Gary Lynn Bolton

Funeral services for Gary Lynn Bolton, age 73, will be held Wednesday, May 1, 2024, at 2 p.m. at West Oaks Funeral Home with Bro. David Burns and Bro. Wayne Darty officiating. Interment will follow at Brashear Cemetery with Cody Jennings, Kevin Mc-Donald, Daniel McDonald, Colton McDonald, Chad Bolton and Carl Smith serving as pallbearers, and Mark Lynch and Johnny Ethridge serving as honorary pallbearers. Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 30, 2024, at West Oaks Funeral Home.

Gary passed away peacefully on April 27, 2024, in Tyler, Texas, surrounded by his family. He was born on Aug. 9, 1950, in Clarksville, Texas, the son of Maxie Lyons Bolton and Lois Erlene Van Buskirk Bolton. Gary graduated from Sulphur Bluff High School in 1968 and married his high school sweetheart, Linda Caudle, on Aug. 9, 1968.

Gary was a resident of the Hopkins County area for over 60 years and was a member of Brashear Baptist Church for 47 years. Over the years, he was self-employed as a dairyman, dump truck driver and carpenter, and retired from Ocean Spray.

Gary loved the outdoors, and enjoyed taking care of his cattle, gardening, playing golf and fishing. He could build or repair almost anything, from houses and barns to vehicles, farm equipment and boats. He was a quiet, humble family man who had a profound impact on all who knew him.

Gary is survived by Linda, his wife of 55 years; daughters, Sherry Sturgis and husband Todd of Sulphur Springs and Stacey McDonald and husband Paul (Marty) of Cumby, grandsons, Cody Jennings and wife Toriegh, Kevin McDonald and wife Kyndall, Daniel McDonald and Colton McDonald and wife Lauren; great-grandchildren, Wyatt, Bryli, Autym and Lorie Jennings, Bentley Horsely and Faithlynn Mc-Donald; his mother, Erlene Bolton; brother, Michael Bolton and wife Nancy; and brothers-in-law, Roger Caudle and Jimmy Caudle.

Gary was preceded in death by his, father Maxie Bolton, and his brother, Mark Bolton.

The family wishes to extend a special thanks to the first responders from Hopkins County and Cumby Volunteer Fire Department, the trauma and neuro ICU staff at Trinity CHRISTUS Mother Francis Hospital in Tyler, and the staff and volunteers at East Texas Hospice in Tyler for their diligent care and attention to our Daddy during these last few weeks.

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