Obituaries

Feb 15, 2025

Bubba Metcalf, age 60, of Beckville, Texas, passed Saturday morning, February 15, 2025, in Marshall, Texas. Bill Wiley "Bubba" Metcalf was born on December 22, 1964 in Carthage, Texas to the late Johnny Rabon and Lorene Sheffield Metcalf. He graduated from Beckville High School with the class of 1983. Bubba worked as a ground's keeper at Tyson...

Feb 14, 2025

Chase Barnes, age 41, of Galveston, Texas, formerly of Carthage, Texas, passed away on Friday morning, February 14, 2025, in Galveston. Chase Christopher Barnes was born on October 28, 1983, in Henderson, Texas to Robert Clarence and Robbie Lynn Davis Barnes. He graduated from McLean High School in McLean, Texas with the class of 2002. Chase furthered...

Feb 10, 2025

Bryan Kelly McCallum, age 66, of Carthage, Texas, passed away on Monday morning, February 10, 2025, at his home in Carthage. He was born on October 21, 1958, in Center, Texas to the late Billy Martin McCallum, Sr. and Dorothy Mae Isenblitter McCallum. He graduated from San Augustine High School with the class of 1977. Bryan loved...

Feb 9, 2025

Holland Dickey, age 91, of the Antioch Community, in Panola County, Texas, passed away on Sunday, February 9, 2025, at his home in Antioch. Holland D. Dickey was born on October 11, 1933, in Winnsboro, Texas to the late Hobson and Maude Brock Dickey. He attended Winnsboro Schools with the class of 1954. Mr. Dickey served in...

Feb 6, 2025

Brenda Conway, 66, of Carthage, Texas passed away Thursday morning February 6, 2025 in Carthage. Brenda Jean Conway was born November 22, 1958 in Marshall, Texas to Jack and Nelda Jean Barton Conway. She was preceded in death by her father and her daughter, Brendon Conway.

Brenda is survived by her mother, Nelda Conway; and sons, David...

Jan 31, 2025

Brenda Wilkerson, age 76, of Carthage, Texas, passed away on Friday morning, January 31, 2025, at her home near Carthage. Brenda Lee Hayes was born on January 21, 1949, in Minden, Louisiana to the late Melvin John and Margaret Lucille Triplett Hayes. She graduated from high school in Minden with the class of 1967, and attended Business...

Jan 28, 2025

Lucy Cash, age 82, of the Fair Play Community in Panola County, Texas, passed away on Tuesday, January 28, 2025, at her home in Fair Play. Lucy Ann Shelton was born on December 18, 1942, in Erin, Tennessee to the late John Ike and Edna Christine Holley Shelton. She graduated from W.T. Thomas High School in Cumberland...

Jan 27, 2025

Dorothy Mae Hammons, 90, of Carthage, Texas passed away Monday morning, January 27, 2025 in Carthage. Dorothy Mae Wills was born March 19, 1934 in the Fair Play Community of Panola County, Texas to the late Sam Houston and Myrtie Mae Birdwell Wills. She attended Beckville schools and graduated from Beckville High School with the class of...

Jan 26, 2025

Sherry Kiper, age 75, of Carthage, Texas, passed away on Sunday afternoon, January 26, 2025, at her home near Carthage. Sherry Ann Tompkins was born on December 29, 1949, in Beckville, Texas to the late Burley and Nellie Ruth Alley Tompkins. She graduated from Beckville High School with the class of 1968, and attended Panola College where...

Jan 25, 2025

Kay Schalck, 85, of the Riderville Community in Panola County, Texas, passed away on Saturday night, January 25, 2025, at her home in Riderville after a brief illness. Kay Fern Gressett was born on March 14, 1939, in Ferris, Texas to the late William Arthur and Ruth Agnes Hamm Gressett. She was also raised by her beloved...

Jan 22, 2025

Edwin Eugene Smith, 72, of Long Branch, Texas, formerly of Kilgore, Texas, passed away Wednesday evening, January 22, 2025, in Longview, Texas. He was born to Moultrie Smith, Jr. and Sybil Jean Akin Smith in Nacogdoches, Texas on May 15, 1952. Ed was a Kilgore High School graduate.  He worked as a welder in the oil and...

Jan 19, 2025

Frank Vaughn, age 80, of Bronson, Texas formerly of Gary, Texas, passed away on Sunday afternoon, January 19, 2025, in Hemphill, Texas. Dyral Franklin Vaughn was born on October 30, 1944, in Freeport, Texas to the late Dyral Cortez and Bernice Marshall Vaughn. He graduated from Gary High School with the class of 1963, where he played...

Jan 18, 2025

Melba June Nutt, 87, of Carthage, Texas, formerly of Beckville, Texas passed away in Longview, Texas on Saturday, January 18, 2025, after lengthy illness. She was born in the Sandhills Community of Beckville, Texas on April 10, 1937, to Clifford and Inez Porter Weaver. June attended Beckville school, graduating as Valedictorian in 1955. She continued her education...

Jan 18, 2025

Bryan Edward Young was born on June 19, 1963, in Anderson, Indiana and passed away on Saturday morning, January 18, 2025,  at his home near Carthage at the age of 61.

Jan 17, 2025

Don Nunley, 86 of Whitehouse, Texas, passed away on January 17, 2025, in Tyler, Texas. He was born on July 26, 1938, in Logansport, Louisiana to the late Luther H. and Nellie May Hawthorne Nunley. Don graduated from Oak Grove High School in DeSoto Parish, Louisiana with the class of 1956. He served in the U.S. Army...

Jan 12, 2025

George McKinney, 65, of Marshall, Texas, passed away Sunday morning, January 12, 2025 in Texarkana, Texas. George Thomas McKinney was born July 3, 1959 in Corsicana, Texas. He attended Marshall schools and graduated from Marshall High School with the class of 1977. George worked for Smith Steel Company in Marshall for 26 years and later for General Cable Company...

Jan 8, 2025

Sally Ann Bourlon, 82, of Carthage, Texas, formerly of McAllen, Texas, passed away Wednesday afternoon, January 8, 2025, in Carthage. She was born in Casa Grande, Arizona on July 8, 1942, to the late Clive Clarence and Ethel Mae Amos Gadberry.

Sally married Paul Edward Bourlon, Jr. on December 23, 1959, at the...

Jan 8, 2025

A Memorial Service celebrating the life of Jack Lemore Daniels, will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Monday, January 13, 2025, at Sugar Land Methodist Church, 431 Eldridge Road, Sugar Land, Texas. Dr. Daniels died on Wednesday, January 8, 2025, at The Reserve at First Colony Assisted Living, in Sugar Land, Texas. Born on July 13, 1930,...

Jan 6, 2025

Dr. J. Wayne Kyle, 92, of Carthage, Texas, passed away on Monday afternoon, January 6, 2025, in Tyler, Texas. James Wayne Kyle was born on October 26, 1932, in the Woods Community of Panola County, Texas to the late Kit Carson Kyle, Sr. and Berta Elizabeth Hooker Kyle. He graduated from Carthage High School with the class...

Dec 22, 2024

Sonny Brasher, 79, of Beckville, Texas, passed away on Sunday afternoon, December 22, 2024, in Carthage, Texas. Dewey Glenn "Sonny" Brasher, Jr. was born on February 12, 1945, in Marshall, Texas to the late Dewey Glen Brasher, Sr. and Mary Edsel Pratt Brasher. He graduated as Valedictorian from Beckville High School with the class of 1963, where...