Obituaries

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

Charles Black

Charles Black

Jan 15, 2020

Services for Mr. Charles Black, 92, Grand Saline, are scheduled for 11 a.m., Saturday, January 18, 2020, at Bartley Funeral Home with Bro. Donnie Herring officiating. Interment will follow in Corinth Cemetery. Mr. Black passed away January 15, 2020 in Tyler. He was born May 29, 1927, in Sulphur Bluff to Ralph Jake & Stellean Baugh Black. Charles was raised...

Wanda Fansler

Wanda Fansler

Jan 10, 2020

Services for Wanda Nell Fansler, 84, Grand Saline, are scheduled for 2 p.m., Monday, January 13, 2020, at Bartley Funeral Home with Josh Harrell, Jeremy Harrell and Jason Harrell officiating. Burial will be in Woodside Cemetery. Mrs. Fansler passed away January 10, 2020 in Grand Saline. She was born October 7, 1935, in Speaks to Jess & Addie Gertrude Quattlebaum...

Jay Land

Jay Land

Jan 10, 2020

Jay Land, 62, of Grand Saline, passed away January 10, 2020 at his residence. He was born May 2, 1957 in Grand Saline to J. B. and Bobbie Lou Butler Land. Jay lived all his life in Grand Saline and was a member of Main Street Baptist Church and of the Local 100 Pipefitters Union, with 25 years of service....

O D Copeland

O D Copeland

Jan 10, 2020

Services for Mr. O D Copeland, 74, Grand Saline, are scheduled for 2 p.m., Tuesday, January 14, 2020, at Bartley Funeral Home with Bro. Donnie Herring officiating. Burial will be in Creagleville Cemetery. Mr. Copeland passed away January 10, 2020, at his home. He was born January 27, 1945, in Grand Saline, to Elijah & Onia Hare Copeland. O D...

Jeffie Huffaker

Jeffie Huffaker

Jan 8, 2020

Services for Jeffie Hukill Huffaker, 92, Longview, are scheduled for 2 p.m., Sunday, January 12, 2020, at Bartley Funeral Home, Grand Saline, with Chaplain Lawrence Thompson officiating. Interment will follow in Salem Cemetery, Alba. Mrs. Huffaker passed away January 8, 2020, in Longview. She was born August 31, 1927 in Alba to Jefferson Davis & Vera Jane Sanders Hukill. She...

Carl Mcferren

Carl Mcferren

Jan 7, 2020

Memorial services for Carl Ray McFerren, 77, Emory, are scheduled for 2 p.m., Saturday, January 11, 2020, at Bartley Funeral Home, Grand Saline with Andy Clower and Josh Self officiating. Mr. McFerren passed away January 7, 2020, in Tyler. He was born February 13, 1942, in Paris to JP & Dorothy Cleo Ormand McFerren. Carl spent his early years in...

Loetta Vasquez

Loetta Vasquez

Dec 28, 2019

Services for Loetta “Toby” Brown Vasquez, 62, Grand Saline, are scheduled for 10 a.m., Thursday, January 2, 2020, at Bartley Funeral Home with Rev. James Massey officiating. Interment will be in Rodgers Cemetery. Mrs. Vasquez passed away December 28, 2019 in a Tyler hospital. She was born April 2, 1957. Toby graduated from Edgewood High School, Class of 1976 and...

Jackie Nivens

Jackie Nivens

Dec 28, 2019

Services for Jackie Copeland Nivens, 79, of Santa Fe are scheduled for 2 p.m., Tuesday, December 31, 2019 at Bartley Funeral Home with Bro. Tom Ferguson officiating under the direction of Bartley Funeral Home, Grand Saline. Interment will follow at Silver Lake Cemetery. Jackie passed away December 28, 2019 in Webster. She was born October 31, 1940 in Grand Saline...

Richard "Rick" Westervelt Jr

Richard "Rick" Westervelt Jr

Dec 28, 2019

Celebration of Life services will be scheduled by the family at a later date for Richard Irving “Rick” Westervelt, Jr., 53, of Alba who passed away Saturday, December 28, 2019 in Winnsboro. He was born April 11, 1966 in Pekin, Illinois, to the late Richard Irving Westervelt, Sr. and Frances Lucille “Toodie” Davis Westervelt (Maxwell). Cremation arrangements are under the...

William "Paul" Barnett

William "Paul" Barnett

Dec 27, 2019

Services for William Paulden “Paul” Barnett, 81, of Alba are scheduled for 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, December 31, 2019, at Alba United Methodist Church with Reverends Dee Bryant, Bryan Brown, and Danny Barrett officiating.. Private interment will follow in New Hope Cemetery in Mineola. Mr. Barnett passed away Friday, December 27, 2019 in Tyler. He was born Friday, March 4, 1938...

Homma Lovett

Homma Lovett

Dec 27, 2019

Services for Homma Lou Lovett, 83, of Grand Saline are scheduled for 11 a.m., Monday, December 30, 2019 at Roundflat Pentecostal Church with Bro. Homer Morgan officiating under the direction of Bartley Funeral Home. Interment will be in Creagleville Cemetery. Ms. Lovett passed away December 27, 2019 in Quitman. She was born April 18, 1936 in Grand Saline to Homer...

Carole Owens

Carole Owens

Dec 25, 2019

Mrs. Carole Owens, 69, Grand Saline, passed away December 25, 2019, at her home. She was born August 23, 1950, in the Friendship Community of Grand Saline, to Robert Vernon & Buenia Allene Jarmon Fritz. She graduated from Grand Saline High School, Class of 1968 and married Danny Owens on November 29, 1968. Carole is preceded in death by her...

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...