All Obituaries

Life Reflections Ms. Jia’yah Dasianiq Oliver, was born May 29, 2002 in Longview, Texas to the parentage of Shenikia Equon Powell and Terrence Maguel Oliver. She accepted Christ at an early age and was a faithful and very active youth member of Red Oak Missionary Baptist Church. She loved serving the Lord and participating in Sunday School, youth meetings, singing in the choir, and ushering! Jia’yah graduated from Longview High School in 2020 and was currently enrolled in their...

Lonzell Bernard Holman was born January 27, 1955 in Rusk County, Texas. He was raised in Tyler by his parents, Booker T.  Sr. and Gwendolyn Holman. He received his rest on January 12, 2022. He was baptized at an early age and spent many years as a member of the North Tenneha Church of Christ where he often led songs and was a member of the Male Chorus. He went on to serve at the Hood Street Church of Christ in Waco, TX, and at the time of his passing, was a member of the Winnsboro...

23rd Psalm The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over....

Pastor Ronald Carson was born April 6, 1964 to the parentage of Eunice Carson Scott and the late Donald Lee Carson. He attended Longview Independent School District and Southern Bible Institute and College of Dallas, TX. Pastor Carson was the current Pastor of The Pleasant Hill Leigh CME of Karnack, TX. He was an Associate Pastor of Wesley United Methodist CME in Willis Point, TX, and an Associate Pastor of Rose Hill United Methodist of Marshall, TX. He loved to fish, it was a life long...

To know her was to love her or her for her unconditionally love toward so many family members and friends she made feel special. She was known as "Aunt Sis to everyone she met even if you were related to her or not. In her lifetime of 100 years, she has always treated everyone with a kind heart and willingness to help everyone. This beautiful person gained her wings on Saturday, November 20, 2021. She was the baby girl born to Pleas Walker and Lena Powell-Walker on April 16, 1921 in...

Erma Bryant was born April 18, 1937 in Tyler, Texas (Smith County) to Julius and Seawillow Everhart. She graduated Valedictorian from Morningside High School in Memphis, TN in 1954. In 1957, Erma became a member of McDonald Street Church of Christ. Upon moving to Kilgore, TX she moved her membership to Westview Church of Christ. Later on in life she moved to Woodland Hill Church of Christ where she remained. She worked several different jobs until she moved to Longview where she worked...

Zeola Reeves was born January 8, 1939 to the parents of Rev. L. T. Ingram and Bertha Mae McAfee (Ingram). She accepted Christ at an early age at Galilee Baptist Church in Hallsville, TX. She was a graduate of Hallsville Galilee High School and also attended Wiley College in Marshall, TX. She worked for 29 years in the cafeteria at Hallsville I.S.D. Billy Joe Reeves Sr. married Zeola Reeves and within that union they had four sons. They were married for 39 years. She is preceded in death...

Cheryl was born to Lucille and Lloyd Lewis on August 8, 1963.  She departed this life on Saturday, November 6, 2021 at Christus Good Shepherd.   She was preceded in death by her parents Lucille and Lloyd Lewis, her brother Larry Lewis, her grandparents Clyde Wiley, Sr.,  Ola and Thaddeus Maxey and Katherine Brantley and L. C. Lewis.  Cheryl was a 1982 graduate of Hallsville High School.  She was employed at Perky Power Plant for 33 years, and she...