Obituaries
Andy Williams
May 7, 2021
Mr. Robert Andrew “Andy” Williams Cremation arrangements for Mr. Andy Williams, 62, of Kilgore are under the direction of Rader Funeral Home in Kilgore. The family will honor his life in a memorial service set for 3:00 P.M .Wednesday, May 12, 2021 at Lighthouse Church 5805 Hwy 135 Gladewater. Andy was born on December 27, 1958 in Merkel, Texas. He...
Iva Ruth Ryle
May 7, 2021
Iva Ruth Ryle, 70, passed away in Kilgore on May 7th. After a brave, decades long struggle with an incurable disease, her tired body could no longer continue, and she is finally at peace and free of pain. Ruth is survived by her loving husband Tom Ryle, her four children, three grandchildren, and five siblings. A private family memorial service...
Verner William Laird Ii
May 6, 2021
A memorial service for Verner William Laird II, age 77, Kilgore, will be held on Tuesday, May 11th, at 2:00 PM at First Baptist Church Kilgore with Dr. Glenn Young and Dr. Pete Freeman officiating with music by David Berryhill, Lorenz Macher, and John Simmons. Visitation will be held at 1:00 PM at First Baptist Church Kilgore. Verner completed his...
John Eugene Wilson
May 6, 2021
John Eugene Wilson, born in El Paso, Texas, on February 13, 1958, passed away in Austin, Texas on Thursday, May 6, 2021. John, 63, grew up in Baytown, Texas, and spent much of his adult life in the Kilgore-Longview area. But after a devastating motorcycle accident left him with life-threatening head injuries that he somehow managed to survive, John spent...
Margaret Lee Arnold
May 4, 2021
Visitation for Margaret Arnold, 71 of Kilgore will be 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Friday, May 7, 2021 at Rader Funeral Home in Kilgore. Mrs. Arnold passed away on Tuesday, May 4, 2021 in Longview. Margaret was born on September 14, 1949 in Kilgore, Texas to the late Percy Biggs and Estelle Cain. She was a lifelong resident of Kilgore. Margaret...
Catherine Marie Emmel
May 2, 2021
Catherine Marie Emmel Catherine Marie Emmel of Kilgore passed away at age 92 on Sunday, May 2, 2021 in Kilgore. Services will be held 11:00 a.m. Saturday, June 5, 2021 at the Christ the King Catholic Church in Kilgore with Father Daniel Dower. Family and friends are also welcomed to pay their respects during visitation before the service from 9:30...
Walter Roland Sanders
Apr 27, 2021
Walter Roland Sanders Funeral services for Walter Roland Sanders, 80, of New London, will be held on Monday, May 3, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. at Forest Home Baptist Church of Kilgore with Reverend Riley Pippen officiating. Interment will follow in the Danville Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 1p - 2p at Forest Home Baptist Church. Mr. Sanders completed his...
April Celeste Hearn
Apr 27, 2021
April Celeste Hearn A Celebration of Life for April Celeste Hearn, 42, of Kilgore, will be held on Friday, May 14, 2021, at 2pm in the Chapel of Rader Funeral Home in Kilgore. The family will receive friends from 1 pm until 2 pm prior to the service. April completed her earthly journey on Tuesday, April 27, 2021 in Dallas...
Lee Clayton Hightower
Apr 25, 2021
Cremation arrangements for Lee Hightower, 76 of Kilgore are under the direction of Rader Funeral Home in Kilgore. Mr. Hightower passed away on Sunday, April 25, 2021 in Gladewater.
Elaine Maxwell Smith
Apr 24, 2021
Elaine Maxwell Smith ended her earthly journey on April 24, 2021. Services for Mrs. Elaine Maxwell Smith, of Kilgore will be held on Saturday, May 1, 2021 at 4:00 p.m. at First Baptist Church, of Kilgore. Elaine Maxwell Smith was born October 18, 1941 in Jacksonville, Texas to J.K. “Jake” and Francis “Joy” Graham Maxwell. Elaine was a cheerleader at...
Eldie Lee Horton
Apr 23, 2021
Eldie Lee Deal Horton Eldie Lee Deal Horton of Kilgore, Texas was born February 2, 1936 in Calcasieu Parish, DeQuincy, Louisiana, the daughter of the late Thomas and Ida Deal. Eldie left school prior to graduating to help support her widowed mother and siblings. She later obtained her G.E.D. She then left Louisiana and traveled with her sister, Pat, and...
Lou Emma Mapps Clayton
Apr 22, 2021
Lou Emma Mapps Clayton A Homegoing Celebration for Mrs. Lou Emma Mapps Clayton, 79, of Kilgore will be held at 11 a m on Wednesday, April 28, 2021, at Faith Tabernacle of God In Christ in Kilgore. Interment will follow in the St. John, formerly Steber Grove Cemetery. Rader Funeral Home in Kilgore has been entrusted with her care and...
Evelyn Laverne Warlick
Apr 21, 2021
Private family graveside services for Evelyn Warlick of Kilgore will be Monday, April 26, 2021 at Danville Cemetery with Rev. Paul Michael Vacca officiating under the direction of Rader Funeral Home in Kilgore. Evelyn Laverne Rambo Warlick, 94, of Liberty City passed away peacefully into the loving arms of her Savior on April 21, 2021. Evelyn was born on February...
Charles Calvin Porter
Apr 19, 2021
Charles Calvin Porter Services at the graveside for Charles Calvin Porter,72, of Kilgore, will be held at 11 a.m., on Saturday, April 24, 2021 in the Gum Springs Cemetery in Longview with Minister Chris Vidacovich officiating. Mr. Porter has been entrusted to the care of Rader Funeral Home in Kilgore. The family will receive friends on Friday from 5:30 until...
Lerline Stokely
Apr 19, 2021
Services for Lerline Thompson Stokely, 95 of Kilgore will be 2:00 p.m. Friday, April 23, 2021 at First Church of the Nazerene with Revs. Robert Williams and Mark Hendrick officiating. Family will receive friends Friday, April 23, 2021 from 1:00 p.m. until 2:00 p.m. at the First Church of Nazarene in Kilgore. Gladys “Lerline” Thompson Stokely was born November 4,...
Mary Virginia Quarles
Apr 15, 2021
Mary Virginia Tomberlain Quarles Mary Virginia Tomberlain Quarles was born on July 1, 1932 to Broud Waymon Tomberlain and Lola Mae Morgan Tomberlain in Hughes Springs, TX. Mary passed away at The Hospice of East Texas in Tyler, TX on April 15, 2021. Mary suffered some hardships in life, but she worked hard to raise and provide for her four...
Lowell Venice Ogle
Apr 11, 2021
Services for Lowell Venice Ogle will be held on Saturday, April 24, 2021 at the Chapel of Rader Funeral Home at two o’clock in the afternoon. Lowell Venice Ogle also known as Grandpa, and Backporch Dancing Grandpa was born on June 19, 1932 in Goodwater, Alabama. Lowell’s parents were Robert Ogle and Mary Elizabeth Hazel Ogle, who loved him dearly....
Don Carthel Adams
Apr 11, 2021
Funeral services for Don Carthel Adams, Sr., age 91, of Kilgore will be held at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, April 19, 2021 with Rev. Darwood Galaway and Rev. Ben Bagley officiating. Private family burial will follow at Lakeview Memorial Gardens, 5000 W. Harrison Rd., Longview. Family will receive friends from 4:30pm – 6:00pm Sunday,...
Neva Joyce Hobbs
Apr 11, 2021
Neva Hobbs, 78, of Kilgore, Texas passed away on Sunday, April 11th, 2021. She was born on October 6th, 1942 to the late C. E. Hudspeth and Bessie Sample Hudspeth. Neva attended Kilgore High School. Mrs. Hobbs was a loving and caring wife, mother, sister, grandmother and great grandmother and will be missed by all that knew her. She was...
Barbara Jean Sheldon
Apr 5, 2021
Services for Barbara Jean Sheldon, 90, of Kilgore will be at 2:00 pm Thursday, April 8, 2021 at Rader (Kilgore) Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. David Hampton officiating. Burial will follow at Danville Cemetery. The family will receive friends Wednesday, April 7, between 6:00 – 7:30 pm at Rader Funeral Home in Kilgore. Barbara slipped quietly into the arms of...
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