WILLIE JOE FINLEY 
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Sent in by Patsy Finley Vinson      VPvinson@cs.com
THE MONITOR, Mabank, TX  - Thursday, April 2, 1992  - page 3 

WILLIE JOE FINLEY 

Services  for Willie Joe Finley, 69, Mabank, were at 11 a.m. March 26 in 
Eubank Memorial Chapel, Mabank, with Rev. Don Teague officating.  Internment 
followed in the Four Mile Cemetery under the direction of Eubank Funeral Home 
of Mabank. 

Mr. Finley was born Feb. 4, 1923, in Ravenna to George and Martha (Walker) 
Finley and died March 24, 1992 in Terrell hospital after a lengthy illness.   
A former resident of Duncanville, he had lived in Mabank for seven years.   
Mr. Finley retired in 1980 after 31 years with Brown's Express in Dallas and 
was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II having served in the Pacific with the 
169th 1st Calvery Division. He was a member of the Baptist church, the 
Teamesters Local #745, Dallas, and the VFW Post #4376 in Seven Points. 

Survivors include his wife, Mamie Ruth (Conway) Finley of Mabank; son, Billy 
Joe Finley of Mabank; daughter and son-in-law, Patsy Ruth and Bob Vinson of 
Mabank; four brothers, Roy Finley of Lancaster, Frank Finley of Paris, George 
Finley of Irving, Raymond Finley of Farmers Branch, sister, Daisy D. Ball of 
Bonham, five grandchildren, Nikki and Jodie Finley of Athens, Suzie and Jason 
Vinson of Mabank, and Pvt. Eddie Vinson of Ft. Lewis, Tacoma, Washington.  He 
was preceded in death by two brothers, Clarence and John Wesley Finley. 

Pallbearers were Roger Ball, Loyd Horton, Wayne Finley, Gary Horton, Danny 
Perry, Danny Ray Cagle, and Larry Titsworth. 

(Willie's parents are buried at the IOOF Cemetery at Ravenna.)