Funeral Homes in Kilgore, TX

Facts about the city

• Some of the notable people born here have been: David Van Os (politician and lawyer).

Kilgore is a city in Gregg and Rusk counties in the eastern part of the U.S. state of Texas. It is the home of Kilgore College. It was the childhood residence from the age of six of the noted classical pianist Van Cliburn. The population was 12,975 at the 2010 census; a 2014 estimate placed it at 14,948.

Kilgore Obituaries

It was reported by Cincinnati Enquirer and Cincinnati Post on July 9th, 2021 that Laura Temea Morelock passed away in Kilgore, Texas.  Morelock was 61 years old.  Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Laura Temea's life.

It was revealed by Tyler Morning Telegraph on June 29th, 2021 that Tonya Sheree Beall died in Kilgore, Texas.  Beall was 51 years old and was born in Ann Arbor, MI.  Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Tonya Sheree's life.

It was noted by Tyler Morning Telegraph on May 1st, 2021 that Walter Richie Jackson passed away in Kilgore, Texas.  Jackson was 66 years old and was born in Sallisaw, OK.  Send flowers to express your sorrow and honor Walter Richie's life.

It was written by Tyler Morning Telegraph on February 28th, 2021 that Wesley Keith Washburn passed on in Kilgore, Texas.  Washburn was 45 years old.  Send flowers to express your sorrow and honor Wesley Keith's life.

It was disclosed by Tyler Morning Telegraph on December 5th, 2020 that David Wayne Tidwell passed on in Kilgore, Texas.  Tidwell was 74 years old.  Send flowers to express your sorrow and honor David Wayne's life.

It was reported by Tyler Morning Telegraph on October 1st, 2020 that Patricia Ann Evans passed on in Kilgore, Texas.  Evans was 85 years old.  Send flowers to express your sorrow and honor Patricia Ann's life.

It was reported by Tyler Morning Telegraph on April 7th, 2020 that Derwin Ray Stegall passed away in Kilgore, Texas.  Stegall was 88 years old.  Send flowers to express your sympathy and honor Derwin Ray's life.

It was written by Tyler Morning Telegraph on April 2nd, 2020 that Carrie Bell Shepard passed away in Kilgore, Texas.  Shepard was 92 years old.  Send flowers to express your sympathy and honor Carrie Bell's life.

It was noted by Tyler Morning Telegraph on February 22nd, 2020 that Joyce Matlock passed on in Kilgore, Texas.  Matlock was 78 years old.  Send flowers to express your sympathy and honor Joyce's life.

It was revealed on February 6th, 2020 that Janice Methvin passed on in Kilgore, Texas.  Methvin was 63 years old.  Send flowers to express your sympathy and honor Janice's life.

History

The population was 11,301 at the United States Census, 2000 census.

Kilgore was founded in 1872 when the International-Great Northern Railroad completed the initial phase of rail line between Palestine, Texas and Longview, Texas The rail chose to bypass a small community approximately southeast of Longview, New Danville, in lieu of a new townsite platted on sold to the rail by Constantine Buckley Kilgore, the town's namesake. By 1885 the population had reached 250 and the community possessed two cotton gins, a church, and its own school. Kilgore is a city in Gregg County, Texas and Rusk County, Texas Counties in the East Texas part of the US state of Texas. Businesses began to close and by the middle of 1930 the population had fallen to 500; the community appeared destined to become a ghost town. Oil production maintained a breakneck pace throughout the early 1930s, with more than 1,100 producing oil wells within city limits at the height of the boom.

The official website for the city of Kilgore is http://cityofkilgore.com.