Obituaries

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

Shirley Jones

Shirley Jones

Sep 30, 2020

Services for Shirley Anne Jones, 85, of Whitehouse, are scheduled for 3 p.m., Sunday, October 4, 2020, at Wilson-Bartley Funeral Home, Alba. Interment will be in Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, Alba. Mrs. Jones passed away September 30, 2020, in Whitehouse. She was born October 14, 1934, in Dallas to J.D. and Hattie Opal Long Flowers. Shirley lived in Wood County for...

Billie Sears

Billie Sears

Sep 28, 2020

Services for Billie Jean Gilbert Sears, 84, of Alba, are scheduled for 11a.m., Friday, October 2, 2020, at Lake Fork Baptist Church with Bro. Chris Horton officiating under the direction of Wilson-Bartley Funeral Home, Alba. Interment will be in Rest Haven Memorial Park, Rockwall. Mrs. Sears passed away September 28, 2020, in Sulphur Springs. She was born July 7, 1936...

Martha Lopez

Martha Lopez

Sep 27, 2020

Services for Mrs. Martha Ann Sisk Lopez, 82, of Emory, are scheduled for 2 p.m., Saturday, October 3, 2020, at Emory Baptist Church with Pastor Monty Parker and Dr. Richard Piles officiating. Interment will follow in Emory City Cemetery, under the direction of Wilson-Bartley Funeral Home, Alba. Mrs. Lopez passed away September 27, 2020, in a Tyler hospital. She was...

Wanda Rodgers

Wanda Rodgers

Sep 24, 2020

Graveside services for Wanda Haas Rodgers, 79, of Grand Saline, are scheduled for 11 a.m., Saturday, September 26, 2020, at Rodgers Cemetery, with Bro. Bill Polley officiating, under the direction of Bartley Funeral Home. Visitation will be 10 a.m., Saturday, September 26, 2020, at Rodgers Cemetery. Mrs. Rodgers passed away September 24, 2020, in Tyler. She was born October 1,...

Mary Mcvey

Mary Mcvey

Sep 21, 2020

Mrs. Mary Helen Hill McVey, 90, of Quitman, formerly of Alba, passed away September 21, 2020, in Quitman. She was born November 25, 1929, in Girard, Kansas, to Willard M. and Ida Bell Palmer Hill. On August 15, 1947, she married Noel Donovan McVey in Girard, Kansas. Together, they moved to Texas in 1972, and made Alba their home. Mary...

Wilford Skinner Jr

Wilford Skinner Jr

Sep 19, 2020

Graveside services for Mr. Wilford Lee Skinner, Jr., 85, of Grand Saline, are scheduled for 2 p.m., Thursday, September 24, 2020, at Haven of Memories, Canton, with Deacon William Flores officiating. Mr. Skinner died September 19, 2020, in Tyler. He was born December 11, 1934, in Grand Saline, to Wilford Lee & Georgia Maurine White Skinner. He was born and...

Mary Chaney

Mary Chaney

Sep 19, 2020

Memorial services for Mary Carolyn Oxford Chaney, 77, of Alba, are scheduled for 11a.m., Saturday, September 26, 2020, at Wilson Bartley Funeral Home, Alba, with Chaplain Robert Stovall officiating. Mrs. Chaney passed away September 19, 2020, in Winnsboro. She was born July 26, 1943, in Grand Saline, to A.G. and Johnnie Fern Williams Oxford. On June 8, 1960, she married...

John Snyder

John Snyder

Sep 17, 2020

Services for John Burt Snyder, 83, of Emory, are scheduled for 2 p.m., Tuesday, September 22, 2020, at Emory Church of Christ, with Paul Foley and Cody McCoy officiating, under the direction of Wilson-Bartley Funeral Home, Alba. Interment will be in Pilgrim Rest #1 Cemetery, Emory. Mr. Snyder passed away September 17, 2020, in Sulphur Springs. He was born January...

Billy Sears

Billy Sears

Sep 17, 2020

Services for Billy Ray Sears, 87, of Alba, are scheduled for 3 p.m., Sunday, September 20, 2020, at Lake Fork Baptist Church, Alba, with Bro. Chris Horton officiating, under the direction of Wilson Bartley Funeral Home, Alba. Interment will be in Rest Haven Memorial Park, Rockwall. Mr. Sears passed away September 17, 2020, in Sulphur Springs. He was born January...

Mary Leevey

Mary Leevey

Sep 14, 2020

Services for Mary Ann Rayborn Leevey, 81, of Alba, are scheduled for 10 a.m., Saturday, September 19, 2020, at Lighthouse Baptist Church, Alba, with Bro. Cody Rushing, Bro. Ben Leevey, and Bro. Chris Horton officiating under the direction of Wilson-Bartley Funeral Home, Alba. Interment will be in Colony Cemetery, Alba. Mrs. Leevey passed away September 14, 2020 at her residence...

John Seider

John Seider

Sep 13, 2020

Services for Mr. John Edward "Jack" Seider, 80, of Grand Saline, are scheduled for 10 a.m., Thursday, September 17, 2020, at Bartley Funeral Home with Bro. Richard Jones officiating. Mr. Seider passed away September 13, 2020 in Canton. He was born January 27, 1940, in Hamilton County to William & Freda Senger Seider. Jack spent his early years in Odessa,...

Billy Koonce

Billy Koonce

Sep 12, 2020

Services for Mr. Billy Koonce, 88, of Grand Saline, are scheduled for 2 p.m., Thursday, September 17, 2020, at Bartley Funeral Home with Kyle White and Jeremy Harrell officiating. Interment will be in Woodside Cemetery. Mr. Koonce passed away September 12, 2020 in Grand Saline. He was born June 4, 1932, in Grand Saline, to Claude & Hazel Bennett Koonce....

John Brown

John Brown

Sep 12, 2020

Services for Mr. John Michael "Mike" Brown, 60, of Lindale, are scheduled for 1 p.m., Saturday, September 19, 2020, at Wayside Revival Center Church in Ben Wheeler with Pastor Walter Dorsey officiating. Interment will follow in Creagleville Cemetery, under the direction of Bartley Funeral Home, Grand Saline. Mr. Brown passed away September 12, 2020, in Tyler. He was born July...

Grady Rude

Grady Rude

Sep 5, 2020

Services for Grady Odell Rude, 84, of Golden, are scheduled for 2 p.m., Thursday, September 10, 2020, at Wilson-Bartley Funeral Home, Alba, with Bro. Dwayne McCormack officiating. Interment will be in Pilgrim Rest #2 Cemetery, Golden. Mr. Rude passed away September 5, 2020, in Grand Saline. He was born November 21, 1935, in Hamilton County to Winn Ole and Gladys...

Kenneth Marquis

Kenneth Marquis

Sep 3, 2020

Services with Military Honors for Mr. Kenneth Marquis, 53, of Fruitvale, are scheduled for 2 p.m., Wednesday, September 9, 2020, at Bartley Funeral Home with Chris Richey officiating. Mr. Marquis passed away September 3, 2020. He was born August 15, 1967, in Valdosta, GA, to William J. "Bill" & Mattie Selena Moxley Marquis. He served in the US Marines during...

Laura Whitus

Laura Whitus

Sep 3, 2020

Graveside services for Laura Ann Whitus, 78, of Abilene, are scheduled for 10 a.m., Saturday, September 5, 2020, at Colony Cemetery, Alba, under the direction of Bartley Funeral Home, Grand Saline. Laura passed away September 3, 2020, in an Abilene hospital. She was born July 13, 1942, in Alba, to H. R. & Clarice Irene Bullock Whitus. She spent her...

Richard Jenkins

Richard Jenkins

Aug 31, 2020

Mr. Richard Glenn Jenkins, 61, of Quitman, passed away August 31, 2020, in Rowlett. He was born April 18, 1959, in Lexington, Mississippi to David Lancelot and Dorothy Mae Gainy Jenkins, Sr. Survivors include his wife, Debra Lynn Griggs Jenkins of Quitman; son and daughter-in-law, Richard Benjamin and Sarah Jenkins; daughter and son-in-law, Patricia and Craig Rasbury; three grandchildren, Richard...

Earl Copeland

Earl Copeland

Aug 30, 2020

Services for Mr. Earl Ray Copeland, 79, of Grand Saline, are scheduled for 10 a.m., Thursday, September 3, 2020, at Bartley Funeral Home, with Bro. Homer Morgan officiating. Burial will be in Creagleville Cemetery. Mr. Copeland passed away August 30, 2020, in a Tyler hospital. He was born June 25, 1941, in Grand Saline, to Elijah & Ona Elizabeth Hare...

Sidney Shuemake

Sidney Shuemake

Aug 28, 2020

Services for Mr. Sidney E. “Sid” Shuemake, 79, of Grand Saline, are scheduled for 2 p.m., Thursday, September 3, 2020, at Bartley Funeral Home, with Dallas FD Chaplain Elaine Maddox officiating. The family will receive friends 1:00 pm Thursday at the funeral home. Interment will follow in Sand Flat Cemetery. Mr. Shuemake passed away August 28, 2020, in Longview. He...

Billie Hazel

Billie Hazel

Aug 23, 2020

Services for Mrs. Billie J. Hazel, 87, of Fruitvale, are scheduled for 3 p.m., Wednesday, August 26, 2020, at Bartley Funeral Home, with Kyle White officiating. Interment will be in Creagleville Cemetery. Mrs. Hazel passed away August 23, 2020, in Tyler. She was born August 18, 1933, in Grand Saline, to Omer & Georgia Mae King Wheeler. She lived all...