All Obituaries

Services for Mr. Kenneth Wayne Waites will be 1:00pm Saturday, September 30, 2023, at Bethlehem Baptist Church 1149 MA County Rd 3506 in Jefferson, Texas 75657 and burial will follow at Core Cemetery.  Visitation will be held Friday, September 29, 2023, at Lewis & Walker Funeral Home. Mr. Waites was born September 23,1954 and transitioned September 24, 2023 in Marshall, Texas. Mr. Waites was 69 years old. A full obituary will be added.

Services for Tamika Nicole Tarpley, 44, of Jefferson, Texas will be 2:00pm Sunday, September 17, 2023 at Lewis & Walker Funeral Home and burial will follow at Cedar Grove Cemetery in Jefferson. Tamika was born July 9, 1979 and transitioned September 10, 2023. Tamika was 44 years old. A full obituary will be published. 

Services for Mrs. Charley Marie Turner, 75, of Texarkana, Texas will be 2:00pm Saturday, September 16, 2023 at Salem Missionary Baptist Church in Linden, Texas and Burial will follow afterwards at Salem Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery. Mrs. Turner was born February 16, 1948 and transitioned September 8, 2023. Mrs. Turner was 75 years old. A full obituary will be published.

  Althea Jewel McDowell, affectionately known as "Teet", was born on February 5, 1935—a fraternal twin—to the parents of Alf and Annie Taylor of Lassater, Texas in Marion County.   As a young teenage girl growing up in a large household, Althea had numerous responsibilities given to her to help ensure that her family was taken well care of at all times. She attended Victory High School in Texas, where she graduated as Valedictorian of her class. Along with...

For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand years. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. Psalm 84:10 AC was the second child born to Lillie Mae Thomas and Calvin McDaniel on February 3, 1949 in Jefferson, Marion County, Texas. Both parents preceded him in death. AC departed this life August 27, 2023 at Methodist Hospital surrounded by his family. AC is a product of the Marion County Independent School District and graduated from...