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Timothy Scott Hunter
Mar 21, 2012
A memorial service for Timothy Scott Hunter, 47, of Longview will be held 10:00 a.m., Saturday, March 24, 2012 at Macedonia Baptist Church, Longview with Bro. Cory Perkins officiating. Mr. Hunter passed away March 21, 2012 in Longview. Timothy was born December 20, 1964 at Eglin AF Base, Ft. Walton Beach, Florida to Billy Emmitt and Carolyn Brantley Hunter. He...
Lavoyia L. Moore
Mar 14, 2012
Funeral services for Lavoyia L. Moore, 86, of Marshall will be held 4:00 p.m., Saturday, March 17, 2012 at Friendship Baptist Church. Interment will follow in Gill Cemetery. Visitation will be held 6-8 p.m., Friday, March 16 at Downs Funeral Home. Mr. Moore passed away March 14, 2012. Mr. Moore was born February 5, 1926 in Harrison County, Texas to...
Phillip Wayne Walker
Mar 14, 2012
Services for Phillip W. Walker, 57, of Marshall are pending with Downs Funeral Home. Mr. Walker passed away March 14, 2012 in Shreveport, LA. Phillip was born October 5, 1954 in Grand Saline to Hershel Eugene, Sr. and Patricia Ruth Anderson Walker. He graduated from the American High School in Germany while he was serving in the U.S. Army as...
Johnny Ray Rodgers
Mar 13, 2012
Funeral services for Johnny Ray Rodgers, 54, of Marshall, Texas will be 10:00a.m., Saturday, March 17, 2012 in the Chapel of Downs Funeral Home with the Reverend Joseph Parrish and Dr. Nathan Hodge officiating. Interment will follow at Canaan Cemetery. Family Hour will be at Downs Funeral Home from 7-8 p.m., Friday, March 16, 2012. He passed away March 13,...
Patricia Gail Wilkinson
Mar 13, 2012
Memorial services for Patricia Gail Wilkinson, 57, of DeBerry will be held 2:00 p.m., Saturday, March 17, 2012 in the Chapel of Downs Funeral Home. Patricia was born February 20, 1955 in Fort Worth. She worked for The Home Depot, Inc. for 20 years beginning her career in Hulen, TX and retiring from Bossier City, LA. She lived a full...
Thurline English
Mar 12, 2012
A memorial service for Thurline English will be held 11:00 a.m., Saturday, March 17, 2012 at First Baptist Church, Hallsville. Rev. John Taylor will officiate. Thurline was born October 1, 1918 to Rev. and Mrs. Albert Owen Wright of Cooper, Texas. One of eight children, she was taught to love and fear the Lord by a pastor/school teacher father and...
Laterrance Daeleon Nesbitt
Mar 12, 2012
Services for Laterrance Daeleon Nesbitt, 1 month, of Marshall will be held at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, March 18, 2012 in the Chapel of Downs Funeral Home. Interment will follow at Canaan Cemetery. Laterrance is the son of Jalecia Sparks and William Nesbitt. Laterrance was born February 10, 2012 in Marshall. Laterrance is survived by Mom, Jalecia Sparks; Dad, William Earl...
Ray Pledger
Mar 8, 2012
Funeral services for Ray Pledger, 80, of Marshall will be held 2:00 p.m., Sunday, March 11, 2012 in the Chapel of Downs Funeral Home with Rev. Rick Johnson officiating. A time of visitation will be held 6-8 p.m., Saturday, March 10, 2012 at Downs Funeral Home. Mr. Pledger passed away March 8, 2012. Mr. Pledger was born February 17, 1932...
Dale C. Stewart
Mar 8, 2012
Dale Clayton Stewart, Sr. A Celebration of the life of Dale Stewart, Sr., will be held 2:00 p.m., Monday, March 12, 2012 at Golden Rule Presbyterian Church in Elysian Fields, TX. The Rev. Brad Simms and Chad Commander will officiate. Interment will follow in Elysian Fields Cemetery. Visitation will be held 6-8 p.m., Sunday, March 11, 2012 at Downs Funeral...
Jeffery Lynn Lane
Mar 5, 2012
Funeral services will be held 10:00 a.m., Saturday, March 10, 2012 in the Chapel of Downs Funeral Home. Interment will follow at Antioch Cemetery in Leigh, TX. Jeffery Lynn Lane "BABY JEFF" was born in Marshall, Texas to the parentage of the late Clarence Morris Lane and Barbara Jewel Lane on June 25, 1960. At an early age he joined...
Tony D.X Dean
Mar 3, 2012
Tony Dale Dean, 57, of Elysian Fields, TX, went to be with his Lord and Savior, March 3, 2012 after a lengthy F.I.G.H.T. with cancer. He is FINALLY healed!! Tony spent his life with his beloved wife, Carolyn - the treasure of his heart. He was the owner/operator of Sideline Footwear in Marshall Mall since 1989. He was an active...
Verna Dee Preston Green
Mar 2, 2012
Verna Dee Preston Green was born in LuAnn, Arkansas to Wade & Eunice Preston. She was educated in Anding, Mississippi. She married Eugene J. Green, Jr., the love of her life on January 16, 1953 in Jackson, Mississippi. Mrs. Green was owner and president of Dee's Emerald Florist and vice president of D&G Oil Company. She was a Paul Harris...
Cary Lynn Jones
Feb 27, 2012
Funeral service for Cary Lynn Jones, 36, of DeBerry will be held 10 A.M., Saturday, March 3, 2012 in the Chapel of Downs Funeral Home in Marshall. Interment will follow in Evergreen Cemetery, DeBerry. Mr. Jones passed away February 27, 2012. Mr. Cary Lynn Jones was born November 5, 1975 in Saginaw, Michigan to Willie Edward Flemmings and Mary Ellen...
Frank Copeland, Jr.
Feb 26, 2012
Funeral services for Frank Copeland, Jr., 87, of Woodlawn, will be held 1:00 p.m., Saturday, March 3, 2012 in the Chapel of Downs Funeral Home. Rev. Thomas Haggerty will officiate. Burial will follow in Mt. Zion Cemetery. A Wake will be held 6-8 p.m., Friday, March 2, 2012 at Downs Funeral Home. Mr. Copeland passed away Sunday, February 26, 2012....
Margaret Ann Skinner
Feb 26, 2012
Funeral services for Margaret Ann Skinner, 60, of Marshall will be held 10 A.M., Thursday, March 1, 2012 in the Chapel of Downs Funeral Home with burial to follow in Eagle Creek Cemetery in Harleton. Pastor Randy Gunter and Bro. Alvin Cisco will officiate. Visitation will be held 6-8 p.m., Wednesday, February 29, 2012 at Downs Funeral Home. Mrs. Skinner...
Ben G. Nichols Iii
Feb 25, 2012
Ben Nichols III, age 59, of Marshall, TX was called to be with his Heavenly Father February 24, 2012, in Marshall at his home. A memorial will be held at 7:00 p.m. at The Church In Marshall. Ben Nichols was born July 17, 1952, in Yuma, Arizona. Ben served 11 years in the military service; four years of which were...
William Edward Lackey
Feb 24, 2012
A memorial service for William Edward Lackey, 50, of Jefferson will be held 3:00 p.m., Saturday, March 10, 2012 in the Chapel of Scottsville Camp & Conference Center, 400 Harkins Lane, Scottsville, TX. Mr. Lackey passed away February 24, 2012 in Longview. Mr. Lackey was born June 20, 1961 in Orange, Texas to Thomas Edward and Linda Ann Bonnin Lackey....
Albert Blair Binotti
Feb 23, 2012
Graveside service for Blair Binotti, 28, of Marshall will be held 11:00 a.m., Saturday, March 3, 2012 at Colonial Gardens Cemetery with Bro. Michael Roberts officiating. Visitation will be held 6-8 p.m., Thursday, March 1, 2012 at Downs Funeral Home. Blair passed away Friday, February 24, 2012. Blair was born March 23, 1983 in Marshall to Albert Corky Binotti and...
Fawn Elmore Ruff
Feb 21, 2012
Graveside memorial service for Fawn Elmore Ruff will be held at 3:00 p.m., Saturday February 25, 2012 in Algoma Cemetery South under the direction of Downs Funeral Home. Fawn Elmore Ruff, 82 of Mt. Pleasant died Tuesday, February 21, 2012 after a 6 year struggle with Alzheimer's disease. This loving lady with the beautiful smile was born on March 11,...
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