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Local obituaries for Kilgore, TX.
Freda Deloris Dorsey
Feb 18, 2009
She was born September 12, 1936 to the parentage of Fleetwood and Josie Palmer Scott, in Kilgore, Texas. She attended North Chapel Schools and Butler College. She taught in Midland-Odessa and North Chapel Schools. At a young age she joined the New Mt. Calvary Baptist Church where she served faithfully as Church Clerk. She later joined the Post Oak...
Willie Gene Farste
Feb 13, 2009
Mr. Willie Gene Farste, 79 of Kilgore, Texas died at Good Shepherd Hospital, February 13, 2009. No formal services will be held. He was born April 14, 1929 in Holbart Oklahoma. He attended Oklahoma Public Schools. He was a member of Harmony Pirtle Baptist Church. He is survived by one daughter, Lucenthia Farste of Kilgore, TX; and one son...
James Hilburn
Feb 13, 2009
Mr. James Hilburn, 79 of Dallas, Texas, died at a Dallas Hospital. No formal services will be held. He was born in Rusk County to the parentage of Barney G. Hilburn and Daisy Sheffield Hilburn. He attended Rusk County Schools, he was a member of The Church of The Living God PGT. He is survived by one brother, Gerald...
Larry Wayne Haynes
Feb 10, 2009
Larry Wayne Haynes was born August 4, 1950 to the parentage of Thomas and Willie Mae Brown Haynes in Rusk County. He attended Star Bailey and Leveretts Chapel Schools. He was #39 for Leveretts Chapel Football. He was an avid sportsman, loved fishing,and hunting. He was a very hard worker, he worked for Bill Maxwell for 30+ years. He...
Frankie Mae Houston
Jan 11, 2009
Mrs. Houston was born April 15, 1918 to the late Frank and Minnie Dennis in Pickton, Texas. On January 2, 1943 she married Rev. Willie L. Houston who preceded her in death in 1999. She spent most of her life in Winnsboro working as a beautician as a homemaker until her illness caused her to move to Dallas. She...
Gary Lamont Jones
Nov 27, 2008
The Life Of a Giving Servant The beginning of a new life for Gary Lamont Jones,Jr. started on Tuesday, November 27,2008 at Presbyterian Hospital, Winnsboro TX. Gary was welcomed home and greeted with a smile by his father and mother, the late James Stewart and Ivory Faye Jones-Burley. "Banny-Stewart-Papa" as we lovingly called him was known for serving others...
Emma Louise Sibley
Nov 7, 2008
Emma Louise Sibley was born to Gid and Lomer Dudley Smith on August 12, 1939 in Gregg County. Her Lord and Saviour called her home November 7, 2008.She was a member of St. John BaptisChurch. She retired from Kilgore Schools where she was a custodian. Mrs. Sibley was preceded in death by her parents, one sister Verneitta Hamilton and...
Gloria Ann Myers
Oct 30, 2008
Gloria Ann Myers, 56 of Kilgore, Tx. died October 30, 2008 in Longview, Texas. Memorial services will be held at a later date. Arrangements are under the direction of Cunningham Funeral Home. She was born March 28, 1952 to the parentage of Louis and Dorothy Marshall Perry in Longview, Texas. She is survived by her parents, one daughter Starlet...
Rabon Thurmond
Oct 14, 2008
Rabon Thurmond, Jr. was the third child born to the loving parentage of the late Bro. R.B. Thurmond, Sr. and Opal Turner Thurmond in the New Hope Community of Kilgore, Texas on valentine's day, Febuary 14,1931. He attended school in the New Hope and Fredonia I.S.D. Bro. Thurmond was drafted in the armed forces during the Korean war and...
Bertha Lee Sheffield
Sep 17, 2008
Mrs. Bertha Sherffield was born June 26, 1931 to the late Beatrice Boyd and John Adams in Waskom, Texas. She attended C.B.Dansby High School. She joined church at an early age. Sis. Sheffield was a member of Morning Star Baptist Church. She was proceded in death by her husband, James M. Sherffield and sister, Lela Mae Wilson. She leaves...
Gussie Mae Johnson
Sep 8, 2008
Ms. Gussie Mae Johnson was born on the 31st day of August 1928 in Gilmer, Texas. She was born to Mr. Jerry Duffey and Mrs. Angeline Duffey, who preceded her in death. She attended public school in Myrtle Springs. At early childhood she was a member of C.M.E. Church in Pittsburg, Texas.She married Luther Johnson with this union 7...
Aleshia Darcel Barnes
Sep 8, 2008
Miss Aleshia Darcel Barnes was born to the late Johnnie and Tommy Faye Barnes on July 8, 1975. She attended West Rusk I.S.D. and pursued a Nursing Degree at Kilgore Junior College. At an early age she confessed Christ and was a member of Harmon Pirtle Baptist Church. Miss Barnes departed this life on September 8, 2008. She was...
Mrs. Bernice Harvey
Aug 8, 2008
Mrs. Bernice Harvey was born on October 14, 1929 in Karnack, Texas to the last Allen Davis Jr. and Cuettar Taylor. She attended Karnack schools and was a member of the Antioch Baptist Church in Leigh, Texas where she remained a member until she moved to Kilgore. Mrs. Harvey was united in marriage to the late Alvin Harvey Sr....
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