GLADEWATER MEMORIAL PARK - UPSHUR COUNTY


Aug. 31, 1926 - Dec. 5, 2010


Obituary: Bill Travis Lambert, Sr.
Published: Longview News-Journal
December 6, 2010

GLADEWATER - Services for Bill Travis Lambert Sr., 84, of Gladewater, will be 2 p.m. Wednesday, December 8, 2010, at Gladewater First United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Dick Dobbins officiating. Burial will be in Gladewater Memorial Park. 

Born August 31, 1926, in Brownwood, Texas, he died Sunday, December 5, 2010. He was a veteran of the United States Army, having served during World War II. 

A retired insurance salesman, he was a former owner and operator of Lambert's Package Store for 22 years. He was a member of Gladewater First United Methodist Church and the Ages and Stages Sunday school class. 

He is survived by two sons, Bill T. Lambert Jr. and wife, Kitty, of Fredericksburg, and Michael R. Lambert and wife, Suzie, of Gladewater; six grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren. 

He was preceded in death by his parents, William and Eva Gertrude Lambert; wife, Beaulah V. Lambert; daughter, Patricia L. Bernhardt; and two sisters, Tylene Hudson and Shirley Howell. 

Pallbearers will be Matt Lambert, Blake Lambert, Andy York, Eddy Franks, John Bernhardt and Travis Locklear. 

The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, December 7, 2010, at Croley Funeral Home in Gladewater.