Elaine Ogle Callaway was born in Neodesha, Kansas on December 3, 1925 but got to Texas as soon as she could! Her parents followed the oil boom to Longview when Elaine was 5. In 1940, along with her family, Elaine moved to Flora, Illinois, where she finished high school. During World War II, she lived in Chicago and worked in a bond office for 2 years. Elaine returned to Longview in the early 1950’s and began working at a locally-owned oil field equipment company which was sold several...

Thomas Clark Turner, 65, passed away on March 23, 2020, in Longview, Texas. The second son of James and Caroline Turner., Tommy was born in Naples, Texas on March 23, 1955. Named “Mr. Daingerfield” of the Daingerfield High School Class of 1973, he continued to be friendly and exceptionally interested in others throughout his life. He graduated from the University of Texas in Austin in 1977 with a Bachelor of Journalism degree. After briefly working at the Texas Restaurant Association...

In the early morning of March 20, Jack Dunnavant, husband, father, grandfather, and great grandfather reached up and held the hands of Jesus. Jack was born on July 1, 1942 to Asa and Carrie Dunnavant (Whatley) in Gladewater,Texas. The only son with 4 sisters, he was a 1960 graduate of PineTree High School, where he played football and participated on the track team. After a time in college, he stepped out in the oil and gas industry, where he was known, loved, and respected throughout East...

Glen Marvin Spatz, 84, passed away peacefully in the early morning hours of Wednesday, March 18, 2020 at Christus Good Shepherd Hospital in Longview, Texas after a long battle with numerous ailments. Glen leaves behind his loving wife of 61 years, Ruth (Brown) Spatz, sons, Ken (Meg) and Allen, three grandchildren, Dallas Spatz (Amelia), Dawn Roe (James) and Kenady Spatz (and her mom Debra), two great granddaughters, Lincoln and Rozalind. Also survived by brothers Bill and David and sister...

A Life Celebration® funeral service for Roger Lawson Wiley, will be held at 5:00 PM Sunday, March 15th, 2020 in the Chapel of Welch Funeral Home. The family will receive friends for a time of visitation from 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Sunday, March 15th, 2020 in the Chapel of Welch Funeral Home. A graveside service will be held at Dallas Ft. Worth National Cemetery on Monday, March 23, 2020 at 11:00 AM. Roger was born on August 31, 1945 in Garland, Texas and died on March 11, 2020 in Longview,...

A private entombment for Linton W. "Rusty" Lee Jr. will be held at Memory Park in Longview, Texas. A Life Celebration for Rusty will be held after the flu season at a later date at Buckner Westminster Place. Flowers will be accepted at the time of the celebration. Rusty was born on August 18, 1926 in Hemphill, Texas and died on March 11, 2020 in Longview, Texas. Service information will be updated at www.cammackfamily.com and online condolences may also be left on the website.

A Life Celebration® funeral service for Evelyn Ruth Cary, will be held on Wednesday, March 11th, 2020 at 2:00 PM int he Chapel of Welch Funeral Home. The family will receive friends for a time of visitation from 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Tuesday, March 10th, 2020 in the Garden Court of Welch Funeral Home. Evelyn was born on November 25, 1946 in Longview, Texas and died on March 8, 2020 in Longview, Texas. A full obituary is available online at www.cammackfamily.com

When he was five years old, Byron Patton (Pat) Favre, unlike many of his playmates, didn’t dress in a Superman cape or in a cowboy hat with a cap pistol tucked in a holster on his side.  For a formal picture, he selected a full World War II military dress uniform, hat to toes a replica of the real thing. Little did he know that one day in the not too distant future he would indeed wear the real thing for 20 years. Only then, it would be an Air Force uniform and the ribbons on his...

William Mackey Rhodes was born on Feb. 13, 1933 in Fulton, Kentucky, to the parents of Ferd and Lillian Rhodes. He grew up on a tobacco farm and attended school in Fulton. After high school, he enlisted in the United States Air Force. He was stationed in Victorville, California and Greenville, South Carolina and served in the Korean Conflict as a mechanic. On a stay back home in Tennessee, friends set him up on a blind date and he met the love of his life, Marilyn Yvonne Hannings. They were...

L.A. Stanley passed from this life into the glorious presence of his Savior on Wednesday morning, March 4, 2020, at his home in Longview, Texas He was born May 17, 1932, in Gregg County, Texas, to Lonnie Allen Stanley and Ada Ruth Scott Stanley. He was in the United States Air Force from 1951 to 1955, serving in Newfoundland during the Korean War. In 1955, he began his career at Texas Eastman working in polyethylene for 37 years and retired in 1993. L.A. dedicated his life to serving...