Armstrong, Verlie Martin Memorial services for Verlie Armstrong will be 10 a.m. Saturday, December 30, 2006, at Lakeview Funeral Home. Mrs. Armstrong died Sunday, December 24, following a lengthy illness. Verlie was born November 4, 1941, in Van Zandt County and graduated from Hallsville High School in 1960. She was married to her husband, Bob, for 40 years until his death in 2001. She is survived by her three daughters and sons-in-law, Teresa and Burr Hall of Waxahachie, Rowena and Keith Russell of Diana and Laura and Jason Downing of Flower Mound; son and daughter-in-law, Dale and Becky Armstrong of Urbana, Ill.; eight granddaughters and two grandsons. She is also survived by her mother-in-law, Elizabeth Armstrong; one sister, Joanne Fields of Longview; and two brothers, Farley Martin of Southwest City, Mo., and Terry Martin of Longview. In lieu of flowers, Mrs. Armstrong and her family request that memorials be made to Greggton United Methodist Church, 1101 Pine Tree Road, Longview, TX 75604. For those unable to attend, online condolences may be offered at www.mem.com. Published in the Longview News-Journal on 12/27/2006.