main Street Baptist Church, with Bro. David Crain, Ramey Heddins, Pastor Frank Webster, and Dr. Bruce Smilie officiating. Mr. Heddins passed away February 19, 2022, in Tyler. He was born October 4, 1939, in the Willow Springs Community of Van Zandt County....

C.L. Anders

C.L. Anders

Feb 19, 2022

Services for C.L. Anders, 80, of Alba, are scheduled for 2 p.m., Thursday, February 24, 2022, at Amazing Grace Fellowship Church, with Bro. Otis Lee officiating. Interment will follow in Salem Cemetery under the direction of Wilson-Bartley Funeral Home, Alba. Mr. Anders passed away February 19, 2022, in Tyler. He was born October 24, 1941, in Winnsboro. C.L. lived in...

James Gaskey

James Gaskey

Feb 18, 2022

Graveside services for Mr. James Gaskey, 91, of Quinlan, are scheduled for 2 p.m., Wednesday, February 23, 2022, at Woodside Cemetery with Bro. Garvin Pulley officiating, under the direction of Bartley Funeral Home, Grand Saline. Mr. Gaskey passed away February 18, 2022, at his home. He was born June 13, 1930, in Grand Saline. He spent most of his life...

Thomas Willmon Iii Iii

Thomas Willmon Iii Iii

Feb 15, 2022

Thomas Hudgin Willmon, III has moved home to live with his mom. He carried with him all of his best memories of time spent with friends and family, and he left all of us with some of the best memories of his laughter, his sarcasm, and his words to live by “Live Laugh Love”. On Sundays during football season we...

James Fortenberry

James Fortenberry

Feb 11, 2022

Services for James Milton Fortenberry, 83, of Lone Oak, are scheduled for 2 p.m., Monday, February 14, 2022, at Lone Oak Baptist Church with Bro. Robert Cook and Bro. Mike Moss officiating. Interment will follow in Hooker Cemetery, under the direction of Bartley Funeral Home, Lone Oak. Mr. Fortenberry passed away February 11, 2022, at his home. James was born...

Deborah Taylor

Deborah Taylor

Feb 6, 2022

Services for Deborah Ann Kniffin Taylor, 74, of Mineola, are scheduled for 10 a.m., Thursday, February 10, 2022, at Bartley Funeral Home, Grand Saline, with Bro. Donnie Herring officiating. Mrs. Taylor passed away February 6, 2022, in Grand Saline. She was born June 16, 1947, in Tyler, to Nolan Harold and Laura Elene Cox Kniffin. Deborah lived her early years...

Jean Clowers

Jean Clowers

Feb 6, 2022

Services for Jean Clowers, 89, of Grand Saline, are scheduled for 2 p.m., Wednesday, February 9, 2022, at Bartley Funeral Home with Bro. Steve Glosup officiating. Interment will be in Woodside Cemetery. Mrs. Jean Jones Clowers passed away February 6, 2022, in Grand Saline. She was born September 5, 1932, in Edgewood, to Ira L. & Myrtle Nichols Jones. Jean...

Virginia Welch

Virginia Welch

Jan 30, 2022

Services for Virginia “Jence” Welch, 97, of Eustace, are scheduled for 2 p.m., Saturday, February 5, 2022, at Bartley Funeral Home, Grand Saline, with Pastor Mark Frizzell officiating. Interment will be in Woodside Cemetery. Mrs. Welch passed away January 30, 2022, in Eustace. She was born April 27, 1924, in Grand Saline, to Malvin Mason & Sula Sides Allen. She...

Ruby Clower

Ruby Clower

Jan 26, 2022

Services for Ruby Bateman Clower “Texas Sunshine Ruby”, 82, of Grand Saline, are scheduled for 3 p.m., Monday, January 31, 2022, at Bartley Funeral Home, with Carl McCann, Jeremy Harrell, and Justin Maxfield officiating. Interment will be in Haven of Memories, Canton. Mrs. Clower passed away January 26, 2022, in Grand Saline. She was born October 24, 1939, in Myrtle...

Michael Pittman

Michael Pittman

Jan 25, 2022

Graveside service for Michael Kent Pittman, 72, of Lone Oak, are scheduled for 11 a.m., Friday, January 28, 2022, at Donelton Cemetery, Lone Oak, with Bro. Sam Calk officiating under the direction of Bartley Funeral Home, Lone Oak. Mr. Pittman passed away January 25, 2022, in Sulphur Springs. He was born March 21, 1949, in Greenville, to Ebron Simpson and...

Charles Clower

Charles Clower

Jan 23, 2022

Services for Charles Glenn “Chuck” Clower, 61, of Grand Saline, are scheduled for 2 p.m., Saturday, January 29, 2022, at Fruitvale Church of Christ with Carl McCann officiating. Interment will be in Woodside Cemetery. Mr. Clower passed away January 23, 2022, in Tyler. He was born September 6, 1960, in Grand Saline, to Harold Glenn & Ruby Jewel Bateman Clower....

Diann Johnson

Diann Johnson

Jan 23, 2022

Services for Diann Michelle “Micki” Johnson, 47, of Whitehouse, are scheduled for 11 a.m., Thursday, January 27, 2022, at Bartley Funeral Home with Bro. Bert Fite officiating. Diann passed away January 23, 2022, in Longview. She was born April 20, 1974, in Tyler. She spent most of her life in Smith Co., living the last three years in Whitehouse. Survivors...

James Blackford

James Blackford

Jan 22, 2022

Services for Mr. James Randall Blackford, 68, of Alba, Texas, are scheduled for 2 p.m., Friday, January 28, 2022, at the First Baptist Church of Alba with Dr. Kelly Burton officiating, under the direction of the church and family. James passed away January 22, 2022, in Tyler. He was born February 19, 1953, on the Livermore Air Force base in...

Marshall Slape

Marshall Slape

Jan 18, 2022

Services for Mr. Marshall Slape, 77, of Allen, are scheduled for 11 a.m., Saturday, January 22, 2022, at Bartley Funeral Home, with Bro. Homer Morgan and Johnny Barrett officiating. Interment will be in Creagleville Cemetery. Mr. Slape passed away January 18, 2022, in Dallas. He was born March 12, 1944, in Tulsa, OK, to J.B. & Willie Marie Moore Slape....

Patsy Hill

Patsy Hill

Jan 16, 2022

Services for Patsy Ann Valentine Hill, 81, of Mineola, are scheduled for 2 p.m., Thursday, January 20, 2022, at Amazing Grace Fellowship Church, Alba, with Bro. Byron George officiating under the direction of Wilson-Bartley Funeral Home, Alba. Interment will be in Salem Cemetery, Alba. Mrs. Hill passed away January 16, 2022, in Sulphur Springs. She was born October 18, 1940,...

Cynthia Stinson

Cynthia Stinson

Jan 14, 2022

Mrs. Cynthia Ann “Cyndi” Young Stinson, 66, of Alba, passed away January 14, 2022, at her residence in Alba. She was born July 5, 1955, in Ft. Worth, to W.L. and Laverne Thomas Young. On June 15, 1973, she married Billy Bob Stinson, Jr. in Arlington. Cyndi worked at the Irving Regional Day School for the Deaf, as the program...

Courtney Jonte

Courtney Jonte

Jan 14, 2022

Courtney Louise Jonte, 32, of Sulphur Springs, passed away January 14, 2022, at her home. She was born August 22, 1989, in Carmichael, CA. She spent her early years in Grand Saline and then moved to Greenville. She was preceded in death by her grandparents, Walter Jonte and Joe Doyle Williams, and uncles, Major Grant and David Williams. Survivors include...

Pauline Smith

Pauline Smith

Jan 11, 2022

Attention --- Services for Pauline are Private Private family graveside services for Barbara Pauline Smith, 88, of Fruitvale, will be held at Small Cemetery, Edgewood, with Bro. Homer Morgan officiating. Mrs. Smith passed away January 11, 2022, in Grand Saline. She was born December 19, 1933, in Grand Saline. She was a lifelong resident of Fruitvale and a member of...

James Gray

James Gray

Jan 10, 2022

Graveside services, with military honors, for Mr. James Austin Gray, 80, of Alba, are scheduled for 1 p.m., Tuesday, January 18, 2022, at Red Oak Cemetery, Red Oak, TX, with Pastor Jamie Bennett officiating under the direction of Wilson-Bartley Funeral Home, Alba. Mr. Gray passed away January 10, 2022, at his residence in Alba. He was born December 4, 1941,...

Deborah Daugherty

Deborah Daugherty

Jan 8, 2022

Mrs. Deborah Ann Ray Daugherty, 61, passed away January 8, 2022, at her residence in Alba, TX. She was born May 13, 1960, in Kilgore, TX, to Arvil Turner Ray and Patsy Ann Dobbins Ray. She moved, from Kilgore, to the Lake Fork area five years ago. Deborah worked as an occupational medical technician. She went above and beyond helping...