February 8, 1988
Gladys Hunnicutt

Graveside services for Gladys Hunnicutt, 65, of Longview were scheduled for 3 p.m. 
today at Grace Hill Cemetery under the direction of Welch Funeral Home.

She died Monday morning at her residence. 

Survivors include her daughter, Sonia Aquilera of White Oak; brothers, Roy Dockery 
of Texarkana and Alby Dockery of Dallas; sister, Joy Mallernee of Magnolia, Ark.; 
six grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. 

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February 8, 1988
Woman Found Dead at Fire

A 65 year old Longview woman was found dead at the scene of an apartment fire 
early today in the 400 block of North High Street, officials said.

The victim was identified as Gladys Honeycutt, who was pronounced dead at the 
scene by Precinct 3 Justice of the Peace Kathy Barlow.

Longview Police Department Public Information Officer Mike Healy said an autopsy 
had been ordered, adding that "there is no foul play suspected."

Healy said the victim had sustained third-degree burns on a leg from a gas space 
heater, but added it is believed the woman died from other causes and fell across 
the heater.

Healy explained the woman was alone in the downstairs apartment and the upstairs 
neighbors smelled smoke and called the fire department. The fire caused little 
damage. "It burned a little hole in the carpet, but they didn't even have to use 
a fire extinguisher to put it out," Healy said.

If the autopsy confirms the investigators' theories that Honeycutt died of other 
causes and then fell on the heater are true, then her death will not be ruled as 
fire-related, Healy said. To date, two people have died in house fires in the 
city this year.