Obituaries

2024

Teresa Marie Beam, 72, of Tyler, passed away peacefully at her home on November 16, 2024.

Born in Tyler in 1952 to Everett and Lucille Bartlett, she was the fifth of seven siblings. Teresa attended St. Gregory Elementary and T.K. Gorman High School before attending Tyler Junior college. She worked as a Registered Radiologic Technologist in East Texas for forty years...

Nov 5, 2024

Annamary was born in Boston, Massachusetts . She graduated with a Masters degree in Education from Plymouth State University and obtained her Ph. D. in Curriculum and Instruction, Language and Literacy from the University of Texas at Austin. She taught Middle and High School students in Texas and most recently undergraduate, Masters and Ph.D. students at the University of Texas...

Oct 30, 2024

Memorial Service for Shirley Ann Poppell, 82, of Tyler will be held on Saturday, November 9, 2024 at 2:00 pm at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at 1617 Shiloh Rd, Tyler, Texas.



Mrs. Poppell passed away peacefully on October 30, 2024 at her home in Tyler.



Shirley was born July 27, 1942 in Beatrice, Nebraska...

Oct 30, 2024

Kathryn "Kathy" Stetson, age 82, finished her race and went to her eternal home on October 30, 2024, in Tyler, Texas.

Kathy was born August 31, 1942, in Riverton, Wyoming on her family's homestead to Vernon and Bethel Day. She is preceded in death by her parents and three siblings GlennaJean Day, Joyce Bond, and Dale Day.

Kathy graduated from Morton High...

Oct 7, 2024

Graveside service for William A. "Bill" Brosang, 82, of Tyler will be held on Saturday, October 19th, at 10:30 A.M. at Rose Lawn Cemetery in Tyler, Texas with Dr. David Dykes and Dr. Ron Wells officiating. Burial will follow under the direction of Michael Brosang with Brosang Family Funeral & Cremation Services.

Mr. Brosang passed away on Monday, October 7th in...

Oct 3, 2024

Glenda Cooper, 84, of Tyler, Texas passed away peacefully at home on October 3, 2024. She was born June 3, 1940 in Dallas, Texas to Clarence and Neva Vanderworth.

Glenda attended high school in Dallas at WW Samuel and graduated class of 1958. She went on to get her Texas Real Estate license in Houston and later became an Executive Secretary...

Sep 20, 2024

Sep 16, 2024

Services for Louise Elaine Francis, known to most as Elaine, 79, of Tyler, Texas will be held on Tuesday, September 24, at First Christian Church at 11:00 AM with Dr. Chris Pulliam officiating. A private burial service will be held on Wednesday, September 25 at Hamilton & Vaughn Crestview Funeral Home and Memorial Park in Wichita Falls, Texas under the...

Sep 13, 2024

Mrs. Edna Mae Stokes Fowler graced us for 93 years with her beauty, elegance and warm heart. If you were privileged enough to have had the pleasure of her company, you never forgot her. She left a part of herself with everyone she touched.

Edna passed away Friday, September 13, 2024 in Tyler, Texas. She was born April 28, 1931 in...

Sep 1, 2024

Roxie Gardner passed away Sunday, September 1, 2024 in Tyler, Texas. She was born June 29, 1952 in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, to AnnaMary Bohn Gardner.

Roxie, as the first female Tyler Police Department Animal Control Officer, spent a 35 year career protecting the health of the public and the well being of animals, domestic and wild. In 1982, the Tyler Police Department...

Aug 28, 2024

Life and Legacy of Dr. Lee Wright Holliday

On December 28, 1946, Lee was born as the first of ten children to Duncan "Dunk" and Dorothy Wright in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Her early years were a tapestry of Southern charm - running barefoot along Sunshine Road, which was paved with white shells, reading books late into the night with a flashlight...

Aug 17, 2024

It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Staci Sexton, a beloved member of our community, who passed away on August 17, 2024 at the age of 38. Staci worked at the VFW in Whitehouse, Texas since 2022. She worked her way up to be the Canteen manager. She was a friend, a pillar of warmth and...

Aug 17, 2024

Richard "Dick" Lee Sawyer, 91, a beloved husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, passed away peacefully on August 17, 2024, surrounded by family and friends. Born on June 10, 1933, in Kenosha, Wisconsin, Richard was raised in Central and East Texas, but his heart always belonged to Cowtown, where he proudly considered himself a true Fort Worthian.

Richard was married to the...