Thirty names added to Panola County African-American Wall of Fame | Lifestyles

The following are the last 30 inductees to the Panola County African-American Wall of Fame to be honored and added in 2022, organizer Omowali Lumumba said. The named inductees will fill the wall’s capacity at 350. New inductees won’t be named until February 2023.

The inductees are:

Tina “Mama” Sanders, a gold star great-grandmother

Mrs. Artillery Garrison, 95, a gold star great-great grandmother

Mrs. Delores Wallace, a food service and kitchen worker at Panola General Hospital (now UT Health Carthage) for more than 34 years

Mr. Joseph Smith, who has been married to Mrs. Consuella Smith for over 50 years and has been a licensed plumber for over 50 years

Ms. Everlyn Pope, a food service and kitchen worker at Panola General Hospital (now UT Health Carthage) for more than 27 years

Mr. Roy Dale Flakes, who has worked as a welder at Gateway Tire (now Mavis Muffler Tire Center) for over 40 years

Brad Thompson, who played for Carthage and Oregon State University before playing for the Dallas Cowboys

Mrs. Emma Jean McLemore, who has worked for Carthage ISD for more than 42 years

Yvonne Brown, who has worked as a nurse at Carthage Healthcare Center for more than 28 years

Peggy Christain, who has worked as a nurse at Carthage Healthcare Center for more than 25 years

Barbara McCray, who has worked as a nurse at Carthage Healthcare Center for more than 22 years

Mrs. Erma Champion, who is an A.L. Turner alumni and board member and a gold star great-grandmother

Ms. Linda Fay Matlock, who has worked at First Baptist Church for more than 21 years

Ty’Arius Evans, who is active duty Texas National Guard.

Shakami Manning, who has been a civil deputy for the Panola County Sheriff’s Office for a combined 20 years

Ms. Peggy Pope, the first Black woman to play for Texas A&M, the first Black WNBA coach for the Detroit Shockers and the first Black realtor in Carthage.

Mrs. Carolyn Thompson Arthur, who has worked as a nurse at Panola General Hospital (now UT Health Carthage) for more than 40 years

Mr. Jessie Ware, who has worked at Louisiana Pacific for more than 26 years

Audrey McMillian, who played for Carthage and in the NFL with the Minnesota Vikings and Houston Oilers

John Booty, who played for Carthage and in the NFL with the New York Jets, the New York Giants, the Phoenix Cardinals and the Philadelphia Eagles

Demario Dwain Williams, who played for Beckville and in the NFL with the Atlanta Falcons, the Kansas City Chiefs and the South Dakota Chargers

DeAundrey Boman, who was on three back-to-back Carthage High School state football championship teams

Roderic Calloway Jr., who was on two back-to-back Carthage High School state football championship teams

Keontay Ingram, who was on two back-to-back Carthage High School state football championship teams and has been drafted to the NFL’s Arizona Cardinals

Jakobe Ingram, who is playing pre-season in the NFL with the Buffalo Bills

Mrs. Clara Jones, an A.L. Turner alumni and board president who headed the Panola County Clerk’s Office and founded the J.B. Jones Foundation

Bernard Hardy, the first Black chief of the Carthage ISD Police Department who also was a police officer with the Carthage Police Department, served as a Rotary Club member and is a residential and commercial landowner and businessman for more than 30 years

Cedarious Alexander, an Air Force veteran who served in Vietnam and has been a community organizer and nonprofit grant writer

Billy Alexander, an Army veteran who served in Vietnam

Terry Lucky, an Army veteran

Tre’ Kivan McKee, who was on two back-to-back Carthage High School state football championship teams