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Mary Tyner
4-04-2004
Services for Mary Helen Tyner, 83, of Nacogdoches will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Laird-McGill Funeral Home with Dan Manuel officiating. Burial will follow in Bethel Cemetery.
Mrs. Tyner died Thursday in Nacogdoches.
Tom Fowler
4-04-2004
Services for Tom Fowler, 82, of Kountze will be at 2 p.m. today at Buffalo Funeral Home with the Rev. Trent Moreland officiating. Burial will follow at Concord Cemetery under the direction of Buffalo Funeral Home.
Mr. Fowler died Wednesday at his residence.
Pauline Marberry
4-04-2004
Services for Pauline Marberry, 95, of Fairfield will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Capps Memorial Chapel in Fairfield with the Rev. Marcus Sheffield officiating. Burial will follow at Kirvin Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Capps Memorial Chapel.
Mrs. Marberry died Friday in Mexia.
Robert Bill Betts Jr.
4-07-2004
Services for Robert Bill Betts Jr., 73, of Oakland, Calif., and formerly of Palestine, will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Fuller Funeral Home Chapel in Oakland with burial to follow at Evergreen Cemetery in Oakland.
Mr. Betts died Sunday.
He served in the U.S. Army then returned and graduated from A.M. Story High School in 1955.
Mr. Betts was preceded in death by four sons.
He is survived by his wife, Audrey Whitt Betts; son, Robert Betts II, both of Oakland; mother Louise Betts of San Bernadino, Calif.; brother, David H. Betts of Tyler; sisters, Cecelia Lacy and Gailyn Young, both of Houston; and Annie McElroy of San Bernadino, Calif.; granddaughter, Tenya; and great-granddaughter, Anastasia, both of Alameda, Calif.
A wake will be held from 6 to 7 p.m. Friday at Fuller Funeral Home.
Chase Westmoreland
4-07-2004
Services for Chase Westmoreland, 18, of Crockett will be at 4 p.m. Thursday in the First United Methodist Church in Crockett with Dr. Jerry House officiating. Burial will follow in the Crawford Cemetery in Elkhart. Arrangements are under the direction of Callaway-Allee Funeral Home.
Mr. Westmoreland died Monday in Jacksonville.
He was born July 24, 1985 in Houston.
Mr. Westmoreland was a 2003 graduate of Crockett High School and was attending Lon Morris Junior College in Jacksonville on a baseball scholarship playing for the Bear Cat baseball team. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Crockett.
He was preceded in death by his grandfather, Ron Alford, in 1999; and grandfather, Richard Westmoreland, in 1995.
Mr. Westmoreland is survived by his mother, Michele Westmoreland and Bob Overstreet of Crockett; father, Calvin Westmoreland and wife Lori of Bullard; stepbrother, Joe Monaghan of Kilgore; stepsister, Kari Monaghan of Houston; grandparents, Frances Alford of Elkhart, Nick and Jackie LaFleur of Whitehouse and Joe and Willene Spellman of Bullard; uncle, Mike Alford and wife Laura of Nashville, Tenn.; cousins, Jacob and Jamison Alford of Nashville and Ryan Linn of Granbury; aunt, Brenda Linn and husband Mark of Granbury; and numerous other relatives.
Pallbearers will be Bob Overstreet III, Vance Bruner, Bryan Easterly, T.J. Tabor, Joe Monaghan, Neal McCoy, Jacob Alford and Mike Innerarity.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. tonight at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to the East Texas Angel Network, P.O. Box 9544, Longview, Texas 75608.
Dale Harding Smith
4-07-2004
Services for Dale Harding Smith, 81, of Palestine will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday at the First Methodist Church in Palestine with the Rev. Scott Dornbush officiating.
Dale Harding Smith died at HomePlace Hospice of East Texas Tuesday, April 6, 2004. He was born in Houston Nov. 30, 1922 to William Andrew and Ethel Harding Smith. His family moved to Palestine when he was 6 years old and has lived in Palestine all his life. He and his wife, Celia Owen Smith founded Palestine Concrete and Tile Company in May, 1945. He was a pioneer in the concrete block manufacturing business. With the purchase of another block plant in Dallas, today the business is one of the major suppliers of all shapes, sizes and colors of blocks throughout Texas and beyond. He also made many other concrete products and with retirement his love of concrete continued with the making of red concrete hearts and giving them to all he met.
He attended Shriner College and the University of Missouri. He served in the Navy in the Pacific Theater during World War II in landing craft. He participated in the island invasions of Makin, Kwajalein, Tinian and in the first wave in the battle of Saipan.
As a member of the First United Methodist Church in Palestine, he served as chairman of the building committee for the Carroll Building built in 1986 and also for the Fellowship Hall built in 1990.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his brother, Wayne Smith of Palestine; his sister, Frances Friedman of Tyler.
He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Celia Owen Smith; daughters, Linda Smith Allison and her husband Charles Allison of Bay City, Sherry Smith Long and her husband David Long of Emerald Bay; sons, Dale Wayne Smith and his wife Brenda, Danny A. Smith and his wife Dorenda, all of Palestine; grandchildren, Joe Allison of Houston, Chad and Summer Moody and J.P. Moody of Austin and Camille Smith of Palestine; great-granddaughter, Ryann Marie Allison of Houston; sister, Dolly Ann Stallings of Matagorda; and goddaughter, Gail Smith Kelly of Monroe, Ga.
Much appreciation is extended to former loyal plant manager Archie Rampy, Armando Casas and all Palestine Concrete Tile employees. Special thanks also are extended to Dr. Michael Gorby and the First United Methodist Victor Sunday School Class.
Pallbearers will be grandsons, Joe Allison, Chad Moody, J.P. Moody, Owen Smith, Evan Smith and Aaron Smith. Honorary pallbearers will be Dr. Don Carroll, Paul Elliott, Ted Maffitt, Bobby Kenderdine, Bill Haney, Jack Wallace of Palestine and Bill Campbell of Austin.
Condolence calls will be received from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at Herrington Land of Memory Chapel. Interment will be in Roselawn Park following the service.
In lieu of flowers the family requests memorials be made to the First United Methodist Church, 422 S. Magnolia St., Palestine, Texas 75801 or Hospice of East Texas, 4111 University Blvd., Tyler, Texas 75701.
Wilsie Brown Ross
4-07-2004
Services for Wilsie Brown Ross, 92, of Tennessee Colony will be at noon Friday at Church of the Living God in Tennessee Colony with burial to follow in the New Hope No. 2 Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Emanuel Funeral Home.
Mrs. Ross died Monday in Cedar Hill.
Will Ledbetter
4-07-2004
Graveside services for Will Ed Ledbetter, 91, of Bremond, and formerly of Palestine, will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Palestine City Cemetery under the direction of Herrington/Land of Memory.
Mr. Ledbetter died Monday in Bremond.
Eliza Hamilton
4-07-2004
Services for Eliza Hamilton will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Providence Baptist Church. Arrangements are under the direction of Community Funeral Home in Waxahachie. Local arrangements are under the direction of McCoy Funeral Home.
A wake service will be held from 9 to 10:45 a.m. Saturday at the church before the service.
Robbie Oneal "Peewee" Lambert
4-5-2004
Services for Robbie Oneal "Peewee" Lambert, 79, of Palestine will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Land of Memory Cemetery with the Rev. Lyle Huntress officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of Bailey & Foster.
Mr. Lambert died Sunday at a local hospital.
He was born Feb. 26, 1925 at Midway to Thomas Jefferson Lambert and Frances Stewart Lambert.
Mr. Lambert was a Presbyterian. He had worked in road maintenance for the Texas Highway Department and was employed with Eilenberger's Bakery for 25 years.
He was preceded in death by his parents; sisters, Anna Lee Atkinson, Maphine Hasty and Bessie Oliver; and brothers, Johnnie Lambert, T.J. Lambert and Douglas Lambert.
Mr. Lambert is survived by his wife, Elizabeth Lambert of Palestine; daughter, Ann Boger and husband Alan of Palestine; sister, Lena Jung of Palestine; and grandchildren, Brad Boger of Palestine and Brandy McCloskey of Shreveport, La.
Condolence calls will be received from 6 to 7 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Nicanor F. Jimenez
4-5-2004
Services for Nicanor F. Jimenez will be at 3 p.m. Wednesday at Bailey & Foster Chapel with the Rev. Barney Walker and Eddie Jimenez officiating. Burial will follow in Roselawn Park under the direction of Bailey & Foster.
Mr. Jimenez died Sunday at Palestine Health Care.
He was born Jan. 22, 1922 in San Antonio to Alejandro and Eusfracia Fuentes Jimenez.
Mr. Jimenez had many successes and accomplishments which included working himself up from a 1st mate to a captain of a ship while serving in the Merchant Marines. He was a 3rd degree Master Mason, a successful restaurant owner and operator of Mama Jimenez Restaurant and Jimenez Grocery. His greatest accomplishment and success was when he accepted Jesus Christ as his personal savior.
Mr. Jimenez was preceded in death by his parents; and his wife of 52 years, Felicitas Linan Jimenez.
Nicanor is survived by his children, Nick Jimenez and wife Ruby, Mike Jimenez and wife Cheryl, Eddie Jimenez and wife Susie, Gloria Chavez, Josie Carroll and husband Chris, all of Palestine, Fay Garrett and husband Ronnie of Houston; sister, Connie David of San Antonio; 19 grandchildren; and 27 great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Nick Jimenez, Mike Jimenez, Chris Carroll, Ronnie Garrett, Gilbert Jimenez and Tony Rodriguez.
Condolence calls will be received from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Faye Graham
4-5-2004
Services for Faye Graham, 65, of Palestine, and formerly of McAlester, Okla., were at 10 a.m. today at Arpelar Cemetery Pavilion in Arpelar, Okla. with the Rev. Ken Dodson officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of Bishop Funeral Service & Crematory in McAlester, Okla.
Mrs. Graham died Thursday in Palestine.
She was born Feb. 15, 1939, in Alderson, Okla. to Alec Monroe and Ursula Brotherton Wilson.
Mrs. Graham was reared and attended school west of McAlester and Tannehill, Okla. She married Billy Stanley Graham in 1956 in Irving and they made their home there. She was a bartender for the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post in Grapevine and also for the American Legion. She later moved to Edmond, Okla. and then to Palestine to be closer to her son.
She was preceded in death by her parents; and brothers, Albert Wilson and Pete Wilson.
Mrs. Graham is survived by sons and daughter-in-law, Rance and Joany Graham of Palestine, Billy Marshall Graham of Palestine and Bobby Ray Graham of Arcadia, Okla; seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; brothers and sisters-in-law, Howard and Jackie and Monroe and Pam Wilson, all of McAlester; the father of her children, Billy Stanley Graham of Tennessee Colony; and her pastor, Ken Dodson of Tennessee Colony.
The family request memorials be made to Hospice of East Texas, 4111 University Blvd., Tyler, Texas, 75701.
Joseph Roger Sanger
4-5-2004
Joseph Robert Sanger, 59, of Charleston, W.V., and formerly of Palestine, died Saturday night in Charleston.
Mr. Sanger will be cremated.
Robert Bill Betts Jr.
4-07-2004
Services for Robert Bill Betts Jr., 73, of Oakland, Calif., and formerly of Palestine, will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Fuller Funeral Home Chapel in Oakland with burial to follow at Evergreen Cemetery in Oakland.
Mr. Betts died Sunday.
He served in the U.S. Army then returned and graduated from A.M. Story High School in 1955.
Mr. Betts was preceded in death by four sons.
He is survived by his wife, Audrey Whitt Betts; son, Robert Betts II, both of Oakland; mother Louise Betts of San Bernadino, Calif.; brother, David H. Betts of Tyler; sisters, Cecelia Lacy and Gailyn Young, both of Houston; and Annie McElroy of San Bernadino, Calif.; granddaughter, Tenya; and great-granddaughter, Anastasia, both of Alameda, Calif.
A wake will be held from 6 to 7 p.m. Friday at Fuller Funeral Home.
Chase Westmoreland
4-07-2004
Services for Chase Westmoreland, 18, of Crockett will be at 4 p.m. Thursday in the First United Methodist Church in Crockett with Dr. Jerry House officiating. Burial will follow in the Crawford Cemetery in Elkhart. Arrangements are under the direction of Callaway-Allee Funeral Home.
Mr. Westmoreland died Monday in Jacksonville.
He was born July 24, 1985 in Houston.
Mr. Westmoreland was a 2003 graduate of Crockett High School and was attending Lon Morris Junior College in Jacksonville on a baseball scholarship playing for the Bear Cat baseball team. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Crockett.
He was preceded in death by his grandfather, Ron Alford, in 1999; and grandfather, Richard Westmoreland, in 1995.
Mr. Westmoreland is survived by his mother, Michele Westmoreland and Bob Overstreet of Crockett; father, Calvin Westmoreland and wife Lori of Bullard; stepbrother, Joe Monaghan of Kilgore; stepsister, Kari Monaghan of Houston; grandparents, Frances Alford of Elkhart, Nick and Jackie LaFleur of Whitehouse and Joe and Willene Spellman of Bullard; uncle, Mike Alford and wife Laura of Nashville, Tenn.; cousins, Jacob and Jamison Alford of Nashville and Ryan Linn of Granbury; aunt, Brenda Linn and husband Mark of Granbury; and numerous other relatives.
Pallbearers will be Bob Overstreet III, Vance Bruner, Bryan Easterly, T.J. Tabor, Joe Monaghan, Neal McCoy, Jacob Alford and Mike Innerarity.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. tonight at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to the East Texas Angel Network, P.O. Box 9544, Longview, Texas 75608.
