Veiva Caskey 
 
Services for Veiva Caskey, 93, of Grapeland will be at 1 p.m. Friday in the Bailey & 
Foster Chapel with Bro. Tommy Caskey officiating. Burial will be in Guiceland 
Cemetery under the direction of Bailey & Foster Funeral Home, Palestine. 
 
Mrs. Caskey died Wednesday, April 4, 2007 in a Tyler hospital.   
 
She was born Oct. 3, 1913 at Anderson County to Lawson Carl Franklin and Jettie 
Miriam Hodges.  
 
Mrs. Caskey was a member of Sand Flat Baptist Church. She graduated with a Bachelor 
of Arts Degree from Stephen F. Austin University in Nacogdoches. She was a dedicated 
school teacher and taught first grade at Kirbyville, Elkhart and Grapeland. Mrs. Caskey 
retired from Grapeland Independent School District. 
 
She was a passionate gardener.  
 
Mrs. Caskey was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Walter Louis Caskey; 
daughter, Bobbie Lou Springer; sisters, Lula Nation Garrison and Florine McIver; and 
brothers, Lewis Franklin, Francis Franklin and Kenneth Franklin.  
 
She is survived by daughter, Wynice Whitaker of Grapeland; son, Carl Caskey and wife 
Wincie of Tyler; seven grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren and 14 great-great-
grandchildren.  
 
Grandsons and great-grandsons will serve as pallbearers.  
 
Condolence calls will be received from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Bailey & Foster Funeral 
Home, Palestine.