O. C. Powell
Dec 21, 2022
O. C. Powell, 87, of Carthage, TX, passed away on Wednesday morning, Dec. 21, 2022, at his home. Obed Collier "O.C." Powell was born on Jan. 12, 1935, in Carterville, Cass County, TX to the late Obed and Clara Elizabeth Watson Powell. Mr. Powell served in the U.S. Army and was honorably discharged. He owned and operated a Texaco...
Doris Lano Taylor Gucker
Dec 19, 2022
Doris was born at home near Joaquin, TX on December 9, 1924. She never knew her mother who passed away shortly after her first birthday. Growing up in a poor farm family, the youngest of four sisters, she was raised by her grandparents, Arch and Bessie Lane. She graduated from Tenaha High School in 1943 and moved to Houston...
Linda Sells
Dec 18, 2022
Linda Sells, 72, of Clayton, TX, passed away on Sunday morning, Dec. 18, 2022, at home in Clayton. She was born on Nov. 11, 1950, in Hereford, TX to the late Clinton and Neva Iola McCutchen Brevard. Linda married William Homer "Bill" Sells on June 16, 1967, in Carthage, TX and he preceded her in death on March 27,...
Sylvia Marjorie Cotton
Dec 18, 2022
Sylvia Cotton, 90, of Beckville, TX, passed away on Sunday morning, Dec. 18, 2022, in Carthage. Sylvia Marjorie Levens was born on Sept. 21, 1932, in Slough, England to the late William Henry and Dorothy Constance Willett Levens. She married James Edward Cotton on June 10, 1970, in the Canary Islands and he preceded her in death on July...
Mandy Pope Duran
Dec 16, 2022
Mandy Pope Duran was born on April 26, 1974 to Roger Dale and Bonnie Bagley Pope, and she has been the apple of their eye from that day forward. Mandy was quickly snatched up by Walter Hewey and Minnie Lou Bagley lovingly known to everyone as "Fuzzy" and "Boo". To Mandy, they were "Big" and "Boo". Fuzzy quickly let...
Charles Lee Evers
Dec 13, 2022
Charles Lee Evers, 84, of the Riderville Community near Carthage, TX, passed away on Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022, at his home in Riderville. He was born on May 18, 1938, in Magnolia, AR to the late Curtis Lee and Susie Virginia Tucker Evers. Charles graduated from New London, TX High School with the class of 1956. He earned a...
Huelitt Cariker
Dec 13, 2022
Huelitt Cariker, age 100, of Carthage, TX, passed away on Tuesday morning, Dec. 13, 2022, in Longview, TX. Gladys Huelitt Biggs was born on Dec. 21, 1921, in Carthage to the late Augustus Marvin "Gus" Biggs, Sr. and Viola Hudman Biggs. She was active in her church all of her life. Huelitt enjoyed horseback riding and square dancing. She...
Ian Andrew Simpson
Dec 11, 2022
Ian Simpson, 35, of Carthage, Texas, passed away on Sunday morning, December 11, 2022, near Clayton, Texas due to injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Ian Andrew Simpson was born on September 6, 1987, in Lander, Wyoming to Patrick Doyle and Sharon Ella Skiles Simpson. He graduated from Carthage High School with the class of 2006. After graduation, Ian...
Everett Dell Sonier
Dec 5, 2022
Everett Sonier, 83, of Blanco, Texas, passed away on Monday evening, December 5, 2022, in Longview, Texas. Everett Dell Sonier was born on September 20, 1939, in Orange, Texas to the late Arthur and Cleo Shirley Simpson Sonier. He graduated from Joaquin High School where he lettered in football. He married Charlsie Rogene Reeves, in 1959, in Shelby County,...
Bob Williams
Dec 3, 2022
Bob Williams, 91, of Carthage, TX, passed away on Saturday morning, Dec. 3, 2022, at his home in Carthage. Bobby Joe Williams was born on Feb. 20, 1931, in Wilson, OK to the late Joe and Blanche Howell Williams. He graduated from Carthage High School with the class of 1948 and attended Panola College on a track scholarship. He...
Janet Carolyn Glaze
Dec 2, 2022
Janet Glaze, 77, of Carthage, TX, passed away on Friday night, Dec. 2, 2022, at her home in Carthage. Janet Carolyn Harris was born on Dec. 19, 1944, in Mt. Pleasant, TX to the late Thomas Cecil Harris and Daisy Ellen Green Harris. She graduated from Mt. Pleasant High School with the class of 1963. On Jan. 19, 1963,...
Richard Ford
Nov 25, 2022
Richard Ford, 71, of DeBerry, Texas passed away Friday, November 25, 2022, in Tyler, Texas. Richard Douglas Ford was born July 24, 1951, in Laredo, Texas to the late Ray Ford and Joyce Shafer Johnson. He married Janice Lee on June 1, 1984, in Las Vegas and they celebrated 38 years together. Richard was a rancher and an avid...
Edna Walker
Nov 23, 2022
Edna Walker, 67, of Carthage, Texas, passed away on Wednesday, November 23, 2022, in Carthage. Mrs. Walker was born on November 18, 1955, in Center, Texas to the late Tol Ray and Edna Zelone "Lois" Sholar Powdrill. She graduated with the Buna High School class of 1974. Edna married Sidney Linnis Walker on September 4, 1974, in Henderson, Texas....
James Milton Ingram
Nov 23, 2022
James Milton Ingram, 59, of Gary, Texas, passed away on Wednesday morning, November 23, 2022, at his home near Gary. He was born on August 14, 1963, at home near Gary to the late Charles McCoy Ingram, Sr. and Jewelene Delores Sanders Ingram. Mr. Ingram graduated from Carthage High School with the class of 1982. He worked in the...
Lenzo Tucker
Nov 22, 2022
Lenzo Tucker, 81, of Jefferson, Texas, passed away on Tuesday morning, November 22, 2022, in Marshall, Texas. He was born on September 10, 1941, in Harrison County, Texas to the late Lorenza Tucker and Katherine Long. Lenzo attended Pemberton School in Marshall. He worked as a truck driver until his retirement. Lenzo married Lillie Louise Harris on Feb. 16,...
Ann Briggs Lawrence
Nov 20, 2022
Ann Briggs Lawrence, 81, of Carthage, Texas passed away Sunday, November 20, 2022 in Carthage. Verna Ann Briggs was born December 3, 1940 in Carthage, Texas to the late Verne David Briggs and Cory Christine Porter Briggs. Ann was raised in Carthage and attended Carthage schools and later obtained a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology. She worked for many years...
Shirley Ann Hunter Thomas
Nov 15, 2022
Shirley Ann Hunter Thomas, 86, of Marshall, Texas, passed away on Tuesday afternoon, November 15, 2022, in Carthage, Texas. She was born on June 24, 1936, in Monroe, Louisiana to the late Lemuel Leonard and Amy Womack Hunter. Shirley graduated from Jonesboro Hodge High School in Jonesboro, Louisiana with the class of 1955. She married Shelby Glenn Thomas on...
Casey Bramblett Baker
Nov 13, 2022
Casey Bramblett Baker, 43, of Longview, TX, passed away on Sunday afternoon, Nov. 13, 2022, at her home in Longview. Casey Caroline Bramblett was born on Aug. 13, 1979, in Longview to Louis Wilson Bramblett, Jr. and Dorothy Marie Dailey Bramblett. She graduated from Carthage High School with the class of 1997. Casey attended Panola College where she earned...
Charles Raymond Westmoreland
Nov 12, 2022
Charles Westmoreland, 83 of Carthage, Texas passed away Saturday, November 12, 2022 in Carthage. Charles Raymond Westmoreland was born November 28, 1938 in Carthage to the late Eckart Westmoreland and Eula Mae Boyd. He was raised in Carthage and attended Turner schools. Charles married Martha B. Douglas and they celebrated over 50 years together. He worked most of his...
Gary Blackshire
Nov 7, 2022
Gary Blackshire, 42, of Carthage, Texas, passed away on Monday afternoon, November 7, 2022 in Carthage. Gary was born on June 30, 1980, in Carthage, to Charles Ray Blackshire and Ruby Fay Beck Blackshire. He graduated with the Carthage High School Class of 1999 and then attended Panola Jr. College's welding program where he earned an associate's degree in...
