Obituaries

Jessie Marie Cox

Jessie Marie Cox

Dec 27, 2021

Services for Jessie Marie Cox, 75 of Kilgore will be 2:00 p.m., Thursday, December 30, 2021, at the Chapel of Rader Funeral Home with Reverend David Hampton officiating. Burial will follow at Kilgore Memorial Gardens Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Wednesday evening at Rader Funeral Home in Kilgore. Mrs. Cox passed away on...

Grace Faye Mccurley

Grace Faye Mccurley

Dec 27, 2021

Graveside services for Grace Faye “Jo” McCurley, 93 of Kilgore will be 2:00 p.m., Monday, January 3, 2022, at Rock Hill Cemetery in Brownsboro, Texas with Dr. Paul Michael Vacca officiating. Family will receive friends from 3:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. Sunday, January 2, 2022, at Rader Funeral Home in Kilgore. Mrs. McCurley passed away on Monday, December 27, 2021,...

Bruce Wayne Mathis

Bruce Wayne Mathis

Dec 24, 2021

Bruce Wayne Mathis Cremation arrangements for Bruce Wayne Mathis, 74, of Kilgore are under the direction of Rader Funeral Home in Kilgore. A Celebration of Life for Bruce will be on January 8, 2021, at his home church, Highland Park Assembly of God located at 2400 S Henderson Blvd, Kilgore, Texas, at two o’clock. Afterwards there will be a reception...

Bobbie L Woodruff

Bobbie L Woodruff

Dec 22, 2021

Bobbie L. Woodruff Graveside services for Bobbie Louise Woodruff, age 91, of Kilgore, will be held on Wednesday, December 29, 2021, at 2:00 p.m. at Bethlehem Cemetery in Upshur County, under the care of Rader Funeral Home of Kilgore, Texas. Born December 7, 1930, in Hall County, Texas, Bobbie was the daughter of Emma Bell Clemons Woods and Lemuel Byrd...

Gary R.  Koll

Gary R. Koll

Dec 22, 2021

Gary Richard Koll Cremation arrangements for Gary Richard Koll, 73, of Kilgore are under the direction of Rader Funeral Home in Kilgore. Services for Mr. Koll will be held on January 29, 2021 at Pirtle United Methodist Church, at two o'clock in the afternoon. Gary passed away on Wednesday, December 22, 2021, in Longview, Texas. Gary Richard Koll was born...

David V. Stroud

David V. Stroud

Dec 20, 2021

David V. Stroud, age 77, of Kilgore, passed away Monday, December 20th, 2021. He was born in Tyler to Vernon and Inez (Garrett) Stroud on August 30th, 1944. A 1963 graduate of Henderson High School, he joined the United States Marine Corps in February, 1964, and was among the first Marines sent to Vietnam, in 1965, where he was an...

George  Gary Pendergast

George Gary Pendergast

Dec 17, 2021

Services for George Pendergast, 73 of Kilgore will be 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at Kilgore Bible Church with Pastor Barry Metz officiating. Private family burial will follow at Danville Cemetery. Mr. Pendergast passed away on Friday, December 17 at his residence in Kilgore. George was born on October 1, 1948, in Bozeman, Montana to the late Francis Victor...

Carol Waldman

Carol Waldman

Dec 16, 2021

Carol Waldman passed away on December 16th following a brief illness. She was 68. Carol was a native of Kilgore. She graduated from Kilgore High School in 1971. Carol attended Kilgore College before graduating from The University of Texas At Arlington. Carol had a lengthy career in the legal department of Cinemark USA in Plano, Texas. Throughout her career, she...

Craig  Alan Ballew, I

Craig Alan Ballew, I

Dec 15, 2021

Craig Alan Ballew I, 61, of Madisonville, Tennessee, went home to be with the Lord on December 15, 2021, He passed peacefully at home surrounded by loved ones. Craig was a graduate of Kilgore High School in 1978, and later graduated with degrees in Physics and Aerospace Engineering from Kilgore College in 1991. He was a member of Phi Theta...

Jack Evans

Jack Evans

Dec 12, 2021

Services for Jack Evans, 66 of Kilgore will be 2:00 p.m. Monday, December 20, 2021 at the Chapel of Rader Funeral Home with Reverend Robert Besser officiating. Burial will follow at Danville Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Monday, December 20, 2021, from 1:00 p.m. until 2:00 p.m.; one hour prior to the service. Mr. Evans passed away on...

Joe Clyde Horton

Joe Clyde Horton

Dec 9, 2021

Joe Clyde Horton Joe Clyde Horton, 93, of Kilgore, completed his earthly journey on December 9, 2021, in Longview. A memorial visitation will be held from 5:30 until 7:30 in the evening on Friday, December 17, 2021, in the Chapel of Rader Funeral Home in Kilgore. Joe was born on November 23, 1928, in the Danville community to Kyle and...

Nita Kay Attaway

Nita Kay Attaway

Dec 6, 2021

Funeral services for Mrs. Nita Kay Attaway, 68, of Kilgore will be held at 10:00 A.M. on Saturday, December 11, 2021, in the Rader Funeral Home Chapel in Kilgore with Reverend David Hampton officiating. Burial will follow at the Hickory Grove Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Friday from 6:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M. Mrs....

Don  K. Rone

Don K. Rone

Dec 5, 2021

Mr. Donald Ken Rone Services for Mr. Don Rone will be hosted by his family on a later date. Cremation arrangements for Don are under the direction of Rader Funeral Home in Kilgore. Don ended his earthly journey on December 5, 2021, in Longview. Don was born on December 3, 1938, in Sweetwater, Texas, to Ima Mae Nunn and L.C....

Herbert "Herb" Edward Griffith

Herbert "Herb" Edward Griffith

Dec 4, 2021

Herbert “Herb” Griffith went home to be with the Lord on December 4, 2021, at the age of 83. He passed peacefully at home surrounded by his loved ones after a hard-fought battle with cancer. Herb stayed strong till the end, fighting till the last second and continuing to keep spirits high all around him. Born in Long Branch, TX...

Charlie Vanmeter

Charlie Vanmeter

Dec 3, 2021

Charles Franklin VanMeter, “Buddy”, of Longview, Texas, went home to the Heavenly Father at age 71 on December 4, 2021, surrounded by Family and Friends. He was a graduate of Sabine High School in 1969, where he was a member of the National Honor Society, Captain of the football and basketball teams, and was First Team All-District on both offense...

Allen Burke Green

Allen Burke Green

Dec 3, 2021

Memorial services for Allen Burke Green will be 2:00 p.m., Monday, December 6, 2021, at the First Presbyterian Church of Kilgore with the Reverend Will Wilson officiating. Mr. Green died Friday, December 3, 2021, in Kilgore surrounded by family. He was born October 28, 1927, in Henderson, Texas to Armine and Blanche Green. Burke was a 1947 graduate of Henderson...

Sharon Brantley

Sharon Brantley

Dec 2, 2021

Memorial services for Sharon Brantley, 77 of Kilgore will be 11:00 a.m., Friday, December 10, 2021, at the Chapel of Rader Funeral Home in Kilgore with Rev. David Hampton officiating. Mrs. Brantley passed away on Thursday, December 2, 2021, in Longview. She was born on June 24, 1944 in Lillie, Louisiana to Guyton and Jimmie Colvard. Sharon graduated from Logansport...

Roy "Red" Pruitt

Roy "Red" Pruitt

Nov 27, 2021

Roy "Red" Pruitt Roy Kennith “Red” Pruitt was born on June 2, 1939 in Spartanburg, South Carolina to Charles Noah Pruitt and Juanita Gillette Pruitt. He passed on Friday, November 27, 2021. He was preceded in death by his parents, his sister Barbara Jean Pruitt, his brother Gary Donald Pruitt, and his son Bryan Charles Pruitt. He is survived by...

Bobby Ray Dotson

Bobby Ray Dotson

Nov 26, 2021

Bobby Dotson Bobby Dotson, 73, of Kilgore completed his earthly journey on Friday, November 26, 2021, in Longview. A celebration of life for Bobby will be held on Saturday, December 4, 2021, at the Dotson family home. Bobby was born on April 28, 1948, to Bea Alley and A.A. Dotson in Haskell, Texas. He spent his youth with his six...

Wynema "Sue" Jones

Wynema "Sue" Jones

Nov 25, 2021

A Funeral Service for Wynema "Sue” Jones will be held Tuesday, November 30, 2021, at St. Luke's United Methodist Church in Kilgore at 11: 00 a m with Rev. Darwood Galaway and Rev. Ben Bagley officiating. Pending burial will be held in Sunset Memorial Gardens in Lawton, Oklahoma. Wynema "Sue" Jones, the 4th child in a family of 14 children...