Obituaries 2003
ARNOLD, Tommy Ray
CARTHAGE — Services for Tommy Ray Arnold, 71, of Snyder, formerly of Carthage, are set for 1 p.m. today at Northside Baptist Church in Snyder. Graveside services and interment are set for 2 p.m. Saturday in Mount Bethel Cemetery near Gary. Visitation is 9 a.m.-noon Saturday at Lipsey Family Funeral Home. Mr. Arnold, born Jan. 13, 1932, died Wednesday
taken from The Longview News Journal, Friday, April 25, 2003
CARTHAGE — Services for Walter L. “Bo” Bailey Sr., 85, of Jasper will be held at 2 p.m. today, April 23, 2003 at First United Methodist Church in Jasper with the Rev. Robert E. Webb officiating. Burial, directed by Stringer & Griffin Funeral Home in Jasper, will be in Newton City Cemetery. Carthage arrangements are by Hawthorn Funeral Home. Mr. Bailey died Sunday, April 20.
taken from The Longview News Journal, Wednesday, April 23, 2003
CARTHAGE — Services for Melva Calhoun, 86, of Carthage will be held at 3 p.m. Tuesday, May 6, 2003, at Jimerson Funeral Home Chapel. Wayne Langford will officiate. Interment will be at Southpark Cemetery in Pearland. Mrs. Calhoun, a retired second-grade teacher at East Mountain for 32 years, passed away Sunday, May 4, 2003, in Marshall.
taken from The Longview News Journal, Tuesday, May 06, 2003
FOWLER, Lester
CARTHAGE — Services for Lester Fowler, 91, of Shongaloo, La., formerly of Carthage, will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at Hawthorn Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. S.R. Nichols officiating. Burial will be in City Cemetery. Mr. Fowler died Thursday in Shreveport. Viewing at the funeral home begins at 3 p.m. Sunday with visitation 6-8 p.m.
taken from The Longview News Journal, Saturday, February 15, 2003
GRIFFITH, Dorothy Evalyn
CARTHAGE — Services for Dorothy Evalyn Griffith, 83, of Gary will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at Jimerson Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Kenneth Griffith, Dr. David Proctor and the Rev. O.H. Griffith officiating. Burial will be in Mount Bethel Cemetery in Gary. Mrs. Griffith, a Brahma cattlewoman, died Friday. Arrangements are by Jimerson Funeral Home.
taken from The Longview News Journal, Sunday, May 04, 2003
HINES, Hazel Bounds
CARTHAGE — A memorial graveside service for Hazel Bounds Hines, 82, of Medford, N.J., formerly of Carthage, will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, April 24, 2003 in Odd Fellow Cemetery with the Rev. Dale Reed officiating Mrs. Hines died Dec. 15, 2002, in Mount Holly, N.J. Inurnment is under the direction of Jimerson Funeral Home. She was born Dec. 9, 1920, in Deadwood.
taken from The Longview News Journal, Wednesday, April 23, 2003
CARTHAGE — Graveside services for Rufus M. Holder Jr., 81, of Carthage will be held at 1 p.m. Monday, April 28, 2003 at Highland Cemetery in DePort with the Rev. Bruce Will officiating. Arrangements are by Jimerson Funeral Home. Visitation is 5-8 p.m. today, April 26, 2003 at the funeral home. Mr. Holder, a U.S. Navy veteran during World War II, died Friday, April 25, 2003. He was born July 16, 1921.
taken from The Longview News Journal, Saturday, April 26, 2003
CARTHAGE — Services for Anita James, 81, of Carthage, formerly of Quinton, Okla., are set for 2 p.m. today at the First Baptist Church of Quinton. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery in McAlester, Okla.. Carthage arrangements are by Lipsey Family Funeral Home. Mrs. James died Friday. Survivors include her daughter and son-in-law.
taken from The Longview News Journal, Tuesday, April 29, 2003
LAWRENCE, Valentine
CARTHAGE — Services for Valentine “Tyne” Huckeby Lawrence, 87, of Carthage will be held at 3 p.m. Wednesday at Hawthorn Funeral Home Chapel with Phillip Pool officiating. Interment will be in Restland Memorial Park Cemetery in Panola County. Visitation is 6-8 p.m. Tuesday. Mrs. Lawrence died Saturday. She was born Feb. 14, 1916.
taken from The Longview News Journal, Monday, May 05, 2003
MELTON, Jerry
CARTHAGE — Graveside services for Jerry Melton, 61, of Beckville will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Carthage City Cemetery with the Rev. William Barkley officiating. Arrangements are by Hawthorn Funeral Home, where visitation is 10-a.m.-noon Wednesday. Mr. Melton, a self-employed truck driver, died Sunday in Camden, Tenn. He was born July 15, 1941.
taken from The Longview News Journal, Tuesday, April 29, 2003
CARTHAGE — A private memorial service will be held at a later date for Bill Miller, 81, of Carthage. Mr. Miller died Wednesday in Tyler. Arrangements are under the direction of Jimerson Funeral Home. Mr. Miller was a retiree of Shell Oil Co. and served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He was born Oct. 5, 1921, in Caddo Mills.
taken from The Longview News Journal, Saturday, April 26, 2003
PIERCE, Barry Allen
CARTHAGE — Services for Barry Allen Pierce, 49, of Nacogdoches will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Jimerson Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Dennis Pierce officiating. Burial will be in Restland Memorial Park in Carthage. Visitation is 6-8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Mr. Pierce died Friday.
taken from The Longview News Journal, Monday, May 12, 2003
RAMSEY, Wendell 'Hillbilly’
CARTHAGE — Services for Wendell “Hillbilly” Ramsey, 51, of the Shady Grove community are set for 2 p.m. today at Hawthorn Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. John Griffin officiating. Burial will be in Liberty Chapel Cemetery. Mr. Ramsey, a self-employed welder, died Tuesday at his home. he was born April 7, 1951, in Shreveport.
taken from The Longview News Journal, Wednesday, March 05, 2003
RICH, Lloyd B.
CARTHAGE — Services for Lloyd B. Rich, 83, of Carthage are set for 10 a.m., today, May 8, 2003 at the Centennial Cemetery near DeBerry. The Rev. Don Cocklin will officiate. Burial will be in Centennial Cemetery under the direction of Lipsey Family Funeral Home. Mr. Rich, a lifelong resident of Panola County, died Tuesday at a local care facility.
taken from The Longview News Journal, Thursday, May 08, 2003
RUSSELL, Herman Ray
CARTHAGE — Services for Herman Ray Russell, 67, will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, May 7, 2003 at Hawthorn Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Billy Shoffner officiating. Interment will be in the Carthage City Cemetery. Visitation is 6-8 p.m. today. Mr. Russell, of Carthage, died Monday in Tyler.
taken from The Longview News Journal, Tuesday, May 06, 2003
SCOGGIN, Joseph Weldon
CARTHAGE — Services for Joseph Weldon Scoggin, 84, of Lake Jackson, formerly of Dallas, will be held at 4 p.m. Saturday in Macedonia Cemetery, directed by Freeport-Lakewood Funeral Home in Freeport, where visitation is 4-6 p.m. today. Mr. Scoggin, a lawyer and U.S. Navy veteran, died Thursday. Obituary courtesy of Hawthorn Funeral Home.
taken from The Longview News Journal, Friday, May 02, 2003STEPHENSON, Ronald Joe
CARTHAGE — Graveside services for Ronald Joe Stephenson, 59, of Gary were held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Mount Bethel Cemetery with Jack Runnels officiating. Memorial services will be held at 6 p.m. today at Kingdom Hall of Jehovah Witness with Greg Fenn officiating. Mr. Stephenson died Saturday. Arrangements are by Jimerson Funeral Home.
taken from The Longview News Journal, Monday, May 12, 2003
Services to celebrate the life of James Reed “Jimmy” Strong will be held in the parlor of First Methodist Church of Carthage at 2 p.m. Thursday, May 1, 2003.
Jimmy was born July 21, 1920, to James Garrison Strong and Willie Belle Boynton Strong in Carthage. He died Sunday, April 27, 2003.
After graduating from Carthage High School in 1937, he received a bachelor of arts degree in government and economics as well as his law degree from the University of Texas. In 1942, he volunteered to join the U.S. Air Force and was trained as a glider pilot and in military facilities administration. He served in England and France.
Jimmy is survived by his beloved wife of 56 years, Betty Jay Van Sandt Strong, also from Carthage, and his three children, John Strong and his wife, Marilu, of Orizaba, Mexico, Janet Strong Fuller and her husband, Andy Fuller, of British Columbia and Michael Strong and his wife, Elizabeth, of Austin. He adored his seven grandchildren, Paul, James, John, Emily, Jay Paul, Beverly and Timothy Strong. He is also survived by his sister, Kathryn Strong Clark and her husband, Ed, of Carthage; a brother, Jack Strong and his wife, Nelda, of Longview; and a niece and five nephews and their families.
A successful attorney for more than 40 years, Jimmy served as county attorney for Panola County; was a member of the Long, Strong, Jackson and Strong Law Firm; and concluded his career serving 26 years as the regional counsel for the U.S. Postal Service for the southwestern region of the United States.
The family suggests that memorials be made to Greater Hospice of Longview or the Alzheimer’s Association.
Rader Funeral Home of Longview is in charge of arrangements.
taken from The Longview News Journal, Wednesday, April 30, 2003
WOOLLEY, Gayle Lacy
CARTHAGE — Services for Gayle Lacy Woolley, 61, of Longview are set for 2 p.m. Thursday, May 8, 2003 at the Lipsey Family Funeral Home. Burial will be in the Oddfellows Cemetery in Carthage. Visitation is today from 6-8 p.m. at the funeral home. Mrs. Woolley died Monday at a Longview hospital.
taken from The Longview News Journal, Wednesday, May 07, 2003