Obituaries

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

Ruth Evans

Ruth Evans

Mar 28, 2019

Memorial services for Ruth Evans, 78, Fruitvale, are scheduled for 1 p.m., Saturday, March 30, 2019 at Bartley Funeral Home with Bro. Eddie Paul Stanley officiating. Mrs. Evans passed away March 28, 2019 at her home in Fruitvale. She was born January 23, 1941, to John & Neva Gilbreath Conner. Ruth was born in Rusk, spent her early years in...

Hazel Wheeler

Hazel Wheeler

Mar 28, 2019

Services for Hazel Morgan Wheeler, 92, Grand Saline, are scheduled for 2 p.m., Sunday, March 31, 2019, at Roundflat Pentecostal Church with Bro. Homer Morgan and Bro. Mark Hansen officiating. Interment will follow in Creagleville Cemetery. Mrs. Wheeler passed away March 28, 2019, in Quitman. She was born December 28, 1926, in Rains Co. to Homer & Mable Christopher Morgan....

Marvin Peel

Marvin Peel

Mar 24, 2019

Services for Marvin Peel, 93, Grand Saline, are scheduled for 2 p.m., Friday, March 29, 2019, at Main Street Baptist Church with Bro. Bruce Smilie officiating. Interment will follow in Haven of Memories, Canton, under the direction of Bartley Funeral Home. Mr. Marvin Lenon Peel passed away March 24, 2019, in Grand Saline. He was born October 30, 1925, to...

Travis Burney

Travis Burney

Mar 19, 2019

Travis Wayne Burney LONE OAK – Memorial services for Travis Wayne Burney, 83, of Lone Oak, are scheduled for 2 p.m. Sunday, March 31, 2019, at Bullcreek Cowboy Church, under the direction of the family, with Pastor Jeff Jackson and Randy Bird officiating. Cremation arrangements are under direction of Wilson-Bartley Funeral Home, Alba. Mr. Burney passed away Tuesday, March 19,...

Linda Koonce

Linda Koonce

Mar 17, 2019

Services for Linda Neal Koonce, 64, of Lindale, formerly of Grand Saline, are scheduled for 2 p.m., Friday, March 22, 2019, at Main Street Baptist Church with Bro. David Yarbrough officiating under the direction of Bartley Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Woodside Cemetery. Mrs. Koonce passed away Sunday, March 17, 2019 in Tyler. She was born November 24, 1954...

Frankie Wilcoxen

Frankie Wilcoxen

Mar 14, 2019

YANTIS – Graveside services for Frankie Junior Wilcoxen, 91, of Yantis, are scheduled for 11 a.m. Tuesday, March 19, 2019, at Turner Cemetery, Emory, with Bro. Jim Parker officiating under the direction of Wilson-Bartley Funeral Home, Alba. Mr. Wilcoxen passed away Thursday, March 14, 2019, at a Quitman nursing home. He was born Friday, October 7, 1927, in Sherman, to...

Terry Floyd

Terry Floyd

Mar 13, 2019

Mr. Terry Floyd, 76, of Hot Springs, Arkansas, passed away March 13, 2019, in Tyler. He was born December 2, 1942 to Roy Neal & Buna Widner Floyd. He grew up in Hot Springs and lived in Dallas and Houston before moving back to Hot Springs 25 years ago. He enjoyed fishing and being a grandfather to his grandkids and...

Buddy Furrh

Buddy Furrh

Mar 11, 2019

Services for Mr. Buddy Furrh, 78, of Grand Saline, are scheduled for 2 p.m., Friday, March 15, 2019, at Caney Creek Cowboy Church with Bro. Randy Edwards officiating. Interment and Masonic services will follow at Woodside Cemetery under the direction of Bartley Funeral Home. Buddy James Furrh passed away March 11, 2019, in Grand Saline. He was born February 28,...

Joe Sutton

Joe Sutton

Mar 10, 2019

Services for Joe Sutton, 79, Canton, are scheduled for 1 p.m., Saturday, March 16, 2019, at Bartley Funeral Home, Grand Saline, with Bro. Mark Winskie officiating. Interment will be in Woodside Cemetery. Mr. Sutton passed away March 10, 2019, at his home in Canton. He was born April 19, 1939, in Tucson, AZ, to Joe Dorris & Dorothy Walraven Sutton....

Judy Trammell

Judy Trammell

Mar 10, 2019

MINEOLA – Funeral services for Judy Nell Fuller Trammell, 72, of Mineola, are scheduled for 12 Noon Saturday, March 16, 2019, at First Baptist Church, Mineola, with Dr. Mark Neeley and Pastor Phillip Casper officiating, under the direction of Wilson-Bartley Funeral Home, Alba. Burial will be in Enon Cemetery, Alba. Mrs. Trammell passed away Sunday, March 10, 2019, in Tyler....

Earl Bennett

Earl Bennett

Mar 10, 2019

Services for Mr. Earl Bennett, 81, of Murchison, are scheduled for 2 p.m., Thursday, March 14, 2019, at Bartley Funeral Home, Grand Saline, with Bro. Homer Morgan officiating. Interment will follow in Sand Flat Cemetery. Mr. Bennett passed away March 10, 2019, at his home in Murchison. He was born February 14, 1938, in Forney, to Dick Neal & Bessie...

Jerry Ruyle

Jerry Ruyle

Mar 8, 2019

Graveside services for Jerry Ruyle, 70, of Grand Saline, are scheduled for 1 p.m., Tuesday, March 12, 2019 at Starr Cemetery with Dr. Bruce Smilie officiating under the direction of Bartley Funeral Home. Mr. Ruyle passed away March 8, 2019, in Grand Saline. He was born March 15, 1948, in Dallas. Jerry was adopted by Cecil Floyd & Paralea Renfrow...

Georgia Roberts

Georgia Roberts

Feb 28, 2019

ALBA – Funeral services for Georgia Nell Taylor Roberts, 83, of Alba, are scheduled for 2 PM Sunday, March 3, 2019, at the chapel, with Bro. Byron George officiating, under the direction of Wilson-Bartley Funeral Home, Alba. Burial will be in Salem Cemetery, Alba. Mrs. Roberts passed away Thursday, February 28, 2019, in Alba. She was born Sunday, February 23,...

Elvin Neal "Junior"  Wyatt, Jr.

Elvin Neal "Junior" Wyatt, Jr.

Feb 27, 2019

Services for Junior Wyatt, 81, of Fruitvale, are scheduled for 2 p.m., Saturday, March 2, 2019, at Heritage Trail Cowboy Church, Ben Wheeler, with Bro. C.R. Chapman officiating. Interment will follow in Rodgers Cemetery under the direction of Bartley Funeral Home, Grand Saline. Mr. Elvin Neal Wyatt Jr. passed away February 27, 2019, in Grand Saline. He was born March...

Bill Rife

Bill Rife

Feb 25, 2019

Billy Don Rife, 81, of Fruitvale, passed away, February 25, 2019, in Tyler. He was born October 29, 1937, in Young County to John William & Ruby Joplin Rife. He graduated from high school in Wright City, Oklahoma, in 1954. He owned/operated his construction company in Farmers Branch for 11 years and then moved to the Grand Saline/Fruitvale area in...

Bobby  Featherston

Bobby Featherston

Feb 15, 2019

Bobby Joe Featherston ALBA – Memorial services for Bobby Joe Featherston, 84, of Alba, are scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday, March 2, 2019, at Cottonwood Assembly of God, under the direction of the family, with Pastor Otis Lee officiating. Cremation arrangements are under direction of Wilson-Bartley Funeral Home, Alba. Mr. Featherston passed away Friday, February 15, 2019, in Alba. He...

Marvon Horton

Marvon Horton

Feb 12, 2019

Services for Marvon Armstrong Horton, 74, of Emory, are scheduled for 2 p.m., Friday, February 15, 2019, at Silver Lake Baptist Church. Interment will be in Silver Lake Cemetery under the direction of Bartley Funeral Home. Mrs. Horton passed away February 12, 2019, in Ft. Worth. She was born June 26, 1944, in Terrell, to Marvin & Evelyn Penney Armstrong....

Shirley Roberts

Shirley Roberts

Feb 10, 2019

Shirley Ann McBride Roberts MINEOLA – Memorial services for Shirley Ann "Mimi" McBride Roberts, 60, of Mineola, are scheduled for 2 p.m. Friday, February 15, 2019, at the Wilson-Bartley Funeral Home Chapel, with Kevin Roberts officiating. Cremation arrangements are under direction of Wilson-Bartley Funeral Home. Mrs. Roberts passed away Sunday, February 10, 2019, in Tyler. She was born October 3,...