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Eunice Benjamin
Mar 18, 2015
Funeral services for Eunice Thomas Benjamin, 92, of Marshall, will be held at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, March 22, 2015 in the Chapel of Downs Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Nichols Cemetery. Eunice Thomas Benjamin was born December 22, 1922 to Calvin and Erie Thomas in Elysian Fields, Texas. She died Wednesday evening, March 18, 2015. On November 1, 1959,...
Ben Campbell Hart, Jr.
Mar 17, 2015
Funeral services for Ben C. Hart, Jr., 69, of Marshall, will be held at 2:00 p.m., Friday, March 20, 2015, in the Chapel of Downs Funeral Home with Bro. Carlton Burris officiating. Interment will follow in Grange Hall Cemetery. A time of visitation will be held from 5:30-7:30 p.m., Thursday, March 19, 2015, at Downs Funeral Home. Mr. Hart passed...
James Wesley "J.W.", "Rube", "Jack" Bishop
Mar 17, 2015
James Wesley Bishop was born in Evergreen, Alabama, on August 1, 1914, to James Cecil Bishop and Katie Overstreet Bishop. He was a member of Karnack Baptist Church for over 80 years. He served as a Sunday School teacher, and as a deacon. Mr. Bishop passed away March 17, 2015. Mr. Bishop married Evelyn Watson on March 3, 1934. She...
Hazel Williams Cobb
Mar 16, 2015
Graveside services for Hazel Williams Cobb, 85, of Marshall, will be held at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, March 19, 2015, at Grange Hall Cemetery with Rev. James Fleet officiating. Interment will follow. A time of visitation will be held from 6:00-8:00 p.m., today, March 18, 2015 at Downs Funeral Home. Mrs. Cobb passed away March 16, 2015, in Longview, TX. Hazel...
Vera L. Spraberry
Mar 15, 2015
Graveside services for Vera L. Spraberry, 85, of Marshall, will be held at 12:00 p.m.,Tuesday, March 17, 2015, at the Little Chapel By The Lake at Colonial Gardens Cemetery with Bro. Morris Brock officiating. Interment will follow. Mrs. Spraberry passed away March 15, 2015, in Marshall. Vera L. Kilgore Spraberry was born May 20, 1929, in Palacios, TX, to Walter...
Kenneth A. Alexander
Mar 12, 2015
Funeral services for Kenneth Alvin Alexander, Sr., 45, of Marshall, TX, will be held at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, March 15, 2015, in the Chapel of Downs Funeral Home with Pastor Geno Munds officiating. Interment will follow in the Scratch Eye Cemetery. A time of visitation for family and friends will be held from 6:00-8:00 p.m., Saturday, March 14, 2015, at...
Don L. Pinkston
Mar 11, 2015
Memorial services for Don L. Pinkston, 64, of Waskom, TX, will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, March 14, 2015, in the Chapel of Downs Funeral Home with Rev. Eric Peyton officiating. A time of visitation for family and friends will be held from 6:00-8:00 p.m., Friday, March 13, 2015, at Downs Funeral Home. Mr. Pinkston passed away March 11,...
Eloise Peak Lewis
Mar 8, 2015
Funeral services for Eloise Peak Lewis, 92, of Carthage, TX, will be held at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, March 11, 2015, in the Chapel of Downs Funeral Home of Marshall with Bro. Aaron Bequette officiating. Interment will follow in Colonial Gardens Cemetery in Marshall. A time of visitation for family and friends will be from 6:00-8:00 p.m., Tuesday, March 10, 2015,...
David Justin Heath
Mar 7, 2015
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held for David Justin Heath, Sr., 72, of Marshall, at 10:00 a.m., Thursday, March 12, 2015, at St. Joseph Catholic Church with Father Denzil Vithanage officiating. Interment will follow in Yates Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Scottsville. A time of visitation for family and friends will be held from 6:00-8:00 p.m., Wednesday, March 11,...
Eddie Bryan Benson
Mar 7, 2015
Funeral services for Eddie Benson, 67, of Marshall, will be held at 10:00 a.m., Friday, March 13, 2015, in the Chapel of Downs Funeral Home with Bro. Matt Paul officiating. Interment will follow in Center Cemetery in Harleton. A time of visitation for family and friends will be held from 6:00-8:00 p.m., Thursday, March 12, 2015, at Downs Funeral Home....
Clarice "Polly" Dukes Bennett
Mar 4, 2015
January 17, 1939 marked the birth of Claretha "Polly" Dukes to Johnnie and Bessie Dukes in Karnack, Texas. This bundle of joy was one of nine other siblings born to this union. "Mrs. Polly," as she was so fondly called by many, received her education from the Karnack Schools where she resided. She departed this earthly realm March 4, 2015....
David Lee Wolfe
Mar 2, 2015
Funeral services for David Lee Wolfe, 72, of Waskom, will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, March 7, 2015, at First Baptist Church of Waskom with Bro. Eric Peyton officiating. A time of visitation will be held from 5:00-8:00 p.m., Friday, March 6, 2015, at Downs Funeral Home in Marshall. David Lee Wolfe passed from this life on Monday, March...
Vickie Lynn Ratcliff Hudson
Feb 26, 2015
Funeral services for Vickie Lynn Ratcliff Hudson, 58, of Marshall, will be held at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, March 1, 2015, at Victory Baptist Church of Marshall with Bro. Ron Segers officiating. Interment will follow at Yates Cemetery in Scottsville. A time of visitation will be held from 6:00-8:00 p.m., Saturday, February 28, 2015, at Downs Funeral Home. Mrs. Hudson passed...
Lois Jean Mitchell Willie
Feb 25, 2015
Funeral services for Lois Willie, 73, of DeBerry, TX, will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, March 7, 2015, in the Chapel of Downs Funeral Home in Marshall. Interment will follow in Evergreen Cemetery in DeBerry. A viewing will be held for Mrs. Willie from 1:00-8:00 p.m., Friday, March 6, 2015 at Downs Funeral Home. Lois Jean Mitchell-Willie was born...
Wilma Faye Ford
Feb 22, 2015
Graveside services for Wilma Faye Boling Ford, of Marshall will be held at 2 p.m., Saturday, February 28, 2015 in the Little Chapel by the Lake at Colonial Gardens Cemetery with Bro. Robert Prothro officiating. A time of visitation will be held from 6-8 p.m. Friday, February 27, 2015 at Downs Funeral Home. Faye was born July 14, 1921 in...
Stuart Lynn Seals
Feb 22, 2015
Funeral services for Stuart Lynn Seals, 60, of Marshall, will be held at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, February 26, 2015, in the Chapel of Downs Funeral Home with Bro. Kenneth Flanagan and Bruce George officiating. Interment will follow in Liberty Cemetery, Harleton, TX. A time of visitation will be held from 5:00-8:00 p.m., Wednesday, February 25, 2015, at Downs Funeral Home....
Bradley Wayne "Brad" Miller
Feb 21, 2015
Funeral services for Bradley Wayne "Brad" Miller, 19, of Karnack will be held at 2 p.m., Friday, February 27, 2015 in the chapel of Downs Funeral Home with Rev. Paul Cocklin officiating. Interment will follow in Restland Cemetery in Waskom, Texas. The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m., Thursday February 26, 2015 at the funeral home. Bradley passed away...
Shirley Beloney Alexander
Feb 21, 2015
Graveside services for Shirley Beloney Alexander, 70 of Marshall will be held at 11 a.m., Thursday February 26, 2015 under the direction of Downs Funeral Home in Colonial Gardens Cemetery with Bro. Dick Sawyer officiating. The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m., Wednesday, February 25, 2015 at the funeral home. Mrs. Alexander passed away February 21, 2015 in Marshall....
Jewell Marie Peteet
Feb 20, 2015
Funeral services for Jewell Marie Peteet, 91, will be held at 10:00 a.m., Monday, February 23, 2015, in the Chapel of Downs Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Liberty Cemetery, Diana, Texas. A time of visitation will be held from 2:00-4:00 p.m., Sunday, February 22, 2015 at Downs Funeral Home. Sweet Mimi Marie Peteet passed away peacefully in her home...
James Larry Wiggins
Feb 20, 2015
James Larry Wiggins was born November 22, 1941 in Atlanta, Texas to Johnie Leonard and Opal Hall Wiggins. He was a production foreman at Penn-Virginia Oil & Gas. James served his country in the U.S. Army. He passed away February 20, 2015. Surviving James are his wife, Stephanie Wiggins; son, Scott Wiggins; one brother, Ben Wiggins and one sister, Charlotte...
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