Funeral services for Gerald "Jerry" Dean Ready, 77, of Marshall will be 2 p.m. Thursday, December 5, 2013 at Downs Funeral Home. The service will be conducted by Ron Peacock, pastor of Northwood Church of Longview, Texas. The burial will be following at Grange Hall Cemetery. Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. on Wednesday, December 4, 2013, at the funeral home. Jerry passed away, at home, surrounded by family and friends. Jerry Ready was born February 15, 1936, in Greenville, Mississippi, to RD and Winnie Ready. He graduated from Marshall High School in 1955 and attended Texas A&M University. Jerry met Marcia Rae Smith at a church hayride in Marshall in 1952, and the two were married June 22, 1956. Jerry served in the National Guard of Texas from 1956 to 1959. He became a Master Electrician and retired in 1992, after 36 years of service with Southwestern Electric Power Company. Jerry and Marcia owned and operated Shadowood Water Company from 1984 until 2008. He was preceded in death by his wife of 54 years, one infant grandson, Tyler Joiner, his parents, two sisters, Jean Fant and Sharon Skinner, and one brother Roy Ready. Jerry is survived by one son and daughter-in-law, Gerald K. and Shanda Ready; two daughters and sons-in-law, Jo and Kevin Joiner and Brenda and Jim Ballard, all of Marshall. He is also survived by his grandchildren, Matthew Ready of Longview, Michelle and her husband, Craig Cothron of Diana, Kelli and Kayla Joiner of Marshall, Todd Joiner of Dallas and Crystal and her husband, Kenny Hurst of Longview. Jerry had four great-grandchildren, Samuel and Emily Hurst; Hailee and Grant Cothron, and close family friends, CJ, Rachel, Alisa and Callie Boyd. Jerry and Marcia also had two special caregivers, Annie Foster and LaQuita Johnson. Pallbearers will be Michael Hudson, Jeff Hudson, Robert Ratcliff, James Clevenger, Jay McGuire and Rodney Fritz. Honorary pallbearers will be Joe Hudson, Royce McCarty and Dr. James Logan.