All Obituaries

Funeral services for Hobart Rutherford “Rudd” Key, 68, of Jefferson are scheduled for Friday, April 20, 2018 at 1:00 p.m. in the Capt. Wm. Perry Chapel of Haggard Funeral Home with Father David F. K. Puckett officiating. Interment will be in Greenwood Cemetery in Marshall, Texas at 2:45 p.m.  under the direction of Haggard Funeral Home. Visitation is from 5-7 p.m. Thursday April 19, 2018 at Haggard Funeral Home. Mr. Key was born August 1, 1949 in Ft. Worth, TX....

Gary Glee Webb of Jefferson, Texas, the son of Charlie Dee and Jessie Mae Webb (Marshall) was born March 24, 1932 in Ringgold County Iowa into a family with 4 brothers; Richard, Wiley, Kyle and Dennis with 2 sisters; Georgia and Thelma. His early years were spent on his parents farm in Iowa.  Upon Graduation in 1951 he moved to Denver, Colorado where he was employed by the railroad.  After a few years he changed employment to Western Union as a service technician.  While in...

Tracy Thomas McDaniel was born March 8, 1955 in Huntington West Virginia. Tracy went to be with his Lord on April 9, 2018 in Longview Texas. He was 63 years old.  Local arrangements made by Haggard Funeral Home. Tracy was preceded in death by his father John Thomas (JT) McDaniel. He is survived by his mother Celestine McDaniel of Jefferson, brother and sister in law John and Traci Ann McDaniel of Jefferson, daughter and son in law Tracy and Michael...

  Arthur Moseley Wharton of Austin, TX died on March 29, 2018 six weeks before his 80th birthday.  Arthur was born in Jefferson, TX, the son of Sibyl (Moseley) and Judson Wharton. He graduated from Jefferson High School in 1956 and then attended University of Texas.  He joined the US Navy as a carrier pilot, primarily on the USS Kearsarge.  He received the Vietnam Service Medal.  Arthur was also in the Reserve, flying land-based maritime patrol...

Funeral services for Mrs. Merle Bradley, 96, of Jefferson are scheduled for 2:00 p.m. Saturday, March 31, 2018 in the Capt. Wm. Perry Chapel of Haggard Funeral Home with Dennis Morris officiating. Private interment will follow at Mims Chapel Cemetery under the direction of Haggard Funeral Home. There will be a visitation of family and friends at 1:00 p.m. Saturday prior to the service. Mrs. Bradley was born in Mims, Texas to Albert and Jenny Moore Dorgan and passed away March 29,...

Mildred Smith Loomis, born on October 8, 1933 in Jefferson, Texas, passed away Saturday, March 17, 2018 in Dallas, Texas. Mildred was the oldest of four children born to Gervas and Addine (Cromer) Smith.  She attended Jefferson schools and was chosen High School Harvest Queen in 1949.  In the 1960’s she was a dedicated volunteer for the Marion County Republican Party.  She was a previous member of the Jefferson Krewe of Hebe serving as Mardi Gras Queen in...

Funeral Services for Mrs. Ruby Allene McAfee, 96, of Jefferson are scheduled for Saturday, March 17, 2018 at 10am in the Cpt. Wm. Perry Chapel of Haggard Funeral Home with interment to follow at 2pm in Walton Cemetery in Carthage, Texas with Bro. Shawn Thrapp officiating and under the direction of Haggard Funeral Home.  There will be a time of visitation on Friday, March 16, 2018 from 6 to 8pm in the Cpt. Wm. Perry Chapel of Haggard Funeral Home.  Ruby Allene McAfee was...

Roy Lee Rowland, Sr., CBSM USN RET., 83, of Avinger passed away Monday, March 5, 2018.  Cremation services are under the direction of Haggard Funeral Home. Mr. Rowland was born October 27, 1934 in Ball Ground Georgia to Lewis Edwin Rowland and Grace Maude Ruddell. He served his country honorably in the U.S. Navy in Korea and Vietnam attaining the rank of Chief Boatswain’s Mate and retiring after 30 years of faithful service.  He will be privately interred at...

A Memorial Service for Ennis Irvin Oney, 93, of Avinger will be held Monday, March 5, 2018 at 2:00 PM in the Cpt. Wm. Perry Chapel of Haggard Funeral Home with Bro. Shawn Thrapp officiating and under the direction of Haggard Funeral Home. Mr. Oney passed away Sunday, February 25, 2018, in Jefferson, TX. Ennis was born November 18, 1924 in Marshall, Texas to Lonnie D Oney and Cordie Craver. He served his country honorably in the U.S. Army in the Asiatic – Pacific Theater...

June Carson Brooks was born in the Ouachita Mountains of Pike County, Arkansas on August 19, 1933, to William Austin Carson and Susie Missouri Carson.  She was a descendent of the famed frontier legend Christopher “Kit” Carson.  She passed on to the Spirit in the Sky on February 16, 2018, in Longview, Texas.  June spoke of previously taking this joyful journey “through the tunnel of light” during a near drowning accident while fishing on Caddo Lake...