Obituaries

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

Stephen Spence

Stephen Spence

Dec 16, 2019

Services for Stephen Ray Spence, 59, of Emory are scheduled for 11 a.m., Thursday, December 19, 2019 at Bright Star Baptist Church, Alba with Bro. Jerry Jackson officiating. Interment will be in Pilgrim Rest #1, Emory. Mr. Spence passed away December 16, 2019 at his residence in Emory. He was born February 18, 1960 in Dallas to Roy Lee and...

Lonnie Hays

Lonnie Hays

Dec 16, 2019

Services for Lonnie Joe “Bud” Hays, 76, of Mineola are scheduled for 2 p.m., Friday, December 20, 2019 at Wilson-Bartley Funeral Home in Alba with Bro. Waymon Hass officiating. Interment will be in Pilgrim Rest #1 Cemetery in Emory. Mr. Hays passed away December 16, 2019 in Tyler. He was born March 3, 1943 in Rains County to William Hubert...

Gary Lovett

Gary Lovett

Dec 14, 2019

Mr. Gary Lovett, 63, Fruitvale, passed away December 14, 2019, in Tyler. He was born January 24, 1956, in Grand Saline to William Bascom & Willie Mae Thompson Lovett. He graduated from Grand Saline High School, Class of 1975. He was a lifelong resident of the Grand Saline area and operated heavy equipment in road construction crews. Gary is preceded...

Edith Shivers

Edith Shivers

Dec 6, 2019

Graveside services for Edith Hewitt Shivers, 89, are scheduled for 2 p.m., Saturday, December 7, 2019, at Turner Cemetery, Emory, with her grandson Dave Bellomy, officiating, under the direction of Bartley Funeral Home, Grand Saline. Mrs. Shivers passed away December 6, 2019, at her home in Grand Saline. She was born September 23, 1930 in Grand Saline to Lafayette Donnie...

Billy Fisher

Billy Fisher

Dec 5, 2019

Services for Mr. Billy J. Fisher, 87, Grand Saline, are scheduled for 2 p.m., Monday, December 9, 2019, at First United Methodist Church with Rev. Mark Pederson officiating. Interment will follow in Woodside Cemetery under the direction of Bartley Funeral Home. Mr. Fisher passed away December 5, 2019, at his home. He was born January 13, 1932, in Wolco, OK,...

Beverly Sloan

Beverly Sloan

Dec 2, 2019

Services for Beverly Kitchens Sloan, 61, Grand Saline, are scheduled for 1 p.m., Wednesday, December 4, 2019, at Bartley Funeral Home with Bro. Billy Smith officiating. Interment will follow in Creagleville Cemetery. Ms. Sloan passed away December 2, 2019 in Grand Saline. She was born September 2, 1958, in Grand Saline to John D. & Mary Frances Malone Kitchens. She...

Elaine Beall

Elaine Beall

Nov 27, 2019

Services for Mrs. Elaine K. "Granny" Beall, 93, Grand Saline, are scheduled for 10 a.m., Monday, December 2, 2019, at Bartley Funeral Home with Bro. Homer Morgan officiating. Interment will follow at 2 p.m, Monday, in Grove Hill Memorial Park, Dallas. Mrs. Beall passed away November 27, 2019, in Grand Saline. She was born June 9, 1926, in Oakland, CA,...

William Scudder

William Scudder

Nov 27, 2019

Mr. William Leslie Scudder, 79, Lone Oak, passed away Wednesday, November 27, 2019 in Greenville, following a brief illness. William was born in Shreveport, LA, on July 9, 1940 to the late Cleatus and Eunice Underwood Scudder. He graduated from Fair Park H.S. in 1958. William married Bobbie Seal on June 16, 1962. He proudly served in the US Army...

Roger Green

Roger Green

Nov 24, 2019

Mr. Roger Lee Green, 77, of Alba passed away November 24, 2019 at his residence in Alba. He was born January 1, 1942 in Ashland, Missouri to Bartlett Henry and Ruby Opal Crump Green. Roger married Patricia Ann Covalt on April 4, 1961 in Clovis, New Mexico. He was a member of the United States Air Force and the Church...

Elizabeth Stevenson

Elizabeth Stevenson

Nov 23, 2019

Mrs. Elizabeth “Beth” Gail McCrary Stevenson, 98, of Mineola passed away November 23, 2019 in Mineola. She was born October 9, 1921 in Hall County to Marcus and Mary Heard McCrary. Beth was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Robert Stevenson; son, Randall Lee Stevenson; sister, Joyce Walters; and brother, Ralph McCrary. Survivors include two sons, Mark Stevenson and...

Diana Crocker

Diana Crocker

Nov 22, 2019

Services for Diana Taylor Stone Crocker, 71, of Grand Saline, are scheduled for 10 a.m., Monday, November 25, 2019 at Bartley Funeral Home with Bro. Homer Morgan officiating. Diana passed away November 22, 2019 in Tyler. She was born May 5, 1948 in Marshall. She grew up in the Marshall area and graduated from Gladewater High School, Class of 1966....

Nevia Seely

Nevia Seely

Nov 19, 2019

Nevia "Granny" Seely, 84, Grand Saline, passed away November 19, 2019. She was born December 21, 1934 in Athens. Mrs. Seely retired from AT&T, as an accountant, after 38 years of service. She was preceded in death by her parents; HT & Bertha Hickman; brothers, Larry Hickman, James Hickman, Paul Hickman, Henry Hickman and J.T. Hickman; sisters, Ruby Gunstanson and...

Paul Smith

Paul Smith

Nov 19, 2019

Graveside services for Paul Jack Smith, aka "Cowboy Jack", 84, Point, are scheduled for 1 p.m., Friday, November 22, 2019, at Donelton Cemetery with Pastor Benny Chaffin officiating, under the direction of Bartley Funeral Home, Lone Oak. Mr. Smith passed away peacefully at his home, in Point, on Tuesday, November 19, 2019. He was born April 4, 1935, in Rowlett...

Dolores Hyde

Dolores Hyde

Nov 17, 2019

Graveside services for Dolores Jean Spaugh Hyde, 83, of Pasadena, are scheduled for 2 p.m, Wednesday, November 20, 2019, at Salem Cemetery. Mrs. Hyde passed away November 17, 2019 in Pasadena. She was born January 26, 1936, in the Bright Star Community of Rains Co. to Bynum & Jewel Fuller Spaugh. She spent her early years in Alba where she...

Sheila Bunch

Sheila Bunch

Nov 17, 2019

Mrs. Sheila Grisham Bunch, 84, of Alba, passed away Sunday, November 17, 2019 at her residence in Alba. She was born May 26, 1935 in Carlsbad, New Mexico to J.V. and Lessie Marie Worthey Grisham. Sheila lived in Dallas for over fifty years before moving to the Alba-Golden area in 2015. She is preceded in death by her parents; husband,...

Susan Gilbert

Susan Gilbert

Nov 15, 2019

Memorial services for Susan Lee Bennett Gilbert, 64, of Alba are scheduled for 1:00 p.m., Saturday, December 7, 2019, at Wilson-Bartley Funeral Home, Alba, with Pastor Jessey Mook officiating. Mrs. Gilbert passed away November 15, 2019, at her residence in Alba, after a lengthy battle with Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP). She was born September 9, 1955, in Phoenix, Arizona, to...

Joan Hazel

Joan Hazel

Nov 15, 2019

Services for Joan Gale Laughery Hazel, 67, of Fruitvale, are scheduled for 3 p.m., Sunday, November 17, 2019 at Bartley Funeral Home with Bro. Eddie Paul Stanley officiating. Interment will be in Creagleville Cemetery. Joan passed away November 15, 2019 at her residence in Fruitvale. She was born December 27, 1951 in Canton, Ohio to James Leroy and Wanda Dale...

Steve Schifani

Steve Schifani

Nov 15, 2019

Graveside services for Mr. Steve Schifani, 78, of Grand Saline, are scheduled for 11 a.m., Tuesday, November 19, 2019, at Sand Flat Cemetery under the direction of Bartley Funeral Home. Mr. Steve Bernard Schifani passed away November 15, 2019, at his home in Grand Saline. He was born January 9, 1941, in Houston, to Peter & Lena Marino Schifani. Steve...

Robert Spurgeon

Robert Spurgeon

Nov 13, 2019

Robert Richard Spurgeon GOLDEN – Services for Robert Richard Spurgeon, 71, of Golden, are scheduled for 2 p.m. Sunday, November 17, 2019, at Pilgrim Rest No. 2 Baptist Church, Golden, under the direction of Wilson-Bartley Funeral Home of Alba, with Bro. Louis Strehlow, officiating. Burial will be in Pilgrim Rest No. 2 Cemetery, Golden. Mr. Spurgeon passed away Wednesday, November...

Freddy Stotts

Freddy Stotts

Nov 13, 2019

Services for Mr. Freddy Stotts, 69, of Lone Oak, are scheduled for 11 a.m., Monday, November 18, 2019, at Bull Creek Cowboy Church with Bro. Charles Sheffield and Bro. Robert Cook officiating. Interment will follow at Hall Cemetery under the direction of Bartley Funeral Home, Lone Oak. Mr. Stotts passed away November 13, 2019, in a Greenville nursing center. He...