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Nellie Summers

Nellie Summers

Sep 16, 2018

Nellie Summers, 76, passed away on Sunday night, Sept. 16, 2018. She was born on Nov. 7, 1941, in Waskom to the late Bill and Mary Hendricks Philpot. She attended Waskom schools and was a member of the First Baptist Church of Waskom. Mrs. Summers married Carroll DeWayne Summers, Sr. on Apr. 18, 1958, in Jefferson. She volunteered for...

Larry Alan Wells

Larry Alan Wells

Sep 15, 2018

Larry Alan Wells, 43, of Carthage, TX, passed away on Saturday night, Sept. 15, 2018, in Panola County due to injuries sustained in an automobile accident. He was born on Dec. 28, 1974, in Houston to S.J. and Kathryn Wear Wells. He attended Gruver, TX schools. Larry loved the outdoors including hunting, fishing, camping, and metal detecting. He moved...

Mary Russell

Mary Russell

Sep 15, 2018

Mary Russell, 77, of Burleson, TX formerly of Carthage, TX, passed away on Saturday morning, Sept. 15, 2018. Mary Lou Alexander Russell was born on Nov. 25, 1940, in the Midyett Community in Panola County to the late Charlie Cordie and Lucile Reeves Alexander. She graduated from Carthage High School with the class of 1959, and attended Panola College...

Laverne Strong Wall

Laverne Strong Wall

Sep 12, 2018

LaVerne Strong Wall, 81, passed into the hands of her Heavenly Father on September 12, 2018. Memorial funeral services celebrating her life will be on Saturday, September 15, 2018, at 2:30 p.m. at Jimerson-Lipsey Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Steve Jackson and Dr. Monty Pierce officiating. The family will receive friends from 1:00-2:30 p.m. on Saturday at the funeral...

Jeff Raymond Lagrone

Jeff Raymond Lagrone

Sep 5, 2018

Jeff LaGrone, 79, of Carthage, TX, passed away on Wednesday morning, Sept. 5, 2018, in Carthage. Jeff Raymond LaGrone was born on Oct. 19, 1938, in Deadwood, TX. He was the 9 th of 10 children born to the late Jeff David and Oleta Beatrice Plunkett LaGrone. Growing up, he lived in Deadwood and attended Carthage schools, graduating from...

Godfrey Earl Ingram

Godfrey Earl Ingram

Sep 2, 2018

Godfrey Earl Ingram, 51, of Carthage, passed away on Sunday, Sept. 2, 2018. He was born on Oct. 22, 1966, in Carthage, to James Ingram, Sr. and the late Dorothy Booty Ingram. He attended Carthage Public Schools and married Linda Marshall. Mr. Ingram lived his lifetime in Panola County where he worked in the logging business for many years....

Christopher Glenn Sutton

Christopher Glenn Sutton

Aug 27, 2018

Christopher Glenn Sutton, 51, of Carthage, passed away on Monday morning, Aug. 27, 2018, in Longview. Chris was born on Feb. 2, 1967, in Carthage to Arthur and Hazel Ann Ware Sutton. He graduated from Carthage High School with the class of 1985, and attended Panola College where he earned an Associate's Degree in Forestry. He began his career...

Claud "Buddy" Tompkins, Jr.

Claud "Buddy" Tompkins, Jr.

Aug 23, 2018

Claud "Buddy" Tompkins, Jr., 85, of Beckville, passed away on Thursday night, Aug. 23, 2018, at his home near Beckville. He was born on Nov. 22, 1932, in Philadelphia, PA to the late Claud Tompkins, Sr. and Eva Ruth Sharp Tompkins. He graduated from Beckville High School with the class of 1950, and attended Compton Jr. College in Compton,...

Ryan Mathew Fleming

Ryan Mathew Fleming

Aug 18, 2018

Ryan Mathew Fleming, 48, of Tatum, TX, passed away on Saturday night, Aug. 18, 2018, in Longview, TX. He was born on May 4, 1970, in Atlanta, GA to the late Forest Victor Fleming, Jr. and Anna Lee Bristley Fleming. He graduated from Peachtree High School in Dunwoody, GA with the class of 1988. He began working at Doraville,...

Betty Sue Davidson Allums

Betty Sue Davidson Allums

Aug 18, 2018

Betty Sue Davidson Allums, 85 of Beckville, TX, passed away on Saturday morning, Aug. 18, 2018, in Carthage. She was born as a twin on April 2, 1933, in Rock Hill Community near Beckville to the late Curtis and Pauline Hudson Davidson. Mrs. Allums graduated from Beckville High School with the class of 1950. She started working at the...

Virginia Howes

Virginia Howes

Aug 15, 2018

Virginia Howes, 83, of Lake Murvaul, Texas, passed away on Wednesday morning, Aug. 15, 2018, at her home at Lake Murvaul. Virginia Braxton Howes was born on December 7, 1934, in Winterville, North Carolina to the late Robert and Johnnie Bell Creel Braxton. She graduated from Winterville High School with the class of 1951. Virginia married Donald Earle Howes...

Jimmy Wayne Jordan

Jimmy Wayne Jordan

Aug 11, 2018

Jimmy Wayne Jordan , 64, of Center, passed away on Saturday, Aug. 11, 2018, in Center. He was born on May 3, 1954, in Houston to the late Jim Allan and Betty Jean Wolfe Jordan. Mr. Jordan graduated from Gary High School with the class of 1972. He married Donna May Muth on June 16, 1999, in...

Doris Marie Williams

Doris Marie Williams

Aug 8, 2018

Doris Williams, 90, of Tatum, passed away on Wednesday morning, Aug. 8, 2018, in Longview. Doris Marie Brown was born on Aug. 11, 1927, in Goose Creek, TX to the late Steve Wilson and Etta Mae Oliphant Brown. She married Norman Alvin Williams on Oct. 11, 1954, and he preceded her in death on June 11, 2010. Mrs. Williams...

Richard Valentine

Richard Valentine

Aug 2, 2018

Richard Valentine, 75, of Fairplay, TX, passed away on Thursday, Aug. 2, 2018, at his home. He was born on Jan. 14, 1943, in New Orleans to the late Junior Valentine and Dorothy Mae Brown. He graduated from Washington Union High School in Fresno, CA with the class of 1963. Richard joined the U.S. Navy and served during Vietnam...

Ella Jane Burgess

Ella Jane Burgess

Jul 28, 2018

Ella Jane Nail Burgess, 59, of Gary, passed away on Saturday, July 28, 2018, in Tyler. She was born on July 12, 1959, in Rockwall to Corbin James and Lillie Mae McDaniel Nail. Mrs. Burgess attended Carthage Schools and Panola College where she completed the cosmetology and CNA programs. She married Dale Edward Burgess on Aug. 7, 1976, and...

Larry Dale Davis

Larry Dale Davis

Jul 19, 2018

Larry D. Davis, 76, of Carthage, passed away on Thursday morning, July 19, 2018, in Tyler. Larry Dale Davis was born on April 27, 1942, in McLeod, TX to the late Sidney Serepta "S.S." and Lela Verna Hughes Davis. He graduated from Carthage High School with the class of 1961. Larry married Jerrie Lynette Poss on Dec. 27, 1963....

Joseph Tanny Johnson

Joseph Tanny Johnson

Jul 11, 2018

It is with great sadness that the family of Joseph Tanny Johnson, announce his death on Wednesday morning, July 11, 2018, at Marian Place in Carthage, TX at the age of 83. Born on August 7, 1934, in Shreveport, LA, he lived his life in Bossier City where he owned Brownlee Development Corporation and Johnson Construction Company for 40...

Florence Dickey

Florence Dickey

Jul 9, 2018

Florence Dickey, 93, of the Antioch Community, passed away on Monday morning, July 9, 2018, in Longview. Florence June Love Dickey was born on Aug. 3, 1924, in Royal Oak, MI to the late Robert Henry and Bertha Ann Loucks Love. Florence attended Alpena, MI schools and later married Holland Dickey on March 26, 1977, in Las Vegas. She...

Ada Lee Hudson

Ada Lee Hudson

Jul 5, 2018

Ada Lee Hudson, 76, of Carthage, passed away on Thursday morning, July 5, 2018, in Carthage. Ada Lee Woods Hudson was born on Jan. 14, 1942, in Carthage, to the late John Melvin "Pete" and Ruby Juanita Hayden Woods. She graduated from Carthage High School with the class of 1959 and attended Panola College. She married Herbert Lynn Hudson...

Allison Benedikte Olsen Sutherland

Allison Benedikte Olsen Sutherland

Jul 5, 2018

Allison Benedikte Olsen Sutherland, 68, of Carthage, Texas, passed away on Thursday morning, July 5, 2018, in Carthage. She was born on September 20, 1949, in Minneapolis, Minnesota to Clarence Edwin and Jayne Irene Peterson Olsen. Cremation arrangements are by Jimerson-Lipsey Funeral Home.

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