Ruddell, Gene Wesley OVERTON -- Graveside services for Gene Wesley Ruddell, 78, of Longview, will be at 3 p.m. Thursday, March 1, 2007, at Eagle Creek Cemetery near Harleton, with the Rev. Don Dodge officiating. Arrangements are by Cottle-Pearson Funeral Home of Overton. Mr. Ruddell died February 26, 2007, in Longview. Born June 5, 1928, in Shreveport, La., he was a U.S. Army veteran, brick mason and a Methodist. Survivors include his daughters, Mildred Roberts, Kay Buckolt, Renee Lockridge and Sylvia Hand. Online registration and condolences are available at www.cottlefuneralhome.com. Published in the Longview News-Journal on 2/28/2007.