Debbie Boles

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 at Rader Funeral Home in Kilgore. Mrs. Boles passed away on Monday, March 6, 2023 in Longview.

Debbie was born on December 19, 1953 in Kilgore, Texas to Billy H. Johns and Betsy Lecil Bostick. She was loving and caring wife, mother, daughter, grandmother and great grandmother who will be missed by all that knew her. She also loved her nieces and nephews.

She also loved her dog, Mikey and cat Patches. She enjoyed gardening and flowers. She was a care giver to numerous friends. She was a great cook. She owned Debbie’s Diner in Kilgore. She also worked at Roy H. Laird Memorial Hospital, and was a Private Duty Nurse for the Aged. She owned her on Daycare in her home. And dearly loved all the children that she watched and treated them as her own. She worked in the Cafeteria as a cook at Kilgore and Sabine High School. She also worked at a Video Store in Liberty City. She attended Faith Baptist Church in Kilgore. Even though she had numerous medical issues, she always had a smile on her face. She was not able to do much but loved talking to her family and friends.

Debbie is proceeded in death by her father, Billy H Johns, husband, Albert Bayless II, brother, Billy Lecil Johns and step-daughter, Vickie Crews.

Left to cherish her life and memory is her husband, Steve Boles of Kilgore; son, Trey Bayless of Wills Point, Texas; mother, Betsy Robertson of Kilgore; sister, Darla Bailey and husband W. Mark of Harrison, Arkansas and sister in law, Sheri Johns of Longview; grandchildren, Jason Bayless, Jacob Bayless, Hattie (Max) Wilborn, Michael Wilborn and wife Kaitlyn, Jeffrey Wyatt, Jeremy Wyatt, Tosha Miller, and Dustin Miller; great grandchildren, Kyleigh Bayless and Haiden Miller and Nathan Miller, Alexis Miller and Micha Miller, Hunter Wyatt, Greyson Wilborn and Blakeleigh Wilborn; step-daughters, Debbie Wyatt and husband George, of Kilgore, Kimberly Wilborn and Anthony, of Longview, Sarah Boles of Kennewick, Washington and Loren Fonte of Houston; step-son, Jonathon Boles and wife Storme of Lockhart, Texas and numerous nieces, nephews and other loving family members.