Singleton, Helen Langford

Funeral services for Helen Langford Singleton, 62, of 
Kilgore, a former longtime resident of Longview, will 
be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, February, 24, 2007, at 
Trinity Baptist Church, with Dr. Gary Orr and the 
Reverend Bob Petty officiating. Burial will be in 
DeBerry Baptist Cemetery, under the direction of Rader 
Funeral Home of Longview. She passed away Thursday 
morning, February 22, 2007, at a Longview hospital. Mrs. 
Singleton was born August 31, 1944, in Shreveport, 
Louisiana, to John, Jr. and Helen Dougherty. She was a 
retired assistant manager for K-Mart in Longview and 
was a volunteer private, duty sitter. She was a member 
of Trinity Baptist Church of Longview. She was preceded 
in death by her parents; husbands, Tommy Wayne Langford 
Sr. and Virgil D. Singleton. Those left to cherish her 
memory are her children, Tommy Wayne Langford Jr. and 
his wife, Cathy, of Henderson, Beth Allen and husband, 
Edward, of Longview and Catherine Smith and husband, 
Blake, of Carthage; grandchildren, Coy, Trevor, Whitney, 
Timothy, Matthew, Daniel, Josh, Ben, and Grandma's Patsy; 
stepgreat-grandchildren, Hunter, Falyn, Colton, Jaycee 
and Tristan; brothers, John C. Dougherty III and wife, 
Lynn, of Jefferson, and William Noah Dougherty and wife, 
Lyn, of Shreveport, La.; sisters, Patricia Anne Tolar and 
husband, Jim, of Haughton, La., and Catherine Levy of 
Louisiana; and special friends, Joann and Davis Hawkins. 
Memorial contributions may be made to Trinity Baptist 
Church, Youth Mission Ministries Fund, 5041 Estes Pkwy., 
Longview, TX 75603. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. this 
evening, February 23, 2007, at the funeral home. A 
memorial guestbook may be signed at www.raderfh.com.

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 2/23/2007.