Dorothy Maud Milbourn Reuland died April 2, 2021 peacefully in her sleep at home. She was born January 7, 1930 in Philadelphia, PA, the second daughter of Frederick and Josephine Milbourn but lived most of her life in Tyler. She raised her five children here and built a home and a life in East Texas with her family and many friends. Dottie, as her friends called her, was a longtime member of Immaculate Conception Church. She was preceded in death by her parents and sister, Gwen Gorman, as well as her loving husband, John J. Reuland, who died in 1995. Since that time, she occupied herself keeping in touch with her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. She enjoyed shopping...

Graveside services for Mary Elizabeth Pryor, 89 of Tyler, are scheduled for 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, April 7, 2021 at Tyler Memorial Park Cemetery with Bro. Tom Crawford officiating, under direction of Lloyd James Funeral Home. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Tuesday evening from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Mrs. Pryor Passed away on Thursday April 1, 2021 in Tyler. She was born February 26, 1932 in Frankston to the late Walter Leroy and Elizabeth Irene Marshall Hill. She worked as a salesperson for J.C. Penneys in Tyler for over 20 years. She was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas Eugene Pryor. Survivors are her son, Gene Pryor and wife, Paula of Whitehouse;...

Wilber Leo NcName, commonly called Leo, passed on March 31, 2021 into the hands of our Lord. Leo was a good husband and dad and will be greatly missed. Leo graduated in the 1960 class of Kilgore High School. He worked at Kelly-Springfield for 32 years and took early retirement at age 54 so he and Carol could take it easy and do some traveling. Leo served in the Navy and was honorably discharged. He was a 50-year member of Chandler Masonic Lodge #993 in Chandler, TX. Leo was an active member of Whitehouse Baptist Fellowship Church in Whitehouse, TX. He loved our Lord and his church family. His hobby was restoring old cars, but everybody knew Leo for his favorites, a 1956 Chevrolet and his...

Funeral services are to be held at Lloyd James Funeral Home on Saturday, April 3, 2021 at 11:00 AM for Joe Travis Humphries. Mr. Humphries died on March 27, 2021. He was born to Jess Clyde Humphries and Altie Mae Wood Humphries in Mabank, Texas on June 7, 1929, the youngest of five children. After graduating from Malakoff High School in 1946, he attended Federal Institute, a business school, in Tyler. He worked for the Cotton Belt Railroad for over three years until Uncle Sam called him to the Army. After completing basic training at Camp Chaffee Arkansas, he was sent to Fort Holabird in Baltimore, Maryland, and he was then assigned to the 112th Counter Intelligence Corps (CIC) at Fort...

A Mass of Celebration for Donna Woods Youngblood will be 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, March 31st at Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception Church. Services under direction of Lloyd James Funeral Home. Visitation will be at the funeral home on Tuesday from 5 -7 p.m. Burial will be at Rose Lawn Cemetery.

Services for Ricky L. Skinner, 65 of Tyler, are 11:00 a.m. Thursday, March 18, 2021 at Lloyd James Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be at Whitehouse Cemetery. Visitation will one hour prior to services in the chapel on Thursday 10-11 a.m.

Services for Rob Hilliard, aka Cherokee Cloud, are scheduled for Saturday, March 13 at 10 am at the West Erwin Church of Christ in Tyler, with Dr. Bill Allen officiating. A visitation will take place from 9 to 10 before the service. Rob was born on November 20, 1942 to Robert and Lois Hilliard in Evansville, IN and passed away on March 8, 2021 at the age of 78 in Tyler. He spent over 45 years in the car parts management and he loved country music. He was also a gun smith and a member of Oakwood Outlaws in Oakwood as well as Old Fort Parker Patriots and SASS gun clubs. Rob enjoyed gun competition and was well known for his shooting abilities. He was a member of West Erwin Church of...

Services for Virginia Elaine Parsons, 72 of Tyler, are scheduled for 10:00 a.m. Thursday, March 11, 2021 in the Chapel of Lloyd James Funeral Home with Rev. Joshua Smiley officiating. Burial will be at Rose Hill Cemetery. The Family will receive friends on Wednesday, March 10th from 5:00-7:00 p.m. at the funeral Home. Mrs. Parsons passed away on Monday, March 8, 2021 in Tyler. She was born June 11, 1948 in Athens to the late William A. and Katherine Williams Giles. She worked as an Insurance Agent for many years and was a homemaker. She was a member of Martin Springs Baptist Church, Chandler. She was preceded in death by a brother, Paul Giles. Survivors include her husband...

Graveside Services for Vina Eloise Hulsey, 88 of Dallas, are 10:30 a.m. Friday, March 5, 2021 at Cathedral in the Pines Cemetery in Tyler with Bro. Jeff VanGoethem officiating. Services under direction of Lloyd James Funeral Home, Tyler. Family visitation will be on Thursday at the funeral home from 5-7 p.m.

Services for Bobby Jack May 90 of Tyler, are set for 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, March 2, 2021 at West Erwin Church of Christ with Dr. Bill Allen Officiating, under direction of Lloyd James Funeral Home. Burial will be at Rose Hill Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the church one hour prior to service. Mr. May passed away on Tuesday, February 23, 2021 in Tyler. He was born June 24, 1930 in Mt. Pleasant, Texas to the late Marcus Hardin and Leona May. He graduated from Mt. Pleasant High School in 1949, and retired from the Cotton Belt Railroad in Tyler after many years of service. He also was a partner and owner/operator of May Brothers Sales Company in Tyler, providing automobile...

Mary Catherine Pottkotter peacefully and naturally passed away Feb. 19, 2021. Born in Dallas, Nov. 25, 1924, she was the sixth of nine children to parents Charles Drumwright and Lena Elizabeth (Chidester) Smith. She graduated from Sunset High School and became an accomplished artist. She taught art in both Dallas and Tyler and graced many walls in Dallas with her landscape murals. A good and faithful servant, she was a member in her youth of St. Cecilia's Catholic Church, and a member of St. James Catholic Church in Dallas before moving to Tyler in 1968. She was also an officer of the Altar Society and Mother's Club at St. James in Dallas. She was a member of the Cathedral of the...

Services for Greta Jean Robertson Spearey, 85 of Tyler are scheduled for 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, February 23, 2021 at the Good Shepherd Reformed Episcopal Church in Tyler with Bishop Walter Banek officiating, under direction of Lloyd James Funeral Home. She will be laid to rest at Turner Memorial Cemetery, near Mineola. Mrs. Spearey passed away on Feb. 11, 2021 in Tyler. She was born December 24, 1935 in Carthage to the late Daniel Benjamin Robertson and Evelyn Elizabeth Sellers Robertson. She was preceded in death by her husband of 41 years, Jeff Frank Spearey (2016); and siblings, Jerry Wayne Robertson, Cecil Robertson and Kathalyn Robertson Baker. Survivors include three children, Stephen...

Services 1:00 p.m. Friday, Feb. 5th at Lloyd James Funeral Home Chapel. Visitation 11:00-1:00 p.m Friday Prior to services.

Glynne Roy Stanley, 66, passed away January 28 from complications of Covid 19. He was born June 24, 1954 in Tyler. The youngest son of Roy and Doris Stanley. Not long after graduating from John Tyler School, he began a long, successful career with Southwestern Bell Telephone, later AT&T Communications. For more than 48 years, he was a proud member of the Communications Workers of America. In 1979, he was elected President of CWA Local 6214, an office in which he would serve continuously until his untimely death. For 34 years he served as a member of the CWA bargaining committee, negotiating contracts both regionally and nationally. He was universally recognized among his Union...

Betty McNeel Duff, on January 27, 2021, passed away peacefully at Hospice of East Texas in Tyler, Texas after several visits with friends and with her niece and daughter-in-law at her bedside. She was born on February 8, 1929 to John Marshall McNeel, Jr. and Anna Mae Fox McNeel in Galveston, TX. Betty had a wonderful wit and a perfect smile. She was always very proud of being a fourth generation "Born on the Island" (BOI) and she had instant recall of homes and families during her driving tours of the Island when she visited. After graduating from Dominican High School in Galveston, she moved to Houston and began working for Fred Astaire Studios as a ballroom dancer and instructor. ...

Marlene Strandemo Hillestad, 88, peacefully passed away of natural causes on January 26, 2021 in Tyler, Tx. She was the widow of Allen D. Hillestad. They shared 61 years of marriage together. Born on October 13, 1932 in Faribault, MN she was the daughter of Walter and Mary Strandemo. She married the love of her life in 1951. She moved to Minneapolis where she lived, worked, and raised her family. In 2018 relocated with her daughter to Tyler, Tx. She was a past President and member of Wold Chamberlain American Legion Women's Auxillary. She enjoyed camping, traveling, crafts and reading. She will be remembered for her ability to create lovely carvings and paper-crafts. She...

Services for Roy E. Lee, 2:00 p.m. Friday, Jan. 29th at Lloyd James Funeral Home Chapel. Family will receive friends one hour prior to service in the Chapel. Burial will be at Cathedral in the Pines Cemetery.

Private graveside services for Sandra Alline Allen will be held at Cathedral in the Pines cemetery under the direction of Lloyd James Funeral Home. Mrs. Allen was born May 1, 1940 in New Orleans and passed away January 22, 2021 in Tyler.

Dorraine Louise Seamands, 92, passed away peacefully at her residence at Meadow Lake on January 17, 2021 in Tyler, Texas. There will be a private family service and at a later date a Celebration of her life. Dorraine was born in St. John, Antigua March 4, 1928 to William and Olga Abbott. She grew up on the island of Antigua and later met the love of her life Charles Seamands of El Reno, OK. They were married 65 years and traveled the world together throughout his career in the military. She was a life-long member of the Catholic Church. She loved the ocean and spent countless hours in the water snorkeling and collecting shells. She was preceded in death by her husband, "Chuck"....

Patsy Aliece Kirby died peacefully on January 14, 2021 in her home in Sherman, TX. Patsy Aliece, affectionately known as "Gran", was born on October 15, 1932 in the Red Oak Flat community of Cherokee County, Texas in the home of Doctor Butler and Finis B. White Henry. During her elementary years she attended Salem School and graduated from Troup High School in 1949. She went on to earn a nursing degree from Northwestern State University (Natchitoches, LA) in 1953. Throughout her 51 year nursing career, she also worked in various nursing facilities, doctor's offices, and general hospitals in Texas and Kansas. After passing her board exams most notably, she worked as a Registered...

Jerry Glenn McFadden (Poppa Jerry) born January 31, 1946 to Leonord D. McFadden and Mozelle Gentry McFadden. As a young boy, Jerry made the decision of where he would spend eternity and went to be with Jesus Sunday, January 10, 2021 at Hospice of East Texas. He is survived by his wife of 56 years Jenny Sue Horn McFadden; Daughters Jill Spitzmiller and husband, Brian and Jennifer Carlile & husband, Jason. Grandchildren Tyler Spitzmiller and wife Madison of Flint, Taylor Spitzmiller of Whitehouse; Jaelynn, Jake, and Jolie Carlile of Troup. Great-grandchildren, Jace and Lane Spitzmiller. Mother, Mozelle Hyatt of Greenville; Brother, Danny and wife, Deborah McFadden of Rowlett, Sister,...