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Eligah Lynn
1941 - 2013
Funeral services for Eligah Lynn, 72, of Gilmer will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7, at Zion Hill Baptist Church with the Rev. Dr. A.L. Bell, pastor, officiating. Burial will be at Zion Hill Ce...
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Russell Brent Tyl
1967 - 2013
Russell Brent Tyl, 46, died Nov. 27, at his home near Shreveport, La. Services were held at the Chapel of Rader Funeral Home in Longview, at noon on Monday, Dec. 2. Graveside service and interment ...
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Billy Joe Evans
1939 - 2013
Graveside services for Billy Joe Evans were held Monday, Dec. 2, at 3 p.m. at Walnut Creek Cemetery in Diana. Mr. Evans died Wednesday, Nov. 23, in Longview.
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Alvin Johnson
1952 - 2013
Alvin Dale Johnson, 60, of Gilmer passed away on Saturday, Nov. 30, in Longview. A private memorial service will be held at a later date.
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Ryan Jeffress
1993 - 2013

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Ryan Alan Jeffress
1993 - 2013
Ryan Allen Jeffress, age 20, died at his home in Nacogdoches on the morning of Nov. 27, 2013, of complications from Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. He was born on April 23, 1993, in Searcy, Ark. Durin...
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Mrs. LaRue Ladd
1936 - 2013
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Funeral services for Mrs. LaRue Ladd, 77, of Pittsburg will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 30, at First Assembly of God in Gilmer with the Rev. F.L. Curry, Sr. officiating. Burial will be at Ceda...
Doris Shannon
1964 - 2013
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Funeral services for Doris (Mickey) Shannon, 49, of Grand Junction, Colo. are pending with Reeder-Davis Funeral Home in Ore City. Ms. Shannon died Saturday, Nov. 23.
Carolyn Ellis
1941 - 2013
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Carolyn Dacus Ellis, 71, of Gilmer died Saturday, Nov. 23, in Gilmer. She was born on Dec. 13, 1941, in Upshur County to John Samuel and Myrtie Burnett Dacus. Cremation arrangements are under the d...
DeeBorah Hale
1957 - 2013
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Graveside services for DeeBorah Hale, 56, of Avinger will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 27, at Mims Chapel Cemetery, in Mims community, with Reverend Clarence Clevenger officiating. Arrangemen...
Shirley Cole
1945 - 2013
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Shirley Cole, 68, of Longview died Saturday, Nov. 23, in Longview. A memorial service will be held at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 3, at First Baptist Church in Longview. Cremation arrangements are unde...
Patsy Jean Hill
1940 - 2013
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Funeral services for Mrs. Patsy Jean Hill, 73, of Big Sandy were held at 2 p.m. Friday, Nov. 15, at Croley Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. David Thorton officiating. Burial was at Sunset Memorial Par...
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AP PHOTOS: Mandela remembered around the world

A man wears keyrings showing the face of Nelson Mandela taped to his ears to mimic earrings as he and others celebrate his life, in the street outside his old house in Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa Friday, Dec. 6, 2013. Flags were lowered to half-staff and people in black townships, in upscale mostly white suburbs and in South Africa's vast rural grasslands commemorated Nelson Mandela with song, tears and prayers on Friday while pledging to adhere to the values of unity and democracy that he embodied. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)Mourners sing and dance outside Nelson Mandela's old house in Johannesburg. In Pakistan, children gather around his portrait holding candles. Well-wishers leave flowers outside South African embassies in Beijing and New York.


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South Africa begins life without Mandela

South African Minister for International Relations and Cooperation Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, left, embraces Chairperson of the African Union Commission Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, next to the portrait of Nelson Mandela as part as the Elysee Summit for Peace and Security in Africa at the Elysee Palace, Friday, Dec.6, 2013 in Paris. France is hosting dozens of African leaders for a summit on security, just as the French military is launching an intervention in the Central African Republic and encouraging African governments to take more responsibility for peacemaking on the continent. As word of Mandela's death spread, current and former presidents, athletes and entertainers, and people around the world spoke about the life and legacy of the former South African leader.(AP Photo/Yoan Valat, Pool)JOHANNESBURG (AP) — What next for South Africa?


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