Rickey Lynn Stanley, 57, of Smithville passed away Wednesday, March 28 at his residence.

He was a member of the Dry Creek Baptist Church and member of the Al Menah Shrine Temple, Center Hill Masonic Lodge #77, and the Order of the Eastern Star #374. He was also a former Texas Boot machine operator and farmer.

A Masonic Service was held Thursday, March 29 and funeral service was held Saturday, March 31 at the Chapel of Love-Cantrell Funeral Home. Donald Owens will officiated and with burial following in DeKalb Memorial Gardens.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Hiram Stanley and Amanda Ruth Ervin, and father-in-law, Garrison Lee Bond.

Survivors include his spouse, Kathy Bond Stanley; daughter, Angela and Joe O’Connell; son, Rickey, Jr. and Jessica Stanley; sister, Melissa Stanley; brothers, Ronald Stanley, Eddie and Louella Stanley; Randall Stanley; half-brother, Michael and Mandy Stanley; half-sister, Jennifer Pack; stepbrother, Wayne and Linda Bush; five grandchildren, Reann, Faithann and Jolynn O’Connell and Chelsie and Lily Stanley; mother-in-law, Grady Bond Gribble; sisters-in-law, Grady and John Hernandez of California and Linda and Richard Gonzalez of Texas; brothers-in-law, Joe and Bea Bond of Missouri; Danny Bond and Susan Johnson of Smithville and Johnny and Shannon Bond of Utah; several nieces and nephews; close personal friends, Benny Dawes, Debra Crawford, Carol Underhill, Johnny Paul, Claudine Crawford, Paulette and Bobby Robinson, Edsel and Edward Frazier, Beverly Knauer, and the Dry Creek Baptist Church family.

Serving as pallbearers were Johnny Paul, Charles Martin, Chris Gonzales, Richard Gonzales, Danny Bond and Johnny Bond.
Love-Cantrell Funeral Home of Smithville was in charge of the arrangements.