Edward Dale Galyean

Services for Edward Dale Galyean, 68, of Lindale, will be held on Sunday, May 31, 2015, at 2:00 PM at Stewart Family Funeral Home with Rev. Bob Smith officiating. Burial with military honors will be on Monday, June 1, 2015 at 10:30 AM at Rest Haven Memorial Park Cemetery in Rockwall, under the direction of Stewart Family Funeral Home. Mr. Galyean passed away Tuesday, May 26, 2015. He was born February 27, 1947 in Mineola to Truett and Noma Love Galyean. Dale was raised in Mineola and graduated from Lindale High School. After graduating he joined the US Army in 1966, serving in Vietnam for eleven months, receiving a National Defense Service medal, two Bronze Stars and Combat Infantryman Badge. After the military he moved to Tyler where he met and married his first wife, Johnye Lou Hamilton Galyean, the mother of his first two children, Winn and Missy. Dale later moved to Nevada where he married his current wife, Mary Gail McDonald Galyean. He was in the insulation business and co-owned an insulating company in Dallas. He was a Mason and a member of the Sharon Temple Shriners in Tyler and Hella Black Horse Patrol in Dallas. Among the many things he enjoyed, some of his favorites were hunting, fishing, golf and all outdoor activities. In addition to his parents and first wife, Edward was preceded in death by two brothers, James Galyean and David Windell Galyean. He is survived by his loving family including his wife of 20 years, Mary Gail McDonald Galyean of Lindale; children, Winn Galyean and wife Kelly of Bullard, Missy Sanchez and fiancée, John Matthews of Bullard, Michael Clark and wife Jammie of McKinney, Coleman Clark and wife Sheralee of McKinney, Tricia Chronister and husband Don of Plano and Joe Klonower and wife Jill of Lindale; siblings, Trudine Frazier and husband Hoyte of Quinlan, Edie Galyean of Lindale and Charles Galyean of Van; fourteen grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Mark Horton, Robert Chronister, Donald Chronister, Mike Tillman, John Matthews, Pete Delgado, Joe Don Terry and James Ralph Jordan. Honorary pallbearers will be Stan Johnston and Justin Sanchez. Visitation is scheduled from 5:00 to 7:00 PM on Saturday, May 30, 2015 at Stewart Family Funeral Home, 7525 Old Jacksonville Highway, in Tyler. If desired, memorials may be made to the Wounded Warriors Project, 4301 Fillbrook Lane, Tyler, 75707.

Edward Dale Galyean

February 27, 1947 - May 26, 2015