Obituary of Barney Richardson

Services for Barney Richardson, 74, Troup, will be at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, July 26, at the Cottle Funeral Home chapel with Reverend Carl Bilderback officiating. Burial will be in the Union Grove Cemetery, Troup. Mr. Richardson died Monday, July 24, 2006 in Tyler. He was born March 8, 1932 in Troup to the late Willie and Cleo Harper Richardson. He was a lifetime resident of East Texas. He retired in 1995 from the Carrier Corporation, Tyler, following 37 years of employment. He was a veteran of the Korean War, serving in the Army Air Corps. Mr. Richardson was a member of the Masonic Lodge and attended Mt. Carmel Baptist Church. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by four brothers, Waundle Richardson, Paul Richardson, Alton Richardson, and Rich Richardson. Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Steve and Shelia Richardson, Whitehouse; a daughter and son-in-law, Sherry and David Emory, Lubbock; six brothers, Leonard Richardson and Jesse Richardson, both of Flint, Alvin Richardson of Kaufman, Jimmy Richardson of Frankston, Johnny Ray Richardson of Flint, and Jerry Richardson of Whitehouse; three sisters, Joyce Chaney of Ben Wheeler, Lois Briggs of Brownwood, and Claudine Llewelyn of Oklahoma; eleven grandchildren, Curtis Cardwell, John David Richardson, Justin Hart Richardson, Rebecca Wolowicz, Cristina Marie Culverhouse, James Lee Culverhouse, Jessica Haven Richardson, Patrick Culverhouse, Shane Culverhouse, Shaun Culverhouse, and Stephanie Wolowicz; two great-grandchildren, Kylee Rene Hunt and Steven Marcus Wolowicz; and numerous nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Tuesday, July 26.