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Peggy Sanders
Aug 19, 2024
A funeral service for Peggy Sanders, 93, of Marshall, Texas will be held at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, August 22, 2024, in the Chapel of Downs Funeral Home. A visitation for family and friends will be held prior to the service from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. in the Chapel.
Peggy was born on September 15. 1930, in...
Linda Lucille Evers Stringfellow
Aug 18, 2024
Linda Stringfellow "Mama Grannie Linda" born to Jesse and Thelma Evers on October 11, 1944, went into the loving arms of Jesus on August 18, 2024, surrounded by her beloved family.
Linda loved her family and caring for them was her life's work and joy. Mama Grannie Linda spent her days listening, helping, cooking, teaching, and loving...
Patsy Jean Smith
Aug 16, 2024
A 'Celebration of Life' for Pat Smith will be held on September 7, 2024, at 1:00 p.m., at First United Methodist Church, Marshall, Texas.
Pat was born August 4, 1933, in Waco, Texas to Dr. Smith Jennings Harlow and Ernestine Julia Edwards Harlow and passed away on August 16, 2024, at her home surrounded by her family....
Johnny Wayne "Poppa" Sanders
Aug 13, 2024
A visitation for Johnny Wayne Sanders, 75, of Marshall, Texas will be held Monday, August 19, 2024 from 5:30 – 8:00p.m. at Downs Funeral Home, Marshall, Texas. Johnny passed away Tuesday, August 13, 2024 with his son, Johnny Wayne Sanders, Jr, daughter, Kay Sanders Oney, and son-in-law, Lonnie Oney by his side. Johnny Wayne Sanders was born December 31,1948...
Heidi Elwood
Aug 11, 2024
Heidi Elwood was born on November 24, 1942, in Leipzig, Germany to Erich and Hilda Friedrich and passed away on August 11, 2024, at her home, surrounded by members of her family.
She met her one and only while he was stationed in Germany while serving in the Air Force. She came to the states with their...
Stephen Allen "Honey" Quinn
Aug 11, 2024
Memorial services for Stephen Allen Quinn (Honey), 74, of Marshall, Texas will be held on August 24, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. in the chapel of Downs Funeral Home in Marshall, Texas. Family visitation will take place from 6:00-8:00 p.m. on August 23, 2024 at the funeral home. Interment will be at a later date at the New Grover Cemetery...
Curtis "Pawpaw" Graves
Aug 10, 2024
A funeral service for Curtis "PawPaw" Graves, 90, of Harleton, Texas will be held at 4:00 p.m., Sunday, August 11, 2024, in the Chapel of Downs Funeral Home.
Curtis was born on June 7, 1934, in Lubbock, Texas to J. Alvin Graves and Bonnie L. Cockrell Graves and passed away on August 10, 2024, at his home...
Russell Shipwash
Aug 9, 2024
A memorial service for Russell Wayne Shipwash, 68, of Harleton, Texas will be held at 4:30 p.m., Wednesday, August 14, 2024, in the Chapel of Downs Funeral Home, with the Reverend Craig Evers and Reverend David Nelson officiating.
Russell was born on March 1, 1956, in Longview, Texas to Floyd and Mildred Shipwash and passed away on...
Edward Hall, Sr.
Aug 7, 2024
A funeral service for Edward Hall, Sr., 84, of Marshall, Texas will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, August 17, 2024, at Galilee Baptist Church in Marshall. Interment will follow at Rose Hill Gardens Cemetery. A visitation for family and friends will be held from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Friday, August 16, 2024, at Downs Funeral Home.
...Marlys Walling
Aug 7, 2024
In loving memory of Maria Elisabet (Weber) Walling, known as Marlys by family and friends.
Passed away to be with Jesus on Wednesday, Auguust 7, 2024, at 8:18 pm in her home in Marshall.
Born on January 30,1926, to the late Franz and Maria Weber in Luzern, Switzerland. Loving wife of Theodore Walling. Marlys and...
Calvin "Doodle" Coleman
Aug 6, 2024
A graveside service for Calvin "Doodle" Coleman, 61, of Waskom, Texas will be held at 10:00 a.m., Thursday, August 8, 2024, at Concord Cemetery in Jonesville, Texas.
Calvin was born on December 28, 1962, in Idabel, Oklahoma to Thomas Algernon Coleman II and Shirley Ann Cooke Coleman and passed away on August 6, 2024, in Atlanta, Texas....
Judy Anita Hayner Nash
Jul 27, 2024
Judy Anita Hayner Nash (lovingly known as JuJu), 76, went to be with the Lord on July 27, 2024.
Judy was born to Hugh and Betty Hayner on August 5, 1947, in Marshall, TX. She grew up in Karnack, TX and graduated from Marshall High School in 1964, a year early, in order to go to nursing...
Linda Renteria
Jul 25, 2024
Services for Linda Renteria, 59, of Marshall, Texas will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, July 27, 2024, at St Joseph Catholic Church. Interment will follow at Algoma South Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Friday, July 26, 2024, at Downs Funeral Home.
Rosa Herlinda RenterÃa Esquivel, conocida por su familia y...
Charlotte Rhodes
Jul 23, 2024
Charlotte Anne Rhodes, 84 of Kilgore Texas passed away on July 23, 2024, at home surrounded by family. She was born on November 18, 1939, in Shreveport, Louisiana to Ola and Walter (Bud) Stroud.
Her family eventually moved to Mt. Pleasant Texas where she graduated from high school in 1957. While in high school, she met her...
Anthony P. Kidoor
Jul 22, 2024
On 22 July 2025, Anthony Phillip Kidoor passed away surrounded by his wife, Elizabeth Grace, and his loving family.
Everyone who knew Anthony can recount several stories about Anthony or the tales he's shared through the years regarding his very full and fun life. "Gido," as his grandchildren called him, the Arabic name for Grandfather, would never...
Jackie Lou Frank Warnstaff
Jul 20, 2024
Jackie Lou Frank Warnstaff,83, of Marshall, Texas, passed away peacefully after a brief illness, with family at her side on Saturday, July 20, 2024.
Jackie was born in Jefferson, TX on March 19,1941 to Henry Jack Frank and Cherry Lois Chamness Frank. She grew up in Marshall, Texas with her younger sister, Sandra Kay "Cissy" or "Sandy"...
Billy Ray Allen
Jul 18, 2024
Billy Ray Allen, 86, of Marshall, Texas passed away at home surrounded by family on Thursday, July 18, 2024.
He was born in Marshall in 1938 to Silves and Lurline Barfield Allen and grew up in the Gill Community with his brother, Charles Wilson ("Jackie") and sister, Barbara Ann Allen Harris. He started working at his uncle's...
Cecil Wayne "Buddy" Hancock
Jul 11, 2024
On July 11th 2024, Buddy Hancock of Marshall, Texas heard his Lord and Savior say, "well done thy good and faithful servant" and he was welcomed home in the Arms of God to be with his son, daughter and many other family and friends.
Cecil Wayne "Buddy" Hancock was born on August 29, 1943, in Gladewater, Texas...
Shawn Allen Alberty
Jul 6, 2024
Funeral services for Mr. Shawn Allen Alberty 37, of Killeen, Texas will be held on Saturday, July 13, 2024, 10:00 a.m. at Downs Funeral Home in Marshall, Texas. Interment will follow the service at Algoma North Cemetery, in Marshall, Texas.
A viewing will be held on Friday, July 12, 2024, from 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m., at...
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