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Ruby Ellen  Wood

Ruby Ellen Wood

Mar 23, 2023

Services for Ellen Wood, 75 of Kilgore will be 11:00 a.m. Monday, March 27, 2023, at the Chapel of Rader Funeral Home in Kilgore with Rev. Mark Fried officiating. Burial will follow at Danville Cemetery. Family will receive friends from 10:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. Monday, one hour prior to service. Ellen passed away on Thursday, March 23, 2023.

Ellen was...

Dana Phyllis Truckey

Dana Phyllis Truckey

Mar 21, 2023

Funeral services for Dana Truckey, 46, of Yantis will be held on Saturday, March 25, 2023 at 1:00 P.M. at the Chapel of Rader Funeral Home in Kilgore with Reverend Dick Dobbins officiating. Burial will follow at Danville Cemetery. The family will receive friends at Rader Funeral Home in Kilgore on Saturday from 12:00 P.M. until 1:00 P.M., one hour...

Peggy Andrews

Peggy Andrews

Mar 20, 2023

Peggy Andrews, 86, of Kilgore Texas passed March 20, 2023, at Arbor Grace of Kilgore. Born at home, January 23, 1937, Elmo, Missouri. She is predeceased by her parents Gerald Grant and Helen M. (Bishop) Pruitt, her late husband Kenneth Leon Andrews and a brother Francis G. Pruitt.

Survivors include a daughter, Teresa (Earl) Busby of Kilgore, granddaughter Elizabeth (Busby) Miller...

Wendy Lynn Musslewhite Mcdonald

Wendy Lynn Musslewhite Mcdonald

Mar 16, 2023

Services for Wendy Lynn Musslewhite McDonald, 68 of Kilgore will be held at Laird Hill Baptist Church on Saturday, April 15, 2023 at eleven o'clock in the morning. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Rader Funeral Home in Kilgore. Mrs. McDonald passed away peacefully on March 16, 2023, in Tyler, Texas surrounded by family.

Wendy was born on June 1,...

Abraham Torres

Abraham Torres

Mar 16, 2023

Services for Abraham Torres, 1 of Kilgore will be held on Tuesday, March 21, 2023 at ten o’clock in the morning at Christ The King Catholic Church in Kilgore with Father Luis Pena presiding. Burial will immediately follow at Danville Cemetery. The family will welcome friends and family on Monday, March 20, 2023, from four until six o’clock in the...

Janie Warren Smith Easterling

Janie Warren Smith Easterling

Mar 11, 2023

Funeral services for Mrs. Janie Warren Smith Easterling, 76, of Elderville will be held at 2:00 PM on Wednesday, March 15, 2023, in the Rader Funeral Home Chapel in Kilgore with the Rev. John Gradberg and Rev. Thomas Brown officiating. Burial will follow at Danville Cemetery. The family will receive friends before services on Wednesday from 1:00 - 2:00 PM....

Jonathan  Benitez

Jonathan Benitez

Mar 10, 2023

Jonathan Benitez

Visitation for Jonathan Benitez, 31 of Kilgore will be held on Saturday, March 18, 2023, from six until eight o’clock in the evening at Rader Funeral Home in Kilgore. Jonathan completed his earthly journey on Friday, March 10, 2023, at his home in Kilgore.

Jonathan was born on March 1, 1992, in Longview, Texas, to Mary Meadows and Crescencio Benitez....

King Davis Russell, Jr.

King Davis Russell, Jr.

Mar 9, 2023

Mr. King Davis Russell, Jr. passed away on Thursday, March 9, 2023, at Hospice of East Texas Homeplace in Tyler. King was born on December 18, 1940, in Kilgore. He was the son of King David Russell, Sr., and Mary Lou Smith Russell.

King was a lifelong resident of Kilgore. He graduated from Kilgore High School and Kilgore College. King was...

Mattie  Evelyn Talley

Mattie Evelyn Talley

Mar 8, 2023

Graveside services for Mrs. Mattie Evelyn Talley, 82, of Kilgore will be held on Tuesday, March 14, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. at Rusk County Memorial Gardens with Reverend David Hampton officiating. Burial will follow at Rusk County Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Talley passed away in Kilgore on Wednesday, March 8, 2023.

Evelyn was born on September18, 1940 in Hugo, Oklahoma. She was...

Debbie Boles

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...

Valerie Inez Swanson

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...

Frank Rucker

Frank Rucker

Mar 6, 2023

Memorial Visitation for Mr. Frank Rucker, 76, of Kilgore will be held on Friday, March 10, 2023 from 2:00 p.m. until 4:00 in the Rader Funeral Home Chapel. Frank passed away on Monday, March 6, 2023 at his residence. Cremation arrangements will be under the direction of Rader Funeral Home of Kilgore.

Frank was born on September 20, 1946 in El...

Judy Charlotte Nolen Slusser

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

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,...

Janet Johnson Elliott

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...

Fernando Baldazo

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...

Don Jones

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

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

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

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...

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