Service scheduled Monday for Bobby Joe Manziel Jr.

TYLER – A requiem mass is set for 1 p.m. Monday at Tyler’s Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception for Bobby Joe Manziel Jr., who died Thursday at age 83. Manziel’s online obituary says he oversaw the long-delayed completion of the Tyler area’s Oil Palace, which he operated for 39 years. During that time, “it has been the home of shows, exhibits, concerts, conventions, sporting events, graduations, and Tyler’s own Junior League Mistletoe and Magic and Texas Rose Festival,” according to the obituary. Manziel was also involved in the oil industry, the cattle business, commercial real estate, and heavy equipment construction, according to the obituary. Click here for more information and updates.