Palestine High School Alumni Association

11 / 01 / 1972  –  12 / 21 / 2003

Services for Sonya Latrice Dudley, 31, will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at South Union Missionary Baptist Church with the Revs. Tommy Lumpkin, Preston Brown, Marvin Hollie, W.T. Arthur, Dennis Smith and Henry Ashford officiating. Burial will be in the Dudley Family Cemetery under the direction of McCoy Funeral Home.

Miss Dudley died Sunday, December 21, 2003 in Tyler.

She was born November 1, 1972, in Palestine to Shelley and Brenda Ealy Dudley.

Miss Dudley graduated from Palestine High School in 1991. She became a licensed vocational nurse and earned an associate degree as a registered nurse from Trinity Valley Community College.

She was preceded in death by her grandfathers, F.L. Dudley and Aaron O. Early Sr.

Miss Dudley is survived by daughters, Brittany Nicole Dudley, Adrianna Denise Turner and Brianna Delois Dudley; her parents, Shelley and Brenda Dudley, grandmothers, Eula Mae Dudley and Uberta Ealy; brothers, Shedrick Dudley and Shelley Dudley, Jr.; sister, Sheree (Robert III) Neal and their children, Robert Neal IV and Kailah Neal; and a host of other relatives and friends.

A wake will be held from 7 to 8 p.m. tonight at the funeral home.

Source: Palestine Herald-Press 12-26-2003