Obituaries

Aug 27, 2025

James Thomas "Jimmy" Teal, Jr., age 77, of Carthage, Texas, passed away on Wednesday night, August 27, 2025, in Tyler, Texas. He was born on October 5, 1947, in San Augustine County, Texas to the late James Thomas Teal, Sr. and Minnie Elizabeth Hightower Teal. He attended Carthage schools and served in the U.S. Army where he...

Aug 12, 2025

Stanley Hammons, age 59, of Carthage, Texas, passed away on Tuesday evening, August 12, 2025, in a Plano, Texas hospital. Stanley Lane Hammons was born on Oct. 2, 1965, in Carthage to the late Travis Neal and Dorothy Mae Wills Hammons. Stanley graduated from Carthage High School with the class of 1984. He married Betty Jean Allred...

Aug 12, 2025

Our Mother, Ina Carole Hines Pacheco, escaped the bonds of Earth on August 12, 2025, after a short illness. She was 90 years old. She was born on March 9, 1935 to Irene Alva Gulley and Horace Grady Hines. She was the middle child of five siblings: Shirley, Elsie, Carole, H. Grady, and Joan. She was baptized as a...

Aug 11, 2025

Wayne Turner Brewster, 70, of Carthage, Texas, passed away Monday, August 11, 2025. He was born October 20, 1954, in Carthage to James and Anne Brewster. Wayne attended Carthage ISD all of his school years, graduating with the class of 1973. He was an alumnus of Sam Houston State and graduated in 1978. He also attended Texas...

Aug 9, 2025

C. Donna Roquemore, age 72, of DeBerry, Texas, peacefully went to be with the Lord on Saturday afternoon, August 9, 2025, in Longview, Texas, surrounded by family and friends. Donna was born on November 14, 1952, in Ardmore, Oklahoma to the late Nick and Faye Hix and was lovingly raised by the late Faye and Harold Sanderson....

Aug 8, 2025

Doris Ann Ebarb, 80, of Carthage, Texas, passed away Friday August 8, 2025, in Longview, Texas. She was born August 14, 1944 in Carthage, Texas to the late William and Margaret Pike Robinson. She worked and managed a dental office until her retirement.  She had a gypsy soul and loved traveling, dirt track racing, gardening, and fishing.  She moved...

Aug 3, 2025

Garth Robin Watkins, of Henderson, TX, passed from this earth on Sunday, August 3, 2025, at his residence. He leaves behind his devoted wife of 64 years, Gayle Russey Watkins; five children— Elaine, Jim, Stephen, Jennifer, and Kelly—and five grandchildren: Jesse David, Anneliese, Mariana, Tate, and Harper, who gave him his favorite title, "Pappy." He is also...

Jul 26, 2025

Katherine Nell "Tweetty" Newman, 70, of Carthage, Texas, passed away Saturday evening July 26, 2025, in Tyler, Texas. She was born August 29, 1954 in Jonesville, Louisiana to the late John Archie and Vivian Emmons Prudhomme. Tweetty married Eldon Newman on October 3, 1970 in Harrisonburg, Louisiana and together they celebrated nearly 55 years. She was a...

Jul 26, 2025

Roger Neil Reed, age 80, of the Chalk Hill Community in Rusk County, Texas, passed away on Saturday morning, July 26, 2025, at his home. He was born on March 27, 1945, in Baytown, Texas to the late James Rayford and Verline Louise Derrett Reed. Roger graduated from Robert E. Lee High School in Baytown with the...

Jul 24, 2025

Kimberly Fowler, age 53, of Carthage, Texas, passed away on Thursday, July 24, 2025. Kimberly Anne Castiaux was born on August 25, 1971, in Monongahela, Pennsylvania to Robert Lee and Jessie Marozza Castiaux. She attended elementary school in Pennsylvania before moving to Carthage where she attended Carthage Schools. Kim graduated from Marshall High School with the class...

Jul 16, 2025

Sue Edge, age 73, of Bastrop, Texas, passed away on Wednesday morning, July 16, 2025, in a Fort Worth, Texas hospital. Paula Sue McCarley was born on August 27, 1951, in Carrizo Springs, Texas to the late Rhual and Laura Ann Galant McCarley. She graduated from Gregory-Portland High school in Portland, Texas with the class of 1969....

Jul 16, 2025

Janet Taylor, age 83, of Carthage, Texas passed away on Wednesday evening, July 17, 2025 in Carthage. Janet Leigh Zornes was born on September 9, 1941 in Ashland, Kentucky to the late Leonard and Hazel Kegley. She graduated from high school in Ashland. Janet worked most of her life as a secretary, typographer and bookkeeper.

Jul 15, 2025

Paul Wayne Whitaker, age 73, of Shreveport, Louisiana, formerly of Carthage, Texas, passed away Tuesday morning, July 15, 2025, in Bossier City, Louisiana. He was born in Carthage on October 17, 1951, to the late Cleo Wilson and Flora Merle Wiggins Whitaker. Paul graduated from Fair Park High School in Shreveport. He worked in parts sales and...

Jul 14, 2025

Mr. John Dale Jeffress, age 80, of the Murvaul Community of Panola County passed away Monday, July 14, 2025, at his home in the Murvaul Community. John was born December 7, 1944 in Panola County, Texas to John Arnold and Sylvia Parrish Jeffress. He graduated from Clear Creek High School in Liberty, Texas and later received an...

Jul 11, 2025

Alice Weaver, age 80 years, of Beckville, Texas, passed away on Friday evening, July 11, 2025, in Carthage, Texas. Alice Faye Smith was born on August 16, 1944, in Marshall, Texas to the late William Austin and Phala Lucille Jackson Smith. She graduated from Beckville High School with the class of 1962. Alice married Phillip Weaver in...

Jul 10, 2025

Baby Colsen Clay Wimberley was born on  June 27, 2025, in Dallas, Texas and passed away on Thursday afternoon, July 10, 2025, at a Dallas hospital.

Baby Colsen is survived by his parents, Dylynn and Jayden Wimberley of Beckville; sister, Hadlee Mae Wimberley; grandparents, Tabitha and Mike Caryl, Ronnie Gilbert, and Hank and...

Jul 4, 2025

Donna Westbrook, age 76, of Carthage, Texas, passed away on Friday morning, July 4, 2025, at her home near Carthage. Donna Ruth Harris was born on July 11, 1948, in Hobbs, New Mexico, to the late Lloyd and Marie Dillard Harris. She graduated from high school in Conroe, Texas with the class of 1967, and attended Houston...

Jun 21, 2025

Donald Barry Ray, age 86, of Carthage, Texas, passed away on Saturday, June 21, 2025, in Carthage. He was born on January 23, 1939, in Salem, Virginia to the late W.H. and Margaret Smith Ray. He served in the U.S. Air Force for 8 years. Donald married the love of his life Linda Grace Stevens on March...

Jun 21, 2025

Eric Narith Chan, age 23, of Carthage, Texas, passed away on Saturday, June 21, 2025, in Carthage. He was born on March 23, 2002, in Memphis, Tennessee to Saroun Chan and Tha Mian. Eric graduated from Rice Academy in Tyler, Texas with the class of 2020, and he was recognized for perfect attendance. He moved to Carthage...

Jun 20, 2025

Mary Ann Evans, age 92, of Lake Murvaul near Gary, Texas, formerly of Anahuac, Texas, passed away on Friday night, June 20, 2025, in Henderson, Texas. Mary Ann Hicks was born on November 4, 1932, in Nacogdoches, Texas to the late Prentice Ferguson and Ethel Roena Berry Hicks. She graduated from Nacogdoches High School with the class...