Obituaries

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

Daniel Howard Sr

Daniel Howard Sr

Nov 2, 2021

Services for Daniel P. Howard, Sr., 85, of Alba, are scheduled for 10 a.m., Saturday, November 6, 2021, at Bartley Funeral Home with Pastor Susan Smith officiating. Interment will be in Woodside Cemetery. Mr. Howard passed away November 2, 2021, in Tyler. He was born May 12, 1936, in North Conway, New Hampshire, to E. Newton & Hilda Marrett Howard....

Sharon Murphy

Sharon Murphy

Nov 1, 2021

Services for Sharon Lynn Stanley Murphy, 69, of Grand Saline, are scheduled for 2 p.m., Sunday, November 7, 2021, at Roundflat Pentecostal Church, Fruitvale, with Bro. Homer Morgan, Bro. Eddie Paul Stanley and Bro. Randy Fisher officiating. Interment will be in Creagleville Cemetery. Mrs. Murphy passed away November 1, 2021, at her residence in Grand Saline. She was born September...

Rosa Solorzano

Rosa Solorzano

Oct 27, 2021

Services for Rosa Delia Solorzano Amaya, 86, of Grand Saline, are scheduled for 2 p.m., Tuesday, November 2, 2021, at Main Street Baptist Church, with Rev. Jose Amaya, Pastor Tobias Palma, Jonathan Campbell, and Pastor Brandon Gray officiating, under the direction of Bartley Funeral Home. Mrs. Solorzano Amaya passed away October 27, 2021, in Tyler. She was born June 4,...

Thomas Cherry

Thomas Cherry

Oct 26, 2021

Graveside services for Mr. Thomas Edwin Cherry, 79, of Fruitvale, are scheduled for 1 p.m., Monday, November 1, 2021, at Cherry Mound Cemetery, Denison, under the direction of Bartley Funeral Home, Grand Saline. Mr. Cherry passed away October 26, 2021, in Tyler. He was born April 7, 1942, in Denison, to David Bennet & Nellie Catherine Bush Cherry. He spent...

Pauline Beeler

Pauline Beeler

Oct 25, 2021

Graveside services for Pauline Beeler, 99, of Point, are scheduled for 2 p.m., Thursday, October 28, 2021, at Creagleville Cemetery, under the direction of Bartley Funeral Home, Grand Saline. Mrs. Beeler passed away October 25, 2021, in Royce City. She was born March 3, 1922, in Lindale, to Emmett & Gladys Irene Gilstrap Cofer. Pauline spent most of her life...

Peggy Coker

Peggy Coker

Oct 25, 2021

Services for Peggy Ann Coker, 74, of Alba, are scheduled for 11 a.m., Tuesday, November 2, 2021, at Wilson-Bartley Funeral Home with Bro. Jerry Jackson officiating. Ms. Coker passed away October 25, 2021, in Tyler. She was born December 18, 1946, in Kaufman County to Thomas Benton & Minnie Opal Whittenburg Coker. Peggy had spent the last 35 years in...

Venus Tucker

Venus Tucker

Oct 24, 2021

Services for Venus Dion Tucker, 53, of Wills Point, are scheduled for 1 p.m., Saturday, October 30, 2021, at Bartley Funeral Home with Bro. James Massey officiating. Ms. Tucker passed away October 24, 2021, in Greenville. She was born August 6, 1968, in Dallas, to Donald Ray Tucker and Gail Wright. Venus spent her early years in Mesquite, before moving...

Reba Haptonstall

Reba Haptonstall

Oct 19, 2021

Reba Mae Daniels Haptonstall July 11, 1936, Grand Saline, Texas – October 19, 2021, Fruitvale, Texas Reba was a lifetime resident deeply rooted in the Fruitvale community. She devoted her life to caring for her family and providing service to her community. She volunteered her time and skills to many organizations and events, including volunteering at the Fruitvale school for...

Mikie Thompson

Mikie Thompson

Oct 16, 2021

Mikie Lynn Thompson, 67, passed away October 16, 2021. She was born March 11, 1954, in Grand Saline, to Mike Jerald & Glenda Gay Fisher Thompson. She was preceded in death by her parents, and brother, Buddy Thompson. Survivors include her two sons, Tommy Heddins of Mineral Wells, and Michael Scott Thompson of Grand Saline; brother, Tim Thompson of Grand...

Salli Schifani

Salli Schifani

Oct 15, 2021

A private family graveside service will be held for Mrs. Salli Schifani, 79, of Grand Saline, in Sand Flat Cemetery, with Steve Schifani, Jr. officiating, under the direction of Bartley Funeral Home. Salli Hubbard Schifani passed away October 15, 2021, in Quitman. She was born August 28, 1942, in Idabel, OK, to John Reginald & Harvey Fern Foster Hubbard. She...

Lynda Jo Wells Minatrea

Lynda Jo Wells Minatrea

Oct 13, 2021

Services for Mrs. Lynda Jo Wells Minatrea, 84, of Mineola, are scheduled for 2 p.m., Saturday, October 16, 2021, at Bartley Funeral Home, Grand Saline, with Reverend Tim Allen officiating. Burial will follow in Creagleville Cemetery. Mrs. Minatrea passed away October 13, 2021, in Tyler. She was born November 15, 1936, in Van Zandt County, to Lee Claire & Sarah...

Judy Vaughan

Judy Vaughan

Oct 13, 2021

Services for Judy Ann Warren Vaughan, 43, of Alba, are scheduled for 2 p.m., Tuesday, October 19, 2021, at Wilson-Bartley Funeral Home with Bro. Gary Hampton officiating. Interment will be in Salem Cemetery, Alba. Judy passed away October 13, 2021, in Sulphur Springs. She was born September 15, 1978, in McKinney, to Carl Richard Warren and Irene Beatrice Pendergrass. Judy...

Beatrice Nipp

Beatrice Nipp

Oct 10, 2021

Catholic Mass for Beatrice Nipp, 75, of Alba, are scheduled for 4 p.m., Friday, October 15, 2021, at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, Emory, with Father Victor Hernandez officiating, under the direction of Wilson-Bartley Funeral Home, Alba. Mrs. Nipp passed away October 10, 2021, at her residence in Alba. She was born June 7, 1946, in Big Spring, to...

Morris Wendell Baker, Jr.

Morris Wendell Baker, Jr.

Oct 9, 2021

Services for Morris Wendell Baker, Jr., 69, of Alba, are scheduled for 11 a.m., Friday, October 15, 2021, at First Baptist Church, Alba, with Pastor Rick Rumfelt officiating, under the direction of Wilson-Bartley Funeral Home, Alba. Interment will be in Golden Cemetery, Golden. Mr. Baker passed away October 9, 2021, in Tyler. He was born September 16, 1952, in Dallas,...

Janet Martin

Janet Martin

Oct 8, 2021

The following services will be held by the family and friends of Mrs. Janet Martin. Memorial services for Janet Wright Martin, 77, of Alba, will be held 2 p.m., Saturday, October 16, 2021, at Amazing Grace Fellowship Church in Alba. Pastor Byron George will officiate. Interment will be scheduled later at Old Salem Cemetery, Alba. Janet Martin was born on...

Alma Neal

Alma Neal

Sep 30, 2021

Graveside services for Alma Lucille Reed Neal, 87, of Grand Saline, are scheduled for 2 p.m., Monday, October 4, 2021, at Woodside Cemetery, under the direction of Bartley Funeral Home, Grand Saline. Mrs. Neal passed away September 30, 2021, in Tyler. She was born November 9, 1933, in Grand Saline, to Walter and Grace Atkisson Reed. She lived all her...

Shara Reed

Shara Reed

Sep 21, 2021

Graveside services for Shara Edith Reed, 36, of Mineola, are scheduled for 2 p.m., Friday, September 24, 2021, at Pilgrim Rest # 2 Cemetery, Golden, with Bro. Grady Dollar officiating under the direction of Wilson-Bartley Funeral Home, Alba. Shara went to be with the Lord on September 21, 2021, in Tyler, after a two-year battle with severe pulmonary hypertension. She...

David Kirby

David Kirby

Sep 19, 2021

Mr. David Rudolph "Rudy" Kirby, 90, of Grand Saline, passed away September 19, 2021. He was born October 21, 1930, in the Culver Community, of Van Zandt County. He spent his early years in Grand Saline, and graduated from GSHS, Class of 1949. He moved to the Dallas area where he owned/operated Temtrol Lennox A/C & Heat for many years,...

Matt Means

Matt Means

Sep 18, 2021

Celebration of Life for Mr. Matt Means, 56, of Fruitvale, are scheduled for 5 p.m., Wednesday, September 22, 2021, at Grand Saline High School Gymnasium with his son, Chris Means, officiating. Carl Matthew Means passed away September 18, 2021, at his home in Fruitvale. He was born October 13, 1964, in Grand Saline, to Carl Nelson & Patsy Monk Means....

Carolyn Smith

Carolyn Smith

Sep 16, 2021

Services for Carolyn Edgar Smith, 67, of Grand Saline, are scheduled for 11 a.m., Monday, September 20, 2021, at Bartley Funeral Home with Bro. Bert Fite officiating. Interment will follow in Creagleville Cemetery. Carolyn passed away September 16, 2021, at her home in Grand Saline. She was born December 6, 1953, in Grand Saline to Henry Zink & Hazel Louise...