Mr. Ernest Dean Eggerman

April 24, 1941 - December 20, 2018

Memorial services for Mr. Ernest Dean Eggerman, 77, of Carthage, Texas will be 2:00 Saturday, January 5, 2019 at the Southside Baptist Church with Dr. Kirby Hill officiating. Cremation arrangements were entrusted to Hawthorn Funeral Home. Mr. Ernest Dean Eggerman was born April 24, 1941 in Taylorville, Illinois to the marriage of Clifford Ernest and Maxine Elizabeth Clements Eggerman. He passed this life December 20, 2018 at his home in Carthage, Texas. Ernest was raised and schooled in Taylorville, Illinois graduating high school there with the class of 1959. He married Judith Marie Mills and they celebrated 59 years of marriage. Mr. Eggerman worked in truck driving for Watkins and spent 13 years with Texas Utilities. He was a member of Southside Baptist Church, and loved his family and friends. He is preceded in death by his parents, and a sister, Nancy Eggerman. Mr. Eggerman is survived by his loving wife, Judy Eggerman of Carthage; sons, Doug Eggerman and wife Hannah of Houston, Dwayne Eggerman and wife Kim of Houston; daughter, Deborah Marie Black and husband Terry of Carthage; brother, Larry Eggerman and wife Pat of Illinois, step brother, Edward Brower and wife Bonita; sister, Donna Stephens of Illinois, step sister, Marjorie Adam and husband David; grandchildren, Jessica, David, Shelby, Tyler, and Scott, four great grandchildren and one step, numerous, nieces, nephews, and a host of friends. The family request memorials to the Southside Baptist Church. An online guestbook may be signed at www.hawthornfuneralhome.com.