Obituaries

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

Donald Ieppert Sr

Donald Ieppert Sr

Aug 14, 2020

Graveside military honors will be held for Mr. Donald Eugene "Peanuts" Ieppert, Sr., of Fruitvale, 11:15 a.m., Thursday, August 20, 2020, at DFW National Cemetery in Dallas. Mr. Ieppert passed away August 14, 2020, in Grand Saline. He was born February 7, 1932, in East St. Louis, IL, to Frederick B. & Lorene Jacob Ieppert. He served in the US...

W. Buchanan

W. Buchanan

Aug 11, 2020

Services for Mr. W.E. "Bill" Buchanan, 92, of Grand Saline, are scheduled for 2 p.m., Saturday, August 15, 2020, at Bartley Funeral Home with Bro. Jewelus Pulley officiating. Interment will follow in Woodside Cemetery. Mr. Buchanan passed away August 11, 2020, at his home in Grand Saline. He was born March 28, 1928, in Alba, to Howard & Naoma Ross...

Beth Thorn

Beth Thorn

Aug 10, 2020

Doris “Beth” Elizabeth Thorn, 77 years old of Grand Saline, TX went home to be with the Lord on Monday August 10th, 2020, while under hospice care after a long battle with cancer. She was born July 6th, 1943 in Grand Saline to Harold & Doris “Ninnie” Meroney. She spent all of her life in Van Zandt County with her...

Joyce Pitre

Joyce Pitre

Aug 10, 2020

Memorial services for Joyce Ann Austgen Pitre, 79, of Alba, are scheduled for 2:00 p.m., Saturday, August 22, 2020, at Wilson Bartley Funeral Home, Alba. Mrs. Pitre passed away August 10, 2020, in Tyler. She was born July 6, 1941, in Muskegon, Michigan to George and Martha Lund Austgen. She moved from Grand Haven, Michigan to Irving, before moving to...

Betty Laforest

Betty Laforest

Aug 8, 2020

Mrs. Betty Miles LaForest, 90, of Mineola, passed away August 8, 2020, in Tyler. She was born December 20, 1929, in Royse City to Willie Shelman and Ella Viola Dyson Miles. Betty moved from Tarrant County to Wood County ten years ago and was a member of Freedom Baptist Church of Mineola. She was preceded in death by her parents;...

Bessie Ruth Alexander

Bessie Ruth Alexander

Aug 7, 2020

Services for Bessie Ruth Bailey Alexander, 93, of Alba, are scheduled for 3:00 p.m., Sunday, August 9, 2020, at Wilson-Bartley Funeral Home with Marlon Alexander and George Filpansick officiating. Interment will follow in Salem Cemetery, Alba. Mrs. Alexander passed away August 7, 2020, in Mineola. She was born March 30, 1927, in Alba to Walter Hubbard “Hub” and Carrie Angeline...

Nita Savage

Nita Savage

Aug 3, 2020

Services for Nita Fagg Savage, 90, Grand Saline, are scheduled for 3 p.m., Sunday, August 9, 2020, at Bartley Funeral Home with Pastor Jerry Hays officiating. Interment will follow in Corinth Cemetery, Grand Saline. Mrs. Savage passed away August 3, 2020, in Granbury. She was born October 31, 1929, in Dawson, to Alfred Clyde and Matti Odell Boone Fagg. As...

Alice St. John

Alice St. John

Aug 1, 2020

Services for Alice St. John, 81, of Quitman, are scheduled for 2 p.m., Tuesday, August 4, 2020, at Wilson-Bartley Funeral Home, Alba, with Bro. David Hendricks officiating. Interment will follow in Pilgrim Rest #2 Cemetery, Golden. Mrs. St. John passed August 1, 2020 in Mineola. She was born July 28, 1939, in Memphis, Tennessee, to Earl Franklin and Mary Virginia...

David Bates

David Bates

Jul 31, 2020

Celebration of life for David Eugene Bates, 60, native of Grand Saline, is scheduled from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., Saturday, August 15, 2020, at Old School Museum, Grand Saline. This will be a time to share memories with family and friends in a come-and-go casual setting. David passed away July 31, 2020. He was born December 11, 1959, in...

Thelma Hunt

Thelma Hunt

Jul 30, 2020

Services for Thelma Jane Hall Hunt, 83, of Point, are scheduled for 2:00 p.m., Monday, August 3, 2020, at Lone Oak Baptist Church with Rev. Danny Calk and Bro. Robert Cook officiating under the direction of Bartley Funeral Home, Lone Oak. Interment will be in Forrest Park Cemetery, Greenville. Mrs. Hunt passed away July 30, 2020, at her residence in...

John Scott

John Scott

Jul 30, 2020

Services for John Anthony Scott, 37, of Chandler, are scheduled for 10 a.m., Monday, August 3, 2020, at Main Street Baptist Church, Grand Saline, with Richard Jones officiating under the direction of Bartley Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Woodside Cemetery, Grand Saline. John passed away July 30, 2020. He was born July 23, 1983, in Odessa. He spent his...

Norma Leach

Norma Leach

Jul 30, 2020

Services for Norma June Gatlin Leach, 88, of Mineola are scheduled for 10 a.m., Tuesday, August 4, 2020, at Wilson-Bartley Funeral Home with Bro. Byron George officiating. Interment will be in Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, Alba. Mrs. Leach passed away July 30, 2020 in Mineola. She was born September 15, 1931, in Mabank, to Henry and Minnie Blackmon Gatlin. Norma had...

Claudine Koonce

Claudine Koonce

Jul 27, 2020

Services for Claudine Clower Koonce, 88, Grand Saline, are scheduled for 10 a.m., Thursday, July 30, 2020, at Bartley Funeral Home with Kyle White, Jeremy Harrell, and Danny Milam officiating. Interment will be in Woodside Cemetery. Mrs. Koonce passed away July 27, 2020, in Grand Saline. She was born May 15, 1932, in Grand Saline, to the late Jess and...

Gloria Morgan

Gloria Morgan

Jul 25, 2020

Services for Gloria Mae Morgan, 84, of Grand Saline, are scheduled for 2 p.m., Thursday, July 30, 2020, at Roundflat Pentecostal Church with Bro. Homer Morgan officiating, under the direction of Bartley Funeral Home. Interment will be in Creagleville Cemetery. Gloria Mae passed away July 25, 2020, at her home in Grand Saline. She was born September 20, 1935, in...

Donnie Riddle

Donnie Riddle

Jul 24, 2020

Services for Donnie Lynn Riddle, 62, of Alba are scheduled for 2 p.m., Sunday, July 26, 2020, at Wilson-Bartley Funeral Home, Alba with Pastor Ben Steen officiating. Mr. Riddle passed away July 24, 2020, in Tyler. He was born January 27, 1958, in Greenville to O.D. and Marjorie Marie Nutt Riddle. Donnie spent most of his life in Wood County....

Clyde Dowdle Sr

Clyde Dowdle Sr

Jul 23, 2020

Services for Mr. Clyde Dowdle Sr., 84, of Hideaway, are scheduled for 1 p.m., Tuesday, July 28, 2020, at Bartley Funeral Home, Grand Saline, with Bro. Bruce Rudd officiating. Mr. Dowdle passed away July 23, 2020, in Tyler. He was born December 15, 1935, in Mabank, to Irvine Fleetwood "Jack" & Vesta Humphries Dowdle. He was a member of Mt....

Elizabeth Sherwin

Elizabeth Sherwin

Jul 22, 2020

Graveside services for Elizabeth Moss Sherwin, 88, of Lone Oak, are scheduled for 3:00 p.m., Saturday, July 25, 2020, at Donelton Cemetery, Lone Oak, with Bro. Robert Cook officiating, under the direction of Bartley Funeral Home, Lone Oak. Mrs. Sherwin passed away July 22, 2020, in Emory. She was born June 30, 1932 in Hunt County to Harold Allen and...

Lee Mercer

Lee Mercer

Jul 20, 2020

Services for Lee Roy Mercer, 78, of Alba, are scheduled for 3:00 p.m., Thursday, July 23, 2020, at Wilson-Bartley Funeral Home with Bro. Byron George officiating. Mr. Mercer passed away July 20, 2020, in Van. He was born March 27, 1942, to Dick and Ethel Lee Edwards Mercer. Lee Roy lived most of his life in Wood County and was...

William Haughn

William Haughn

Jul 15, 2020

Services for William Charles “Bill” Haughn, 76, of Alba, are scheduled for 2 p.m., Sunday, July 19, 2020, at First Baptist Church, Alba, with Bro. Dwayne McCormack officiating under the direction of Wilson-Bartley Funeral Home. Mr. Haughn passed away July 15, 2020, at his residence in Alba. He was born November 28, 1943, in Newton, Massachusetts, to Robert and Mildred...

Annie Monroe

Annie Monroe

Jul 15, 2020

Graveside services for Mrs. Annie Lois Hudgens Monroe, 97, of Alba, are scheduled for Noon, Saturday, July 18, 2020, at Enon Cemetery, with Bro. Byron George officiating, under the direction of Wilson-Bartley Funeral Home of Alba. Mrs. Monroe passed away July 15, 2020, in Mineola. She was born January 19, 1923, in Dallas, to Robert Louis & Bertha Alma Harman...