Craig Funeral Home

Funeral services for Calvin Williams, 66, will be 11 a.m., Saturday, December 2, 2023, at Woodland Hill Church of Christ. Interment, Post Oak Union Cemetery. Viewing, Friday, December 1, 2023, 1-6 p.m., at Craig Funeral Home. Mr. Williams was born March 16, 1957 in Longview, and died November 23, 2023.

Funeral services are scheduled for Diane Taylor, 75, of Longview, 11:00 a.m., Saturday, November 11, 2023, Willie Mae Craig Chapel. Interment, Post Oak Union Cemetery. Viewing, Friday, November 10, 2023, 1-6 p.m. at Craig Funeral Home. Mrs. Taylor was born September 7, 1948 in Longview, and died November 4, 2023.

Funeral Services are scheduled for Bobbie J. Bates, 85, of Longview, 2:30 p.m., Saturday, November 11, 2023, at Post Oak CME Church. Interment, Post Oak Union Cemetery. Viewing, Friday, November 10, 2023, 1-6 p.m., at Craig Funeral Home. Mrs. Bates was born, August 8, 1938 in Kilgore, and died November 2, 2023.

Funeral services are scheduled for Brandon D. Hatten, 2:30 p.m., Saturday, November 4, 2023, at St. John Missionary Baptist Church. Interment, Jordan Valley Memorial Park. Viewing, Friday, November 3, 2023, 1-6 p.m., at Craig Funeral Home. Mr. Hatten was born September 25, 1975 in Longview, and died on October 29, 2023.

Funeral services are scheduled for Cedric F. Bush, 11:00 a.m., Saturday, November 4, 2023, at Mason Springs Baptist Church. Interment, Memory Park Cemetery. Viewing, Friday, November 3, 2023, 1 - 6 p.m., at Craig Funeral Home. Mr. Bush was born March 21, 1970 in Hallsville, and died on October 22, 2023.

Funeral services are scheduled for Sam Clayborn, 92, of Longview, 2:30 p.m., Saturday, October 28, 2023 at Willie Mae Craig Chapel. Interment, Harmony Pirtle Cemetery, under the direction of Craig Funeral Home. Mr. Clayborn was born August 7, 1931, in Kilgore and died October 21, 2023.

Funeral services are scheduled for Ivory Jean Taylor, 80, of Tatum, 11 a.m., Saturday, October 28, 2023, at Church on Purpose, Longview. Interment, Harmony Pirtle Cemetery. Viewing, Friday, October 27, 2023, 1-6 p.m., at Craig Funeral Home. Ms. Taylor was born July 19, 1943 in Kilgore, and died October 19, 2023.

Graveside services are scheduled for Mrs. Peggy Lee Swink, 85, of Flint, 12:30 p.m., Bluebonnet Hills Memorial Park, Colleyville TX, under the direction of Craig Funeral Home, Longview. Mrs. Swink was born September 13, 1938, in Brownwood TX, and died October 17, 2023.

Funeral services are scheduled for Pastor Edward Walker Jr., 80, of Longview, 2:30 p.m., Saturday, October 21, 2023, at New Zion Baptist Church. Interment, Post Oak Union Cemetery. Viewing, Friday, October 20, 2023, 1-6 p.m., at Craig Funeral Home. Pastor Walker was born November 13, 1942 in Linden, TX and died October 13, 2023.

Funeral services are scheduled for Kathy Kennedy, 64, of Kilgore, 11 a.m., Saturday, October 21, 2023 at New Birth Fellowship Church of Kilgore. Interment, New Hope Cemetery. Viewing, Friday, October 20, 2023, 1-6 p.m., at Craig Funeral Home. Ms. Kennedy was born, June 8, 1959 in Kilgore, and died October 11, 2023.

Funeral services for Beverly Jean Smith, 56, of Longview, are scheduled for 1:00 p.m., Friday, October 6, 2023, at Bethel Temple of Longview. Interment, Post Oak Union Cemetery. Viewing, Thursday, October 5, 2023, 1-6 p.m., at Craig Funeral Home. Ms. Smith was born April 18, 1967 in Hallsville and died on October 1, 2023.

Funeral services for Mrs. Margie Faye Centers, 80, of Tatum, TX, will be held at 11:00 a.m., at Tatum High School Auditorium, on Saturday, October 7, 2023. Interment will follow in the Wright Cemetery, Henderson, TX, under the direction of Craig Funeral Home. Viewing will be Friday, October 6, 2023, 1 - 4 p.m., and family hour will be held from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. at the funeral home. Mrs. Centers went to be with her Lord and Savior on September 29, 2023, surrounded by family. She was a devoted and loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. Mrs. Margie Faye McAlister Centers was born June 1, 1943, to the late Enoch McAlister Sr. and Annie Lee Johnson McAlister. Margie...

Graveside services are scheduled for Pamela D. Espy, 54, of Longview, 2:30 p.m., Saturday, September 16, 2023 at Lewis Chapel Cemetery. Viewing, Friday, September 15, 2023, 1-6 p.m., at Craig Funeral Home. Ms. Espy was born August, 15, 1969 in Longview, and died September 12, 2023.

Graveside services are scheduled for Codozia McDaniel, 76, of Longview, 11 a.m., Saturday, September 23, 2023 at Post Oak Union Cemetery. Arrangements by Craig Funeral Home. Mr. McDaniel was born December 23, 1946 and died September 11, 2023.

Graveside services are scheduled for Marion Jones Jr. III, 11 a.m., Saturday, September 16, 2023 at Smith Chapel Cemetery. Viewing, Friday, September 15, 2023, 1-6 p.m., at Craig Funeral Home. Mr. Jones was born January 12, 1980 in Richmond CA and died September 10, 2023.

Graveside services are scheduled for John L. Thornton, 77, of Longview, 12 Noon, Friday, September 8, 2023 at Smith Chapel Cemetery. Viewing, Thursday, September 7, 2023, 1 - 6 p.m. at Craig Funeral Home. Survivors are his daughters, Mildred Thornton McKinney of Dallas, TX and Chasity Thornton Harris of Fort Worth, TX; a brother, Douglas Thornton, of Longview TX; and 4 grandchildren.

Funeral services are scheduled for Mrs. Alice Stinson, 85, of Longview, Saturday 11 a.m., September 9, 2023, at St. Mark CME Church. Interment Pleasant Hill CME Church Cemetery. Viewing, Friday, September 8, 2023, 1-6 p.m., at Craig Funeral Home. Mrs. Stinson was born May 21, 1938 in Longview and died September 1, 2023.

Funeral services are scheduled for Vanessa L. Thomas, 57, of Longview, 11 a.m., Saturday, September 2, 2023 at Lewis Chapel CME Church. Interment, Lewis Chapel Cemetery. Viewing, Friday, September 1, 2023, 1-6 p.m. at Craig Funeral Home. Ms. Thomas was born August 10, 1966 in Longview and died August 27, 2023.

Funeral services are scheduled for Betty J. Smith, 83, of Longview, 2:30 p.m., Saturday, August 26, 2023, at Willie Mae Craig Chapel. Interment Wright Cemetery, Henderson. Visitation, Friday, August 25, 2023, 1-6 p.m., at Craig Funeral Home. Ms. Smith was born February 23, 1940 and died August 18, 2023.

Funeral services are scheduled for Rev. Jerry J. Kendricks Sr., 71, of Longview, 11 a.m., Saturday, August 26, 2023, at Life Church of Longview. Interment, Kilgore Memorial Gardens. Viewing, Friday, August 25, 2023, 1 - 6 p.m., at Craig Funeral Home. Mr. Kendricks was born September 1, 1951 in Troup and died August 15, 2023.

Funeral services are scheduled for Clark Crosby Jr., 77, of Longview, 11 a.m., Saturday, August 12, 2023, at Rollins Addition Church of Christ. Interment, Post Oak-Union Cemetery, Viewing, Friday, August 11, 2023, 1 - 6 p.m., at Craig Funeral Home. Mr. Crosby was born March 9, 1946 in Hallsville, and died August 2, 2023.