Obituaries
Valerie Inez Swanson
Mar 6, 2023
Graveside services for Valerie Inez Swanson, 45 of Kilgore will be 1:00 p.m. Saturday, March 11, 2023 at Danville Cemetery with Brother James Boatman officiating. The world became brighter on March 5, 1978, the day that Valerie Inez Swanson was born. Valerie sadly passed on March 6, 2023, after a long and happy life.
Valerie was a devoted wife and mother...
Debbie Boles
Mar 6, 2023
Services for Debbie Boles, 69 of Kilgore will be 10:00 a.m. Monday, March 13, 2023 at the Chapel of Rader Funeral Home in Kilgore with Rev. W. Mark Bailey and Rev. Joshua Howington officiating. Burial will follow at Lakeview Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Rev. Rusty Silvertooth will conduct the graveside service. Family will receive friends from 2:00 until 4:00 Sunday afternoon...
Judy Charlotte Nolen Slusser
Mar 2, 2023
Services for Judy Charlotte Nolen Slusser, 80 of Kilgore will be held on March 6, 2023 at eleven o’clock in the morning at Forest Home Baptist Church with Reverend Riley Pippen officiating. Visitation will be held thirty minutes prior to the service. Surrounded by her loving family, Judy completed her earthly journey on March 2, 2023, after a courageous battle...
Nickey Jones
Feb 28, 2023
On Tuesday, February 28th, 2023, Helen Norene “Nickey” Jones left this physical world to join our Heavenly Father in eternal life. Her final gift was the gathering of her loved ones, filling her home in Gladewater, Texas with the family she created and nurtured throughout her life.
Nickey was born to Alfred H. Nelson and Emma Norene Nelson on December 21st,...
Fernando Baldazo
Feb 26, 2023
Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Saturday, March 4, 2023, at 10am at Christ the King Catholic Church in Kilgore with Father Luis Pena as the Celebrant. Interment will immediately follow at Danville Cemetery in Kilgore. A rosary will be held on Friday, March 3, 2023, at Rader Funeral Home in Kilgore from seven until nine in the...
Janet Johnson Elliott
Feb 26, 2023
Funeral services for Mrs. Janet Johnson Elliott, 81, of Kilgore will be held on Saturday, March 4, 2023, at First Baptist Church in Kilgore with Reverend Joe Orr officiating. Burial will follow at Rusk County Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Friday, March 3 from 6:00 P.M. - 7:30 P.M. Janet passed away on...
Don Jones
Feb 24, 2023
On Friday, February 24th, 2023, Donald Meredith Jones passed peacefully at home in Gladewater, Texas at the age of 82.
Jones was born to Roy and Lillie Jones on March 14th, 1940, in Three Rivers, Texas. He was an avid collector of arrowheads, coins, stories, and friendships and has left behind a legacy of grace and love to all who knew...
Beatrice "Bea" Barker Liske
Feb 21, 2023
Beatrice Barker Liske passed away peacefully in her sleep on Feb 21, 2023 in Longview, TX.
Bea, as quite a few called her, is survived by her son Lester Liske and wife Charlene of Delta, PA, her daughter Lorraine Liske White of Liberty City, TX, and her son Larry Liske and wife Sharon of Delta, PA. She is also survived by...
Joseph Michael Mccubbin
Feb 21, 2023
Cremation arrangement for Mr. Joseph Michael McCubbin, 52, of Kilgore are under the direction of Rader Funeral Home in Kilgore. Mr. McCubbin was born on Jan. 12, 1971, in Longview and passed away at his home in Kilgore on Feb. 21, 2023. A complete obituary will be posted at a later time.
Mary Elizabeth Kalteyer Thompson
Feb 20, 2023
MARY ELIZABETH WESTMORELAND KALTEYER THOMPSON
A memorial service for Mary Thompson, 95, formerly of Sugar Land, Texas, will be 2 p.m., Friday, February 24, 2023, at The Hamptons of Tyler, 4250 Old Omen Road, with the Reverend Dr. Stuart Baskin officiating. Mrs. Thompson joined the Church Triumphant, Monday, February 20, 2023, while living in Tyler, where she resided the last 3...
Kylene Hobbs Gerstner
Feb 20, 2023
Services for Kylene Gerstner, 70 of Kilgore will be 2:00 p.m. Monday, February 27, 2023 at the Chapel of Rader Funeral Home in Kilgore with Rev. David Hampton officiating. Burial will follow at Kilgore Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Family will receive friends from 3:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. Sunday afternoon at Rader Funeral Home in Kilgore. Kylene passed away on Monday,...
Peggy Till Jones
Feb 19, 2023
Peggy Till Jones, 93, of Kilgore, Texas, passed away peacefully on Sunday, February 19, 2023. Peggy was born on December 28, 1929 to Felix and Viola Till in Trees, Louisiana. She was a spunky little girl, always up to something whether it be catching the house on fire to see kittens under the porch, climbing trees to sneak into the...
Wayne Easley
Feb 18, 2023
Carl Wayne Easley, 88 of Kilgore completed his earthly journey on Saturday, February 18, 2023, in Longview. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, February 21, 2023, at the Chapel of Rader Funeral Home in Kilgore at ten o’clock in the morning with Rev. David Hampton officiating. Interment will follow in Hagansport Cemetery in Hagansport, TX. The family will receive...
Nancy Carol Timmons
Feb 16, 2023
Cremation arrangements for Nancy Carol Timmons, 88 of Kilgore are under the direction of Rader Funeral Home in Kilgore. Memorial services will be held on Saturday, February 25, 2023 at ten-thirty in the morning at Kilgore Bible Church with Pastor Barry Metz officiating. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at Kilgore Bible Church. Mrs. Timmons went...
Larry R. Dorsey
Feb 14, 2023
Graveside services for Mr. Larry R. Dorsey, 82, of Kilgore will be held Thursday, February 16, 2023, at 2:00 P.M. at the Danville Cemetery. Mr. Dorsey passed away on Tuesday, February 14, 2023, in a Longview hospital.
Larry was born on January 8, 1941, in Overton. He was the son of the late Oliver Raymond Dorsey and Wilma E. Jones Dorsey....
Gary Glenn Gray
Feb 12, 2023
Services for Gary Glenn Gray, 88, of Kilgore will be held on Thursday, February 16, 2023, at eleven o’clock in the morning at St. Luke’s Methodist Church of Kilgore with Rev. Dr. Allison Andrews officiating. Mr. Gray completed his earthly journey on Sunday, February 12, 2023, at his home in Kilgore surrounded by his loving family.
Gary was born in...
Lethie Coffey Mulanax
Feb 9, 2023
Private service arrangements for Lethie Coffey Mulanax, 90, of Kilgore are under the direction of Rader Funeral Home in Kilgore. Lethie passed away on Thursday, February 9, 2023 at her residence in Kilgore surrounded by her loving family.
Mrs. Mulanax was born on June 22, 1932 in Kilgore, Texas to Melton Clyde Coffey and Mary Elizabeth Cox. Lethie was a member...
Sheldon Burleson
Feb 7, 2023
Funeral services for Mr. Sheldon Lynn Burleson, 82, of Kilgore will be held on Monday, February 13, 2023, at 2:00 P.M. in the Rader Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Jason Taylor officiating. Burial will follow at Lakeview Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Sunday afternoon from 3:00 until 5:00 p.m. Mr. Burleson passed away...
Rocky Bumgardner
Feb 7, 2023
Memorial services for Rocky Bumgardner, 66 of Kilgore will be held on Saturday, February 11, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. in the Chapel of Rader Funeral Home in Kilgore with Tim Bryan officiating. Mr. Bumgardner passed away on Tuesday, February 7, 2023 in Kilgore.
Rocky was born on November 5, 1956 in Wichita Falls, Texas to the late Edward Clinton and Ruby...
Verna Lee Sullivan
Feb 6, 2023
Verna Lee Sullivan passed away on February 6, 2023. She was born in Alvin, Texas on January 17,1928 to George Haggard and Pearl King Haggard. She is survived by a niece, Jane D. Landry (Mark) of Metairie, Louisiana and sister-in-law, Carol Kay Cannon of Carmel, Indiana. She was predeceased by her parents, her husband, Larry J Sullivan and her sister,...
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