Funeral services are pending for Cranford B. "Red" Endsley, 83, of Marshall with Downs Funeral Home. Mr. Endsley passed away Friday, August 27, 2010 in Longview.Downs Funeral Home 4608 Elysian Fields Rd Marshall, Texas 75672 (903) 927-1700 Fax (903) 927-1282 C. B. "Red" Endsley, Sr. Funeral services for C.B. "Red" Endsley, Sr., 83, of Marshall will be held at 2:00 p.m., Monday, August 30, 2010 in the Chapel of Downs Funeral Home with Dr. Robert Prothro officiating. Interment will follow in the Scottsville Cemetery in Scottsville, Texas. The family will receive friends from 4-7 p.m., Sunday, August 29, 2010 at the Downs Funeral Home. Mr. Endsley passed away Friday, August 27, 2010 in Longview. C. B. Endsley was born to George and Ocie Brooks Endsley in Quinton, Oklahoma on December 3, 1926. He attended Huffines TX public schools and served his country in the U.S. Air Force from 1945-1950. He married Ruth Long Endsley on September 20, 1949 in Tyler, Texas. They celebrated fifty-five years of marriage before her death in 2004. He retired in 1983 as a Senior Lineman for SWEPCO after thirty years of service. He attended Port Caddo Baptist Church. Survivors are his son Cranford B. Endsley, Jr. and wife Margaret of Frankston, Texas, his daughter Judy Fults of Tyler, Texas, grandsons Cranford B. Endsley, III and wife Kathy of Longview, Joel Endsley and wife JoAnna of Tyler, Travis Fults and wife Amira of Dallas, granddaughters Emily Lavessor and husband Jason of Tyler, and Farrah Dolbey and husband Derek of Fairfield. Also surviving Mr. Endsley are his great grandchildren Colin Endsley and Grant Endsley, both of Longview, and Piper Endsley, Ethan Endsley, Lilly Lavessor, and Chole Lavessor, all of Tyler, his sisters Guyola Carr, Greathel Corman, and Aimeta Lee, a special niece Gene Kay of Marshall, and his special caregiver Katherline Onic. He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife, three sisters, one brother, and his son-in-law Vernon Fults. Pallbearers will be Curtis Onic, Bob Lorenz, Cranford B. Endsley,III, Joel Endsley, Travis Fults, Jason Lavessor, Derek Dolbey, and Stephen Endsley. Honorary Pallbearers are Mitchell Meyers, Ronald Collins, J.O. Craig, Don Nichols, and Joe Hudson. Condolences may be made at http://www.downsfuneralhome.com