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Mabel Martin
1920 - 2014
Funeral services for Mrs. Mabel Martin, 93, of Gilmer were held at 2 p.m. Sunday, July 20, at Croley Funeral Home in Gilmer with Reverends Mark Huffhines and Wayne McKay officiating. Interment foll...
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Edsel Green
1927 - 2014
Services for Edsel Green, Sr., 87, of Gilmer, will be held on Wednesday, July 23, at 10 a.m. at Croley Funeral Home Chapel with Larry W. Osborne officiating. Burial will be held at Floyd Cemetery w...
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Danielle Jo Smith
1993 - 2014
Funeral services are pending with Reeder-Davis Funeral Home in Hughes Springs, for Danielle Jo Smith, 20, of Avinger. Dani died Saturday, July 19.
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Michael Finch
Funeral Services for Michael O’Neal Finch, 64, of Gilmer, are pending with Turner Brothers Mortuary. Mr. Finch died Thursday in Los Angeles,Calif.
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John Elton Petty
1950 - 2014
A memorial service for John Elton Petty, 63, of Longview will be held Saturday, July 19 at 2 p.m. at First Baptist Church Longview, with a reception to follow at the Longview Museum of Fine Arts.
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Mable Martin
Funeral services for Mrs. Mable Martin, of Gilmer will be held 2 p.m. Sunday, July 20, at Croley Funeral Home Chapel in Gilmer with Reverends Mark Huffhines and Wayne McKay officiating. Interment w...
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Isaac Espy
1945 - 2014
Jul 18, 2014 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
Funeral services for Isaac Espy will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, July 19, at Murray League Baptist Church in Ore City. He died Sunday, July 13, in Longview.
Chris White
1969 - 2014
Jul 18, 2014 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
Funeral services for Chris White, 45, of Pittsburg were held at 2 p.m. Thursday, July 17, at Erman Smith Funeral Home Chapel in Pittsburg with Bros. Doyle Rust and Chris Jones officiating. Burial w...
Brody Stuart
Jul 18, 2014 | 0 0 comments | 14 14 recommendations | email to a friend
Services for Brody Stuart, 16, of Gilmer are pending with Croley Funeral Home in Gilmer. Brody passed away on Thursday, July 17, in Tyler.
Stephen Carden
1948 - 2014
Jul 18, 2014 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
Services for Stephen Lynn Carden, Jr., 66, of Gilmer will be held at a later date. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Grubbs-Loyd Funeral Home in Gilmer. He died on Wednesday, July 16.
Mamie Allred Langford Smith
1923 - 2014
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Services for Mamie Allred Langford Smith, 91, of Big Sandy, will be held on Sunday, July 20, 2014, at 2 p.m. at the Little Mound Baptist Church with Reverend Jim Crump officiating. Burial will be i...
Mary Elizabeth ‘Liz’ Garrison
1948 - 2014
Jul 15, 2014 | 0 0 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
Funeral services for Mary Elizabeth “Liz“ Garrison, 66, of Bettie were held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, July 15, at Croley Funeral Home Chapel in Gilmer with Reverend Richard Wells officiating. Interment w...
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Arizona inmate dies 2 hours after execution began

FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Arizona Department of Corrections shows inmate Joseph Rudolph Wood. The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday, July 23, 2014 denied a final, last-ditch appeal from Wood, who is seeking a reprieve from execution. (AP Photo/Arizona Department of Corrections, File)Arizona officials say a murderer who was sentenced to death has died nearly two hours after his execution started.


2014-07-23 18:46:41 -0500
Judge strikes down gay marriage ban, stays ruling

Two plaintiffs in a lawsuit to overturn Colordo's gay marriage ban, Cassie Rubald, left, and her partner, Rachel Catt, hold hands during a news conference outside the federal courthouse in downtown Denver on Tuesday, July 1, 2014. Six gay couples filed the lawsuit to ask for an injunction to stop all officials from enforcing the ban on gay marriage in Colorado. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)A federal judge in Denver has declared Colorado's gay marriage ban unconstitutional, but he issued a temporary stay of the ruling until an appeals court hearing next month.


2014-07-23 18:43:37 -0500