Obituaries

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

Owen Leon Clowers

Owen Leon Clowers

Feb 17, 2016

Services for Mr. Owen Leon Clowers, 91, of Grand Saline, are scheduled for 11 a.m., Saturday, February 20, 2016, at Bartley Funeral Home with Bro. Mark Winskie officiating. Interment will be in Woodside Cemetery. Mr. Clowers passed away February 17, 2016, in Tyler. He was born March 11, 1924, in Mesquite to Roy Houston & Ruth Velma Davidson Clowers. He...

John Bland

John Bland

Feb 16, 2016

John Charles Bland died February 16, 2016, at his home in Alba, TX. He was born February 21, 1949, to Jim and Marie Bland in Richmond, VA. He graduated in 1966 from John Randolph Tucker High School where he earned the nickname “Bambi.” In 1971 John graduated from Pittsburg State University where he was a member of the Lamda Chi...

Orys Fields

Orys Fields

Feb 15, 2016

ALBA – Memorial services for Orys Lyneeta “Neta” Fields, 79, of Alba, are scheduled for 11:00 a.m. Thursday, February 18, 2016, at Wilson-Bartley Funeral Home chapel, Alba, with Rev. Pamela Dountas officiating. Mrs. Fields passed away Monday, February15, 2016, in a Quitman nursing home. She was born March 20, 1936, in Quitman, to the late Orys Lee and Inez Grice...

Juan Gonzalez

Juan Gonzalez

Feb 13, 2016

MINEOLA – Services for Juan Gonzalez, 81, of Mineola, are scheduled for 2 p.m. Wednesday, February 17, 2016, at St. John Catholic Church, Emory, under direction of Wilson-Bartley Funeral Home, Alba, with Father Victor Hernandez officiating. Burial will be in Pilgrim Rest No. 2 Cemetery, Golden. Mr. Gonzalez passed away Saturday, February 13, 2016, in a Quitman hospital. He was...

Carl Smith

Carl Smith

Feb 13, 2016

GRAND SALINE – Memorial services for Carl Alan Smith, 76, of Silver Lake, are planned by the family for 11 a.m. Saturday, February 20, 2016, at Silver Lake Baptist Church, in Silver Lake, with Bro. Mike Sullivan and Bro. Reggie Day officiating. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Wilson-Bartley Funeral Home, Alba. Mr. Smith passed away Saturday, February 13,...

Troyce Monk

Troyce Monk

Feb 11, 2016

Services for Troyce Wayne Monk, 54, Grand Saline, are scheduled for 2 p.m., Sunday, February 14, 2016, at Bartley Funeral Home with Dr. Bruce Smilie officiating. Interment will be in Shields Cemetery. Mr. Monk passed away February 11, 2016, at his home in Grand Saline. He was born June 27, 1961, in Lubbock to Troy Lee & Ruby Nell Middleton...

Gerald Baxley

Gerald Baxley

Feb 8, 2016

ALBA – Services for Gerald Sherwood Baxley, 86, of Alba, are scheduled for 2 p.m. Monday, February 15, 2016, at Enon Baptist Church, Alba, with Bro. Reggie Day officiating. Burial will be in Enon Cemetery, Alba, under the direction of Wilson-Bartley Funeral Home, Alba. Mr. Baxley passed away Monday, February 8, 2016, at his residence in Alba. He was born...

Genevieve Costello

Genevieve Costello

Feb 8, 2016

Graveside Services for Genevieve Steel Costello, 88, of Grand Saline, are scheduled for 10 a.m., Thursday, February 11, 2016, at Birdston Cemetery, Streetman, TX. Mrs. Costello passed away February 8, 2016, in Grand Saline. She was born May 18, 1927, in Streetman to White Gregg & Jewel Erline Kelley Steele. She grew up in Grand Saline and graduated from GSHS...

Eunice Williams

Eunice Williams

Feb 3, 2016

Services for Eunice Neal Williams, 84, of Grand Saline, are scheduled for 1 p.m., Friday, February 5, 2016, at Bartley Funeral Home with Bro. James Massey officiating. Interment will follow in Woodside Cemetery. Mrs. Williams passed away February 3, 2016, in Grand Saline. She was born February 6, 1931, in Grand Saline, to William Arthur & Maudie Laura Woodall Neal....

Terah (Owens)

Terah (Owens)

Jan 29, 2016

Services for Terah Roberts (Owens), 85, of Grand Saline, are scheduled for 2 p.m., Monday, February 1, 2016, at Bartley Funeral Home with Daniel Owens officiating. Interment will be in Woodside Cemetery. Mrs. Owens passed away January 29, 2016, in Grand Saline. She was born February 18, 1930, in Yantis, to Lloyd L. & Eunice May Jackson Roberts. She had...

Bettie Mccellon

Bettie Mccellon

Jan 29, 2016

Services for Bettie Wheeler McCellon, 81, of Grand Saline, are scheduled for 2 p.m., Sunday, January 31, 2016, at Bartley Funeral Home with Bro. Donnie Herring & Sis. Delana Wheeler officiating. Interment will be in Creagleville Cemetery. Mrs. McCellon passed away January 29, 2016, in Grand Saline. She was born March 5, 1933, in Fruitvale to Bennie & Lela McDougle...

Glen Beall

Glen Beall

Jan 26, 2016

Services for Glen D. Beall, 91, of Grand Saline, are scheduled for 11 a.m., Friday, January 29, 2016 at Bartley Funeral Home with Bro. Homer Morgan officiating. Interment will follow in Grove Hill Memorial Park, Dallas, TX. Mr. Beall passed away January 26, 2016 in Grand Saline. He was born September 20, 1924 in McGirk Community in Hamilton County to...

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,...