Obituaries

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

Karen Homan

Karen Homan

Jun 4, 2016

YANTIS – Services for Karen Lee Homan, 65, of Yantis, are scheduled for 3 p.m. Tuesday, June 7, 2016, at Wilson-Bartley Funeral Home chapel, Alba, with Todd McGahee officiating. Cremation arrangements are under direction of Wilson-Bartley Funeral Home. Mrs. Homan passed away Saturday, June 4, 2016, at a Tyler hospital. She was born Thursday, November 16, 1950, in Lake Wales,...

Rickey Bennett

Rickey Bennett

May 31, 2016

ALBA – Services for Rickey “Crash” Neal Bennett, 61, of Alba, are scheduled for 11 a.m. Saturday, June 4, 2016, at Amazing Grace Fellowship Church with Bro. Byron George officiating. Burial will be in Salem Cemetery, Alba, under the direction of Wilson-Bartley Funeral Home, Alba. Mr. Bennett passed away Tuesday, May 31, 2016, at a Quitman hospital. He was born...

Willis "Jack" Craft

Willis "Jack" Craft

May 30, 2016

Graveside services for Mr. Willis "Jack" Craft, 75, of Tyler, are scheduled for 10 a.m., Thursday, June 2, 2016, at Pine Springs Cemetery in Tyler with Tim Roberts officiating under the direction of Bartley Funeral Home, Grand Saline. Mr. Craft passed away May 30, 2016, in a Tyler hospital. He was born December 13, 1940, in Grand Saline, to Jack...

Jessie Sweeden

Jessie Sweeden

May 30, 2016

Jessie Sweeden ALBA – Services for Jessie Sweeden, 66, of Alba, are scheduled for 11 a.m. Wednesday, June 1, 2016, at Amazing Grace Fellowship Church, Alba, with Bro. Byron George officiating. Burial will be in Salem Cemetery, Alba, under the direction of Wilson-Bartley Funeral Home, Alba. Mr. Sweeden passed away Monday, May 30, 2016, at a Tyler hospital. Jessie was...

Clyde Wilson, Jr.

Clyde Wilson, Jr.

May 29, 2016

ALBA – Services for Clyde H. Wilson, Jr., 95, of Alba, are scheduled for 2 p.m. Wednesday, June 1, 2016, at Alba United Methodist Church with Rev. Pamela Dountas officiating. Burial will be in Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, Alba, under the direction of Wilson-Bartley Funeral Home, Alba. Mr. Wilson passed away Sunday, May 29, 2016, at a Quitman nursing home. Clyde...

Bessie Mays

Bessie Mays

May 26, 2016

Services for Bessie Jean Dunning Mays, 82, of Grand Saline, are scheduled for 10:30 a.m., Saturday, May 28, 2016, at Creagleville Cemetery with Bro. D’Wayne Williams officiating under the direction of Bartley Funeral Home. Mrs. Mays passed away May 26, 2016, in Grand Saline. She was born May 11, 1934, in Dallas, to Thomas Jefferson & Ruby Josephine Davis Dunning....

Rubert Land

Rubert Land

May 26, 2016

Rubert Delton Land LONE OAK - Services for Rubert Delton Land, 91, of Lone Oak, are scheduled for 2 p.m., Sunday, May 29, 2016 at Lone Oak Baptist Church with Bro. Robert Cook officiating. Interment will be in Weiland Cemetery under the direction of Bartley Funeral Home, Lone Oak. Mr. Land passed away May 26, 2016, in Greenville. He was...

Joyce Stevenson

Joyce Stevenson

May 25, 2016

Services for Joyce L. Stevenson, 90, of Grand Saline, are scheduled for 2 p.m., Saturday, May 28, 2016, at Bartley Funeral Home, with Bro. Jerry Presswood and Terry Tolar officiating. Interment will follow in Creagleville Cemetery under the direction of Bartley Funeral Home. Mrs. Stevenson passed away May 25, 2016, in Grand Saline. She was born March 2, 1926, in...

David Brumit

David Brumit

May 22, 2016

David G. Brumit LONE OAK – Services for David G. Brumit, 91, of Lone Oak, are scheduled for 11am Friday, at the Lone Oak Baptist Church with Bro. Robert Cook officiating. Burial will be in Hooker Ridge Cemetery under direction of Bartley Funeral Home of Lone Oak. Mr. Brumit passed away Sunday, May 22, 2016, at a nursing home in...

James Brand

James Brand

May 21, 2016

Services for Mr. James Ray Brand, 55, of Fruitvale, are scheduled for 10 a.m., Wednesday, May 25, 2016, at Riverside Mission Church with Bro. Donnie Herring and Bro. Ronnie Wheeler officiating under the direction of Bartley Funeral Home, Grand Saline. Interment will be in Starr Cemetery. Mr. Brand passed away May 21, 2016, in a Tyler hospital. He was born...

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...