McFarland, Wanda Jean Croft

A celebration of the life of Wanda Jean Croft McFarland, 77, of Hallsville, 
will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, March 14, 2007, in the chapel of Rader Funeral 
Home, with Mr. Robert Johnson officiating. Interment will follow in Noonday 
Cemetery.

Mrs. McFarland was born October 8, 1929, in Beggs, Oklahoma, to Marvin and 
Vesta Osborne Croft. She had been a resident of Hallsville for 66 years, 
coming from Beggs, Oklahoma. Mrs. McFarland was a member of the Longview 
Church of Christ, she graduated from Marshall High School, and was a well-
known and loved school bus driver of bus No. 20 for the Hallsville 
Independent School District for 27 years.

Mrs. McFarland was preceded in death by her parents; and husband, Robert Lee 
McFarland Jr.

She is survived by sons and spouses, Robert Lee and Sonja McFarland III of 
Longview, Ronald Wayne and Alice McFarland of Longview, Lonny Gene McFarland 
of Hallsville, Thomas and wife, Terri McFarland of Hallsville, and Gerald and 
Theresa McFarland of Hallsville; daughters, Linda Burditt of Hallsville, and 
Judy and Sam Lumadeau of Avinger; sisters, Betty McClain of Longview, and 
Janet Johnston-Wooten of Linden; brother, Stanley Croft of Arkansas; 18 
grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. this evening, March 13, 2007, 
at the funeral home.

A memorial guestbook may be signed at www.raderfh.com.

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 3/13/2007.