Sterling Ross Fletcher
Feb 23, 2019
Sterling Ross Fletcher, 66, of Carthage, TX, passed away peacefully on the morning of Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019, in Carthage after a decline in health. He was surrounded and supported by his loving wife and family the last days of his life. Sterling Ross "Bubba" Fletcher was born on Feb. 24, 1952, in DeBerry, TX to the late L.B....
Kenneth Wayne Tatum
Feb 22, 2019
Kenneth Wayne Tatum, 57, of Carthage, TX, passed away on Friday afternoon, Feb. 22, 2019, in Tyler. He was born on June 21, 1961, in the Fair Play Community in Panola County, TX to the late Edgar, Sr. and Velma D. Willis Tatum. Mr. Tatum was of the Baptist faith. He was preceded in death by his parents; brothers,...
Shirley Ann Small
Feb 21, 2019
Shirley Small, 81, of DeBerry, TX, passed away on Thursday morning, Feb. 21, 2019. Shirley Ann Coats Small was born on July 23, 1937, in Yukon, OK to the late Clint and Irene Miller Coats. Mrs. Small was the first licensed female butcher in the State of California, where she worked for Alpha Beta, now known as ABCO, until...
Michael Austin Morgan
Feb 20, 2019
Michael Austin Morgan, 74, of Forney, TX, passed away on Wednesday morning, Feb. 20, 2019, in Dallas. He was born on Oct. 13, 1944, in Hattiesburg, Mississippi to the late Roy Austin and Mabel Ann Lesikar Morgan. Mike graduated from Carthage High School with the class of 1962, and attended Panola College. He worked as a radio announcer at...
Roy Curry
Feb 18, 2019
Roy Curry, 76, of Beckville, TX, passed away on Monday morning, Feb. 18, 2019, at his home in Beckville. He was born on Dec. 11, 1942, in Panola County, TX to the late John D. and Hazel Mozelle Donald Curry. He married Abbie Ruth Moore on Sept. 20, 1985, in Gregg County, TX. Mr. Curry worked as a welder...
Thomas Joseph Bridges
Feb 15, 2019
Thomas Joseph Bridges, 77, of Carthage, TX, passed away on Friday night, Feb. 15, 2019. Cremation arrangements are by Jimerson-Lipsey Funeral Home. A guestbook may be signed online at www.jimerson-lipsey.com
Freda May Lindsey
Feb 11, 2019
Freda May Lindsey, 64, of Tatum, TX, passed away on Monday evening, Feb. 11, 2019, in Tyler. She was born on March 25, 1954 in Akron, OH to the late Alfred Emil and Ethel May Legg Federwisch. Freda married Raymond Paul "Beau" Lindsey on Nov. 18, 1977 in Coushatta, LA. She was a homemaker and enjoyed fishing and hunting. ...
Lizzie Ann Nash
Feb 9, 2019
Lizzie Ann Hodge Nash, 64, of Carthage, TX, passed away on Saturday morning, Feb. 9, 2019, at her home near Carthage. She was born on Aug. 15, 1954, in the Longbranch Community of Panola County, TX, to the late Johnnie and Boydie V. Pipkins Hodge. Lizzie graduated from Carthage High School with the class of 1972. She married Charles...
Larry Dean Donald, Sr.
Jan 29, 2019
Larry Dean Donald, Sr., 62, of DeBerry, TX, went to be with his Heavenly Father on Tuesday morning, Jan. 29, 2019, at his home in DeBerry. He was born on Sept. 8, 1956, in Carthage, TX to the marriage of Therion Curtis and Emma Louise Godwin Donald. Larry married Deborah Gail Shields on Sept. 2, 1983, in San Augustine,...
Pat Davis-Shew
Jan 29, 2019
Pat Davis-Shew, 72, of the Deadwood Community in Panola County, TX, passed away on Tuesday morning, Jan. 29, 2019, in Longview. Patricia Gayle Williams Davis-Shew was born on July 15, 1946, in Henderson, TX to the late Hubert and Betty Jo Burk Williams. Pat graduated from High School in Leilehua, Wahiawa, Hawaii with the class of 1964. She married...
William Paul Matthews
Jan 26, 2019
A graveside service with military honors for Paul Matthews of Longview, TX will be 2 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 28, 2019, at Tatum Cemetery with Dr. Tim Watson officiating under the direction of Jimerson-Lipsey Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from 12-1 p.m. on Monday at the funeral home prior to the graveside service.
Paul was...
Ralph E. Dirst
Jan 22, 2019
Ralph E. Dirst, 75, of Panola County, TX, passed away on Tuesday evening, Jan. 22, 2019, in Nacogdoches, TX. Ralph Edward Dirst was born on July 28, 1943, in Baytown, TX to the late Ralph Emerson and Gladys Mae Huggins Dirst. He graduated from Baytown High School. He served his country in the U.S. Air Force, retiring after 20...
Earnest Charles Whitley
Jan 18, 2019
Charles Whitley, 75, of Carthage, TX, passed away on Friday afternoon, Jan. 18, 2019, in Shreveport. Earnest Charles Whitley was born on Jan. 22, 1943, in Beckville, TX to the late Earnest Woodrow Whitley, Sr. and Mamie D. Glover Whitley. He graduated from Carthage High School with the class of 1961, and attended Panola College. Charles served in the...
Ruby Faye Grimes
Jan 17, 2019
Ruby Grimes, 92, of Carthage, TX, passed away on Thursday afternoon, Jan. 17, 2019, in Carthage. Ruby Faye Wroten Grimes was born on Aug. 19, 1926, in Carthage to the late Clarence Carlton and Mary Lois Allums Wroten. She graduated from Carthage High School with the class of 1944, and attended the University of Texas at Austin. She married...
Manuel Montes Cordova
Jan 17, 2019
"Sueña como si fueras a vivir para siempre. Vive como si fueras a morir hoy."
Manuel Montes Cordova, 28, of Carthage, TX, passed away on Thursday afternoon, Jan. 17, 2019, in Loving County, TX. He was born on Oct. 6, 1990, Campeche, Mexico to Manuel Montes Toscano and Angela Cordova. Manuel worked for Courtney Construction in Carthage....
James Eric Seegers
Jan 16, 2019
Eric Seegers, 41, of Beckville, TX, passed away on Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 16, 2019, in Longview. James Eric Seegers was born on Feb. 2, 1977, in Carthage, TX to James Theodore and Belinda Ann Morris Seegers. He graduated from Beckville High School with the class of 1995. Eric married Jaime Michelle Sipes on July 9, 1999, in Carthage. He...
Melba Ruth Dailey Langford
Jan 13, 2019
Melba Langford, 83, of Carthage, TX, passed away on Sunday morning, Jan. 13, 2019, in Carthage. Melba Ruth Dailey Langford was born on May 26, 1935, in Beckville, TX to the late James Connelly and Callie Vesta Fite Dailey. She married John W. Langford in Nov. of 1952, in Arkansas and he preceded her in death on March 23,...
Mary Nell Snider King
Jan 12, 2019
Mary Nell King, 82, of Carthage, TX, passed away on Saturday morning, Jan. 12, 2019, at her home in Carthage. Mary Nell Snider King was born on June 19, 1936, in Dallas, TX to the late Robert Orlando and Orra Lillian Anderson Snider. She graduated from Adamson High School in Dallas. Mary Nell married Lincoln Henry King on July...
Thomas Ewell Escoe, Iii
Jan 12, 2019
Mr. Thomas Ewell Escoe, III, 75, of Carthage, TX, passed into the arms of his heavenly father on Saturday morning, Jan. 12, 2019, at his home surrounded by his loving family. He was born on June 21, 1943, in Carthage to the late Thomas Ewell Escoe, Jr. and Elizabeth Anne Davis Escoe. He graduated from Carthage High School with...
John Anthony Schellhorn, Ii
Jan 10, 2019
John Anthony Schellhorn, II, 83, of the Woods Community in Panola County, TX, passed away on Thursday evening, Jan. 10, 2019, in Shreveport. He was born on May 11, 1935, in Ft. Worth, TX to the late John Anthony Schellhorn, Sr. and Lucy Mae Tomlinson Schellhorn. He graduated from Ball High School in Galveston with the class of 1953, ...
