SAUNDRA KAY BUCKELEW PRYOR
SAUNDRA KAY BUCKELEW PRYOR
Funeral for Saundra Kay Buckelew (Nanny) Pryor, 59, of Maydelle will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, July 9, in the Wallace Thompson Funeral Home chapel with the Rev. Ronnie Glover officiating. Burial will be in Mt. Hope Cemetery.
Mrs. Pryor died July 6. She was born March 18, 1949 in Tyler. She was a Maydelle resident for 23 years, formerly of Tyler. She was a member of Bible Baptist Church in Overton and a U. S. Postal Service worker for 25 years serving in Maydelle, Jacksonville, and Tyler. She was postmaster for 15 years in Maydelle. Mrs. Pryor was editor of NAPUS for one year as well as head of the hospitality committee for NAPUS with her husband. Mrs. Pryor and her husband were frequent travelers and visited Washington D.C. and the Rose Parade in Pasadena, Calif. She received her Associates Degree in Computer Science from Tyler Junior College and studied family genealogy and also organized and held the annual Maydelle Community Easter Egg hunt for many years.
Preceding her in death were her parents, Richard and Dorothy Buckelew; and sister, Peggy Jennings. She is survived by her husband of 39 years, Earl Pryor of Maydelle; four sons, Anthony Earl Pryor of Wylie, James Eugene Pryor of Keller, Kevin Wayne Sr. and Sandra Pryor of Overton, Tracy Duane Pryor of Texarkana; a sister and brother-in-law, Shera and Ron Duncan of Overton; 11 grandchildren including Heather Watson, Taylor Watson, Preston Pryor, Wesley Pryor, Nicholas Pryor, Tyler Pryor, Kevin Pryor Jr., Sarah Bracewell, Emily Bracewell, Brent Pryor, Chelsey Pryor; numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, aunts, and one uncle.
Pallbearers will include Phillip Brent, Brent Pryor, Kevin Pryor Jr., Jonathon Duncan, Eric Lewis, E.G. Reed, Jimmy Lusk and Vincent Chase Gardner. Honorary pallbearers will be U.S. postmasters. Memorials may be made to Scleroderma Foundation, 300 Rosewood, Suite 105, Danvers, Massachusetts, 01923.
Information from The Cherokeean Herald July 9, 2008
Saundra Kay Buckelew “Nanny” Pryor
Funeral services for Saundra Kay Buckelew “Nanny”
Pryor, age 59, of Maydelle are scheduled for 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, July
9, 2008 in Wallace-Thompson Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Ronnie Glover
officiating. Interment will be in Mt. Hope Cemetery under the direction
of Wallace-Thompson Funeral Home in Rusk. Mrs. Pryor died July 6, 2008
in a Jacksonville hospital. She was born March 18, 1949 in Tyler, TX.
She was a resident of Maydelle for 23 years formerly of Tyler. She was a
member of Bible Baptist Church in Overton, TX and a United States Postal
Service worker for 25 years serving in Maydelle, Jacksonville, and
Tyler. She was Postmaster for 15 years in Maydelle. Mrs. Pryor was
editor of NAPUS for one year as well as head of the Hospitality
Committee for NAPUS with her husband. Mrs. Pryor and her husband were
frequent travelers and visited Washington D.C. and the Rose Parade in
Pasadena, California. She received her Associates Degree in Computer
Science from Tyler Junior College and studied family genealogy and also
organized and held the yearly Maydelle Community Easter Egg hunt for
many years. Preceded in death by her parents, Richard and Dorothy
Buckelew, sister, Peggy Jennings. She is survived by her husband of 39
years, Earl Pryor of Maydelle, four sons, Anthony Earl Pryor of Wylie,
TX, James Eugene Pryor of Keller, TX, Kevin Wayne Pryor Sr. and wife
Sandra of Overton, TX, Tracy Duane Pryor of Texarkana, TX, sister, Shera
Duncan and husband Ron of Overton, eleven grandchildren including
Heather Watson, Taylor Watson, Preston Pryor, Wesley Pryor, Nicholas
Pryor, Tyler Pryor, Kevin Pryor Jr., Sarah Bracewell, Emily Bracewell,
Brent Pryor, Chelsey Pryor, numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, aunts,
and one uncle. Pallbearers will include Phillip Brent, Brent Pryor,
Kevin Pryor Jr., Jonathon Duncan, Eric Lewis, E.G. Reed and Jimmy Lusk.
Honorary pallbearers will be U.S. Postmasters. Family will receive
friends from 5 to 7 p.m., Tuesday, July 8, 2008 at the funeral home. If
desired, memorials may be made to Scleroderma Foundation, 300 Rosewood,
Suite 105, Danvers, Massachusetts, 01923.
Published in the Jacksonville Daily Progress on
7/9/2008.
Published in the Jacksonville Daily Progress