Palestine High School Alumni Association

06 / 01 / 1970  –  09 / 17 / 1989

Services for Delana Jolayne Grumbles, 19, of Tyler, will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Herrington/Land of Memory Funeral Home with the Revs. Lynn Parker and Wayne Rhodes officiating. Burial will be in Roselawn Cemetery.

Miss Grumbles, a resident at the Steeplechase Apartments in Tyler, died Sunday after injuries sustained in a car accident near Marshall.

She was born June 1, 1970, in Palestine, a daughter of Joe L. and Lalayne Barber Grumbles. A lifelong resident of Palestine, she had recently moved to Tyler, where she was a sophomore at Tyler Junior College. She was employed at the Potpourri House in Tyler.

Her father, Joe L. Grumbles, preceded her in death on Sept. 18, 1988.

She is survived by her mother, Lalayne Barber of Palestine; a brother, Dwayne Grumbles of Palestine; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe P. Grumbles and Mr. and Mrs. L.C. Long, all of Palestine; great-grandmothers, Effie Grumbles of Palestine and Elizabeth Barber of Fairfield.

Condolences will be received from 6-8 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Pallbearers will be Brian Parker, Matt Absher, Hugh Kilman, Trace Dean, Marvin Harman Jr. and Billy Hamby.

Source: Palestine Herald-Press 09-18-1989