Obituaries
Local obituaries for the Grand Saline, Lone Oak, and Alba, Texas areas
Vonda Kay Curtis (Chitty)
Aug 19, 2025
Services for Vonda Curtis, 53, of Grand Saline, are scheduled for 2 p.m., Friday, August 22, 2025, at Bartley Funeral Home, with Sis. Delana Wheeler, Bro. Donnie Herring, and Bro. Homer Morgan officiating.
Interment will be in Creagleville Cemetery.
Mrs. Curtis passed away August 19, 2025, in Tyler, after a lengthy illness. She was born December 5, 1971, in Grand Saline, to...
Reva Lou Tipps Hudgins
Aug 11, 2025
Reva Lou Tipps Hudgins, 94, of Grand Saline passed away August 11, 2025, in Grand Saline, Texas. Reva was born on February 16, 1931, to Lee & Myrtle King Tipps and grew up in Friendship near Grand Saline, Texas. She graduated from Grand Saline High School in 1947 and immediately accepted a job at Southern Bell in the then far-away...
Roddy Ray Sloan
Aug 8, 2025
Services for Mr. Roddy Ray Sloan, 83, of Tyler, Texas, are scheduled for 11 a.m., Saturday, August 16, 2025, at Bartley Funeral Home, Grand Saline, with Lanny Bridges officiating.
Interment will follow in Mt. Lebanon Cemetery.
Roddy Sloan passed away on August 8, 2025, in Tyler. He was born August 3, 1942, in Grand Saline, at Cozby-Germany Hospital, to Alton Lee and...
Brittanie Marie Buffington
Aug 6, 2025
Brittanie Marie Buffington, 32, of Winnsboro, passed away on Wednesday, August 6, 2025, in Quitman. She was born June 19, 1993, in Quitman to Christopher Blake Buffington and Sandra Marie Walker.
Brittanie was a graduate of Rains High School and had spent the past seven years living in Wood County. She worked for Subway as a multi unit manager in Quitman...
Jeffrey Nicholas Johnson
Aug 2, 2025
Jeffrey Nicholas Johnson, 43, of Grand Saline, passed away on August 2, 2025.
He was born on April 20, 1982, in Shreveport, Louisiana, and moved to Texas around the age of nine. Jeff graduated from Red Oak High School and lived in several Texas towns before making his home in Grand Saline in 2020.
On December 11, 2021, he married the love...
Arlon Hugh Ragsdale
Aug 1, 2025
Services for Mr. Arlon Hugh Ragsdale, 83, of Alba, are scheduled for 11 a.m., Tuesday, August 5, 2025, at Amazing Grace Fellowship Church, with Pastor Jacob Chaffin officiating, under the direction of Wilson-Bartley Funeral Home, Alba.
Interment will be in Salem Cemetery.
Arlon Hugh Ragsdale entered into the presence of his Lord and Savior on Friday, August 1, 2025. Arlon was born...
Patricia Lee Calk (Heathington)
Jul 29, 2025
Services for Patricia Calk, 82, of Lone Oak, are scheduled for 2 p.m., Friday, August 1, 2025, at Lone Oak Assembly of God Church, with Pastor Larry Allgood officiating, under the direction of Bartley Funeral Home, Lone Oak.
Interment will follow in Miller Grove Cemetery.
Patricia Lee Heathington Calk, daughter of the late Arthur Lee and Dorothy Lillian Heathington, was born May...
Amy Jo Scott
Jul 29, 2025
Services for Amy Jo Scott, 59, of Grand Saline, are scheduled for 10 a.m., Saturday, August 2, 2025, at Bartley Funeral Home, with Sis Delana Wheeler officiating.
Interment will be in Starr Cemetery.
Amy Jo Scott passed away peacefully at her home on July 29, 2025. She was born December 16, 1965, in Dallas, Texas, to Lesley and Betty Jo Rush Scott.
Amy...
Billie Jean Payne (Bridges)
Jul 26, 2025
Service for Billie Jean Bridges Payne, 95, of Lone Oak, are scheduled for 10 a.m., Thursday, July 31, 2025, at Lone Oak United Methodist Church, with Bro. Robert Cook, officiating, under the direction of Bartley Funeral Home, Lone Oak.
Interment will follow in Hall Cemetery, Lone Oak.
Mrs. Payne passed away July 26, 2025, in Greenville. She was born August 16, 1929,...
Judy Gwaltney
Jul 25, 2025
Mrs. Judy Gwaltney, 80, of Alba, passed away July 25, 2025, in Tyler. She was born December 15, 1944, in Shreveport, LA, to Louis Lee and Blanche Haywood Diamond.
Judy lived in Wood County for 22 years and was a devoted member of Lake Fork Baptist Church. On June 1, 2008, she married Konrad Gwaltney, Sr., in Alba. A dedicated special...
Robert Marion Pierce
Jul 18, 2025
A memorial service for Robert Marion Pierce, 81, of Mineola, is scheduled for 10 a.m., Saturday, August 9, 2025, at Sand Springs Baptist Church, Mineola, with Bro. Jeramy Pierce and Bro. Jim Parker officiating, under the direction of the church and family.
Mr. Pierce passed away July 18, 2025, at his residence in Mineola. He was born August 7, 1943, in...
Juventino Tirado Sanchez
Jul 16, 2025
Mass of Christian Burial for Juventino Tirado Sanchez, 80, of Fruitvale, is scheduled for 12:30 p.m., Friday, July 18, 2025, at St. Celestine Catholic Church in Grand Saline, with Father Michael Ledesma officiating. Interment will follow at Woodside Cemetery, under the direction of Bartley Funeral Home.
A Rosary service will be held at 5:00 p.m., Thursday, July 17, 2025, at St....
Mark David Yates
Jul 13, 2025
A visitation for Mark David Yates, 63, of Alba, is scheduled for 10 a.m. - 12 p.m., Saturday, July 19, 2025, at Wilson-Bartley Funeral Home in Alba.
Mark passed away on July 13, 2025, in Tyler. He was born on August 31, 1961, in Anson, Texas, to Bobby Russell and Dellie Anita Allen Yates. Mark was raised on a farm in...
Bernice Neal Marett
Jul 12, 2025
Services for Bernice Neal Marett, 96, of Grand Saline, are scheduled for 2 p.m., Thursday, July 17, 2025, at Bartley Funeral Home, with Bro. Homer Morgan officiating.
Interment will follow at Woodside Cemetery.
Mrs. Marett passed away July 12, 2025, in Quitman. She was born February 1, 1929, in Grand Saline, to William Thomas & Mary Woodrum Neal. She was a lifelong...
Terry Lee Galyean
Jul 10, 2025
Services for Terry Lee Galyean, 78, of Alba, are scheduled for 10 a.m., Monday, July 14, 2025, at Enon Baptist Church , Alba, with Chaplain Robert Stovall, Bro. Michael Mize, and Bro. Byron George officiating, under the direction of Wilson-Bartley Funeral Home, Alba.
Interment will follow in Enon Cemetery, Alba.
On the morning of July 10, 2025, Terry Lee Galyean entered the...
Rita "Grammy" Miles
Jul 9, 2025
Rita “Grammy” Miles, 71, of Grand Saline, passed away on July 9, 2025.
She was born October 9, 1953, in Seagraves, Texas, to H.P. and Ruby Elizabeth Miller Shuffield. Rita spent her early years in West Texas before making Grand Saline her home over the past two decades.
A lifelong worker in the food service industry, Rita was known for her dedication...
Audrey Fisher Worthington Ewalt
Jul 7, 2025
Services for Audrey Fisher Worthington Ewalt, 94, of Grand Saline, are scheduled for 1 p.m., Saturday, July 12, 2025, at Bartley Funeral Home, with Bro. James Neidholdt and Bro. Kenny Ray officiating.
Interment will be in Woodside Cemetery.
Mrs. Ewalt passed away July 7, 2025, in Grand Saline. She was born November 13, 1930, in Grand Saline, to Jim Foster & Mary...
Virgil Newton Roach
Jul 5, 2025
Services for Virgil Newton Roach, 100, of Alba, are scheduled for 11 a.m., Wednesday, July 9, 2025, at Sand Springs Baptist Church, Mineola, with Bro. Darel Roach, Will Louderman, and Chad Roach officiating, under the direction of Wilson-Bartley Funeral Home, Alba.
Interment will be in Salem Cemetery, Alba.
Virgil passed away Saturday, July 5, 2025, at his residence in Alba. He was...
Jean Carroll
Jun 28, 2025
Services for Jean Carroll, 93, of Grand Saline, are scheduled for 11 a.m., Saturday, July 5, 2025, at Sand Flat Baptist Church, with Bro. Steve Futch officiating.
Burial will be in Sand Flat Cemetery.
Mrs. Carroll passed away on June 28, 2025, in Grand Saline. A lifelong resident of the community, she was a devoted member of Sand Flat Baptist Church, where...
Freddie Roy Lewers
Jun 27, 2025
Mr. Freddie Roy Lewers, 85, of Alba, passed away on June 27, 2025, in Quitman. Services honoring his life will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, July 3, 2025, at Wilson-Bartley Funeral Home in Alba, with Bro. Jerry Phillips officiating.
Military honors and interment will follow at Emory City Cemetery in Emory.
Born October 31, 1939, in Alba, Freddie was the...
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