Watson & Sons Funeral Home announces service for 73-year old Patricia Gayle Gandy Permenter of Joaquin. Service will be at 11 this morning at Watson & Sons Chapel with interment at Oaklawn Memorial Park. Among Patricia Gayle Gandy Permenter’s survivors are, her husband, Dennis G. “Gus” Permenter of Joaquin; and a son, Dennis L. Permenter of Joaquin. Memorial donations can be made to Hospice of the Pines in Lufkin.

Community Funeral Home of Center announces service for 56-year old Mrs. Carolyn Louise Bell of San Augustine. She passed away April 1 at Nacogdoches Memorial Hospital. Service will be at 1 Wednesday at Reed Chapel Baptist Church, with interment at Boggy Creek Cemetery. Visitation will be all day today at Community Funeral Home. Carolyn Louise Bell is survived by her husband, John Franklin Mathews of San Augustine; 4 daughters, Christy Bell of Nacogdoches, Marca Hayes, Lil-Metra Edwards and Cierra Bell, all of San Augustine; a son, Preston Bratchett of San Augustine; a sister, Debra Jackson of San Augustine; and 2 brothers, Curtis Bell of San Augustine and Donnie Anthony of Mansfield, La.

Community Funeral Home of Center announces pending service for 69-year old Mr. Billy Burk Osby of Center. He passed away Saturday night at Nacogdoches Memorial Hospital.