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Mary N. Hain
Jul 19, 2020
Mary N. Hain, 75, of Marshall, Texas was born in Deadwood, Texas on November 26, 1944 to her parents, Johnny Simmons and Bessie Kindley. Mrs. Hain passed away on July 19, 2020 in Marshall, Texas. She was raised in the Marshall area her whole life. Mrs. Hain wished to go to body donation for medical research with a family...
James "Jimmy" Douglas Dixon
Jul 16, 2020
James Douglas "Jimmy" Dixon, 78 of Marshall passed away peacefully on Thursday, July 16, 2020 after a long battle with kidney issues. .
"Jimmy" was born in Marshall, Texas on March 28, 1942. He worked for Marshall Police Department and the Harrison County Sheriff Department for many years, retiring from the Sheriff's Department. He was...
Betty Cook Anderson
Jul 15, 2020
Betty Anderson passed away peacefully on July 15, 2020, at the age of 88. Services will be held for close friends and family observing pandemic protocol on Sunday, July 19, at 2 p.m. at Downs Funeral Home. She will be laid to rest in New Grover Cemetery.
Betty Cook Anderson was born October 9, 1931, to Walter...
Albert Vivian Flowers, Jr.
Jul 10, 2020
Funeral services for Albert V. Flowers, Jr. will be held on Wednesday, July 15, 2020 at 2 PM with visitation on Wednesday, July 15, 2020 at 1 PM at Downs Funeral Home. Rev. Chad Roberts will officiate the service.
Albert V. Flowers, Jr. 68, of Marshall, Texas was born on April 21, 1952 in Marshall, Texas to...
Donnie Ray Wilder
Jul 7, 2020
A graveside service for Donnie Ray Wilder will be held on Saturday, July 11, 2020 at Rose Hill Gardens Cemetery at 10:00a.m. Visitation will be held on Friday, July 10, 2020 from 5:00-7:00p.m. at Downs Funeral Home.
Donnie Wilder was born March 30, 1952 in Hallsville, TX to Charles Henry Wilder and Alice Ruth Franklin Wilder.
...Frankie Jean Bryan Baxter
Jul 3, 2020
Frankie Jean Bryan Baxter was born December 1, 1934 in Shreveport, LA to Jeanette Jolley Bryan and Richard Franklin Bryan. She departed this earth to rejoin her Heavenly Father on July 3, 2020.
Frankie lived in Memphis, TN from 1936 – 1952. She was educated at Idlewild Elementary, and Fairview Junior High, where she was a member...
Joe Welch
Jun 27, 2020
A funeral service for Joe Welch will be held at Downs Funeral Home on Friday, July 3, 2020 at 2:00p.m., Bro. Craig Evers will be officiating the service. Interment will follow immediately after the service going to Woodlawn Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 6:00-8:00p.m. on Thursday, July 2, 2020 at Downs Funeral Home.
Joe Welch, 56,...
Billie Jean Hood
Jun 23, 2020
A funeral service for Billie Jean Hood will be held at 10:00a.m. on Friday, June 26, 2020 at Downs Funeral Home, C.J. Michel and Ron Segers will be officiating the service. Interment will follow immediately after the service going to Concord Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5:00-7:00p.m. on Thursday, June 25, 2020 at Downs Funeral Home.
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Loretta Layne Hall
Jun 23, 2020
Loretta Layne Hall was born June 6, 1938 in Ft. Worth, Texas to Norman Elvis Layne and Nannie Miller Boydston. She passed away June 23, 2020 in Longview, Texas.
Loretta married Joe Franklin Hall on February 15, 1960. She graduated from East Texas Baptist University with a Bachelors Degree, and earned her Masters Degree from University of...
Sibyl Vickers
Jun 22, 2020
Sibyl Dennis Vickers passed away peacefully June 22,2020. She was born December 29, 1920 in Canfield, Arkansas.
She spent her childhood in Minden, Louisiana, graduating from Minden High School. In 1937 she began her career as a secretary at International Paper in Springhill Louisiana where she met John G. Vickers. They married February...
Jeanette Hamblen
Jun 22, 2020
A funeral service for Jeanette Hamblen will be held at 2:00p.m. on Thursday, June 25, 2020 at Downs Funeral Home. Rev. Randy Gunter and Bro. Tony Gunter will be officiating the service. Interment will follow immediately after the service going to Hallsville Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 6:00-8:00p.m. on Wednesday, June 24, 2020 at Downs Funeral Home.
...Vaneda "Nita" Clark
Jun 20, 2020
Vaneda "Nita" Clark, 89, of Clarksville, TN passed away June 20, 2020 in Clarksville. Nita was born July 9, 1930 in Benton, AR to Jesse Raymond Caldwell and Vaneda Gladys Vaughn. She married William Oscar "Bill" Clark on October 10, 1948 in Arkansas.
She was an indoors person, who preferred inside activities to outside. She was a...
Da'Marcus Shepard
Jun 19, 2020
A graveside service for Damarcus Dwayne Sheppard will be held at 10:00a.m. on Saturday, June 27, 2020 at St. John Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5:00-7:00p.m. on Friday, June 26, 2020 at Downs Funeral Home.
Damarcus Dwayne "Sauce" Sheppard, of Marshall, Texas was born on December 4, 1990 to his parents, Kathie Sheppard (Terry) and Travis...
Pamela Carpenter
Jun 14, 2020
Pamela Carpenter, 61, was born on November 9.1958 to Roosevelt Bell and Jessie Mae Gray in Houston, Texas.
Pamela grew up with her siblings in the home of Silas and Edna Harper; she attended school in both Marshall and Houston, Texas.
Pamela attended BML where she pursued a degree in accounting. She was a huge...
Brenda Speights Walker
Jun 8, 2020
A funeral service for Brenda Speights Walker will be held at Downs Funeral Home on Saturday, June 13, 2020 at 11:00a.m. Visitation will be held on Friday, June 12, 2020 at Downs Funeral Home from 6:00-8:00p.m. Graveside service will be held on Monday, June 15, 2020 at 11:00a.m. at Point Enterprise Cemetery in Mexia, Texas.
Brenda Speights...
Buddy Bowlinger
Jun 8, 2020
A funeral service for Buddy Bowlinger will be held on Friday, June 12, 2020 at 10:00a.m. at Downs Funeral Home. Rev. Tim Turner and Bro. Chad Commander will officiate the service. Interment will follow immediately after the service going to Panola Mt. Zion Cemetery. Vitiation will be held on Thursday, June 11, 2020 from 5:00-7:00p.m. at Downs Funeral Home....
Syd Davidson
Jun 5, 2020
Funeral services for Syd Davidson, 67 of Panola, TX will be held at 10 a.m., Tuesday, June 9, 2020 in the chapel of Downs Funeral Home of Marshall, TX with Pastor Brad Simms officiating. Burial will be in the Panola Mt Zion Cemetery. There will be a visitation on Monday, June 8th from 5-7 p.m. at the funeral home....
Jerry Don Sivils, Iii
Jun 4, 2020
Funeral services for Jerry Don Sivils, III will be 2 pm, Thursday, June 11, 2020 in the chapel of Downs Funeral Home.
Jery Don Sivils, Iii
Jun 4, 2020
A funeral service for Mr. Jery Don Sivils, III will be held on Thursday, June 11, 2020 at 2:00p.m. at Downs Funeral Home, visitation will be held one hour prior to the service time.
Jery Don Sivils, III, age 59 was born in Dallas, Texas to his parents, Jery and Barbara Sivils. Mr. Sivils passed away on...
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