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GLADYS RUTH CULLISON MAYS HAMILTON
Services for Mrs. Gladys Hamilton, 97, of Kilgore will be 10 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 29, 2004 at the Chapel at Rader Funeral Home under the direction of Rader Funeral Home in Kilgore with the Rev. Mark Hendrick officiating. Burial will follow in the Kilgore Cemetery. Mrs. Hamilton passed away Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2004 at the Gregg Home for the Aged.
Gladys Cullison Mays Hamilton was born Sept. 3, 1906 in Indian Territory (now Wann, Okla.) to William and Jennie Cullison.
Gladys was a wonderful Christian lady who loved her church family, relatives and friends. Her favorite hobbies were painting and fishing. She was a longtime member of the Kilgore Church of the Nazarene and had lived in Kilgore since 1931.
Mrs. Hamilton is preceded in death by two husbands, Lee Delion Mays in 1934 and Dell D. Hamilton in 1977; one son, Melvyn Wayne Mays in 1999; daughter-in-law, Mildred Mays in 1977; three sisters; four brothers; and two step-sons.
Survivors include one grandson, Gregory Lee Mays; great-granddaughters, Kristen Mays Holcomb; two great-great-granddaughters, Carley and Dallas; one step-daughter, Muriel Smith; three step-sons, Durward Mays, Elmer Hamilton and Mack Allen Hamilton; four step-daughters-in-law, Perla Mays, Minnie Hamilton, Edna Hamilton and Katheryne Hamilton; several step-grandchildren; as well as many other loving family and friends.
Memorial contributions can be made to the Kilgore Church of the Nazarene, 309 E. Sabine, Kilgore, Texas 75662.
JAMES VICENTO FIORE
Memorial services for James Vincento Fiore, 82, of Leverett’s Chapel will be 1 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 29, 2004 at the Cottle-Pearson Funeral Home chapel, Overton, with the Rev. Atwell Hankins officiating.
Mr. Fiore died Sunday, Jan. 25, 2004 in Longview. He was born Nov. 27, 1921 in Fresnone, Italy, to the late Salvatore and Loretta Mingeralli Fiore. He came to the United States from Italy in 1923 and received his United States citizenship May 15, 1929. He was a veteran of the United States Air Force and served in World War II. He married Ola B. Wright Aug. 29, 1969 in Belen, N.M., and moved to the Kilgore-Leverett’s Chapel area in 1973 from New Mexico. He worked as a mechanic for various auto dealerships and he was a Catholic.
He was preceded in death by two brothers, Anthony Fiore and Joe Fiore; sister, Frances Poston; daughter, Janett Drew; and son, Darryl Wright.
He is survived by his wife, Ola B. Fiore of Leverett’s Chapel; four sons and daughters-in-law, Joshua Fiore, Jesse and Helen Johnson of Kilgore, Dale and Renee Nelson of Hallsville and Terry and Susan Wright of Scotts Valley, Calif.; four daughters and three sons-in-law, Sharon and James Coleman of Denver, Colo., Loretta and George Torres and Phyllis Hunter of Belen, N.M., and Vickey and Richard Harris of Leverett’s Chapel; sisters, Phyllis and Carmen of Chicago, Ill.; grandchildren, Laura Lay, Toni Taylor, David Warner, Bethany Harris, Nicholas Wright, Anna Wright, Zackery Wright, Jake Wright, Angie and Garrick Pannell; a great-grandchild and numerous nieces and nephews.
Frank Adrion May, Sr.
MANSFIELD — Frank Adrion May, Sr., 76, a retired lease operator for Mobil Oil Corporation, died peacefully while asleep at his home after a two year, eight month, valiant battle with cancer.
Funeral service will be 3 p.m., Monday, April 9, Moore Funeral Home, Bowen Road Chapel, 4216 South Bowen Road, Arlington, with Brother James Moore, Pastor of First Baptist Church of Mansfield, officiating.
Visitation will be at the funeral home before and after the service. Interment will be private, at Moore Memorial Gardens Mausoleum. Memorials may be made to your favorite charity; First Baptist Church, Mansfield Building Fund; or First Baptist Church, Kilgore Building Fund. Family requests no flowers, please.
Frank had lived in Kilgore for 29 years and was a member of the Master's Class at First Baptist Church.
Frank was born to Frank Adron May and Noma Lee Halbert May, June 22, 1924 in Bauxite, Arkansas. He moved with his family to Talco, Texas in 1932 and grew up there. He served his country in the Navy from 1942 to 1946 at the Naval Air Station in Corpus Christi, Texas.
Survivors include Wife of 56 years and 11 months, Marjorie. Sons, Frank, Jr. and wife Catherine of Crystal Beach, Texas; Timothy of Salt Lake City, Utah; Carl and wife Katrina and children Karen and Andrew of Mansfield; brother, J. R. Cole of Fayetteville, Ark.; sisters, Billie O'Shield of Odessa, Texas, Patsy and husband Lester of Conway, Ark.; a number of nieces and nephews.
Jeff Livsey
Services for Jeff Livsey, 29, of Kilgore, were 10 a.m. today, April 6, 2001 at the Danville Cemetery with the Rev. James Boatman officiating. Burial followed under the direction of Rader Funeral Home of Kilgore.
Pallbearers were Jeff Kellbrew, Wes Causey, Allen Couch, Richard Myers, Darren Pyle, Wesley Meyer, Kent Jackson and Matt Swanson.
Mr. Livsey died Tuesday, April 3, 2001, as the result of an automobile accident.
He was born Oct. 27, 1971. He lived in the Kilgore area all his life and worked for Kilgore Tire Center. His father, Charles Livsey, preceded him in death.
Survivors include his wife, one daughter, two brothers, one sister, his mother and many nieces and nephews.
Memorials may be made to the Cheyenne Livsey Trust Fund; C/O Citizens Bank; Kilgore.
Jeff Livesy
Graveside services for Jeff Livesy, 29, of Kilgore, will be ten a.m. Friday, April 6, 2001 at the Danville Cemetery with the Reverend James Boatman officiating. Mr. Livesy died Tuesday, April 3, 2001 as the result of an automobile accident.
He was born October 27, 1971 in Longview, Texas. He lived in the Kilgore area all his life. Jeff had worked for the Kilgore Tire Center for the last 5 years. He was a loving and devoted husband and father. He will be missed by all who knew him.
He is survived by his wife, Anna Livesy of Kilgore; daughter, Cheyenne Livesy of Kilgore; two brothers, Charles Livesy of Henderson and Steven Livesy of Sulphur Springs, Texas; sister, Susan Bell of Sulphur Springs; his mother, Diane Livesy of Sulphur Springs and many nieces and nephews.
The family will receive friends at the Rader Funeral Home Thursday evening between six and eight p.m.
His father, Charles Livesy, preceded Mr. Livesy in death.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Cheyenne Livesy Trust Fund, C/O Citizens Bank, Kilgore, Texas.
John Ray Clark
TEXAS CITY — Services for John Ray Clark, 73, of Texas City, who has several relatives in Overton, will be Thursday, April 5, 2001, at Emken-Linton Funeral Home with the Rev. R.L. Calhoun officiating.
Mr. Clark died Friday, March 30, 2001 in Texas City.
He was born Aug. 4, 1927 in Texas City. He was retired from Houston Natural Gas Company, Entex and Reliant Energy as a field representative. He was a Heights Baptist Church and the Retired American People Center. He served in the Navy in 1946 and also in the Merchant Marines. He was preceded in death by his father, John J. Clark and his mother, Beatrice Henry Clark.
Survivors include his wife, Etheleen Clark; children Barbara E. Crabtree, Bobbie R. Weatherton and Daniel G. Clark; sisters Helen McDonald and Sandra Hardin and brothers Ben and Walter Clark; seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
BLAND MATTHEW WOOFTER
CALGARY, Alberta — A celebration of life for Bland Matthew Woofter, 78, of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, was held from 4 until 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 3, 2001 at the Calgary Golf and Country Club.
Mr. Woofter died March 29, 2001 at Rockyview Hosptial.
He was born in Breckenridge Jan. 2, 1923 and grew up in Kilgore, graduating from Kilgore High School in 1940. He served as a Captain in the United States Army Corps of Engineers in Europe during WWII, and was a graduate of Texas A&M University and embarked on a career in Petroleum Engineering in the Louisiana Gulf Coast with Texaco Inc. He immigrated to Canada (Edmonton) in 1952 and settled in Calgary in 1955. After serving as Chief Engineer for Texaco Exploration Company Canada, he started a successful venture as a private businessman in 1972 by establishing Wexco Exploration Ltd. and Woofter Petroleum Consultants Ltd. He was a member of APEGGA, AAPG, CSPG and the Association of Former Students of Texas A&M University. He was involved in public education and became a Canadian Citizen in 1966 in order to serve as a Calgary Public School Board Trustee in 1969. He served his church community as Rector’s Warden for St. Stephen’s Anglican Church.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Matthew and Mary Woofter; one sister, Mary Jane; and one nephew.
Survivors include his wife of 50 years, Bette Woofter; four sons and daughters-in-law, Mark and Leslie Woofter, Matthew and Denise Woofter, Michael and Karen Woofter and Miles and Carolyn Woofter; two daughters and sons-in-law, Mary Lynn and Bill Ilnitsky and Marcia and Dennis Rempe; 14 gandchildren; two nephews; and two sisters-in-law, June Rothwell and Margaret Allen
Memorials may be made to the Children’s Hospital Aid Society, Box 900 Postal Station M, Calgary, Alberta T2P 2M7; and expressions of condolences may be sent to mailto:condolences@mcinnisandholloway.com Subject Heading: Bland Woofter
In living memory of Bland Woofter, a tree will be planted at Fish Creek Provincial park by McInnis & Holloway Funeral Homes, “Park Memorial Chapel”, 5008 Elbow Drive S.W., Telephone: (403)243-8200.
Elizabeth “Lizzy” Hopkins
Graveside services for Elizabeth “Lizzy” Hopkins, 101, of Kilgore, will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2001 at the Danville Cemetery with the Rev. Janet Blackburn officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of Rader Funeral Home in Kilgore.
Mrs. Hopkins died Saturday, Aug. 4, 2001 at her home.
She was born Jan. 1, 1900 in Millport, Ala., the daughter of the late Steve and Rebecca Smelley. She was a homemaker and a longtime member of the Danville United Methodist Church.
Preceding her in death were her husband, Lee Hopkins; and two sons, Weldon and Reagan Hopkins; three sisters, Bessie, Nettie and Addie; a brother Marion; and a grandson, Steve Northcutt.
She is survived by a daughter, Lois Northcutt of Kilgore; a son and daughter-in-law, Malcolm and Lou Hopkins of Kilgore; eight grandchildren, Mike Northcutt, Leslye Ligon, Bill Hopkins, Weldon Hopkins, Jr., Tommy Hopkins, Paula Montgomery, Clay Hopkins and Terrie Hopkins; 15 great-grandchildren; and seven great-great-grandchildren; two daughters-in-law, Retta Burton and Anita Hopkins; as well as, several other loving family members.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home Monday night from 6 until 7 p.m.
Ruby Mae Gulley
Graveside services for Ruby Mae Gulley, 92, of Kilgore, will be 2 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 9, 2001 at the Kilgore Cemetery with Marvin Sapaugh officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of Rader Funeral Home in Kilgore.
Mrs. Gulley died Sunday, Aug. 5, 2001 in Kilgore.
She was born Oct. 15, 1908 in Smackover, Ark. and moved in Kilgore in the early 1930’s. She and her husband owned Gulley Furniture Company until 1980. She was a member of Eastview Baptist Church since 1932 where she taught Sunday School, was past president of the WMU and held various church offices.
She was preceded in death by her husband, one daughter, one son, seven brothers and four sisters.
Survivors include her son, Wiley A. Milner of Beeville; three daughters, Martha Jo Knotts of Kilgore, Annette Tipton of Longview and Ruby Nell Pritchard of Clancey, Mont.; one sister, Lois Jones of El Dorado, Ark.; 13 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Eastview Baptist Church or Helping Hands of Kilgore.
The family will receive friends from 6 until 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
Earl James Gillispie
Services for Earl James Gillispie, 69, of Kilgore, are pending with Rader Funeral Home of Kilgore.
Mr. Gillispie died Sunday, Aug. 5, 2001 at his home in Kilgore.
George Ray Puckett, Sr.
GLADEWATER — George Ray Puckett, Sr., 44, of Gladewater, was born on May 2, 1957, in Dallas, and he died on Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2002, after a prolonged illness. In his own words, “Praise Jesus for His grace. I am truly grateful for all the gifts that you cannot see but I can feel deep in my heart.”
In highest regard he loved and respected his surviving mother, Lucila H. Puckett, and father, Charles E. Puckett, both of Gladewater. He looked upon his only son, George Ray Puckett, Jr., proudly, with hopes his paths be guided in light, strength, and love.
Surviving their beloved brother are James E. Puckett of Gilmer; Charles W. Puckett of Gladewater; Frances I. Davis of Longview; and Shirley A. Puckett of Buckeye, Ariz. “George, Big Brother, you are forever alive in our hearts and memories.” Cherished also are his three nieces, Meghan, Linzie, and Kayla Davis, all of Longview.
George’s love was sincere and broadly given. His humor was infectious and often healing. He appreciated the deeper levels of life — love, music, and books. For all the many friends and family who feel the loss of this big-hearted man, a “Life Celebration Barbeque” will be held Saturday, Jan. 26, 2002, at Lake Gladewater Park Pavilion from 4 to 8 p.m. As George would put it, “You have been much loved.”
