Obituaries

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

Michael Barker

Michael Barker

May 20, 2016

Services for Michael H. Barker, 65, of Mt. Pleasant, are scheduled for 2 p.m., Monday, May 23, 2016, at Central Pentecostal Church with Bro. Garvin Pulley and Bro. Mack Swain officiating under the direction of Bartley Funeral Home, Grand Saline. Interment will be in Shields Cemetery. Mr. Barker passed away May 20, 2016, in Mt. Pleasant. He was born July...

Ronald Dinkins

Ronald Dinkins

May 19, 2016

Mr. Ronald Dinkins Sr., 65, of Grand Saline passed away May 19, 2016 in Tyler. He was born March 6, 1951 in Springhill, LA, to Aubrey Lane & Verda Ivis Tripp Dinkins. He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers and a sister. Survivors include his wife, Rebecca "Becky" Dinkins of Grand Saline; son, Ronald Dinkins, Jr. of...

Luella Sides

Luella Sides

May 19, 2016

Services for Luella Charlene Nelson Sides, 78, of Grand Saline, are scheduled for 2 p.m., Sunday, May 22, 2016, at Bartley Funeral Home with Bro. Homer Morgan officiating. Interment will be in Woodside Cemetery. Mrs. Sides passed away May 19, 2016, in a Grand Saline nursing home. She was born December 8, 1937, in Oklahoma to Kenneth & Onia Elizabeth...

Joanne Davis

Joanne Davis

May 19, 2016

Services for Joanne Marie Gabel Davis, 46, of Grand Saline, are scheduled for 10 a.m., Monday, May 23, 2016, at Bartley Funeral Home with Bro. Homer Morgan officiating. Mrs. Davis passed away May 19, 2016. She was born June 21, 1969, in Livermore, CA, to Robert & Anna O’Reilly Gabel. She spent her early years in Plano, five years in...

Charles Clements

Charles Clements

May 17, 2016

Graveside services for Charles Presley Clements, 88, of Springtown are scheduled for 11:00 am, Saturday, May 21, 2016 at Malakoff City Cemetery under the direction of Bartley Funeral Home. Mr. Clements passed away May 17, 2016 in Springtown. He was born June 12, 1927 in Imboden, Arkansas. Charles lived 20 years in Grand Saline and spent the past 15 years...

Irby Caffey

Irby Caffey

May 16, 2016

MINEOLA – Services for Irby Rowayne “Wayne” Caffey, 94, of Mineola, are scheduled for 2 pm Thursday, at the First United Methodist Church Sanctuary, 319 N. Pacific, Mineola, with Rev. Fred Baker officiating. Burial will be in DFW National Cemetery, Dallas, at 10 am on Friday, May 20, 2016. Mr. Caffey passed away Monday, May 16, 2016, at a nursing...

John Ralph Sr

John Ralph Sr

May 15, 2016

John Walton Ralph Sr. ALBA – Services for John Walton Ralph Sr., 76, of Alba, are scheduled for 1 pm Friday, at Wilson-Bartley Funeral Home chapel, Alba, with Gerald Kelly and Earl Warren officiating. Burial will be in Colfax Cemetery, Colfax. Mr. Ralph passed away Sunday, May 15, 2016, at a nursing home in Grand Saline. John was born Sunday,...

Frances Ellen Mckenzie

Frances Ellen Mckenzie

May 7, 2016

QUITMAN – Services for Frances Ellen McKenzie, 96, of Quitman, are scheduled for 1 p.m. Wednesday, May 11, 2016, at Wilson-Bartley Funeral Home chapel, Alba, with Bro. Greg Wright officiating. Burial will be in Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, Alba. Mrs. McKenzie passed away Saturday, May 7, 2016, at a nursing home in Quitman. She was born Thursday, August 14, 1919, in...

Mae Bell

Mae Bell

May 2, 2016

Mae Ellen Bell ALBA – Services for Mae Ellen Bell, 75, of Alba, are scheduled for 2 p.m. Thursday, May 5, 2016, at Amazing Grace Fellowship Church, Alba, under direction of Wilson-Bartley Funeral Home, Alba, with Bro. Byron George officiating. Burial will be in Turner Cemetery, Emory. Mrs. Bell passed away Monday, May 2, 2016, at her residence in Alba....

Jerrel Dean Saunders

Jerrel Dean Saunders

Apr 28, 2016

Memorial services for Jerrel Dean Neal Saunders, 84, of Grand Saline, are scheduled for 10:00 a.m., Saturday, May 7, 2016 at Bartley Funeral Home, with Bro. Jimmy Dickinson, II officiating. Mrs. Saunders passed away April 28, 2016 in Tyler. She was born January 2, 1932 in Grand Saline to Sidney Johnson and Zora Hudgins Neal. Jerrel Dean worked as a...

Cleborn Love

Cleborn Love

Apr 28, 2016

Services for Cleborn Odell "Peanut" Love, 91, of Grand Saline, are scheduled for 1 p.m., Monday, May 2, 2016, at Sand Flat Baptist Church with Bro. Ed Ridge and Bro. Dennis Morris officiating. Interment will be in Sand Flat Cemetery under the direction of Bartley Funeral Home. Mr. Love passed away April 28, 2016, in Tyler. He was born October...

Wilma Rash

Wilma Rash

Apr 28, 2016

Services for Wilma Rash, 88, of Grand Saline, are scheduled for 2 p.m., Sunday, May 1, 2016, at First United Methodist Church with Rev. Mark Pedersen officiating. Interment will be in Haven of Memories, Canton. Mrs. Rash passed away April 28, 2016, in Quitman. She was born August 29, 1927, in Colfax to Buel Franklin & Sarah Clota McNeil Edmonson....

Larry Dudley

Larry Dudley

Apr 26, 2016

Larry Donald Dudley, 69, of Lone Oak, passed away April 26, 2016 in Greenville. He was born March 19, 1947, in Little Rock, AR, to Callie Orice & Martha Jane Overturf Dudley. Mr. Dudley was preceded in death by his parents. Survivors include his wife, Sharon Dudley of Lone Oak; two sons, Larry Donald Dudley, Jr. and Michael James Dudley,...

Ronald Jackson

Ronald Jackson

Apr 24, 2016

Services for Ronald Wayne "Ron" Jackson, 70, of Wichita, Kansas, are scheduled for 11 a.m., Saturday, April 30, 2016, at First Baptist Church of Alba with Bro. Kelly Burton officiating under the direction of Wilson-Bartley Funeral Home, Alba. Interment will be in Pleasant Ridge Cemetery. Mr. Jackson passed away April 24, 2016, in Alba. He was born February 22, 1946,...

Ernest Glasscock

Ernest Glasscock

Apr 23, 2016

Ernest Jim Glasscock GOLDEN – Services for Ernest Jim Glasscock, 65, of Golden, are scheduled for 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 27, 2016, at Wilson-Bartley Funeral Home chapel, Alba, with Bro. Jason Rolen officiating. Burial will be in Pilgrim Rest #2 Cemetery, Golden, under the direction of Wilson-Bartley Funeral Home, Alba. Mr. Glasscock passed away Saturday, April 23, 2016, at his...

Billy Alexander Sr

Billy Alexander Sr

Apr 16, 2016

Services for Mr. Billy Gene Alexander, Sr., 75, of Edgewood, are scheduled for 2 p.m., Wednesday, April 20, 2016, at Bartley Funeral Home, with Jason Brown officiating. Interment will be in Creagleville Cemetery. Mr. Alexander passed away April 16, 2016, at his home in Edgewood. He was born September 25, 1940, in Van Zandt County to Snode Erwin & Hazel...

Loyd  Brown

Loyd Brown

Apr 11, 2016

Services for Loyd D. “Jim” Brown, 91, of Fruitvale, are scheduled for 2 p.m., Thursday, April 14, 2016, at Bartley Funeral Home with Bro. Steven Swaim and Jason Brown officiating. Interment will be in Haven of Memories, Canton. Mr. Brown passed away April 11, 2016, in a Quitman hospital. He was born September 15, 1924 in Fruitvale to Wade Chancellor...

Maerene Lambert

Maerene Lambert

Apr 7, 2016

Services for Maerene Crane Lambert, 86, of Grand Saline, are scheduled for 2 p.m., Sunday, April 10, 2016, at Main Street Baptist Church with Bro. David Crain officiating. Interment will follow in Haven of Memories, Canton. Ms. Lambert passed away April 7, 2016, at a Tyler hospital. She was born August 29, 1929, in Canton to Reubin Alfard & Lottie...

Cheryl Thompson

Cheryl Thompson

Apr 6, 2016

Cheryl Nations Thompson, 69, of Grand Saline, passed away April 6, 2016, at a Tyler hospital. She was born December 10, 1946, in Grand Saline to Relman & Erlene Null Nations. She spent all of her life in Grand Saline where she was a homemaker and a member of Riverside Mission Church. She was preceded in death by her parents;...

Billy Roberts

Billy Roberts

Mar 29, 2016

ALBA – Services for Billy Wayne Roberts, 76, of Alba, are scheduled for 3 p.m. Friday, April 1, 2016, at Wilson-Bartley Funeral Home chapel, Alba, with Bro. Todd McGahee officiating. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Wilson-Bartley Funeral Home. Burial of ashes will be at a later date in Sand Springs Cemetery, Mineola. Mr. Roberts passed away Tuesday, March...