Obituaries

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

Michael White

Michael White

May 1, 2021

Graveside services for Michael Joe “Big Mike” White, 48, of Fruitvale, are scheduled for 1 p.m., Tuesday, May 4, 2021, at Creagleville Cemetery with Bro. Homer Morgan officiating, under the direction of Bartley Funeral Home, Grand Saline. Mr. White passed away May 1, 2021, at his home. He was born June 13, 1972, in Dallas, to David Richard & Jimmie...

Justin Alderson

Justin Alderson

Apr 29, 2021

Services for Justin Lee Alderson, 30, of Emory, are scheduled for 2 p.m., Monday, May 3, 2021, at First Baptist Church of Alba, with Dr. Kelly Burton officiating under the direction of Wilson-Bartley Funeral Home, Alba. Interment will be in Hogeye Cemetery, Celeste. Justin Lee passed away April 29, 2021, at his residence in Emory. He was born July 14,...

Alan Calhoun

Alan Calhoun

Apr 27, 2021

Dave Alan Calhoun was born in Grand Saline, Texas on October 1, 1957, to Dave Adair Calhoun, Jr., and Mary Jean (Clower) Calhoun. He passed away April 27, 2021. Alan attended and graduated high school in Grand Saline. After graduation he attended TSTI earning his commercial pilot license. He was a natural pilot and for many years flew B52 freight...

Jean Watson

Jean Watson

Apr 24, 2021

Graveside services for Mrs. Jean Watson, 84, of Grand Saline, are scheduled for 12 Noon, Saturday, May 1, 2021, at Moore Memorial Gardens, Arlington, with Dr. Bruce Smilie officiating, under the direction of Bartley Funeral Home, Grand Saline. Mrs. Wilma Jean Adams Watson passed away April 24, 2021 at her home. She was born June 28, 1936, in Oak Grove...

Syble Williams

Syble Williams

Apr 22, 2021

Services for Syble Mae Williams, 82, of Gun Barrel City, are scheduled for 11 a.m., Monday, April 26, 2021, at Riverside Mission Church, with Bro. Donnie Herring and Sis. Delana Wheeler officiating, under the direction of Bartley Funeral Home, Grand Saline. Interment will be in Woodside Cemetery. Mrs. Williams passed away April 22, 2021, in Greenville. She was born April...

Cathy Johnson

Cathy Johnson

Apr 20, 2021

Services for Mrs. Cathy Lee Johnson, 61, of Grand Saline, are scheduled for 10 a.m., Saturday, April 24, 2021, at Bartley Funeral Home, with Bro. D’Wayne Williams officiating. Interment will be in Creagleville Cemetery. Cathy Lee Chote Johnson passed away April 20, 2021, in Tyler. She was born April 17, 1960, in Los Angeles, CA. She spent most of her...

Norma Allie

Norma Allie

Apr 20, 2021

Private graveside services will be held at Creagleville Cemetery for Mrs. Norma Pounds Allie, 87, of Grand Saline, with Dr. Jordan Stone officiating. She passed away April 20, 2021, in Tyler. Mrs. Allie was born August 24, 1933, in Hebron, Indiana, to Oval Gilbert & Mary Margaret Hudson Pounds. She spent most of her life in Indiana, then about 20...

Boycene Tinsley

Boycene Tinsley

Apr 15, 2021

Services for Mrs. Boycene “Pokey” Evans Tinsley, 81, of Alba, are scheduled for 3 p.m., Sunday, April 18, 2021, at Lighthouse Baptist Church, Alba, with Bro. Jim Parker officiating under the direction of Wilson-Bartley Funeral Home, Alba. Interment will be in Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, Alba. Mrs. Tinsley passed away April 15, 2021, at her residence in Alba. She was born...

Patricia Maddox

Patricia Maddox

Apr 13, 2021

Services for Mrs. Patricia Ann Swindell Maddox, 72, of Gilmer, are scheduled for 2 p.m., Saturday, April 17, 2021, 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. Maddox passed away April 13, 2021, in Longview. She was born September 21, 1948,...

Randy Copeland

Randy Copeland

Apr 11, 2021

2 Timothy 4:6-8 NIV For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time for my departure is near. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me...

Paul Fitzgerald

Paul Fitzgerald

Apr 6, 2021

Mr. Paul Wayne Fitzgerald, 74, passed away April 6, 2021, at his residence in Alba. He was born September 10, 1946, in Nacogdoches to Paul and Mary Lee Knous Fitzgerald. On May 15, 1968, he married Deborah Louise White in Dallas. Paul had lived in Alba for the last 36 years. He loved his grandbabies and driving his big red...

Delois Estoll

Delois Estoll

Apr 3, 2021

Services for Mrs. DeLois Jean Minatrea Estoll, 91, of Mineola, are scheduled for 11 a.m., Thursday, April 8, 2021, at Rose Hill Baptist Church, Mineola, with Bro. Bobby Tucker officiating under the direction of Wilson-Bartley Funeral Home, Alba. Interment will be in Roselawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Mineola. Mrs. Estoll passed away April 3, 2021 in Tyler. She was born September...

Amy Hass

Amy Hass

Apr 2, 2021

Services for Amy Marie Hass, 48, of Alba, are scheduled for 2 p.m., Tuesday, April 6, 2021, at Amazing Grace Fellowship, Alba, with Bro. Byron George officiating under the direction of Wilson-Bartley Funeral Home, Alba. Interment will be in Pilgrim Rest #1 Cemetery, Emory. Ms. Hass passed away April 2, 2021, in Tyler. She was born September 18, 1972, in...

Jerry Rosamond

Jerry Rosamond

Apr 1, 2021

Mr. Jerry Rosamond, 75, of Grand Saline, passed away April 1, 2021, in Tyler. He was born January 1, 1946, in Van Zandt County to Rammie & Nina Jewell Baughman Rosamond. He spent most of his life in Van Zandt County. He worked in an aluminum plant as a small parts fabricator. Jerry was loved and will be missed by...

Robert Burge

Robert Burge

Mar 31, 2021

Robert Burge passed away peacefully at his home March 31, 2021, surrounded by family with his wife holding his hand. Robert was born February 28, 1941, in Mineola, Texas, to J.H. Burge and Lucile Wallace Burge. Robert married Saundra Seaton August 6, 1960, and they had four children which he loved with all his heart. He retired early from Tyler...

Leslie Simpson

Leslie Simpson

Mar 28, 2021

Graveside services for Mrs. Leslie Ann Campbell Simpson, 83, of Grand Saline, are scheduled for 10 a.m., Friday, April 2, 2021 at Woodside Cemetery with Bro. Donnie Herring officiating, under the direction of Bartley Funeral Home. Mrs. Simpson passed away March 28, 2021, in Grand Saline. She was born May 16, 1937 in Dallas, to Lloyd William and Leslie Madline...

Wanda Montgomery

Wanda Montgomery

Mar 28, 2021

Services for Mrs. Wanda Montgomery, 64, of Edgewood, are scheduled for 2 p.m., Thursday, April 1, 2021, at the Church of Christ, Grand Saline, with Kyle White officiating, under the direction of Bartley Funeral Home, Grand Saline. Interment will be in Myrtle Springs Cemetery. Wanda Lynn Lacy Montgomery passed away March 28, 2021, at her home. She was born September...

Betty Hillebrandt

Betty Hillebrandt

Mar 20, 2021

Services for Betty Hillebrandt, 49, of Kilgore, are scheduled for 2 p.m., Saturday, March 27, 2021, at Bartley Funeral Home, with Bro. Mitch Curtis and Bro. William Slimbos officiating. Interment will be in Woodside Cemetery. Betty Svoboda Hillebrandt passed away March 20, 2021, in Longview. She was born July 5, 1971, in Dallas. She spent her early years in Seagoville,...

Gerald Alexander

Gerald Alexander

Mar 20, 2021

Services for Mr. Gerald Ray Alexander, 78, of Mineola, are scheduled for 2 p.m., Thursday, March 25, 2021, at Wilson-Bartley Funeral Home, Alba. Mr. Alexander passed away March 20, 2021, in Tyler. He was born September 9, 1942, in Paris, to J.D. & Lillian Childers Alexander. He served in the US Navy. He married Cynthia Hayes in Dallas, December 30,...