Grace Faye Mccurley

Graveside services for Grace Faye “Jo” McCurley, 93 of Kilgore will be 2:00 p.m., Monday, January 3, 2022, at Rock Hill Cemetery in Brownsboro, Texas with Dr. Paul Michael Vacca officiating. Family will receive friends from 3:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. Sunday, January 2, 2022, at Rader Funeral Home in Kilgore. Mrs. McCurley passed away on Monday, December 27, 2021, in Longview.

She was born on February 29, 1928, in Chandler, Texas to the late James Arthur Carver and Belma Eugene Morman. Jo has resided in Kilgore since 1952 and she lived on Lake Palestine for over 15 years. She was a member of First Baptist Church Liberty City. Her passion was fishing and enjoyed playing games (Qwirkle and 42) with her family. Family vacations and weekends, throughout the years, were spent at one of the many lakehouses she and her husband had on Lake Cherokee and Lake Palestine. Jo enjoyed gardening, she could grow anything. Her beauty was reflected in every yard that she tended tirelessly to. Mrs. McCurley was a loving and caring dedicated wife, mother, sister, grandmother, great grandmother, and great great grandmother who will be missed by all that knew her.

Jo is survived by her daughters, Marieta Mason and husband Mack of Kilgore and Molly Peyton and husband Lee of Gladewater; grandchildren, Melissa Florence of Kilgore, David Mason of Kilgore, Aaron Mason of Uganda, Africa, Lana Peyton of Gladewater, Brady Peyton of Humble and Travis Peyton of Longview; great grandchildren, Makia Peyton, Randy Peyton, Tyler Peyton, Bradyn Peyton, Keri Peyton, Nicholas Peyton, Grace Monasco, Victoria Mayfield, Joshua Florence, Belle Florence and Dalton Mason; great great grandchildren, Hazel Peyton and Chandler Myers and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and other loving family members.

Mrs. McCurley was preceded in death by her husband, E.L. “Dick” McCurley; sister, Lou Ellen Carver; brothers, Macon Carver and Farris Allen Carver.

Memorials may be made to Water for All International (Mason) www.waterforallinternational.org