Obituaries

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

Mary C. "Lou" Carpenter

Mary C. "Lou" Carpenter

Jan 22, 2016

Graveside services for Mary C. “Lou” Carpenter, 88, of Grand Saline, are scheduled for 11:00 a.m., Monday, January 25, 2016 at Woodside Cemetery with Bro. Billy Cooper officiating. Mrs. Carpenter passed away January 22, 2016. She was born April 8, 1927 to Robert Morrow and Cora A. Hall Maxwell in Grand Saline. Mary lived most of her life in Grand...

James Thompson

James Thompson

Jan 20, 2016

ALBA – Services for James Spurgeon Thompson, 79, of Alba, are scheduled for 11 a.m. Saturday, January 23, 2016, at Pilgrim Rest No. 2 Baptist Church, with Bro. Craig Kearby and Bro. James Morris officiating. Burial will be in Llano City Cemetery, Llano, on Sunday, January 24, 2016. There will be no graveside service. Mr. Thompson passed away Wednesday, January...

Neomi Ruth Bridges

Neomi Ruth Bridges

Jan 10, 2016

ALBA – The family of Ruth Andrews Bridges, 90, of Alba, has scheduled a graveside service for 2:00 p.m. Thursday, January 14, 2016, at Long Creek Cemetery, Sunnyvale, with Rosemary Solomon Edwards, Sunday School teacher for many years, officiating. Mrs. Bridges passed away Sunday, January 10, 2016, in a Tyler hospital. She was born June 18, 1925, in Dallas County...

Jewell Scott

Jewell Scott

Jan 9, 2016

Services for Jewell "Sam" Lorene Scott, 70, of Grand Saline, are scheduled for 2 p.m., Wednesday, January 13, 2016, at Bartley Funeral Home with Sis Delana Wheeler officiating. Mrs. Scott passed away January 9, 2016, in Grand Saline. She was born December 3, 1945, in Grand Saline to Merlin McCoy & Ada Venes McKnight Harris. Sam was a lifelong resident...

Alice Anthony

Alice Anthony

Dec 27, 2015

Alice Mooney Anthony, 95, passed away on Sunday, December 27, 2015 in Dallas, Texas. She was born on November 22, 1920 to John Henry and Daisy Mae West Mooney on their family farm near Atmore, Alabama. She graduated as salutatorian from Escambia County High School in 1937 and married the love of her life, John Robert Anthony Jr., on July...

Michael Colegrove

Michael Colegrove

Dec 24, 2015

ALBA – Michael Eugene Colegrove, 53, of Alba, passed away Thursday, December 24, 2015, in a Quitman hospital. The family will have a memorial service at a later date. Cremation arrangements are with Wilson-Bartley Funeral Home, Alba. He was born August 9, 1962, in Orange County, California, to the late Royce Leon and Bonnie Jo Pruitt Colegrove. He lived most...

Bobby Pearson

Bobby Pearson

Dec 19, 2015

Services for Mr. Bobby Pearson, 79, of Grand Saline, are scheduled for 11 a.m., Monday, December 21, 2015, at Bartley Funeral Home with Kyle White officiating. Interment will be in Creagleville Cemetery. Mr. Pearson passed away December 19, 2015, in Grand Saline. He was born April 16, 1936, in Fruitvale to Willie Lee & Esther Beatrice Reader Pearson. He was...

Billy Kirkpatrick Sr

Billy Kirkpatrick Sr

Dec 18, 2015

POINT – Services for Billy Don Kirkpatrick, Sr., 58, of Point, are scheduled for 11 a.m. Wednesday, December 23, 2015, at Wilson-Bartley Funeral Home chapel, Alba, with Rev. Sue Gross officiating. Burial will be in Old Salem Cemetery, Alba. Mr. Kirkpatrick passed away Friday, December 18, 2015, at his residence in Point. He was born May 18, 1957, in Weatherford,...

Janice Wade

Janice Wade

Dec 17, 2015

Memorial services for Janice Wade, 66, of Grand Saline, are scheduled for 2 p.m., Sunday, December 20, 2015, at Bartley Funeral Home with Bro. Eddie Paul Stanley officiating. Mrs. Wade passed away December 17, 2015, in Tyler. She was born May 12, 1949, in Ottumwa, Iowa to Carl Henry & Virginia Cravens Ask. She was raised in Mineola, spent several...

Randy Kuykendall

Randy Kuykendall

Dec 16, 2015

YANTIS – Services for Randy Kuykendall, 80, of Yantis, are scheduled for 1 p.m. Saturday, December 19, 2015, at Lake Fork Baptist Church, Alba, under direction of Wilson-Bartley Funeral Home, Alba, with Bro. David Smith and Bro. Danny Meek officiating. Burial will be in Lake Fork Memorial Cemetery. Mr. Kuykendall passed away Wednesday, December 16, 2015, in a Tyler hospice...

Harold Walker

Harold Walker

Dec 16, 2015

Services for Mr. Harold Walker, 79, of Canton, are scheduled for 10 a.m., Saturday, December 19, 2015, at Bartley Funeral Home with Rev. Jon Thornsbury officiating. Mr. Walker passed away December 16, 2015, in Tyler. He was born March 24, 1936, in Dallas to William Roy & Mable E. Berthier Walker. He was preceded in death by his parents. The...

Jo Hughes

Jo Hughes

Dec 15, 2015

ALBA – Services for Jo Ann Hughes, 74, of Alba, are scheduled for 3:00 p.m. Sunday, December 20, 2015, at Amazing Grace Fellowship Church, Alba, under direction of Wilson-Bartley Funeral Home, Alba, with Bro. Byron George officiating. Burial will be in Salem Cemetery, Alba. Mrs. Hughes passed away Tuesday, December 15, 2015, in Alba. She was born July 22, 1941,...

Mike Woodrum

Mike Woodrum

Dec 13, 2015

Services for Mike "Woody" Woodrum, 56, of Fruitvale, are scheduled for 2 p.m., Thursday, December 17, 2015, at Bartley Funeral Home with Bro. Homer Morgan and Bro. Eddie Paul Stanley officiating. Interment will be in Rogers Cemetery. Mr. Woodrum passed away December 13, 2015, at his home in Fruitvale. He was born September 30, 1959, in Dallas to Clifford Glenn...

Mary Lennon

Mary Lennon

Dec 7, 2015

MINEOLA – Memorial services for Mary Virginia Lennon, 70, of Mineola, are scheduled for 11:00 a.m. Saturday, December 12, 2015, at Broad Street Church of Christ, Mineola, with Jim Russell officiating. The services are under the direction of the family and the Broad Street Church of Christ. Cremation arrangements are under direction of Wilson-Bartley Funeral Home, Alba. Mrs. Lennon passed...

Santos Jose

Santos Jose

Dec 4, 2015

Services for Santos Jose, 55, of Grand Saline, are scheduled for 2 p.m., Tuesday, December 8, 2015, at Main Street Baptist Church with Pastor Tobias Palma and Juan Valdez officiating under the direction of Bartley Funeral Home. Interment will be in Woodside Cemetery. Mr. Jose passed away December 4, 2015, in Tyler. He was born January 24, 1960 in San...

Linda Anderson

Linda Anderson

Nov 26, 2015

Services for Linda Diane Anderson, 68, of Grand Saline, are scheduled for 11 a.m., Tuesday, December 1, 2015, at Main Street Baptist Church with Dr. Bruce Smilie officiating. Interment will be in Creagleville Cemetery. Mrs. Anderson passed away November 26, 2015, in Tyler. She was born May 18, 1947, in Fruitvale, to J.R. & Mary Helen Bodie Hazel. Linda spent...

Danny Lee Ray

Danny Lee Ray

Nov 20, 2015

Services for Danny Lee "Beaver" Ray, 56, Hawkins, are scheduled for 2 p.m., Monday, November 23, 2015, at Bartley Funeral Home, Grand Saline, with Bro. nie Herring and Sis. Delana Wheeler officiating. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery. Mr. Ray passed away November 20, 2015, in Tyler. He was born February 5, 1959, in Japan, to George & Jean Ray....

Margie Taylor

Margie Taylor

Nov 14, 2015

ALBA – Services for Margie Lois Taylor, 83, of Mabank, formerly of Alba, are scheduled for 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, November 18, 2015, at Payne Springs Baptist Church of Payne Springs, under direction of Wilson-Bartley Funeral Home, Alba, with Bro. Danny Dennie officiating. Burial will be in Colony Cemetery, Alba, at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday. Mrs. Taylor passed away Saturday, November 14,...

Mary Driskill

Mary Driskill

Nov 11, 2015

Services for Mary Driskill, 71, of Fruitvale, are scheduled for 10 a.m., Friday, November 13, 2015, at Fruitvale Church of Christ with Carl McCann and Matt Driskill officiating. Interment will be 3 p.m., Friday at Parker Cemetery, Grapevine. Mrs. Driskill passed away November 11, 2015, at her home in Fruitvale. She was born September 1, 1944, in Dallas to Delbert...

Annie Davis

Annie Davis

Nov 10, 2015

LONE OAK - Services for Annie Valeria Davis, 94, of Irving, are scheduled for 1:00 p.m. Friday, November 13, 2015, at Bartley’s Lone Oak Funeral Home chapel, with Bro. Mark Slaughter officiating. Burial will be in Memory Land Memorial Park, Greenville, under direction of Bartley’s Lone Oak Funeral Home. Mrs. Davis passed away Tuesday, November 10, 2015, in a Irving...