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

BAILEY, Walter L. ‘Bo’ Sr.

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

CALHOUN, Melva

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

HOLDER, Rufus M. Jr.

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

JAMES, Anita

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 “Tyn