Obituaries

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

Leonard Gideon

Leonard Gideon

May 25, 2017

LONE OAK – Graveside services for Wayne Gideon, 57, of Lone Oak, are scheduled for Sunday, May 28, 2017, at 2 p.m. at Hall Cemetery, Lone Oak, with Bro. Doak Sides and Bro. Paul McMerrell officiating, under the direction of Bartley’s Funeral Home in Lone Oak. Wayne Gideon passed away Thursday, May 25, 2017, after a long battle with cancer...

Frederick Brauer

Frederick Brauer

May 21, 2017

Frederick Richard Brauer ALBA – Funeral services for Frederick Richard Brauer, 72, of Alba, are scheduled for Thursday, May 25, 2017, at 2 p.m. at the Lighthouse Baptist Church, Alba, with Bro. Chris Horton officiating. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Wilson-Bartley Funeral Home, Alba. Mr. Brauer passed away Sunday, May 21, 2017, at a Tyler hospital. He was...

Robert Hogue

Robert Hogue

May 21, 2017

Services for Mr. Robert "Bob" Hogue, Sr., 70, of Grand Saline, are scheduled for 11 a.m., Wednesday, May 24, 2017, at Bartley Funeral Home with Dr. Bruce Smilie officiating. Interment will follow in Creagleville Cemetery. Mr. Hogue passed away May 21, 2017, at his home in Grand Saline. He was born March 23, 1947, in Wood County to Robert Edward...

Edna Sawyer

Edna Sawyer

May 18, 2017

ALBA – Memorial services for Edna Earl Ward Sawyer, 76, of Alba, are scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday, May 27, 2017, at Laurel Land Memorial Park, Fort Worth, under the direction of the family. Cremation arrangements are under direction of Wilson-Bartley Funeral Home, Alba. Ms. Sawyer passed away Thursday, May 18, 2017, at her residence in Alba. She was born...

Billie Harvey

Billie Harvey

May 14, 2017

Billie Edgar Harvey ALBA – Funeral services for Billie Edgar Harvey, 90, of Alba, are scheduled for Wednesday, May 17, 2017, at 2 p.m. at Wilson-Bartley Funeral Home Chapel, Alba, with Bro. Byron George officiating. Burial will be in Salem Cemetery, Alba, under the direction of Wilson-Bartley Funeral Home, Alba. Mr. Harvey passed away Sunday, May 14, 2017, at a...

Bill Grier

Bill Grier

May 12, 2017

Services for Mr. Bill Grier, 85, of Grand Saline, are scheduled for 11 a.m., Tuesday, May 16, 2017, at Bartley Funeral Home with Don Cannon officiating. Interment will be in Shields Cemetery. Mr. Grier passed away May 12, 2017, in a Tyler hospice facility. He was born March 4, 1932, in Grand Saline to Andrew W. & Mary Lou Houston...

James Iley

James Iley

May 4, 2017

Services for Mr. James Iley, 75, of Tyler, are scheduled for 3 p.m., Saturday, May 6, 2017, at Tyler Memorial Cemetery with Msgr. John Flynn and Deacon William Flores officiating under the direction of Bartley Funeral Home, Grand Saline. Mr. Iley passed away May 4, 2017, in a Grand Saline nursing home. He was born December 13, 1941, in Dallas...

Devonia Smith

Devonia Smith

May 2, 2017

Services for Devonia Smith, 70, of Mesquite, are scheduled for 2 p.m., Saturday, May 6, 2017, at Bartley Funeral Home with Bro. Donnie Herring officiating. Interment will be in Shields Cemetery. Mrs. Smith passed away May 2, 2017, in a Dallas hospital. She was born May 27, 1946, in Grand Saline, to Andrew Elmer & Nellie Marie Stone Douthitt, Jr....

Cilviya Ortega

Cilviya Ortega

May 2, 2017

Mrs. Cilviya Ortega, 71, of Grand Saline, passed away May 2, 2017, in Tyler. She was born October 30, 1945 in Van Ward, Ohio, to Celestino & Isidora Garza Rubio. She had been a custodian at Grand Saline ISD for 14 years. Cilviya is preceded in death by her parents; daughter, Olga Rodriguez; brother, Jesse Beltran; and three sisters, Olga,...

Mary Davis

Mary Davis

May 1, 2017

Funeral services for Mary Davis, 81, of Grand Saline, are scheduled for 2 p.m., Thursday, at Bartley Funeral Home with Chaplain Carey Ponder officiating. Interment will follow in Corinth Cemetery. Mrs. Davis passed away May 1, 2017, at her home in Grand Saline. She was born April 10, 1936, in Van Zandt County to Wesley Herbert & Mable Louise Fagg...

Dorothy Robinson

Dorothy Robinson

Apr 25, 2017

Dorothy Louise Tucker Robinson LONE OAK – Services for Dorothy Louise Tucker Robinson, 87, of Lone Oak, are scheduled for 10 a.m. Friday, April 28, 2017, at Lone Oak Assembly of God, with Bro. Sam Calk, Bro. Tom Calk, and Bro. Charles Sheffield officiating. Burial will be in Hall Cemetery, Lone Oak, under the direction of Bartley’s Lone Oak Funeral...

Lana Canada

Lana Canada

Apr 24, 2017

Lana Claudine English Canada ALBA – Services for Lana Claudine English Canada, 48, of Alba, are scheduled for 3 p.m. Friday, April 28, 2017, at First Baptist Church, Alba, with Chaplain Randall Ator officiating. Burial will be in Salem Cemetery, Alba, under the direction of Wilson-Bartley Funeral Home. Mrs. Canada passed away Monday, April 24, 2017, in Dallas. She was...

O.L. Barker

O.L. Barker

Apr 23, 2017

Services for Mr. O.L. Barker, 87, of Grand Saline, are scheduled for 10 a.m., Thursday, April 27, 2017, at Bartley Funeral Home with Bro. Donnie Herring officiating. Interment will follow in Small Cemetery, Edgewood, under the direction of Bartley Funeral Home. Mr. Barker passed away April 23, 2017, at his home in Grand Saline. He was born February 7, 1930,...

Ruby Lois Akins

Ruby Lois Akins

Apr 22, 2017

Services for Ruby Lois Akins, 88, of Fruitvale, are scheduled for 2 p.m., Tuesday, April 25, 2017, at Roundflat Pentecostal Church with Bro. Eddie Paul Stanley and Bro. Homer Morgan officiating. Interment will follow in Creagleville Cemetery under the direction of Bartley Funeral Home. Ruby passed away April 22, 2017, in Tyler. She was born November 22, 1928, in Oak...

Rhonda Wheatley

Rhonda Wheatley

Apr 18, 2017

ALBA – Celebration of life for Rhonda Carol Joslin Wheatley, 68, of Alba, will be held at a later date by the family. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Wilson-Bartley Funeral Home, Alba. Mrs. Wheatley passed away Tuesday, April 18, 2017, at her residence in Alba. Rhonda was born Thursday, July 29, 1948, in Waxahachie, to the late Clarence...

Mariano Cardoso

Mariano Cardoso

Apr 17, 2017

Services for Mariano Cardoso, 74, of Alba, are scheduled for 5 p.m., Friday, April 21, 2017, at St. Celestine Catholic Church with Father Victor Hernandez officiating. Interment will follow in Woodside Cemetery under the direction of Bartley Funeral Home. Mr. Cardoso was born August 30, 1942, in Donato Guerra Edode Mexico to Alfonso & Sofia Bonilla Cardoso. He lived in...

Anna Ralph

Anna Ralph

Apr 17, 2017

Anna Ruth Morris Ralph ALBA – Services for Anna Ruth Morris Ralph, 73, of Alba, are scheduled for 1 p.m. Thursday, April 20, 2017, at Wilson-Bartley Funeral Home Chapel, Alba, with George Filpansick officiating. Burial will be in Colfax Cemetery, Colfax, under the direction of Wilson-Bartley Funeral Home. Mrs. Ralph passed away Monday, April 17, 2017, in Mineola. She was...

Oliver Plunk

Oliver Plunk

Apr 7, 2017

Oliver Leon Plunk was born January 8, 1950, to Allen & Mary Nell Plunk. He served as a Specialist in the US Army and then had worked as a flooring installer for the last 40 years. He never met a stranger and was known to many as “Granddaddy”. He loved fishing, dancing, playing dominos, playing with his grandson and watching...

Rebecca Mae "Becky" Cannon

Rebecca Mae "Becky" Cannon

Apr 4, 2017

Graveside services for Rebecca Mae “Becky” Cannon, 73, of Grand Saline, are scheduled for 11:00 am, Thursday, April 6, 2017 at Colfax Cemetery under the direction of Bartley Funeral Home. Mrs. Cannon passed away April 4, 2017 in Grand Saline. She was born December 21, 1943 in Dallas to James and Bernice Tunnell Benton, Jr. On April 27, 1964, she...