Obituaries
Betty Jo Jeter
Feb 6, 2023
Betty Jeter, 87, of Kilgore, completed her earthly journey on Monday, February 6, 2023, at her residence in Kilgore. Funeral services will be held on Friday, February 10, 2023, at 2:00 p.m., in the Chapel of Rader Funeral Home in Kilgore, with Rev. Farrell Alexander officiating. Interment will follow Danville Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home...
Bill D Hedrick
Feb 6, 2023
Bill D. Hedrick
Bill D. Hedrick, 91, of Kilgore, completed his earthly journey, in his home surrounded by his family, on Monday, February 6, 2023. Funeral services for Mr. Hedrick will be held on Monday, February 13, 2023, at 11 a.m., in the Chapel of Rader Funeral Home in Kilgore, with Rev. Riley Pippen officiating. Interment will follow in Danville Cemetery....
Ricky Don Greer
Feb 3, 2023
Memorial services for Ricky Don Greer, son of Emogene Adamson, will be held at Rader Funeral Home Chapel in Kilgore on Tuesday, February 14, 2023, at 2:00 PM with Rev. Bonnie McGuire officiating. Mr. Greer passed away on Friday, February 3rd, at Longview Regional.
Ricky was born in Longview, Tx on August 7th, 1959. He spent the majority of his life...
Carl Loyd Chamberlain
Jan 31, 2023
Carl Loyd Chamberlain of Liberty City, Texas, passed away on January 31, 2023 after a two-year battle with complications arising from COVID-19. He was 89 years old and no doubt annoyed that he did not reach his oft-stated goal of living to be 103.
Loyd (also known to some as “Slim” and “Lefty”) was born in New Salem, Texas, on April...
Johnnie Brogoitti
Jan 31, 2023
Services for Mrs. Johnnie L. Goolsby Brogoitti , 97 of Longview will be held on Saturday, February 4, 2023 at three o’clock in the afternoon at Post Oak Road Church of Christ with Dale Hendricks officiating. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. Private family interment will follow in Danville cemetery in Kilgore. Mrs. Brogoitti completed her...
John Vincent Butts
Jan 29, 2023
John Vincent Butts
Funeral services for John Vincent Butts, 46, of Kilgore will be held 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, February 4, 2023, at Peatown Church with Rev. Bill Blanks officiating. Burial will follow in the Peatown Cemetery. The family will receive friends before services from 10:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. Saturday at Peatown Church. John passed away on Sunday, January 29,...
Jackie Don Carpenter
Jan 29, 2023
Mr. Jackie Don Carpenter
Funeral services for Mr. Jackie Don Carpenter, 87, of White Oak will be held on Friday, February 3, 2023 at 10:00 A.M. at the White Oak Baptist Church. Burial will be at New White Oak Cemetery. The family will receive friends at Rader Funeral Home in Kilgore on Thursday from 5:00 P.M. until 7:00 P.M. Mr. Carpenter...
Joe Wendell Clark
Jan 28, 2023
Joe Clark, 76, of Tatum, Texas passed away in his home on Saturday, January 28, 2023 after a long bout of multiple illnesses. He was born in Kilgore and went on to attend Sabine and Kilgore Schools. He briefly attended Kilgore College before enlisting in the Air Force. During this time he married Mary Poteet of Liberty City and remained...
Raymond Leveritt, Jr.
Jan 26, 2023
Raymond Anthony Leveritt, Jr.
Funeral services for Raymond Leveritt, Jr., 45, of Kilgore will be held on Wednesday, February 1, 2023, at 10:00 A.M. in the Rader Funeral Home Chapel in Kilgore with Pastor Mike Park officiating. Burial will follow at the Danville Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Tuesday from 6:00 p.m. until 7:30 p.m....
Melvin Splawn
Jan 22, 2023
Melvin Splawn, 77 of Kilgore, completed his earthly journey in Richardson, Texas after a lengthy illness. Funeral services for Mr. Melvin Splawn will be held on Saturday, January 28, 2023, at 10 a.m., in the Chapel of Rader Funeral Home in Kilgore, with Rev. Alan Johnson officiating. Burial will follow in Danville Cemetery. The family will receive friends at Rader...
Denise Shellman
Jan 22, 2023
Graveside services for Denise Shellman, 67 of Kilgore will be held on Thursday, January 26, 2022, at 2:00 p.m. at Danville Cemetery with Rev. Dr. Allison Andrews officiating. Family will receive friends from 6:00 until 7:30 Wednesday evening at Rader Funeral Home in Kilgore. Mrs. Shellman passed away on Sunday, January 22, 2023 in Longview
Denise was born December 1, 1955...
Birdie Easley
Jan 22, 2023
Birdie Nell Crowston Easley
Birdie Nell Crowston Easley, 85, of Kilgore, completed her earthly journey on Sunday, January 22, 2023, in her home surrounded by her family following a courageous battle with kidney disease. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, January 28, 2023, at 1 p.m., in the Chapel of Rader Funeral Home in Kilgore, with Rev. Joshua Howington officiating....
Wanda Lou Burns
Jan 21, 2023
On Saturday, January 21, 2023, Wanda Lou Burns, beloved grandmother and great-grandmother, passed away at Someren Glen Retirement Community in Centennial, Colorado at the age of ninety-two. She was born in Maud, Oklahoma on April 21, 1930, to Edna and Ovel Baker. She married H.J. "Jake" Burns and together they had two children, Larry and Valerie.
Wanda enjoyed cooking, baking, knitting,...
Judy Lee Dorst Cox
Jan 21, 2023
Judy Lee Dorst Cox
On January 21, 2023, Judy Lee (Dorst) Cox., daughter, wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother passed away at the age of 88 at the Faith Presbyterian Hospice in Dallas, TX.
Judy was born on October 27, 1934, to Roy Woodrow and Evah Lucille (Kneedler) Dorst in Gardner, KS. Upon graduation from Olathe High School in 1952, Judy attended Kansas...
Kenneth Wiehoff
Jan 20, 2023
Kenneth Wiehoff
Kenneth Wiehoff, 77, of Kilgore, completed his earthly journey on Friday, January 20, 2023, in his home surrounded by his family. A Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday, February 11, 2023, from 2p until 4p at Rader Funeral Home in Kilgore.
Kenneth was born on October 25, 1945, in St. Cloud, MN, to Charles and Veronica Wiehoff. Kenneth...
Nell Jean Polk Ledet
Jan 20, 2023
Cremation arrangements for Nell Jean Polk Ledet, 89 of Kilgore are under the direction of Rader Funeral Home Kilgore. A private family graveside will be held at a later date in Prentiss, Mississippi. Mrs. Ledet passed away peacefully on Friday, January 20, 2023, in Tyler surrounded by her loving family.
Nell was born on January 22, 1933, in Prentiss, Mississippi to...
Barbara Jean Hernandez
Jan 19, 2023
Services for Barbara Jean Hernandez, 77 of Kilgore will be held on Monday, January 23, 2023 at two o’clock in the afternoon at Rader Funeral Home in Kilgore with Pastor Danny Menges officiating. The family will receive friends from six until eight o’clock in the evening on Sunday, January 22, 2023, at Rader Funeral Home in Kilgore. Mrs. Hernandez passed...
Dr. Robert "Rob" Thoni
Jan 17, 2023
Dr. Robert “Rob” Thoni
Dr. Robert “Rob” Thoni, 67, of Kilgore, completed his earthly journey on Tuesday, January 17, 2023, surrounded by his family in Tyler. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m., on Friday, January 20, 2023, at Bar-None Cowboy Church, with Bro. Jason Taylor officiating, under the direction of Rader Funeral Home in Kilgore.
Rob was born on...
Nell Beth Newsom King
Jan 16, 2023
Nell B. Newsom King
Private graveside services for Nell Beth Newsom King, 95 of Kilgore will be held on Saturday, January 21, 2023, at Kilgore City Cemetery. Nell passed away peacefully on January 16, 2023, at her home in Kilgore surrounded by family.
Nell was born on December 8, 1927, in Purley, Texas to the late Thomas Arch Newsom, Sr. and Elizabeth...
Eugene "Gene" Rushing
Jan 16, 2023
Eugene “Gene” Rushing of Kilgore passed away at age77 at Christus Good Shepherd Medical Center on January 16, 2023. Eugene “Gene” was born on October 21, 1945, in Yakima County, Washington to mother, Euna Mae Scott and father, Casey Rushing. He is survived by his wife of 25 years, Elizabeth Rushing.
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