Obituaries

Mar 23, 2023

Crystal Marshall, 42, of Carthage, Texas, passed away Thursday evening, March 23, 2023, in Beckville, Texas. Crystal Nicole Logan was born in Longview, Texas on November 18, 1980, to Gary Wayne and Sheila Ann Smith Logan. She graduated from Beckville High School with the class of 1999. Crystal participated in various sports in high school, and her favorite was...

Mar 21, 2023

Darlene Miller, 77, of Carthage, Texas, passed away Tuesday morning, March 21, 2023, in Carthage. Mildred Darlene Saffle was born in Marfa, Texas on May 16, 1945, to the late Charles Wilburn and Mildred Beatrice Wollitz Saffle. She graduated with the Lorena High School Class of 1963, and later attended business school. Darlene married Marion Lee Miller on July...

Mar 13, 2023

Doug Cotton, 80, of Beckville, Texas, passed away on Monday evening, March 13, 2023, in Longview, Texas. Douglas M. Cotton was born on April 5, 1942, in Lula, Louisiana, to Benjamin Loveless and Opal Webb Cotton. He served in the United States Army and was stationed in Alaska during the Vietnam War. Doug was of the Baptist faith and...

Mar 4, 2023

Ann Baker Beaudette, 82, passed away in Lufkin, Texas, on March 4, 2023. A graveside service will be held at Odd Fellows Cemetery in Carthage, Texas, on March 20, 2023, at 2:00 p.m., with the Rev. Gordon N. Blackman, Jr. officiating.

Ann was born on August 15, 1940, in Winnsboro, Texas. She graduated from Longview High School;...

Feb 26, 2023

David C. Johnson was born on May 3, 1927, in Trinity, Texas, to Reba and Cliff Johnson. He graduated from Trinity High School with the class of 1944, and was the last remaining class member. Three days before his 18th birthday, he was to report to the Army recruiting office. Instead, he enlisted in the Navy and served in...

Feb 23, 2023

George Smith, 89, of Carthage, Texas, passed away on Thursday, February 23, 2023, in Carthage. George Ray Smith was born on January 1, 1934, in Gorman, Texas to the late Toliver Easley and Gladys Elizabeth Davis Smith. George was raised in the Laird Hill Community of Rusk County, Texas and graduated from Leverett's Chapel High School with the class...

Feb 13, 2023

Dean Jones, 77 of Carthage, TX, passed away on Monday, Feb. 13, 2023, at his home. Edward Dean Jones was born on Sept. 7, 1945, in Gary, TX to the late John Paul and Susie Mae Davis Jones of Gary. He attended both Clayton and Carthage Schools, graduating from Carthage High School with the class of 1964.  Dean married...

Feb 4, 2023

Helen Polston, 85, of Tatum, Texas passed away Saturday morning February 4, 2023 at her home in Tatum. Helen Ruth Ingram was born on January 6, 1938 in DeBerry, Panola County, Texas to the late James L. and Ida Mae Harrison Ingram. She was raised in Panola County and was a graduate of Carthage High School with the class...

Feb 3, 2023

Jaquelene (Jackie) Sue Singleton, age 66, of Carthage, TX passed away February 3, 2023 in Longview, TX, surrounded by the love and support of family and friends. Jackie was born June 17, 1956 in Paris, TX to Emmit and Ruby James, the 5th of a family of 7 brothers and sisters. Jackie married Tony Lester Singleton on June 8,...

Feb 1, 2023

Hannon Arnold Franks, Sr., age 87, of Carthage, Texas, passed away on Wednesday morning, February 1, 2023, at his residence in Carthage, after a lengthy illness. He was born on March 30, 1935, in Effie, Louisiana to Manuel James and Rhoda Ella Nation Franks. Arnold was one of seven children in his family. He married his first wife, the...

Jan 28, 2023

January 9, 1951 was a happy day in Many, LA when James Rodney Goins was born to Ruthie Lea Weldon Goins and James Dewey Goins. He joined them in Heaven on January 28, 2023 at age 72 after a lengthy illness and several strokes.

Graveside services will be Saturday, February 4 at 2 PM at Mount Olivet...

Jan 27, 2023

Leta Fae Arnold, 93, of Houston, TX formerly of Longview, TX, passed away on Friday evening, Jan. 27, 2023, in Spring, TX. She was born on April 13, 1929, in Beaumont, TX to the late Euell Francis and Alma Lavera Miller Arnold. Leta was raised in Houston where she graduated from John Reagan High School with the class of...

Jan 25, 2023

Loretta Gary Childs Specie, 82 of Texarkana, Texas passed away on Wednesday morning January 25, 2023 in Texarkana. Loretta Gary was born on July 14, 1940 in Carthage, Texas to the late Walter Lacy and Lola Koonce Gary. She was raised in Panola County and graduated from Carthage High School with the class of 1958. Loretta attended Panola College...

Jan 24, 2023

Carolyn Sledge, 79, of DeBerry, Texas, passed away on Tuesday morning, January 24, 2023, at her home in DeBerry. Mary Carolyn Hendrix was born on December 14, 1943, in Rayville, Louisiana, to the late David Matthew and Cora Farrar Hendrix. She graduated from Holly Ridge High School in Richland Parrish, Louisiana with the class of 1961. Carolyn later earned...

Jan 21, 2023

Baby Scarlett Rose Hunter, age 14 days, of Carthage, Texas, passed away on Saturday afternoon, January 21, 2023, at Cook Children's Hospital in Fort Worth, Texas. Scarlett Rose was born on January 7, 2023, in Longview, Texas, to Kevin Michael and Jessica Gabrielle Hanes Hunter.

She is survived by her parents, Kevin and Jessica Hunter; brother, Traevin...

Jan 20, 2023

Ron Westbrook, 75, of Carthage, Texas, passed away on Friday morning, January 20, 2023, at his home in Carthage. Ronald Gene Westbrook was born on October 13, 1947, in Brookhaven, Mississippi, to the late Pat Ford and Mary Lucille Phillips Westbrook. He served in the United States Coast Guard.  Ron married Donna Ruth Harris on March 20, 1976, in...

Jan 20, 2023

Mint Milam, 65, of Carthage, Texas, passed away on Friday afternoon, January 20, 2023, in Carthage. She was born on February 8, 1957, in Carthage to the late Pink Lee "P.L." and Helen Hooker Milam. Mint graduated from Carthage High School with the class of 1975. During high school, she was a member of Walt Deppe's swim team. She...

Jan 19, 2023

Linda Berry, 68, of Carthage, Texas, passed away on Thursday morning, January 19, 2023, in Tyler, Texas. Linda Faye Berry was born on April 5, 1954 in Blythe, California, to the late Hasten Nelson and Lizzie Mae Johnson Nelson. She graduated from the Monrovia High School Class of 1972, in California. Linda was a cook at ETMC in Carthage...

Jan 14, 2023

Sally Ann George Amburn, 72, of Carthage, Texas, passed away on Saturday morning, January 14, 2023, in Longview, Texas. She was born on December 24, 1950, in Gilmer, Upshur County, Texas to the late Sam Vernon George, Sr. and Jessie Aline McBride George. Sally attended school in Harmony and Terrell and later earned an associate's degree from Panola College....

Jan 12, 2023

Aalon Wilkins, 76, of Carthage, Texas, passed away January 12, 2023, at his home in Carthage. He was the youngest of twin boys born on February 11, 1946, in Kerens, Texas, to the late Joe and Nasil Roper Wilkins. On Pearl Harbor Day, December 7, 1968, Aalon married the love of his life, Wanda Lynn Cullum, in Athens, Texas....