Robert Durham Magers
May 2, 2012
Graveside services for Robert Durham Magers will be held 1:00 p.m., Monday, May 7, 2012 at Colonial Gardens Cemetery. Visitation will be held 4-6 p.m., Sunday, May 6 at Downs Funeral Home. Robert Durham Magers, 89, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, quietly passed away peacefully May 2, 2012. He was the son of the late Dr. Mark C. and Helen (Morris) Magers....
Alvin Buck Holt
Apr 28, 2012
Graveside services for Alvin Buck Holt, 81, of Hallsville, TX will be held 2 p.m., Thursday, May 3, 2012 at Hallsville Cemetery. Visitation will be held 5-7 p.m., Wednesday, May 2, 2012 at Downs Funeral Home in Marshall. Mr. Holt passed away April 28, 2012 in Brownsville, TX. Mr. Holt was born July 9, 1930 in Marshall to Harry and...
Earline Bill Childers
Apr 27, 2012
Earline "Bill" Childers Earline (Powell) Childers departed this life on April 27th, 2012. Visitation will be from 5-6:30 p.m. on Monday, April 30th at Downs Funeral Home in Marshall followed by a brief service at 6:30. Funeral service will be at 2:00 p.m. on May 1st, 2012 at Bethel Baptist Church in Colfax, Louisiana. Burial will be in the church...
Jeannine H. Potter
Apr 24, 2012
Jeannine Potter was born March 24, 1931 in Water Valley, MS to R. E. and Clara Mae McMinn Hyde. She attended the Memphis, TN schools. Jeannine and Bobby Potter married June 20, 1981 in Longview, TX. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Waskom. Mrs. Potter was a claims representative for the Social Security Administration in Longview and...
Carlton Ray Hornsby
Apr 24, 2012
Graveside service for Carlton Ray Hornsby, 73, of Karnack will be held 11:00 a.m. at the Goldonna Cemetery in Goldonna, LA. Mr. Hornsby passed away April 24, 2012 at his home. Mr. Hornsby was born in Florida on May 22, 1938 to Marion Tillman and Elsie Lyneane Rowe Hornsby. He was a retired machinist with The Oilgear Company. Mr. Hornsby...
James Russell Walker
Apr 23, 2012
James Russell "Jimbo/ChiChi" Walker Funeral services for James Russell "Jimbo/ChiChi" Walker, 54, of Marshall will be held at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, April 26, 2012 in the Chapel of Downs Funeral Home with Bro. Ron Segers officiating. Interment will follow in the Garden of the Cross, Colonial Gardens Cemetery. Visitation will be held 6-8 p.m., Wednesday, April 25, 2012 at Downs...
Lotha Elmo Whitlow Cloud
Apr 21, 2012
Our God sent His Angels and has taken His daughter Lotha home to be with Jesus. She had a remarkable life, having been raised by great Christian parents who saw that their children were schooled in the Baptist Faith. She is the second daughter, and child, of a family of six children. She had three sisters and two brothers who...
John Sandlin
Apr 20, 2012
John Scott Sandlin, 48, of Marshall passed away Friday, April 20, 2012 in Marshall. He was born October 19, 1963 in Marshall. A private memorial service was held Sunday, April 22nd in Marshall. Cremation arrangements were under the directions of Downs Funeral Home.
Walter Lee Johnson
Apr 19, 2012
Funeral services for Walter Lee Johnson, 71, of Marshall will be held 2:00 p.m., Saturday, April 28, 2012 in the Chapel of Downs Funeral Home. Interment will follow in the Wiley College Cemetery. The guest book may be signed from 3-5 p.m., Friday, April 27, 2012 at Downs Funeral Home. Mr. Johnson passed away April 19, 2012. Walter Johnson was...
Daniel Davis
Apr 14, 2012
Daniel Wayne "Stino" Davis Graveside funeral services for Daniel Wayne "Stino" Davis, 26, of Marshall will be held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, April 17, 2012 at Colonial Gardens Cemetery under the direction of Downs Funeral Home with Rev. Donald Points officiating. There will be a visitation time from 6-8 p.m., Monday, April 16th at Downs Funeral Home. Daniel passed away...
Clarice Williams Brazile
Apr 11, 2012
Funeral services for Clarice Williams Brazile, 63, of Marshall will be held 2 p.m., Saturday, April 14, 2012 in the Chapel of Downs Funeral Home. Rev. John Porter will officiate. Interment will follow at Canaan Cemetery. A viewing will be 5-7 p.m., Friday, April 13, 2012 at Downs Funeral Home. Mrs. Brazile passed away Wednesday, April 11, 2012 in Longview....
Gerald H. Stringer
Apr 8, 2012
Graveside services for Gerald H. Stringer, 65, of Elysian Fields will be held 1:00 p.m., Tuesday, April 10, 2012 at Ford Cemetery in Newton, Texas. Mr. Stringer passed away Sunday, April 8, 2012 in Elysian Fields. Mr. Stringer was born August 1, 1946 in Jasper, TX to Hollis Albert and Opal Jordan Stringer. He was a Baptist, and a heavy...
Denise Ann Lucht
Apr 7, 2012
Denise Lucht passed away peacefully at home on April 7, 2012. She was born in Brook-on-the Moor, Austria in 1917. She and her father immigrated to Chicago where she grew up and attended school in Oak Park. She led a full and active life. During World War Two, she was a "Rosie the Riveter". She worked at the Buick plant...
Gloria Evon Spikes
Apr 7, 2012
Gloria Evon Spikes, 79, of Marshall was born to Russell Light and Oma B. Allen Light on June 30, 1932 in Mooringsport, Louisiana. She attended Vivian schools in Vivian, Louisiana. She married Hershel Leland Spikes in Trees City, Louisiana. She was a homemaker who enjoyed baking, sewing and crafts. She was also a dedicated mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. She was...
Sarah Ellen Turner
Apr 6, 2012
Services for Sarah Ellen Turner will be at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, April 14, 2012, at Union Missionary Baptist Church in Waskom with the Rev. J.W. Reeves officiating. Burial will follow in Motley Cemetery, Scottsville, under the direction of Downs Funeral Home. Mrs. Turner died Friday, April 6, 2012, in Desoto, Texas. Born in Harrison County, she was the daughter of...
Frank Garrett
Apr 6, 2012
Frank H. Garrett Funeral services for Frank H. Garrett, 63, of Waskom will be held at 3:00 p.m., Tuesday, April 10, 2012 at the First Baptist Church of Waskom with Rev. Eric Peyton,Rev. Leland Crawford, and Rev. Ryan Fontenot officiating. Interment will follow in Restland Cemetery in Waskom. Mr. Garrett passed away Friday, April 6, 2012 in Shreveport, Louisiana. The...
Victor W. Schwartz, Sr.
Apr 3, 2012
Victor William Schwartz Sr. went to his heavenly home on Tuesday, April 3, 2012. Family and friends will celebrate Victor's life on Friday, April 6, 2012 at Central Baptist Church at 1:00 p.m. Graveside service will follow at Algoma South Cemetery. Victor was born July 9, 1917 in Schulenburg, Texas to Stefan and Mary Schwartz. Victor married Estelle Seitzler of...
Ruth Virginia Jordan
Mar 23, 2012
Funeral services for Ruth Virginia Haynes Jordan will be held 11:00 a.m., Saturday, March 31, 2012 in the Chapel of Downs Funeral Home. Rev. Wilbert Hall, Sr will officiate. Interment will be in Rose Hill Gardens Cemetery. Repass will be held at Wiley College in the F.T. Long Student Union Ballroom (903/938-5678). Mrs. Ruth Virginia Haynes Jordan entered into eternal...
Roy Dale Ready
Mar 23, 2012
Roy Dale Ready Roy Dale Ready was born November 19, 1947 in Marshall, Texas to John R.D. Ready and Winnie C. Ready. Roy died peacefully March 23, 2012, in his home in Marshall surrounded by his family. He was preceded in death by his mother and father and two sisters, Jean Fant and Sharon Skinner. Roy married Janie Sue Morrison...
Theresa Lynn Baker
Mar 23, 2012
A memorial service for Theresa Baker, 53, of Simms, will be held 2:00 p.m., Friday, March 30, 2012 in the Chapel of Downs Funeral Home with Rev. Judd Strawbridge officiating. Theresa passed away Friday, March 23, 2012 in Tyler. Theresa was born in Houston, TX to William and Connie Vowell McQueen. She attended Pine Tree schools. Theresa was very devoted...
