Obituaries

Mar 14, 2019

Herbert Gibbs, 58, of the Pinehill Community in Rusk County, TX, formerly from Shiloh, LA, passed away on Thursday evening, March 14, 2019, at his home. Mr. Gibbs was born on Oct. 22, 1960, in Mansfield, LA to the late Thomas Cecil and Mittie Odell Evans Gibbs. He attended school in Logansport, LA, graduating with the Logansport High School...

Mar 14, 2019

Clint Woran Stephenson, 40, of Gary, TX, passed away on Thursday evening, March 14, 2019, in Beckville, TX due to injuries sustained in a UTV accident. He was born on June 10, 1978, in Carthage, TX to Louie Carroll Stephenson and Gwen Manchaca Stephenson. Clint attended school in Gary, and was a Gary High School graduate with the class...

Mar 12, 2019

Girtha Lee Johnson, 94, of Carthage, TX, passed away on March 12, 2019, in Carthage. Girtha Lee Rayson Johnson was born on June 3, 1924, in Panola County, TX to the late Elma Rayson and Jessie Lee Stevenson Wallace. She married Eugene Johnson on Jan. 27, 1940, in Carthage and he preceded her in death on April 9, 2007....

Mar 9, 2019

Flora Mae Drewery, 94, of Carthage, TX, passed away on Saturday morning, March 9, 2019, at her home near Carthage. Flora Mae McIlwain Drewery was born on Jan. 18, 1925, to the late Weaver George and Lila Mae Jones McIlwain. She graduated from Carthage High School. Mrs. Drewery worked as a dietician at Panola General Hospital for over 25...

Mar 8, 2019

John Simpson, 74, of Carthage, TX, passed away on Friday morning, March 8, 2019, in Longview. John Donald Simpson was born on Jan. 23, 1945, in Center, TX to the late Herbert Harrison Simpson, Sr. and Mada Mildred Mason Simpson. He graduated from Carthage High School with the class of 1963. John served our country in the U.S. Navy...

Mar 8, 2019

Oma Lee McDaniel, 82, of Marshall, TX formerly of Carthage, TX, passed away on Friday afternoon, March 8, 2019, in Marshall. Oma Lee Laird McDaniel was born on May 10, 1936, in Monette, Ark. to the late George Curtis and Evelyn Jewel Gauf Laird. She married James Shirley McDaniel on Nov. 12, 1952, in Truman, Ark. and he preceded...

Mar 6, 2019

Roy Briery, 67, of Beckville, TX, passed away on Wednesday morning, March 6, 2019, at his home in Beckville. Roy Glenn Briery was born on Jan. 2, 1952, in Carthage, TX to the late Roy Allen and Grace Soape Briery. He graduated from Carthage High School with the class of 1970. Roy began working in the oilfield and then...

Mar 2, 2019

Vanessa Renee Walton Ford, 55, of Carthage, passed away on Saturday evening, March 2, 2019, in Carthage. She was born on March 17, 1963, in Carthage to Travis Leon and Altha V. Benson Walton. Vanessa graduated from Carthage High School with the class of 1982, and earned a CNA degree. She loved spending time with her family. Her father...

Mar 1, 2019

Shaun Compton, 54, of Carthage, TX, passed away suddenly on Friday, March 1, 2019, in Orlando, FL. Shannon Lee "Shaun" Compton was born on July 22, 1964, in Huntsville, AL to the late Kenneth Allen and Anna S. DuPlessis Compton. Shaun graduated from Orange Park High School in Orange Park, FL with the class of 1982. He served his...

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....

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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

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. ...

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...

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,...

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...

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...