Waits, Donnie

Graveside services for Donnie Waits, 57, of Hallsville, will be held at 2 p.m. 
Saturday, March 24, 2007, at the Watson Cemetery in Bivins. Burial will be 
under the direction of Rader Funeral Home of Longview.

Mr. Waits passed away on Wednesday, March 21, 2007, in Longview.

Mr. Waits was born June 12, 1949 in Longview, and was a lifetime resident of 
the area. He was a self-employed drywall applicator and a member of the 
Longview Church of Christ.

He was preceded in death by his mother, Virginia Dodson; and brother, Wayne 
Waits.

Those left to cherish his memory are his loving wife of 39 years, Judy Waits 
of Hallsville; daughters and sons-in-law, Connie and Oran Phillips of Marshall, 
Paula and Craig Yarbrough of Hallsville and Cindy and Stacey Ford of Cave Creek, 
Ariz.; two grandsons and five granddaughters; brothers, Jerry Waits of 
Leverette's Chapel, Kenneth Sullivan of Atlanta, Texas, Dewayne Dodson of 
Tucson, Ariz., and Ricky Dodson of Atlanta; sister, Sharon Waits of Atlanta; 
father, Otis J. Waits of Kilgore; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. this evening, March 23, 2007, at the funeral 
home.

A memorial guestbook may be signed at www.raderfh.com.

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 3/23/2007.