Mrs. Anna Mae Briggs

December 27, 1934 - March 15, 2021

Graveside funeral services for Mrs. Anna Mae Briggs, 86, of Carthage, Texas will be 2:00 p.m. Friday, March 19, 2021 at the Walnut Springs Cemetery with Bro. Mark Fried officiating. Burial will follow under the direction of Hawthorn Funeral Home. Mrs. Anna Mae Jones Briggs was born December 27, 1934 in Harelton, Texas. She passed this life March 15, 2021 in Tyler, Texas. She was one of five children born to the marriage of Herman Odell and Thekla Riley Jones. Anna Mae was raised in Harleton and graduated Marshall High School with the class of 1954. She married Curtis H. Briggs who preceded her in death in 1981. Mrs. Briggs worked for Carthage Cup Company retiring after over 25 years of service. She was of the Baptist Faith, loved the outdoors, gardening and keeping her yard. She is preceded in death by her parents, husband; sister, Mildred Jones; and brother, Herman Dwight. Mrs. Briggs is survived by her devoted children, Wayne Briggs and wife Susan of Kilgore, Pat Davis and husband Jerry of Carthage, and Lloyd Briggs of Long Beach, CA; brother, Bobby Jones and wife Delma of Longview; sister, Carolyn Wooten and husband Robert of Harleton; grandchildren, Shelly Millrood and husband Michael of Ft. Worth, Brad Davis and wife Jennifer of Carthage, Chad Briggs of Longview, and Christy Griffin and husband Brad of Carthage; numerous nieces, nephews, and a host of friends.