Ernest Terrand Watts August 30, 1956 - September 9, 2021 Ernest Terrand Watts, 65, died on September 9, 2021. Ernest was born on August 30, 1956, to Cartelyou Brinson and Pearlie Mae Watts in Center, Texas. Visitation will be held Friday September 17, 2021, from 5:00PM to 7:00PM Mangum Funeral Home Center, Texas Funeral Service will be Saturday September 18, 2021, at 11:00AM at Mangum Funeral Home Center, Texas. Interment to follow at Mt. Gillion Cemetery. Ernest grew up in Center,...

Brealon Allen “Buddy” Sanford, Jr. (68) passed away on September 2nd, 2021 in Nacogdoches, Texas.   Services will be held at New Life Church in Center, TX., under the direction of Senior Pastor Steve Noble. Visitation will be from 1-2 pm on Friday September 10th, with funeral service immediately following. Burial will be at Borders Cemetery. Arrangements are being handled by Mangum Funeral Home.   Brealon Allen “Buddy” Sanford, Jr. was born in Houston,...

Clifton Marquette Cagle (Poss) October 7, 1956 – September 1, 2021 Clifton Marquette Cagle, 64, joined his father and mother in heaven on September 1, 2021. Clifton was born on Oct 7, 1956, to Clifton Edward Cagle and Zera Christen Armstrong in Center, Texas. Clifton graduated from Shelbyville High School and was honorably discharged from the air force. He was a fire fighter and treasurer for Shelbyville volunteer fire department. He was also a Dispatcher for 20 plus years and a...

Evelyn Faye Thompson Feb 10, 1931 – Aug 30, 2021 Evelyn Faye Thompson, 90, of Joaquin, TX entered into rest Monday, August 30, 2021.  Faye was born February 10, 1931, in Palestine, Texas to Evelyn Opal Weatherford and Hugh Lawson Solomon. She showed her love through cooking which began at the early age of nine years old when she would pull a chair up to the stove and cook for her three brothers. Her specialties were biscuits, dressing, chicken and dumplings and her infamous...

Jack Mardis Balcome, 88, of Richmond, Tx passed away on August 22 ,2021. Born on September 23, 1932, to Hazen Paul and Jennette Rhae Balcome in Long Beach, California. Visitation will be held Wednesday August 25, 2021, from 5:00PM to 7:00PM At Mangum Funeral Home Center, Texas. Graveside Service will be Thursday August 26, at 10:00AM at Old Home Cemetery Center Texas. Jack served in the Army, Armco steel retired after 26 years he was a small engine mechanic for several years, avid reader...

PEGGY LORRAINE PERMENTER PARKER   Born at home in “Possum Trot”, Shelbyville, Texas on November 20, 1943, she was the daughter of Eldredge Ramsey Permenter and Mildred Lorene Permenter.  Peggy worked in finance for many years and later with an investigative skip trace company that she truly enjoyed and she was very good at her job.  She made a lot of lifelong friends along the way. She graduated from Shelbyville High School in 1961 and later went to Nacogdoches...

Bettye Hitchcock Grimsley, 90, died on Aug 15, 2021.  Bettye was born on May 27, 1931 to Jesse A. Hitchcock and Elenora Phillips Hitchcock in the Providence Community of Burleson County Texas. She was the sixth of seven children and graduated from Caldwell High School in 1948.             After graduation, Bettye attended the Texas Business University Southwestern Branch in Houston. In 1949 she began working at the Houston office...

Leon Searcy, 89, of Pasadena, Texas passed away on August 6, 2021 in Pasadena Texas. He was born on October 14, 1931, in Geneva County Alabama to Isom Byrd Searcy and Rena Mae Mullen Searcy. A graveside service will be at 11:00 AM on Tuesday August 10,2021 at Fairview Cemetery in Center, Texas with Linda Searcy officiating. While serving in the Navy during the Korean War, Leon married Giovanna Mooney of Center, Texas.  After the war, they moved to Dallas, Texas where he attended...

John Edward Smith, 57, of Shelbyville, Tx passed away on July 24 ,2021. Born on November 22, 1963, to Ira L. Smith and Juanita Faye Burgess. Visitation will be held Thursday July 29, 2021, from 5:00PM to 7:00PM at Mangum Funeral Home Center, TX. Funeral Service will be Friday July 30, 2021, at 3:00PM at Mangum Funeral Home Center, TX. Interment to fallow at Wimberly Cemetery Shelbyville, TX. John grew up in Hughes Spring, TX and attended Carthage High School. He loved fishing, hunting,...

Dennis Ray Casper, 71, of Nacogdoches, Tx passed away on July 22, 2021. Born on June 1, 1950, in Nacogdoches, Texas to the late Thomas Jefferson and Barbara Jean (Lavender) Casper. Dennis grew up and attended Nacogdoches High School and moved to Teneha Tx, in the 90s. He met his beloved wife in Nacogdoches and married October 22, 1982, his family knew him as “Bubba”. Dennis was a simple guy who was very friendly and loved talking to folks, he joined the Christian Motorcycle...