Cardie Mae Delaney Jones
Apr 2, 2017
Cardie Mae Delaney Jones, 87, of Carthage, passed away on Sunday, April 2, 2017, in Longview. She was born on Aug. 15, 1929, in Panola County to the late Lee and Evaline Buckingham Delaney. Mrs. Jones attended Carthage Schools while growing up. She married Jewel Jones on June 16, 1946, in Panola County and he preceded her in death...
Leon Choate
Mar 31, 2017
Leon Choate, 80, of Carthage, TX, passed away on Friday morning, March 31, 2017, at his home in Carthage. He was born on March 11, 1937, in Panola County to the late Eston and Gladys Williamson Choate. Leon attended school in Antioch growing up and later attended Carthage schools. He earned his barber license at the age of 17...
Kelly Joyce Ross
Mar 30, 2017
Kelly Joyce Ross was born September 18, 1934 in Goose Creek (Baytown), TX to Elzie Otto and Lois Lewis Smith. She graduated from Hull Daisetta High School (Daisetta, Texas) in 1951 where she loved to play basketball. Kelly Joyce married Willis Neal Ross on January 14, 1954. Together they had two sons, Robert Neal and Richard Wayne. In 1957,...
Charlene Rivers
Mar 25, 2017
Charlene Higgs Rivers, 82, of Gary, passed away on Saturday night, March 25, 2017, in Carthage. She was born on Aug. 8, 1934, in Fulton, KY to the late Lee and Virgie Brassfield Higgs. She married Andrew Rivers in 1992, and he preceded her in death in June of 2000. Mrs. Rivers moved to Gary from St. Louis, MO...
Myrtle L. Soape
Mar 23, 2017
Myrtle L. Soape, 84, of Carthage, passed away on Thursday night, March 23, 2017, in Carthage. Myrtle Laverne Cheshire Soape was born on Oct. 30, 1932, in Panola County to the late Levi and Theo Fay Adair Cheshire. Mrs. Soape worked at The Coffee Shop, at Golden Eye Associates, and as a dress shop owner and operator in Carthage...
Mary Powell
Mar 19, 2017
Mary Powell, 83, of Carthage, passed away on Sunday evening, March 19, 2017, in Longview. Mary Sistrunk Powell was born on Aug. 17, 1933, in the Reeves Community of Panola County to the late Thomas Willis Sistrunk, Jr. and Ida Thurese Wallace Sistrunk. She graduated from Carthage High School with the class of 1950. She attended Panola College and...
Stephanie Rich Bishop
Mar 15, 2017
Stephanie Rich Bishop, 49, of the Deadwood Community, passed away on Wednesday, March 15, 2017, in Alamosa, CO. She was born on Dec. 11, 1967, in Shreveport to E.B. and Christine Cordray Rich. Stephanie graduated from Carthage High School with the class of 1985, and earned her cosmetology degree from Panola College. She worked and later purchased Wynette's and...
Charles Robert (Rob) Peavy
Mar 15, 2017
Charles, Robert "Rob" Peavy, 87, of Beckville, TX, passed away Wednesday, March 15, 2017 in Longview, TX. Mr. Peavy was born in Toole TX to James Lester Peavy and Alta Mae Ray Peavy. He married Charlie Mae Eldridge on July 21, 1951 in Toole, and they moved to Beckville in 1969. Mr. Peavy served in the U.S. Army from...
Jyvonne Morgan White
Mar 12, 2017
Jyvonne Morgan White, age 58, passed away on Sunday, March 12, 2017 at her home near Gary, TX. She was surrounded by her loving family. Jyvonne was born February 28, 1959 in Arlington, TX to William David (Dub) Morgan and Juanita Sells Morgan. She married Bobby White on March 3, 1987. She was employed as a quality assurance representative...
George G. Racicot
Mar 10, 2017
George G. Racicot, 87, of Pasadena, TX, formerly of Beckville, TX, passed away on Friday afternoon, March 10, 2017, in Pasadena. He was born on July 5, 1929, in Uxbridge, MA to the late Charles and Blanche Stratton Racicot. He worked for many years as an operator for Panola County Road and Bridge Department. Mr. Racicot married Ellen Lee...
Sandra Sue Oliphant
Mar 10, 2017
Sandra Sue Oliphant, 69, of Houston, passed away on Friday morning, March 10, 2017, in Houston. She was born on May 12, 1947, in San Francisco, CA to Roy David and Allie Sue Miller Oliphant. She graduated from Odessa Permian High School with the class of 1965, and attended the University of Texas. Sandra served her country in the...
Ira L. (Bill) Langley
Feb 27, 2017
Ira L. (Bill) Langley, 90, of Beckville, passed away on Monday night, Feb. 27, 2017. Bill was born on Feb. 23, 1927, in Darco, TX, the 5th of 9 children born to the late John Oliver and Amelia Maude Cochran Langley. He served his country in the U.S. Air Force and was honorably discharged. He married Geraldine Godwin in 1951,...
Thomas V. Yule
Feb 24, 2017
Thomas Venson Yule, 65, of Long Branch, TX, passed away on Friday evening, Feb. 24, 2017, in Nacogdoches. He was born on Sept. 28, 1951, in Jena, LA to the late Joe David and Agnes Lucille Paul Yule. He graduated from Jena High School with the class of 1969 and attended Criswell College where he focused on biblical studies, and...
Glynda Monic
Feb 13, 2017
A graveside service for Mrs. Glynda Monic, 56, of Carthage, will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 17, 2017, at Odd Fellows Cemetery with Rev. Steve Jackson officiating. The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. on Thursday at Jimerson-Lipsey Funeral Home. Mrs. Monic passed away on Monday, Feb. 13, 2017. She was born in Carthage on March...
Peggy Nell Lollar
Feb 9, 2017
Peggy Nell Lollar, 83, of Carthage, passed away peacefully on Thursday morning, Feb. 9, 2017, at her daughter's home near Carthage. She was born on Dec. 9, 1933, in Conroe, TX, to the late Emmit and Mildred Lee Houser. Mildred passed away when Peggy was two years old and the late Marjorie Riley became her mother. She married Reagan Lollar...
Seth Edward Smith
Jan 26, 2017
Seth Edward Smith, 99, of Carthage, passed away on Thursday morning, January 26, 2017, at his home near Carthage. He was born on Nov. 6, 1917, in the Riderville Community of Panola County to the late Marcus Holland Smith and Mellie May Wall Smith. He attended Carthage schools until the seventh grade and had to quit and help his father...
Billy G. Jernigan
Jan 24, 2017
Billy Glenn Jernigan, 68, of Carthage, Texas, passed away on Tuesday evening, January 24, 2017, in Carthage. He was born March 25, 1948, in Panola County to the late Annie Jernigan. Mr. Jernigan attended Turner School. For more than 30 years, he worked as custodian for Panola General Hospital and later East Texas Medical Center. Mr. Jernigan was preceded in...
Gloria Jean Duke Davidson
Jan 20, 2017
Gloria Jean Duke Davidson, 80, of Carthage, Texas passed away on Friday morning, January 20, 2017, in Carthage. She was born on September 30, 1936, in Carthage to the late Obie Austin and Grace Elspeth Godwin Duke. Mrs. Davidson graduated from Carthage High School with the class of 1955. She married Mitchell J. "Shorty" Davidson on July 11, 1958, in...
Wanda Mae Polk Beard
Jan 15, 2017
Wanda Mae Polk Beard, 84, of Longview, passed away on Sunday afternoon, January 15, 2017, in Longview. She was born on May 30, 1932, in Van Zandt County, Texas to the late Cleborn and Lula Mae Lynn Polk. Cremation arrangments under the direction of Jimerson-Lipsey Funeral Home. A guestbook may be signed online at www.jimerson-lipsey.com.
Tollie Bowers Davison
Jan 12, 2017
Tollie Bowers Davison, 84, of Carthage, passed away on Thursday morning, January 12, 2017, in Carthage. He was born on November 6, 1932, in Panola County to the late Lloyd Shipp and Fairy Bowers Davison. Tollie graduated from Carthage High School with the class of 1951, and attended Panola College. He earned his Bachelor's and Master's Degrees at the University...
