Obituaries

Oct 1, 2020

Garlan Leon Harber, Jr. was born July 15, 1929 to Garlan Leon Harber and Alice Hart Harber in Houghton, LA. He died in his home on October 1, 2020.

On November 7, 1950, he married Edna George in Quartzside, Arizona. He served in the U.S. Air Force as a mechanic and air police. He was employed by...

Oct 1, 2020

A graveside service for Mrs. Reese will be held on Monday, October 5, 2020 at 10:00a.m. at Panola Mt. Zion Cemetery in DeBerry TX.

Talitha Reese, 82, of Marshall, Texas, passed on October 01, 2020 at Christus Good Shepard - Longview after a brief illness. Talitha was born on May 03, 1938 in Cotton Valley, LA to...

Sep 30, 2020

A homecoming service for Rebecca Ann Weaver, 73, of Marshall, will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 3, at Immanuel Baptist Church with the Rev. Shawn Smith and Rev. Carlton Burris officiating. Mrs. Weaver died on Sept. 30, 2020, in Longview, Texas.

She was born Nov. 5, 1946, a daughter of Stanley Johnson and Nona Mae...

Sep 28, 2020

Dolores Irvine Needham, 93, of Marshall, Texas died on September 28, 2020. She was born Ethel Dolores on February 15, 1927 to Ray and Estelle Irvine.  She graduated from Marshall High School and went on to East Texas Baptist University with the dream of becoming a teacher.

Dolores' love for teaching never wavered. She started her career...

Sep 26, 2020

A funeral service for Eddie George Burks will be held on Saturday, October 3, 2020 at 1:00p.m. at Downs Funeral Home with the interment to follow immediately after the service going to Old Border Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5:00-7:00p.m. on Friday, October 2, 2020 at Downs Funeral Home.

Mr. Eddie George Burks was born on...

Sep 25, 2020

Funeral Services for Betty K. Phillips will be 2 p.m., Wednesday, September 30, 2020 in the chapel of Downs Funeral Home with burial in Shiloh Cemetery in Cass County.  A time of visitation will be from 6-8 p.m., Tuesday, September 29th at Downs Funeral Home.

Betty K. Phillips, 79 of Marshall, Texas was born on January 4,...

Sep 18, 2020

Funeral services for Dean Turlington, 74 of Marshall will be 2 p.m., Sunday, September 20, 2020 in the chapel of Downs Funeral Home of Marshall with Bro. Pete Sellars and Bro. Ron Segers officiating.  Interment will follow at Algoma North Cemetery. A time of visitation will be held from 5-7 p.m., Saturday, September 19th at Downs Funeral Home.

Sep 15, 2020

Remington lane Jeans was born on September 15, 2020 to Hunter and Taylor Jeans of Marshall, TX. He is survived by his parents, Hunter and Taylor Jeans; grandparents, Randall and Kimberly Jeans, Chris and Stacey Adair; great grandparents, Mike Jeans, James "Bubba: and Judy Whatley, Karen Heath, John and Amelia Crouch; aunts and uncles, Jessica Walton, Brian and Desirae...

Sep 10, 2020

No services have been scheduled for Cathy Jeffus, 81 of Elysian Fields.  She was born on September 29, 1938 in Coushatta, LA and passed away on September 10, 2020.

Sep 10, 2020

Earl Minniefield was born to the late Will Minniefield and Alice Woolridge on May 20, 1934 in Marshall, Texas. Earl was called home on Thursday, September 10, 2020 at Baylor Scott Centennial Hospital in Frisco, Texas. He accepted Christ at an early age. He attended Pemberton Marshall High School and graduated from AM&N College of Pine Bluff, Bachelor's Degree...

Sep 9, 2020

A visitation for Jacob Wesley Smith will be held on Saturday, September 19, 2020 from 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. at Downs Funeral Home.

Jacob Wesley Smith was born on October 9, 2006 in Longview, Texas and passed away on September 9, 2020 in Dallas, Texas. Jacob loved playing video games, fishing, hunting, camping, traveling, reading, drawing and...

Sep 8, 2020

Infant Kenlee Christena Busbey passed away Tuesday, September 8, 2020 at Christus Good Shepard in Longview, Texas. She was born to MaKenna Lewis and Logan Busbey. A graveside service for Kenlee Christena Busbey will be held at 2:00p.m. on Sunday, September 13, 2020 at DeBerry Cemetery. Bro. Chris Martin will be officiating the service.

Sep 6, 2020

Dorothy Mae Sullivan, 76, of Burleson, Texas passed away peacefully Sunday, September 6, 2020 in Fort Worth, Texas surrounded by her loving family.  A graveside service will be held at 11:00 AM on Saturday, September 12, 2020 at Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Karnack, Texas with Clark Sullivan officiating and under the direction of Downs Funeral Home of Marshall, Texas....

Sep 3, 2020

Brenda Joyce Blalock

Peacefully, surrounded by her family, Brenda went home to be with our Lord on September 3, 2020 after a nine-month battle with leukemia.

Brenda was born August 20, 1949 in Mt Pleasant, Texas to the late Joe and Peggy Blalock. She moved with her parents to Marshall in 1955 and lived the...

Sep 2, 2020

Bessie Bell Rudd Brumble , 98, of Bethany, LA passed away September 2, 2020. She was born on October 12, 1921 to the late Rebecca(Reba) Hightower Rudd and Louis (Louie) Schumpert Rudd in Waskom, TX.

She married Harmon Lewis Brumble, Jr. on July 16, 1940.

He preceded her in death on December 31,...

Sep 1, 2020

Larry Slone went home to be with our Lord and Savior on September 1, 2020 at his home in Marshall, Texas. A memorial service is planned for 3:00 p.m., Saturday, September 5 th at Downs Funeral Home with a graveside committal immediately following at Colonial Gardens Cemetery.

Larry was born in Austin, Texas on February 10, 1949,...

Aug 30, 2020

Margaret Elizabeth Moody was born February 11, 1948 to Edward Jones and Louise Posey Jones in Minden, Louisiana. She passed from this life on August 30, 2020 in Longview, Texas.

She married the love of her life, Loyce Ray Moody. Margaret was a member of First Baptist Church, Waskom. She loved taking drives in her Toyota Camry,...

Aug 29, 2020

Ann "Mimi" Montgomery

A service for Ann Montgomery, 86 of Marshall will be held at10 a.m., Wednesday, September 2, 2020 at the Mausoleum in the the Little Chapel by the Lake at Colonial Garden Cemetery.

Anna Lucille McCord "Mimi" Montgomery was born October 2, 1933 to S.W. McCord and...

Aug 26, 2020

William Dale Southworth, 77, of Marshall, Texas was born to the late Jack Dale Southworth and Doris L. Cheever Southworth in Waterloo, Iowa. He served proudly in the United States Navy in Vietnam. After serving his country, he became a licensed electrician. His hobbies include making model ships and airplanes. He also enjoyed traveling with his wife with their...

Aug 23, 2020

A private family graveside funeral service for Clarence E. Hall will be held at Evergreen Cemetery.

Clarence E. Hall, 83, of DeBerry, Texas was born on December 22, 1936 to his parents Eli Hall and Arlene Macon. Mr. Hall passed away on August 23, 2020 in Marshall, Texas. He is preceded in death by his loving wife,...