Life Stories

A memorial service for David Shivers, will be held at 1:00 PM Tuesday, January 26th, 2021 in Bar None Cowboy Church. The family will receive friends for a time of visitation from 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Monday, January 25th, 2021 in Welch Funeral Home Chapel. David was born on July 21, 1953 in Carthage, Texas and died on January 19, 2021 in Longview, Texas.  

Funeral services for Danny Paul Strickland, 73 of Longview, Texas are pending with Welch Funeral Home. He died on Tuesday, January 19, 2021, in Houston, Texas.

Michael Lewis Claxton, better known as “Mike” started his new life in the kingdom of Heaven January 18, 2021 after a courageous battle with Covid-19.  “I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to myself; that where I am, there you may be also.” John 14:3 Mike was born on August 26, 1960 in Longview, Texas to Earl and Florence Claxton. A 1978 graduate of Longview High School, Mike soon followed his father’s footsteps into law...

Edna Williams was born on July 10, 1924 at home in Camp, Arkansas and passed away at her home in Longview, Texas on January 15, 2021, at the age of 96. She was married to Dale Williams for 49 years until his death in 1993. She was born to William C. Ball and Georgia Ava Pentecost Ball (Barnett). Services will be Tuesday, January 19, 2021, at the chapel of Welch Funeral Home, 4619 Judson Road, Longview, Texas. Visitation will begin at 9:00 am and services at 10:00am. Visitation will resume...

Beverly Broyles West met her Lord and Savior on January 14, 2021 at the age of 95. Beverly was born in Fort Worth, Texas to Robert and Ruth Broyles on November 22, 1925. She attended school in Kilgore and graduated from Kilgore High School and then went on to graduate from Tulane University in New Orleans majoring in art and languages. She later earned her master’s degree from East Texas State University in Commerce. Beverly started her teaching career in White Oak, Texas and there she...

Harvey Randolph "Randy" King, 77, passed away on Wednesday, January 13, 2021 following a long struggle with Alzheimer's. Raised in Longview, Texas, Randy was a graduate of Longview High School, Kilgore College and North Texas State University. Endowed with a dynamic personality and energetic spirit, Randy never met a stranger to whom he could not talk. He began his future successful career in sales and marketing in his hometown of Longview at Hurwitz Men's Store, going on to several...

Noble Grace Cammack, loving husband, father, and grandfather, died on January 11, 2021, in Longview, Texas, at the age of 99 and three days from his 100th birthday. Noble Cammack was born on January 14, 1921, in Brookeland, Sabine County, Texas, the third of five children of Claude Grace Cammack and Sadie Ethel Walker Cammack. A sixth generation Texan, he was born and reared near the land that had been acquired by his maternal ancestors in 1830 through Republic of Texas land grants. He...

Susan Gail Berry was born in Longview, Texas on April 28, 1954 and she passed from this earth on Friday, January 8, 2021 with her daughter and son-in- law by her side. Susan was the only child of Fred and Jean Beaty. Susan was a life-long resident of Longview, Texas and a 1972 graduate of Pine Tree High School. Susan spent most of her adult life in the "school-business" working for Pine Tree ISD and Sabine ISD, where she made many life-long friends that she considered family and...

Major Norman L. Davis, Jr., U.S. Army Retired, 82, went to his Heavenly home on January 5, 2021, in Longview, Texas. He was born on July 28, 1938, in Dallas, Texas, the fourth of ten children to Norman and Irene Davis. He was a 1956 graduate of Hawkins High School in Hawkins, Texas, and attended Baylor University where he was a star football and baseball player. He joined the army in 1959 and retired as Major in 1979. He served one year each in Korea and Vietnam. While stationed in San...

Sarah Ann Roberts passed away peacefully at her home on Monday, January 4, 2021, in Longview, Texas. She was born on July 17, 1942 in Longview, Texas where she was a lifelong resident. She was a graduate of Judson School in 1960 and was a star basketball player during her high school years. She worked for Hallsville Independent School District as a library aide in the Junior High for over thirty years and was a faithful Christian and attended Woodland Hills Baptist Church. The entire focus...