Obituaries

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

Sherry Fisher

Sherry Fisher

Dec 11, 2020

Graveside services for Sherry Fisher, 77, of Grand Saline, are scheduled for 2 p.m., Monday, December 14, 2020, at Woodside Cemetery, with Bro. Homer Morgan officiating. Sherry Marie Fisher went home to be with the Lord on December 11, 2020. She was born on October 18, 1943, and grew up in Grand Saline, Texas. Sherry was a graduate of Grand...

Billy Fansler

Billy Fansler

Dec 8, 2020

Mr. Billy Jack “B.J.” Fansler, 89, of Grand Saline, passed away December 8, 2020, in Grand Saline. He was born September 26, 1931, in Whitewright, to Earl William and Marlee Ricter Fansler. B.J. lived most of his life in Grand Saline. He worked for E-Systems in Greenville for twenty years and was a member of the Grand Saline Masonic Lodge...

Jack Norton

Jack Norton

Dec 4, 2020

Services for Jack Wilburn Norton, 73, of Alba, are scheduled for 10 am, Wednesday, December 9, 2020, at Alba Church of Christ with George Filpansick officiating under the direction of Wilson-Bartley Funeral Home, Alba. Interment will follow at 2 pm, New Woodbury Cemetery, Woodbury. Mr. Norton passed away December 4, 2020, at his residence in Alba. He was born July...

Ben "Poppa Rabbit" Driver

Ben "Poppa Rabbit" Driver

Dec 3, 2020

Celebration of Life services for Mr. Ben "Poppa Rabbit" Driver, 79, of Grand Saline, are scheduled for 2 p.m., Wednesday, December 9, 2020, at Bartley Funeral Home with Bro. Danny LaPrade and Bro. Don Fleming officiating. Mr. Driver passed away December 3, 2020, in Tyler. He was born December 9, 1940, in Sacul, to Dennis Daniel & Evelyn Louise Gilbreath...

Daniel Calk

Daniel Calk

Dec 2, 2020

Services for Daniel Philip Calk, 64, of Lone Oak are scheduled for 2 p.m., Sunday, December 6, 2020, at First Christian Church, Lone Oak, with the Calk Family officiating under the direction of Bartley Funeral Home, Lone Oak. Interment will follow in Lone Oak Cemetery. Mr. Calk passed away December 2, 2020, at his residence in Lone Oak. He was...

Angie Carver

Angie Carver

Dec 1, 2020

Services for Angie Lanham Carver, 54, of Grand Saline, are scheduled for 10 a.m., Saturday, December 5, 2020, at Main Street Baptist Church with Bro. Bruce Smilie officiating under the direction of Bartley Funeral Home, Grand Saline. Mrs. Carver passed away December 1, 2020, at her residence in Grand Saline. She was born September 2, 1966, in Odessa, to D....

Dr. Richard Ingrim

Dr. Richard Ingrim

Nov 22, 2020

Dr. Richard Lynn Ingrim, 77, of Grand Saline, passed away November 22, 2020, in Tyler. He was born April 8, 1943, in Wichita, Kansas, to Clarence Houston & Eileen Leona Knowles Ingrim. Dr. Ingrim was raised in Wichita, KS with 2 brothers and one sister. He worked early while in high school at a yard service, a grocery store, and...

Glynda Ashe

Glynda Ashe

Nov 22, 2020

Mrs. Glynda 'Wanna' Ashe, 81, of Caddo Mills, passed away November 22, 2020, in Royce City. She was born September 3, 1939 to Manuel & Dovie Maxwell Burgess. She lived in Wylie and Garland until 1997 when she moved to Greenville. In 2009, she moved from Greenville to Caddo Mills where she was a member of First Baptist Church of...

Ronnie Brown

Ronnie Brown

Nov 21, 2020

Services for Mr. Ronnie Brown, 63, of Grand Saline, are scheduled for 11 a.m., Wednesday, November 25, 2020, at Riverside Mission Church, with Bro. Donnie Herring officiating, under the direction of Bartley Funeral Home. Mr. Ronnie Brown passed away November 21, 2020, in Tyler. He was born April 10, 1957, in Grand Saline, to Henry Lee & Polly Brown. He...

Glenda Williams

Glenda Williams

Nov 20, 2020

Services for Mrs. Glenda Fowler Williams, 79, of Grand Saline, are scheduled for 2 p.m., Wednesday, November 25, 2020, at Woodside Cemetery, with Bro. D'Wayne Williams officiating, under the direction of Bartley Funeral Home. Mrs. Williams passed away November 20, 2020, in a Tyler hospital. She was born September 13, 1941, in Grand Saline (Friendship Community) to Oble Grady &...

Preston Moore Sr

Preston Moore Sr

Nov 17, 2020

Services for Preston Moore, Sr., 78, of Grand Saline, are scheduled for 1p.m., Saturday, November 21, 2020, at New Horizons Assembly of God, Grand Saline, with Bro. Jim Atkins and Bro. Randy Fisher officiating, under the direction of Bartley Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Haven of Memories Memorial Park, Canton. Mr. Roy Preston Moore, Sr., passed away November 17,...

Larry Rogers

Larry Rogers

Nov 17, 2020

Larry Junior Rogers, 68, of Idabel, Oklahoma, passed away November 17, 2020, in Texarkana. He was born January 9, 1952, in Grand Saline, to Gus and Wilma Fay Starks Rogers, Jr. Larry had lived the last thirty-four years in Oklahoma. He was a member of the United States Navy and a small engine mechanic. He is preceded in death by...

Patsy Rakestraw

Patsy Rakestraw

Nov 16, 2020

Mrs. Patsy Ruth Davis Rakestraw, 81, of Alba, passed away November 16, 2020, in Emory. She was born March 12, 1939, in Leonard, to Oren Lee and Claudia Mae Collins Davis. Patsy had lived in the Alba area since 1997. She loved cooking, gardening, and redoing furniture. She also enjoyed tinkering in the yard, antiquing, and going to garage and...

Joe Gipson

Joe Gipson

Nov 14, 2020

Graveside services for Joe Gipson, 90, of Garland, are scheduled for 10 a.m., Monday, November 16, 2020, at Wieland Cemetery, under the direction of Bartley Funeral Home, Lone Oak. Joe Osby Gipson passed away peacefully at home with his family on November 14, 2020. Joe was born the youngest of 5 children to William "Pop" and Ava Gipson. He met...

Jack Tolleson

Jack Tolleson

Nov 12, 2020

Services for Jack William “J.W.” Tolleson, 69, of Knox City, are scheduled for 1 p.m., Monday, November 16, 2020, at Bartley Funeral Home, Grand Saline, with Kyle White officiating. Interment will be in Sand Flat Cemetery. Mr. Jack W. Tolleson was born October 15, 1951, in Quanah to Thomas Edwin & Berniece Harley Tolleson. He lived most of his life...

Sherman Hughes

Sherman Hughes

Nov 8, 2020

Mr. Sherman E. Hughes, 92, of Grand Saline, passed away November 8, 2020, at his home. He was born May 3, 1928, in Mineola to Homer & Hallie Hughes. Sherman graduated from Stephen F. Austin State University, where he was a collegiate athlete on their football team. He married Gwen Bailiff in Mineola in 1950. Sherman was a coach/teacher for...

John Hill

John Hill

Nov 7, 2020

Services for John Edward “Johnny” Hill, 66, of Alba, are scheduled for 2 p.m., Wednesday, November 11, 2020, at Amazing Grace Fellowship Church, Alba, with Bro. Byron George and Bro. Kevin Moree officiating under the direction of Wilson-Bartley Funeral Home, Alba. Interment will be in Salem Cemetery, Alba. Mr. Hill passed away November 7, 2020, at his residence in Alba....

Carroll  Shelton

Carroll Shelton

Nov 6, 2020

Carroll Gene Shelton, 83 of Grand Saline, Texas, left for his Heavenly home, Friday, November 6, 2020. “Gene” was born on September 20th, 1937 in Donna, Texas to Larry Cecil Shelton and Flora Frances Dora Duncan Shelton. Gene was their only son surrounded by an older sister Connie (Lynn Nuckols) and baby sister Bonnie (Gerald Nelson). Gene is survived by...

Maxine Carnes

Maxine Carnes

Nov 5, 2020

Mrs. Hazel Maxine Kirkpatrick Carnes, 95, of Grand Saline, passed away, Thursday, November 5, 2020, in Grand Saline. She was born on April 22, 1925, in Tahoka, TX, to Manual and Joanna (Howard) Kirkpatrick. Maxine grew up in Grand Saline where she went to school and lived most of her life. She married William Harrold Carnes in 1944. Maxine was...

Travis Sweeden

Travis Sweeden

Oct 31, 2020

Graveside services for Travis Edward Sweeden, 66, of Sulphur Springs, are scheduled for 11 a.m., Wednesday, November 4, 2020, at Salem Cemetery, with Bro. Byron George officiating under the direction of Wilson-Bartley Funeral Home, Alba. Mr. Sweeden passed away October 31, 2020, in Sulphur Springs. He was born April 19, 1954, in Alba, to William Earnie and Mae Ellen Hill...