Darlton Layne Calcote
Jun 26, 2018
Darlton Layne Calcote, 65, of Carthage, Texas, passed from this life on Tuesday, June 26, 2018, in Carthage. He was born on Feb. 14, 1953, in DeRidder, LA to the late Carl Joseph and Nina Mae Clark Calcote. He was preceded in death by his parents and brother, Gilbert Calcote. Survivors include his loving wife of 43 years, Bonnie...
Thomas Marshall Helms
Jun 24, 2018
Thomas Marshall Helms, 100, of Carthage, passed away on Sunday evening, June 24, 2018, in Carthage. He was born on Sept. 22, 1917, in El Dorado, Ark. to the late George William and Mattie Green Helms. Mr. Helms attended Ouachita Baptist College in Arkadelphia, Ark. and he served his country in the U.S. Army during WWII. He married Vesta...
Milly Roberts
Jun 24, 2018
Milly Roberts, 77, of Ft. Worth, passed away on Sunday, June 24, 2018, at her daughter's home on Lake Murvaul. Viola Mildred "Milly" Roberts was born on May 15, 1941, in Silverton, TX to the late Arthur Martin and Dora Belle Stout Perkins. She moved to Lake Murvaul in January of 2018. She was preceded in death by her parents;...
Kedrick Tramaine Parker
Jun 20, 2018
Kedrick Tramaine Parker, 34 of Beckville, passed away on Wednesday morning, June 20, 2018, near Beckville due to injuries sustained in an automobile accident. He was born on Nov. 22, 1983, in Marshall to Willie Earl Cartwright and Paula Denise Parker. Kedrick accepted Christ in his life at an early age and attended Mt. Zion CME in Carthage. He...
June Reeves Smylie
Jun 19, 2018
June Reeves Smylie, 89, of Floresville, TX, formerly of Carthage, passed away on June 19, 2018. She was born on June 1, 1929, in Carthage to the late J. Weldon and Monsie Crawford Reeves, and that is where she grew up. Mother to her kids and Granny to her seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren June embraced the life of a...
Gladney Velie Burns
Jun 11, 2018
Gladney Velie Burns , 86, of Carthage, passed away on Monday, June 11, 2018, in Carthage. She was born on May 8, 1932, in Panola County, to the late Willaim Oswell and Lena Sessum Downing. Mrs. Burns was a homemaker and spent her lifetime in Carthage. One of her hobbies that she enjoyed very much was working...
Bernando L. Franklin
May 31, 2018
Bernando L. Franklin , 42, of Carthage, passed away on Thursday morning, May 31, 2018, in Carthage. He was born on Oct. 31, 1975, in Carthage to Barry and Toni Ware Franklin. He graduated from Carthage High School with the class of 1994. He attended Texas Tech University where he earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in...
Billie Jean Lister
May 29, 2018
Billie Jean Lister , 78, of Carthage, Texas, passed away on Tuesday, May 29, 2018, in Carthage. She was born on March 24, 1940, in Delray, Texas to the late Eugene and Ella Mae Hicks Rayson. Billie Jean was captain of her basketball team at Turner High School where she graduated with the class of 1958. She...
Ruby Jean Brown
May 25, 2018
Ruby Jean Brown, 77, of Carthage, passed away on Friday night, May 25, 2018, in Carthage. She was born on Nov. 23, 1940, to the late Lizzie Mae Smith Davis and Carzie Brown. Ms. Brown attended Turner School where she graduated from High School with the class of 1961. She joined the church at an early age where she...
Billy J. Langford
May 22, 2018
Billy J. Langford , 89, of Carthage, TX, passed away on Tuesday, May 22, 2018, in Carthage. He was born on Oct. 3, 1928, in Shreveport, LA to the late Homer Baugh and Ivy Mae Jarvis Langford. Mr. Langford graduated from Carthage High School. He married Varnell "Nell" Hammons on Dec. 10, 1949, in Beckville and she...
Nancy Tiller
May 22, 2018
Nancy Tiller, 87, of Carthage, TX, passed away on Tuesday evening, May 22, 2018, at her home near Carthage. Nancy Ellis Fite Tiller was born on Feb. 12, 1931, in Carthage to the late William Ellis and Mary Emaline Holt Fite. She graduated from Carthage High School with the class of 1949, and attended Panola College. Mrs. Tiller married...
Charles Raymond Williams, Sr.
May 12, 2018
Ray Williams, 84, of Beckville, passed away on May 12, 2018, in Longview. Charles Raymond Williams, Sr. was born on Oct. 26, 1933, in Rosebud, TX to the late John Thomas "Tom" and Thelma Bean Williams. He worked as a mechanic until his retirement and then began working at the City of Beckville where he was currently employed. Mr....
Gene Mcdaniel
May 8, 2018
Gene McDaniel, 74, of Carthage, passed away on Tuesday afternoon, May 8, 2018, in Longview. Curtis Gene McDaniel was born on Sept. 23, 1943, in Panola County to the late S.A. "Shorty" and Hazel Marie Gray McDaniel. He graduated from Carthage High School with the class of 1962. Gene married Brenda Doggett March 30, 1985, in Carthage. He worked...
Odessie Lee Brown Weldon
May 4, 2018
Odessie Weldon, 94, of Carthage, passed away on Friday afternoon, May 4, 2018, in Carthage. Odessie Lee Brown Weldon was born on Nov. 1, 1923, in Tonkawa, OK to the late Will and Minnie Thompson Brown. She attended Tonkawa schools and later married Quincy Kenneth Weldon. She was a longtime member of First Christian Church in Carthage. Mrs. Weldon...
Joe Eddie Cheshire
May 3, 2018
Joe Cheshire, 68, of Carthage, passed away on Thursday evening, May 3, 2018, in Shreveport. Joe Eddie Cheshire was born on Feb. 7, 1950, in Henderson to the late Alton Carroll and Bettie Sue Holland Cheshire. He attended Carthage Schools where he played football. Joe owned and operated Cheshire's Auto and Truck Repair and C&J Fireworks in Carthage for...
Bryan Allen Rickert
Apr 21, 2018
Bryan Allen Rickert , 57, of Carthage, passed away on Saturday night, April 21, 2018, in Shreveport. He was born on Nov. 13, 1960, in Chester, PA to the late Bruce Anthony and Rebecca Ann Bryan Rickert. He moved to Carthage in 1970, from Bradenton, FL and attended Carthage Schools. He was a member of the First...
Gary Andrew Barnett
Apr 16, 2018
Gary Andrew Barnett, 54, of Carthage, passed away on Monday morning, April 16, 2018, in Carthage. He was born on July 26, 1963, in Kermit, TX to Arthur A. and Glenda Petty Barnett. He graduated from Carthage High School with the class of 1981, and attended technical school in Shreveport. Gary was of the Baptist faith. He lived his...
Melba Faye Lovell Smith
Apr 15, 2018
Melba Smith, 83, of Carthage, passed away on Sunday morning, April 15, 2018, in Carthage. Melba Faye Lovell Smith was born on Nov. 9, 1934, in Shelby County to the late Bud and Lillie Mae Clopton Lovell. She graduated from Center High School with the class of 1952. Melba married Frank Edward Smith on Aug. 3, 1952, in Center...
Warren Lavelle Allred
Apr 14, 2018
Warren LaVelle Allred, 68, of Groesbeck, Texas, formerly of Beckville, passed away on Saturday, April 14, 2018, in Waco. He fought a good fight until the end. Mr. Allred was born on August 2, 1949, in Henderson, Texas to the late Ralph Warren and Edna Lenora Heald Allred. He was raised in the Fairplay Community and attended Beckville schools....
Clara Edith Bozeman
Apr 11, 2018
Clara Edith Bozeman, 96, of Tyler, TX, passed away on Wednesday, April 11, 2018, in Tyler. She was born on June 1, 1921, in Converse, LA, to the late Archie and Lillie Soloma Armstrong Smith. She married Cecil Rudolph Bozeman and he preceded her in death on May 7, 2011. She spent her life as a homemaker and enjoyed...
