James Elton Williams
Mar 30, 2020
James Elton Williams, 88, of Beckville, Texas, passed away on Monday morning, March 30, 2020, at his home near Beckville. He was born on Dec. 2, 1931, in the Brooks Community of Panola County, Texas to the late William Virgil and Lena Genetta Dailey Williams. Mr. Williams graduated from Carthage High School and served his country in the U.S....
Joyce Deatherage
Mar 24, 2020
Joyce Deatherage, 76, of Carthage, TX, passed away on Tuesday night, March 24, 2020, in Carthage. Joyce Almarie Dickerson was born on Nov. 23, 1943, in California. She graduated Robert E. Lee High School in Tyler, TX and attended college in Espanola, NM where she earned an Associate's Degree in Business. Mrs. Deatherage was a homemaker. She moved to...
Mary Ann Stillwell
Mar 20, 2020
Mary Stillwell, 81, of the Old Center Community of Panola County, TX, passed away on Friday morning, March 20, 2020, in Carthage, TX. Mary Ann Kemp Stillwell was born on Feb. 18, 1939, in Marlin, Falls County, TX to the late Richard Harvey and Faye Etheridge Kemp. She graduated from high school in Brownfield, TX with the class of...
Lola Belle Davis Harris
Mar 18, 2020
Lola Belle Davis Harris, 68, of Tyler, TX, formerly of Carthage, TX, passed away on Wednesday afternoon, March 18, 2020, at her home in Tyler. Lola Belle Davis was born on Dec. 3, 1951, in Indio, CA to the late Robie and Annie Lee Morris Davis. She attended Indio schools and later earned a nursing certificate. Mrs. Harris moved...
Dick Haynes
Mar 17, 2020
Dick Haynes, 92, of Carthage, TX, passed away on Tuesday morning, March 17, 2020, in Lufkin, TX. Edwin Dick Haynes was born on June 15, 1927, in Avery, Red River County, TX to the late Howard Edwin and Naomi Frances Lemon Haynes. He graduated from Elysian Fields High School with the class of 1944. He attended East Texas Baptist...
Odie Nutt
Mar 13, 2020
Odie Nutt, 95, of Carthage, TX, passed away on Friday night, March 13, 2020, in Carthage. Odie Earnest Vermillion was born on Feb. 6, 1925, in Oklahoma to the late Odie Earnest and Minnie Bailey Vermillion. She attended Stephen F. Austin State University where she earned a Bachelor of Science Degree. She married Alton A. Nutt on May 17,...
Willie Howard Robinson
Mar 4, 2020
Willie Robinson, 76, of Carthage, TX, passed away on Wednesday night, March 4, 2020, at his home near Carthage. Â Willie Howard Robinson was born on June 14, 1943, in Carthage to the late Howard and Gracie Mae Allison Robinson. He attended Carthage Schools. Mr. Robinson married Ruby Nell Beck on May 26, 1962, in Center, TX. He worked for...
Lola Bell Bowens
Mar 1, 2020
Lola Bell Bowens, 74, of Long Branch, Panola County, TX, passed away on Sunday morning, March 1, 2020, in Carthage, TX. Lola Bell Simpson was born on Sept. 17, 1945, in Long Branch to the late F.E. and Minnie Mae Tatum Simpson. She married Jim Bowens and he preceded her in death in 1972. Lola Bell had lived in...
Pearl Hodge
Feb 28, 2020
Pearl Hodge, 63, of Gary, TX, passed away on Friday night, Feb. 28, 2020, in Carthage, TX. Fannie Pearl Hodge was born on Feb. 1, 1957, in Carthage to the late L.B. and Sylvia Bell Downing Hodge. Pearl had lived her lifetime in Panola County and was of the Assembly of God faith. She was one of God's children...
Judy Stone
Feb 23, 2020
Judy Stone, 75, of Carthage, TX, passed away on Sunday morning, Feb. 23, 2020, in Carthage. Judith Ann Martine was born on Oct. 6, 1944, in Evansville, IN to Roger Mack and Nina Rebecca Shelton Martine. She graduated from North High School in Evansville with the class of 1962. Judy was a homemaker and a business owner for many...
Tom Hudson
Feb 22, 2020
Tom Hudson, 89, of Lake Murvaul, Panola County, TX, passed away on Saturday afternoon, Feb. 22, 2020, in Carthage, TX. Thomas Neal Hudson was born on Feb. 17, 1931, in Carthage to the late Olen and Elsie Faye Williams Hudson. He attended Gary Schools. Mr. Hudson retired from the pipeline construction business. He had lived his lifetime in Panola...
Gene Murphy
Feb 20, 2020
Gene Murphy, 76, of Carthage, TX, passed away on Feb. 20, 2020, at his home in Carthage. Morris Eugene "Gene" Murphy, Jr. was born Jan. 3, 1944, in Jasper, TX to the late Morris Eugene Murphy, Sr. and Minnie Elizabeth McCann Murphy. He graduated from San Angelo High School with the class of 1962. Mr. Murphy married Gloria Ann...
Betty Rodgers
Feb 17, 2020
Betty Rodgers, 87 of Fair Play, TX, passed away on Monday morning, Feb. 17, 2020, in Carthage, TX. Elizabeth Jane "Betty" Rodgers was born on Dec. 29, 1932, in Wilkinsburg, PA to the late Lawrence W. and Leila Jane Snyder Havranek. She married Melvin A. Rodgers on July 17, 1978, in Houston and he preceded her in death on...
Bob Long Patterson, Sr.
Feb 13, 2020
Bob Patterson, 88, of Garrison, TX, passed away on Thursday morning, Feb. 13, 2020, in Carthage, TX. Bob Long Patterson, Sr. was born on Nov. 10, 1931, in Garrison to the late Bertram Ashby "Pat" and Jodie Chandler Patterson. He attended school in Orange and Garrison. Mr. Patterson served in the U.S. Air Force from 1946-1949 and was honorably...
Johnny R. Jacks
Feb 9, 2020
Johnny R. Jacks, 72, of Tyler, TX, passed away on Sunday, Feb. 9, 2020, in Tyler. Johnny Ray Jacks was born on Nov. 21, 1947, in Mansfield, LA to the late Norman N. and Mary Ann Rita Aucoin Jacks. He attended Carthage schools and worked his lifetime as a truck driver. Mr. Jacks was raised a Master Mason in...
Frank Denton
Feb 7, 2020
Rebbie Frank Denton was born June 17, 1926 to Lee Wood Denton and Winnie Davis Green in Lufkin, Texas. He passed away on February 7, 2020. Frank was preceded in death by his parents, one brother, two sisters and his wife of 46 years. He is survived by his sister Jo Anne Smith of Tyler, his children: Lowell and...
Don Greer
Feb 2, 2020
Don Greer, 84, of DeBerry, TX, passed away on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2020, at his home in DeBerry. Donald Oliver Greer was born on March 3, 1935, in DeBerry to the late Thomas Augustus and Mavis Sue Lawless Greer. Don graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in Dallas with the class of 1953. He was a very talented musician,...
Carolyn Deaton
Jan 28, 2020
Carolyn Deaton, 86, of Carthage, TX, passed away on Tuesday evening, Jan. 28, 2020, in Carthage. Carolyn Abernathy was born on Feb. 3, 1933, in Mayfield, KY to the late Waymon and Lillie Mae Cook Abernathy. She married Ples Van Deaton on Dec. 24, 1971, in Marshall and he preceded her in death on June 29, 2007. Mrs. Deaton...
Paula Louise Williams Pekelo
Jan 27, 2020
Paula Louise Pekelo was born on April 27, 1962, in Carthage, Texas. She transitioned on January 27, 2020 in Rowlett, Texas. Paula accepted Christ an early age at First Baptist Church of Redwater in Redwater, Texas. Affectionately known by her family as "Hickory Head", she delighted in many hobbies, including cooking, fishing, and crocheting. Paula had a determined spirit,...
William C. Slaughter, Jr.
Jan 25, 2020
William C. Slaughter, Jr., 97, of DeBerry, TX, passed away on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020, at his home in DeBerry. William Candler Slaughter, Jr. was born on Oct. 26, 1922, in Atlanta, GA to the late William Candler Slaughter, Sr. and Grace Elvira McGee Slaughter. He served in the U.S. Army during WWII and was honorably discharged.  Mr. Slaughter...
