Palestine High School Alumni Association

03 / 25 / 1939  –  12 / 30 / 1999

Memorial services for Gregg “G.L.” Gaines, 60, of Palestine, will be 1 p.m. Sunday in Bailey & Foster Chapel with Rev. Michael Glenn and Jerry Elrod officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of Bailey & Foster, Palestine.

Mr. Gaines died Thursday afternoon at East Texas Medical Center in Tyler. He was born March 25, 1939, in Palestine to Gregg Lester Gaines Sr. and Lena Mae Fitzgerald Gaines.

He was a 1961 graduate of Texas A&M University. He was a veteran of Vietnam, serving with the U.S. Army as a 1st Lieutenant. He had served as President of the Palestine Chamber of Commerce. He was a member of Saint Philips Episcopal Church, Palestine.

Mr. Gaines was preceded in death by his parents and a sister, Wintre Baker.

He is survived by his wife, Dianne Stewart Gaines of Palestine; a son, Stewart Gaines of Palestine; a sister, Mary Nell Geiser of Denver, Colo.; and one grandson, Jared Gaines of Palestine.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to the American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 1711, Palestine, Texas 75802.