Larry Brumley

Funeral services for Mr. Larry Brumley, 64 of Carthage, Texas will be 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, December 7, 2010 at Central Baptist Church of Carthage with Rev. Steve Jackson and Dr. W. C. “Bill” Everett officiating. Burial will follow in Odd Fellows Cemetery under the direction of Hawthorn Funeral Home. Family visitation will be Monday from 6–8:00 p.m. at the funeral home. Mr. Brumley passed away December 4, 2010 in Longview, Texas. Mr. Larry Gene Brumley was born January 23, 1946 in Ada, Oklahoma. Larry was one of three children born to the marriage of Joe Bailey and Margie Maurine Taylor Brumley. Mr. Brumley met and later married Elizabeth Ann “Beth” Aldrich on December 30, 1967 and celebrated almost 43 years together. Larry received his Bachelor of Music Education degree from Texas Christian University and a Master of Fine Arts in Conducting (with distinction) from California State University at Fresno. He has forty-five years of teaching experience, is retired as the Director of Choirs at Panola College, and continued to serve as an adjunct instructor in Applied Music. Professor Brumley is listed in three editions of Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers and in Who’s Who in America. Larry started the Panola Pipers tradition of “Christmas in Carthage” nearly two decades ago. Mr. Brumley completed twenty-five years as the founding conductor of the Shreveport Chamber Singers. He served as a church choir director for thirty-five years, and he is past Chorus-Master for the Shreveport Opera Company. Larry was the Assistant Conductor and a member of the Marshall Symphony. Mr. Brumley served in the United States Army and was a member of the 4th Army Band. He was a member of Central Baptist Church of Carthage for many years and the Carthage Lion’s Club. Mr. Brumley is preceded in death by his parents and one brother, Ronald Wayne Brumley. Mr. Brumley is survived by loving wife, Beth Brumley of Carthage; sons, Michael Brumley and wife Andrea of Nashville, TN, Gary Brumley and wife Christi of Ft. Worth, Philip Brumley and wife Angie of Greenville; sister, Brenda Tompkins and husband Tommy of Kilgore; sister-in-law, Wileen Brumley of Kinder, LA; grandchildren, Justin Brumley of Nashville, TN, Korey and Katrina; great grandchildren, Zoe and Trena; nephew, Shawn Rabon of England; niece, Angela Brumley and her daughter Sarah Ann of Lake Charles, LA; numerous other relatives and a host of friends. Serving as pallbearers will be Dennis Smith, Bill Holder, Korey Gonzales, Ralph Marshall, John Cain and Jerry Hansen. Honorary pallbearers will be the Deacons of Central Baptist Church in Carthage. The Family requests that memorials may be made to the Marshall Symphony’s Project String Power or to Mission Carthage.

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Larry Brumley

January 23, 1946 - December 4, 2010