Specialties
Funeral Services and Cremations
History
Established in 1921.
In the 1920s, Teeb Hawthorn owned Hawthorn Hardware, which also served as an undertaking establishment, on the Square in Carthage, Texas. He had caskets to sell, a horse drawn hearse to rent and a Manager/undertaker. It was necessary to send for an embalmer from Henderson, and the family took care of the burial. Teeb's son, Neal Hawthorn, was licensed and working with him. After Teeb's death, the funeral business was moved to a house owned by the Hawthorn family, and the hardware business was taken over by the manager and his son.
The largest renovation of the home was undertaken in 1965, with the addition of a full sanctuary providing ample seating, music room, private family seating, formal porches with architectural columns, creating the presence of the Home today.
The landmark service our funeral home was founded upon was established by the Hawthorn Family. They understood true service to the families of Panola County. This landmark service we were built on, continues today
Meet the Business Owner: Carlton S.
Carlton was born in Ruston, Louisiana. He was schooled in Shreveport, Louisiana, graduated from Huntington High School with the class of 1980. He attended Louisiana Tech University majoring in business and active in the Kappa Sigma Fraternity. He and his wife, Karen Lynn Goodwin, married in 1985. They have three children, twins, Kathrine Elizabeth and Meredith Ellen Shamburger, and one son, Benjamin Ryan.
Carlton came to Carthage as a graduate of Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service with honors and distinction. He served as apprenticeship through Hawthorn Funeral Home and later came to manage and ultimately purchase the funeral home business and historic property. Carlton's leadership lead to an invitation to join the Selected Independent Funeral Homes organization in 2013, which is a national organization of independent funeral homes and funeral professionals and leaders accessible by invitation only.