Mrs. Darthalu Britton Ramsey

January 13, 1936 - August 28, 2020

Funeral services for Mrs. Darthalu Britton Ramsey, 84, of Gary, Texas will be 10:00 a.m. Monday, August 31, 2020 at the Hawthorn Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Dale Reed officiating. Burial will follow in the Restland Memorial Park Cemetery under the direction of Hawthorn Funeral Home. Visitation will be 4-7:00 p.m. Sunday at Hawthorn Funeral Home. Mrs. Ramsey passed August 28, 2020 peacefully at her Gary home. Darthalu Britton Ramsey was born on Jan 13, 1936 to the marriage of Homer Washington Britton and Ollie Mae Youngblood. She was the oldest of 3 daughters. She worked and helped care for her siblings from a young age when her mother became ill. She was raised and schooled in McCoy Community in Panola County. In 1962 she met Kelly Otto Ramsey Jr. And after a short courtship they married and built a legacy of 4 children, 10 grandchildren, 15 great grandchildren and 3 great great grandchildren. She was a member of Carthage Missionary Baptist Church. She and Kelly moved a lot the first part of their marriage living in many places across the United States. She often talked of the places she had been and seen. After coming back to Panola County, she began working in Carthage and worked most all her life in the retail business. From Whites Auto to Radio Shack to Ken Turner pharmacy. She knew most everyone in the town and most all knew and loved her. She was the one to go to at Radio Shack if you needed to know how to hook up some electronic device to something else. She knew exactly how to do it. She could get you a cell phone, a satellite package and remote control car all at the same time and tell you how to use them. She could lay flooring, sew a dress, cook dinner, install TV's and just about anything else she set her mind to. She never liked being told what she could and couldn't do. She always made a home for her family and was always happy to see them come. Her children and her many grandchildren were her heart. She loved each and every one of them. They will argue over who was the favorite but she insisted she didn't have one, she loved them all. She was a strong woman and a stronger Christian. She taught her children to love the Lord and she stood strong in her faith all her life. She read her Bible every day and it was not unusual to see her reading it if you came to her house. She believed in prayer and knew that God held all things in His almighty hand. She was the picture of the proverbs 31 woman and never thought she was, which is what made her so special. She always saw the good in people and never said a harsh word to anyone. She will be greatly missed by all who knew her. She is preceded in death by her parents, sister and brother in law Pebble and Leo Porter, the children's father, Kelly Ramsey, and her precious daughter in law Cindy Ramsey. Mrs. Ramsey is survived by her sister, Yvonne Walker of Gary and her children, Terry Ramsey and wife Linda of Carthage, John Ramsey of Tenaha, Linda Ramsey Poye and husband Robert of Laporte, Rebecca Ramsey Spain and husband Ronald of Gary; Grandchildren, Diana Ramsey Mayfield and husband Wayne of Henderson, Jonie Ramsey Dorsey and husband Coy of Carthage, Colby Ramsey and Jonathon Ramsey of Carthage, Derek Bounds of new Braunfels, Dustin Bounds and wife Paige of LaGrange, Heath Ramsey of Carthage, Amanda Williams of Carthage, Michael Ramsey of Austin, Stormi Tutt and husband Dakota of Gary; Great grandchildren, Morgan Dean and husband Dylan, Kaleb Dorsey and wife Ashley, Miranda Dorsey and husband Colin, Britton Dorsey, Jacie Dorsey, Olivia Bounds, Ayla Bounds, Derek Bounds, Everett Bounds, Devyn Bounds, Madisyn Ramsey, Teagan Ramsey, Janalee Ramsey, Micah Ramsey, and Tyler Williams; Great great grandchildren, Elijah Dorsey and Adalynn Dorsey, and Barret Dean; Many bonus children and grandchildren that she loved, Ken Carter, Karen Turner, Kim Turner McCauley, Karen Scott, and Kerry Wilson are just a few. Numerous nieces, nephews, other family and a host of friends also survive her.