Kay Palmer

December 15, 1953 - September 12, 2017

Graveside service for Kay Palmer, age 63 of Red Springs, are scheduled for 11:30 AM Saturday, September 16, 2017 at the Red Springs Cemetery. Services are under the direction of Caudle-Rutledge-Daugherty Funeral Home in Lindale. Mrs. Palmer died Tuesday, September 12, 2017 at a hospice center in Tyler. She was born in Grand Prairie, Texas on December 15, 1953 to Donald Houston and Mary Virginia (Knight) Sparkman. Mrs. Palmer moved to Tyler in 1960 where she was a longtime resident. She worked at Dorsey Advertising for many years later working for Impressive Business Forms as an ad designer. Mrs. Palmer was preceded in death by her mother, Virginia Sparkman in 2014. She is survived by husband, John Palmer of Red Springs; father, Donald Sparkman of Tyler; brother, Glenn Sparkman and wife, Betty of Lake Tyler; 3 sons, Russell Campbell of Tyler; Bill Palmer and wife, Stephanie of Santa Fe, New Mexico; Jim Palmer and wife, Kendra of Santa Fe, New Mexico; 10 grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends prior to the graveside service from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM Saturday, September 16, 2017 at the Caudle-Rutledge-Daugherty Funeral Home in Lindale.