Funeral services for Mr. George Dewey Faussett, Jr., age 66, of Carthage, TX, will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011, at Jimerson-Lipsey Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Thad Mills and Rev. Billy Hughes officiating. Interment will follow in Bethel Cemetery in Logansport, LA. The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. on Friday at the funeral home. Mr. Faussett passed away on Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 26, 2011, in Tyler.

George Dewey Faussett, Jr. was born on Nov. 6, 1944, in Center, TX to George Dewey and Hortense Alamay Faussett. Mr. Faussett attended Joaquin High School. He worked as a truck driver and mechanic. He enjoyed carpentry, westerns, civil war history, fishing, and plumbing. George was a jack of all trades and a master of all. He married Janet Hunter on Dec. 2, 2002, in Carthage. Mr. Faussett moved to Carthage in 1995, from Texarkana. He attended Mt. Bethel Missionary Baptist Church in Gary. Mr. Faussett was preceded in death by his parent.

Mr. Faussett is survived by his wife, Janet Hughes Faussett of Carthage; two sons, Michael Ray Hughes and wife Cathy of Kemp and Otis Hughes and fiancé Monica of Carthage; three daughters, Tonya Renee Polanco and husband Jimmie of Groves, Pamela Freshour and husband Skip of Temp, AZ, and Tersia Davis of Lufkin; two brothers, David Faussett and wife Janice Kay of Tenaha and James Ray Faussett and wife Pam of Timpson; one sister, Doris Hooper of Henderson; and five grandchildren. Numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives, and many friends also survive Mr. Faussett.

Serving as pallbearers are Ronnie Mosman, Michael Mosman, John Ballard, James Knight, Charles Lennon, and Charles Rhodes.

Serving as honorary pallbearers are Kristopher and Taylor Hunter and Bill DeVaul.

If desired, memorials may be made to Bethel Cemetery Assn., 153 Hoy Lane, Logansport, LA 71049.

A guestbook may be signed online at www.jimerson-lipsey.com.