Obituary of Jackie Propes

Funeral services for Jackie Lee Propes, 66, of Overton are scheduled for 1:00 p.m., Friday, January 23, in the Cottle-Pearson Funeral Home chapel with the Reverend Ross Reeves officiating. Private burial will be in the Overton City Cemetery. Mrs. Propes died Tuesday, January 20, in a Henderson hospital. She was born September 17, 1942 in Houston to the late Arthur Louis and Julia Lee Willingham Ezell. She moved to Overton in 1991 from Tyler and was a private duty nurse and a member of the Overton First Assembly of God Church. In 1976, she was one of the first female truck drivers, joining her husband in their trucking business. For the past four years, she had lived in Longview and attended the Church at Grace Creek. She married Sherman Creed Propes, Jr., in Houston, June 30, 1958 and he preceded her in death November 2, 1999, following 41 years of marriage. She was also preceded by a granddaughter, Holly Lynn Propes, January 16, 2005. She is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Sherman Charles and Kay Propes of Overton; two daughters and sons-in-law, Kimberly Ann Propes Newby and Jerald Newby and Karen Propes Reeves and Ross Reeves, all of Longview; a special daughter, Judith L. Poindexter, Longview; brothers, Travis A. Ezell, Huntsville and Arthur Lewis Ezell, II, Houston; a sister, Gloria Erin Nash, Houston; grandchildren, Kristopher Michael and Tina Propes, Jerid Shawn Newby, Scarlett Jewell Reeves, Jasper Ross Reeves, Evy Grace Reeves, and Chloe Paige Reeves; six great-grandchildren, Logon Propes, Braden Propes, Kathy Propes, Craig Hubbard, Clint Reynolds, and Heather McGinnis; a loving nephew and his wife, Roger and Sherri Pridgen, Overton. The Family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm, Thursday, January 22.