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Debra Wallace
Dec 8, 2017
A homegoing celebration for Debra Ann Pratt Wallace will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, December 16, 2017 at Mt. Zion Spiritual #2, Marshall. Interment will immediately follow in Rosehill Gardens Cemetery, Marshall. Mrs. Wallace will have a visitation Friday, December 15, 2017 from 6 to 8p.m. at Downs Funeral Home. We were blessed on February 22, 1958 with the...
Raymond "Bird" Williams
Dec 2, 2017
A homegoing celebration for Raymond "Bird" Williams, 59, of Marshall, TX, will be held Saturday, December 09, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. in the Chapel of Downs Funeral Home with Minister LaNita Brown officiating. Mr. Williams went to be with the Lord December 02, 2017.
Raymond Williams was born on...
Lula Mae White
Dec 1, 2017
A homegoing celebration for Lula Mae White will be held at 2:00p.m., Saturday, December 9, 2017 at Galilee Baptist Church with Rev. DuWayne Taylor officiating. The visitation will be held Friday, December 8, 2017 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Downs Funeral Home. Mrs. White passed away December 1, 2017 with her loving family by her side. Lula Mae White...
Bernice Lorene Mann
Nov 29, 2017
A funeral service for Bernice Lorene Mann, 99, of Marshall, TX, will be held Saturday, December 02, 2017 at 2:00p.m., in the Chapel of Downs Funeral Home with Bro. Ralph Johnston and Raymond Moore officiating. Visitation with family and friends will take place Friday, December 01, 2017 from 6:00p.m. – 8:00p.m., at Downs...
Danny "Dan" Templin
Nov 26, 2017
Danny Ray Templin, 72, of Longview entered the portals of Heaven to greet his Lord and Savior on Sunday, November 26, 2017. He shed the burdens and care of this world for the joy, peace and celebration of his heavenly home with Christ.
A celebration...
Rebecca "Becky" Baker Foster
Nov 25, 2017
Rebecca "Becky" Baker Foster, 66, of Marshall was called Home to be with her Lord on Saturday, November 25, 2017. Funeral Services to Honor her will be held at 2:00pm, Wednesday, November 29, 2017, in the Chapel of Downs Funeral Home. Bob Bryant and Brother Brandon Davis will be officiating. Following this Service, Interment will be at Colonial Gardens Cemetery,...
Odum Click
Nov 25, 2017
A funeral service for Odum Lee Click, Jr, 77, of Woodlawn will be held at 10:00a.m., Tuesday, November 28, 2017 in the chapel of Downs Funeral Home. Interment will follow the service in Colonial Gardens Cemetery, Marshall. Visitation with family and friends will take place Monday, November 27, 2017 from 6:00p.m. – 8:00p.m.,...
Bobby "Poppa Bear" Shoults
Nov 17, 2017
Bobby "Poppa Bear" Shoults of Marshall passed away Friday, November 17, 2017 from a sudden illness at Christus Good Shepherd Hospital in Longview, TX. Visitation will be held Tuesday, November 21, 2017 from 6-8pm at Downs Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, November 22, 2017 in the chapel of Downs Funeral...
Billy Ray Jones
Nov 14, 2017
Billy Ray Jones, 84, passed away on November 14, 2017, in Marshall, Harrison County, Texas.
Bill was born October 21, 1933, in Houston, Texas, to Ray Jones and Effie Bell Parks Jones. He graduated from Delight, Arkansas High School and attended Henderson State Teachers College in Arkadelphia,...
Margie "Jane" Woods
Nov 11, 2017
A memorial service for Margie "Jane" Woods, 78, of Hallsville will be held at 10:00a.m., Friday, November 17, 2017 in the chapel of Downs Funeral Home with Bro. James Rust officiating. Mrs. Woods went home to be with the Lord Saturday, November 11, 2017.
Margie...
Gloria Joyce Moore
Nov 10, 2017
A Celebration of Life for Gloria Joyce Moore, 72, of Karnack, Texas will be held at 2:00p.m., Saturday, November 18, 2017 in the Chapel of Downs Funeral Home. Interment will follow the service in Antioch Cemetery, Leigh, Texas. Mrs. Moore passed away Friday, November 10, 2017 in Tyler, Texas.
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Doris Marie Sumerlin
Nov 10, 2017
A Celebration of Life will be held at 10:00a.m., Saturday, November 18, 2017 in the chapel of Downs Funeral Home for Ms. Doris Sumerlin, 85, of Marshall. Interment will follow the service in Canaan Cemetery, Marshall, Texas. Ms. Sumerlin passed away Friday, November 10, 2017 in Marshall.
Danny Barrett
Nov 5, 2017
Danny A. Barrett, 74, of Marshall passed away Sunday, November 05, 2017 in Longview, Texas. A funeral service for Mr. Barrett will be held at 11:00a.m., Saturday, November 11, 2017 in the Chapel of Downs Funeral Home with Donald Wayne McClendon officiating. Visitation will take place 1 hour prior to the service.
Danny A. Barrett was born...
Delores J. Baker
Nov 4, 2017
Delores Jean Moore Baker, 78, of Marshall passed away Saturday, November 04, 2017 in Longview, Texas. Her funeral service will be held at 2:00p.m., Wednesday, November 08, 2017 in the Baker Auditorium of East Texas Baptist University with Dr. Bob Utley, Bro. Pete Sellers, and Dr. Blair Blackburn officiating. Interment will follow the...
Robert Lancaster
Oct 30, 2017
A graveside funeral service for Robert Lancaster, 88, of Marshall will be held at 1:00p.m., Thursday, November 02, 2017 in Colonial Gardens Cemetery, Marshall, with Bro. Jim Houston officiating.
Robert D. Lancaster was born December 30, 1928 to James and Mamie Lancaster in Panola County, Texas. He was a...
Michelle Stephens
Oct 28, 2017
After a long fight with a terminal illness, a beautiful soul departed from this life on October 28, 2017. Michelle Olivia Stephens was born on October 14, 1978 in Marshall, Texas. She resided in Marshall all 39 years of her life.
Michelle is survived by her loving and beloved...
Kelly Heard Goswick
Oct 28, 2017
A funeral service for Kelly Heard Goswick, 50, of DeBerry, will be held at 10:00a.m., Thursday, November 02, 2017 in the chapel of Downs Funeral Home with Bro. Barry Teutsch officiating. Interment will follow the service in DeBerry Cemetery. Visitation with family and friends will take place Wednesday, November 01, 2017 from 6:00p.m. - 8:00p.m., ...
Lillian Victoria Dmairi
Oct 28, 2017
The family of Lillian Victoria Dmairi will host a visitation Thursday, November 02, 2017 from 6:00p.m. – 8:00p.m., at Downs Funeral Home. Ms. Dmairi passed away Saturday, October 28, 2017 in Marshall.
Lillian Victoria Dmairi, "Sissy", was born October 14, 1971 to Joseph and Patricia Wooddell in Fort Worth,...
Larry Dean Lusk
Oct 20, 2017
Larry Dean Lusk was born July 6, 1956 in Marshall, Texas to Lawrence Edwin Lusk and Frances Modene Evers Lusk. He passed away October 20, 2017 in Harleton, Texas. Graveside funeral services will be held at 2:00p.m., Wednesday, October 25, 2017 at Eagle Creek Cemetery, Harleton, with Rev. Craig Evers officiating.
Ira Franklin Harris
Oct 13, 2017
Ira T. Harris was born in Hilly, Louisiana on October 18, 1921 and placed in the care of loving parents, the late Ben Franklin and Mary Lou Lockhart Franklin. She was reared in a loving and nurturing home with her siblings who all preceded her in death.
Born to...
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