Stephens-Stoker, Phyllis Y. 
  	
Services for Phyllis Y. Stephens-Stoker will be 11 a.m. Tuesday, October 
31, 2006, at Parkview Baptist Church, with Elder Kenneth Stephens 
officiating. Entombment will be in Lakeview Memorial Gardens, directed by 
Stanmore Funeral Home of Longview. Ms. Stephens-Stoker, an LVN at East 
Texas Medical Center in Gilmer, was called home to glory on Saturday, 
October 28, 2006. Phyllis was born July 16, 1960, in Midland, to the 
parentage of the Reverend and Sister Joe Stephens. In her early years, she 
grew up in Midland, and later moved with her parents while in junior high 
school to Longview. Ms. Stephens-Stoker was a member of Parkview Baptist 
Church in Longview. She was preceded in death by her special sister-in-law, 
Sherry Ann Russell Stephens; grandfather, Kimmon Borens; uncle, Benny Borens; 
and nephew, Brandon Stephens. Phyllis leaves to cherish her memories three 
loving children: son, Deverell Stephens of Longview; daughter, Theresa and 
Chris Walker of Longview; and son, Terrance Crayton of San Marcus; a grandson 
she was rearing, Keylon Crayton of Longview; her parents, the Reverend and 
Sister Joe Stephens; grandmother, Gatha Borens of Gilmer; brothers, Kenneth 
Stephens, Darrell and Mary, and Cedric and Beverlyn, all of Longview; sister, 
Rosalind Hodge of Longview; two grandsons, DeMadre and P'Kalyn Stephens, both 
of Longview; a host of aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, and cousins; and 
special friends she dearly loved, Chris Gray, Lisa Tearson, Jennie Bartlett, 
and CeeCee Harris.

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 10/31/2006.