Tuesday, July 11, 2000, Longview News-Journal Ali Ferdowsijah Ali Ferdowsijah passed away Thursday, July 6, 2000. Graveside services are planned for Wednesday, July 11, 2000, at Lakeview Funeral Home and Cemetery. Ali is survived by his mother, Cora Gutierrez, and his father, Mohamad Ferdowsijah, both of Longview. LAKEVIEW 5000 W. Harrison Rd.
759-9493 Margaret Lucille Webb Services for Margaret Lucille Webb, 68, of Longview will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, July 13, 2000, at Welch Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Foster Parnell and the Rev. Tommy Brasher officiating. Burial will follow in Lakeview Memorial Gardens.
Mrs. Webb died Sunday, July 9, 2000, in a local hospital. Visitation is 6-7 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. WELCH FUNERAL Our Family Serving Your Family Since 1914 210 S.
GREEN LONGVIEW, TX 753-5541 Earl Davis MARSHALL Services for Earl Davis, 54, of the Crestwood Addition of Lake O' the Pines will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, July 12, 2000, at the Travis Street Chapel of Sullivan Funeral Home. Brother Clayton Battles, Brother Bill Hammond and Brother Butch Landers will officiate. Burial will be in Algoma Cemetery. Mr.
Davis died Sunday, July 9, 2000, in Houston after a long battle with bone marrow cancer. Mr. Davis was born Aug. 15, 1945, in Nacogdoches 1 to George Willis Davis and Loucette Eberlee. He retired from Arco Oil Gas Co.
in Longview. He was a member of the North Shore Baptist Church and Concerned Citizens of Crestwood. Mr. Davis is survived by his wife, Annette Timmons Jackson Davis; one daughter, Teresa Ann Owens of Longview; four stepdaughters and his stepsons-in-law, JoAnne Jackson Jordan and Melvin of Lake Cherokee, Judy Gayle Jackson Wallace and David of Shreveport, Teri Sue Jackson of Bryan and Tammie Kaye Jackson Montgomery and Darren of Bossier City; two grandchildren, Forrest Lee Owens and Lindsey Anne Owens of Longview; five stepgrandchildren, Jason Wells of Shreveport, Matthew and Melissa Anne Jordan of Lake Cherokee and Sarah and Staci Smith of Bossier City; a stepson-in-law, Ricky Smith of Blanchard, two step-grandchildren, Olivia and Haden Montgomery of Bossier City; two brothers and sisters-inlaw, Bill and Shirley Davis of Longview and Homer and Glenda Davis of Hallsville; two sisters and brothers-in-law, Georgia Lou and Clayton Battles of Henderson and Maudie and Ted Leach of Carthage; and several nieces and nephews. Pallbearers will be Melvin Jordan, David Wallace, Darren Montgomery, Ricky Smith, Matthew Jordan and Denny Abernathy.
Honorary pallbearers will be Forrest Owens, Joel Franklin, Duane Jones, Benny Franks, Don Pendergrast, Eddie Slampa and Don Hammonds. The family wishes to thank with sincerity for all their help and kindness Dr. Ray David Smith and Dr. Micheal Moore, both of Shrevepor; Dr. Donna Weber and staff at M.D.
Anderson Cancer Center in Houston; Dr. Sergio Giralt and staff; and the community of Crestwood in Lake 'O' the Pines. Memorials may be made to the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1500 Holcombe Houston, TX 77025. One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.
C'ongaicho -George Herbert Patricia Commander and Family wishes to thank you for your many expressions of love and concern during the loss of Patricia's beloved father, William Elvin Morgan. We were comforted by your words, visits, telephone calls, flowers, cards, food, and most of all, your prayers. We sincerely pray that our Heavenly Father will continue to richly bless each of you. OBI OBITUARIES Irma Ann Frazier Graveside services for Irma Frazier of Longview will be held at 2 p.m. today, July 11, in Kilgore City Cemetery with Brother James Martin officiating and Jennifer Harvey as vocalist.
Arrangements are by East Texas Funeral Home of Longview. Ms. Frazier was born July 29, 1928, to Ernest and Loma Washburn in Rusk County. She passed away Saturday, July 8, 2000.A lifetime resident of the area, she had worked as a cashier. Survivors include Clarence Springs, special friend and companion; her children, Clyde Ray Frazier of Palestine and Lottie Marie Devore and Shirley Ann Guerrero, both of Longview; sister Rachael Whitfield of Kilgore; brother James Ray Washburn; sisters Jean Moores, Margaret Willis and Ruth Mix, all of Longview; sister Peggy Jo Martin of Houston; a sister-in-law, Lottie Mae Miller of Kilgore; two stepchildren, Helen Marie and Rube Allen; 21 grandchildren; and 11 great grandchildren.
Mrs. Frazier was preceded in death by her husband of 25 years, R.H. Frazier; one child, Robert Frazier; two sisters; and two brothers. She was loved and will be missed. Cast Texas Consultation Funeral Home Longview 412 N.
High 757-8898 Lorene Bennett HAWKINS Services for Lorene Bennett, 95, of Hawkins will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, July 12, 2000, at Beaty Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. James Cook officiating. Burial will be in Liberty Cemetery. Mrs.
Bennett died Monday, July 10, 2000, at a Hawkins nursing home. She was born Jan. 21, 1905, in Wood County to Eli Jackson Tucker and Sara Lucinda Grice. She was a homemaker and a member of the First Baptist Church of Hawkins. Mrs.
Bennett was a former president of American War Mothers and a member of Eastern Star. She was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas M. Bennett; three sons, Almus, Thomas Dean and Freddrick Ray; two daughters, Imogene and Bonnie Lou; two grandsons, William Allen Hanco*ck and George Bennett; a brother, I.J. Tucker; and two sisters, Leva Killian and Minnie Luman. She is survived by three sons, Leonard E.
Bennett of Garnett, Robert Bennett Sr. of Joseph, and Vernon Bennett of Longview; three daughters, Thelma Hanco*ck of Hawkins, Shirley Mizell of Hallsville and Fay Seahorn of Gilmer; 26 grandchildren; 56 great-grandchildren; and 24 great-great-grandchildren. The pallbearers will be her grandsons. Visitation is 6-8 p.m. today, July 11, at the funeral 1 home.
Funerals Celeste Webb HENDERSON Graveside services for Celeste Webb, 95, of Henderson, 2 p.m. today, Old City Cemetery, the Rev. Robert Hall officiating. Arrangements, Crawford-A. Crim Funeral Home.
Novie Sparks HENDERSON Services for Novie Sparks, 73, of Henderson, 2 p.m. today, Bryan Home Chapel, the Rev. Mike Simpson and the Rev. Jim Taylor officiating. Burial, County Line Cemetery, Panola County.
Iris Mae Noble GLADEWATER Services for Iris Mae Noble, 63, of Gladewater, 10 a.m. today, Croley Funeral Home Chapel, Gladewater, Larry W. Osborne officiating. Burial, Gladewater Memorial Park. John Paul Jones HENDERSON Services for John Paul Jones, 49, of Good Springs, 10 a.m.
today, Sardis Baptist Church, the Rev. Don Rivers officiating. Burial, Duncan Cemetery. Arrangements, Crawford-A. Crim Funeral Home.
Pending Almer Greer GILMER Services for Almer Greer, 80, of Gilmer are pending with Croley Funeral Home of Gilmer. Ms. Greer died Monday in Mount Pleasant. Patsy Barnett Services for Patsy Barnett, 64, are pending with East Texas Funeral Home of Longview. Ms.
Barnett died Monday at a Tyler hospice. Willis Davis MARSHALL Services for Willis Davis are pending with Sullivan Funeral Home. Mr. Davis died Sunday in Houston. Larry Ray Haddad MARSHALL Services for Larry Ray Haddad of Marshall are pending with Sullivan Funeral Home.
Mr. Haddad died Sunday in a Marshall hospital. Jane Hudson MARSHALL Services for Jane Hudson are pending with Sullivan Funeral Home. Ms. Hudson died Monday in a Marshall rehab center.
Betty Wiess Moon Services for Betty Wiess Moon, 50, of Longview are pending with Rader Funeral Home of Longview. Mrs. Moon died Sunday at her residence. Zachary Lane Pittman GLADEWATER Services for Zachary Lane Pittman, infant son of Marty Joe and Jennifer Pittman, are pending with Croley Funeral Home in Gladewater. Sallie Mills Leach KILGORE Services for Sallie Mills Leach of Kilgore are pending with Cunningham Funeral Home.
Mrs. Leach passed away Saturday at a Shreveport hospital. Landry "NIG" Johnson KILGORE Services for Landry "Nig" Johnson of Kilgore are pending at Cunningham Funeral Home. Mr. Johnson passed away Sunday at a Longview hospital.
GILMER Graveside services for John Perry Goates, 49, of Gilmer were held at 9:30 a.m. Monday in Sunset Memorial Park. Arrangements were by Croley Funeral Home of Gilmer. Mr. Goates died Saturday in Tyler.
He was born June 6, 1951 in Gilmer. He was a bail bondsman. Survivors include his mother, Jneunese Goates of Gilmer, and a brother, Kenneth Goates of Tyler. John Perry Goates Croley FUNERAL HOME GILMER 843-2555 Mary Lindsey Pennington 11, at the funeral home. Croley FUNERAL HOME GILMER 843-2555 GILMER Services for Mary Lindsey Pennington, 82, of Gilmer will be held at 2 p.m.
Monday, July 10, 2000, at Croley Funeral Home Chapel in Gilmer with Brother Robert Carter officiating. Burial will be in Perryville Cemetery in Upshur County. Mrs. Pennington died Sunday, July 9, 2000, in Tyler. She was born Oct.
29, 1917, in Perryville On Feb. 2, 1935, she married Ed Pennington in Hepsibah. She lived most of her life in the Houston area and had lived in the Gilmer area for eight years. She was a homemaker, and she was of the Baptist faith. Mrs.
Pennington was preceded in death by her husband, Ed Pennington. She is survived by one son, Don Pennington of Gilmer; a granddaughter and grandson-inlaw, Shawyne and Joe Donaho of Gilmer; three great-grandchildren, Justin, Joshua and Lindsey Donaho of Gilmer; one brother, Willie Lindsey of Houston; and a sisterin-law, Jo Lindsey of Perryville. Mrs. Pennington's nephews will serve as pallbearers. Visitation is 6-8 p.m.
today, July James Keith Ford Services for James Keith Ford will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Cypress Street Church of Christ, 1206 N. Cypress in Gilmer. Arrangements are by Craig Funeral Home. Mr.
Ford passed away Wednesday at his home in Houston. He leaves to cherish his memories a loving wife, one stepdaughter, his parents, three sisters and two brothers. He was born Jan. 2, 1965, in Gilmer. Gaylan Wayne Harber Gaylan Wayne "G.W." Harber, 67, of Longview passed away Sunday, July 9, 2000, in Jacksonville.
Mr. Harber was a roofing contractor by trade and an honest, hard working and devoted husband and father at home. Mr. Harber is survived by his loving wife of 48 years, Cecelia Harber; two sons, Gaylan Daniel Harber and his family of Chalk Hill and Henry Jay Harber of Longview; two daughters, Debra of Chalk Hill and Linda Gay Ramsey and her family of Carthage; four grandchildren, Tommy Elliott, Brian Goings, Gaylan Andrew Massey and Colby Jon Ramsey; and numerous brothers and sisters. Mr.
Harber was preceded in death by one daughter, Sharon Harber Goings, and his parents, Reese Harber and Valorie Harber. Services are planned for 1:30 p.m. Thursday, July 13, at Lakeview Funeral Home and Cemetery. Interment will follow. Visitation is 7-9 p.m.
Wednesday, July 12, at the funeral home. CAKEVIEW 5000 W. Harrison Rd. 759-9493 Margaret Cash Gossett Memorial services for Margaret Cash Gossett, 84, of Longview will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, July 12, 2000, at First Baptist Church with Dr.
Harry Lucenay, Dr. Bud Austin and the Rev. Dewayne Beaty officiating. Interment will be in Grace Hill Cemetery under the direction of Rader Funeral Home of Longview. Mrs.
Gossett died Sunday, July 9, 2000, at her home. She was born Oct. 20, 1915, to Andrew J. and Sally Cash. For 65 years she was the loving, devoted wife of Henry O.
Gossett Jr. Together, they wrote a son, "Gee, I Like the Likes of You," with Margaret writing the lyrics and Henry, the music. Margaret's surviving family includes two daughters and sonsin-law, Sally Gossett Barron and Archie N. Barron of Longview and Henrietta Gossett Covey and Richard Covey of Bailey, her two grandchildren, Sara Elizabeth Francois and her husband, Christopher Michael Francois, and Lisa Michelle Covey brought special joy to her life. Margaret also has one great-grandson, Collin Michael Francois, who greatly blessed her last years of life.
She is also survived by three nieces, Adele Denson Beers, Dorothy Anne Hyde and Linda Kennedy Rosser. She has three nephews, Gary Denson, Lee Kennedy and Avis Johnson. Margaret had lived in Longview since 1935. She was an active member of the First Baptist Church until she became ill in 1991. She taught Sunday school many years, both to teen-agers and married young adults.
She was a charter member of the Bethany Bible Club and an organizer and teacher of the Heritage Bible Club. She was active in the Longview community as a founding member of the Longview Lawyers' Wives Club and the Longview Women's Forum. She was installed as the only honorary member of the Longview Rotary Club. Friends and family remember her as a gourmet cook. Margaret was preceded in death by her parents; her twin sister, Miriam Cash Crawford; and another sister, Mary Frances "Jackie" Denson.
The family will receive friends p.m. today, July 11, at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to LeTourneau University, Gregg County Historical Museum, Longview ISD Foundation or the First Baptist Church. Rader HOME FUNERAL 1617 Judson Rd. 753-3373 Family- Owned and Operated John Robert Mars PARIS, Ark.
Graveside services for John Robert "Herb" Mars, 62, will be held at 10 a.m. today in Baxley Cemetery. Arrangements are by Roller Funeral Home. Mr. Mars, a salesman for Wal-Mart and a member of the Presbyterian Church, died Saturday in Fort Smith.
Survivors in the East Texas area include a daughter, Penny Lee Mars of Longview. Ernest E. Taylor HENDERSON Services for Ernest E. Taylor, 85, of Henderson will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Crawford-A.
Crim Funeral Home with the Rev. Jim Taylor and the Rev. Melinda Beasley officiating. Burial will be in Bridges Cemetery. Mr.
Taylor, a U.S. Air Force veteran of World War II and a Transcontinental Gas Pipeline retiree, died Saturday. Visitation is 6-8 p.m. today at the funeral home. CRAWFORD A.
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