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Clifton Dale Smith
May 17, 2013
Clifton Dale Smith Funeral services for Clifton Dale Smith, 82, of DeBerry, Texas will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, May 19, 2013 in the chapel of Downs Funeral Home with Rev. Harold Coburn and Rev. David Urban officiating. Graveside services will follow in the Mt. Zion Cemetery in DeBerry under the auspices of Waskom Masonic Lodge #1254. Mr....
Lucian Dulaney
May 16, 2013
Lucian Dulaney Funeral services for Lucian Dulaney, 80, of Marshall will be held 2:00 P.M., Monday, May 20, 2013 in the Chapel of Downs Funeral Home with Bro. Chip Davidson and Bro. Dick Sawyer officiating. A time of visitation will be held Sunday evening, May 19th from 4:00-6:00 P.M., at Downs Funeral Home. Mr. Dulaney passed away May 16, 2013...
Kathryn Elizabeth Tier
May 10, 2013
A Mass of Christian Burial for Kathryn Elizabeth Tier, 93, of Marshall will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, May 18, 2013 at St. Joseph Catholic Church with Father Denzel Vithanage officiating. There will be a visitation at the Downs Funeral Home from 6-8 p.m. on Friday, May 17th with a Rosary at 7 p.m. Ms Tier passed away on...
Paula Hodges
May 10, 2013
Paula Harrell Clark Hodges Paula Harrell Clark Hodges, 83, of Marshall passed away on May 10, 2013 in Longview, Texas. Funeral services for Mrs. Hodges will be held at 10:00 a.m., Monday, May 13, 2013 in the Little Chapel by the Lake at Colonial Gardens Cemetery in Marshall, with interment to follow, under the direction of Downs Funeral Home. Visitation...
Ja'Vionna Nycole Manning
May 8, 2013
Ja'Vionna was born April 2, 2013 in Marshall, Texas to Jennifer Lemieux and Ja'Von Manning. She passed away May 8, 2013 at Christus Sutton children's Hospital in Shreveport, LA. Ja'Vionna is survived by her parents Jennifer Lemieux and Ja'Von Manning; brothers, James Luster and Ja'Von Manning, Jr. both of DeBerry; paternal grandparents, Sharrlyn Heard of DeBerry and Jayvee Manning of...
Sylvia Mckay Chastain
May 8, 2013
Sylvia McKay Chastain Sylvia McKay Chastain went home to be with the Lord Wednesday, May 8, 2013. Sylvia was born November 4, 1937 to Gilchrist and Sara Chambers McKay in Shreveport, LA. Raised in Marshall with her sister, Sara Ann, she graduated from Marshall High in 1956. She went on to attend nursing school at Scott & White in Temple,...
Laura Morgan Walker
May 3, 2013
On Friday, May 3, 2013 at 12:30 p.m., the angels swept down and took our wife, mother, and grandmother to the throne of God. With tears we watched her slip away while at the same time praising God for taking away her suffering of this world. She was diagnosed with lung cancer in January of this year. After only a...
Glen Don Jewett
Apr 30, 2013
A time of visitation for Glen D. Jewett, 78, of Marshall and Rowlett, Texas will be held 6:00-8:00 p.m., Saturday, May 4, 2013 at Downs Funeral Home. Glen Don Jewett, 78, died from complications of pneumonia Tuesday April 30, 2013, at Mesquite Specialty Hospital in Mesquite, Texas. Glen and his wife, June, were former residents of Marshall, Texas but moved...
Sandra June Mayer
Apr 26, 2013
A Family Celebration of Life Memorial will be held at a later date on Ms. Sandra June Mayer, 72 of Marshall formerly of Hobbs NM. Ms. Mayer died on Friday, April 26, 2013 in Longview, Texas.
Jodie Lee Hardie
Apr 26, 2013
Funeral services for Mr. Jodie Lee Hardie, 63, of DeBerry will be held at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, April 28, 2013 in the Chapel of Downs Funeral Home with Chaplain Arnold Strewsberry officiating. Interment will follow in the Colonial Gardens Cemetery in Marshall, Texas. Mr. Hardie passed away at his residence on Friday, April 26, 2013. Jodie Lee Hardie was born...
Bertha Fogle Hayden
Apr 25, 2013
Funeral services for Bertha Inez Fogle Hayden, 87, of Gill Community are scheduled for 2 p.m., Saturday, May 4, 2013, at Friendship Baptist Church. Dr. Wallace Watkins of Central Baptist Church will officiate with support from Bro. Matt Paul, pastor of Friendship Baptist Church. Visitation is scheduled for Friday, May 3, 2013 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Downs Funeral...
Dorothy Ladell Matthis
Apr 22, 2013
Dorothy Ladell Barrett Matthis was born July 9, 1923 in Morris County, TX to Frank Turner Barrett Sr. and Leon Watson Barrett. She married Audry Seavorn Matthis on September 12, 1941, and he preceded her in death on October 26, 2009. Dorothy Ladell was a member of Immanuel Baptist Church. She was a homemaker. Dorothy Ladell passed away April 22,...
Katherine Ann 'Kat' Trammell Clark
Apr 21, 2013
Funeral services for Katherine Ann "Kat" Trammell Clark, 64, of Marshall will be held 2:00 P.M., Saturday, April 27, 2013 in the Chapel of Downs Funeral Home. Pastor Mae Carter will officiate. Kat passed away April 21, 2013 in Longview. Kat was born January 8, 1949 in Marshall to Lee Trammell and Ella Mae Reese Trammell. Kat is survived by...
Ernest Jewell Hamiter
Apr 19, 2013
Ernest Jewell Hamiter of Waskom, TX went to be with his Lord and Savior on Friday, April 19, 2013 in Shreveport, LA, at the age of 95 years, 2 months and 15 days. Born in 1918 on the family farm in Bradley, AR, he was the son of David Dickson Hamiter and Aletha Angie Barker Hamiter, and the youngest of...
Elaine Johnson Graves
Apr 16, 2013
A celebration of life service for Margada Elaine Johnson Graves will be held 2:00 p.m. on Friday, April 19, 2013 at Downs Funeral Home. Family and friends visitation will be Thursday, evening from 6-8 p.m. Elaine was born November 8, 1936 in Marshall to George Dacus Johnson Sr. and Onie Pearalee Bryan Johnson. She went home to be with her...
Margie Ree Anderson
Apr 13, 2013
Margie Anderson was born September 27, 1929 in DeBerry, TX to the parentage of DeWitt and Vera Russell Williams. Margie was the eldest of three children from this union. Margie received her education from Wayside School. At an early age, she accepted Christ and united with Wayside Baptist Church in DeBerry, TX. Margie moved to Elysian Fields, TX and married...
Maurine E Atkins
Apr 12, 2013
Funeral Services for Mrs. Maurine Small Atkins, 84, of DeBerry will be held at 2:30 p.m., April 16, 2013 at the Chapel of Downs Funeral Home in Marshall, Texas. Interment will be at Laurel Land Cemetery in Ft. Worth, Texas on Wednesday, April 17, 2013 at 1:00 p.m. The family will receive friends from 2-2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 16th...
Gales Adair
Apr 12, 2013
Gales Wilson Adair, Sr. Graveside funeral services for Mr. Gales Wilson Adair, Sr., 81, of Marshall will be held at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, April 16, 2013 at Andrews Cemetery in Karnack with Bro. Dick Sawyer officiating. Interment will follow. Mr. Adair passed away April 12, 2013 at his residence in Marshall. The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m., Monday,...
Edith Mozelle Moore Mckinley
Apr 11, 2013
Funeral services for Edith Mozelle Moore McKinley, 91, of Marshall, will be held 12:00 p.m., Tuesday, April 16, 2013 in the Chapel of Downs Funeral Home with Dr. Wallace Watkins officiating. Interment will follow in Algoma South Cemetery. A time of visitation for family and friends will be held 11:00 a.m., Tuesdau, April 16, 2013 prior to the service. Mrs....
Romualdo Gonzalez Paramo
Apr 8, 2013
Romualdo Gonzalez Paramo, 39, de Waskom, fallecio el lunes, 8 de abril del 2013 en Mineola. Romualdo Gonzalez nacio en San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, el 3 de mayo de 1973, sus padres Nicolas Gonzalez y Efigenia Paramo. Trabajaba de operador de maquinaria pesada y supervisor en EXCEL Utility Co. Romualdo, un hombre trabajador y dedicado a su familia. Con...
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