All Obituaries

Patsy Elois (Suggs) Shook, 73, of Quitman, passed away on January 21, 2020, in Lindale. She was born May 1, 1946 in Tyler to the late Benjamin and Maggie Seagroves. Funeral services for Patsy Elois Suggs Shook will be 1:00 pm, Saturday, January 25, 2020 at Cottle-Pearson Funeral Home Chapel, Overton with Reverend James Pierce officiating. Burial will be at the Kilgore Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm. Friday, January 24, 2020 at Cottle-Pearson Funeral Home,...

Michael Paul Musick, 39, of Whitehouse, passed away January 15, 2020. He was born October 13, 1980 in Tyler, to Michael S. Musick and Cynthia Pressley Breckel. Funeral services for Michael Paul Musick will be 11:00 am, Tuesday, January 21, 2020, at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church in Tyler, with Reverend Gib Baskerville and Doug Kelley officiating. Burial will be at the Ebenezer Cemetery. Visitation will be 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm. Monday, January 20, 2020 at Cottle-Pearson Funeral Home,...

Gary Edward Clements, 63, of Overton, passed away on January 13, 2020 in Overton, Texas. He was born April 14, 1956 in Overton to Harold and Gloria Faye Lyon Clements. Funeral services for Gary Clements will be 10:00 am, Thursday, January 16, 2020 at Cottle-Pearson Funeral Home Chapel, Overton, Texas with Pastor Jerry Hanson officiating. Burial will be at the Ebenezer Cemetery in Arp. He graduated Arp High School. He worked for Waggoner Air Conditioning for many years and also worked for...

Dr. James Merriwether Hamilton, Sr., 91, of Overton, passed away on January 10, 2020, in Tyler, Texas. He was born October 9, 1928, in Monroe, Louisiana, to the late J.D. and Lady Belle McCleish Hamilton. Funeral services for Dr. Hamilton will be 10:00 am, Tuesday, January 14, 2020, at First Baptist Church, Overton, Texas. Burial will be at the Overton City Cemetery. Visitation will be 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm., Monday, January 13, 2020, at Cottle-Pearson Funeral Home, Overton. He married the...

Carolyn Cook, 82, of Troup, passed away on January 8, 2020, in Tyler, Texas. She was born November 12, 1937, in Farmersville, Texas to the late Roy Morris and Madge Hale Morris. Funeral services will be 2:00 pm, Sunday, January 12, 2020, at Cottle Funeral Home chapel, Troup, with Reverend Steven Oakes officiating. Burial will be at Whitehouse Cemetery. Visitation will be from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm, Sunday, January 12, 2020. At the funeral home, Troup. Mrs. Cook loved taking care of children....

On Monday, January 6, 2020, John Daniel 'Tim' Gounah, New London, passed away peacefully at the age of 61. Visitation will be Friday, January 10th at Cottle Funeral Home in Overton from 6:00-8:00 pm. A Graveside Service will be held Saturday, January 11th at 1:00 pm at the Pleasant Hill Cemetery, with Rev. Atwell Hankins officiating. Tim was born December 28, 1958 in Kilgore, Texas.  He graduated West Rusk High School in 1977 where he was...

Walter (Germ) Don Whitesides, 77 of Whitehouse, TX passed away Tuesday, December 31, 2019, in Whitehouse. Graveside services for Mr. Whitesides will be Saturday, January 4, 2020, at 3:30 pm at the Whitehouse Cemetery in Whitehouse, TX with the Rev. Ronald Kafka officiating, visitation will be Friday, January 3 at Cottle Funeral Home in Troup from 6 to 8 pm. Mr. Whitesides was born September 13, 1942, in Troup to the late Walter Aaron and Ruby Kersh Whitesides and had lived in the area his...

Betty Glen Perry graduated to her heavenly home in the early morning hours of Dec. 30, 2019. Betty was born to Glenwood Clinkscales and Pauline Melton Clinkscales in Tyler, Texas on April 2, 1932. It has been said by many that Betty was one of the most genuine, considerate, and loving people you could ever meet. All her children agree! Betty displayed many talents throughout her life: from completing beauty school to becoming a florist with her own shop, as well as taking care of her loved...

Deborah Sue Terry Jordan, 69, of Troup, passed away on December 28, 2019, in Tyler, Texas. She was born December 9, 1950, in Jacksonville, Texas to the late James Rudolph Terry and Mary Linkinhoker Terry. Funeral services for Deborah will be 10:00 am, Saturday, January 4, 2019, at Cottle Funeral Home, Troup, with Reverend Steven Oakes officiating. Burial will follow at Union Grove Cemetery.  Mrs. Jordan was retired from Brookshires in Whitehouse, where she worked as the deli manager....

Mary Pat (Pippy) Eaves (73), of Overton passed away peacefully, surrounded by her loving family, on Wednesday, December 25, 2019 in Tyler, Texas. Mary Patricia Green was born on April 4, 1946 in Dallas, Texas to Newlyn D. and Nell Owen Green. Raised in Oak Cliff, she graduated from Adamson High School in 1964. While attending The University of Texas at Austin, Mary Pat met Don Eaves, whom she married on July 22, 1966.  Mary Pat and Don had two daughters, and lived in Jacksonville,...